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Reaver

Reaver

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You're right, Chessie, we are all friends here. :D My previous post was just a lighthearted barb. I also have to strive daily to avoid slang in public.

On another note, I have the utmost respect for anyone brave enough to navigate the unappreciated field of endeavor known as the food service industry.
 
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Chessie

Istari
I only miss the money, if that tells you anything. A few weeks ago, my husband and I went out for Pho at this popular little place here in town and they were absolutely packed. People were getting upset at the waitstaff for having to wait to sit down and for their food. One lady sitting behind us got attitude with the poor server, and it took all me not to turn around and say something. It wasn't my business to mind...but I don't miss the 85% crappy part of the job ranging from rude customers to lazy co-workers and burning myself countless times somewhere in between.
 
Tom

Tom

Istari
Yikes, the food industry. I hope I never have to work in it again. :eek2: For some reason people seem to think it's acceptable to be rude to you when you're wearing a restaurant uniform.
 
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Chessie

Istari
Reaver said:
Those are the people who've never seen the movie "Waiting". One of my cardinal rules is "Always be incredibly kind to those who handle your food."
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Not that I've ever messed anyone's food up on purpose, but there are ways food service workers get back at rude customers: taking forever to bring your beer back, cutting you off that beer, making you wait a little longer for service, etc. When people got mad at me I just played stupid "oh, I'm SO sorry."

As a barista, things were different. One customer at the cafe I worked at was an incredible pain. She was rude, had us remake her drinks every time, and didn't tip well. All of the baristas hated her. She would make out with her boyfriend in the middle of the cafe and shove her hands down his pants infront of children and families. Ick. So whenever she came in for a latte we did little things to her drinks like, fill up the syrup to half the cup or...maybe mix half and half with her skim or...give her decaf instead of regular or...the wrong kind of tea...you get the drift. I was also immature and in my 20s so I wouldn't do that sort of stuff now but I seriously hated her lol. The worst thing was when I switched cafes and she ate at the other one, too. The last time I waited on her she had me send her tuna melt back because it was too creamy. For reals, lady? Tuna sandwiches have mayo!
 
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Tom

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When I worked at a fast food place, they put me on drive-thru, which was...haha, not the best idea. Auditory processing disorder + bad headsets? Not great. They eventually took me off headset, thank god.

But yeah, anyway, there was this one guy who always came through the drive-thru just around closing time, and I would have to stop prepping for closing to take down his order and get it expedited. He was also kind of a jerk. One winter night, in the middle of a snowstorm, he pulled up and ordered 3 cheeseburgers. I misheard him due to the bad intercom and the wind noise, and thought he said 2 cheeseburgers. When he'd finished his order I read it back to him, and he got so mad when I said I'd entered 2 cheeseburgers instead of 3. So he yells "ONE, TWO, THREE CHEESEBURGERS! THREE!" over the intercom.

Well. Everyone working the kitchen that night had a headset, so we ALL heard him. When kitchen wrapped up his burgers they wrote 1, 2, and 3 on the wrappers, and when I expedited them I put them in three individual bags also marked 1, 2, and 3. When I leaned out the window into the freezing wind and snow flurries to give him his order, I smiled as wide as I could and said, "Here's your one, two, three cheeseburgers!" in the most obnoxiously cheerful voice possible. The look on his face was priceless. Everyone had a good laugh when he pulled away.
 
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Chessie

Istari
Tom, holy shit that's hilarious! AHAHA! I used to love it when stupid people were put in their place. The last restaurant I worked at serves a high class clientel. Many drunk business people there. And where there is drunk there is also stupid. I have so many stories I could tell, but perhaps one of my favorites was a group of drunk dudes from the restaurant next door. One of the guys asked if he could buy me and I said, "hey, let me ask my boss what the going price would be. I'll be right back." And of course, she went to the table with a mighty vengeance and kicked him and his friends out into the winter night. HAHA!!
 
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Saigonnus

Saigonnus

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Tom Nimenai said:
Sweet potato pie is too sweet for me, especially with marshmallows. How about apple pie? That's another one of my family's holiday favorites.
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I second this! Pumpkin pie isn't my thing either, don't like the texture. Yuck!

Give me apple streusel, traditional apple, peach, mincemeat and I am happy. Give me ham over turkey... unless I make the bird.


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Russ

Russ

Dark Lord
So I am watching a college football game between Arkansas and Florida on Saturday and Arkansas has this very good wide receiver/kick returner named "Jerry Cornelius".

Now Jerry Cornelius was the star of a number of Moorcock's stranger books and might have been the vehicle for the first "shared universe" type stories as a number of other authors wrote about him and his world.

It was just weird to hear the announcers keep using his name. It would be like a Tolkien fan hearing "Bilbo Baggins with the 15 yard catch on the out" all day.

Strange experience.
 
Brian Scott Allen

Brian Scott Allen

Dark Lord
Russ said:
So I am watching a college football game between Arkansas and Florida on Saturday and Arkansas has this very good wide receiver/kick returner named "Jerry Cornelius".

Now Jerry Cornelius was the star of a number of Moorcock's stranger books and might have been the vehicle for the first "shared universe" type stories as a number of other authors wrote about him and his world.

It was just weird to hear the announcers keep using his name. It would be like a Tolkien fan hearing "Bilbo Baggins with the 15 yard catch on the out" all day.

Strange experience.
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You and I both know Bilbo would be a running back in short yardage situations because he'd go right under the defense.
 
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Chessie

Istari
I wonder if it's possible to infuse my story with rock n' roll. This manuscript is getting written to Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and all sorts of 80s rock. :p (this means my fantasy world has boomboxes)
 
Svrtnsse

Svrtnsse

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Article Team
Do it! They'll all have really long fluffy hair and jeans with the knees ripped open.

On a more serious note - it shouldn't be too difficult to give it a bit of a rock n' roll feeling. A lot of that kind of stuff has a fair bit of epicosity and fantasticness infused in it, doesn't it?
 
Svrtnsse

Svrtnsse

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Article Team
I just caught myself singing along to the music in my headphones... at my desk at work. Fortunately everyone else is wearing headphones too.

Does this happen to anyone else?

Also: Depeche Mode - When the Body Speaks
 
evolution_rex

evolution_rex

Grandmaster
Anyone fellow Americans unable to write due to anxiety of the election? I'm not trying to get political, I just want to see if I'm the only one.
 
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