Gotta train them baristas. Start with a small consistent tip; just enough to encourage them to try a little harder. When they DO try harder at being cheerful, give them a better tip.
Occasionally there is a legitimate business that intentionally treats customers poorly. There used to be a bar (a chain of bars?) called Dick’s Last Resort that did that, and there was a short-lived hotdog place in my area called Rude Dawgs. Of course it’s all theatre – but the customers don’t always know that.
uwg… Yes, Dick’s … there’s one in Sandy Eggo… it’s always packed… but I’ve never been there… probably because I enjoy, er… good service. I imagine the waitstaff LOVE working there… you can say what YOU ARE REALLY THINKING… but it comes off as “just doing my job.”
Grey… YES…. that’s what I was thinking when I wrote that…. Classic Peanuts!
Timothy… (hi ho!) The one in Sandy Eggo? … or I think there is one in Florida…. is there something on the menu that you dig? or is it the atmosphere, etc?
Gotta train them baristas. Start with a small consistent tip; just enough to encourage them to try a little harder. When they DO try harder at being cheerful, give them a better tip.
Pete… good advice. Should I pat them on the head as well? (hee hee… just kidding… I’ll stick a treat on their nose… stay… stay….)
Yep! And when they spill your coffee, you point and the mess and say, “Did you do this? Did you? Bad, barista! Bad!”
When I got this in my RSS feed this morning, I just KNEW it had to be about Grace.
Ha Ha… Pete… Bad barista! Ha ha…
yat… how did you know?
Occasionally there is a legitimate business that intentionally treats customers poorly. There used to be a bar (a chain of bars?) called Dick’s Last Resort that did that, and there was a short-lived hotdog place in my area called Rude Dawgs. Of course it’s all theatre – but the customers don’t always know that.
uwg… Yes, Dick’s … there’s one in Sandy Eggo… it’s always packed… but I’ve never been there… probably because I enjoy, er… good service. I imagine the waitstaff LOVE working there… you can say what YOU ARE REALLY THINKING… but it comes off as “just doing my job.”
“I got a rock …”
(because SOMEONE had to say it)
Hey, I loved Dick’s Last Resort.
Grey… YES…. that’s what I was thinking when I wrote that…. Classic Peanuts!
Timothy… (hi ho!) The one in Sandy Eggo? … or I think there is one in Florida…. is there something on the menu that you dig? or is it the atmosphere, etc?