Originally Posted by
flyer89
Working in a customer service/ retail job as a college kid, words or phrases like "Please" "Thank you" goes a long way, both on my end and the customer's (I do make it easy when they say those "magic" word)
Depends on where we are. Certainly in the States, but the SQ girls, for example, don't want to hear "please" and "thank you" (at least per my experience). The Germans also see it as overly gratuitous to say "thank you" and "please" for everything.