"They clearly don't want to be scanning your groceries or engaging in inane chit-chat with you. And they have almost no pretence about that fact."
Whilst true, and perhaps forgiveable, with regard to checkout persons I did hate it when the same general disdain for customers permeated the whole service sector. This is changing thankfully and going to a restaurant in the UK is now no longer (or at least, not always) a chore. Speaking as a native Brit.
Whilst true, and perhaps forgiveable, with regard to checkout persons I did hate it when the same general disdain for customers permeated the whole service sector. This is changing thankfully and going to a restaurant in the UK is now no longer (or at least, not always) a chore. Speaking as a native Brit.