Attn: Customers
Hey, Lady! Yeah you with the cart full of cat food! We're coming down the aisle with a big ass couch so could you please move?
No don't just move to one side! Get the fuck out of the way! Flattening yourself against a shelf is not helping!
Don't want to move? Fine. Stay there. You get knocked down it's your own damn fault.
Lady is in the library with her two daughters today. She asked if I could log her daughter onto the computer. Which is fine. But, have you suddenly forgotten how to log into a computer and get your daughter on a website to play games? I explained to the lady that I could log her on but she would have to agree to the terms of use. And if she wanted to play games I was not allowed to choose a website for her daughter because if there was offensive material, I could be held accountable and lose my job. She gave the dirtiest look. And said that is just ridiculous. "I thought you were here to assist us patrons"
I am here to help you locate books. I am here to plan programs so that your children can come to the library and have fun. I am not here to be your babysitter. I am not here to pick up your mess or do anything that you are capable of doing yourself.
I did not say anything to her because I love my job. I'm not going to let one patron ruin my day for me.
But please feel free the gtfo of the library.
The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.
Silly woman.
To the customers who phone in their orders - There are people who actually come in to place their orders (yes, I know, crazy right?!) and when you call and the ONE cashier doesn't happen to answer that call immediately because maybe they have an influx of customers in front of them, please do NOT:
1- Let the phone ring until your ear is bleeding.
2- Hang up and call back immediately.
3- Ask if we're open once the phone is answered. I answered the phone during business hours, did I not?
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
"Chuck calls Noah fortnightly on his bakelite rotary phone and gives him publisher's insider information and stock tips."- Tuffy
Stop doing these things. Especially asking your friend/lover/significant other/eff buddy what they're getting. It only matters if you're sharing.
Also, if something on the menu changed several years ago, get over it.
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
"Chuck calls Noah fortnightly on his bakelite rotary phone and gives him publisher's insider information and stock tips."- Tuffy
They got rid of my favorite chocolate pudding at the stores here. I'm quite crushed.
Yeah, I bitch about stuff being taken off the menu all the time. I just avoid complaining about it to my server because I'm constantly getting customers coming in after 3 years and moaning about the new menu.
Customer: Why do they come with carrots now, what's that veggie mixture they used to come with? Can I not get that anymore?
Me: You can! *pointing to sign right next to my face* Here's the list of substitutions if you don't want the carrots.
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
"Chuck calls Noah fortnightly on his bakelite rotary phone and gives him publisher's insider information and stock tips."- Tuffy
Attn: creepy customer dudes. I am paid to be pleasant and courteous towards you. I know you're starved for female attention, but please do not mistake this for flirting. Your jokes are awkward, and I don't really care that you're having a bad day or that your brother is in jail, sorry.
Do you work in or near a comic book shop?
not that I'm aware of
Please don't fight over who is going to pay in front of me. And there is certainly no need to push people's money/cards away from my hand. I'm taking whatever makes it to my hand first and you can argue about that at the table. Leave me out of it.
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
"Chuck calls Noah fortnightly on his bakelite rotary phone and gives him publisher's insider information and stock tips."- Tuffy
Why is it that people have no clue that I can't just transfer their stock from their accounts for them? And no, they can't get a tax deduction if they didn't transfer the stock, even if they thought that telling me they were going to transfer it would be all it would take to initiate the transfer. I sent fucking instructions!
Grrr!
And how is it that non-profits that expect to get money from us don't know what an audited financial statement is? Or think that we don't REALLY mean we want an an Audit when we say we do?
Double grrr!
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
(I don't work I retail so I hope this is still ok)
Dear trainee,
You're new. It's ok that you don't know things. You don't have to repeat the last three words of everything I say to try and sound smart. It's ok. I am here to teach you.
Dear trainee,
You're new. It's ok that you don't know things. You don't have to repeat the last three words of everything I say to try and sound smart. It's ok. I am here to teach you.
oh man. i kind of hate training people. I don't know if the kind of situation you mentioned is worse or the ones that just look at you blankly, nod, and then sit there doing nothing.
I'm helping the new girl at work, because she'll be doing what I'm doing. She needs my help a lot, but at the same time thinks she knows everything better than me. It's a difficult and annoying situation.
Attention, customers:
- Do not call me at 14:58 with a million questions, I'm about to go home.
- Stop being lazy, it's not my responsibility nor do I care whether you get admitted to the study program you applied for or not.
At my last sale, a couple of weeks ago, a man walked up to me at our busiest time (half price time) and told me he would like to buy the washer, the dryer, and the refridgerator. I told him that was great and would he please get the tags off the items he would like to purchase and bring them to me (this is to avoid my selling things to one person by word of mouth while another person actually has the tag for said item). He obliged and while I was giving him his change he told me that he had a graduation to go to and wouldn't be able to get them until that evening. I told him I was sorry, but we closed at 4 and there would not be anyone there after that, but I would also be there from 2-4 pm on the following day (Sunday). He said he couldn't do that, he needed someone to meet him that evening or in the morning. I asked him what time in the morning, that I might be able to be there as early as 10:30 or 11 (I try to be as flexible as I can) He said that wasn't early enough and he needed someone to meet him at 8. Mind you he wasn't asking nicely or trying to be flexible at all, it wasn't a question, it was what he NEEDED DONE. I told him that just wasn't doable and maybe we could work something out for Monday, no he can't do that, he needs to put the stuff on a trailer and take it to Dallas. Well I'm sorry sir, but there is really nothing I can do. Then he asked me if I could call the owners and have them meet him. I'm sure I reacted visibly to that one and then told him, No, sir, that would not be possible, the reason they hire us is so that they don't have to deal with any of this and they would not appreciate being bothered. Then he asked me if there was someone I trusted that I could give the key to. At this point I just wanted to give him his money back and get rid of him. This was our busiest time of any sale, there were at least ten people waiting in line behind him.
He finally said, fine, then I don't want them and left in a huff. I went and put the tags back on the items, the next customer in line said she was surprised he didn't ask me to deliver them to Dallas for him.
Ugh.
We had the WORST customers we have had in a while at this one. Another woman tried to get a cast iron cauldron out from under someone. One man had his hands on the thing, he was dumping out the water, but it was too heavy to lift. He turned and told the guy that works for me that he wanted it and another woman came and grabbed the tag off of it and tried to pay me for it. So I had the man, the woman, and the guy that works for me all standing there in front of me. The man was just baffled and the woman insisted that since she had the tag it was hers. Usually this is the way it works, but not when you do it like that. I didn't learn all of the details until later, but I knew she was being shady.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica