The service industry in Britain is awful.
People give the Americans shit for the "Have a nice day!" culture there, but I'd rather some skivvy practically sucking me off with insincerity than some minimum chav holding out their hand and saying "£2.47" in a bored monotone while staring into the middle distance.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:26, 14 replies)

I disagree
David Mitchell said it better than I ever would:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LiDTKEF1ek

tl;dw "This is a horrible train, you're tearing tickets, of course you're in an awful mood. [Cheery customer service is] the sign either of a liar or a moron".
( Marn, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:39, closed)

Yes. I pay my money - I want to be lied to.
I want to be told that I'm the absolutely most important thing in their world right now.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:41, closed)

Your dog might think your important,
but don't expect the rest of us to join in with your charade.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:42, closed)

Sounds like you need to book an hour with YOUR MUM.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:43, closed)

^ This.
Honest disdain is far preferable to insincere joviality.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:42, closed)

^
I'd rather be served by an honest person than a liar
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 15:17, closed)

Why?
You do know that whenever someone asks "How are you?" or says "Good to meet you", or "Thanks" they don't mean a single word of it?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 15:29, closed)

Well yeah
As a man, my conversations with my work colleagues go something like:
"Mmm?"
"Mmn."

This translates to:
"How are you, my good fellow?"
"Terrible, I was out on the beers last night and now I'm suffering because of it."

If some bastard in a shop starts a conversation with actual words, I'm obliged to respond, when really I'd rather they just shut the fuck up, sell me whatever it is I want to buy, and let me just get the fuck out of there without having to engage them in fake banter.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 16:10, closed)

I'd rather never leave my house and buy everything over the internet whilst wallowing in a paddling pool filled with my own effluent.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:41, closed)

Look, just pay for your cider and get out, will you?

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 14:57, closed)

You're no fun any more, mum.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 15:44, closed)

No, no, no.
I'd sooner have a shotgun to the face than someone ask how I am/ have a nice day/ engage in smalltalk when Im buying whatever in a shop.

I normally shuffle about with my headphones in anyway

Different for a restaurant or somewhere where you expect the ambience.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 3 Oct 2013, 17:20, closed)

Mick O' Flanagan told me
it's ormbiornce.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Thu 3 Oct 2013, 17:38, closed)

it's a good thing you lot down south don't pin your entire economy on it
oh, wait
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 6 Oct 2013, 1:47, closed)