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Lionessa

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10. Intentional obtuseness is never nice. You simply kept expectiing your terse

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #9)

Mon May 21, 2012, 12:09 PM

May 2012

little phrase to ring their bells instead of simply speaking fully and clearly about what you wanted. You've wasted considerably more time here ranting than a clear explanation of what you wanted would've taken.

And yes, when people rant about servers, but it turns out the ranter was a crap-filled customer, I do feel better calling the customer out.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] LynneSin May 2012 OP

I do the same thing. Lars39 May 2012 #1

Ask for a cup of tea, wink, and say Leave Room For Brandy JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #2

Yeah, that was my first thought. HopeHoops May 2012 #3

We used to have to tell customers that did that... Chan790 May 2012 #7

Try this. Chan790 May 2012 #4

Sometimes I do that but at this store they had a pitcher of ice water LynneSin May 2012 #12

IT IS YOU! You are apparently being intentionally terse with servers so you can bitch. Lionessa May 2012 #5

You would think I was pretty clear after she first added the ice to the cup LynneSin May 2012 #6

I feel like the defender of a server who was treated badly by a customer. Lionessa May 2012 #8

Defended how? I thought I was pretty darn nice up until the point of being ignored twice LynneSin May 2012 #9

Intentional obtuseness is never nice. You simply kept expectiing your terse Lionessa May 2012 #10

Obviously it's not working with you LynneSin May 2012 #11

Yep, by thelling them again what you don't want without telling them what you do. Lionessa May 2012 #13

As a former coffeehouse manager, I have made baristas come in for remedial training for less. Chan790 May 2012 #16

OMG, that sounds like a speech out of American Psycho or Zoolander! jobycom May 2012 #14

I did the 2nd time LynneSin May 2012 #17

Never heard of this 'leave enough room for ice' concept MicaelS May 2012 #15