Re: Trini Bad Service
I've gotten a fried feather or two in KFC before, but my biggest complaint was seeing a worker wipe the floor with a dirty, grayish-black, slimy looking dripping cloth, and then use the same cloth to wipe the tables that customers eat on. She never wrung out or changed the cloth, and did not use any cleaning solutions or picked up garbage or old foods first. Just dumped the cloth down in the middle of food crumbs, condiment spills, etc on the table and dirty footprints etc on the floors and gave it a half-assed wipe and moved on to the next spot. I am admittedly a bit obsessive about cleanliness/hygiene, but that was just too nasty. I walked right out and boycotted KFC for about 7 years because of that.
Most recent tale of bad service was in a Persad's grocery though. Only three cashiers were open, many of whom were just sitting and chatting with other off-duty cashiers. I was at the shortest line with an off-duty cashier cashing a few groceries in front of me. She ended up making at least six or seven purchases, all cashed separately one after the next, in between each she stopped to talk on her phone, leave the building or go back to an aisle for something, and the actual cashing cashier continually stopped to chat with her (her hands could not move at the same time as her mouth for some reason) and go back through the list on her screen to double-check things, which may have been great for her, but I stood in line holding a toddler and three little items for nearly a whole damned hour! Again, this was the shortest line and all three lines were moving around this speed. When it was my turn to cash I greeted the cashier with a smile and cheery fake "hi!" because courtesy is supposed to be contagious and all of course she was brimming over with attitude (aka customary Trini service).