Guest ant_7000 Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I was reading Pinnacle's thread and I got inspired to start this one. When your dealing with customers and working with fellow employees especially working somewhere like malls, department stores, fast food/resturants. If you work at the places I just mentioned you got a lot stories to tell, Like dumb ass customers asking you do work here when you have your uniform on with name tag, Or your lame ass co-workers whom a) Lazy and don't do work, b) Weird and you try to avoid them, or c) They suck up/kiss ass to the managers. But one thing that always annoy the hell out me is at most of my jobs, I usually have the closing shift and there's always some customer comes into my store when theres 5-10 minutes before the store is closing taking their sweet ass time looking for something and everybody got something to do after work (especially Fridays and Saturday nights.) and want to get the hell up outta as soon as possible and can't start closing procedures because of the customer taking their sweet ass time. And it really pisses me off when a customer is in the store for like 10 minutes after the store close and buys alot of shit or buys one thing. Don't you hate shit like that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted October 10, 2002 One thing that annoyed me when I was working at Bob Evans was "Do you like working here?" Do I look like I'm smiling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DJ Jeff Report post Posted October 10, 2002 When I was working at this hardware store in Calgary, I always had to deal with customers who would be taking their sweet ass time looking for something, and the store had closed 5 minutes ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kingpk Report post Posted October 10, 2002 From my first job: Fuckwads that order 20 double-cheeseburgers at 6PM on a Friday night, while there are 3,214,512 other orders I have to fill because my coworker snuck out for a smoke. From my current job: Asshole parents that bitch at ME when I tell them I can't sell an M rated game to their 12 year old, even though it's store policy. But I love throwing out kids from the JR High School down the street who do nothing but play games for 45 minutes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrRant Report post Posted October 10, 2002 Try explaining the technological greatness that is "right click" to an 80yr old woman who thinks turning of the computer is shutting of the MONITOR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leena Report post Posted October 10, 2002 But I love throwing out kids from the JR High School down the street who do nothing but play games for 45 minutes. I hate the evil video game store guy. Fuck you. I had to wait over a year so I could beat Sega Tennis 2K2 in the store! Hmmm... shitty job moments. I worked at UPS where nobody bothered me, and now I do data entry, where nobody bothers me. Rather boring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kingpk Report post Posted October 10, 2002 But I love throwing out kids from the JR High School down the street who do nothing but play games for 45 minutes. I hate the evil video game store guy. Fuck you. I had to wait over a year so I could beat Sega Tennis 2K2 in the store! There's an arcade right next door, go there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leena Report post Posted October 10, 2002 The games there suck though! I don't have quarters, either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted October 10, 2002 See, this is why Funcoland in Niles, Ohio has a big sign that says "All games have a five minute time limit. Please adhere to it." Not that anybody ever reads it, but the effort's there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted October 10, 2002 "Or your lame ass co-workers whom a) Lazy and don't do work, b) Weird and you try to avoid them, or c) They suck up/kiss ass to the managers." Heck, you don't need a "fake" job to experience this -- it happens where I work all the f'n time at my "real" job... "But one thing that always annoy the hell out me is at most of my jobs, I usually have the closing shift and there's always some customer comes into my store when theres 5-10 minutes before the store is closing taking their sweet ass time looking for something..." Actually, this scenario didn't bother me that much when I worked food service. Seeing how I spent the majority of my time cleaning the grill area after hours, as long as a customer didn't mess up their area I didn't mind. Of course blasting some NWA's Str8 Outta Compton seemed to make them eat their burger fast. One time when I worked third shift at a convience store this bitch came in at 2 a.m. and wanted to spend the night playing scratch-off games. I was busy making orders for the next stock delivery, and she wanted to buy tickets one at a time. Normally, this wouldn't bug me (that bad) seeing it was late night, but she gave me the biggest attitude, and said "well I'm going to be here awhile." I responded by saying "Yes you are because I'm not coming back to the register until this aisle is accounted for." She got mad and left -- bitch... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest crandamaniac Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I hate customers that come into electronics, grab something, and then try and walk out with it. I tell them that it needs to be paid for in electronics, and they get bitchy with me and tell me that they've paid for other stuff before outside of the department. And like I said in a previous thread, I can be a real s.o.b when it comes to enforcing the rules, so I stand my ground and tell them it either has to be paid for back here, or I have to take it up there for them. I've been cussed out, given mean looks, had people complain to the manager and even had a video game controller thrown at me just because I'm enforcing store policy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted October 10, 2002 Lazy coworkers annoy me. It's not like we work hard here very often, but we have a guy who doesn't want to do ANYTHING. He'll nose around in what other people are doing, but when it comes time to do something himself, he scrambles for an excuse. Different people within the same agency having different agendas sucks, too, especially when you get caught inbetween them. Users who have just enough knowledge to be dangerous also irritate the hell out of me. I love it when they try to diagnose their own problem (which is usually fucking WRONG), then get all bent when I suggest more reasonable alternatives. Hey, jackass, how about leaving the troubleshooting to the crowd that gets paid to do it? And the last thing I'm going to bitch about... impatient people needing accounts created and/or modified. We have four days to act on those requests. I'm sorry you need it four hours from now; perhaps you should have sent the bloody request three and a half days ago? Even when you work for the government, people suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I work in a grocery store. I've acquired a fairly large hatred for old people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest danielisthor Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I've been cussed out, given mean looks, had people complain to the manager and even had a video game controller thrown at me just because I'm enforcing store policy Should of sued them for assualt and your boss as well for making you work in a dangerous enviroment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest danielisthor Report post Posted October 10, 2002 Last job i was in, i was a warehouse manager. The warehouse had no loading dock, the boss was to cheap to buy a forklift or a pallet jack and i was the boss of a bunch of 50+ old women who by company rules did not have to pick up anything weighing over 10lbs. Anyways, i would have to hand unload every single truck that came in by myself, inventory it and stock. Most trucks that came in were roughly 10 pallet loads. I would be out there sweating up a storm and any one of the girls who worked up stairs would come down and ask "are you busy?" WTF. Make me want to go postal on the entire building. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I have a roommate that used to work at my store with me but he quit about two weeks ago because it was becoming too much to deal with when added to his school activites. One thing that had pissed him off was this fat girl who stole a big sale from him. He was pissed about it and ended up bringing it up with the manager during a conversation. He said that she told him about it and was crying and didn't know why she did it. I know why she did it, BECAUSE SHE WANTED THE FUCKING SALE!!!!!!! I don't give two fucks about her crying about it, she still did it and she knew what she was doing. She did the same thing to me once and I was pissed off about it. You don't get comission at my store, but they have employee ratings. Employee ratings are based on how much accessories, apparel and multiple sales you make. The way she was stealing sales was by ringing up the sales on the cash register, but entering her employee ID number when crediting the sale. I haven't been on the same shift as her since she did it to me, but let it happen again. I'm going to say, "I told you a long time ago you FUCKING LITTLE MONKEY NOT TO FUCK ME!!" It's a good thing we haven't worked together since then because there wil be bad blood between us. Another thing that pissed me off was the fact that my coworkers acted like I had my roommate in my back pocket. The week that he quit, there was a mandatory meeting on a Sunday morning. He elected not to go, and everybody was asking me why he didn't come. I'm not him! Don't ask me why he didn't come! Just because we live together and are friends doesn't mean that I'm his spokesman. My manager asked me where he was and I told him that I don't know anything about it and that he had to ask my roommate why he didn't come. My manager then said, well it sounds like you don't want to get involved. You think? Why the hell would I want to get involved? We're two seperate people. Him not showing up to the meeting has nothing to do with me, I was there. Don't hold a press conference with me on his whereabouts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Texas Small Arms 09 Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I work with people that do not know how to copy and paste and one of my co works looks like Cheech and I swear he is the dumbest of them all. It takes him double the time it would take a normal person to do anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dr. Wrestlingphysics Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I work in a nightclub, so as well as being assholes, the customers are drunk assholes! The following is from a "rant" myself and a friend put together on how to behave in a nightclub: How to act like you aren't a dick:- Call drinks by their proper names, i.e. if it look's like Smirnoff Ice, tastes kind of like Smirnoff Ice but it isn't Smirnoff Ice then don't ask for a goddamn Smirnoff ice. If you can't even manage that then at least call it Smirnoff and not Smirmoff. Shouting at people does not get you anywhere and will likely only alert everyone else to your status as a dick. Queueing is not hard to do- witness old people in Post Offices. Not having enough money to pay is not a reason why you shouldn't have to pay at all. All you will hear is the sound of laughter. And with good reason. A bottle of Red = a bottle of Red, a bottle of Blue doesn't equal a 'Blue' Red. You dicks. Saying 'Serve this guy after me' will not make anyone serve your mate any faster it will only make us aware that there are two dicks waiting. Putting your hand over your mouth does NOT make you louder! It only makes it more obvious that you are a dick. When pouring beer the head given can and will be of varying quality, so to speak. Nobody cares if you did/do work in a bar, you don't know how things work anymore than we know how you got to be such a dick (although at least we can guess). A clean glass cannot be guaranteed. This aint the titty-fucking Ritz. Damn! The full rant is available on the NTO site, see link below. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lord of The Curry Report post Posted October 10, 2002 I work at Rogers Video, kinda like a Canadian version of BlockBuster, even though we have those here too. I swear, I've encountered so many fuckin stupid people that when I leave, I'm writing a book. - Customers who give me a BlockBuster membership card to scan when they come to the till. - People who just can't fuckin speak English. Hey, in Canada our national languages are both English and French. I speak both of those, though my French isn't great. I DONT however, speak Russian, Polish, Pakistani or a million other langauges that get yelled at me every day. Fuck..... - Late charges. I don't know if I should start in on those, as it's a source of much of my rage. I just hate people that lie and can't admit that their movies were late. - Kids that complain that I can't rent them Texas Chainsaw Massacre when they're only 12 years old. Then they ask if they can rent Blade II......stupid children. So much hatred.....so many more stories.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted October 10, 2002 In every retail job I've ever had, I wanted to smack the (usually old) people upside the head that got snippy with me because they're too stupid to figure out how a credit card works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted October 10, 2002 "I hate customers that come into electronics, grab something, and then try and walk out with it. I tell them that it needs to be paid for in electronics, and they get bitchy with me and tell me that they've paid for other stuff before outside of the department. And like I said in a previous thread, I can be a real s.o.b when it comes to enforcing the rules, so I stand my ground and tell them it either has to be paid for back here, or I have to take it up there for them. I've been cussed out, given mean looks, had people complain to the manager and even had a video game controller thrown at me just because I'm enforcing store policy" My anal-retentive pleasue was when I worked at a convenience (sp) store. I was the only one who enforced the we-don't-take-$50-bills policy. Upper management woud always BITCH if we took $50 or $100 bills, but never backed us up if we enforced the policy. I was the exception to the rule. Two memorable instances. 1) This family came in and the guy handed me $100 for a $15 fill up. I said I can't accept this -- store policy. He said "I don't see any signs saying that." I then pointed out the 20+ we had all over the store. He then said "Well I can't pay for this," which is a lie because he had a bunch of bills in his wallet. I then went out and wrote his license plate down. He said "What was that for?" I replied "If you leave this parking lot without paying I'm calling the police. He paid with a $20. Another douchebag came in and said "Can you break $100?" I said "I'm not allowed." He said, in a nutshell, "YOu have to it's U.S. legal tender." Well one thing led to another and I told him to call teh hotline number located outside on a sticker to our enterance door to our store's chain. Anyway, he does that on his cell phone, AND HE CALLS THE WRONG NUMBER!!! He calls me! I pretend like I'm an operator and tell him I'm in the right and that he's wrong and explain to him why we aren't allowed to accept bills larger than $20. He stormed off, never to be seen again... And on that note... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Spaceman Spiff Report post Posted October 10, 2002 Anyway, he does that on his cell phone, AND HE CALLS THE WRONG NUMBER!!! He calls me! I pretend like I'm an operator and tell him I'm in the right and that he's wrong and explain to him why we aren't allowed to accept bills larger than $20. He stormed off, never to be seen again... Priceless... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted October 11, 2002 I tend to do a lot of stupid customer stories, but here's a stupid co-worker one... The place I work at scores state assessment tests, and I'm in charge of a bunch of readers who score the tests (groups can range from 7 readers to 20+, depending on the project...) Anyway, I trained 50+ readers from three different teams and was preparing for another training session that I was responsible for 2 days from then. This bitch who was in charge of one of the teams I had trained was directing all the questions her readers had toward me. I asked her why she was doing this. She said because I did the training, to which I retorted that's your job -- to answer the questions. She didn't study up on the questions her team was to be doing, and she didn't even pay attention to the 2+ hours I spent going over the material with everyone. (She also pulled this sh*t a week or so later) Oh did my blood pressure go through the roof after that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted October 11, 2002 Well, I've worked in retail pretty much since I started working. My least favorite right now would be a tie between old people, customers that ignore me when I greet them, and people that try to fight me every which way in order to get their money back. Old people bother me, due to the fact that they think that every shoe that has ever been manufactured is still available in some capacity. I've had them come in, ask me for a certain shoe, and upon my reply of "I'm sorry, we don't carry that brand", get a mean old people voice telling me that "Well, I got it at this mall". Whenever I ask them from which store they bought it, and when, it's "Oh, it was from Lady Foot Locker about 7 years ago..." Then they act as if it's my fault personally that we don't have the shoe. People that ignore me are people that walk into the store and completely disregard anyone else. My job is to just say, "Hi, how're you today" just for the benefit of secret shoppers. All these people do is ignore me, and walk right past me. Sometimes, when I'm feeling froggy, I'll carry out imaginary conversations with them, putting a hand over my mouth to disguise my voice. The best one was the one that went on for about 10 minutes about the pros and cons of child labor laws. The worst are the people that realize that they don't have a leg to stand on, so they resort to empty threats, and generally loud and obnoxious behaviour. I don't know of anyone more annoying that I've encountered in my services in retail. This one guy came in with his nasty, skanky slime ball pig of a girlfriend, and tried to return a pair of shoes with no receipt. The shoes looked like he had climbed Mt. Everest in the damn things, so obviously, no receipt, no defect, no return. I told him that, and upon me finishing my sentence, he leaned in close, and said, "You're returning these show, white boy." I replied by simply stating what I had before. He went off on this huge tyrade, calling me every name in the book, getting his whore laughing, and proceeded to lay waste to me, calling me a "white boy" a "Fucking cracker", oh and "honky", cant forget "honky". In the end, the guy left after not getting anything back on his stuff, after he threatened to "kick your fucking ass after work, when you get off", to which I replied that he'd be waiting a long time, it was only noon now, I don't get off work until about 9PM. We threatened to call the cops on him and he left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted October 12, 2002 Sounds like a hate crime to me. Whenever you get the grouchy old person, just think to yourself "They'll be dead soon." It puts EVERYTHING in perspective... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted October 12, 2002 Nah, with the old folks, I just make my "Lance Storm face" and they leave, no harm, no foul That guy never came back either, too bad he left his sunglasses. It felt good to step on those fucking things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
