Your Opinions Don't Matter According To Looney Springster

So after taking a second look at the bits and pieces of my posts that Springs1 so benevolently decided to answer, I had to ask myself if the problem was in the delivery. Was I not clear enough with my statements? Surely, suggesting that Springy go and try out waiting in an eating establishment couldn't have been misconstrued. Was it confusing when I mentioned that restaurants have strict procedures and insubordination is the quickest way to get fired? I came to the conclusion that I was fairly clear. I'm no veteran server and I've never professed to be one.At the same time, I know everyone hasn't served. But an undeniable fact is that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Facts can be backed up with statistical evidence while opinions are based on a law of personal averages. Opinions can be wrong, but the holder of that opinion is still entitled to it. Springs1 thinks most servers are lazy.

What happens when this dictator interacts with other people is that she tries to correct other people's opinions. Simply put, everyone online who even responds to her is seen as the enemy. You are wrong, no matter what you say. You should mind getting preemptive service because she does. If you find that a server making suggestions to be helpful, you are a fool. Basically, if you have a carefree attitude about going out to eat then you are as wasteful and lazy as every other hated server. You can't just go out to eat and have a good time. Nope, notice everything, analyze the hated servers and make sure that you cut them down to size. No -- not to their face, just hold it all in until it explodes online.

In comparison, I can think of a few laws that aren't really fair, but I'm not going out of my way to break them just to prove a point. I like my freedom, therefore I obey the law. The same theory can be applied to any workplace. Almost every workplace has rules that are both archaic and counterproductive, but because we value our positions we oblige. Somehow, servers, who are obviously seen as sub-humans by Springs1, are not able to be seen as living, breathing people. I'm not saying that it's anyone's job to solely support their server, but getting mad at an individual for following the rules set forth by their employer is a moron.

It's one of those situations that borders on obsession. Homophobic people tend to talk about gay people quite a lot. Considering that they don't like those particular people in question, it's really weird that they spend so much time speaking of them. Springs1 sure spends a lot of time talking about stupid servers. If she truly cared about servers living up to their full potential, then she would have chosen a career in restaurant management. Maybe she would be a motivational speaker or one of those secret shoppers. People who just talk about what or who they hate only do so because aren't where they want to be in life and are filled with venom because of it. Someone has to bear the brunt of their unhappiness.

There isn't an end goal for Springs1. She didn't post up her rules for servers to truly help them in any way, shape or form. This was only done to validate her thoughts and opinions. After all, this is the same woman who tells other diners that their opinions are wrong. She didn't take a poll and she doesn't engage in healthy discussions. For her, it's all finger pointing, mud slinging and digital screaming matches. Your opinion doesn't matter because you aren't important. What is important, in her tiny, dense mind is that all servers do things to her specifications only. All of this nonsense was done so that she could elevate her status and sense of importance. I'm beginning to think that she's a bit of a sociopath, but I'll leave that for another post.

What we can do to help Springs1 tackle her many mental disorders is to never directly engage with her regarding specific restaurant practices. When you mention 'automatic refills' it triggers something deep within the recesses of her soul. She probably can't help it so she's really not to blame. Notice the second to last post here where she comments, "What important stuff?" If you don't give her a cue to place her random caps locks and cut and paste stories, she's like a little lost puppy. There is nothing remotely analytical about the way that she operates. It's a simple call and response, so if there's no call then she cannot respond. Of course, tangling that carrot in front of her face will her come running, but when she sees that the bait was just, well, bait, then she's literally at a loss for words. Anytime that you try to reason with her or offer a different perspective, she will not take the time to see your point. She will be too busy trying to make her opinion into an unwritten law of God to even acknowledge your humanity.

Springs1 Is Socially Inept

Everyone knows that it is hard to infer the tone of someone else's words online. Usually things like italics, or bolding a word or two can help to get your point across. With the exception of everyone's legally blind, 85 year old grandpa, typing in all caps is seen as universally rude. It may or may not be as rude as purposely derailing a conversation, especially when the derailment is self serving, but many people just don't know any better. Sprinsg1, strangely enough, encompasses all of these traits. Type the word 'service' or 'restaurant' and she's likely to come, pinkies blazing, recounting her endless disastrous tales of bad service. It's her trademark. After all of these years, there has never been anyone even close to as socially awkward and crass as she is. No one really knows what her point is, other than the fact that she needs someone to bitch to. People who want to change something, no matter how trivial, would know not to alienate their audience. So the point is, Springs doesn't really care about getting bad service. Nope, all the capital letters and detailed stories doesn't make a person dedicated to their cause. She just wants to be heard, so she picked a hot topic with marginalized participants to spew her hate.

See, if I wanted to change how car salespeople worked I would not go to a forum that the frequent and type in caps locks. She knows it's rude, however, Springs1 doesn't care. That's where the power element comes in. It's her money and her time, therefore she should be able to write all of the rules, corporate profits be damned. Where else other than a restaurant do you even spend that much time on a regular basis? It's what she looks forward to. Everyone needs a hobby, and if waiting for your server to make a mistake is what helps you to go on another day, so be it. The real problem starts when she tries to control other diners. Most diners don't sweat the small stuff, but she does. It infuriates this troubled soul when you disagree with one of her 43 serving commandments. How dare you empathize with a waiter or waitress? Of course you should get angry when they do something that rubs you the wrong way, inadvertently or not. That makes them a lazy, uncaring buffoon. Springs1 has dehumanized servers to the point of completely objectifying them. They don't have the right to have sore feet, or forget an item. In her mind, they aren't real people. They should have chosen a different career path and they definitely don't have the luxury of having off days. I can only compare her convoluted views with those of a misogynistic sexist or hardcore racist. Only a person that has absolutely no capacity to relate to those that they criticize, verbally abuse and chastise would be able to have such extreme thoughts, even if online.

She doesn't know every single server in the world, but she hates them all. While she tries to act like this is the case, the entire way that she interacts with servers tells another story. How else would she have the audacity to go to their house so to speak and them proverbially shit on them? In fact, Springs1 hates anyone that doesn't fit into her own narrow, self absorbed world. There aren't a lot of things that she can control in her own life, so she found something that empowered her; creating an online persona that no one could silence. It's not a new concept at all, but she has been able to define so many new 'isms' that a research paper should be written on her short but notable history. Now, this is just my opinion but a functional person just would not have been able to keep this up for as long as she has. This isn't trolling, this is a completely serious and necessary emotional outlet for Springy. Maybe her 'husband' doesn't allow her to vent as much as she'd like. I think that her own job is very demanding and provides few rewards. She is probably held to unrealistic expectations, thus, making it even easier to have similar expectations of others. Therapy would be a great place for her to start, but it doesn't appear that Springy truly thinks that there is anything wrong with her. I'm sure that she doesn't share her online activities with anyone else, but that has no relevance in her mind.

I've already had to cut her off from commenting as she doesn't want to get to the root of the problem. She really did think that her trademark ramblings would go over on a blog devoted to offering a no-nonsense approach to breaking down her psychotic behavior. That will probably piss her off, but that is to be expected from a unbalanced control freak. Maybe once she gets restaurants off the mind, Springs1 can start to truly think about why so many question her tactics. This isn't about servers, it's all about Springy and what goes on inside of her deep, dark mind.