Minor complaints thread (10 Viewers)

[Reets]

"We have discovered that you do not say hello properly. You will need to work on that"
What the fuckity?

 

[Unicron]

"We have discovered that you do not say hello properly. You will need to work on that"
What the fuckity?

huh? splain?

 

[therealjohnny]

phone etiquette?

 

[Reets]

I say hello instead of welcome.
It's a big deal apparently.

That's 30 minutes of my life I wont get back.

 

[therealjohnny]

Hello to the working week

 

[therealjohnny]

I mean welcome, welcome to the working week

this shit is hard

 

[Unicron]

I say hello instead of welcome.
It's a big deal apparently.

I was working as a waiter once and the staff manual said that they didn't want us to say "Hi I'm *** and I'll be your server," because it sounded too rehearsed and forced, say something natural like "Hi, how are you?"

So I went up to a few tables early on and used a natural phrase for me, "Hey, how's it going?" The guy who was training me took me aside and said "You're supposed to say 'Hi, how are you?'"

 

[David Kronenbourg]

just choked on some crisps from america - "potato chips" - at my desk, in front of the americans who brought them over. coughing fit, streaming eyes, the works. that's me finished here. morto.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I was working as a waiter once and the staff manual said that they didn't want us to say "Hi I'm *** and I'll be your server," because it sounded too rehearsed and forced, say something natural like "Hi, how are you?"

So I went up to a few tables early on and used a natural phrase for me, "Hey, how's it going?" The guy who was training me took me aside and said "You're supposed to say 'Hi, how are you?'"

Because obviously everyone likes to be greeted the same way.


I hate that crap,sometimes a nod is more than enough acknowledgement,I don't want the spiel.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

just choked on some crisps from america - "potato chips" - at my desk, in front of the americans who brought them over. coughing fit, streaming eyes, the works. that's me finished here. morto.

What brand?

 

[therealjohnny]

Because obviously everyone likes to be greeted the same way.


I hate that crap,sometimes a nod is more than enough acknowledgement,I don't want the spiel.

I worked on a job where the staff had to day "Hi, my name is _ _ _, how may I offer you excellent service today?"

such bullshit

 

[David Kronenbourg]

What brand?

Flamin' Cheetos

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Flamin' Cheetos

Haha.
Gross. And not even crisps. Like Monster Munch with chili powder on them.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Haha.
Gross. And not even crisps. Like Monster Munch with chili powder on them.

yeah, my reputation is ruined with the yanks now. and i was hoping to go on secondment to the NYC office as well. now it's never going to happen.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

yeah, my reputation is ruined with the yanks now. and i was hoping to go on secondment to the NYC office as well. now it's never going to happen.

The Cheetos Incident.
You should have followed up the coughing fit with "They're (cough) really nice"

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I worked on a job where the staff had to day "Hi, my name is _ _ _, how may I offer you excellent service today?"

such bullshit

I couldn't have done done,probably would have ended up saying "Hi,my name is WANKER," and then got fired.


I'm all for being polite,just not that nonsense.

 

[therealjohnny]

I was working on the designs of a training course they had to do..I felt sorry for them, the poor saps

No one likes that shit, guaranteed whoever came up with it doesn't have to speak in that subservient bolloxology

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I've worked for a few big retail companies and they always come off with that crap. They never ask the staff how they feel about it as a customer though. It has nothing to do with no one wanting to say it,no one wants to hear it either.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

It's an Americanism. They sound like they mean it here though. Sometimes they even do.

 

[Anthony]

I noticed way more "greetings" in Dublin shops at the weekend. Is this a thing now?