| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
 |
02-19-2009, 08:53 AM
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
Posts: 541
|
DD
|
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 09:04 AM
|
#2
|
|
........
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
|
yikes
COFFEE RAGE !  ah ha ha ha  too funny
How to loose your JOB and go to jail in the same day!
a conversation.. while in jail later:
........ SO man, what you in here for....?
oh i got real pissed off at my impatient customer
so i went outside
and slashed his tires .....  that was sooo stupid ! 
NO %$%$%$%$ you %$%$%$%$in %$% %$%$ 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 09:12 AM
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
Posts: 541
|
 It could have turned out very badly.
Thank God he didn't stab the guy.
I think there are a ton of people just about at their breaking point right now. Not a good time to piss people off.
I hope the guy gets new tires out of it  |
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 12:07 PM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum Crazy
It could have turned out very badly.
Thank God he didn't stab the guy.
I think there are a ton of people just about at their breaking point right now. Not a good time to piss people off.
I hope the guy gets new tires out of it |
I'm sure there's a good reason he's 39 and working at Dunkin Donuts. And I'm willing to bet he was there before the economy hit the toilet. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 12:53 PM
|
#5
|
|
........
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
|
i would of had the garage throw tubes inside those tires
and then kept the replacement tires until i wore those out  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 03:51 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,735
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
I'm sure there's a good reason he's 39 and working at Dunkin Donuts. And I'm willing to bet he was there before the economy hit the toilet.
|
Excellent point, Johnny. 39 y.o. males aren't the typical DD employee. I bet if you ran a background check on the guy, he'd have a history of either criminal activity or being fired from other jobs. |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 04:19 PM
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
Posts: 541
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
Excellent point, Johnny. 39 y.o. males aren't the typical DD employee. I bet if you ran a background check on the guy, he'd have a history of either criminal activity or being fired from other jobs.
|
I am not so sure about that.
I know allot of very hard working people who have worked the same job for 30 years or more that are laid off right now.
Including my husband. Things are bad for us but we don't have a house or children. Imagine the guy that does and he has to take a crappy job at someplace like DD just to pay the light bill.
In comes some jerk and gives him crap. Just what he needed to tip the scale.
Besides it's Natick  Lots of rich people.
I always root for the underdog.
If it was a 19 year old kid it would be a different story. |
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 04:30 PM
|
#8
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum Crazy
In comes some jerk and gives him crap. Just what he needed to tip the scale.
|
With all sincerely due respect, have you ever been to a DD? I've been there with 3 people behind the counter, 2 people in line in front of me, and it taken 15 minutes for me to get my burnt coffee and stale bagel.
How about walking into a DD in the middle of afternoon, store is empty and waiting 5 minutes just for someone to say "Yes?" as opposed to "Hi, how can I help you?"
My experience is that the younger employees are actually the better, more reliable ones - not to mention generally more courteous. I attribute this to younger folks not needing to hate their lives and the fact that they have no education or skills.
These comments can be carried back to before unemployment went through the roof. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 04:44 PM
|
#9
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,735
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum Crazy
I am not so sure about that.
I know allot of very hard working people who have worked the same job for 30 years or more that are laid off right now.
Including my husband. Things are bad for us but we don't have a house or children. Imagine the guy that does and he has to take a crappy job at someplace like DD just to pay the light bill.
In comes some jerk and gives him crap. Just what he needed to tip the scale.
Besides it's Natick Lots of rich people.
I always root for the underdog.
If it was a 19 year old kid it would be a different story. |
I'm not saying the customer didn't do anything to provoke the guy. He was probably being a jackass, but that doesn't mean he should have his tires slashed.
Keep in mind that carrying a weapon on you while at work is a vilolation of company policy at many businesses. I'm pretty sure that the franchisee who owns that store doesn't allow it. |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 05:02 PM
|
#10
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
Posts: 541
|
Yes, I agree. I just think it is something to think about before you freak out on someone. It seems that there are many people on edge thse days.
I hate DD. Things are just about the same in every store.
There is no such thing as good service anymore.
No pride in work either. It has been that way for along time.
Nobody should have their property damaged or get hurt over a cup of coffee.
|
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 05:09 PM
|
#11
|
|
........
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
Keep in mind that carrying a weapon on you while at work is a vilolation of company policy at many businesses. .
|
YUP ! a guy at my wife's place got warned about carrying a small knife
even though they all use utility knives everyday he stupidly got caught
carrying it again and just got fired from probably the best job
he could have ever got....... during these troubled times.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 05:37 PM
|
#12
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
Posts: 541
|
So now a pocket knife is a weapon?
Geez I don't think I know any men who don't carry a pocket knife.
My father always had one. My husband carries one everyday.
What's next nail clippers?
|
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 07:44 PM
|
#13
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Westport
Posts: 840
|
To me, DD's are all different. Some are staffed sufficiently with competent even sometimes cute little employees who dump out the coffee left on the heater after 16 minutes (or whatever the official company policy is) and they don't roll their eyes when you order a breakfast sangy, and some others..... well they're the ones that lead to threads like these.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 08:58 PM
|
#14
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BMEUPSCOTTY
To me, DD's are all different. Some are staffed sufficiently with competent even sometimes cute little employees who dump out the coffee left on the heater after 16 minutes (or whatever the official company policy is) and they don't roll their eyes when you order a breakfast sangy, and some others..... well they're the ones that lead to threads like these.
|
I've since stopped drinking coffee... but when I was a 2 cup/day guy, I eventually gave up DD because it is impossible to get two cups of coffee that taste the same. Maybe out of different trips, 2 would taste similar.
Starbucks on the other hand. Everyone complains that it's soooo much more expensive, but it's just a stigma. The coffee is maybe .10-.15 more, but every cup will taste exactly the same regardless of when or where you go. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 09:28 PM
|
#15
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
|
15 posts on a DD thread and not one from BF......  Hi Larry  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-20-2009, 07:05 AM
|
#16
|
|
........
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
|
perhaps the Plugfest demands
is keeping our fearless anti DD's champion out of service 
i figure my coffee costs me 25- 50 cents per cup
and there is no temptation to buy Doughnuts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02-20-2009, 08:35 AM
|
#17
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
|
I've never had a bad experience at Dunk's....
There are jerks on both sides of the counter.
And, against Popular belief, the Customer is NOT always right. The Customer should always be treated as IF they are.......but they aren't always
Guy shouldn't have done what he did to the dude's tires......But there is also no need to treat the guy that is serving you like an a-hole......report even said he was the only guy working there and there was a line.
Dunk's guy got fired....which he deserved....and he'll probably be paying for 4 new tires.....which he should.
|
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
|
|
|
|
|
02-20-2009, 08:37 AM
|
#18
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Starbucks on the other hand. Everyone complains that it's soooo much more expensive, but it's just a stigma. The coffee is maybe .10-.15 more, but every cup will taste exactly the same regardless of when or where you go.
|
I hit Starbucks every morning and the large Coffee is actually 10 cents cheaper than a large at Dunks....$2.05 vs $2.15
They give it to me black and I get to fix it just the way I want it... |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
|
|
|
|
|
02-20-2009, 08:40 AM
|
#19
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum Crazy
I am not so sure about that.
I know allot of very hard working people who have worked the same job for 30 years or more that are laid off right now.
Including my husband. Things are bad for us but we don't have a house or children. Imagine the guy that does and he has to take a crappy job at someplace like DD just to pay the light bill.
|
Thank You....a Voice of reason.
when I was in the Navy there was an E-6 there that had 4 kids......worked nights at McDonalds to make ends meet....
The fact that the guy was working should be enough...... |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
|
|
|
|
|
02-20-2009, 08:45 AM
|
#20
|
|
........
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
|
i've been in that guys shoes before
The GUY working at Dunkin Doughnuts i mean...
but it was a swimming pool supply store...(out west)
and what happens is .... the first guy
in LINE ...who's Impatient as hell
has a beef... and decides to Grandstand
or filibuster and use the moment to badmouth
the establishment in front of the rest of the customers
this really tweaks you right off real QUICK
...and i had all i could do
to keep myself from jumping over the counter
and beating him
senseless .... so i can identify
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:25 PM.
|
| |
Linear Mode
