Quote Originally Posted by Chronisseur
I've been at a gas station register for two weeks now and it's amazing the response I get from my "less fortunate" customers. I treat them noticeably equal sometimes better than the richer folks and they respond with gratitude far more often than the rich, telling me two things. One, they're not used to equality. And two, they are more appreciative.
Good for you, Chronisseur. I sometimes see friends of ours who clearly think they are better than the people who're waiting on them in restaurants or stores, and it makes me sick. I always treated customers equally in my days as a cashier or waitress, and I still work hard at being appreciative and courteous in my interactions with clerks and service people now. One of Dallas's premier merchants, Stanley Marcus, whose father co-founded the store Neiman-Marcus, always preached to his retail team that they should never judge a book by its cover. He knew that a customer was a customer, no matter what he/she looked like, wore or drove.