Thinking of applying to one soon and writing up a cover letter.

Also: uuuuugggghhhhh

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    I’m a regular at home, relationship is so-so with the cook (my wife) but we get along, flirt, and hook up occasionally too so that’s nice!

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      Yeessshhh I’ve been writing “relationship” but that just sounds too intimate. Thanks.

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    I have been a regular at three dry cleaners and a couple of grocery store. The grocery stores goes through staff changes regularly so I don’t have any relationships with the staff.

    At the first dry cleaner the owner was a Korean man named Peter, we would have long conversations whenever I dropped off cloths. I have used dry cleaning weekly since I was in the Army. I list Peter as one of my closest friends. We would talk about everything. I learned a lot about what his life in Korea was like, I got to be freinds with his wife and kids. Let me tell, if he is any representation, Koreas have very high standards for their children.

    I then moved and had to get a new cleaner.

    At the second one the owner was kind of a bitch so I bounded a bit with the staff but they also cycled out and the service went down hill so I changed to a new one.

    At the third one was owned by a Greek Women and she had two long time staff all women and all three were in their 60s. They were all awesome and again I learned a lot about growing up in Greece. I live outside of Baltimore Maryland and there is a huge Greek Community in Baltimore. It is kind of surprising how big it is. Anyway I adore all three of those women and again the four of us babble constantly when I drop off clothes. It is the norm for us to talk for at least an hour. I wouldn’t drop off/pick up close to closing time because I don’t want to keep them.

    Alas work has moved me. So I now have a new dry cleaner and again I building a relationship with that owner.

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    Me and my partner think that they are somewhat scared because my partner works at the HQ of the bakery, eventhough my partner is only a System-Admin, but they dont know that. They only know that they are working at the HQ and assume he is very much a leading figure. I mean my partner kind of is and is in constant contact with the company owners, but he couldnt be a threat to their employment even if they tried hihi. They are such a cutie sweetie gentlemen.

    The workers still are very friendly though :)

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    The people at the grocery store all know me pretty well. Ask about my kids and family.

    I pick on them and talk shit to the new people when they ring me up.

    Its a good time (at least for me) I hope no one feels held hostage

    I genuinely like bullshitting with my customers and enjoy banter in my business

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      Fair lol. I certainly don’t see them as friends, just people that take my order and might sometimes remember my name. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        As someone who was a server and in customer service for 10+ years, there’s definitely people that can become friends. There are also people who are purely customers whose name I remember and who I think of fondly at times. Those relationships can make a big difference in people’s lives sometimes, even if for others (like in this comment section), service people are barely human…