tjkadar
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2005
- Messages
- 712
- Location
- Sumter, SC
- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson 5609, Kubota GS1800, eXmark LazerZ XP
If I have a waitress that does an abysmal job, I'll still leave her a 15% tip, but I will also talk to the manager and let him/her know exactly how poor my service was. I try to use constructive criticism so the problem can be fixed.
If the manager doesn’t know there is a problem, he can’t fix it. In today’s age of political correctness, the waitress herself might be unaware of what is expected of her. Being a waitress isn’t rocket-science, but it isn’t something we are born knowing how to do.
I expect everyone to perform their job with a certain level of professionalism, competence, and skill. It doesn’t matter if that job is digging a ditch, or writing a scientific document. When a person completes a job, I try to give them appropriate feedback on how well they did.
If it’s a big job, or a difficult one, I have no problem with rewarding a person above and beyond what they might expect. It could be as simple as buying lunch for a team that put forth that extra effort or having a BBQ at work on Friday afternoon.
I perform most of the service on our equipment myself. For those rare times when I take a car, truck, or tractor to a shop I don’t feel the need to ‘bribe’ someone for doing their job. However, if they go above and beyond the call of duty, I’ll drop a case of beer off on Friday, or hand out some shirts, or leave a cash tip.
If I get more then I expect, then I am more then happy to give more then they expect. Yet at the same time I don’t believe in compensating those that only give the minimum of what a job requires.
If the manager doesn’t know there is a problem, he can’t fix it. In today’s age of political correctness, the waitress herself might be unaware of what is expected of her. Being a waitress isn’t rocket-science, but it isn’t something we are born knowing how to do.
I expect everyone to perform their job with a certain level of professionalism, competence, and skill. It doesn’t matter if that job is digging a ditch, or writing a scientific document. When a person completes a job, I try to give them appropriate feedback on how well they did.
If it’s a big job, or a difficult one, I have no problem with rewarding a person above and beyond what they might expect. It could be as simple as buying lunch for a team that put forth that extra effort or having a BBQ at work on Friday afternoon.
I perform most of the service on our equipment myself. For those rare times when I take a car, truck, or tractor to a shop I don’t feel the need to ‘bribe’ someone for doing their job. However, if they go above and beyond the call of duty, I’ll drop a case of beer off on Friday, or hand out some shirts, or leave a cash tip.
If I get more then I expect, then I am more then happy to give more then they expect. Yet at the same time I don’t believe in compensating those that only give the minimum of what a job requires.
