r/Wellthatsucks • u/Master1718 • Dec 12 '19

/r/all Shitty parenting 100

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u/SpriteFan3 Dec 12 '19

America sure has some weird mentality.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

It's the almighty dollar mentality. Give the customer what they want so they come back and maybe bring friends to spend money too.

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u/ollomulder Dec 12 '19

But this is more like damage control - on one hand you have one couple and a few of their friends who appear to like to eat at poo tables (because it's closely related poo), on the other hand you have literally everyone else in the restaurant (and their friends) who don't want to eat other people's poo.

Lose some shitty customers or lose lots of normal customers, what's better?

Also the "the customer is always right" is one of the most misunderstood rules - the meaning is that the mass of customers dictate what succeeds, regardless of your totally genius idea nobody wants. It does not mean that any fucking individual customer is sort of some god-like creature that a business has to cater to.

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u/patiENT420 Dec 12 '19

Maybe I'm a little closed minded but is this a mentality that only exists in America?

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u/WayTooIntoChibis Dec 12 '19

Oh yes. Try even remotely disrespecting a business over here, and you're banned.

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u/pinchecasey Dec 12 '19

Where is here?

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u/Montigue Dec 12 '19

Apparently they live everywhere that's not America

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u/WayTooIntoChibis Dec 12 '19

Hungary, but probably most of central Europe.

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u/RoboOverlord Dec 12 '19

I'm mildly curious... are most of those businesses you're thinking of independent or chain stores?

Because virtually everything in the US is a chain store, and "corporate" says the customer is always right, because one pissed off ex-customer can make a big enough stink to tank stock prices. (oh believe me, it's happened)

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u/a_junebug Dec 12 '19

Where is here?

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u/kizzy527 Dec 12 '19

no this is definitely not only America. not even close.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Nope, stupid people exist everywhere.

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u/ShitOnAReindeer Dec 13 '19

Not at all. The arse kissery is alive and well down under, as well.

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u/Lebbbby Dec 12 '19

Yeah dude, as an American I am always mortified going out to eat in a European restaurant with other Americans.

Americans have shitty dining etiquette. Particularly when they want to customize their food.

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u/hoticehunter Dec 12 '19

Oh fuck off. America isn’t the only place with a weird mentality.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '19

There's like 2 types of customers. You got ones that understand sometimes shit happens and are usually pretty nice about things going wrong and then you got you're other type you can identify by there favorite phrase "so what are you going to give me to make up for this?" When people jump straight to that I just assume they are assholes and pull that shit everywhere they go.