biig wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> George wrote:
>>> cathy wrote:
>>>> I suppose this is a pretty minor pet peeve, but it still ticks me
>>>> off.
>>>>
>>>> I shop at Vons in the Los Angeles area (owned and run by Safeway).
>>>> They have two store policies that I find irritating and
>>>> hypocritical. The first is, the checker always asks you "do you
>>>> need help out to
>>>> your car", no matter what the size of your order. I've had them ask
>>>> me that when all I bought was a half gallon of milk, or a single
>>>> bag
>>>> of potato chips.
>>>
>>>
>>> I feel the same way about the enforced mandatory happiness at the
>>> big
>>> box home store where they have to greet everyone. I am quite sure
>>> they aren't really all that excited to see me buy a paint brush.
>>>
>> You never know... maybe they think you're going to rush over and
>> paint their house!
>>
>> We've been to a couple of restaurants where, the minute you walk in
>> the door, every single server who isn't currently busy at a table
>> all yell "Hi!" or "Welcome to [restaurant]!" to you at the same
>> time. Now *that* is overkill, IMO.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Would that be Waffle House? lol....Sharon

LOL nope. The one that stands out in my mind is a Italian restaurant in
Olathe, Kansas. I can't remember the name of it. Zee's? Something like
that. The servers who weren't busy were lined up along the line where the
orders are placed, apparently with their eyes glued to the front door. As
the host/hostess was walking us to our table they all yelled a greeting at
us simultaneously.

As we got our drinks and perused the menu, we kept hearing this over and
over. It got to be pretty annoying.

Jill