Ring Bell (or Just Bellow) for Service.

[brighty18]

Poll Ring Bell (or Just Bellow) for Service

Unsurprisingly, I have thoughts on this issue.  You may read them in the comments. And, yes, I do realize that things are different in different regions or cultures, for example, encountering an empty store in Boston would be different than in Taos. 

Comments

[kittylefish]

i work in a restaurant during the day when it is closed. the side door is open for deliveries, and the office is at the top of the stairs. as you say, sometimes a girl needs to go the bathroom, or in my case, is on a flurry of phone calls. if someone says hello from downstairs and i hear them, i holler come up. sometimes i don't hear. i don't mind if they walk up the stairs, and if i realize it, i turn and wave if i'm in the midst of phone flurry. but sometimes, i am at the ladies, which is downstairs, or i've had to go downstairs with a vendor for some reason - to check a liquor order or something. show a new guy where the walk in is. some such nonsense.

... lost track of my point, but i think it involves patience, lol, when someone might be the only one in the office. my pet peeve is if it's a monday, we don't get deliveries so the door is locked, and if one of the girls comes by to pick something up, and i don't answer the phone or i don't answer when they knock, and they assume i'm not there. um, hello? a girl does have to pee sometimes! lol.

[brighty18]

See you TOTALLY get where I am coming from. No, just because something is a place of business does NOT mean that someone needs to be there 24-7. Yes, a girl needs to pee... or answer the phone... or deal with other people... or do other aspects of her job.