FB suckage. Would you block these people?

[PepperElf]

i judged some guys at a bar like that once too.
saw them being nice to their girlfriends but treated the waitress like meat.

[Whiskey]

"A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person." - Dave Barry

This is how I judge my dates, coincidentally.

[Pagan]

but... when it comes to employees... they might never see that employee again. Or they might be thinking of the employee as a servant rather than an equal.

"A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person." - Dave Barry

[PepperElf]

they're always helping out at churches and camps and stuff

that's entirely possible. keep in mind at those groups, they're known. So how they act will have an effect on how the others treat or accept them. think of it as an accountability factor, with a bonus of better standing for helping more etc.

but... when it comes to employees... they might never see that employee again. Or they might be thinking of the employee as a servant rather than an equal.


it sounds like perhaps they just need a reminder that... a sign of a greatness isn't in how you treat your betters, equals, or people you're trying to impress...

a sign of greatness is when there's no reward - but you do it anyway.


and if that doesn't work just quote hamlet to them:

Use them after your own honour and dignity: the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.

[Andara Bledin]

Person#1: "People who work at Walmart are rude. This lady just really made me made!"

Person#1's mother: "just be thankful YOU dont have to work there! See you NEED COLLEGE...that way you dont have to work at Walmart and be rude to ppl...haha..."

And just because there are people who work at Walmart and have degrees it doesn't mean everybody with a degree will work there or that it is a desirable job for a person with a degree or whatever the point is in the examples of educated people working at Walmart.

And just because there are rude people who work at Walmart, it doesn't mean that everybody at Walmart is rude.

It's this sort of throw-away hurtful comment that should be held up to the light and shown to be unacceptable from anybody.

The person that was rude deserves to be bitched about, but that should never include everyone else the person works with.

^-.-^

[greek_jester]

I've heard it both ways. Usually, though, the person using the two hard A's (that sounds like a porn movie) is being pretentious.

Actually, she was a middle-aged Indian lady who lived next to us for 15 years, & used to trade plates over the fence in BBQ season (our Greek salads & BBQ seafood in exchange for samosas & chapatis) I missed her & her husband, Rahj, when they moved to Australia to live with their daughter

[Magpie]

Some of the funny spellings are because of it coming from a different language. I know of four different spellings for Jackdaw's name. (Without getting really creative). One of the four if I saw I'd assume was someone trying to be original. Two of them are the more common ones. The way Jackdaw spells his name isn't uncommon either. And it's not one of the "odd spellings that caught on". Just a different ethnic background. His extended family keeps using a "k" in my name instead of a "c". (I do the opposite to them, so it works out). German vs. English spellings.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

Actually...

Baughb. I kid you not.

Wait wait BAUGHB?

As in Elf life Baughb??

Well damn.

[ShinyGreenApple]

Well, it's that these people are people I actually thought were pretty nice, and they're always helping out at churches and camps and stuff, although lately they've gotten annoying with the constant pimping out of fundraisers and the like.

Maybe people like them are the reason I can't remember the last time I even went to church, the two-facedness, blaaaah.

Mind, I will have to agree that we do have some really rude mofos in my store, but a blanket statement about ALL of us was completely uncalled for. Sorry, but I spend most of my waking life at this place and around these people, I get defensive about my work 'family' .

[Lachrymose]

it's not just voldemart

The more you say it, the more powerful they become!

[PepperElf]

it's not just voldemart - lol i like that name... there are some people who just have a superiority complex where they think they're better than all clerks and employees.

therefore they think it's perfectly acceptable to inform the clerks & employees of this as much as possible.


whenever i see that i think of this - mainly Q'aeria's story ... because that "lowly clerk" can always be someone who is smarter than the shitty customer he or she has to put up with.

(and considering how many SCs can't read, follow simple directions, or behave like civilized humans... it's very likely that the clerk is smarter than them)

[CaroPhoenix]

re: creative name spellings. Parents nowadays want their children to "stand out in a crowd" with their names. There have been so many crazy spellings of names, the only way a kid is going to stand out with their name is to go back to the original spelling!

As for those who complain about retail/fast food workers, and say they're not intelliegent? Forget about it. If the person they're dealing with is either not them, or not on their idiot wave length, you could have a PhD in whatever subject and you're still "stupid".

[ZedOmega]

FB postings like that are why I have both a Facebook page and a bookmark set for Failbook.

(Uh, mods, can I link to Failbook in this post?)

[Pagan]

I thought Sara was pronounced Sah-rah - both hard A's?

ive always pronounced it "Ss-air-uh"

Me, too. I haven't ever heard it pronounced with two hard A's.

I've heard it both ways. Usually, though, the person using the two hard A's (that sounds like a porn movie) is being pretentious.

[Eisa]

ive always pronounced it "Ss-air-uh"

Me, too. I haven't ever heard it pronounced with two hard A's.