[Nailbiter]

this might get amusing

[gunnyg]

Don’t Fergit Ta Laff!
;)
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[sodpoodle]

As a senior, visits to the local grocery store provide a
‘social group’. In this severe weather I’ve been thanking the clerks for driving on the ice and showing up, with blessings for their safety.

When clerks ask me to show ID for certain purchases, I complain that although I only appear to be 17 yrs. old.......that’s when their laughter takes over.

[Mercat]

We don’t eat out as much as we used to but I usually make sure if the server gives his or her name to get that person my name. It helps me remember. We usually have detailed orders such as “shrimp and grits, no cheese, no barbecue sauce, and no bacon.” (sorry to the southern freepers but that’s how they serve in in KC.) Then I tell them that we’re high maintenance but we tip well. As a result, we not only get great advice on what to order (i.e., which beer) but also quick service. If there’s a question, the server will go directly to the cook or the bar tender and come right back with an answer. I have also been known to ask whether I can pray for the server or ask whether they are in school.

[sima_yi]

I stole one from Dave Ramsay; "I'm doing better than I deserve. How are you?"

It gets a smile, and it has the added advantage of being true.

[null and void]

Very funny.

[TexasKamaAina]

I hear friendly, casual conversations between customers and checkout clerks all the time, and engage in them myself. Of course, I live in the South.

[Vaduz]

The sharp ones will reply,better than what they say hope you are too.

[sparklite2]

Those are rote niceties for which they do not expect a response. Be different and answer, just to see what happens. “I’m fine, thank you. And how are you?”

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The South must be stranger than I thought. I wouldn’t think of ignoring someone who asked me how I was, and have never seen anyone else do so while I waited behind them to checkout.

If the rest of the country is like this guy, it smacks of Rude Nation.