On 12/20/2012 8:40 PM, Somebody wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 12/20/2012 9:20 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:08:50 -0600, billn wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a WalMart Market a couple miles from my house. My experience is
>>>> complete opposite. The store is clean and well-kept and the employees
>>>> are,
>>>> and I'm not exaggerating, the friendliest, most polite people of any
>>>> store
>>>> around here. You cannot pass one without them saying "Hi" or "How are
>>>> you
>>>> doing today".
>>>
>>> How annoying!
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>> Some stores (and restaurants) require their employees to do that. And
>> yes, it can be annoying. But it's better than being ignored completely if
>> you are looking for something and need assistance.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> There was a story a while back that Safeway was making cashiers smile at
> customers and talk to them... The cashier's didn't like the policy though,
> as some of the creepy males would then "hit on" the female cashier...
> Forced niceness should not be required. Sometimes I like when the clerk is
> just a sullen goth that doesn't try and make small talk and just efficiently
> rings things up and I am quickly on my way.
>
>
>
My son was never a morning person. So bad was he in the morning that I
was certain he'd be court martialed the first day of his Army career
when they tried to get him out of bed. He had a part-time job at a
McDonalds while in college and was fired because he could did not smile
and greet the patrons cheerfully.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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