^I can understand both sides of that. But those who do things like that bother me. It gives me the impression that they think they are better than everyone else. They certainly don’t care about the people behind them, that need to get back to work (or whatever reason they’re at a fast food place for.) Or the workers who have to deal with it. When people have to wait longer than they want to, they complain. When the corporate folks look at ticket times, drive through times, they interpret the longer times as ineptitude by the employees. Get enough random people who think they’re special, and someone could literally lose their job.
When I worked for a big box sporting goods store, you could be affected by any number of “special” people in negative ways. Like, you didn’t finish the morning truck in time. That’s bad. The assumption is that I slacked off. The reality is that I had to deal with a very “needy” customer. People (customers) just suck. Often times it’s their own laziness, or ineptitude that is contributing to their respective complaints. They’re endlessly selfish, and rude to employees in such places. Often times, for no reason.
I was standing in line once at a McDonald’s, behind several people. The line was taking longer than I expected, but everyone seemed to be working, so it didn’t bother me. One employee was struggling to repair an ice cream machine. The man behind me felt it necessary to loudly declare his displeasure in waiting. I turned around and glared at him. He said “they’re taking to long,” nervous from my scowl. I pushed past him to leave, because I wanted to punch him. On the way out , I said, I hope they spit in your food asshole.
Sometimes, employees are just doing the best they can, in shitty circumstances. If you think you’re special, then be special. Don’t make life even harder on people…