Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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My early "consumer" involvement was at the "sub-blue collar" level. The standard "complaints" were generally different back in that era and in our "stratum". Brings a smile to my face thinking of how my mom saw and reacted to her perceived "slights". :-) I then worked as a waiter a bit during professional school. Eye opening experiences. Got a few pointers from more "sophisticated" classmates. Could have some fun asking folks how they wanted their "duck à l'orange" cooked as you rotated it over the Sterno flame for a few seconds in your fancy, Jeeves butler outfit. :-) You did *not* want to know about that "chef" in the back. :-) I also worked a bit at a "horsey" country club as a waiter not far from Justin Thomas's early stomping grounds. Got to play their golf course on Mondays! They even dragged me out one Sunday to judge their springboard diving competition. :-) Folded a *lot* of cloth napkins. Bet I could still do it. Now that I think about it, it might even be said that the shape was that of an enantiomer! Google now suggests that it might've been "The Bird Of Paradise" fold! We also dressed rather butlery there. Learned a *lot* about (many) country club "wives" there, too. :-) But, back to the subject at hand - not writing down food orders. It has kept me up nights trying to figure out how he did it. This particularly personable old, black fellow at "The Cloister" got our large family table at one gathering (a dozen of us?). He wrote *nothing* down as he went around our table taking the orders. Had the delivered meals been anything short of *perfect*, I can assure you that this former MIL of mine would have made certain that everyone in that large dining room would have known about her exquisite taste and her total disgust with such a shortcoming. (Her "dining experiences" were generally unsuccessful if the waitress didn't end up in tears). He remembered it all, perfectly. How did he *do* that?? What I did learn from fellow fancy dining staffers is that one probably doesn't want to be overly disrespectful towards certain individuals who are handling one's food and drink. Think Penny and Sheldon at the Cheesecake Factory. . . |
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Me too! And one time I caught the server removing the lemon and bringing it back. (She should have also removed the lemon seed that had fallen into my glass.)
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He told of running over to a hill every afternoon, to watch the 2:00 pm train come by and blow it's whistle, when he was a little boy. Joe said he was astounded, at how inefficient the train was, because it seemed to be late, every day. He then started noting the time the train came through, every afternoon. Turns out, the train was only "late" about once or twice a week. We only notice, that which doesn't meet our needs or expectations. One of the greatest lessons I've ever learned. |
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Try making 15,000 people in a class A facility happy with food service, impossible. I used to quip that one customer in the café line would complain 'there's a fly in my soup', the next person in line would complain 'wait a minute, I didn't get a fly with my soup!'. Same with for snow removal, you could get a foot of snow overnight, have it all cleaned up by 6am and if someone slipped on a little snow or ice that was missed they would raise Cain. Of course when they left home the snow was still stacked 12" deep in their driveway. I guess if it was easy anyone could have done it
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"Our manager from our NH store has sent a message, that there's ice in their parking lot, please advise when this situation will be rectified". I asked him to give me some suggestions, on how to prevent the snow from falling and ice from forming, in New England. Last edited by BrianL99; 03-14-2024 at 05:50 PM. |
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I'm certainly enjoying retirement and making fun of people on a silly forum
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If sitting in Dallas while asking about an icy parking lot in NH makes one a jackass then what can you say about someone sitting in Florida while telling someone that it snows in NH and to just suck it up? But at least the answer was in writing in case it needs to be referenced in the future.
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Just saying one person's experiences may be vastly different than someone else's. Last edited by fdpaq0580; 03-14-2024 at 03:41 PM. |
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Meant as a light hearted comment I know, but honestly, way too many can't write, can't read, can't spell or make change, but by far the most disturbing is the number who can NOT concentrate even when looking directly at someone ? Don't know the root of that, too use to ear buds ? I have noticed way too many people who do, as someone else commented, look directly at you, take an order or, "seem" to listen to a request, or question about an item you are considering purchasing, and then ASK YOU the very same thing, it is concerning that so many appear to listen but nothing "registers". At a recent fast food visit, I very clearly ordered a plain chicken sandwich, which my understand has always been that would mean no condiments, sauces, etc. Took the order and then asked if I wanted anything on the sandwich... apparently I was wrong to use "plain", out dated term. Should have spoken clearly, NOTHING on the sandwich please ? Or,LOL, would that have indicated I did not want the chicken on the "sandwich" ? This whole "new speak" has us old folks confused... LOL !
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