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I worked at a deli during college, and people did this same type of thing on slices. By default, I'd always pick a pretty thin slice. Most people really like th
by wambotron 12y ago
I worked at a deli during college, and people did this same type of thing on slices. By default, I'd always pick a pretty thin slice. Most people really like thinly sliced meats. The first thing you do is slice once and show them the slice, making sure it fits what they wanted. 99% of the time, people would say "thinner," I would pretend to fiddle with the knob, slice the same thickness, and they'd say "perfect!"
I think it gives them some sort of feeling of control and ownership over what is happening.
- chestervonwinch 12y agoor maybe they don't want to appear rude or finnicky by pointing out that it looks the same?
- MarkyC4 12y agoThis was my thought too. I've already asked you to "fix it for me" once. I feel to do so again would just be rude (and wasteful as now 2 slices would have to be put aside for another person, or thrown out)
- swagasaurus-rex 12y agoBy extension, asking for a change in itself is presumptuous, so coming back with the same product is returning the favor.
- icebraining 12y agoMaybe for some, but even rude and abusive people do it.
- sharmi 12y agoQuite true. Or they may be hesitant to be push too much. Or they might just mentally note to not come this way again. All feedbacks need not be verbal.
- wambotron 12y agoI worked in a poor area. The people who live there, by and large, don't give a shit what you think of them.
- tormeh 12y agoIn the case of managers I think it reassures them. If the product was good enough before they got involved, that means they weren't actually needed and that's not a cool feeling.
- wavefunction 12y agoBad managers maybe. A good manager's work is done when they don't have to do anything "hands on" and the product is great.
- agumonkey 12y agoThis is one thing in humanity that will always kill me.
- electroly 12y agoThey know. They just think you're bad at working the slicer and don't want to make that interaction an ordeal. That's what I've thought every single time I say "thinner" and they come back and it isn't thinner.
- mc32 12y agoThis is what happens to me too. I feel bad for the wasted cold cuts. So I'll give them two tries, one attempt and one adjustment, next time I'll wait for the person who does it better.
- grecy 12y ago> I feel bad for the wasted cold cuts. I've recently started hunting to get my meat, and I seem to be really sensitive to this kind of terminology lately. You feel bad for the wasted animal that was killed.
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- mod 12y agoNo, that's not it for me at all. You can call it by some strange name, but I don't call bread "wheat that was harvested" or pie some outrageously long list of ingredients. I understand your sentiment, particularly in the context of waste. Honestly I think you're probably not correct, anyhow--I imagine GP feeling roughly just as bad if the waste was a non-animal food product. If I were speaking for myself, I can say that I would.
- Dylan16807 12y agoI would imagine most people are either okay with animals living in X condition and then killed, or not okay with animals living in X condition and then killed. Why does it matter what you do with the corpse?
- grecy 12y ago
- moron4hire 12y agoI don't get it. So the total transaction ended up taking as much time as if you had made a thinner slice, but you actually lie to the customer? You haven't trained the customer to stop asking for thinner slices, thereby speeding up the whole process, you've just maintained the outward appearance of the same, inefficient process, while also not really improving the internal efficiency. Why didn't you just start with a thicker slice, if you knew they'd always want thinner? That way, at least you wouldn't be dishonest.
- jmilloy 12y agoYeah, I always only ask once, even if it isn't good enough.
- wambotron 12y agoThat's another thing I forgot to mention, many people just don't want the first slice because it's been sitting out for a while. I don't fault them for that.
- jimmaswell 12y ago>Most people really like thinly sliced meats Why would you want thinly sliced meat? That doesn't make any sense to me.
- pluma 12y agoIt changes the surface feel of the meat. The concept shouldn't be too puzzling. There's a whole class of cooking (molecular gastronomy) entirely based on taking this to the extreme.
- jimmaswell 12y agoI've always found it much nicer to eat thick chunks of meat but I guess it's not the norm for lunchmeats.
- mod 12y agoI imagine there's lots of reasons. A girl I dated would only eat very thinly sliced meat or very specific cuts of chicken. I tried for a long time to come up with a set of rules that would account for her preference, and eventually I came to: no obvious evidence that it was an animal. No bones, veins, ligaments, fatty areas, etc. Also a good texture, no slimy meats. Her preference was that turkey they cut so thin it's almost fluffy. I heard she got over that while she traveled, and now eats all manner of meats.