And I work at a place that makes custom driveshafts for vehicles Every time I answer the phone I want to greet people like I do at my other job "Thank you for choosing the Driveshaft shop, this is Rissy, how may I serve you today?" #fastfoodworkerproblems
It amazes me how people answer the phone like that so much, I would be such a muddle but everyone else seems to do it so effortlessly ;-;
Seriously, I find myself just going "y'ello", or "Hi" or whatever, but when people at work and stuff have to pick up the phone and say all that I'd probably just stall for a second, since it wouldn't come naturally
Living in Quebec, I have to answer the phone in 2 languages every time I pick up the receiver. This one dude blasted me because I chose to greet him English first and French afterwards.
What do French people have against Americans? I haven't heard any kind of good thing about French treating Americans well at all, especially over in their own country.
A lot of people in other countries are quite ignorant when it comes to stuff like this. Blind hatred for no reason, its quite common to be honest. My sister traveled to several different countries a few years back and the only place that she didn't get treated poorly in was ironically, Wales (ironic because I made a welsh joke earlier) That's not to say that everyone is like that. You just see it a lot.
Update: I was eating my lunch very calmly and I look over at my coworker's computer screen. He's out for the next two days because his wife had their second baby and I notice his screen light up and there's typing on the screen and the mouse is moving. Kinda want to go to his computer and type random keys to see him mess up. /hehe[DOUBLEPOST=1396893651][/DOUBLEPOST]Update 2: My coworker Tad checks his voicemail and his greeting is literally him saying "Taaaaaaaaaad" in a deep voice. I'm just gonna continue to tell you guys updates.[DOUBLEPOST=1396894733][/DOUBLEPOST]Update 3: My boss must want me to die because he gave me Photoshop 7.0 to use. Y'know, the one from 2004? Yeah. Definitely going to bring my laptop to work. ._.
When I vacationed in Quebec it was funny how people either hated us over the stupid american tourist thing or were really nice. There was very little middle ground. Thankfully a couple of my cousins knew a decent amount of french though.
All I had to say when I answered the phone was "*insert work place name*, hello !" And it' s official language is French (well, their own version of French, it differs a little from ours), which wouldn' t be the case anymore if they weren' t adamant about it. If an American restaurant in a highly latino populated area was to answer the phone in Spanish first English second it would probably raise a few eyebrows too. Remember the Coke superbowl ad scandal ? As for the French being dicks to Americans, well, if we' re talking about Parisian waiters they tend to be dicks period. The French in general might get pissed at you if you just expect them to speak English, but otherwise there' s no golden rule. Personally I' m super nice with them (or tourists in general, I don' t mind them).
At work, my spiel is normally "Hello, find everything you were looking for today?" (cashier at Sobeys). Anyways, now, sometimes when I'm at Safeway or Walmart or something buying apples, I'll say to the cashier "Hello, find everything... oops." It's a problem.
"Good evening. Thank you for calling Panera Bread. My name is Bueno. What can I do for you?" I always mix it up and say "calling myPanera" because I'm used to asking for their myPanera rewards card, too. Only one person has ever replied with "You're welcome. I had a choice and I chose yours."
