If you want special treatment from people who do customer service type work, the real trick is to be polite in a way that doesn't take up their time or energy.
https://twitter.com/Coll3enG/status/1492214117490298883
Not asking for much and being a good customer > telling people you're not asking for much and insisting that you're a good customer.
If you do ask for something and they don't/can't do it, the best move is to make it clear that the query is over so that they aren't on the defensive for the rest of the interaction. "Cool, just checking." or whatever fits tonally, then move to the next thing.
I do understand that when you had a plan that started with Step 1: Have The Person At The Place Do Thing and they won't/can't do the thing, it can be easy to perseverate and just try a bunch of angles and different ways of asking instead of moving on.
But if they're out of something, pointing out that it's on the menu/in the ad or whatever isn't going to magically make more., you know?
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