Talk:Greeter

Explanation of reversion

So, User:Duempel replaced this page's content with a translation of the German WP article. I've reverted this edit, because I don't agree that this was an improvement – the German article includes a large, unnecessary table (with an external links column that violates WP:ELNO #19), less information about what Greeters actually do, an excessive focus on the Berlin program, and a fair few formatting errors (along with some grammatical errors resulting from the translation). However, the German article does have a couple of good references, which I've re-added to this article (I've also tidied up some of the prose and overlinking). I'm just explaining this here because obviously this wouldn't fit into an edit summary. DoctorKubla (talk) 10:50, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Dear DoctorKubla, I am very irritated about your decision. The page I posted yesterday was structured, had all necessary references and gave a good overview about Greeters. Now the English Wikipedia article is back to the useless stub. But anyway, it is your decision. I will concentrate on improving the German page instead. This is how Wikipedia frustrates volunteers - no wonder no one is writing anymore. :-) Thank you for the weblink hint - I did not know that.--Duempel (talk) 12:41, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Volunteers?

What about Walmart greeters? They get paid -- so they are not volunteers. Ottawahitech (talk) 16:17, 25 January 2016 (UTC)please ping me

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What about commercial (store) "greeters"?

I don't just mean the fact they aren't volunteers, but the fact that they are surely best known as people who lie in wait for you as you enter commercial enterprises and give you a manifestly ungenuine welcome (the arch-perpetrator being Walmart from the 1980s onwards). My local bank in Holland tried the experiment about 5 years ago. As I entered the small branch, every corner of which was clearly visible from the door, my way was blocked by a middle-aged woman who announced "Goedemiddag, ik ben uw gastvrouwe!" ("Good afternoon, I'm your hostess!"). Since I knew exactly where I was going and did not need further assistance, and she was standing in front of the machine that issued tickets to ensure I'd be served in turn, I couldn't help exclaiming "Gastvrouwe?!" ("Hostess?!") in a loud and frankly irritated voice. Whereupon she sternly told me "not to make fun of her job". I don't know if other people responded to her presence in the same way, but within weeks she'd gone, and (thank goodness) has never been replaced.213.127.210.95 (talk) 14:55, 1 April 2018 (UTC)