Hipsters make lousy waitstaff.

[randomness]

This can't really be a surprise to anyone.

I guess it's because being a hipster is a full-time job in itself, so how can they be expected to devote their full attention to any other job?

digitalemur has now been dissed by hipster waitstaff in two different countries. She is justifiably cranky about this. I have so far lucked out as I have only found them offhand and inattentive, while she has actually had difficulty being served.

At least the food was good after we finally got it.

Comments

[rfrancis]

They're too busy remembering how they liked the food you ordered before it got all popular. Also, they'd tell you the specials but you'd never have heard of them.

[flit]

They aren't special if you order them, that's why.

[contrariety.livejournal.com]

Good customer service is *unauthentic*, dude.

[a-dodecahedron.livejournal.com]

This place was so much cooler before there were all these customers here.

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

*LOL*

to me, this is the very definition of a "hippie" vs "hipster": one will serve you, and the other will grade you.

[marginaleye.livejournal.com]

Hipster staff in second-hand bookstores are equally vile, if not more so.

ARG.

[ddreslough.livejournal.com]

I was into customer service years ago. You probably haven't heard of my kind of customer service.

Yelp! their hipster asses, yo. ;)

Re: ARG.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

You were into customer service before it went mainstream?

[muffyjo]

For some reason...

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Were you eating at the Friendly Toast in Cambridge? :-}

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

In fact, while they definitely suffer from this on occasion, it wasn't there that we had the problem!

Since we're naming names and all...we were at Cafe Lift in Philadelphia, PA; and Moo Moo's Dairy Bar in St. John's, NL.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

While I did not like having difficulty getting served, I have really enjoyed cussing out said hipsters under my breath at great length. The first time would not have been so bad if I hadn't needed to do other things and hadn't had a cold bordering on a sinus infection at the time. The second was just ludicrous.

And my whole problem with Cafe Lift was that it was billed as a BREAKFAST place, but it didn't open until 9. Breakfast place for trustafarians I guess.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

And my whole problem with Cafe Lift was that it was billed as a BREAKFAST place, but it didn't open until 9. Breakfast place for trustafarians I guess.

Oh hey, I forgot to mention that part!

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

You can't be a proper hipster unless you're living off remittances from Mom and Dad. Hence, you don't feel much pressure to do your job well.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was alluding to this when I said that "being a hipster is a full-time job", but I was trying to be less blunt.

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Give the guy a button, "Being a hipster is my real job."

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

A warning label, like "My other car is a BMW"?

Sounds like a plan.