“No one in my immediate family except for me ever did anything but food service and while there is plenty to complain about (rude customers, asshole bosses, low pay), doing the basic elements of your job a little differently is not one of them.”

I’m not ignoring that. But here’s the thing- “It wasn’t the end of the world and it always worked out in the end”. It’s literally part of a managers job, it’s a regular enough occurrence to be expected, and it’s something that works out fine without causing a major problem. Like I said, we’ll have to agree to…

Agree to disagree. As someone who has worked retail many times as a younger man I can recall this situation happening with some frequency. I never for a second found it to be a frustrating experience or something that was cause for annoyance. It always just seemed like a regular part of the job, and a natural…

I agree that it probably took ever so slightly longer to fill his order. I disagree that it takes the patience of a saint not to get angry or upset with people because your day is slowed down by 5-10 seconds. Especially if you go to Chipotle where you’re already expecting a line, and if they’re actually busy none of…

That’s all true, and makes it understandable that it would create additional challenges. But that’s entirely different from being upset with the person who does it. Jobs frequently have challenges. Being angry or offended at people who inadvertently make your day a little more challenging is just absurd to me. If…

Yeah, I’ve heard those arguments too. But it seems like it makes a lot more sense as a parent to respond to those worries by saying “which is why I’m going to wait until they’re old enough to a) want to have it done, and b) be responsible enough to take care of it themselves” than to say “which is why I’m going to…

Holy cow, now this guy is causing people to lose promotions and raises and jobs?! Lol, people’s outrage and exaggeration is literally boundless.

“In the short term, he’s holding up the line for other people waiting to order because he had to be oh-so-”clever.”
I’ve been at a busy chipotle a time or two in my life. I’ve even seen people ask for various things on the side. In my experience, the average increase in the amount of time it takes to scoop something in…

My brother and his wife pierced by niece’s ears when she was like 3 months. I always thought it was a super weird thing to do for a whole host of reasons . A) Who cares? Pierced ears are cosmetic, so why do you care how fashionable your 6 month old is? B) Why are you forcing your child to undergo a scary and painful…

“It’s the job, but most customers are annoying and needy.”

And let’s think about what he’s actually asking the staff to do- when you ask for salsa they will dish it into your bowl. He is asking them to dish it into a container and apply a lid instead. He’s not asking them to do his taxes. It’s literally a grand total of 2 seconds of extra work for the staff, tops. The fact…

Virtually none of these strike me as much extra work, and certainly not enough extra to work to warrant complaining about. Most of them fall broadly within the job description itself, so the only reason to get upset is if the customer is actually rude. It’s always fair to get upset at someone who is rude to you, but…

These stories always just make me chuckle. As someone who has worked multiple service industry jobs in my lifetime, most of these complaints seem utterly ridiculous to me. Most of the one’s listed don’t even sound like line employees complaints rather than managers complaints. Breaking big bills? If I was working the…

No, not even a little bit. Where did you get that notion from? You claimed the scientists are not at all guided by evidence and then immediately provided an example of the scientists changing their views based on new evidence.

“Either way, the only common denominator is luck and a good organization to facilitate that luck.”

“The echo does nothing my phone doesn’t already do.”

“The echo does nothing my phone doesn’t already do.”

“Otherwise it’s psuedo-science... like global warming. Which, coincidentally, isn’t called “global warming” anymore. Because the actual science didn’t back it up.”

Dude, you’re like a walking logical fallacy textbook.

Did your girlfriend buy that excuse ;)?

Did your girlfriend buy that excuse ;)?