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Mar 6th 2014, 8:15 pm

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Pulaski

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Re: WTF in America

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Originally Posted by Nutek

Nanette's favorite tipple. ......

And I suspect that she knows more about good beer than washing dishes by hand!

Mar 6th 2014, 8:58 pm

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Why do they always refer to me as a "guest" when I bring my car in for a service?
I'm not there for their hospitality - just an oil change.
Pretentiousness drives me nuts.

Mar 6th 2014, 9:17 pm

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Re: WTF in America

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Why do they always refer to me as a "guest" when I bring my car in for a service?
I'm not there for their hospitality - just an oil change.
Pretentiousness drives me nuts.

That's gotta be a regional thing. I've never been referred to as a guest except at hotels!

Mar 6th 2014, 9:43 pm

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That's gotta be a regional thing. I've never been referred to as a guest except at hotels!

That's what I suspected....an LA kind of thing
But watch out.....pretentiousness is like kudzu...it tends to spread

Mar 6th 2014, 11:21 pm

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Why do they always refer to me as a "guest" when I bring my car in for a service?
I'm not there for their hospitality - just an oil change.
Pretentiousness drives me nuts.

Is that a Pet Peeve?

(Personally I detest shop assistants talking to me first...)

Mar 6th 2014, 11:45 pm

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Mar 6th 2014, 11:52 pm

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Re: WTF in America

We live on a dead end, so it comes down to the best spot for the mail truck to turn around. Apparently that's 200yds down the road

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Where do you live - South Fork?

Mar 7th 2014, 10:58 am

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Normally yes, but one of our local realtors has a billboard to show that she literally is the devil:

Ahaha! You're close to me. There was a 'modified' version of her on Barker opposite the Berry Center that was quite funny!

Mar 7th 2014, 11:16 am

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Re: WTF in America

Public prayer in chain restaurants. Could not believe my eyes when I first saw this but turns out it's quite common here. Although I rarely see it in Maine, in Alaska it was common.

Mar 7th 2014, 12:20 pm

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Ahaha! You're close to me. There was a 'modified' version of her on Barker opposite the Berry Center that was quite funny!

Yep! We're in Bridgeland. I seem to remember you're somewhere in or near Copperfield?

And that doesn't surprise me. It is right by Lone Star College, after all.

Mar 7th 2014, 12:37 pm

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Re: WTF in America

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That's gotta be a regional thing. I've never been referred to as a guest except at hotels!

Target uses the term guest as well, as does Disney Parks in the US both in California as well as Florida, its also used randomly by other companies.

Mostly used by companies who try to be different and offer a slightly better quality of service.

I've never considered it to be pretentious or anything.

Target has been doing it probably close to 20 years or longer now, and Disney even longer, Target got much of it customer oriented idea's from Disney, and just implemented them to suit retail vs theme park.

Target did it when they revamped the company, up until the early-90's Target didn't have the best reputation, and was more like what K-Mart is today.

Mar 7th 2014, 12:42 pm

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Re: WTF in America

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Originally Posted by Montfan72

Public prayer in chain restaurants. Could not believe my eyes when I first saw this but turns out it's quite common here. Although I rarely see it in Maine, in Alaska it was common.

Organised by the restaurant, or just by people who happened to be there?

I've never seen that, thankfully.

Mar 7th 2014, 12:44 pm

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Re: WTF in America

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Public prayer in chain restaurants. Could not believe my eyes when I first saw this but turns out it's quite common here. Although I rarely see it in Maine, in Alaska it was common.

Organized by the establishment? I'd have a huge issue with that.

Mar 7th 2014, 12:47 pm

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Re: WTF in America

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..... I've never seen that, thankfully.

Me neither, thankfully, despite living deep in the bible belt and dining out fairly regularly.

Mar 7th 2014, 12:48 pm

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Me neither, thankfully, despite living deep in the bible belt and dining out fairly regularly.

I want to make a joke about eating out in the bible belt now

But yeah, we ate at a few chain and non-chain restaurants in Kentucky last year and never saw a hint at prayer, public or otherwise.