:o 
A flattering offer indeed! But I suspect the current gentleman in my life might object. 
You’re dating Mr. Ed’s grandson? Is that legal where you live?
Wow. I certainly got a reaction out of people. There seem to be a lot of ex-wait staff on the SDMB.
Mhendo- I know I am no idiot. No need for you to tell everyone. I do not think you understand how quotation marks operate though.
Mhendo, you are a scut.
haha ha…wait this is not funny. SO it cannot be a joke. Does he really think I am ’ flaunting my power in a sadistic way’. Wow. I thought I was just ordering a drink.
Left Hand of Dorkness, you are a sudoriferous thinker.
You are obviously not anywhere near a god if you do not understand.
Did you actually read my post?
I have no problem with any of these exchanges. I have a problem with asking a question like ‘Are you able to deliver this chair before the 25th?’ and getting a reply of ‘No worries’. I do not know what that answer means. So I always have to ask again. I would like the person to answer my question in a clear unambiguous way.
Do I know you? Why would you ever consider you knew what I was like.
I see no evidence that you actually understand what the word ‘pretentious’ means. Try giving me a definition without looking it up in a dictionary.
Pixiesnix, since you do not understand what you type, I shall regard you with justifed contempt.
No, actually, you were being rude to him in a setting where, if he responded appropriately to you, he would lose his job. And you know that, and you are probably relying on that knowledge to spark your rudeness: you’re verbally striking at someone who can’t strike back.
It’s possible you’re getting a lot of these reactions because we’re all crazy. It’s also possible that you ought to rethink your cutesy response to folks who are just trying to be polite.
Let me help: that answer means “yes.” There, now you don’t have to ask again, EVER. It is a clear, unambiguous answer using a commonly-accepted idiom.
Presto! Ignorance fought!
Daniel
Come on now… really? You don’t know what “no worries” means in that conext? You can’t be serious. Have you just arrived here from outerspace? You can’t be that ignorant, surely?
If you REALLY don’t know what it means. If you REALLY need to ask again because you find “no worries” ambiguous. The problem is ALL yours and it would be quite rude to imply otherwise.
And as noted above. You know what it means now, so you need never be ambiguified again!
I’m fortunate to be able to say that just about every fast food worker, retail associate, server and customer service rep I’ve encountered seemed to have gone out of their way to be nice.
I think that people live up to our expectations - I don’t look at the listed employess as “drones” as others have mentioned - they’re individuals with lives - just like me. Generally if I smile, I get a smile in return. I don’t consider anyone “below my station” based on their earning power and try to treat all people with the same courtesy that I expect.
I’ve seen some with “superior attitude” written all over their faces - the responses they receive sometimes differ than the response I receive. Some people seem to feel that “service” and “servants” go together. I don’t.
I agree. I think a large part of that is that we see/hear what we expect to/want to see or hear.
I expect people to be basically polite, so that’s what I perceive until they are extremely rude.
It’s simply not to my advantage to pick apart small interactions with everyone. I won’t look for fault, so I will rarely find it.
You know, I knew there were anal people in this world but this thread has revealed to me a level of anality (analness?) that I never could have imagined. Not in my wildest dreams would I have thought that someone could think it reasonable or sane to expect a certain response to a remark they make and get all exercised if they get any but that response.
“You may not say anything back to me when I say ‘thank you’ except ‘my most humble self is awash in slavering gratitude at your benificence’ and you must say it while standing on one leg and waving your left arm in a clockwise - NOT counterclockwise - circle. Else I shall immediately speak to the store manager and have you dismissed, sirrah!” :rolleyes:
No wonder there are so many strokes and heart attacks!
The obvious solution, of course, is for every business to have some kind of triage room where customers are prescreened to determine their formality requirements. Those with more relaxed expectations may proceed directly to the counter to order their Egg McMuffin®, while the fastidious few—for whom anything short of Platinum Level service simply will not do—will be squired down a red-carpeted hall in a gilt carriage drawn by the finest elephants in full regalia, to be pampered by a host of white-gloved attendants and their gimlet-eyed, clipboard-and-whip-wielding superintendents.
It’s not an insurmountable conflict; all that’s needed is a slight shift in the business model and everyone’s needs will be met.
And then shot.
That should be “No wonder there are so many cerebrovascular accidents and myocardial infarctions!”
Philistine.
Get me your manager immediately!
Pretentious is using phrases such as:
and
yet, being too stupid to understand what “No problem!” means in response to a request.
//complete hijack, while the Aussies are still in this thread//
I had a conference call with Australia today. I absolutely love the accent, I could listen to an Aussie woman talk all day.
//end hijack//
Could we please knock all this shit off now? Four pages of discussion about whether or not the words “Thank You” and “No problem” are acceptable and whether they should be expected? Are you kidding me?
If you’re offended that someone says “No Problem” instead of “You’re welcome”, you’re far too sensitive to be let out of the house. The intent is exactly the same, and if someone intends to be polite, then they’re being polite.
Everybody should expect a “Thank You” during a transaction - cashiers AND customers alike. Expecting a “thank you” does not make me a snooty, privileged asshole who looks down his nose at retail staff, it’s just common fucking courtesy and I will extend that same courtesy to everyone I interact with until they turn out to be dicks. Similarly, cashiers are not drones, they’re people, and I will give them the same level of respect that I expect to receive in return. Just because someone is on minimum wage, it doesn’t give them any excuse to be surly, sullen or dismissive. “Please”, “Thank You” and “You’re Welcome” (or “No Problem”) represent the bare minimum level of courtesy we should expect from one another during our daily interactions as human beings. If we can’t even be bothered to utter these few simple words to each other, then we end up on a slippery downward slope where we end up snarling and spitting at each other instead.
I don’t want to live in that kind of world and I’m damn sure going to do my best to prevent it from ever happening by continuing to treated everyone with respect until further notice.
There, end of discussion. Now go home and do something productive. Shoo!
:smack: Damn! Fired again 
Or should that have been ‘Zounds! Relieved of my responsibilities yet once more’? 
Sure, as long as he’s gelded. Wouldn’t want any miscegenated little bastards galloping around.
Y’re not from 'round here, I’d guess.