Re: "Do you have a penny?"


Bill Lang wrote:
> Bryan S. Slick, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a
> rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set
> of earphones.
>
> > At about Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:52:33 GMT, Bill Lang was dragged
> > into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..
> >
> >:Unless you're on a cell phone. Then I just lay the money on the
> >:counter and dare you call me rude.
> >
> > What is up with the rash of stores lately that think they're
> > justified in posting signs which read that they will not wait on
> > customers who are in a conversation on a cellular phone? You
> > won't? The *** you won't, unless you want your stupid asses
> > shut down over something so trivial.
> >
>
> My time is as valuable as yours. Waiting for someone to get off
> the phone means another guest is not getting proper attention.
> I'm not talking about someone who has the sense to pause a
> conversation long enough to pay for their food. I'm talking about
> the assholes who think I have the time to wait for my opportunity
> to "fit" my time into their conversation.
>
> Lunch time is the worst. Business types are too full of
> themselves.
>
I have customers nearly every day who talk on the cell phone while
being waited on. I really couldn't care less as long as they have
their money on the counter. I think it's rude, but as long as I get my
money they're a good customer.

Dan

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