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Reading the comments on that link for the Starbucks baristas thing just above drove me into a fucking rage.

All the comments from people saying that the guy shouldn't work at Starbucks, or he should just be grateful to have a job, or they would fire him on the spot.

What the fuck? The first thing that popped in my head was, these must be the asshole customers he's talking about...they must realize he's talking about them and it pisses them off. How else can you argue that if the person doesn't like doing customer service they shouldn't have the job? Who the fuck likes doing customer service? Anyone? I hate cooking for people and I don't even have to deal with customers (except for picky ass fucking tickets). I have yet to meet a cook, server, -insert other customer service related position- that doesn't bitch about their job or a customer on a daily fucking basis. To say that it is in their job description (I'm guessing to be happy and love all the shit that customers give them) and they should know this before they take the job? Who the fuck are these people? Have they never had a shit job? Do they not remember what its like to get shafted working for some minimum wage corporate shitbag?

GOD...I wish I could find every single one of those people that made comments like that and pour a scalding hot cup of fucking coffee in their lap...while smiling...and saying "thank you for choosing Starbucks."

if I had one like this instead of the bitchy little queen I have everyday who rolls his eyes at me, I would definitely throw something in the tip cup.

I'm finding it more and more difficult to stay abreast of the current gay terminology.

i love how the comments on the SB thing are all calling that guy Egon an asshole for venting about his job. People like that are why I contend that EVERYONE should have to work in customer service/retail at some point in their lives, because then they will understand how horridly most people treat customer svc/retail workers.

The guy’s no David Tennant

Indeed he is not. Matt Smith's all right, but I just got done watching the two-parter "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood," and all I can say is goddamn, David Tennant. Just God. Damn.

Feist,

You crack me up, thanks for that. Your page brings me enough pleasure (no, not that kind pervs) that I don't often need to click on the links.

P.S. Don't blame Matt Smith! Tennant wanted to leave. And come on...it's great to have a gay doctor, you know it is. Geronimo!

What are you talking about? The Gay Agenda is over! It's now The Scottish Agenda, get it right!

I don't know why Save The Gingers even needed a campaign.
Christina Hendricks.
That is all.

Why's that interview reappearing as a new story in various places now? To remind me how sad I feel that I don't follow her manhood rules? Boo hoo, I don't like scotch.

She is pretty.

I read the starbucks piece and almost fell out my chair laughing.

I don't work at Starbucks, however I DO work in customer service and have to deal with asshats who come up with "when did they start doing THAT" every time they ask me to break a fucking rule.

Or bitch because we won't bend over backwards for their stupid whim. Hey, it's in the fucking contract, if you would bother to READ IT!

Yeah, the customers who are actually appreciative of what we do more than make up for the handful of ass clowns who seem to think that we should do whatever they seem to think they want and not be inconvenienced in the least, but still it's the vocal dickweeds who seem to make the most noise and get us in trouble.

That is why I try to be extra nice to anybody in the service sector. I KNOW what they're putting up with and a simple smile and a "thank you" sometimes makes the day a bit more pleasant for them.

As for the Doctor, I'm a bit of a heretic and still like Christopher Eccleston. (he was the first doctor I became acquainted with). Matt Smith is growing on me, just as it took some time for me to appreciate David Tennant.

Though I am curious as to why the need to keep referencing the first doctors. (first ep of the Matt Smith era, and then the Van Gogh ep)

About the SB article. Find me someone who doesn't occasionally bitch about their job. I love my job, I truly do. I still came home last night fuming. People are lucky no one was shanked yesterday...

When I worked at Starbucks, I hated the sexual harassment. There was a crazy guy who used to stare at me and try to teach me about Jesus while staring at my breasts. I was sort of scared to leave after work.

You need to read the age old debate keener. Hendricks is a redhead, not a ginger. Big difference. IMHO

I dunno about these pretzel M&M things, but just buy some pretzel sticks and dip them in chocolate ice cream. Trust me, you won't be sorry.

I too was skeptical when I was led into the salty-sweet pretzel-ice cream combo, but believe me, you'll be converted like I was.

Jay: Manhood rules? She's married to the "snozzberries" kid from SuperTroopers.

I too was skeptical when I was led into the salty-sweet pretzel-ice cream combo, but believe me, you'll be converted like I was.

You should try Ben & Jerry's "Chubby Hubby" flavor, MM. It's Bomb-diggity delicious.

People are really up their own asses in that SB article. God, it's fucking assholes like that who make me glad I was eventually able to get a job outside retail (I still work in customer service, but it's over the phone mostly, so it's not so bad)
He's allowed to not like his job. Most of us don't - it pays the bills, hence we persist. I don't understand where this notion that everyone does something they love came from. Maybe Egon thought he liked people before he worked at SB - a lengthy stay in retail has a way of revealing just how disappointing humanity can be.

She's married to the "snozzberries" kid from SuperTroopers.

Don't ask me, I just know that Esquire "Letter to men" she did was all "ya gotta drink scotch, talk about my panties all the time and work on creative ways to tell me I'm beautiful, because just saying 'you're beautiful' gets sooooo boring"

EVERYONE should have to work in customer service/retail at some point in their lives

This is entirely true. It's equally important that they remember that they had such jobs, and thus not be sloppy, indifferent, lazy wastes of space at the grocery store. But your carts and baskets BACK....and learn how to park your car.

Regarding the Starbucks Barrista: As the inimitable Judge Smails tells us "The world needs ditch diggers too".

All I can say is "get another job you foolish, spoilt, entitled deucebag".

Everything that turdstool complained about was a blend of corporate philosophy, its own product marketing and just the "effing" basics that ANY customer service employee has to deal with. In fact those things aren't even 1 bazillionth as bad as some shizz I see retail workers put up with everyday.

I would fire his ass if I were a Starbuck corporate suit. And yes I have had my damn share of waitress/barista/food service jobs- I have had your share too and if you don;t like it, then you either dig ditches or get your education and find something else. This little bitch gets benefits and a better wage than the average food service worker...fire his stupid ass.

No, not really, Bionic Woman. At least I don't think so. But Kolby's got a picture of herself at a wedding on her FB page and the resemblance is eerie. I half expect her to break out in with a treacly song at any moment.

The very premise of customer service is to deal with the bullshit.

Well I'm dealing with yours, what else can I do for you today?

Hey, I love scotch! And none of that wimpy Johnny Walker shit.

Laphroaig, bitches!

So, do I have a shot?

I'm glad to see Morbo made that Futurama list! "I will destroy you!" is one of the quotes I love to randomly yell.

I've pretty much done nothing BUT customer service jobs. Even so, some of Egon's complaints seem less about rude/clueless customers and more about aspects of his job that he hates... which really aren't the customer's fault.

And is there a story behind that You're Welcome link or is that just another random Internet oddity?

When I was a kid I used to take my bike past my parents' cars and would scratch the paint off. They they would smack me for it and my dad would cry because his lime green car that he loved so much was ruined.
When I was slightly older I was diagnosed with having a 'lazy eye'. My parents felt really bad about it. Like they actually thought I was that much retarded of a kid that I couldn't tell the distance between their cars, the wall and my bike..
Anyways, so I went through all the therapy to strengthen my bad eye which required fortnightly visits to a hospital to see a specialist. I got to wear an awesome pirate patch over my good eye (there was nothing awesome about it) and had these huge horrible glasses that I hated and broke all the time.

Now you’re telling me that Mario Kart would have done a better job?

Fuck.

I'm extra extra extra go-out-of-my-way nice to retail employees and food service employees because I worked in those positions and know they deal with stupidity and assholery every single day. I'm trying to balance things out in the world.

And I guarantee you every douche saying that barista should just suck it up would be bitching their asses off too if they did that job. Assholes get on your nerves after a while, it's human nature.

Feist, you had me laughing multiple times throughout this post, and it's only the frickin' PLove post! Good on ya, mate! You make this extra enjoyable!