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I had a bit of bad service with a young supermarket checkout guy the other day couldn't give a ****** about packing the stuff just jamming it in the bags no smile no nothing .I said " They didn't send you to a good packing school did they mate?" he didn't like it and made no reply just a stone face .One of the women there does the same but largely service is pretty good and polite and done with a smile or a friendly word..

It's well known that sales service isn't what it used to be. Maybe he was having a bad day, girlfriend problems, dog died, so forth. I always give them another chance if I see them later again. I always like to tease the young chickees at the counter. My wife used to say I was flirting with them, but I just like to have some fun and maybe get someone to smile. I do the same thing if it is a guy, and the counter folks at the building supplies store know me as a "character". But they largely enjoy it. That's what I tell myself!

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