Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Cell Phone Lip Reading

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When I take an order out to a car and the person is on their cell phone I try to be nice and talk a little softer than normal. Most people will say, "Hold on" and then talk with me and its over. There are still those people who try to get their food and continue their conversation at the same time. It usually ends up with them "lip talking" to me. Well a couple of years ago I was diagnosed as partially deaf. This is bad because I can’t read lips so when people do that I can’t help but talk louder to try and hear them. Then they get mad at me for ruining their conversation. Why can they not take two minuets out of their call to take their food? It’s just common since.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Suggestive Sales

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I have worked at Sonic for a year. Every time I answer the speaker I say the same thing. "Thank you for choosing Sonic, this is Allison, how can I help you?" Normally people will tell me their order, I will tell them their total and it will be fine. But I always get those customers that are in a bad mood. They start yelling through the speaker, cuss me out cause I didn’t hear what they said because they were yelling. It's just bad sometimes. When I finish taking their order I have to make a suggestive sale. "Your total will be 13.27. Would you like to add cheese sticks or cheddar peppers to your order?" "NO! Nothing else." Is what I get in response. It makes me so mad when people say that. Can they not just say "No thank you." Why do people not understand it's a part of my job. I’m not just saying it to waste my breath or rip you off. I'm just trying to do my job to the best of my ability.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Bumper Cars in the Halls

I am a senior at MacArthur High School. I don’t know if you other students see this but I know I have not only seen it but experienced it for the past four years. So, the bell rings, I get my backpack and start to walk down the hall to my next class. I’m walking in a straight line when all of a sudden someone runs straight into me! I look back to see who it was and that person is giving me the evil eye like it was my fault! I want to say, “Don’t look at me like that I was walking straight. You ran into me.” But I never do. I just roll my eyes and keep walking. I hate it when people don’t give you enough courtesy to say sorry. It was an accident, I’m not going to get mad cause you ran into me but the least a person can do is apologize.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Eye Contact

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It makes me so mad when you’re talking to someone and they don't make eye contact with you. How are you supposed to know if they're listening? They could be thinking about a boy/girl, this weekend, or what they are going to have for dinner tonight. You never know! To me it is one of the rudest things you could do. When you have eye contact with someone it shows you are indulged in their conversation, and then it doesn't make them feel like they are talking to a brick wall.