repsac
10-15-2007, 04:52 AM
Got a big one here, happened my second or third week of working at Lowe's.
I had never worked the customer service desk before, and for a time I didn't work it after. The night prior, I'd gotten maybe an hour sleep. Literally I had worked until after midnight, maybe three in the morning (getting a SPECIAL truck loaded and ready to go) and then had to come in at seven. Since I lived an hour round trip away, well you can do the math.
So here I am, standing at customer service, about to pass out from lack of sleep; only to discover that I've made an arse of myself.
This woman comes up with tattoos. Now don't get me wrong, I love body art. Hers though was a series of stars on her elbows. Strange, yes. Uncommon yes. Not something you'd expect someone to get tattoo'd on them? Yes.
In my sleep deprived state, I mumbled something to the effect of "Stars? Must have run out of ideas." The problem was, in my mind this was being said in my head. I was WRONG.
Long story short, I ended up getting written up for it. Later the write up was expunged since the manager who had kept me working the night before had violated some kind of company policy. Even so, that's a big oops on my part. I really should have been fired for it.
I had never worked the customer service desk before, and for a time I didn't work it after. The night prior, I'd gotten maybe an hour sleep. Literally I had worked until after midnight, maybe three in the morning (getting a SPECIAL truck loaded and ready to go) and then had to come in at seven. Since I lived an hour round trip away, well you can do the math.
So here I am, standing at customer service, about to pass out from lack of sleep; only to discover that I've made an arse of myself.
This woman comes up with tattoos. Now don't get me wrong, I love body art. Hers though was a series of stars on her elbows. Strange, yes. Uncommon yes. Not something you'd expect someone to get tattoo'd on them? Yes.
In my sleep deprived state, I mumbled something to the effect of "Stars? Must have run out of ideas." The problem was, in my mind this was being said in my head. I was WRONG.
Long story short, I ended up getting written up for it. Later the write up was expunged since the manager who had kept me working the night before had violated some kind of company policy. Even so, that's a big oops on my part. I really should have been fired for it.