When I walk into a downtown grocery store as a patron and approach you to order/purchase something, why in the hell are you, as an employee of said grocery store, greeting me with either “hey man” or “hey dude”?
How about you show your customers (regardless of whether they appear to be in your general age range) a token amount of respect and leave the buddy buddy stuff for your interactions with your weekend drinking crew. From the viewpoint of someone who has put in more than their fair share of time as a poorly paid customer service provider, I find that shit weak.
A simple “hello” or “hi” would be sufficient.
—Mr. Mister
This article appears in Sep 17-23, 2009.
Respect is earned, not something you’re entitled to, you douchebag.
Hey dude! I would rather that than…hi.
If the person is friendly what is the deal?
Respect.
Hmmm. I demand you greet me with HI or HELLO.
I am just happy people say anything. Have you been outside of this province or country? It is nasty out there. So, I think you are being picky for some other reason other than respect. It isn’t like he didn’t acknowledge you or say something like, “Hey Old feller!” “Hey FREAK!” Hey Loser Hey Sexy
He said Hey Man or what was it… Hey Dude.
DUde! Get over yourself.
If something like this bothers you, you have a lot more problems than being greeted with a “hey dude.” Frig sakes.
Get a fucking grip, DUDE.
I am not sure that I am reading this right. Is the OP complaining because a store clerk is friendly?
Well, the minimum wage workers can’t win, can they? Smile. Don’t smile. Be friendly. Don’t be friendly.
All I can say is:
Hey Dude, chill. Regardless of the degree or status you may have earned in your lifetime, it is moot in the grocery store.
This is quite possibly the most idiotic bitch I have ever read.
Dude has to chill. This isn’t The Andy Griffith Show. Next thing we know it we’ll be buying our milk by the oz and carrying our groceries in paper bags.
The quality of bitching lately has been pretty lacking…
If I were you OP, I’d be impressed you got a greeting. I know I was horrible for talking to people when I worked at a certain NS chain years ago. That said, the clerk can double his productivity by just saying hello.
Does shopping in a grocery store somehow entitle you to be addressed with respect? Surely as a former poorly paid customer service provider you can appreciate that these people get paid sweet FA to sell you something as efficiently as possible, not kiss your ass.
Well, MJ, I think shopping at at a store DOES entitle a customer to a certain amount of respect, just for walking in the door.
I don’t mind so much if it’s “Hey” rather than “Hello”, but the biggest part of customer service is the SERVICE.
I DON’T think staff should have to put up with unreasonable or irrational customers, and I certainly don’t think they deserve the crap that some asshole customers dish out, but I DO think that the main part of “serving” customers is first offering to be friendly and helpful, conveying a professional attitude.
If a person isn’t capable of that, they should let someone else step in and do the job properly.
YES, the customer is entitled to basic professional courtesy BECAUSE we shop at places for OUR convenience, for OUR pleasure, and can choose to spend our money elsewhere.
“Hey Man” and “Hey Dude” are hardly disrespectful…especially to someone of a similar age group. Most of the time, the shopper would probably respond positively to this more familiar and less formal greeting. I doubt the employee is intentionally trying to be disrespectful, his intention is to be more friendly. Maybe he needs to tweak his greeting a little, but I commend his effort to at least try and politely acknowledge the customers. It’s a heck of a lot better than the grunts and dead stares I get at a lot of places.
Maybe he/she thought you were cool. WOW was he/she wrong! Get a fucking grip loser.
Is this seriously a bitch? You stink. Hey shithead sounds pretty good.
Seriously??? If you think that’s bad then the real world is going to eat you alive.
There are much worse things than a person who is somewhat laid back while doing their job!
Perhaps the automatic checkout is more respectful?
OP, you sound suspiciously like a bubble ranter.
Its a grocery store, not Fid…
I’d take either one of those greetings over some scripted dribble anyday… People who get bent out of shape over prefixes are plain fucking annoying. Unless your at work, no one gives a shit if your a doctor etc., nor could I care less how long you went to school to get that prefix… Unless your my doc, good luck on getting me to call you doctor… Gimme a break… There are bigger issues in the world… Devote your annoyance to something constructive…
The first response reads; “Respect is earned, not something you’re entitled to, you douchebag.”
A modicum of respect should be offered to everyone and then one can gain more or lose what they have depending on their words and actions. Douchebag
Captain “2 comment” Obvious saves the day.
When grocery-shopping becomes black tie maybe they’ll greet you formally, but dude. They’re just groceries, it’s not really that disrespectful. Ignoring you would be.
I would just be happy if they took the nose rings out before they started their shift. There is nothing more disgusting than someone wearing a nose ring packing my food. I can just imagine them picking at the ring all day and then getting their disgusting nose germs all over my food. Yuck!!! Does anyone else find that disgusting or am I just showing my age?
You’re just showing off your age. If you’re concerned about people picking at pieces of metal in their body, then you’d better ask the older girls with their pearl ear rings to get rid of them as well……but i mean you are correct, anyone with a nose ring obviously just sits around at work all day with their finger in their nose.
As for the OP….probably one of the worst bitches ever. Not even a bitch, that’s just you sucking at life. Curse that young man for being friendly and not realizing that you’re a snotty uptight idiot.
I would think the ring would discourage nose-picking. I mean, my finger barely fits in there as it is, I don’t need little metal bits gumming up the works.
I think this is a valid bitch. I get irked when addressed as “folks” or “guys”. I’m not your ‘buddy’ and I’m not your ‘sweetheart’ or your ‘honey’. Something more civilized or even a little more accurate is greatly appreciated even by us common “folk”.
“Folks” is not the same as “honey” or “sweetheart”; again, nice try, Kay. The term “folks” has been around for quite a while and is perfectly fine. Its not derogatory or a sign of a poor vocabulary.
If you say so Fat 😉
If “folks” is good enough for Porky Pig, it’s good enough for me. That’s all folks.