3B LIFE The Brunswick News / Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3B Advice & More Readers weigh in on letter from angry fast food window worker Dear Abby: May I comment on the letter from “Working the Window in Georgia” (Jan. 22), the drive-through worker who said people should have their orders ready when they pull up to the speaker? Many drive-through restaurants place their speakers in front of the first menu you see. Unless you frequent the restaurant, it’s impossible to know what you want until you reach the menu. Also, if “Corporate” is timing its employees, then maybe they should dispense with having the employees greet customers with a long list of item suggestions before taking the order. Those of us at the other end of the speaker often cannot understand a word being said, either because the speaker isn’t working properly, because the order-taker has a thick accent, or the person is speaking too fast. – Peggy in Thornton, Colorado Dear Peggy: My readers agree with you 100 percent! Their biggest “beef” is the order menu being located only at the order window/speaker. Fast food corporate America, please take notice. Read on: Dear Abby: How are we supposed to have any idea of what to order when we don’t see the menu until we pull up to the window? This is especially true when I try a new restaurant. If restaurants post anything before that, it Jeanne Phillips Syndicated advice columnist Dear Abby is usually just a list of their most expensive combo meals. Sometimes the prices aren’t even listed at the preview menu window. Here are some suggestions for people working the windows: 1. I may not know your menu. So please give me a chance to look it over. If you have a drivethrough, I have a right to use it. If you don’t want new customers to know what you offer, then I’ll be happy to take my business elsewhere. 2. I know you are reading from a script, but if I don’t want a combo meal, please do not ask me repeatedly if I want one. 3. Give me a chance to check my order when you hand it to me. I am really tired of getting to my destination only to find out my order is wrong. 4. Do not argue with me if I want to verify that my drink is a diet drink. I am diabetic and a non-diet soda could make me very sick. 5. Please understand that even if I don’t have the radio on and there is no background noise, I may still have trouble understanding you. Perhaps the speakers are bad or I am slightly hearingimpaired. 6. Please give me straw if I order a drink. I have worked fast food before and I know from experience it is not an easy job. Yes, there are rude customers, but there are also rude employees. I know that from experience, too. – Libby in Little Rock, Ark. Dear Abby: My husband and I attended his nephew’s out-of-state wedding. I shipped a beautiful, expensive set of porcelain dishes from a high-end designer store. The nephew commented, “Those dishes don’t go with anything we have.” Should we request they be returned or ignore their lack of appreciation? – Appalled Aunt In Arizona Dear Appalled: Your nephew’s comment was extremely rude. If he and his bride weren’t registered, and their preference of a china pattern wasn’t clearly stated, then you did the best you could under the circumstances and were generous. Rather than ask for the gift back (which would be equally rude), suggest he and his Mrs. go online and exchange the dishes for a pattern of their choice. Most high-end stores have websites that display their inventory. — Write to Dear Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA, 90069 or www.DearAbby.com. Dr. Anthony Komaroff’s medical advice column appears Tuesdays in the Health & Fitness pages of Life and all other days on the Advice page. Relationship causes family pain Dr. Wallace: Our 20-year-old daughter is still living at home with my husband, our younger children and me. She has been dating the same guy for over two years, and their relationship is a nightmare not only for them, but also for the rest of the family, including our younger children. Whenever they have a fight our daughter becomes highly irritable, screaming and slamming doors. This is a most unhealthy relationship. One day it’s love; the next day it’s hate. The relationship is totally void of trust on both sides. Our daughter has been to counseling, but there has been no improvement. It’s to the point that my husband and I need to attend counseling sessions for ourselves; we cannot take any more of this. I know the younger children are adversely affected by the whole situation. My daughter and her boyfriend are basically good – no drugs or alcohol. All we want is for her to be happy, the way she was before she got a boyfriend. What should we do? We are loving, supportive parents. Our daughter has a full-time job and is capable of supporting herself. – Mother, Jackson, Miss. Mother: Since you haven’t seen positive results working Robert Wallace Syndicated advice columnist Between 12 & 20 with your daughter, concentrate on the boyfriend. Set up a time when you can talk to him alone and explain that the “rocky” relationship he shares with your daughter is affecting your family in a very negative way. Ask for his help and suggestions on what the family can do. If he loves your daughter, he will go with her to get assistance and guidance from a professional counselor. If he is sincere, he can help the situation immensely. But if all else fails, you must ask your daughter to move out of the house. I know this would be a painful decision, but you cannot allow a dysfunctional member of the family to keep the entire family in constant turmoil. Dr. Wallace: I’m on the school drill team that performs at the halftime of football and basketball games and at pep rallies. It’s great fun, and I really enjoy being a part of the team. My parents demand that I get outstanding grades. So when I Sorority holds cotillion received a B+ grade in my first semester of geometry, they made me drop out of the drill team. I’m devastated by this because our drill team will perform at the 2012 graduation ceremony and my cousin will be one of the graduates. I really want to be back on the drill team by then. I really don’t think my parents are being fair and I know you’ll agree with me. Please respond to my letter. – Callie, San Diego, Calif. Callie: There are hundreds of better ways for parents to encourage their child to do well in the classroom. They make a mistake when they take away an enjoyable educational activity as a punishment for a low grade. Besides, who says a B+ is a low grade in the first semester of geometry? I can remember when I would have been thrilled to receive a B+ in geometry ... and my parents would have fainted! Luckily, geometry became a bit easier as the year progressed. I hope your parents relent and you once again become a member of the drill team. It’s a great honor to participate in this wonderful extra-curricular experience. Fire captain motivates Girl Scouts Elizabeth VanBuren is the leader of the Junior Girl Scout Troop No. 30024 and shared an inspirational message with the girls. She pursued her career and became the first female fire captain in Glynn County. Pictured are Emilie Trawick, from left in first row, Vivian Koehn, Ashley Cowman, Elizabeth VanBuren, McKenzie Karwacki, Riley Robertson, Cheri Williams and Hartlie Jones. In the second row, Kendra Niehaus, from left, Posted by Kelly Terhune Natalie Martin, Robert Franklin, Ashley Franklin, Abaigeal O’Brien, Gabriella Careri, Reagan Jones and Gracie Hagen. In the third row, Heather Hall, from left, Karsyn Long, Brianna O’Brien, Seren Thomas-Jackson, Emily Sherbanenko, Isabella Ivery and Emma Watson. In the fourth row, Juliette Criss, from left, Sabbrina Yeomans, Hannah Williams, Shelby Miller, Aimee Yeomans, Katie McCullough, Shelby Ryals and Faith Poppell. HEARING TEST SET FOR SENIOR CITIZENS Brunswick, GA Free electronic Everyone, especially those over hearing tests will be given this 50, should have an electronic Tuesday, May 1st thru Friday, hearing test at least once a year. If May 4th. there is a hearing problem, a free electronic hearing test may reveal A Georgia Licensed Specialist will that newly developed methods of be available to give this free test. correction will help, even for those The test has been arranged for who have been told in the past that anyone who suspects they are losing a hearing aid would not help them their hearing. Such persons generally should be tested. say they can hear but cannot For those those wishing wishing the the free free test, test, understand conversation clearly. For appointment time time may may be be Testing with the latest electronic an appointment arranged by phoning phoning 912-267-1400 912-267-1400 equipment will indicate whether it arranged Brunswick, GA. can be helped electronically. B — Write to Dr. Wallace at [email protected]. Posted by Millicent Sweeting Tribute to Women Leaders 2012 Where: Grand Oaks Hall on Jekyll When: May 8th 2012 Meet & Greet @ 11:00 AM Tribute at Noon The Brunswick Chapter, Zeta Iota Omega, of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. recently hosted its biennial debutante cotillion at the Grand Oaks Hall in the Morgan Center on Jekyll Island. This year’s theme was “Jewels Empowered: Leadership, Scholarship, Elegance, and Poise.” Thirteen young ladies from Glynn, Camden and McIntosh counties were presented to the cotillion in a choreographed waltz and promenade. Since October, the junior and senior high school ladies participated in a variety of developmental activities, career and scholarships workshops, leadership training and community service. Cynthia Danielle Green of Camden County High School was crowned Miss Cotillion 2012 and will be awarded a scholarship. Five other debutantes also received awards, Breanna Jones of Glynn Academy, Carmen Bowman-Randall of Brunswick High School, Shantel Bridges, Jacqueline Ratliff and Lauren Uliene all of Camden County High School. Dr. Sabrina J. Nixon served as chairman for this event and Rose D. Andrews is president of the chapter. Pictured are Breanna Jones, from left, Carmen Bowman-Randall, Shantel Bridges, Cynthia Danielle Green, Jacqueline Ratliff and Lauren Uliene. Guest Speaker: Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Public Health and State Health Officer Advanced Tickets are $60 through May 1, $75 May 2-May 8th. Tickets may be purchased at The Golden Isles YMCA 144 Scranton Connector, Brunswick, GA or by calling 265-4100
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