Proper Drive-Through Etiquette
Proper Drive-Through Etiquette:
1. TURN OFF YOUR BLASTED, NOISY TRUCK!!! *ahem!*
2. Speak clearly (includes not mumbling)
3. Get off your bloody cell phone (the speaker can’t see that you’re on the phone–not to mention the purpose of drive-through is to hurry up!)
4. If you happen not to know what you what you want, please so say (don’t say "um" twenty million times; don’t play deaf–the speaker, who can’t see you, doesn’t know whether he/she has been heard).
5. Please, be patient. The person operating the speaker is often dealing with two people at once: taking one’s order, taking another’s money. Do you hear me?? MONEY! Which means that that person takes priority. So, don’t scream at me if I take a second to ring up your [bloody complicated] order!!! It isn’t easy counting someone’s money when someone else is telling me their order.
Seriously, I’m one of the perkiest, most cheerful people I know. 
Don’t ruin the good ones of us out there by being crabby. My greatest fear is that my cheerfulness will fade after being yelled at enough. I’m not really cut out for a job like this though–where the employees have to apologize for everything and just accept abuse by customers. Both nature and nurture have crafted me to fight back. So, I just growl or mutter British curses under my breath. LOL! The nice customers really make my day. Really.
Today was better and worse than yesterday. I was in a better mood today (believe it or not)–but my customers were snippier. I think I got more "Hello? Are you there?" [in rude tones] today than ever before. Geez. Did people over-party for Christmas or something? What a bunch of crabs. I don’t think I’ve growled so many times at work before. The *ahem* best of it comes from the customer thinking I have nothing better to do than wait on them all day. Sometimes I don’t mind…but when my three other jobs start piling up on me, I do get a little stressed.
I love pleasant customers…and my co-workers. OK! Rant done!
Friday’s Feast:
Appetizer
How do you usually celebrate on New Year’s Eve? Stay up late and party.
Soup
Name one thing unexpected that happened to you in 2006. I got a job in fast food–after I had long ago (in more prideful times) sworn I never would.
Salad
Where was your favorite place that you visited in 2006? A park in Puyallup where some friends and I danced.
Main Course
What resolution is your top priority for 2007? A better job (no offense to my employers and co-workers).
Dessert
Using just three words, describe 2006. Outrageous, stressful drama. (Oy, the crazy things in the young adult life!)
With that, I say…Farewell! And Shabbat Shalom!
05:58 PM
Chronicled by: Her Grace, Duchess of the Digital Quill
