It doesn’t suck everywhere, thank goodness. Don’t return to awful places— reward the good ones. Right now I’m still living in Florida, but in my town there are places with rotten service and wonderful service often standing right next to each other, just like anywhere else. The difference can be staggering. But do try to focus on the folks who genuinely care about what they’re doing. They’re out there. They exist. They could use your business.
This is true. There is a local pizzeria in a town not too far that has great service. I've been going there since I was in college and they still recognize me whenever I order. Seems the bigger problem is with chains in urban areas. Small towns and rural regions aren't as effected.
Seems the pandemic also made all this stuff even worse and normalized. Impersonal, rude, terrible interactions. Maybe it was the masks and needing to stay 6ft away from customers. But somehow it became the norm.It seems to me that you need to find a new pizza parlor to go to. I wouldn't stand for that type of service. Anywhere.
That said, I have found that at franchised/corporate locations in urban areas (except for In-N-Out) the service is pretty crummy. But go 10 miles out into the suburbs, or to a locally owned small business, and the service is often great.
Here in my small city out in the middle of nowhere, I have been struck by just how excellent customer service is. It's a constant stream of smiles, and "Yes, sir" and "Thank you, sir" and "My pleasure, sir" over the simplest of transactions. Very different from a McDonald's or Albertson's in urban Los Angeles, to be sure. Even better than suburban, upscale OC.
Fantastic! I remember several years ago, when I still lived in OC, I had gone up to downtown LA for a thing at the LA Live! complex. And I had lunch at a fast food place there, for the life of me I can't remember which one, but I distinctly remembered the young woman behind the counter.
I walked up to her in the empty and silent restaurant lobby after studying the menu for a few moments, and she just stared blankly at me, it seemed almost on purpose and rather aggressively. So I smiled back at her, silently. And she didn't crack a smile and stared back.... so I waited... and nothing from her. She was clearly a miserable person who hated her job and hated her customers. So I just stood there, by this point deciding to play a game, because I still kind of wanted some lunch from that place. Finally, after about 30 seconds which seemed like an eternity, I said "Do I start this, or do you?"... And she snapped out of it, gave me a half-smile and said "hi, can i take your order?"
There's part of me that feels badly for those folks, having to live in some godforsaken dirty failure of a society like urban Los Angeles, still working at a fast food place at 25 years old. But then, I remember that I'm spending my own money to buy their product, and that initial understanding for their miserable work ethic and poor service skills goes away.
Was there for the Christmas buffet last week and staff and the diners inside were all so nice and friendly. Not into the Knotts park beyond Scary Farm but the Chicken Dinner restaurant and the berry marketplace are a fun afternoon trip we do at least once a year.
Well, the ride certainly is free of long, slow soliloquy ballads bringing the story to a screeching halt… but on the other hand, the film’s “This is Halloween”“What’s This,” and “Oogie Boogie’s Song” scenes are masterpieces. And the movie doesn’t derail Haunted Mansion for months every year. I say the movie wins.
I barely have the stamina for one tree, let alone 17. But more power to you for 17, and some people (not myself) can truly make tree decorating an art form all on its own.
Me exactly. I was so happy when we decided to give gifts to children only.
Since when is this forum Reddit
Is the joke here supposed to be that anti-woke commentary is a Reddit position? Are you aware that Reddit is an extremely left wing website? 4chan is the right wing message board.
The trees range from 2ft to 7ft and they are spread throughout the house. We circle the piano in the conservatory with trees. The family room has a few. There is always a family year tree with different ornaments for each year. There is a Santa themed tree where presents are placed. There is Snoopy tree and a vintage ornament tree. You get the idea. It's a lot of boxes from the attic.
