Saturday, 31 March 2012

Creepin' It Real

I'll keep this brief. This is a shout out to all my favourite creep-tastic customers. While majority of the people I encounter on a daily basis truly are awesome (regardless of my previous rantings), there are a handful of those that are just a little bit off in terms of point-of-sale interaction.

I can't say that this happens every day, but I am sure my co-workers would agree that it happens enough. We've all had our share of customers that:

  • Intentionally make a point of caressing your hand while they pass you their money.
  • Look deep into our eyes as we're handing over their coffee with a look of "all-knowing", like they know our deepest, darkest secret (and at this point, since we have just returned from having our back toward them, we're all wondering "Do I have something on my @$$?").
  • Or just strait-out misinterpret our kindness/awesome customer service for flirting. 
  • Some have even gone as far as to ask us out on dates, even though they are old enough to be our fathers. Or attempt to snap a picture of us at work. Really? Because I'm sure you were just going to upload that to your instagram album of "places I went today". 
Come on people. We're just trying to do our jobs. Just because I smiled at you and suggested you have a great weekend is not secret barista code for "I want to rip your clothes off and have you father my children." 

I promise. 

So as always, let's keep it classy. 

5 comments:

  1. Don't forget the weirdness that is customers who do not know you, over-using your name because they can read it on your nametag.

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  2. Ohhhhh good call out! It always catches me off guard when people do it. The first use of a name is kinda like "ahhh, I see what you did there you sneaky customer." But after they use your name every other word its like: okay, we get it. You can read a name tag. Did you want a high five with that coffee or a medal or something?

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  3. Okay this is my favorite post yet. Decaf needs to read this! It is our job to be nice to you. Just because I am friendly and helpful does not mean I am in love with you... barf.

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  4. BTW great choice with the background and color scheme!

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  5. Classic! Next time I'm in I will definitely flirt back! Love it dot com!

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