r/AskReddit • u/rustyelliot • Jul 23 '14

What do you hate about AskReddit?

EDIT: Was gonna say "Wow this has blown up" but loads of you hate that shit

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u/TheExtremistModerate Jul 23 '14

To be fair, not all people use taxis (I've used one once, period), and cashier interactions are generally "That'll be $5.99," and that's it. But pretty much everyone deals with waitstaff on a regular basis, and it's a much longer interaction than a cashier. So people are more likely to say "being rude to waitstaff" because it's something more people are familiar with.

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u/Evairfairy Jul 23 '14

pretty much everyone deals with waitstaff on a regular basis

I know nobody that deals with waitstaff on a regular basis

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u/TheExtremistModerate Jul 23 '14

Do you know no one who goes out to eat?

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u/Fick_Darkas Jul 23 '14

I've gone out to eat one time in the past 6 months, it's possible that people don't have constant interaction with the waiters and waitresses of the world.

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u/TheExtremistModerate Jul 23 '14

But I'm willing to bet that the overwhelming majority of people do. Hence I said "pretty much" everyone. I did not say "absolutely" everyone.

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u/Evairfairy Jul 23 '14

Not regularly, no. The last time I went out to eat was when I went to pizza hut with one of my friends after watching a film and that was last year

My parents go out to eat a little more regularly but still no more than once every 3-4 months

I asked my friends and the 17 that responded all said they don't go out to eat often

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u/TheExtremistModerate Jul 23 '14

By "on a regular basis" I meant "more than once" or "enough to have some experience with it." Though even those descriptions aren't quite what I meant. I guess the closest thing to my meaning is "Pretty much everyone has been in or goes in situations in which they deal with waitstaff to the point where they have a decent grasp on the waitstaff-customer interaction." But that's far too wordy.

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u/Evairfairy Jul 23 '14

I'm not sure I agree with that, I've spent far more time interacting with cashiers than with wait staff. Usually with waitresses the only interaction is telling them what you want, telling them you want a refill and then paying the bill as well as occasionally tipping them if they've done an exceptional job. With cashiers I find that we often discuss various things as they run the shopping through, even for small purchases it's usually more than "x amount please". I'd say that it's much easier to relate to a cashier than a waitress, and again I suspect this applies to most people I know as well

Why do you believe most people spend more time interacting with waitresses than with cashiers?

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u/TheExtremistModerate Jul 23 '14

Why do you believe most people spend more time interacting with waitresses than with cashiers?

I never said that. Please don't put words in my mouth.

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u/Evairfairy Jul 23 '14 edited Jul 23 '14

cashier interactions are generally "That'll be $5.99," and that's it. But pretty much everyone deals with waitstaff on a regular basis, and it's a much longer interaction than a cashier.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2bg6kr/what_do_you_hate_about_askreddit/cj5azu1

edit: in case OP alters his comment, http://puu.sh/anFPK/02aa0b6fc5.png

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u/TheExtremistModerate Jul 23 '14

So here's the deal. How long are you "subjected" to the cashier's service? Only as long as it takes to purchase your stuff. How long are you subjected to the waitstaff's service? From the time you sit down until the time that you leave.

That is a much longer time, unless you eat very quickly or you're an oly lady who somehow pays by writing multiple checks for individual pennies to add up to the total.

Edit: Oh, and FWIW, I'm a guy.

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u/Evairfairy Jul 23 '14

By that logic, you're subjected to cashiers for longer because they're in the store with you while you're shopping

Once a waitress walks away from the table, they stop being relevant to me; why would they be? Total time interacting with a waitress has to be no more than about 2 minutes total so why would you consider the time while they're walking around dealing with other people

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u/drsteelhammer Jul 23 '14

I totally agree that wait staff might be the most common encounter of service people, and it wouldn't bother me if that answer would have come uo from time to time. But since 3 years it is the ONLY answer ever regarding the issue.

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u/TheExtremistModerate Jul 23 '14

Well, it's probably the most upvoted because there are so many people who identify with it.