Who is afraid to be a regular customer? Weird intro to the story.
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Well, at the height of my alcoholism I would go to different stores every day on a rotation to avoid becoming a regular.
That feels like a very different situation
I'm pretty sure it's the same situation, different vice
You became a regular in all those stores. Just a different regulatory.
Nobody actively recognized me, that's all I cared about.
I did the same thing
I hopping between supermarket and gas station...
Edit: and still I'm a regular at every shop and bar on my first visit
Same, although it was 4 bars. I was at all of them often enough to be a regular regardless.
Well, not afraid but I definitely dislike the notion of some stranger knowing my habits. I can go to the same place regularly but I will switch what I'm ordering all the time so they can't figure out my next move. I guess I was an emperor in my previous life or something.
"hey, it's the weird guy who thinks he's throwing us off by ordering something different every time"
Why stop there? Go in a variety of disguises including fake facial hair.
Yes! And change accents or use different language. "What do you mean yesterday I spoke Spanish? I don't speak Spanish!". Good idea.
Hell, why not real facial hair? Adopt a whole new identity. Adopt children. Get some tattoos.
There was a Hardee's (aka Carl Jrs) near my work that knew me as "5 piece" one time the cook saw me pulling up and had my order out before I even ordered it. It made me question my life choices, I determined they were the correct ones.
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Nope, I do not want to be recognised. The notion of being remembered and/or having random people think of me like that, is fucking horrifying. Attracting any attention of this sort makes me feel me unsafe and I will go out of my way to avoid it as I do not want my purchases tampered with or to be harrassed.
Being a disabled but somewhat attractive 'woman' makes people think they can get away with all sorts of shitty behaviour towards me and to keep putting myself in situations where they can, is stupid and basically just asking to be fucked with.
Alternative view. Being a regular customer means your are treated like a person rather than a customer. This means watching out for your safety around other members of the public. Or giving you warnings about unsafe events or people nearby.
Community keeps us safe. Being a regular can be like being a part of your community depending on the type of establishment.
I'm glad this has been your experience and that you have a safe community.
Working at Starbucks you are ENCOURAGED to make CUSTOMER CONNECTIONS; so, sometimes I would compliment this persons car, or that persons hair. Never seen them again, even though they would come somewhat regularly before that lol.
compliment this persons car
“I really like your license plate number”
Avoids stalker in future
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Me, walking into the store wearing just a jockstrap and nipple clamps: "I know, right?"
I got a free pizza at a pizza place before because the owner recognized me as the person putting in a large order for a past event I helped organize. That was the last time I went there. The "I don't want them thinking I'm here hoping for another free pizza"-anxiety just hit me super hard. That was about 15 years ago and I have long since moved away from that town, but I still think about it occasionally. They made good pizza...
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pol = pea-pol?
If that's a common abbr. resp. bastrdzn. I never saw it before... all it reminds me of is {N}chan.
Maybe she wanted to type "ppl" but missed the second p 🤷♂️
haha pp
chickpea on my pee pole
makes sense
Are people afraid to be regular customers? Do they go out of their way to shop at different places all the time?
If you're outwardly likable, relatable and able to be all chatty smiles and eye contact with everyone you meet, people are going to be much nicer to you because they've assumed much nicer things about you.
Due to this, you probably only have pleasant connotations with frequenting places where you are noticed by for your habits by strangers.
Shopping online is much less stressful imo. And if I want a fresh cheesecake, I make it myself.
Sure, but unless you're actively unpleasant as a customer then becoming a recognised regular shouldn't be any worse than a neutral thing
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I’m pretty good at being as you described and I still prefer online shopping whenever possible. Ah, the joys of introversion! People are often surprised when I describe myself as an introvert, and my response is that I fake extroversion well.
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What if they try to go past NPC speak and I have to talk about my cringe ass hobbies, then they find out I'm a weird loser?
You don’t have to.
You have 💫self control✨like literally control over what you want to talk about.
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I have a number of stores I shop at regularly and I am on a first name basis with the owners. But, the nearest places that have other stores are 50+ miles away. A hazard of living in the middle of nowhere I suppose.
What a strange non-sequitur
This is not a debate. What is going on in the comments of this post, can you not spot a joke?
It kind of hard to spot them when there is no funny part.
No, I don't believe this is a joke.
This definitely pays off if you tip well at a bar you're a regular at.
At our local Mexican place they would spike our margaritas so much that occasionally they'd be almost undrinkable. I'm pretty sure they were tossing a shot of everclear in it.
But it was great, before our server even made it to our table, they'd bring us our drinks and queso dip.
Your bartender will also take care of you by not charging you for every drink. The general rule i followed back then was 20% on drinks they charged you for and 50% of drinks they didn't charge you for. They make more, you pay less.
I don’t have enough disposable income to be a ‘regular’ anywhere but my kitchen.
When I was recovering from a broken femur, my physical therapist was just down the street from an awesome diner. Needless to say we went there multiple times a week for a couple of months; the waiter who was there in the afternoons had our drink order memorized and congratulated me when I graduated from walker to cane.
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