点评:Last Sunday I stopped at the Wayfield Park Farm Shop with a group of seven mountain bikers, we stopped for a coffee and some of the guys had something to eat. One had a bacon sandwich, which was passable. One had a piece of cake, which was also passable. Just be warned, when you get there, you're going to need plenty of time to read all the signs. And woe betide anybody who doesn't follow the one-way system around the shop, this is carefully designed so that you pass a selection of rather tired, ludicrously expensive produce before getting to the counter.
The counter service was passable. The quality of the coffee, though not that hot, was also passable. I made a grievous error of trying to re-enter through the out door. And the only reason I went back in is I'd already been round and decided I wanted to order a croissant. But as I got there, one of the staff, who had not yet identified himself as one of the staff, who I had basically followed through the door, presumeably the owner said, 'if you want some boiling hot water poured all over you, then carry on coming through this door.' I hadn't realized that as I'd already been round the one-way system once in order to order my coffee, I could not now enter the café by a door adjacent to the counter. I had wanted to order a croissant, but at £3.50 for yesterdays croissant, I decided against it. So, I sat outside and I had a high-energy snack bar which I had been carrying in my pocket, which I ate whilst I drank my coffee. Then a waitresses then suggested I read the signage as 'customers are not permitted to bring their own food along to eat at their tables'. Well, I didn't have a picnic basked, I had a 100g cereal bar which had been in the back of my cycling top. As it is there are about 50 signs up, where it does indeed state on one of them that you're not supposed to eat your own produce. Then, after we'd finished our drinks, I went back in to go to the, use the WC, (through the correct entrance I hasten to add; I followed the barriers, arrows and plethora of notices to the WC. On my way out, one of my friends, told me that there's some water bottles by the main door on the way out, and I could fill up my drinks bottle there. I was in the process of topping up my drinks bottle when the rather overzealous, rude patron came to me, snatched it out of my hand, and said, 'no, no, no, no, no, you won't leave any for anybody else'. And he went to fill it up with tap water, which was fine, but I didn't realize that was an option. Then he gave it back to me and said, in a very insincere manner, 'have a lovely day.'
I just think that, really, if your job is to be customer-facing, then you really ought to learn some manners. I am easy to please, but this place failed miserably, my friends were amused though, so not a total loss. Reading other reviews it appears that the patron is no stranger to this sort of behaviour.
翻译:上周日,我和七名山地车骑行者一起在韦菲尔德公园的农场商店停了下来。我们喝了咖啡,有些人还吃了点东西。其中一人吃了培根三明治,味道还凑合;另一人吃了一块蛋糕,也还可以。不过要提醒大家的是,到了那儿之后,你们需要花大量时间来阅读所有的指示牌。而那些不遵守商店周边单行交通规则的人可要倒霉了。这样的设计想必是经过精心考虑的:在走到柜台前,你必须先经过一排看起来有些蔫了、价格却贵得离谱的食品。
柜台服务还算可以。咖啡的品质虽然不算很热,但也还算说得过去。我犯了一个严重的错误——试图从后门重新进入店里。我之所以又折返回去,只是因为我之前已经逛了一圈,决定要买个羊角面包。可当我到达那里时,其中一名店员……那个还没表明自己是店员的人——我基本上是跟着他走进门的——大概是店主吧,他说道:‘如果你想让滚烫的热水浇遍全身的话,那就继续从这扇门进来吧。’我当时没意识到,由于为了点咖啡我已经走过一次单向通道,现在就无法再从柜台旁的门进入咖啡馆了。我原本想点一个羊角面包,但既然昨天的羊角面包要卖3.50英镑,我便打消了这个念头。于是,。我坐在外面,吃着一直放在口袋里的那种高能量能量棒,同时喝着咖啡。这时,一位女服务员走过来,建议我看看告示牌上的内容,上面写着“顾客不得自带食物到餐桌上食用”。其实我并没有带野餐篮,只是从骑行服口袋里掏出了那根100克重的谷物棒而已。而店里到处都贴着大概50块这样的告示牌呢。那里确实有一块告示牌上写着:不允许食用自己种植的农产品。喝完饮料后,我回到里面去使用洗手间(我赶忙补充一下:我走的是正确的入口;我沿着隔离栏、箭头以及大量指示牌才找到洗手间)。出来时,一个朋友告诉我,在出口处的主门旁有一些瓶装水,我可以在那里把我的水杯装满。我正在给水瓶加水时,那个过分热心却又粗鲁的顾客走过来,从我手中抢走水瓶,说道:“不行不行,你可不能给别人留下一点水啊。”接着他就去用自来水给瓶子灌满,这倒也无可厚非,只是我之前并不知道还有这种选择。之后他把水瓶还给我,还假惺惺地说:“祝您度过愉快的一天。”
说真的,如果你的工作就是直接面对顾客,那你就真的应该学点礼貌才行。我很容易满足,但这家店实在糟糕透顶。不过我的朋友们倒觉得挺有意思的,所以也不算完全白跑一趟。看了其他评论后我发现,这家店的老板对这种行为似乎习以为常了。