You want us to sell you that for WHAT?

[greek_jester]

The guy he replaced is now the regional VP. About half a dozen of the assistant managers/supervisors we've had have gone on to be GMs elsewhere. The company even sends us a lot of the manager candidates in the region to train for AM.

Does this mean you have that vanishingly rare beast, an almost competent corporate office? I thought they were extinct!

[EricKei]

(I was informed that they were called 'racks')

Screw that. 'Xylophone' sounds so much better!

Really, if she thought I was so incompetent why did she always come through my line?

Simple. It gives her something to bitch about. That's why she's there in the first place.

[Kit-Ginevra]

Screw that. 'Xylophone' sounds so much better!

And yet if you try using a rack as a xylophone, it invariably ends up with her slapping you

[Minflick]

Nobody best by hammerin' my rack, dammit!

[dalesys]

And yet if you try using a rack as a xylophone, it invariably ends up with her slapping you

Incorrect RWX permissions, dude.

[Pixelated]

Shame you didn't get to hang around and hear the interaction between your awesome GM and the SC ...

At my favourite restaurant a couple of weeks ago, I got the bill -- and it was obvious the machine was running low on ink (or something): the bill looked like it was $0.87. Even a cup of coffee at this place isn't that cheap! I pointed it out to the server and we both had a good laugh over it, and I paid the correct price ... because I'm not a brain-dead Entitlement Whore.

Also because I want to be allowed to eat there again.

[MoonCat]

Just once I would like one of these idiots to cite the EXACT WORDING of the supposed "law", chapter & verse from the municipal code or wherever such things - when they exist - are listed. None of them would ever be able to do it.

Also, another case of "no" equals "rude."

[Pixelated]

Just once I would like one of these idiots to cite the EXACT WORDING of the supposed "law", chapter & verse from the municipal code or wherever such things - when they exist - are listed.

I'd be tempted to ask to see their law degree.

[Argabarga]

I've challenged "it's the law" customers before, the response is "YOU'RE RUDE! GET SOMEONE HERE NAOW THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING!!!"

[Smapti]

Does this mean you have that vanishingly rare beast, an almost competent corporate office? I thought they were extinct!

One of the advantages of working for an employee-owned company is that the profits get invested right back into us and the business instead of going into the pockets of some investor who didn't do anything. (My healthcare costs about 10% of what it did at my last job for the same level of coverage, and I've got a pension that should pay out better than my 401k.)

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I'd be tempted to ask to see their law degree.

Would their business card suffice?

[HotelMinion]

I'm glad the GM stood his ground against the stupid SC. Sometimes my GM would just give the SC whatever they wanted after I spent all night getting harassed by them arguing over it. I guess so we don't get a negative review, and corp won't breathe fire at us...but still!

[wordgirl]

Shame you didn't get to hang around and hear the interaction between your awesome GM and the SC ...

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Bonus points if smapti can strike the proper stance...
"Boss, I need to know what to do the next time someone wants an entire xylo ... I mean, rack of ribs for three cents!"

I'd also be very suspicious of how the price tag got to be that way. I know that our local police are suspicious when they find alcohol swabs (and certain kinds of pens, depending on the retailer) on someone who doesn't have a good reason to have those things. ... And I would think a printer in a store's butcher area would use ink that's resistant to smearing from a little meat juice.