I do NOT smoke! | Basic Etiquettes of Business

Posted by Beardo on Jul 7, 2010 in Blog, Business & Finance | 1 comment

So I drive in to AM/PM (Gas Station) with my friend because he wanted a cup of coffee before class. As we enter the lot, we see our teacher’s car pull into a parking spot. It was an awkward experience, but he’s a chill teacher so it wasn’t all that bad.

As we stood in line, I told my friend he poured too much SUGAR in his coffee. The cashier heard me say “cigarettes” and asked “Oh, did you want cigarettes again?” I was very perplexed, and said “Again?” And he said “Yeah, you came here last week for cigarettes. I remember it was you. Same beard, same white dress…”I quickly glance over at my teacher, who was smiling to himself behind us in line.

“You definitely have the wrong guy,” I say.

“No, no. I’m sure it’s you!”

Honestly, I don’t smoke and I found his insistence as a cashier to be very rude and inappropriate. It was a hilarious situation, especially with my teacher standing directly behind us the entire time. However, it just comes to show the lack of decency in the world. Especially when it comes to customers, you’d think they’d be more polite.

Eventually, I exited the store. My teacher obviously didn’t believe it was me who bought the cigarettes but we figured it was someone from our school. Either that or the cashier was making up the entire story.

In conclusion, I don’t consider it to be sucking up when you are being courteous to customers. That’s something expected when you’re doing business with anyone. Decency in business can go a long way. This is just a minor, humorous situation but the lesson can be derived for bigger things in life.

Etiquette is the key to success, IMO.