Thursday, March 29, 2007
Waitress? Bitchress, really, is what'd I'd call you.
That's what I said last night to this bitch waitress who saw that I had my leg resting on a stool and goes "Hey feet off the furniture, Mister, this isn't your house!" I wish. I just took my leg off, drank my beer and paid for it and left. I wish I'd said something to make her feel as bad as I did. Then stood up and left without paying. And if I saw the manager on the way out, told him he'd better teach his waitress some manners. I can't wait until all the idiots in Klaipeda get run outta business by better managers and more polite waitresses. Isn't that what the EU's all about? Hurry up already!
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Many of the European students commented on the poor service at Lithuanian restaurants. I didn't really notice myself, but i think they may still have a problem grasping the idea that you must (dammit, i can't think of the word i want! i hate that!)any, that you must conform( just as i had given up i remembered) yourself to the customer. Under the soviet regime, the customer has to conform himself to the business. If he didn't like it, it was his problem.
yeah loky, i think that's basically what i was getting to, but it would have made more sense if you weren't drunk, of possibly if i wasn't.
point is, you, i, shouldn't just be disappointed and sulk, but bitch and take off, leaving the waitress to pay. give that bitchress a reason to think before she speaks next time. cause as it is, i'll pour my drink in her face next time, even if she's not waiting. i'll do it in the middle of the street. see? her rudeness has degraded society, turned me into a malefactor, at least towards her. but who's to say malefaction won't spread???
i should have said, "if i weren't."
recently, i've read up on the subjunctive, so, sorry about that.
I think that you may be overlooking the fact that it was your own rudeness, resting your leg on a stool, that started the cycle of ill temper.
well tete, my shoe wasn't even touching it, but that's not the point. i miss the good old disney world brand of reprimand: "excuse me, would you mind not _______?" you get a polite response from the staff. customer friendly--not belligerant.
the fact that she hit the belligerent button doesn't mean that you should also. perhaps you should lead by example?
that's risky advice. if i lead by polite example, there's a pretty slim chance of seeing anyone affected positively by it. what are my odds at satisfaction then?
i like to lead by another kind of example--that of defiance. when the supermarket tries to rob me by labeling products with prices lower than the ones that ring up. here's the example i give: everyone sees me, rather than pack up my groceries to clear the line (no bag boys in this land), i stand there watching the check-out screen carefully; when a mistake pops up (once a week at least), i demand (politely, unless she starts arguing with me) it changed for as long as it takes till they fix it, which is quite a while, since as far as the cashier is usually concerned, that's my problem, i can "not buy it then." oh, i'm buying it alright, for the price posted. everybody around me hears about it, then i tell the story to everyone who will listen. i usually consider it my good deed of the day.
i lead by example when i don't yield to traffic in cross walks.
i lead by example when i write phone numbers ###-### instead of ##-##-##.
i lead by example when i drop trou' in the sauna.
i lead by example when i make my own bbq sauce and guacamole.
i lead by example when i hold the door for old people.
i'll lead by example when i get married in a church. (a problem in this country)
i'll lead by example when i have lots of kids. (a problem in this country)
these are examples of leading by example that inspire others to do the same, and some have already caught on in a big way; i hope the rest do too. i don't see politeness catching on that way; the bitchress'll just think i'm a chump.
i'll lead by example when i get married in a church.
Why not just go to church every Sunday as well?!!
i do go to church every Sunday rachel, sometimes.
Both you and the waitress could have handled the situation better, but she could have taken a less confrontational tone . :)
don't forget about the linguistic examples you set:
-freedom fries, not french fries
-smell you later, not see you later
hmm, i haven't seen you recently enough to remember any others quickly.
the only noteworthy linguastic one i can think of is that i don't pronouce international words in lithuanian as a child in english. like "psichologas," i keep the "p" silent, though lithuanians don't. worse yet is the lithuanian version of xenophobia: ksenofobija. shudder! i don't just pronounce that one correctly (incorrectly according to lithuanians), i write it correctly too: zenofobija.
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