Alternatively, continually say, “have a nice day” every time you’re at a restaurant and your server leaves your table to get things for your table, even when they’re coming back at some point.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “YOU WORK HERE.”

Bottom Text: “SO I CAN CUT IN FRONT OF YOU.”]

Food service robin, here! After I clocked out today, my mom texted me and told me to pick something up for dinner. So I thought “I’m already at a food place, and I can get a discount, might as well just get something from here.”

The girl who was working front counter was busy talking to another customer, so I was waiting patiently by the register. Some guy comes out of nowhere, and cuts in front of me (which means he has to slightly shove me, because I was leaning against the counter). I said “Excuse me, sir, but I am in line.” His response? “Yeah, I know, but you work here, so I can cut in front of you.”

Um, pretty sure that’s not the way it works, sir. The fact that I work here doesn’t mean you get to be rude, and the fact that I work here doesn’t mean you getting food is more important than me getting food.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY CHARGING SO MUCH?”

Bottom Text: “CUSTOMER POINTS TO PIECE OF HANDCARVED ART WITH EXCRUTIATING DETAIL.”]

Man, you’re right. That artist’s hours and hours of work don’t warrant $98. More like $5, am I right? That can’t be more than $5 of material, right? That’s not plastic, and nothing in this world is more expensive than plastic. Yeah, $5 is totally reasonable. Can’t believe us big city thieves want to charge you $98 for that.

Not the usual Robin meme, but this is a conversation I just had with a fan of my FB page.

I feel like the only one who ever defends service workers when people talk shit about them.

It makes me want to burn down buildings.

Thanks! We love you too <3

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “FIRST DAY OF WORK IN NEW STORE.”

Bottom Text: “MANAGER WANTS ME TO MEMORIZE ALL OF THE PRICES IN THE ENTIRE STORE.”]

Really are you kidding me? I got an interview at a new part time job at an anime store, totally cool right? I thought so too until my boss told me that on the first day I had to know all of the prices of everything in the store. Yes it’s a small store but we still have a bunch of stuff and a lot of the items (like backpacks) are different prices because of licensing and what not. Like maybe I would know that stuff after a few days I can catch on real quick but on the first day when I have to know every little thing including the register and exactly what sizes we have out and what we have in the back that’s just unrealistic. Oh yea and it’s a one person store so I’m there all day by myself.

Let’s just say that I don’t think that I’ll be there much longer I don’t have the patients for that crap not at minimum wage.

Just… really?

I work as an overnight waitress at what we’ll call Shakes N’ Steaks.

My usual shifts range anywhere from 10PM-7AM, and my relief is always, every day without fail, fifteen to twenty minutes late. Well in this particular situation, she was thirty minutes late before she called in saying she wasn’t going to make it. Well alrighty then. My manager (who doesn’t like me because of my “punk appearance and peppiness”) told me I was staying over until 9AM or so. I just looked at her and said, “How will that work? My husband is coming in at 8AM. What do you want us to do, work with our two year old here in the restaurant?” She just made this angry huff and marched away. I assumed that was her accepting the fact that she, as a manager, would be covering the shift like she’s required to in this type of situation.

Went to clock in that night, and I was fired.
 

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “MY CASH DRAWER”

Bottom Text: “IS NOT A LARGE BILL BREAKER”]

I like to consider myself a very understanding pink and orange coffee-serving robin. If you have to pay for your coffee with a ten, that’s okay. A twenty? That’s okay too, we’ve got the change for that. A fifty even? Stretching it a bit, but alright, as long as you don’t mind getting singles.

However, if you just rolled in from one of the banks down the street (or wherever you please) and you’re getting a small coffee (at my store after tax it’s $1.58), pulling out your stack of bills, and handing me a 100 when picking up a five off the counter that fell out, then no. That is not okay. If it’s honestly really the ONLY bill you have on you, then okay, whatever. It happens. But clearing out my drawer save some ones and change isn’t very cool and leaves me running to my manager begging for bills to replenish my empty drawer while making the customers behind you wait. Please be considerate!

We’ve been finding Chick Tracts hidden on the shelves in amongst the purses and cheap jewelry in my store. If you don’t know what those are, they’re those little comics that churches hand out about finding Jesus. Google them sometime, some of them are hillarious. Someone’s been going around hiding them ike they’re going to suprise convert someone, when really all it does is leave more crap for us to clean up.

The freedom is…. overwhelming.

(thanks for suggesting this speakerphones)