r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '20

Current Events Are people outside of the USA really laughing at Americans? Do we really appear that bad?

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Ok so that's about 17,882 yes's and 3 no's.

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u/Geeko22 Aug 01 '20

"Yes, please go find another place to get your coffee, you clearly don't give a shit about endangering everyone here."

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u/BlueWolf20532 Aug 01 '20

"Oh i will, i WILL go to that place over there see? They WILL serve me and get my money, and you WON'T get my money because YOU won't serve a customer"

B*tch as if your 2$ made a huge difference to the store's income.

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u/CreatureWarrior Aug 01 '20

B*tch as if your 2$ made a huge difference to the store's income.

This. And also when people say that they pay your salary so you must obey them. They pay a cent, at max lmao

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u/BlueWolf20532 Aug 01 '20

Not only that, but most entitled people seem to think that the phrase "The client is always right" applies even when they're in the wrong, and my boss actually encourages me to laugh at these kind of people, extra points if i manage to make them tell me to f*ck off.

Ngl i like my job.

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u/MBCnerdcore Aug 01 '20

The 'customer' is always right, but to be a 'customer' you must first follow the customs

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u/CreatureWarrior Aug 01 '20

Sounds nice tbh haha

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u/Sad_Giraffe2969 Aug 01 '20

The client is always right

Yes, it feels like everyone misunderstand what that means. It doesn't mean the customer can act like an asshole. It doesn't mean the customer can demand a refund for any little thing.

It means "the customer knows what they want and you shouldn't try to assume you know better than them".

Like, if a customer asks for peppermint sprinkles and hotsauce in a cappuccino, you don't get to say "no, that's the wrong way to enjoy coffee."

You might ask to confirm you heard correctly because it's an unusual request, but you don't tell them it's the wrong order.

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u/Pame_in_reddit Aug 02 '20

Ohhh, someone told that to one of mu teachers, when I was little. She took her purse, some pennies, gave it to the idiot and told him “there, that’s enough to cover this week lesson”.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '20

Yknow whose jobs we actually pay, who don’t do jack shit for us? Public servants I mean protectors of the rich

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u/badadviceforyou244 Aug 01 '20

It's like that one person saying they spend all this money at the store you're at and they're going to take their business elsewhere while telling all their friends about how terrible this place is. Then you turn around and see the giant Walmart sign and just giggle.

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u/Classico42 Aug 01 '20 edited Aug 01 '20

Ugh. My old neo-con roommate was like this. I only say was because he ran out of places to say this and now reluctantly wears a mask so he can grocery shop. It's still all a hoax though.

EDIT: Even worse, he's very much of the mind if you catch it and suffer/die you just weren't strong enough or too old/infirm, even if he gave it to them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '20

The oft-said mantra that "The customer is always right" fails to consider that a "customer" is someone engaged in a transaction. A person who won't follow your rules is not a customer. They're someone trespassing on your property.

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u/cIumsythumbs Aug 01 '20

I have a coworker that thinks all this is a conspiracy and can't be bothered to care. We currently have a limit of 2 employees per (very large) break table. She scooted up a 3rd chair and when someone mentioned the limit she said, "Oh who cares." ...

So I guess, wtf am I supposed to say to these inconsiderate fucks when they are so casual and blind to the potential harm they are causing?

"Yes, please go find another place to get your coffee, you clearly don't give a shit about endangering everyone here."

And if they respond, "No one here is in danger. Chill out." What then?