Wouldn't be great if everyone had that skill....

[Playinghardball]

[Dollface]

1. Also waiting tables

[Lugnut]

5. I'll second that! n/t

[Scootaloo]

6. I found waiting tables to be a fast track to sociopathy

A person who can make it through that job without pouring a scalding pot of coffee down someone's shirt is indeed a heroic inspiration to us all, though perhaps not one all of us could emulate.

[HappyMe]

2. I worked retail for a few years.

Pretty unbelievable how mean and ridiculous people can be.

[chemenger]

4. As evidenced by (how many times???) some dimwitted moran called 911

because the drive through fast-food joint got their order wrong.

[Hoyt]

3. No joke. Just the way people hand you money tells you a lot about them.

There are those who hand it to you. Then, there are aholes who basically throw it at you.

Used to work with this really old man in a small grocery store, a WWII verteran making minimum wage in the 1960s. One day this jerk came in and bought something for about 50 cents, and threw a $20 bill on the counter so that it spun around. Old man Todd took out the change in nickels and dimes and threw it down on the counter as hard as he could. It bounced all over the store. That jerk still came back -- because we special ordered products for customers -- but he never did that again. Old Man Todd was one of my mentors.

[Skittles]

7. that is a skill I do not possess

it's why I could never be a cashier or a waitress - too freaking hard