re: People who verbally abuse service industry workers just because

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People who verbally abuse service industry workers just because

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= narcissists

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Rule #1: Don't screw with people who make your food

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Indeed.

Ive never complained at any restaurant ever, no matter how bad the service. They are bringing you who knows what from who knows where and you have to eat it.

Now, Subway? Have at it. All that glass gives me confidence.

I wonder how similar or dissimilar that list is for male waiters and bartenders

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People see service people as inferior so they treat them like crap.

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Besides the food being absolute crap - this is the main reason why I don’t goto places like Pf Chang’s or Chili’s. To many dirt dick patrons.

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Rule #1: Don't screw with people who make your food

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I'm excessively courteous to food service workers for this very reason.

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Not the uber wealthy. The worst are the wanna be rich progessionals, mainly lawyers and doctors. Ive got a friend who managed hotels in seattle and hawaii, he?says the really rich are decent. The next tier down is the worst. My experience in tourism agrees

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Ahhh, yes, The Nouveau Riche. They are chasing a perceived standard and attitude and fulfilling a character that doesnt reflect reality anywhere but in cinema. They also actually still work(doctors, lawyers) so they are more stressed than the uber rich who just point and tell people what to do and shuffle money around.

My wife has lawyer clients and says they are the most stressed of all her clients.

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I'm excessively courteous to food service workers for this very reason.

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If it makes you feel any better, this isn't super common. I was reading something the other day about common misconceptions and someone said, "contrary to belief, I've never seen anyone frick with someone's food in the dozens of places I've worked" and hundreds of people agreed (myself included).

The worst I've ever done was when a woman with a bad attitude came in and asked for red beans and rice with no sausage.

Me: Oh, I'm sorry. The sausage actually doesn't come in links.
Her: Yeah, I just want the red beans and rice without it. Do you understand?
Me: Hmm, I might not have explained that right. It is chopped up little pieces of sausage cooked into the red beans.
Her: YEAH - I don't want. Take it out.
Me: So... You want me to pick the sausage out with my hands?
Her: You can use a spoon, I don't care how you do it. I just don't want it.

Me to the kitchen: That order of red beans coming back needs extra sausage!

I always assume a service person is overwhelmed because management screwed up the scheduling or somebody called in sick. The person there has probably been screwed over by someone else.

My wife and I both worked alot of food service in our youth, we can easily detect the difference between shitty employees and good employees in shitty situations. We’re always extremely nice and understanding to the latter, but my wife is a super bitch to the former.

So, us old fart white guys are the tits. We didn't make the list.