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Then you were lucky. Myself, and I suspect most people, I got grief from everyone. Poor. Middle Class. Wealthy. Those with accents. Those without accents.

Then you were lucky. Myself, and I suspect most people, I got grief from everyone. Poor. Middle Class. Wealthy. Those with accents. Those without accents. White. Black. Tall. Short. You name it. It's brutal if you have to work such jobs for a long time. (Like say, throughout high school and college.) A lot of people out there turn terrible as soon as they interact someone of lower status providing them a service. Even if you never make a mistake, you can't escape it. I remember a girl spilled a drink on the dress of some woman. Apparently the table was already bad, and it turned worse. Manager made me take the table. (Not proud about it, but I was the best doormat he had.) I don't even remember the rest of the night, but I remember that table. Remember every face. They didn't even look like bad people either. That's what was so surprising. Man, that has stayed with me. So if you only got grief from a few people, then you should thank your lucky stars. You got off easy.

monoideism 7y ago
Please re-read my comment, because your response came across quite poorly. I didn't say I only got grief from a few people (quite the contrary!). Clearly you read into it what you wanted. Here's the gist of your response, without knowing anything about me or my background: - "you were lucky." - "thank your lucky stars" - "You got off easy" - "It's brutal if you have to work such jobs for a long time" I worked retail, bused tables, and waited for almost 3 years full-time, and I'm certainly not claiming to have only gotten grief from a few people. I never said anything even remotely close to "few people" in my comment. I suggested that there was a trend to the people I got grief from, in agreement to the GP comment. Note: a trend, not an absolute cut-off. In addition to the comment I was responding to, there are other comments in this thread making similar assertions, so I'm not the outlier here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21717225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21717225

monoideism 7y ago

Please re-read my comment, because your response came across quite poorly. I didn't say I only got grief from a few people (quite the contrary!). Clearly you read into it what you wanted. Here's the gist of your response, without knowing anything about me or my background: - "you were lucky." - "thank your lucky stars" - "You got off easy" - "It's brutal if you have to work such jobs for a long time" I worked retail, bused tables, and waited for almost 3 years full-time, and I'm certainly not claiming to have only gotten grief from a few people. I never said anything even remotely close to "few people" in my comment. I suggested that there was a trend to the people I got grief from, in agreement to the GP comment. Note: a trend, not an absolute cut-off. In addition to the comment I was responding to, there are other comments in this thread making similar assertions, so I'm not the outlier here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21717225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21717225