"They should be working!!"

[customersruinmylife]

A few co-workers came in on their day off to have some drinks. Some of the people that work in that pub practically live there! They work 5 days a week, and then they come in when they're off. I guess the customers are driving them to drink.

An old man walks up to me.

SC: I just wanted to know something...what are your policies on staff drinking in here?
Me: Oh...well, as long as they behave themselves they're allowed in as much as they want.
SC: That's ridiculous. They shouldn't be allowed in here. They should be working. They shouldn't be allowed to mix with the customers.

He walked off.

Do you know, he actually had a point! They should open up bars that only allow bartenders in! They would be the best bars to work in in the world! Because you can guarantee there would be no SC's!

[Sheldonrs]

...SC: That's ridiculous. They shouldn't be allowed in here. They should be working...!

And you should be dying in a fire. Sometimes things don't work out they way they should.

[ottid]

Lol. What's better is when you work at a small town store, forget you are wearing the same colour top (completely different style) as the uniform (most places in NZ will have a staff uniform) and people tourists are asking you questions as you are picking up supplies for yourself I didn't mind though because it was quite busy. In fact I think that was the same day that I hoped behind the counter to serve as well. The lines were way to long and people were on scheduled breaks.

I never realised that I wasn't allowed to go into any of my work places when I wasn't working to purchase items? I mean if I was at a grocery store I wouldn't be allowed to buy my gorceries there?

[Victoria J]

When I first started working as an adviser I was a volunteer while unemployed. (It was actually a condition of my benefit that I volunteered and to this day I like my job but can't bare that this proved both my mother and the unemployment people right).

I was also living in a small town at the time.

I had to "sign on" at the job centre regularly, and a couple of times I got stopped by customers and asked to give advice while I was there

Mostly I just can't go to the local shops without being asked to advise on something or other.

Victoria J

[MannersMakethMan]

SC: That's ridiculous. They shouldn't be allowed in here. They should be working. They shouldn't be allowed to mix with the customers.

So very nearly right - replace 'them' with 'I' and you've got it!

[Athaelia]

Lol. What's better is when you work at a small town store, forget you are wearing the same colour top (completely different style) as the uniform (most places in NZ will have a staff uniform) and people tourists are asking you questions as you are picking up supplies for yourself

That reminds me of when I had to go to Target after work for some groceries, a couple years back. While I was quietly browsing the Shampoo isle, this guy came up to me and asked where the automotive dept was. I replied with "dunno, dude" or something like that, and he said "well, shouldn't you know where it is? You work here, don't you?" I was then very quick to point out that Target employees wear red polo's and khaki's and I was wearing a white shirt, black pants, and a brown apron emblazoned with the words "Cracker Barrel"(my old job).

[crashhelmet]

Do you know, he actually had a point! They should open up bars that only allow bartenders in! They would be the best bars to work in in the world! Because you can guarantee there would be no SC's!

I don't know about that. I've met plenty of bartenders and cocktail servers that have no concept of the phrase "Live by the tip, Die by the tip." Some of the biggest EWs I've ever had were other bartenders.

CH

[SG15Z]

Do you know, he actually had a point! They should open up bars that only allow bartenders in! They would be the best bars to work in in the world! Because you can guarantee there would be no SC's!

That's actually a good idea. We should definitely look into it!

[StanFlouride]

They should open up bars that only allow bartenders in! They would be the best bars to work in in the world! Because you can guarantee there would be no SC's!

I used to tend bar in an illegal after-hours club that was great to work in, especially around 3 a.m. when the bartenders and wait-staff from other bars showed up.
It was a GREAT gig! The owners would rent a warehouse, pay two or three months in advance, move in their 3 portable bars and light and sound systems and just open the doors. They charged $10 cover and would get away with it for about 8-10 weeks before the cops caught on. When they showed up we'd give away free drinks until the Fire Marshals came and kicked everyone out. Then they'd go rent another warehouse and do it all over again.
After work, at 6 a.m., they'd take the entire staff (20-25 people) to a big old SF hotel for morning breakfast. We'd always ask for the same waitress, a sweet, elderly German woman, and tip her $200.
THAT was a great gig...

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

So...by his logic...when I worked at an auto parts store I shouldn't be allowed to buy parts for my car.

When I worked at a computer store I shouldn't be allowed to buy parts for my computer.

Now that I'm working at a hospital...if I get injured I shouldn't be allowed health care?

Is that his point?

[ottid]

Now that I'm working at a hospital...if I get injured I shouldn't be allowed health care?

Is that his point?

Hmmm, I hadn't thought of the health care part. I think maybe you would just have to go to the next closest hospital, but that can't be too far away, could it? I mean the next closest medical centre from my home town was an hour away, and you could have already spent an hour or more getting to that one as well...

[Boozy]

They shouldn't be allowed to mix with the customers.

That tells you how he sees the pub staff. He doesn't think of them as his peers, he thinks of them as his servants. And lowly servants don't eat at the same table as their masters.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

So they shouldn't be allowed to mix with other customers. And some sperm cells would probably be better off drying on the back of a seat in a porno flick than mixing with an egg..as evidenced by this old fart. Things don't always work out how they should. Clearly.

[taxguykarl]

The only restriction for working on our own returns is that there must be no customers waiting. By this logic, we would have to have that done at a competitor.

[morgana]

So they shouldn't be allowed to mix with other customers. And some sperm cells would probably be better off drying on the back of a seat in a porno flick than mixing with an egg..as evidenced by this old fart. Things don't always work out how they should. Clearly.

Gods, RK, you rock SO hard!