I was in Starbucks today. I was late for work. I was grouchy and in a
hurry. There were four brewers for regular drip coffee, all empty. The
young girl turned around and said, "I'm sorry we're out, would you mind
waiting 2 minutes?" I replied "I thought I came to a coffee place". The
other barista said, "Yes sir, you did" with a sweet smile plastered on her
face and a pleasant tone of voice. I said "Well I don't have 2 minutes to
wait, I'll go elsewhere." They said they were sorry and wished me a nice
day.
Tom C.
From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: National symbols
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:15:41 -0400
Don't forget that in many countries the standard is service with a scowl,
McDonald's trains their employees to smile at customers.
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Actually, when I am in Europe, it seems they have as many McDonald's
restaurants there as in the US, and they always seem to be quite full of
locals. This was as true in London, Paris and Moscow as in rural
Ireland. Quite a number of fast food joints in BC and Alberta when I was
last there, come to think of it.
Personally, I find McDonals's good for only three things: 1) If you need
to find the tourist center of any town, just follow the McDonald's signs.
2) When you are in a strange city, and in desparate need of a clean
restroom. 3) When in a country that serve tiny cups of coffee, one can
get a large hot cup of of dependable, if not outstanding quality, black
coffee there.
With this mermaid discussion... just thinking that the French have that
nice Eiffel Tower, and they also were kind to the yankees and sent them
the Statue of Liberty, unfortunately these guys south of here are busy
replacing that with the McDonalds logo. C'mon guys, some more arteestec
sense, will ya' ?
--
I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to
drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two
things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.
--P.J. O'Rourke
