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When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Method of Madness:
If you're at a buffet and you're getting more food, why does it matter if they take the previous plate?
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 15 Sep 2013, 06:30 ---Not all of them are right-wing-extremists, of all types of Verbindungen, there are the most right-wing-extremists in Burschenschaften. Some of the Corps are bad as well. Well, Corps are typically hardliners anyway.
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--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 15 Sep 2013, 06:32 ---Yeah, but then you get the napkin dirty. Also the napkin should be in your lap.
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Post whiplash.
About the ... fraternities. Many in the US had a similar reputation, but that's abated a lot thanks to the intervention of the universities themselves, and the national orders of which the local fraternities are chapters. If a fraternity wanted to have a presence at a university campus, they had to conform to the University's requirements. And so many of the "old ways" (especially the constant underage drinking, incorporated hate practices and hazing) had to be toned down, at least publicly.
Aside from the service fraternities, they're still pretty much nests of horridness.
And Paul, we have a set of Noritake knife rests (12 of 'em) from my wife's mother's set, along with most of the service pieces. We even have the matching china placecards that you'd write the name on with a crayon. The plates didn't survive well, though - only a few remain, and no cups or saucers.
bainidhe_dub:
--- Quote from: Welu on 14 Sep 2013, 15:32 ---How chatty are shop workers in the USA? In the shop I work in we've actually been told things like, "Be polite and friendly but don't get Americanised with your service." Referring to the, "What can I get you? Would you like anything else? Is everything okay? Thanks for shopping here. Have a great day!" eagerness people think is done. I know on an individual level it would differ but in general.
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When I worked as a cashier at a large chain grocery store (Safeway) we had a whole list of things we were required to say: Good morning/afternoon, how are you today? Did you find everything all right? Paper or plastic bags? (now there is a bag tax so they have to ask if you need any bags. that's the signal for the customer to hand over their reusable bags if they brought any.) Do you have a club card? Your total is ___. (then any coaching through the payment machine) Here's your receipt Mr./Ms. ____. (name is on the receipt if they used their club card) Would you like any assistance in the parking lot with your bags?
For a smaller purchase, it becomes a constant stream of chatter without ever having a conversation with the customer. But they would have "secret shoppers" come through and grade us, so if you skipped any part of the script you'd lose points.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Sep 2013, 08:03 ---Aside from the service fraternities, they're still pretty much nests of horridness.
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I missed the word "aside" at first and was about to strongly object (thought you were specifically calling service fraternities horrid). I rather liked the one I was in.
Loki:
--- Quote from: bainidhe_dub on 15 Sep 2013, 08:15 ---For a smaller purchase, it becomes a constant stream of chatter without ever having a conversation with the customer.
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That's annoy the hell out of me as a customer.
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