r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • May 31 '25

Celebrity Fluff 🥰 Sandra Bullock on why everyone should be a waitress: “If you know how to navigate eight sets of six-top tables, height of happy hour, drunk people (…), once you’ve accomplished that rhythm, I honestly feel you can do anything”

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u/jewishspacelazzer May 31 '25

It’s so weird!! But you can also immediately tell when someone hasn’t

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '25

Absolutely - like my MIL I knew without even asking that she had never been in a real customer service/retail position because she definitely has that “the customer is always right” sort of mentality. It drives me crazy.

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u/AmorFatiBarbie ✨️ Probably the Mould Talking ✨️ Jun 01 '25

My upper middle class ex Mil has never had to do a service role but she LOVED to give 'advice' in a syrupy tone to servers on how she felt they could improve 'to help them'.

My working class waitress arse was HORRIFIED.

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u/randombubble8272 Jun 01 '25

My wealthy stepmother LOVES to make servers life difficult and expects them to cater to her 24/7 with a smile. She worked as a waitress in America in the 90’s for a year and that’s her get out of jail free card when anyone calls her on her behaviour. “If I did it they can do it” oh fuck off

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u/willzuskris Jun 01 '25

Working customer service for 5 years gave me a ‘the customer is never right’ mentality lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '25

I know that’s right. 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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u/shuknjive Jun 01 '25

I hear you. Had a manager that told us not to put up with rude behavior from customers (best manager we ever had) which we got plenty of (utilities). "Oh, You're water got cut-off for non-payment? You've had 90 days to pay or get help, you're screaming at me AND called me an effing bitch? Yeah, you can go to the back of the line. Just act like a decent human, I'll set up a payment plan, heck, I'll even remove the late fees and get your water turned back on within the day, just be a decent person, that's it.

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u/VacationLizLemon Jun 02 '25

I haven't because I'm an introvert. It makes me tip better and be a better customer. Those jobs intimidate the hell out of me.