Well since I’ve been mostly in customer service jobs I’d like for people to know that the reps don’t make the rules or decisions. When there is something about a store or service that’s undesirable such as prices then it’s something to bring up to upper management or just let them lose you as a customer. But you can be as nice to the reps as they are to you.

  • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.ee
    23·
    6 months ago

    Icing a cake takes time, especially when it’s one meant to feed between 90 and 100 people. We’re not trying to ruin your kids birthday when we need 24 hours notice for something that size, it’s that someone needs to take at least 2 hours to get it done, and we can’t magically make that happen on short notice and full days.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    20·
    6 months ago

    Electrical engineer. You can’t develop and ship an iPhone in a year. Apple has multiple generations under development at the same time.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      6 months ago

      You are not entitled to:

      1. minimum wage
      2. daily and weekly limits on hours of work
      3. daily rest periods
      4. time off between shifts
      5. weekly/bi-weekly rest periods
      6. eating periods
      7. three-hour rule
      8. overtime pay
      9. public holidays or public holiday pay
      10. vacation with pay

      WTF? That is insane what you are not entitled to. If you don’t mind my asking, can you not find another job than being a farmer?

      • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        6 months ago

        I chose to do it. I like it. I have a good boss who pays well and gives me a lot of freedom and flexibility. The vast majority of farm workers aren’t as lucky.

      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
        12·
        6 months ago

        It’s usually family business, and they have a lot of write offs and incentives usually, so it prevents abuse of the system, but it also applies to non-arms length employees since farms trade work all the time as well, so bobs mid works for me and my kid works for him.

  • That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml
    11·
    6 months ago

    As a welder, quality doesn’t come cheap or fast. A lot of work goes into my work. Even if all I’m doing is welding Part A to Part B, a lot of research, prep, and planning goes into it.

    I need to know what the base material is, the base metal thickness, I need to clean the HAZ, I need to protect everything near the HAZ. I need to actually weld it and clean it for repaint.

    A good welder plans to have their welds last the lifespan of the thing being welded on. If I’m welding a car frame together, I’m going to make damn sure they’re good long-lasting welds that resist corrosion. Those welds will outlive the car itself.

  • HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world
    121·
    6 months ago

    As a funeral director, I’m not trying to upsell you into a nicer casket or talk you into something you don’t want. I’m just trying to help you get through it and be happy with the decisions you made.

  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world
    111·
    6 months ago

    Retail employee.

    Technically speaking there’s not that much stopping me from slapping the shit out of you.

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      6 months ago

      I’m a mechanic.

      At any given point in time, I can clock out for my lunch break and walk out of the parking lot and I am no longer an employee of my company at that time. The big-ass prybar in my toolbox also isn’t company property.

      I haven’t had a situation yet where I’ve had to make use of that ability, but I have had to bring up its possibility once or twice.

      And that’s only because I actually value my job. If I didn’t like my job there’s really nothing stopping me from throwing some hands at a shitty customer other than police action, and to be honest, the cops don’t really like to come around the area where I work very often.

      More people need to be just a little bit more afraid of service workers. Treat us nice and we’ll treat you nice. But treat us like shit and we don’t really have all that far to fall if we decide you’re the hill worth dying on. I’ve been really damn tempted to just beat the fuck out of an asshole customer before and while I’ve never done it, I know a lot of folks in my industry with a lot less restraint than me.

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
    9·
    6 months ago

    I work in food and the amount of customers that act like every mistake is a personal attack is wild.

    If you actually think someone is deliberately messing up your food you need to just stop going there entirely.

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
    6·
    6 months ago

    I do equipment ordering for a nation-wide institution of 36,000 staff with hundreds of offices and clinics. My job would be so much easier if people would tell me where they want it at the time they’re telling me they need it.