a question for people in retail or customer service jobs (696 hits)
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Submitted by shandythetopdog (View user info) at 2008-08-06 00:36:39 EDT
if you call a middle-aged male customer 'chief' or 'boss' or 'champ', are you
a)being friendly and respectful, or
b)being patronising and disrespectful?
Please answer carefully. If the majority says b), i will need to enact VIOLENT AND EXTREME revenge on the little cunt at the petrol station.
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Submitted by paranoiadestroya (user info) at 2008-08-06 18:40:56 EDT (#)
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Hi
I'll answer outside the given options by questioning the importance of the question
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-08-06 15:47:41 EDT (#)
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Don't fuck with mister zero.
Submitted by Squirrelly_Girl (user info) at 2008-08-06 15:33:45 EDT (#)
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Probably depends on HOW they said it... because I use terms of endearment as such AND as condescending monikers. FYI - Angry black men who you've just rear-ended do NOT like to be called "Kitten".
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2008-08-06 15:20:53 EDT (#)
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It's definately option "b", chief.
Submitted by Replen (user info) at 2008-08-06 15:01:11 EDT (#)
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B
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-08-06 13:08:07 EDT (#)
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I say thrash the inpertinent little oik to within an inch of his life!
Better safe than sorry, shame if he went unthrashed and was indeed mocking you.
Thrash first, ask questions later that's my policy.
Harrumph!
Submitted by MisterDevious (user info) at 2008-08-06 12:03:10 EDT (#)
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Probably (a), but exact vengeance anyway.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-08-06 11:51:47 EDT (#)
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It's been a while since I was dealing with customers, but generally "sir" was for respect and anything else; boss, chief, etc. was for douchebags. Especially douchebags who walked in with a sense of entitlement.
So the answer is (b).
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-06 10:31:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-08-06 10:01:57 EDT (#)
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Or in Bubbas case, when he walks into an establishment and all the patrons issue blood curdling screams and run out the back dooor, they don't mean anything by it, they're just re-enacting the scene from Deliverance in their heads
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You shure do got purty teeth. . .
Submitted by BobSandwich (user info) at 2008-08-06 10:15:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:26:27 EDT (#)
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FJ asked out his mother??
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Gold
I love orphelia
And don't get too worked up over this, he is a CLERK at a gas station just don't tell him you are assistant fry cook at McDonalds and he will assume you are better than him.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-08-06 10:08:38 EDT (#)
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You should cum in the cunt's mouth like he was your son's hungry hungry hippo game for being a cunt.
If he had said TOP DOG, however it would have been out of respect and you should have cum in the respectful fellow's mouth like he was your son's hungry hungry hippo game to show your dominance.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-08-06 10:01:57 EDT (#)
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Or in Bubbas case, when he walks into an establishment and all the patrons issue blood curdling screams and run out the back dooor, they don't mean anything by it, they're just re-enacting the scene from Deliverance in their heads
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-06 09:57:16 EDT (#)
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The greetings are meaningless. Like the waitress who calls you "hon" or "darlin'" or "sweetie." It is certainly better than "hey you!"
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-08-06 09:35:11 EDT (#)
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Dane Cook HBO special has this exact conversation and how to fix it.
I cant youtube at work so no link, sorry.
buddy.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2008-08-06 08:54:43 EDT (#)
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Depends.
Was he a douchebag? I never really call people 'chief' or 'boss' or 'champ.' He could've been patronising, but he could also call just about everyone those names. No way of knowing, now. It's probably something more out of habit than anything.
Submitted by Gay (user info) at 2008-08-06 08:20:17 EDT (#)
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c) you over-analyzed a simple greeting :(
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-08-06 08:15:46 EDT (#)
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This made me laugh.
If he says "hey there champ", respond with "whats up there winner" and punch him in his fucking condescending face.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:31:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-08-06 12:26:27 BST (#)
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FJ asked out his mother??
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At first I was surprised that she was calling to order Television X. But then I realised it was they gay channel she was after. Poor old biddy just wanted to see her son's televisual debut.
Submitted by bjrog2 (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:28:21 EDT (#)
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<<worked in retail (liquor) for many years. Its a friendly sign of respect for ones elders. In no way is it disrespecful, he was just being 'chummy'
Beat the little cunt anyway, he probably cries when his girlfriend doesnt put-out and gets guilt sex
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:26:27 EDT (#)
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FJ asked out his mother??
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:20:24 EDT (#)
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I used to work in a call centre, and it amazed me at the amount of pet-names I was called. Dear, love, honey, son, pal, mate, dude, buddy, ducky (a personal favourite), hen, pet, petal, Jock, kid. Only one lady ever called me by my real name. I asked her out.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:15:37 EDT (#)
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If they were a regular, 'cheif' or 'boss' might be ok.
I think 'champ' is patronising.
It seems, the customers can be overly familiar with you, but be the same back can be considered overstepping the mark.
I use a shop where the 17 year old check out assistant calls me 'duck' and 'love'. Being much older, and a mother, I find it totally patronising. But I'd never complain.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:13:50 EDT (#)
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Easy. If you're "Champ", "Chief", or "Boss", then he's "Runner-Up", "Brave", or "Minion".
Note: Chief/Brave is Americacentric Might be Chief/Drone or maybe Chief/*something with a lot of vowels in it* where you're from. Use your best judgement.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-08-06 07:07:38 EDT (#)
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I think it is fine. A for sure.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-08-06 05:20:58 EDT (#)
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friendly patronising?
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2008-08-06 03:32:14 EDT (#)
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'champ' is patronizing.
i call my boss 'chief' and 'boss' all the time.
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2008-08-06 03:16:01 EDT (#)
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A, but the only time I'd use it is if he was a regular. Otherwise it's B.
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2008-08-06 03:04:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2008-08-06 02:05:14 EDT (#)
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b but I am young and a girl and it would come out sounding all weird and wrong
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YOUNG and a GIRL???????
that is every exciting news.
are you attracted to middle aged men who get patronized by shop assistants?
Submitted by tatersninja (user info) at 2008-08-06 02:49:35 EDT (#)
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Depends who's saying it retard.
Most people that would utter that rubbish in the first place are thoroughbred hick, so it's a term of endearment or to be nice or whateve.r
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2008-08-06 02:38:58 EDT (#)
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doesn't matter to me, cause when they pull their hand back i get to tell them there's 56 bones in it now
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-08-06 02:10:32 EDT (#)
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I honestly don't know. I called a guy "champ" at Star City last wednesday and he took it well, which is lucky cos he was about 120kg of tattooed lebanon.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2008-08-06 02:05:14 EDT (#)
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b but I am young and a girl and it would come out sounding all weird and wrong
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2008-08-06 01:04:20 EDT (#)
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I think anal rape is called for.
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2008-08-06 01:03:33 EDT (#)
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I would figure A in Australia, anyways do you really need to show your authority over a kid who works at a petrol station?
If you are the kind of petty middle aged prick that does, maybe the kid was coming from B and totally hit the nail on the head....
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-08-06 00:56:20 EDT (#)
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well, even though the question was directed at the slave class, i'll offer up an answer anyway.
definitely b.
time to break out a cat-o'-nine-tails and some pliers. maybe a blowtorch.
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-08-06 00:48:20 EDT (#)
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He's being unprofessional. You should get him fired. You'd be doing his company a favor.