maybe packers aren't unique

[darnknit 0]

i signed out early today, so it was only 2:00 when i beat my packer with a crowbar. i hadn't had lunch yet, so i went to a fast food place down the road. the guy serving me was covered in tatoos, which i guess is better than scorpions(since it would have been possible to fling a scorpion on me, but not a tatoo).

he wasn't particularly friendly, and wouldn't give me some salt when i asked for some, so i decided to beat him with a crowbar.

all of a sudden, he handed me some salt packets, asked me if there was anything else i needed and then wished me a nice day.

i didn't expect that. i thought he would not tolerate such degredation, but instead he became more playful and loving. just like my packer does when i beat him with a crowbar.

so, have i overestimated the amount of respect i give to service industry employees(excluding packers of course)?

i would hate to think i was handing out respect where it wasn't deserved.

pulling is cool. keep it in the skin

[NWFlyer 2]

Yup.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[darnknit 0]

yeah, exactly my point!

if the little punk behind the food counter had been the CEO of the fast food chain, he would have given me some salt and wished me a nice day. he would have given me the same respect that any given person would give a common waiter.

you are correct! it speaks volumes of that tatoo covered miscreant. i gaurantee he wouldn't make it past the first episode if he was on "The Apprentice".

thank you for reaffirming my point of view.

pulling is cool. keep it in the skin

[DJL 235]

That's good news. I'll never be a CEO...so I can tell waiters to hurry the fuck up with my side of toast.

"Dupea: I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes, tomatoes instead, a cup of coffee, and wheat toast.
Waitress: (She points to the menu) No substitutions.
Dupea: What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes?
Waitress: Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two - a plain omelette. It comes with cottage fries and rolls.
Dupea: Yeah, I know what it comes with. But it's not what I want.
Waitress: Well, I'll come back when you make up your mind.
Dupea: Wait a minute. I have made up my mind. I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes on the plate, a cup of coffee, and a side order of wheat toast.
Waitress: I'm sorry, we don't have any side orders of toast...an English muffin or a coffee roll.
Dupea: What do you mean you don't make side orders of toast? You make sandwiches, don't you?
Waitress: Would you like to talk to the manager?
Dupea: ...You've got bread and a toaster of some kind?
Waitress: I don't make the rules.
Dupea: OK, I'll make it as easy for you as I can. I'd like an omelette, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.
Waitress: A number two, chicken sal san, hold the butter, the lettuce and the mayonnaise. And a cup of coffee. Anything else?
Dupea: Yeah. Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Waitress (spitefully): You want me to hold the chicken, huh?
Dupea: I want you to hold it between your knees.
Waitress (turning and telling him to look at the sign that says, "No Substitutions") Do you see that sign, sir? Yes, you'll all have to leave. I'm not taking any more of your smartness and sarcasm.
Dupea: You see this sign? (CRASH!)"

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