Comments on: Relax, you miserable sod, you’re on island time!

By: Jami

Jami — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:11:28 +0000

Eh, sharks aren’t so bad. They rarely attack people. And I’m not much of a beach person anyway.

By: quat

quat — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:08:28 +0000

Brevity. That bitch was always short with me.

By: quat

quat — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:02:30 +0000

Yay, Nemo. As a small business owner myself, I totally agree. Some people are going to be asshats no matter what, and sometimes it is SO much better to politely decline to work with them. I don’t need my soul painfully sucked out of my body while bending over backward (ow!), and then to have the person still be an unappreciative jerk. We cut our losses at my business, and we are all happier that way. And busy as heck, I might add.

By: quat

quat — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:55:15 +0000

Ditto. I worked in a T-shirt shop in Ketchum, ID, for a year. Tourists are the worst. They leave their brains at home, and their civility, too. They expect to be treated like royalty. It’s their vacation, and it better be perfect, and YOU are the one standing in the way. Glad to be out of that scene before I killed one of them.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:18:08 +0000

We don’t have bird eating spiders (or really any poisonous spiders) and we don’t have any snakes at all, but we DO have sharks – lots and lots of them.
we don’t have many shark attacks though, and you don’t see them often

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:15:23 +0000

Pizzas and burgers – I haven’t found a decent fish and chip shop at the mount yet unfortunately

By: Nemo

Nemo — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:45:08 +0000

I own a restaurant. We’re in a country undergoing the worst recession we’ve ever had, with a 25% unemployment rate. I see restaurants failing literally every day, even places that had been working forever and were practically a landmark of the city. Still, my place opens with a full house every weekend and people make reservations weeks in advance in a city where you can walk in during the Saturday night almost everywhere.
Now, our success is probably caused by a miriad of factors, but I think one of the main reasons is our no-bs policy regarding customers. We don’t tolerate a-holes. If you want to be a jerk, I don’t care how much money you have: go be a jerk somewhere else. My staff won’t tolerate being badly treated.
As a result my staff is genuinely happy and having fun as they work, and our customers on some level notice that the smiles are real. Our reviews always make a point of remarking what a nice ambiance we have and how friendly the staff is. Some customers have told me that they keep coming because they feel at home here, surrounded by friends.
So, you know, perhaps that “servers have to bend over backwards because we want ALL THE MONEY” mindset isn’t as effective or making you as much money as you think.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:03:50 +0000

I remember Brevity. But she got tired of waiting for her food and left.

By: Jami

Jami — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:42:49 +0000

Well, if you’re telling this ignorant American the truth and not just making good natured fun of me than I might consider live if I had the money to move there. Because I would love to be in a place where it’s not seen as evil if you tell off an annoying or mean customer/patron.

By: Jami

Jami — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:39:12 +0000

The birds in your town led by a single large bird that bears a striking resemblance to a bald, overweight English man?

By: The Elf

The Elf — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:28:01 +0000

Fulfilled? I feel fulfilled when I get a paycheck that allows me to buy the things I want (within reason). My level of fulfillment is directly related to the level of my pay.

By: TurnOffTheDarnLights

TurnOffTheDarnLights — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:20:32 +0000

This place would regularly get my business on principle alone.

As someone that’s worked various customer service jobs over the years, I want to hug the person that wrote this up and give them money for a nice dinner of their choosing.

By: Queenie

Queenie — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:24:32 +0000

Nope, no snakes or bad creepy crawlies – we have the kiwi, tui, non bitey things. No sharks either :p

By: knittingninja

knittingninja — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:52:00 +0000

As a call center employee for many years (and I’ve worked in several, all large companies), we’ve always been told NO, you do NOT take verbal abuse from customers. An employer can’t require you to accept verbal abuse as a part of your job. We’re always told “no retaliation”, but if someone begins swearing or namecalling, they’re given two warnings before the call is disconnected.