Quote Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs View Post
The only thing I don't put up well with is rudeness. I'm NEVER rude to customers. I am the best customer, really. I'm polite, friendly, chatty (but not overtly so), and I'm really hard to upset if things are going slow or a mistake was made. We're all human. It's okay. But if you're rude to me, I WILL say something to your manager. I don't care how bad of a night you're having, unless I'm a troutty customer, there's no reason to be rude to me.
I'd sympathize with this if people weren't outright wrong about what constitutes "rudeness."

I can't even count the number of frivolous complaints I see from people (usually elderly people) complaining about how whatever employee was "rude" to them when really they were simply distracted by something else, talking to another person, or even just doing their job correctly and as instructed.

People think that other people are being "rude" much more than people are actually being rude. Rudeness requires a certain level of intent, and you can't judge that very often, and I wish people would stop trying. Assume that everything said and done is said and done in the way that is most beneficial interpretation, not the way that is the most offensive possible interpretation.