Oh sure, we have watched A LOT of Thomas the Tank Engine and George Carlin is the very best narrator. Alec Baldwin is the worst. He makes James sound like a flamboyant drag queen.
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I actually find kids more understandable than half the customers at my work, mostly because we have a lot of first generation immigrants with heavy accents. I'm *terrible* with accents and the customer usually becomes frustrated before I can get what they're saying. It's embarrassing and I'm working on it, but that's why I usually love their kids. The school age kids typically speak very clear English and are able to translate for their parents most of the time, be it just a heavy accent or directly from what language the parent speaks.
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I worked at a coffee shop a million years ago, and what amazed me the most was the number of parents who would bring little (like, kindergarten age) kids into the shop, let them order for themselves, and NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR KID ORDERED. I just started making a habit of listening to junior, smiling like they were the cutest thing I'd ever seen, then looking up at Mom/Dad and asking them, "Is that okay with you?" They'd inevitably ask why I asked, and I'd have to explain that the cookies and cream milkshake li'l bit had just ordered came with about four shots of espresso in it. Just wanted to make sure that was what they really wanted. The horrified looks on the parents' faces were priceless.
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Quoth Racket_Man View Postnow if I could just do a through-the phone-slap for the parents (meaning slapping the parents) who think it is REAL cute and fun to have their 5 or 6 or 7 year old call and "attempt" to make a large pizza order.
Quoth Jester View PostSome people would argue that a well done medium steak is quite rare, but at that point we're just getting into word play and brain fucking.
I happen to be fairly conversant in toddlerese. To the point that I could translate for the only toddler I've spent any time around in the last 10 years for said toddler's mother. Generally speaking, it's mostly an accent with some mixed words, so it's pretty similar to helping an English-as-a-second-language individual.
Of course, at the order window it's suddenly a magnitude more difficult because you lose a lot of context and similar terms no longer become interchangeable.
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Quoth singerchick View PostI worked at a coffee shop a million years ago, and what amazed me the most was the number of parents who would bring little (like, kindergarten age) kids into the shop, let them order for themselves, and NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR KID ORDERED. I just started making a habit of listening to junior, smiling like they were the cutest thing I'd ever seen, then looking up at Mom/Dad and asking them, "Is that okay with you?" They'd inevitably ask why I asked, and I'd have to explain that the cookies and cream milkshake li'l bit had just ordered came with about four shots of espresso in it. Just wanted to make sure that was what they really wanted. The horrified looks on the parents' faces were priceless.Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! - Don't you dare erase my hard disk!
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Quoth Seraph View Post/jawdrop I never realized that was him.
Quoth rose_metal_nz View PostBut RedBull? For a KID?!
Now, *I* wouldn't let my child drink Red Bull, but then, not everyone is like me. Hell, my parents fed us constant streams of Coke, Pepsi, and Doctor Pepper. We were highly caffeinated and highly sugared. And we were not abnormal in that respect....nor would we be today. So, what's the difference between Red Bull and caffeinated soda? Oh yeah....bubbles, taste, and price. That's about it.
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I didn't get a lot of soda as a kid.
This is probably why I over indulged in it as a young adult, and why I need to put limits on it now.
Note to everyone, never assume that teaching kids healthy habbits works for life. As soon as I had my freedom, I vowed to never touch veggies again. And I haven't.You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth
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Quoth AnaKhouri View PostOh sure, we have watched A LOT of Thomas the Tank Engine and George Carlin is the very best narrator. Alec Baldwin is the worst. He makes James sound like a flamboyant drag queen.
I do agree that George Carlin was the best one, though. Though I liked Ringo, too.
(Yes, I have a little boy who loves trains, can't you tell?)Last edited by XCashier; 07-31-2011, 04:29 AM.I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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Quoth Kristev View PostMother used to make us learn money, at home, not at stores.
"The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is Still A Customer."
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Quoth Catwoman2965 View PostIn this same vein, how about the families who get up to order, and always seem to be IN FRONT of me in line, and no one has a clue what they want, the parent is trying to figure it out, and the kid is not paying attention. First of all, figure out what widdle pwecious wants BEFORE you get in line, and then order for them. It will save a lot of time and aggrevation on teh part of the rest of us!
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