Random Compliments

[CTGirl]

Getting random compliments from perfect strangers or people you barely know is just the best ego-booster!

I just had a coworker of mine (who I barely know, as I'm really new here) compliment me on the quality job I did in coordinating my oufit today - a totally random comment from someone I barely know that really required some good observation.

I love when stuff like this happens :D - anyone else?

[Bocheezu]

I don't often receive these, but I tend to give them on occasion. Like last week, I went to the grocery store, which is usually something I completely dread because of the check-out process. It usually takes me about 10 minutes to get a cartload of groceries (I am literally powerwalking through the store and throwing stuff in the cart) and then I get to check-out and I'm there forever. I try to pick the "right" lanes but sometimes you never know when you're going to get the cashier from hell that takes forever to do anything.

Anyway, I got into a lane not expecting much, and this cashier completely HAULED ASS and I was through in under 5 minutes. The stuff was getting scanned and put in a bag faster than I could put it up on the tread. I was in such shock, I had to tell her what a great job she did. She seemed pretty happy about it, and I felt pretty good about myself because I'm really not one to speak up much and compliment people.

[CTGirl]

I don't often receive these, but I tend to give them on occasion. Like last week, I went to the grocery store, which is usually something I completely dread because of the check-out process. It usually takes me about 10 minutes to get a cartload of groceries (I am literally powerwalking through the store and throwing stuff in the cart) and then I get to check-out and I'm there forever. I try to pick the "right" lanes but sometimes you never know when you're going to get the cashier from hell that takes forever to do anything.

Anyway, I got into a lane not expecting much, and this cashier completely HAULED ASS and I was through in under 5 minutes. The stuff was getting scanned and put in a bag faster than I could put it up on the tread. I was in such shock, I had to tell her what a great job she did. She seemed pretty happy about it, and I felt pretty good about myself because I'm really not one to speak up much and compliment people.


Oh yeah, as a former cashier myself, I can tell you those kind of compliments are certainly appreciated, and really break you out of that "drone" state you can get sucked into.

[pisces2473]

I always thank the baggers. There's nothing weirder than standing there, watching someone put your stuff in a bag, and feeling like you're the queen.

[embrassezla]

I always thank the baggers. There's nothing weirder than standing there, watching someone put your stuff in a bag, and feeling like you're the queen.
HAHA! I thank them too, but I like the way you put it.

I had a random compliment paid to me a couple weeks back. I was with my supervisor in another building while he was talking to this woman. When they were wrapping up, she turned to me, pointed kind of aggressively, and said, "YOU.HAVE.THE.MOST. Beeeeeauuuuuutiful skin I have EVER seen!" Woah, that woke me from my coma.

[Bocheezu]

I always thank the baggers. There's nothing weirder than standing there, watching someone put your stuff in a bag, and feeling like you're the queen.

They've eliminated baggers at the store I normally go to. The cashiers end up having to do everything. The bags themselves are on this big merry-go-round thing and the cashier fills the bag up and turns the merry-go-round to get to the next bag. When the bag gets to you, you put it in your cart.

[Kitty]

I get compliments on my outfits all the time. On almost a daily basis, actually. It is nice from coworkers, but it's better when it's just random folks on the streets.

I LOVE when people compliment the work I've done..that's the best feeling. Sometimes it just feels like the stuff I'm doing goes unnoticed, so when someone takes the time to say I've done a good job..it means a lot.

[blueyes]

"YOU.HAVE.THE.MOST. Beeeeeauuuuuutiful skin I have EVER seen!" Woah, that woke me from my coma.
Okay - I'm on a conference call and I had to MUTE MY CALL b/c I started laughing so hard. I would have paid serious money to see your face, Embra... :lol:

I had a very round-about compliment paid to me about an hour ago...one of my managers (a very prickly-hard-to-please person) asked me to run the QA/QC on a big ol' project ($67K/yr). Depending on the amount of (over)time work and headaches that ensue, this could be a very good thing.

[embrassezla]

I would have paid serious money to see your face, Embra... :lol:
Yeah. It was like 9am, too.

TJ: I'm heading to Annapolis mall on Sunday AM to go to the White House | Black Market outlet, if you wanna join.

[pisces2473]

I get compliments on my outfits all the time. On almost a daily basis, actually. It is nice from coworkers, but it's better when it's just random folks on the streets.
Do you ever feel weirded out...like if it's the same people, every day?

[WorkInProgress]

They've eliminated baggers at the store I normally go to. The cashiers end up having to do everything. The bags themselves are on this big merry-go-round thing and the cashier fills the bag up and turns the merry-go-round to get to the next bag. When the bag gets to you, you put it in your cart.

I generally only see baggers at commissaries on military bases. And they get tipped.

At regular grocery stores, I only see them rarely.

[Kitty]

Really? I can't think of a single time I've gone to the grocery store and not had a bagger.

[Kitty]

Do you ever feel weirded out...like if it's the same people, every day?

I told you guys about that chick who basically copied my entire wardrobe, right?

[WorkInProgress]

Really? I can't think of a single time I've gone to the grocery store and not had a bagger.

Hm. Maybe it's a locality thing. I can think of only one grocery store in my area that I've seen them, and, like I said, it's rare. Usually the checker bags the items right after scanning them.

[WorkInProgress]

I told you guys about that chick who basically copied my entire wardrobe, right?

:eek: I mean, I know you're a snazzy dresser and all, but damn.

[pisces2473]

Really? I can't think of a single time I've gone to the grocery store and not had a bagger.
It weirded me out when I first went to Florida and some dude wanted to take my groceries to the car. Uhh, no thanks, I'm able-bodied.

Sometimes we have baggers, most of the time they have to bag two cash areas and switch back and forth. I like bagging my stuff myself best...around here, they hire developmentally disabled people who sometimes forget that bread doesn't go under cans.

[Kitty]

It weirded me out when I first went to Florida and some dude wanted to take my groceries to the car. Uhh, no thanks, I'm able-bodied.

Sometimes we have baggers, most of the time they have to bag two cash areas and switch back and forth. I like bagging my stuff myself best...around here, they hire developmentally disabled people who sometimes forget that bread doesn't go under cans.

They always offer to take your groceries to the car, here. I always say no..but a LOT of people use that service.

[pisces2473]

I told you guys about that chick who basically copied my entire wardrobe, right?
Yeah, but what I'm saying is like, doesn't it get weird, when people compliment you every day, esp if it's the same people? I would be like, "Enough already!!!" LOL

[Kitty]

:eek: I mean, I know you're a snazzy dresser and all, but damn.

I think I posted about it..she was freakin' annoying. Luckily, she left the company about 8 months ago. She would ask me where my clothes were from and then I'd see her wearing the exact same thing like two weeks later. She wasn't even embarassed about it either. Nuts.

[Kitty]

Yeah, but what I'm saying is like, doesn't it get weird, when people compliment you every day, esp if it's the same people? I would be like, "Enough already!!!" LOL

Yes..that's why I don't really care when it's coming from coworkers. It's like the same 10 coworkers complimenting me over and over. Plus, part of it is that I just stand out here because most of the people are dumpy. That's why it means more when it's just a random person on the street complimenting me.

[embrassezla]

I definitely have people I am ready to lie to when they ask where I've bought something.

In high school, I had a friend who would buy the same clothes/shoes as me, but I didn't get really p!ssed until I told her my idea for a tattoo AND SHE GOT IT. Luckily, I didn't.

[Kitty]

In high school, I had a friend who would buy the same clothes/shoes as me, but I didn't get really p!ssed until I told her my idea for a tattoo AND SHE GOT IT. Luckily, I didn't.

In HS it's slightly more acceptable because that's kind of the general mentality of people in HS. This chick was 35!!!!

[embrassezla]

In HS it's slightly more acceptable because that's kind of the general mentality of people in HS. This chick was 35!!!!
Haha, that is bizarro.

[WorkInProgress]

It weirded me out when I first went to Florida and some dude wanted to take my groceries to the car. Uhh, no thanks, I'm able-bodied.

The Safeways near me always ask this. I say no, since I can get it myself, and I don't buy lots of groceries at a time. I think if I did say yes, they'd just flag someone down to help me. This is a nice service to offer, IMO, even though I don't use it. I would appreciate it as an old person, or a if I had a few kids with me, or if I had a lot of groceries or something.

[weary]

The Safeways near me always ask this. I say no, since I can get it myself, and I don't buy lots of groceries at a time. I think if I did say yes, they'd just flag someone down to help me. This is a nice service to offer, IMO, even though I don't use it. I would appreciate it as an old person, or a if I had a few kids with me, or if I had a lot of groceries or something.

yep, the always offer @ the safeway i go to too. i always reply the same way, [point to my son first and then]: no thanks, i've got help. he grunts, i laugh. i figure, hey, i'm dropping $200...you can be my bag boy.

though one time i did go to the store w/o him and this old dude just kind of made himself my bag-boy and took my cart/followed me to my car. i gave him a tip but begrudgingly b/c i felt taken advantage of.

[pisces2473]

I think it's a southern thing.

[Kitty]

I think it's a southern thing.

Well, we have it out here..

[Millenial]

I generally only see baggers at commissaries on military bases. And they get tipped.

At regular grocery stores, I only see them rarely.

I've been a bagger at both civilian grocery stores and military commisaries when i was a teen. At the commissary, you tend to carry out the groceries on carts and receive a tip. Orders tend to be a lot more and people are expecting a good job but tend to be very appreciative. I've worked at stop + shop, no tips, no appreciation, and piss poor wages. a compliment there was really rare.

now i tend to never get a bagger at most grocery stores at all, even wal-mart.
i think it's a disservice to the customer, especially for large orders and a sign of cheapness from the company. maybe it's not really that big of a deal, but i like to feel that i am valued as a customer.

[pisces2473]

Well, we have it out here..
I think it went from the south, to the west...and never came back to the north.

[GoogleGirl]

how bout this for random...once I was driving from Walmart with my windows down (it was such a nice day out) and was stopped at a red light. This reeaaallly hot guy in a big truck stopped close to me going in the other direction kept saying "excuse me", apparently to me, and when I finally looked at him, he was like..."I just wanted to tell you that you have the most beautiful hair I've seen." It's not often that I get compliments from reallyyy hot guys. If I were a quicker thinker, I woulda asked for his number. haha :eek:

[mishl982]

I love random compliments - I do agree it boosts the ego. Sometimes though, I don't know what to do with myself and just say "uh, thanks?" but sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world.

I get the nice skin thing a lot. I don't know what I'm doing right. Maybe it's in my genes! I also get the "oh did you lost weight?!" from my aunt a lot but she'll also say that if I GAINED weight. :googly:

[dddork]

so you moved to the new job???!? the one closer to the city/

[LaFille]

random compliments are great!

i get 'you have a great smile' a lot. i don't really give random people compliments on their physical appearance, but if i see a girl with a really great bag or pair of shoes or something i HAVE to say 'i love your _____!' it's an automatic reflex.

[CTGirl]

random compliments are great!

i get 'you have a great smile' a lot. i don't really give random people compliments on their physical appearance, but if i see a girl with a really great bag or pair of shoes or something i HAVE to say 'i love your _____!' it's an automatic reflex.

Agreed, I get the smile one from time to time, and I compliment other women on their clothes/shoes all the time. I'm often tempted to compliment other women more, but hold back for fear of freaking them out, lol.

And yess, dddork, I have switched to my new job, closer to nyc. Havent moved yet though. And welcome back, oh king of threadjacking :)

[cheshrcarol]

I get compliments on my eyes fairly regularly from strangers. That's one thing that never gets old :p .

I think it went from the south, to the west...and never came back to the north.Dude, you must live in a different northeast than I do. All the grocery stores here have baggers, even the completely ghetto one I live near now. If there isn't a bagger on the line I'm on, I expect the cashier to do it. I don't work for the grocery store, it's not my job to bag up the groceries. So, I guess I am the Queen ;): .

[CTGirl]

Dude, you must live in a different northeast than I do. All the grocery stores here have baggers, even the completely ghetto one I live near now. If there isn't a bagger on the line I'm on, I expect the cashier to do it. I don't work for the grocery store, it's not my job to bag up the groceries. So, I guess I am the Queen ;): .

No, I agree with you, and I live one town over from pisces. There isnt typically a "bagger" but in all my times at grocery stores/walmarts, either the cashier bags the groceries, or another cashier comes over to help if they are backed up.

[pisces2473]

CTgirl is right. Sometimes, two cashiers will share one bagger, sometimes the manager has bagged my groceries. I actually LIKE bagging, it makes the trip faster and I get to put things where I want them so that I can unload at home faster.

[Crisis Guy]

I've had people call me up during my show and say they really enjoyed it. I've also had the same thing happen when filling in for someone else. It really is cool! :D

[cache]

I just got a great unintended compliment. I was talking to a coworker, whose wife is a high level executive with another big corporation, and this coworker's wife was talking about finding good HR people. The coworker said that he told his wife about me as a rising star in the corporation.

It's the little things...:)

[mishl982]

Ooh being told you're a rising star is a very good compliment!

The other day I was leaving the gym, sweaty and all, but smiling apparently, and someone coming into the gym told me what a beautiful smile I had - yay!

[kacie231]

Last week, an old lady at the nail salon told me I have a beautiful hair color and beautiful hair. I have major issues with my hair so that definitely was appreciated.

[texasgirl]

I get told that I look like Scarlett Johannson a lot, so that's always nice to hear! Knowing how good I feel after someone gives me a compliment makes me want to give them to other people, so I try to be on the lookout for opportunities.

[monstermack]

I've been getting compliments on my jacket lately. Everyone that says they like it always reach out and touch it to feel what it feels like. Its a all black slim fit Free Country water/wind proof jacket.
I like it because its relatively thin but still keeps me kinda warm in the winter. I hate wearing big poofy winter coats.

[hoodie]

People like my coat too! It's nice button down dress coat with a thin black and white zigzag pattern. I like it because its funkier than just a regular dress coat without looking bizarro, so I appreciate the compliments. Also, lots of people at work have been complimenting me on recent weight loss. This year, since September, I've peeled off about 13 lbs.

This thread is nice; it made me smile!

[PenforPrez]

I returned to work today after three days called off. There was a note in an envelope waiting for me. The note was from a long-term guest; they had been staying at the hotel for several months off and on. Said that anytime they had stayed over and my nametag was in the room, that their room was in "immaculate condition," in their words (though they spelled it wrong). Every time. And they left me $10 for doing such a good job. :D

Paul

[mishl982]

Last night in kickboxing I was told several times by the trainer that I had good form!

[pisces2473]

My mom told me I look good...this is in attempts to lose weight. :)

[mishl982]

My mom told me I look good...this is in attempts to lose weight. :)
Oh yea, I've gotten that too from my mom lately. Which is saying a lot considering she usually likes to tell me that my belly is sticking out :p

[pisces2473]

Oh yea, I've gotten that too from my mom lately. Which is saying a lot considering she usually likes to tell me that my belly is sticking out :p
Now she can yell at you about sticking your tongue out!