Sorry, I couldn't resist. But anyway, that's the topic today. A bit silly, but apparently the debate about whether or not servers should say "you guys" to restaurant patrons has become quite the issue...among people with way too much time on their hands.
One such group of people happened to dine at my place of work and complimented me for not calling them "you guys." I said that my manager had told us in a meeting once that "you guys" sounded immature, and I didn't really need another reason for people to think I'm still in high school (I'm 21). We chatted, they tipped well, and I thought nothing of it.
...Until last Thursday when a very big metropolitan paper published a letter these people had written gushing about how they went to dine at "X" restaurant and " we expected our young waitress Giggle Goose to greet us as 'you guys' and were so happy when she didn't!" It's a very widely read paper, too; not the local paper, (which is mostly used to cover the table before a crab feast). So it was pretty sweet....but kind of petty.
One such group of people happened to dine at my place of work and complimented me for not calling them "you guys." I said that my manager had told us in a meeting once that "you guys" sounded immature, and I didn't really need another reason for people to think I'm still in high school (I'm 21). We chatted, they tipped well, and I thought nothing of it.
...Until last Thursday when a very big metropolitan paper published a letter these people had written gushing about how they went to dine at "X" restaurant and " we expected our young waitress Giggle Goose to greet us as 'you guys' and were so happy when she didn't!" It's a very widely read paper, too; not the local paper, (which is mostly used to cover the table before a crab feast). So it was pretty sweet....but kind of petty.
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