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A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've always been about kids getting out there early and getting a taste of working, but these days feel different. I wouldn't want to go back into customer service now and I've got experience and age to back be up in dealing with customers.

I do think that people who cause the disruptive behavior that I'm referring to should be required to serve time doing those jobs, as I think part of their entitlement is ignorance of what's it's like behind the counter.

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I mean service jobs are never great, but most of my jobs from 14 through early adulthood were all service and they weren't that bad.

You encounter plenty of rude and unpleasant people, but you just get on with it. It's not traumatic for the vast majority of people. Learning to handle people like that is a good skill to have.

I totally agree that people would be better to each other if everyone had so service job experience.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Waiting tables at the tail end of high school and throughout college really boosted my intrapersonal skills. I have no problem interacting with most anyone and can usually pick up on cues that go beyond what the person is saying. I work in engineering at a fortune 500 now it's really amusing how bad a decent swath of employees are at getting their point across, understanding what someone else is trying to tell them, and reading the room.

That said, I had a stint in retail. Waiting tables was more stress, but the people were generally quite a bit nicer.