[Discuss Thrower]

The tag for this thread is pretty comical.

Anyway, from a customer's POV (though I've probably seen enough in my younger days at the phone company to tell from an service side view) at restaurants, I always assume the waiters automatically hate me, don't make too much of an issue of anything (I am a messed up eater, so it's always fun to explain how I don't want such and such on my plate), and always tip well. And, in a karmic way, it's worked. I've never felt the need to not tip someone or downgrade their tip because of poor service.

With tech support, I try and be as cordial as possible, thank them for helping me profusely, make small talk when either side is waiting for someone. When the laptop I am typing this up went down for no apparent reason, I was helped by I am assuming to be a Hispanic immigrant (he sounded like Luis Guzman), and he did a good job of fixing my computer (juggled the RAM sticks around). I emailed Alienware and noted how I appreciated his help.