Posted by Lou PIlder on July 19, 2008, at 15:25:10
In reply to Re: Lou's request for clarification-prhnsipple, posted by gardenergirl on July 19, 2008, at 13:38:36
> I doubt that the patrons in the suit ordered each menu item from the servers one at a time upon successive trips to the table by the server or asked for clarification upon clarification upon clarification such as:
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> what exactly the item is
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> what different words mean to the server
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> what temperature "hot" is
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> exactly what size "large" represents
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> what color plate it will be on
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> what options for different color plates exist
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> how could the special be sold out and unavailable when it says right here that it exists
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> etc. etc. etc.
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> I also doubt that the patrons provided reading material and information to their fellow diners and asked them what they thought "small" meant or "chilled" etc., taking into account said information when forming their reply, of course.
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> Your behavior plays a role in your interactions here with admin and with the community, Lou, just as the behavior of every other community member including me affects the interactions we each have. I suspect your behavior, Lou, likely would be represented by an outlying data point were it to be quantified and described as part of a data set of the entire community, just as the hypothetical behavior of restaurant patrons I outlined above would be far outside the norm of the behavior of restaurant patrons in general. There is nothing inherently wrong with behavior such as I described above, but it does have consequences. Those consequences are the effect of the BEHAVIOR, and not any character label. .As you notice, I gave no demographic information about the patrons in my scenario. Any conclusions one might make about the reactions of the staff could not be based on any demographic category the patrons might be placed in.
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> Lou, you could be Jewish, Catholic, atheist, pagan, tall, short, round, purple, pink, brown, beige, yellow, red, striped, spotted, translucent, shimmery, fragrant, prickly, smooth, dressed, undressed, partially dressed, liberal, conservative, multi-ethnic, right-handed, left-handed, ambidextrous, bi-lingual, multi-lingual, mute, deaf, blind, weak, strong, on steroids, on acid, high on life, low on toilet paper, all of the above, none of the above, some of the above, some but not all of the above, different versions of the above at different times or places, etc., and if you still exhibited the same behaviors here at Babble, you would experience the same consequences. Of this I have NO DOUBT.
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> It is because of this belief that I assess the potential greater good that could come of the admin team putting forth extraordinary efforts to meet your specific needs as very small. I tend to doubt, in fact, that it would even represent a single good to you, as I fear you will never feel satisfied despite anyone's best and extraordinary efforts. And I feel sad about that aspect, because I imagine living in that state would be terribly painful.
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> Sincerely,
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> gggardenergirl,
You wrote,[...I doubt that the patrons...asked for clarification upon clarification...what exactly the item is...different words...hot...color of plate...your behavior plays a role...Your XXX..represented by an outlying data point...YYY outside the norm...the potential greater good that could come of the adminstrative team putting forth extrordinary efforts to meet your..needs as very small...doubt.. that it would even represent a single good to you...you will XXX feel satisfied...living in that state..terribly painful.
I like your example about the patrons asking questions to the server. You see, I was a gormet waiter durring my college years and was trained to ask those questions , for each individual has spacific dietary needs. Diabetics need to know what is in the food. I had to know how each dish was prepared to ask even if there was garlic in the dish. And the color of the dish wa important o some. A white dish was asked for many times. Some people want to see what comes out of the food as to fat and such and are concerned about contamination and cleanliness. The white plate helped those people to have confidence.
The temperature was important to some. some people have extrme sensitivities to heat and cold and the degree of hot could be important to them.
Portion size was extreamly impotant to dieters and thers that had to be concerned about volume.
Some itms were unknown as to what they were due to their name. Escargot was one. I tried to be helpful from my training and was able to answer all questions except one.
Different ethnic peoples have strict dietary demands and some want to know if there is any pork products in the food, or if milk products are in the food. This was in my training/ How meat is cooked according to being rare or well-done is also important to some as to bacteria like ecoli being killed from the temperature. I had to know each cooking temperature.
Then there was service which was a great part of the resturant's appeal. We made sure that each patron got the best service and out motto was that all patrons deserved that. Each order was timed and placed in a series of procedures so that it was impossible for an order to get lost or for one patron to be served ahead of another in relation to the taking of the order.
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Lou
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