All because she didn't smile O_o

[Jay 2K Winger]

I get that sometimes at work. Depending on the mood and the attitude of the customer, they'll get one of two responses.

If they're being serious, demanding I smile, then they get a blank expression with a bloodshot stare.

If they're joking around, and can see I'm tired, then they get an obviously fake, forced smile.

Sometimes they might get a deadpan, "They don't pay me enough to smile."

[customersruinmylife]

Ugh! I used to get it all the time at the pub. Customers had a habit of yelling "Smile!" at me, and it would either be:

In the morning, as soon as the had pub opened, and you were serving twenty smelly, depressing, alcoholic old men who had been waiting outside for two hours.

Or on an extremelly busy Saturday night when the bar is four deep with people, and pretty much every one of them is screaming "I'M NEXT! I'M NEXT!"

Yeah, because that's something to smile about.

[Nohbody]

now... sat. night @ the pub with some friends at 2:30am i'm sure i'll be as cheerful as you want

Especially if someone else is covering your tab, right?

As for the SC in the OP, as much of a cynic realist as I usually am, I still occasionally find myself surprised at the hypocrisy of people. "You're not looking cheerful, so I'll act 'sperm-burping gutter slut who's been ripped off by her last 3 johns' to you." Huh?

[Mamadrae]

See I don't smile, not unless I'm really happy. I grin, and this is cause I know I have bad teeth. Not rotting or anything but they are spaced badly and as such I hate to smile.

So at most I'd grin at people and be nice. Never smile.

Few times people would get on me about smiling and I'd warn them they didn't want me to smile. Then of course they would try to say otherwise so I would deliberately give them the most psychotic look I could then give this big "I'm going to kill you" smile.

They never got on me again.

[bubblelittlepally]

I doubt that this woman was grunting and complaining as she served the customer, probably didn't have a cheery ass attitude (which either says to me that they're either full of it or on some really good drugs) and this customer expected that? At a fast food resturant where they're paid minimum wage? On night shift?WTF! If you want the "kiss my ass, I"m a god" customer service, go to a resturant and pay $50 for a meal, otherwise STFU.

[Food Lady]

Oh, I absolutely HATE that! Sometimes I feel like saying, "You're lucky you're getting cordial behavior." I don't whine about it to people I know, so they don't know, but I I'm often in pain or running on 5 hours of sleep. I'm certainly not going to offer up the info to strangers. Maybe I should.

[XCashier]

Who the heck is chirpy and bubbly at 2:30 AM?! Perhaps we should hire this guy:


He's always smiling. That should make the customers happy, right?

[jackfaire]

He's always smiling. That should make the customers happy, right?

Oh yes I dare say they would be down right giddy might even die laughing.

[Tigress]

My response to the "smile Nazis" is this:

"SMILE!"
(deadpan) "I'm not going to smile, but I can show teeth..."

That usually gets a chuckle or a wide-eyed "OMGdontprovokethechibipsycho" stare.

I'm usually very talkative and energetic. But when I'm in a funk, it's usually for a damned good reason. And I may not necessarily trust you enough to talk about what's going on in my personal life or how I'm on the rag and my pelvis feels like it's in a vice. So leave me alone to enjoy my foul mood and I'll spare you the emotional scarring that will result from unleashing the Bitch Kitty.

[Samaliel]

Who the heck is chirpy and bubbly at 2:30 AM?! Perhaps we should hire this guy:

He's always smiling. That should make the customers happy, right?

That's pretty much what I'm thinking when I hear about those "Smile" stories. I pride myself with being able to put up a smile that hints that I'm thinking bad things involving their liver, fava beans, and a bottle of chianti.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Once while I worked at the supermarket, a customer complained that I wasn't smiling. The supervisor told him quite bluntly that I'd gone to my granny's funeral the day before, and he was so shocked he withdrew the complaint. Ask next time, jeez.

I don't know; personally, if I saw someone grinning like an ape behind a till, I'd wonder if they took interesting medication or if they were about to go postal. O_o

[tropicsgoddess]

Sheesh, what was that lady's deal. At least with the phone you don't have to worry about people telling you to smile and it's much easier to fake being nice when you really want to the crap outta the SC(s) on the other end of the line.

[Anthony K. S.]

Check this one out:

"I said smile, not horrible rictus!"




Personally, I don't like people who smile all the time. They creep me out.

[jackfaire]

Check this one out:

"I said smile, not horrible rictus!"




Personally, I don't like people who smile all the time. They creep me out.

I freaking love Questionable Content

[Talon]

Smile, eh?

How about this cheery smile?