Yeah, my boomer uncle told me it was low class after he watched me do it. When I was a waitress at the time. Fuck him and that mentality - I do it to this day and make into 6 figures
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2Geechi@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
My dad gets legitimately angry when I do this. Boomers are a different breed
Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Impressive. Employ a buncha seasoned techniques ‘n’ tactics during service? Influence by Dr. Cialdini had some, (including one that was essentially dishonest), but one more normal one like this:
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s bizarre to me.
TeddE@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Too many people see life as a zero-sum game with a one-dimensional ranking. To them, success is defined as the number of people of people you’re better than. Worse, many people go by pass/fail,as in “they’re one of the good ones” (popular with bigots everywhere)
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
My dad gets legitimately angry when I do this
I think it has to do with “putting the waiters out of their job”. Like, when you do a part of the job for them consistently, the restaurant manager will eventually notice that and realize they can do with a little bit less staff. So they hire fewer waiters, which means potential waiters face a tougher job market.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think it’s an age thing, more of an empathy test. I’ve been a dishwasher, maybe that’s why I tidy up.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I’ve owned a restaurant, and once you’ve done that, you’ve been the dishwasher, janitor, toilet plunger, punching bag, robbery victim, etc.
After all that, you tend to lose that sense that some jobs are below you. You just see it as work that has to be done, and you’re standing there, so it might as well be you, so get it done.