Terrorising Gelatissimo

MichelleSilverleaf

rheddmobile wrote: »

Logic dictates that no server could be seriously traumatized by a customer asking for a small serving.

Depends on whether said customer was really asking or "asking"/actually being really nasty. Customer service in general can be pretty awful, but people seem to get especially nasty when it comes to food. And those customers tend not to see themselves as being the problem.

AnnPT77

rheddmobile wrote: »

Seems to me the moral here is don’t try to be funny on MFP because it never goes well.

Logic dictates that no server could be seriously traumatized by a customer asking for a small serving. Therefore, the post is obviously exaggerating for effect. If you live in a world where you have to worry about servers flinging themselves off tall buildings in despair because you made an unusual order, I feel for you.

Perhaps it could happen in a world where people can be traumatized by a post about a server being traumatized . . . ? (Not that I believe any such world exists, of course. )

Just to be clear: Like I said before, I don't know what really happened. (Even OP doesn't really know; she was only one of the affected parties.)

This I know, or at least firmly believe: Customers should be routinely polite to customer service personnel, unless said service person really, really clearly and unmistakeably starts something (calls the customer crude names, say). The high road is the best revenge, in my book: Be above the fray, not a contributor to it. That goes for the service personnel, too: They should be routinely polite. And I say that as someone who has worked in a help desk, and in a food service setting, so I know it isn't always easy.

Some customers (and co-workers, and other kinds of people) are truly terrible to others, especially to others to whom they feel superior in some way. So, servers, secretaries, people of minority religions/ethnicities, etc., are more likely to to be mistreated.

It is OK to ask customer service people, politely, for something unusual but not unreasonable (like a smaller than usual gelato). It is not OK to browbeat said service person about it. I still don't know which of those things happened. Not gonna know, don't care, really. I thought OP was joking. That doesn't mean I think it's OK, or funny, to mistreat servers.

earlnabby

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SueSueDio wrote: »

kgeyser wrote: »

I read the OP the same way you did, and that the "terrorizing" was tongue-in-cheek based on the odd reaction from the server at being asked to put less in the cup.

It can be hard to ascertain tone in a written post, true. But OP's overly-dramatic language ("internal gibbering", "watch in horror", etc.) and her assertion that she "just had to share" does make it seem as if she's somehow proud of herself for prevailing upon a clearly-distressed server to get what she wanted.

To the OP - next time, maybe get a small cup to share with your husband and just have the couple of bites you want, rather than causing a scene?

I didn't read that as "I'm proud that I upset someone,"

I totally did. I thought that was the point of OP posting and am rather shocked it's OK with TPTB.

Maybe your version isn't the moderators' version of the post.

(Sorry, huge pet peeve of mine. Just because a person sees something one way doesn't mean it's actually that way.)

That's true, and at this point it doesn't seem the OP is going to jump back in to clarify. In the scheme of things it's not a hugely important issue unless the reader has been in a customer facing position and had that kind of experience. I've been customer facing for over 20 years and some encounters can be quite jarring.

Then again, to play the devil's advocate here, "Freak out" to the OP may simply be an expression meaning nothing more than exasperated. We'll likely never know.

All that said, I now want a cup of gelato, or a chocolate fix. That would be good too...

Another pet peeve. COME BACK, OP!!!!

The gelato in the pics looked good but I've never tried it mostly because it's more calorific(?) than what I normally eat and I like to shave calories off where I can.

I always envision the OPs of many threads lurking after they post and just having a good chuckle at what they started

I've never tried gelato, but those pics and my weak will towards desserts lol...things may not be looking good for my daily allowance sometime soon lol. It's usually Halo top, or once a month small sundae, extra hot fudge mind you..but gelato just sounds tasty, ya know?

Gelato tends to have less air whipped into it than a typical American ice cream, it's a bit denser. So it comes off as richer, pretty similar to a "premium" ice cream, and is similar calories to premium ice cream. The Talenti gelatos average to about 200 cals per serving (which is a typical half cup). For me, the draw of ice cream/gelato/etc is the texture and richness, so it's totally worth making room for some Talenti or Haagen Dazs every once and awhile

Plus it's Italiano, so mangia!

Frozen custard is similar. You can usually expect 225-250 calories per 1/2 cup serving.

NovusDies

rheddmobile wrote: »

Seems to me the moral here is don’t try to be funny on MFP because it never goes well.

Logic dictates that no server could be seriously traumatized by a customer asking for a small serving. Therefore, the post is obviously exaggerating for effect. If you live in a world where you have to worry about servers flinging themselves off tall buildings in despair because you made an unusual order, I feel for you.

Or maybe the moral of the story is that you should not troll a server and then turn around and troll MFP. There was no need to go to any real lengths to get a smaller serving other than attention seeking. I am proud of myself for increased portion control and the resulting weight loss but I don't feel the need to call a lot of attention to myself irl or even here over it. There are times it looks like I am being super disciplined and people ask if that is my secret and I always tell them they should see all the other stuff I eat.