Stupid deli workers, annoying as fucκ

NeonCookies

Samaris wrote:

But I've had at least one overall and certainly one very insistent customer that was absolutely mad to buy a chicken half-cooked so he could cook it the rest of the way at home. He was taking no "not done yets" when it came to his chicken, he had been told to get a hot chicken and carry a hot chicken home was his plan, fully cooked or not.

That's happened to me too - seriously, what's wrong with some people?! Bet he'd be the first to come back and claim damages for food poisoning if you give into him!

Oh I remembered something else! A few customers used to ask for a cup of the grease that collected at the bottom of the rotisserie oven, obviously to bring home to make gravy. There was something that always turned my stomach about that!

Samaris wrote:

Mind you, I've found some weird stuff inside chickens that I'm prepping for the rotisserie. It mostly put me off them. I can't have gotten -all- the weird-ass chickens, can I? Therefore, why was I the only one getting into trouble for rejecting chickens with exploded stomachs. Was everyone else cooking them -with- exploded stomachs? Did they just scrape out the contents? Did people just not notice the cloaca still hanging out? The stomachs shouldn't even have been still in, just to explain; the chicken factory should have removed all the viscera. They tended to miss a lot. I don't think it would actually kill you, but it would taint the meat if it burst during cooking.

Just because this post made me feel quite ill.. I'd like to reassure people that this doesn't happen with all rotisserie chickens. In 4 years working on the hot food counter of a well known supermarket chain I never once came across a chicken I wouldn't have been happy eating myself. In fact a regular occurrence would be staff buying a chicken to share on their lunch break!

KERSPLAT!

Mod

I actually don't understand what this thread is about and how it got this far (!) but whatever it is, abusing each other shouldn't be it! Please don't

P.S - I hate when then don't spread the butter. Who wants lumps of butter in your gob!? Not me. Am I doing it right?

Jrop

GreenFolder2 As a fellow Coeliac I share your pain. It's a nightmare add being Pescatarian on top of Coeliac.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Hollister11 wrote: »

I was ordering a sandwich once, and I'm a vegetarian so I asked her to change gloves, clean knife and surface ect.

She got the bread, first thing she did was put a slice of ham on the bread. She realised what she did, took the ha. Off and used the same gloves and bread that touched ham to make me the sandwich. ****ing scumbag, I ripped through her and the manager. Refused to go back, until I had a job interview there. (Got the job, and the deli worker quit that week) Goodridance. Serves the idiot right.

If you ate the bread that had touched the ham, would you have imploded or combusted into flames?

I understand that you asked for something specific, but don't you think your over-reaction was uncalled for?

There's a way to talk to people, even if they made a mistake, and your example of doing so is incorrect.

freshpopcorn

To be perfectly honest theirs massive cross contamination between foods at deli counters. If it something that concerns you, you shouldn't really be ordering from them.

pilly

freshpopcorn wrote: »

To be perfectly honest theirs massive cross contamination between foods at deli counters. If it something that concerns you, you shouldn't really be ordering from them.

Exactly my thoughts. If food allergies or sensitivities or choices etc. are really serious for a person then they shouldn't be ordering at a garage deli.

Hollister11

Dorian Flat Windpipe wrote: »

If you ate the bread that had touched the ham, would you have imploded or combusted into flames?

I understand that you asked for something specific, but don't you think your over-reaction was uncalled for?

There's a way to talk to people, even if they made a mistake, and your example of doing so is incorrect.

I agree, there is a way to talk to them. But after explicitly asking her to change gloves, clean knife and worktops so my food hasn't been near meat, she goes and puts ham on sandwich and then takes it off like it's no big deal.

pilly

Hollister11 wrote: »

I agree, there is a way to talk to them. But after explicitly asking her to change gloves, clean knife and worktops so my food hasn't been near meat, she goes and puts ham on sandwich and then takes it off like it's no big deal.

Probably did it on purpose, I would. You called her a ****ing scumbag like, get a grip!

Hollister11

pilly wrote: »

Probably did it on purpose, I would. You called her a ****ing scumbag like, get a grip!

No I didn't call her a scumbag. I went mad after, so what reason would she of had to sabotage my sandwich.

Carlos Orange

Dorian Flat Windpipe wrote: »

If you ate the bread that had touched the ham, would you have imploded or combusted into flames?

Poor deli counter staff probably didn't realise she was dealing with a level 5 vegan.

Atari Jaguar

Hollister11 wrote: »

I agree, there is a way to talk to them. But after explicitly asking her to change gloves, clean knife and worktops so my food hasn't been near meat, she goes and puts ham on sandwich and then takes it off like it's no big deal.

That's because to her it's not. To you a vegetarian it's important, but to a deli staff who's not vegetarian it's just an oopsy and it was corrected how they correct most others. They're much more used to, "oh, ham, sorry you wanted chicken" than "oh ham you're a vegetarian", all you had to say was "oh, sorry there, can you please just some fresh bread, sorry but I really don't want meat on my food" stop trying to justify being an asshat. I abhor mayonnaise and I often have gotten a chicken fillet burger from a takeaway where someone along the line didn't listen to me & put mayo on it. Do you think I've at any point stormed up to the counter and tore them to pieces? All you did there was embarrass yourself and the poor girl working there. There's no justification for what you did, please just at least accept that you were an arse and overreacted terribly. It's much easier and nicer to just ask for a fresh sliced to be used you didn't HAVE to rip into her you CHOSE to. In all the years I've been at garage food counters, takeaways, cafes or restaurants I've never ripped into anyone. Do they make mistakes occasionally? Indeed they do. Do I ask for it to be remade to my tastes as described first? Yes. Do I feel the need to rip someone's spine out through their mouth over a mix up? No.

dinorebel

FTA69 wrote: »

It's gas how so many people are absolute whingebags like. I worked in bars etc for years and it never ceased to amaze me how some characters can be anal to the point of being ridiculous. Grown adults having actual tantrums, taking offence and losing sleep over the slight thickness difference in a slice of bloody ham or a glove that may have brushed against some chicken. Get f*cking real like. "Oh I'm a paying customer." Big deal, you're buying a sandwich at a petrol station you don't have some exalted status because you've rocked into Spar with four euros.

There is nothing more effete, prissy and pathetic than fussiness about food. Oh boo hop my ham was thick. I'd have gotten a clatter as a young lad if I was crying to my grandparents or my mam about the ham or the length of a sausage or some other non-issue.

To be fair sausage length is important.

Wildcard7

Hollister11 wrote: »

No I didn't call her a scumbag. I went mad after, so what reason would she of had to sabotage my sandwich.

I can think of two.

One: You seem to be giving off a vibe that doesn't bring out the best in other people. You don't seem to have an air about you that encourages people to do the best to please you because they like you. You know that little fluffy duckling that's quacking all cute in the middle of the road and you go and risk your life to pick it up and carry it to the other side? Yeah that's not you. That's entirely subjective though, I mean I have never seen you. Call it male intuition or something.

Two: It's a wee bit silly. A slice of ham has touched your bread. You're not allergic, so that doesn't kill you. You won't taste it, so that argument is out of the window. No animals life was saved by giving you a new roll instead of using the one that briefly came in contact with the meat. There is no rational reason why you should get a new roll, hence the deli worker didn't give you a new roll. It might be a big deal for the customer, because their imaginary friend up in the sky forbids them to eat anything that has come on contact with a particular animal, or because they're so hardcore vegetarian that eating something that even has been in contact with meat already grosses them out. Fair enough, it's their right then to get a new roll because that's what they wanted in the first place. But if you want someone to act in a way that completely defies logic just because of your irrational fears/disgusts/anxieties/religious beliefs I'm afraid you will have to tell them.

kfallon

Wildcard7 wrote: »

Two: It's a wee bit silly. A slice of ham has touched your bread. You're not allergic, so that doesn't kill you. You won't taste it, so that argument is out of the window. No animals life was saved by giving you a new roll instead of using the one that briefly came in contact with the meat. There is no rational reason why you should get a new roll, hence the deli worker didn't give you a new roll. It might be a big deal for the customer, because their imaginary friend up in the sky forbids them to eat anything that has come on contact with a particular animal, or because they're so hardcore vegetarian that eating something that even has been in contact with meat already grosses them out. Fair enough, it's their right then to get a new roll because that's what they wanted in the first place. But if you want someone to act in a way that completely defies logic just because of your irrational fears/disgusts/anxieties/religious beliefs I'm afraid you will have to tell them.

cracking stuff

Doctor Nick

Wildcard7 wrote: »

I can think of two.

One: You seem to be giving off a vibe that doesn't bring out the best in other people. You don't seem to have an air about you that encourages people to do the best to please you because they like you. You know that little fluffy duckling that's quacking all cute in the middle of the road and you go and risk your life to pick it up and carry it to the other side? Yeah that's not you. That's entirely subjective though, I mean I have never seen you. Call it male intuition or something.

Two: It's a wee bit silly. A slice of ham has touched your bread. You're not allergic, so that doesn't kill you. You won't taste it, so that argument is out of the window. No animals life was saved by giving you a new roll instead of using the one that briefly came in contact with the meat. There is no rational reason why you should get a new roll, hence the deli worker didn't give you a new roll. It might be a big deal for the customer, because their imaginary friend up in the sky forbids them to eat anything that has come on contact with a particular animal, or because they're so hardcore vegetarian that eating something that even has been in contact with meat already grosses them out. Fair enough, it's their right then to get a new roll because that's what they wanted in the first place. But if you want someone to act in a way that completely defies logic just because of your irrational fears/disgusts/anxieties/religious beliefs I'm afraid you will have to tell them.

Stop talking sense!

To be honest, people who order from deli's (or anwhere else) have no idea what has happened to their food prior to them eating it. It's a long way from farm (ground if your a veggy) to mouth and anything could and does happen along that journey.

Anybody wanting complete control over what they eat needs to breed their own animals and grow their own fruits and vegetables.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Hollister11 wrote: »

I agree, there is a way to talk to them. But after explicitly asking her to change gloves, clean knife and worktops so my food hasn't been near meat, she goes and puts ham on sandwich and then takes it off like it's no big deal.

For €8.50 an hour, I wouldn't switch on my brain either.

She may not have heard you or maybe she doesn't understand your very specific and odd requests (I doubt deli staff get that request a lot), she probably forgot about you as soon as she handed you your roll.

Honestly, if you are that particular about your food, why not make the roll at home? Honestly, you can't be 100% sure that everything in the deli is meat free.

2PieceJigsaw

Ush1 wrote: »

Is it strange or sexist that I prefer my sandwich be made by a woman? Ideally an older woman.

I don't have this inclination in the likes of Subway, but it a typical Dunnes or Spar deli I'm always hoping I get served by the old doll rather than the bored looking youngfella. I think women are just better at sandwich making.

This is not strange.
I used to work at counters too and we'd have 4 staff on and it goes like this..
Staff have customers they can deal with if someone comes in that's picky the oldest staff member looked after that person,job done everyone is happy
Staff get used to their customers so we'd be doing a little type of jig behind the counter and customers wouldn't notice but most of the time customers do have a staff member they prefer to make the sandwich or roll from.And they'll openly say can 2Piece make mine please it was in an industrial estate so you get to know regulars quickly.

Quandary

We used to go to the same deli counter for years because the consistency of the rolls was amazing. There was an Eastern European girl working there who was like a sandwich making savant. She used to run the deli counter on her own, sometimes even during the lunch rush hour. Her speed, technique, spread control, filling quantities and wrapping skills were out of this world. We used to call her "The Builder". This girl was honestly worth twice her wages because she was easily as good as two people.

On the other side of the coin, there's a deli close to where I live now and they have three staff on at all times. Two of them are excellent but the third one is a nightmare. Almost Anytime she made my roll/wrap it was nearly impossible to eat without filling spilling everywhere, massive handfuls of onions(and I love onions, but a fistful of raw white onion kinda kills the other ingredients).

It is so bad that nowadays I just get something from the hot counter if she's the one that is next in line to serve me.

Parchment

Honestly - if you're a vegetarian. Don't eat from a deli. Problem solved.

sbsquarepants

Degag wrote: »

My pet peeve is that when i ask for coleslaw (for example) i don't want you to take a knife and scrape a tiny bit of it accross the roll. Take out a spoon and put a decent amount on.

I'm the opposite - just a small bit of coleslaw please - two fúcking bucket fulls is not a small bit, 2 teaspoons is a small bit.

Also I detest cheese - I am not eating any roll I have to pick shreds of cheese off cos you're too fúcking skanky to wipe the board between sambos!

Mr. Incognito

People are pretty high and mightly and entitled around here for a three euro roll.

sbsquarepants

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

People are pretty high and mightly and entitled around here for a three euro roll.

For my part I just have a hang up about cheese - the coleslaw I'd just scrape off and throw in the bin - but cheese is made from satans jizz.
I just ain't licking that :mad:

OldMrBrennan83

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Robsweezie

2PieceJigsaw wrote:

This is not strange. I used to work at counters too and we'd have 4 staff on and it goes like this.. Staff have customers they can deal with if someone comes in that's picky the oldest staff member looked after that person,job done everyone is happy Staff get used to their customers so we'd be doing a little type of jig behind the counter and customers wouldn't notice but most of the time customers do have a staff member they prefer to make the sandwich or roll from.And they'll openly say can 2Piece make mine please it was in an industrial estate so you get to know regulars quickly.

I suppose that makes sense, like the barbers, you want the one who won't make a balls of it.

Billy86

sbsquarepants wrote: »

For my part I just have a hang up about cheese - the coleslaw I'd just scrape off and throw in the bin - but cheese is made from satans jizz.
I just ain't licking that :mad:

If you don't like cheese that's your own problem, and there is no hope of redemption for you, and frankly the world would be better off without your sick, depraved type. :mad:

Pyr0

Wildcard7 wrote: »

I can think of two.

One: You seem to be giving off a vibe that doesn't bring out the best in other people. You don't seem to have an air about you that encourages people to do the best to please you because they like you. You know that little fluffy duckling that's quacking all cute in the middle of the road and you go and risk your life to pick it up and carry it to the other side? Yeah that's not you. That's entirely subjective though, I mean I have never seen you. Call it male intuition or something.

Two: It's a wee bit silly. A slice of ham has touched your bread. You're not allergic, so that doesn't kill you. You won't taste it, so that argument is out of the window. No animals life was saved by giving you a new roll instead of using the one that briefly came in contact with the meat. There is no rational reason why you should get a new roll, hence the deli worker didn't give you a new roll. It might be a big deal for the customer, because their imaginary friend up in the sky forbids them to eat anything that has come on contact with a particular animal, or because they're so hardcore vegetarian that eating something that even has been in contact with meat already grosses them out. Fair enough, it's their right then to get a new roll because that's what they wanted in the first place. But if you want someone to act in a way that completely defies logic just because of your irrational fears/disgusts/anxieties/religious beliefs I'm afraid you will have to tell them.

I'm going to check this thread every day for his response to this.

Ouch!

seachto7

Commotion Ocean wrote: »

When I ask for a white roll, don't just assume want butter and just put a glob on the knife.

Don't look so shocked at me ask me if "I'm sure" when I tell you I want neither butter nor mayonnaise.

Don't cut my roll open with a butter-laden knife after I clearly stated that I don't want butter, thus leaving butter residue in my roll.

When I ask for meat, salad and stuffing, don't jam in the salad and put the meat on top then drizzle the stuffing on top, thus causing it to fall out.

When you cut my roll in half GO ALL THE WAY BASTARDING THROUGH, don't just cut half way thrugh it leaving me to tare the rest.

You seem like you're a twat.