Funny story from the other night:
A dad came into my cafe with his 3 year old daughter.Ā He bought her a cookie and himself a coffee.Ā They sit down, and I go back to my pre-closing cleaning.Ā Three minutes later the dad walks up to the counter again, so I stop cleaning and walk over to greet him again.
As Iām in the middle of saying āhiā he cuts me off and says āWater.ā
Not āCan I get a glass of water, please?ā not āWhere can I get water?ā not even a confused āwater?ā like heās not sure how to get water in this cafe.Ā Just a single word demand.
I work in silicon valley, so Iām kind of used to techies talking to me like Iām Siri or Alexa, but it still always drives me crazy when they do this.Ā Like, I donāt even care about the āpleaseā anymore, I just want people to talk to me in complete sentences.Ā Ā So I get the guy a cup of water, and he sits back down.Ā
As Iām about to go back to cleaning I hear his daughter go āDaddy, you did that WRONG.Ā You have to say āCAN I have a glass of water PLEASEāā
My jaw hit the ground.Ā The dad suddenly became flustered and tried coming up with excuses āI-I said pleaseā¦ā āNo you didnāt!ā āWell she was busyā¦. I didnāt want to bother herā¦..ā āYou still got to be polite!ā
When they were done eating the dad brought the dishes back to the counter and said āThank you so much!ā Itās amazing how fast someoneās manners can improve when a 3 year old calls them out.
Shout out to whoever is teaching that little girl manners, because you know itās not her dad.Ā I hope she never stops calling rude people out.
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