My brain can BITE ME

Okay, people. If we are doing fast food, and you want to tell me something in that environment, YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE RULES:

RULE 1

You must speak LOUDLY and CLEARLY. You have to be louder than all other sounds. If you aren't, I might not even realize that you're speaking. And even if I know you're speaking, it can be hard to understand. For example, you might say, "Clean out the meat pot," and all I hear is, "ean ou ee ot." Then I spend two minutes re-running the noise in my head until it makes sense. (Well, actually, I might hear all the sounds, but they won't make sense, even if I do. It's like you're speaking another language.)

It wastes your time AND mine if I have to ask you to repeat things three times.

LOUDLY. And don't bloody mumble, it makes things harder.

RULE 2

If it's at all possible, FACE ME. Or turn your head in my direction. The worst position ever is facing away from me, especially into something that's making noise. Most people would have a problem with that anyway.

It really helps a lot if I can see your facial expressions, the movement of your lips, the directions you look in. I need visual clues.

RULE 3

And if you have your hands free, PLEASE GESTURE. It'll speed things up a lot. If I hear, "ean ou ee ot," I may not know what that means, but pointing to the meat pot gets me half-way there. Ultimately, you save several minutes by taking a few seconds to gesture.


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