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OK, I guess this is more annoying to me personally than sucky since I hate having to explain or justify how I feel about my job. To give one example: when I was at Royal Burger I was sweeping the dining room floor one day when suddenly an old man said something like "You should be grateful you have a job at all blah blah whatever crap people tell the younger generation." Um, I didn't even serve you at the counter and I don't remember discussing my life choices with you.
So anyway, this was sort of like that, but not as bad. I was cashiering when a customer I didn't recognize came to me and immediately upon greeting asked if I liked it better than in cafe.
It's possible I may have spoken to a customer who also worked retail about that, but I don't talk to "regular" customers about my job like that, and I did not recognize this woman as one of our frequent retail custies. I'm left with a) she saw me struggling to take care of everyone one day with no help or b) she saw on my face I wasn't happy about something, which happens frequently in cafe because one of my coworkers gets sidetracked any time a kid is around and leaves me unprepared for the rush, which, let's be frank, puts me in the aforementioned situation fairly often.
At any rate, if she's concerned, why not tell a manager "Hey, those people in cafe need more help"? Instead she's got to bring up misgivings I may have about my work? Am I really at liberty to discuss problems with customers? It's not the best practice. Why force it to happen?
So anyway, this was sort of like that, but not as bad. I was cashiering when a customer I didn't recognize came to me and immediately upon greeting asked if I liked it better than in cafe.
It's possible I may have spoken to a customer who also worked retail about that, but I don't talk to "regular" customers about my job like that, and I did not recognize this woman as one of our frequent retail custies. I'm left with a) she saw me struggling to take care of everyone one day with no help or b) she saw on my face I wasn't happy about something, which happens frequently in cafe because one of my coworkers gets sidetracked any time a kid is around and leaves me unprepared for the rush, which, let's be frank, puts me in the aforementioned situation fairly often. At any rate, if she's concerned, why not tell a manager "Hey, those people in cafe need more help"? Instead she's got to bring up misgivings I may have about my work? Am I really at liberty to discuss problems with customers? It's not the best practice. Why force it to happen?
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