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Dave Stevens geek at uniserve.com
Sat Apr 29 17:10:38 UTC 2006


If restaurants functioned like...

There's a difference between service and support.

Dateline: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

If restaurants functioned like ...

Patron: Waiter!

Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support.

Waiter. What seems to be the problem?

Patron: There's a fly in my soup!

Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time.

Patron: No, it's still there.

Waiter: Maybe it's the way you're using the soup. Try eating it with a fork 
instead.

Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there.

Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl. What kind of bowl are 
you using?

Patron: A SOUP bowl!

Waiter: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe it's a configuration problem. How was 
the bowl set up?

Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer. What has that to do with the fly in 
my soup?!

Waiter: Can you remember everything you did before you noticed the fly in your 
soup?

Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day!

Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of the Day?

Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day??

Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day changes every hour.

Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now?

Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is tomato.

Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup and the check. I'm running late now.

[Waiter leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the check.]

Waiter: Here you are, Sir, the soup and your check.

Patron: This is potato soup.

Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't ready yet.

Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll eat anything.

[Waiter leaves.]

Patron: Waiter! There's a spider in my soup!

The check:
Soup of the day. . . . . . . . . . .$5.00
Fly Feature. . . . . . . . . . . no charge
Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day. . . .$2.50
Access to support. . . . . . . . . . . $1.00
-- 

I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I 
expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's 
fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. 
-Bertrand Russell in 
Education and the Social Order 




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