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This dude at the fast food drive-thru addressed me by my first name today
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"Remember ME, Eddie? When I GAVE YOU YOUR ORDER... it sounded JUUUUSTTT LIIIKKKE THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSS!!!!"
this thread delivered fast!!! LMAO!!!!
So along these lines
I work at a big ol huge national retailer in a non-sales department but I had to do all the cashier training videos for backup and I was kinda half-assedly strolling through them and then suddenly it's like...
"When the customer hands you their credit card or debit card to hand key the account number on the rare occasion it won't swipe, this is a good opportunity to glance at the card and thank them by name!"
and I was like no the fuck it ain't
I work at a big ol huge national retailer in a non-sales department but I had to do all the cashier training videos for backup and I was kinda half-assedly strolling through them and then suddenly it's like...
"When the customer hands you their credit card or debit card to hand key the account number on the rare occasion it won't swipe, this is a good opportunity to glance at the card and thank them by name!"
and I was like no the fuck it ain't
How the hell is there a Youtube video about literally any situation, that's hilarious
Yo, dawg, you can be a regular like that. You gotta pick some restaurants to rotate through so you're never ordering from one place too long so that you're off the grid, you know? Be a first timer every time , you know? Don't be an "ED-ward", be a "next!", you know?
I've had this happen to me before. They don't know my name, but they remember stuff like my no-sauce preference or whatever. Once someone commented that I changed my hair after I'd had it cut. I only feel bad or weird because I'm terrible at recognizing/remembering people in return.
Lmfao. You're just a regular. When I was on campus I grew to know the girl there and she made my sub I always got without me asking and exactly how I liked it even tho it was just once a week or so. It isn't that strange. At worst they like you and at best they simply have a good memory and tried to be friendly. All I know it is you're thinking about this way way too hard.
The people at the local Chinese place here in town know me by my first name.
They say "Hey John!" and "Thank you John" when I order because I am the only one who orders what I get and have done so for a long ass time.
Spicy shrimp and pork Lo-Mein noddles with General Tso saunce on the side.
They say "Hey John!" and "Thank you John" when I order because I am the only one who orders what I get and have done so for a long ass time.
Spicy shrimp and pork Lo-Mein noddles with General Tso saunce on the side.
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They have probably been told by their management that they need be more personal to their customers, and this is to be more friendly. Which, of course, he and his colleagues were joking about. This has nothing to do with you, ED-ward.
They have probably been told by their management that they need be more personal to their customers, and this is to be more friendly. Which, of course, he and his colleagues were joking about. This has nothing to do with you, ED-ward.
He read your name off a card... I would have put more emphasis on the first syllable as well, so if I may take a guess: He just wanted to be nice with a regular customer. No needs to worry.
I once picked up my wife's mobile Starbucks order at the window. The cashier called me by my wife's name 3 times....each time putting emphasis on the first syllable of her name.
I was by myself, she has an obviously feminine name.
I drove away thinking...is there a joke I'm missing?
People are weird.
I was by myself, she has an obviously feminine name.
I drove away thinking...is there a joke I'm missing?
People are weird.
As someone who worked fast food, it is boring and you play games to prevent insanity. You care little if you get fired over it.
This is why I love the internet. People have thin skin then post about it. I feast on your cringe.
He probably was going to say "Ed" but decided mid-word that that might sound too informal and attached the "-ward" and it sounded weird.
I'm too shy to call a fast food cashier by their first name, at first I thought that I convinced myself that it was not very polite of myself to do that, but this thread kinda confirms that some people could get offended
EDIT: Now I realized that the OP was the costumer
EDIT: Now I realized that the OP was the costumer
When I go to meet people, I'm usually moving fast, juggling a few things in my head. Being timely is important. So sometimes, I'll look for my paper with their name on it and will start saying their name weird in a searching type of way.
Maybe the dude was thinking of the accuracy of your order and if he did everything right. You were in a fast food restaurant. So he has to be nice, accurate, fast and a few other things. And now restaurants are asking for your name and want to seem inviting.
I agree you were overthinking it.
The joke is y'all gave them a name and you expected them to do something different instead of recognizing men with 'feminine' names or people who want to be called by feminine names by desire.
The joke is not funny and you should stop.
Maybe the dude was thinking of the accuracy of your order and if he did everything right. You were in a fast food restaurant. So he has to be nice, accurate, fast and a few other things. And now restaurants are asking for your name and want to seem inviting.
I agree you were overthinking it.
The joke is y'all gave them a name and you expected them to do something different instead of recognizing men with 'feminine' names or people who want to be called by feminine names by desire.
The joke is not funny and you should stop.
It's customer service.
Why be unnerved when an employee steps up his game to personalize the service?
Why be unnerved when an employee steps up his game to personalize the service?
so fucking dead lol"Remember ME, Eddie? When I GAVE YOU YOUR ORDER... it sounded JUUUUSTTT LIIIKKKE THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSS!!!!"
I take it back, thread was worth it for this post."Remember ME, Eddie? When I GAVE YOU YOUR ORDER... it sounded JUUUUSTTT LIIIKKKE THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSS!!!!"
He is just trying to make the interaction personable. Would rather have that than the usual zombie that works the drive thru at places.
The employees have been told to address card users by their first name to appear friendly, the cashier probably doesn't want to even though he works in customer service. In other words, it's not you, it's him.
It's okay to be a regular at a place. You should feel good that they gave a shit enough to want to know your name. You don't get service/retail employees like that very often.
I was a regular at a Subway for a while, and the manager eventually started giving me free cookies and shit, so it can have perks, too.
I was a regular at a Subway for a while, and the manager eventually started giving me free cookies and shit, so it can have perks, too.
This is ResetERA we're talking about. Even back in NeoGAF, you'd have threads where you'd wonder exactly how some of these people managed to survive in society for as long as they have.
