@lauren. I'm sorry. That sucks
@krista & yabbit- me too. I'm Christian, but I still think we need to take care of the planet. Too many people I know just don't even care because they believe that Jesus is coming soon, and it doesn't matter. Makes me upset.

I wish more people cared about the planet too. A lot of them tell me they don't believe in global warming or they think that you can treat the planet however you want and it will just renew itself. We can only destroy it so much before it won't renew itself anymore. As Christians, we need to be good stewarts of the planet that God gave us. He didn't tell us the planet was ours to destroy. People just don't have any respect  :(

*Except HH, of course.

Yes yes! I'm sorry. Not HH and government employees. I love you guys. I actually know what HH does and I wholly support her job. So, please allow me to rephrase. We have a congress full of stupid. I limit that to congresspersons.

Boo.

When the 1st shift supervisors call me at 8am.  YOU KNOW I JUST WENT TO BED AT 5 BEEEYATCH!!!

Is there really something so earth shattering it can't wait till Noon?  Wait-you just wanted to know if I would give up my day off? 

Um...let me think about it.

Not just no but HELL NAH.

Also fun:  when the gal who occasionally does a silkscreen on 1st shift calls me because she can't find a screen.  *facepalm*  Apparently alphabetical order is too difficult to figure out.  Also, the ink color is specified on the print.  Half-asleep me is not Not NOT gonna remember what ink that job takes right off the top of my head. 

^ yeah, much like if you look up a DMV or post office, there are nothing but negative reviews out there. But because it's the understood thing those places suck*, people don't really think to mention it or acknowledge it when they have a good experience there. In a similar vein, most reviews online for internet/phone providers and hospitals are largely negative, probably because you only think to review those things when they suck, versus a restaurant, which you might think to review no matter what the experience.

*I don't get this assertion with post offices. Yes, DMVs are often busy, the work doesn't seem fun, and a lot of people are there for negative reasons/paying money they owe, but with the post office... I don't know what's up with all the negative experiences. Maybe I've always been blessed with good ones, or I don't mind it as much when there's a big line.

working in customer service changes your perspective too. I'm a lot more understanding of things because I get how some of that stuff works (plus the other people they have to deal with!), and there are a couple of things I'm actually less understanding of.

yep. I hate some people's attitudes towards customer service (not directed at anyone on the forums, haven't really seen that), particularly when people assume that someone's incompetent/stupid right off the bat. It happened to me and my coworkers SO often, and honestly, that's how you get an intentionally rude customer service representative (though, like all walks of life, some people do just suck). Other times people will complain about some aspect of a business (why something isn't faster or tailored to them), when it's like, you CAN'T run a business that way, or it would totally violate a health code for a good reason, or it just reflects general self-absorbed-ness.

e.g.: my mocha got too cold. can't you just use that steamer wand to heat it up?
No, its bad for the machine and people have allergies. We can't prevent cross-contamination when the mocha goo is stuck in the machine, you know.
Why can't you just microwave it?
1. it's a milk product that has sat out too long. you prolly shouldn't drink it even if you get it hot again. 2. microwaves are not good at reaching even temps. 3. we do not have a microwave.
Why don't you have a microwave?
because microwaves are not used in cafes. you should be glad.
What's that, then?
That's an oven. I have never seen a microwave that large, for what it's worth.
Can't you use that?
If you want to wait 20 minutes for your latte to bake, then sure.

^ I had been asked all these questions (but not been so blunt about the answers), for that reason: my drink got too cold - heat it up. Mind you I offered to remake the drink for free first. Yes, people would rather try to figure out a way to get 2 oz of liquid hot again than to get a free, new drink. GO FIGURE

Other highlights:
Can you heat up this thing I got elsewhere? (No.)
Can you use the tea shaker for my hot tea? (No, I prefer to avoid burns)
Your lattes are not hot enough. I'd like mine at 220F (Impossible)
I ordered an extra-hot cappuccino. This is not hot enough. (Maybe that's because you're eating foam. Foam does not get hot.)
But I've gotten an iced cappuccino at other places! (they were humoring you. Be quiet while I make you an iced latte.)
The other Starbucks has non-fat soy! (They were humoring you, or mixing non-fat dairy with soy. Also, non-fat soy is disgusting.)
This cappuccino isn't sweet! (Cappuccinos are not sweet. You are used to getting fake foamed cinnamon-chocolate-sugar from a machine. Welcome to real drinks.)
I only want <employee's name> to make my drink. He's the only one who makes it right (funny you should say that, because <employee's name> is one of the people who can't make things to code. Not our code, health code. He also uses 2% milk on all drinks, despite what the label says. Good times)
Peppermint mochas are only available around Christmas (I am telling you, I just made one and it's July. Please let your friend order what they want.)
The <item> was better when it was <something different.> (That item has never changed)

Good times.

You may be interested in this:

http://notalwaysright.com/

COURIERS!  And some of the people who deliver packages for the post office (not all of them though...there are at least 2 who are cool).  I just went out to check the mail and there was a slip saying I'd missed a package at 11:50am.  I found the note at 12:20.  At 11:50 I was right there in the front room giving Vincent his lunch.  So yeah, some dude drove here to deliver a package and didn't even knock or ring the doorbell.  So THEN I had to call the courier service to arrange another delivery time.  I was on hold for ages, the lady asked for a tracking number that should have been written on the slip but wasn't, and it turned out the package wasn't even in DH or my names because it's something that my BIL ordered and had sent here because he lives outside of their delivery area.  So I had to go out of my way to call them, and the poor lady on the other end of the phone had to go out of her way to find the package in the system, and all of this could have been avoided if the delivery guy had f***ing KNOCKED when he brought it.  If he's getting paid to deliver packages, perhaps he should actually DELIVER them.