Never cease to be amazed at people

PSOVLSK

So my 16 year old daughter started he first job yesterday. She's working at a place that makes you a burrito in sort of a Subway type setup. You tell them everything you want on the burrito and they make it right there for you.

It took less than 4 hours on the job for her to encounter her first jacka$$.

She comes home tonight and tells me this couple comes in and the woman has kind of a smirk on her face from the time they walk in the door. Women orders a salad and my daughter makes it and hands it to her. Guys orders a burrito and wants pretty much everything on it. As such, this thing is pretty hard to roll up, so the guy says to my daughter "Could you do that any slower?" She apologizes and tells him she's almost done. The lady then tosses her salad at my daughter and says, "Just forget it, we're leaving."

teekay0007 wrote: »

I used to be a real "people person" 'til people went and eff'd that up for me.

I think these may be the type of people you're talking about teekay. Haha



The positive of this story for me is that my daughter pretty much laughed it off and didn't let it ruin the rest of her shift.

stretchl

The world needs more people like your daughter.

PolkieMan

Tell her to get used to it. Sorry but that's the truth.

chefkungfu

I felt bad for your little girl! That's no way to treat hard working teen! Kudos to her for being positive & brushing it off!!
As for the couple with the attitude that thinks are better than everyone... I hope they get explosive diarrhea while stuck in traffic:)

4xoddic

That's a new low for me to hear about.

Here's a challenge for your daughter, tell her it's coming from a guy, who at the age of 16 ($0.75/hr), was the doorman at a BIG theater, 2,000 seats.

His job was to greet patrons, take their tickets, tear in half & hand half back to them.

He challenged himself to say something different as a welcome to each person/couple as he accepted their tickets. With the goal that no one behind them in line would get the same greeting they'd heard him give the people in front of them. This isn't that difficult. It really only takes 3, 4, maybe 5 variations = just as long as people don't hear you say the same thing every time. You don't really have to keep track of what you said, and soon it will seem natural.

There were rewards to mastering this challenge:

#1. It kept him on his toes (alert), added interest to his job (people's replies varied) = time passed faster.

#2. After mastering that challenge, he never found it difficult to meet people he didn't know & greet them warmly (& appear to be sincere).

#3. The unexpected. Ask her what her experiences are when she's in the reverse role? Most customer greetings these days are the same. You're just a # in a line. You realize you're not any different than the people you heard greeted in front of you, or behind.

That's NOT true. She's different. She can accept that someone tried to spoil her day, but they didn't succeed. She's in control of her reactions. She has the possibility to bring a smile to someone's face. To make them think they're different than the customer in front of them. No matter how "important" a person she will meet, she won't be at a loss for words. She will have a skill that not everyone does.

Tell your daughter that this kid grew up. He still uses his skill. He's reminded on a daily basis that very few "greeters" have it. Those that do, well, he feels they stand out. Tell her that when she knows she has mastered this skill, he would like to hear from her father that she met the challenge.

decal

My Mom was the "Cut-Off" lady at our county waterworks office. She has hundreds of jackass stories to tell!!!!

westmassguy

Your Daughter handled it well, and now would be a good time to impress the entrepreneurial spirit on her. Having worked for others my entire life, I now have the luxury of telling idiots like that to "F" off, and don't let the door hit you on your way out.

tonyb

Your daughter handled that well, kudos to her. When you get to be our age, that tolerance wears off quick though. Sad fact of the matter is anyone who deals with the general public, will have a million stories that make you want to choke the sh&t out of people.

cnh

People like your daughter make so little per hour that such behavior is UNWARRANTED and OFFENSIVE. I'm often prompted to say something when I see this kind of thing take place in front of me--which it has a couple of times. It doesn't ingratiate me to the offending party and can lead to potential problems for me, but to lash out at a poor young person just trying to make a little money is in bad taste and people should KNOW BETTER!

Nonetheless, you should be proud of you daughter because she was the "mature" one in this interaction!

cnh

scottyboy76

Good job by your daughter, the skill set necessary to glide right over idiots such as the ones she ran into can be invaluable.

One of the benefits of starting on the ground floor is gaining experience handling any situation.

It is not always immediately apparent how one has benefited, but at some point she will sorta have a light bulb moment that she is effortlessly handling situations that at one time would have flustered her.

Good for her,good luck,and god bless another american getting out there and jumping in, getting their feet wet.

sucks2beme

Fast food at 16 means motivation to do better in school so she doesn't have to do it
later in life. Both my sons worked at taco bell. Learning experience for both.

teekay0007

scottyboy76 wrote: »

One of the benefits of starting on the ground floor is gaining experience handling any situation.

It is not always immediately apparent how one has benefited, but at some point she will sorta have a light bulb moment that she is effortlessly handling situations that at one time would have flustered her.

Well said, Scotty.

PSOVLSK

Thanks for the kind words regarding how my daughter handled the situation and also for the kudos to her for actually getting a job. She applied at numerous places, but this was the first place to give her a call. Went in for an interview on Tuesday, 2nd interview on Thursday and started to work on Saturday. I am proud of her and expect that she will learn a lot and grow up a lot, but not make as much money as she's wanting lol (join the crowd, right?).

To be clear, no doubt it was taking her a while to make the burrito. Probably long enough that I would have been THINKING TO MYSELF, "Can you do that any slower?"

Anyway, I guess the lesson was that you'll always have to deal with people like that and you handled it well.

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gudnoyez

There's a saying mean people suck, and they do. Good for her handling the situation the way she did, at least she was the mature one.

WagnerRC

mean people suck