Time keeps ticking, ticking, ticking away...
July 30, 7:05pm.
My canine guardian, Ruby Tuesday - Scourge of Squirrels - is whining at me non-stop as I stand at the counter of the local Pet Vet Hospital...
We'd just come from the examination room, where the friendly female vet (who looked smaller than Ruby) had just given her her yearly rabies et al. vaccinations and had trimmed her front toenails before Ruby had had enough of that and started barking to be left alone...
Everything has gone smoothly so far and all I have left to do is pay before I can go home for dinner. I tell Ruby to sit and then wait for reception to let me pay...
And that's when the "other" Kraut walks in...
He's an old guy in his 60s-70s and demands instant attention from the little girl behind the counter, who appears to be having a very bad first day so far. He has a five-week old puppy and wants to know the schedule and cost of the care plan that the vet provides and he wants to know it in minute detail.
Did I mention that I'm waiting to PAY THEM AND LEAVE?
Impatience wars with good Canadian breeding and I wait.
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And Lastly...
Sometimes we can just be too polite for our own good huh?
I've had the same experience, standing at the till ready to pay for my purchases when the phone rings & the salesperson turns to answer it. The last time, I'd had enough and said:
"Wait. You have a live customer in front of you who wants to do business with you. The phone can wait."
She responds "oh, it'll just take sec."
"No problem. They'll probably turn out be a better sale than me anyway."
Put my $300 purchase on the counter & walked out. I glanced back in the store window on my way out and saw her trying to pick her jaw up off the counter.
Now that's a feeling of satisfaction! I've worked retail, I know how I'm entitled to be treated, and I'm getting just crotchety enough in my "maturing" years to do something about it.
Now, if I could just learn how to stick up for reasonable service in restaurants!
Paul