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I ended up at Sonic today for lunch. Not exactly health food, but... I'll do better tomorrow. Press the big red button, ask for a #10 with tots and a Coke. "Sorry, we're out of tots." Okay, I'm cool with fries. My order arrives, and I reach in the bag expecting to get hold of some hot, greasy, salty fries... and I pulled out a pretzel twist. "What the?? Maybe they were actually out of fries, too? What else is in the bag?" <Peers curiously into the bag...> Two pretzel twists, a bag of cinnamon bite things, and some pretzel sauces. Oh, and the usual napkins and starlight mint. Hey, at least I got the Coke I asked for. So I looked at the order ticket stuck to the bag. Sure enough, it says "#10 combo, fries, Coke."  I figured with all else going on in the world today, I wasn't going to bitch at anyone about it. No need making waves when those pretzel twists were so darned tasty!  God bless America. | |||
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Have not noticed any change. Whenever possible I try to patronize the local busnesses, not chains. The casinos are all open now, and I have heard no complaints. The casino workers are glad to be back and they work very hard when it comes to customer service. Being a tourist area, Home Depot may not care, but the local businesses specialize in trying to keep people happy. The amount dealers make on the floor is consdiderably more than unemployment. | |||
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Oldest son got the OK from his wife to buy a riding mower. About time, but his retaliation was to just make his oldest cut the grass. Big lot, actually a double. So he knows to strike whilest the iron is hot. Or before she rescinds her permission. Hops in his truck and heads over to his FILs and pick up a trailer. Thence to a Home Despot. Can't find a spot he can pull through. He didn't learn much from his old man. I'd just park out front and block the world. So he heads to the "mis service" desk. They tell him he's got to buy it from the garden dept. He goes there and they tell him the web site is wrong, they actually have 4, not the 3 they've got listed. He's good with it, he only wants one and doesn't care which. So they tell him its free delivery, but with a $79 service charge. He again doesn't care because he's got his truck and trailer and just wants to load it up. No can do. They've got to test them and can't possibly do it till Tuesday. So he gets a bit upset and says you have 4 with free delivery, but he can't have one till Tuesday and free to them means $79? Yep, no joy. So back home he goes, empty handed. Talk about lousy service. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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I used to thoroughly enjoy pissing off my old boss, I'd just say "Oh, yeah, about that, there's no reason for it, it's just company policy." . | |||
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I recall an Oklahoma Shell station between the city and Woodward which had some of the best chicken gizzards I've ever had. Every deer season and most spring turkey seasons I visited whenever coming in. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers | |||
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Why can't the person counting numbers at the retail store just smile and say welcome to lowes. Or at least respond after I say Hi hows it going. Same goes for the cashier when leaving. | |||
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I bought a new motorcycle at a dealership via the internet. Negotiated the price and time, had all the paperwork done, in and out of the dealership in less than 10 minutes. Best vehicle purchase of my life. FedEx Ground is on day 16 trying to get me a 2 pound package shipped from Georgia to Florida. Lost it for 9 days, then shipped it out of Florida to Ohio, and North Carolina, and then back to Florida. Was supposed to be delivered for the second time yesterday (on the delivery truck for delivery today), but the driver must have ran out of time and took it back to the office with him at the end of the day. What a piss poor company... ______________________________________________________ Often times a very small man can cast a very large shadow | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^ Lack of training OR has no social skills. | |||
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Three weeks ago I tried Wendy's For the 1st time in 13 years, I was 4th in line for supper, it Was taking too long, I ordered and again taking way too long, I pay, and keep waiting, some more, 15 minutes in and I pull up to the pick up window, . . . . . And wait some more , some guy Rams a bag out the window and closed it back up ,walks away  So now I'am waiting for the drink that I ordered I honk twice, nothing. Same guy comes back Rams another bag in my hand , Closes the little door, Someone behind me honks, I ask for my water, and get it promptly. I am sure the guy behind me was pissed off that they gave me his two burgers ,fries, onion rings and cookie. But hey ,let him scream at them Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Just watch the excellent documentary "Idiocracy" and everything will make sense. Welcome to Costco, I love you. | |||
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You can't see them smiling behind their mandatory masks. | |||
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Bad customer service makes me a good supplemental income. The guns store where I work competes with a major online/storefront dealer, one who grosses a couple million bucks a year. We're much smaller. We specialize in customer service. Our prices are generally higher, but the other store is on par with WalMart for customer service. We get LOTS of first time buyers. I've been known to spend over an hour with a customer, especially women. We greet, we smile, we shake hands, and mostly we talk. At the end of the day my throat is sore, but I've sold some guns. Saturday I sold 9 guns and did 3 transfers. Even better, I picked up another range buddy. We're going out Sunday, weather permitting. | |||
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Some of the ones my wife sews have the consistency of plastic. They pass no air. If they made them out of clear plastic you could see them smile. Until they pass out from lack of oxygen,. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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I think a lot of businesses are short handed, it's causing problems. My wife went to a store that just reopened she had a return and was behind a lady that blew up at the clerk "Why is this taking so long?". My wife's turn came and the clerk said it was only her and a manager and the manager was unloading a truck. My daughter works a large veterinarian hospital, she told me yesterday that people have gone from "Thanks for being here for us" to "What is taking so long". There is no excuse for a business like a restaurant, with staff to run behind and the food to be undesirable. ________________________________ "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | |||
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Here's the next fashion trend...  "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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