My happy facade slipped today...

[El Pollo Guerrera]

... just a little.

A customer came in for a few copies, had a bit that had been covered up with White-Out and wanted to make sure it wasn't obvious on the copies.

I put it in the machine, push a button and it's done.

He EXAMINES the copies to see if there is ANY trace of his cover up and can't find anything.

He then congratulates me... "WOW... How did you do that? It's PERFECT..."

There was just something in the way he was talking to me... almost like a Kindergarden teacher praising a five year old for stacking blocks or drawing a flower or something...

I just said (in the deadest deadpan voice I could) "It ain't rocket science..."

And it worked. He actually looked a little stunned by that. Just a little. As in "Why is he responding to me in that fashion? Is it something I said?" briefly flashed across his mind...

(I can hope, can't I?)

Anyways, he paid without saying another word and left.



Is it just me, or do others here hate dealing with people who tend to talk to you that way?

[PentUpRage]

I hate whining about people giving compliments but I know what you mean. It's the attitude where they think our existince is so pitiful and mundane that we'll pant with joy at their kind words.

Yeah. I hate that. A simple, sincere thank you would go MUCH further in my book.