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    Of salads, a crazy woman and a guy at the end of his rope

    Salads are pretty easy to figure out at the sandwich shop. You pay a single flat rate for a salad for which you get a portion of meat plus whatever vegetables you want...to a POINT.

    Obviously we're not about to clean out every tomato we have so you can have the world's biggest salad for barely more than $5. We are in business to make money and the more stuff you pile on your salad, the less money we make.

    So this lady comes in and orders a salad, she's nice enough at first, but when it comes time to actually dress it...

    SC: Give me some onions.
    Me: <puts onions on>
    SC: Oh come on, a little more.
    Me: <adds a few more>
    SC: Some pickles
    Me: <adds pickles>
    SC: Come on, more than that!
    Me: *clenches teeth* <adds a little more>
    SC: Green peppers
    Me: <adds some>
    SC: More please.
    Me: <adds a little more>
    SC: Come on pal, I ain't afraid to eat!
    Me: I understand that but I can only give you so much for the price you are paying. (I admit I was a bit snippy when I said this)
    SC: WHAT? I've never heard of that, I've been to many different locations of yours and I've never had anyone get mad at me like that.
    Me: We charge a flat rate for a salad and for that you get a certain amount of food. If I had a way to charge extra, I could give you more.
    SC: You know I used to work at <sandwich shop> and we never had rules like that, you get always get a big salad if you wanted.
    (Because of course policies never...EVER change)
    Me: Well we don't do that anymore, at least not this location.
    SC: This is so stupid, all I wanted was a damn salad. I've never been treated this way. I'm going to be calling about you.

    So as far as I can tell she never did call and when she came in I had made something like 40 plus sandwiches in a little over two hours, which is a pretty fair clip. I was already tired from dealing with people anyway and though I can't really convey it through writing the tone of voice this woman used really grated on me. I wasn't happy, cheery nice to her but I wasn't rude to her either, I just got a little frustrated with her (and for good reason if I may say so!)
    "If we refund your money, give you a free replacement and shoot the manager, then will you be happy?" - sign seen in a restaurant
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    Ohhh I hate people like that! We charge for extra of some toppings, but not others at my place and I hate it from both sides.
    For example, we charge extra is you want more cheese, but not if you want extra pickles. I get people complaining that 30 cents is too much to pay for one slice of cheese, which ok it is, but you aren't paying us for cheese you're paying us for the convience of making you the food so your lazy ass doesn't have to do anything. And then we get the people that want a TON of pickles just because they are free. NO. You get two extra that is it. We aren't going to hand you the whole jug of them just because you ask.

    Sorry, food stories always make me think about all the stupid customers at my work.

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    • #3
      I always wondered about that, because at "Quiz-mo's" they have this free pickle 'n' hot pepper bar. I am positive some SC somewhere, sometime has tried to walk out with ALL the pickles/hots! "BUT THEY'RE FRREEEEE"!
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      • #4
        You don't win friends with salad.
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        • #5
          Ah, yes, the salad days of youth...
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          • #6
            Quoth Mr Hero View Post
            You don't win friends with salad.
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            • #7
              Quoth Canarr View Post
              Ahhhh, Simpson quotes... is there any situation they can't enrich embiggen?
              Fixed that for you.
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              • #8
                UGH! Reminds me of the pizza place my brother and I used to work at. Bro was working counter one day and this lady wanted SIX extra cups of sauce and got mad that bro told her he had to charge .50 cents for it. Which is actually generous, since it's supposed to be .50 cents for every extra SINGLE cup of sauce; it's homemade and we don't use cheap ingredients.

                She tried to say that giving away free stuff keeps customers coming back and therefore keeps us in business. Luckily the manager told her to piss off. (Well, in a more tactful way, but pretty much the same thing).
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                • #9
                  SC: WHAT? I've never heard of that, I've been to many different locations of yours and I've never had anyone get mad at me like that.
                  if you want something for nothing, head out to the country, find a garden and start grazing.

                  SC: Come on pal, I ain't afraid to eat!
                  this is why there should be limits on how much is given, straight out, rather than allow idiots like this to get what they want without actually paying for it.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth chainedbarista View Post
                    if you want something for nothing, head out to the country, find a garden and start grazing.
                    Well, even then, the SC would probably get a rifle pointed at their head or a hoe swung at their backside.

                    ...Wait, is that a bad thing?
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                    • #11
                      Quoth Kogarashi View Post
                      Well, even then, the SC would probably get a rifle pointed at their head or a hoe swung at their backside.

                      ...Wait, is that a bad thing?
                      I guess the local property owner could just hold the implement up over her head as a warning...of course, if it didn't work, he'd have to bring the hoe down.
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                      "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                      "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                      "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                      "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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                      • #12
                        Giving away free stuff does keep customers coming back....for more free stuff.
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                        • #13
                          Or instead of a flat rate for the salad, you can charge by the pound.
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                          • #14
                            Quoth Becks View Post
                            Or instead of a flat rate for the salad, you can charge by the pound.
                            I would kill to have that type of system implemented at Subway. Charging by weight would stop a lot of those greedy asshole "MORE MORE!" types with the veggies. If only they knew what the real Subway formula was for the veggies (6 pieces of everything for a footlong and 3 for a 6 inch), they would shit themselves.
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                            • #15
                              Quoth MoonCat View Post
                              Giving away free stuff does keep customers coming back....for more free stuff.
                              It's the truth folks. FREE is one of the most dangerous words in the English language.
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