Are retail and restaurant workers getting ruder?

[Just Jack]

31 minutes ago, Augie said:

She had a safe delivered to the house and we had our construction guy come and make sure nobody is going to carry this thing off.  

 

I knew a guy that when he had his house built, he had a safe installed in the basement, then put up cinder block walls around it, except for the door opening.  You were not taking it out unless you took down the walls.  I don't remember how wide it was, but it was as tall as a normal door opening.  

[Augie]

1 minute ago, Just Jack said:

 

I knew a guy that when he had his house built, he had a safe installed in the basement, then put up cinder block walls around it, except for the door opening.  You were not taking it out unless you took down the walls.  I don't remember how wide it was, but it was as tall as a normal door opening.  

 

Any chance he was maybe in the import/export business?  😂 

[Mr. WEO]

always been so...

 

[stuvian]

Customer service is a lost art

[NoSaint]

On 2/16/2025 at 7:05 AM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

I actually am not sure it’s always a situation of people being burned out or unhappy. Maybe sometimes. But It seems also due to ignorance— like they don’t even think being friendly and customer-oriented is something they should do.

 

i am not also looking for anyone to fawn over me. Just to say hello and recognize my basic existence. 
 

another example— I was at the dollar store and me and another lady were standing in line. The cashier saw us, but kept us waiting for like 5 minutes while she was putting stuff away on a shelf.
 

she then came over, and I was like, “hey, how’s it going.” No response. She rang me up.  Then I said at the end, “thanks.” And no response.  
 

something almost identical happened to

me at Panera bread then to the other day. 
 

isn’t that weird? 

it’s totally weird. 
 

but also I can only imagine what that dollar store employee has to go through any given shift. In most cases they are stocking, checkout and security by themselves and put through the wringer