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[Shane]

Rain is good. Let me steal your weather.

[MarinaraSauce]

Rain is good. Let me steal your weather.

 

I agree.  It's hotter than hell right now where I live.

[KingPridenia]

Had a co-worker coming up to me complaining about his boss, the head of the dairy department. I pretty much told him that he and the dairy department leader need to talk to each other like adults. I was very blunt about NOT wanting to get dragged into his disagreement. I learned the hard way being the middleman is asking for trouble. Get in the middle of drama and you end up taking the brunt of the damage from it. Let them deal with it. I have enough on my plate with managers that frankly aren't very good managers, irate customers and old women that get pissed off if I decline their tips. Half the time, even telling them accepting a tip could get me fired isn't enough. I do appreciate it, but a dollar is NOT worth losing my job over.

 

Then to make matters worse yet, there is some REALLY creepy old man that all the suddenly shops here every day. He licks his mouth all the time at pure random, speaks like he's an escapee from a psychiatric ward, and has made MANY employees uncomfortable. Just today, one woman was complaining that he demanded her to shake his hand CONSTANTLY to the point she was getting disturbed. He has done a lot of weird things and he talks about really bizarre stuff. He even began to follow me the other day. Once I began to walk faster to get away from him, he gave up after going about half the parking lot. I seriously feel that my life will be at risk if I end up getting into a situation I'm alone with the creep or there are no witnesses. I'm really relying on my gut instinct here. Until I find out what my rights are about this situation, I am going to do my best to AVOID him like the plague.

[umbrello]

Someone please share my pain! I'm so angry at Pokemon Y right now, lol. All I want to do is horde train in route 19. but it's been raining for 2 hours so I can't since sweet scent won't work! GGGGGRRRRAWR! *smashes 3DS with hammer*

Edited by umbrello, 29 August 2014 - 10:25 PM.

[KingPridenia]

I'm about ready to chop my feet off. I'm sick and tired of every shoe I try on not being wide enough and if it is, it's like +2 or +3 sizes too big. I'm not ordering online because there is a high risk of it not fitting me properly, and trying to get a refund would be a nightmare. This is the SECOND pair of shoes I have to return to K-Mart because of them hurting my feet. It's really getting on my nerves I can't find a properly fitting shoe, and my current ones are all but dead; the soles are worn out and holes are all over it. Ugh.

[The Satellite]

It was bound to happen eventually but I had my first fuckwit-level customer today.

 

Basically, we have competition games with three levels of prizes, small, medium, and large, and there's trade up, meaning you play more games and you win larger prizes. Today I was transferred to the kids' area, so in some games the prizes are a little smaller than the rest of the park.

 

This one group of adults comes in, at least I think they were all four together, it was just the two whose heads I wanted to knock off. They play a game, I do the usual routine, "This is your prize for one game, if you play again you can trade up for one of the bigger ones," they start throwing a fit, "You didn't tell us that, we should get a larger one cuz you didn't tell us, we don't want that shit." I'm just like, "... there's a sign right there that says all this." There's also smaller signs on each prize for "1 win," "2 wins," and "4 wins." Admittedly the 2-win sign had fallen before I'd taken over, and they're still throwing a fit like "you better put that sign back up there," so I do after a moment while I'm trying to handle them still, and they're like "Yeah, NOW you put the sign up." "... sir, you asked me to," was my response.

 

So I just keep hearing their ranting and shit for a little while, pretty sure they dropped some lines about how I'm terrible about my job. Meanwhile I've already called the supervisor when they're like "Who do we talk to if we want to complain?" About me, of course. I just told them I already did, and they're like "We're just gonna wait right here then." But then they left before supervisor could show up, they never returned. And I say good riddance to those bastards.

 

Joke's on them, though. I took their money and they got nothing in return.

[Evan20000]

 

Joke's on them, though. I took their money and they got nothing in return.

 

 

In all seriousness, yeah, there are plenty of really stupid people in the world. I don't know what causes people to do things like this to service workers. Do they act like that to everyone they know? How do they even function in society if they do?

[KingPridenia]

In all seriousness, yeah, there are plenty of really stupid people in the world. I don't know what causes people to do things like this to service workers. Do they act like that to everyone they know? How do they even function in society if they do?

 

Some people sadly thrive on being complete assholes. Guess because little to anything is actually done about it, people feel there is little reason to care. It's really sickening to see how rotten humans can get. Society has just been reduced to a bunch of selfish, rude, lazy, impatient and entitled people. And the anger, man. It's everywhere. EVERYONE is so angry. At work, a customer was giving the girl monitoring self-scan hell. It began with simple frustration, but quickly turned into her being called all kinds of things. The aftermath was that the girl broke down into tears and declared she quit after her shift and that she "doesn't make enough to put up with this shit".

 

It's a shame, because associates at Weis (and I'm sure every other grocery store or store in general) have to put up with so much crap for so little payout and asking for advancement is met with every single excuse why it's not possible. Then they wonder why they can't keep associates...

 

Back on topic though, people are just jerks and do it because there is little consequence for their actions. I see it all the time; people are annoying as hell, and NOTHING is ever done because everyone walks on eggshells anymore. How little it takes to piss people off now is just shocking. Just one look could flare someone's temper. I remember when I was little, stuff like that was uncommon but now, it's the norm. And yes, I do admit as I have gotten older, it seems frustration rears its ugly head much more frequently, where something as simple as being cut off on the way to work can screw me up for the first two hours on the job.

[Moonbread]

Oooh, ooh!  Here's a couple of stories from work today, regarding customers.

 

So, where I work, it's really popular to get peppers on the #9 (Italian Night Club), but what people don't realize is that all we have is cherry peppers and no other kind of peppers. (I guess the 22 large jars of cherry peppers sitting in our kitchen in plain sight doesn't tip them off?)  Someone came in, trying to order it with banana peppers, and we explained.  He asked for a to-go menu, to take back to the car and look it over with his wife.  So he comes back in a couple minutes later, and is like, "Okay, my wife would like to have red pepper relish."  I mean, he actually read the freaking menu, which lists all of our ingredients, and is still telling us to put something on it we don't have.

 

As for another customer, he's actually a regular... and reallllly stubborn.  Basically, the #5 and #9 are our two "Italian" subs, the main difference being that the #9 also comes with ham and mayo.  And he asks for a #9 with no ham. (and this isn't the first time he's done it, either.)  We, once again, try to explain that he could save a dollar by just getting a #5 with mayo instead, but he is absolutely convinced there is a difference beyond just ham, and won't listen to us.  Ah well, I mean, it's his money and he can pay more if he refuses to listen, but I just feel dishonest doing it.

 

All in all, I find that the biggest problems with our customers tends to be their inability to read the rather large menus in the lobby.  You're not deciphering hieroglyphics, you're figuring out what you want on a sandwich and if seeing if we have it. <_<

[Magi_Hero]

Wait until customer service becomes replaced by automatons and we cant't get anything done right.

[Yloh]

I feel good; I had some good clients with lots of good questions today. I feel like I have made a real difference in some people's lives today. 

 

Tonight, I think I will try an interesting new recipe. It isn't very healthy, but it sure looked good. It is called Pizza Balls. It involves me wrapping pepperoni and Colby cheese in a buttermilk biscuits topped with italian seasoning, garlic powder, and parmesan. Stuff in the oven for at 425 F for 18-20 minutes. 

 

I'm in the process of taking an abdominal challenge. It is a 30 day challenge where I do abdominal related exercises. I'm currently on day 6. While I haven't felt sore from my previous workouts, I sure do feel the burn when I do these abdominal related exercises. I took a shirtless picture of myself on day 1 and I plan on talking a shirtless pictures of myself on day 30. I don't have much body fat, so this will be interesting to see. I know the Pizza Balls work towards against my abdominal area, but I just want to try this recipe so bad. I still pan on lifting weights and running 3 times a week on top of this. 

 

What else, I'm excited about how I'm making progress in my quest. I have full confidence that I can get Level 5 completed before the expo. I'm really excited to see what people have to say about my quest when the expo comes out. I think I will also try and play as many quests as I can during the expo as well.

[KingPridenia]

Wait until customer service becomes replaced by automatons and we cant't get anything done right.

 

Or they just get rid of customer service entirely because "it costs too much". It's already a joke as is. Here's a typical example of customer service over the phone:

 

1. Call some customer service hotline.

2. Hope one of the options applies to you and hit that number. If not, too bad.

3. Repeat step 2 a few times.

4. Get put on hold for 30 minutes.

5. Talk to someone you can't understand.

6. End up not getting your questions answered.

 

Oh, and that's all the while paying some ridiculous rate like $1.00/minute, being on hold for half an hour at a time AND on top of all that. I had one time when I was doing things with my student loans, I was transferred like 3 times and it took two hours just to get things straightened out. Disgusting.

 

Two months ago, I had a problem with Wal-Mart. I wanted to grab a disposable cooler for the 4th of July and an associate gave me an attitude when I asked her where to get them. The next one refused to get up off his fat ass and get me one, instead making me have to go to the other end of the store to grab one. Finally, I went to customer service to file a complaint and they pretty much didn't want to hear it. I IMMEDIATELY went to the website and filed a complaint against them. I'll stake two paychecks it was just swept under the rug, and the associates that gave me a hard time are still employed.

[Magi_Hero]

Talking to a call center is like talking to a wall. Google Wallet. Verizon Business.

[KingPridenia]

Okay, so good day at work today until around 4. Something that I can't repeat on here (due to the extremely NSFW nature of it) happened and I nearly threw up on the spot when I witnessed it. I have also lost more respect for other humans and I can reassure myself that new lows in human laziness, stupidity and being filthy hogs are being made. The bar keeps getting set lower and lower. Bad enough there are so many adults out there that lack rudimentary social skills and can't even do basic things that pretty much every 18+ year old back 40 years ago could do. Is it bad enough when someone in his/her 20s can't even write in coherent English? Even in college, a lot of "professional" students were answering discussion boards with "texting language". i dont c some1 getting a job if they type like this

 

It's really bad seeing a full grown adult explode into a rage over minor things as well. I see it all the time in the grocery store; women that shouldn't be allowed to have children. One evening, some little girl was like "Mommy, Mommy! I want that!". You know, like a typical little boy or girl would. The mother said "no" and the little girl began to throw a tantrum, to which the mother responded by grabbing her arm and literally DRAGGING her daughter along on the floor while she was wailing like a banshee.

Back on the topic of anger, I had a few customers actually get really irate with me for various reasons. I was trying to help one find something we ended up not having, only for him to go into a tirade, screaming things, cursing and just in general being in a bad mood. I also had a few customers get pissed because I would refuse their tips, even after telling them I would lose my job if I took them. One even said "The others accept them". I was so tempted to say "Well, if the other cart guys jumped off the Empire State Building, would you expect me to jump too?", but didn't because I would catch hell for that from my boss. I'm telling you; it's hard dealing with people in general.

[The Satellite]

If I could use only one word to describe work this past night, it would be:

 

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

... no seriously, it was Pride Night.