tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116553676933441796.post2529995109847627375..comments2023-05-13T04:11:48.260-05:00Comments on Cool and Hip, I Am Not: Uphill both waysHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134783487886396939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116553676933441796.post-60652706399816391972009-04-08T06:58:00.000-05:002009-04-08T06:58:00.000-05:00As a former Starbucks employee, and a current coff...As a former Starbucks employee, and a current coffeeshop worker, I am constantly surprised when I go to any other coffee place and they get my order wrong. There's not much I ask for (sometimes a mocha with light chocolate and vanilla syrup, sometimes an americano with vanilla), and yet, hardly anyone ever gets it right. I prefer to get skim milk and no whipped cream, but I've stopped asking for that because no one seems to hear it, anyway. I wonder how they manage to keep their jobs when their attention to detail is so incredibly slight. It's the only thing you have to do while you're at work - make drinks and make them correctly! <BR/><BR/>One of my co-workers and I were just discussing yesterday how important it is to "act like you care" about your job right now, because even at a McDonald's you may be facing some serious competition.Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263822103263562647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116553676933441796.post-12072913137095994772009-04-06T23:11:00.000-05:002009-04-06T23:11:00.000-05:00I worked at Hardee's too! I really loved it, mostl...I worked at Hardee's too! I really loved it, mostly because my manager would let us eat all the curly fries we wanted. Recently I came upon the handbook that I saved in a memory box. It's F-U-N-N-Y.Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523541999709678963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116553676933441796.post-33905980841791856022009-04-06T15:58:00.000-05:002009-04-06T15:58:00.000-05:00We haven't eaten at McD's since Parker started his...We haven't eaten at McD's since Parker started his diet...but prior to that, I don't think we EVER got an order that was actually correct. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, it's like that at most places. <BR/><BR/>But H, you and I are so much alike. I'm so ANAL about stuff like that. I could NEVER send out an incorrect order. LOL<BR/><BR/>XOXOBridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844738855874754351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116553676933441796.post-70704101125962797822009-04-06T11:33:00.000-05:002009-04-06T11:33:00.000-05:00I started ordering everything plain and just addin...I started ordering everything plain and just adding my stuff at home. Some how, no pickles is too hard a concept to master!Sara @ Life With the Twohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797332013085033142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116553676933441796.post-3765078823839922892009-04-05T13:54:00.000-05:002009-04-05T13:54:00.000-05:00Maybe this makes me hopelessly snooty, but I reall...Maybe this makes me hopelessly snooty, but I really, really hate McDonald's. I just don't go there. And it doesn't surprise me that they can't get it right - the working conditions are bad and everything about that job is designed to prevent thinking. At some point, I figure those kids have to check out, mentally, to deal with the boredom.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, over at Chic-fil-A, the staff is unfailingly polite, the order is always correct (we're easy, though, I'll give you that), and they smile and thank you. It's like night and day. <BR/><BR/>Funny you posted this just now - about 20 minutes ago I was in Iain's room reading Alexander's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621216725935523487noreply@blogger.com