So far I've ruined 2 Christmases, a third is a maybe, and we aren't to Thanksgiving yet.
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Without being too specific, apparently every kid in town wants some Paw Patrol toy we have advertised in our latest circular.
We had six when the sale started Thursday. They all sold out on Thursday as far as we knew. Online store is apparently out of stock, but shows us as having it in stock because some dumb person apparently decided to hold one behind the service desk for somebody. The past three days we've been inundated with calls about this damn toy and lots of people in-store looking for it. Two of them have already decided Christmas is ruined because there's a chance we will not get this toy in stock until...the end of this month.
This is going to be like shooting fish in a barrel.Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.
"I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily
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Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View PostWe had six when the sale started Thursday. They all sold out on Thursday as far as we knew. Online store is apparently out of stock, but shows us as having it in stock because some dumb person apparently decided to hold one behind the service desk for somebody.Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Two of them have already decided Christmas is ruined because there's a chance we will not get this toy in stock until...the end of this month.When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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Quoth wolfie View PostThis is fail on so many levels. For something that's expected to be popular, six of them is way too few. When something's in short supply, NOBODY should hold one behind the counter - it's first come, first serve. Probably the best solution would be to tell anyone who asks that the "shows one but there aren't any" is that you suspect that one was shoplifted, but it can't be removed from the system until after the next inventory.
Customers also don't know what our on-hands are. Just because it says "in stock" on our website doesn't mean it actually is, and I remind people of that if they ask.
As to why we were holding one-- I don't know but it's possible it's because somebody on the floor screwed up. He highly discourage telling people when trucks are coming, because no matter how much we weasel-word it, the customer interprets "There's a truck tomorrow night but we don't know if the thing you want is coming; call us the morning after to see if it came in" as "It's coming on tomorrow's truck. No doubt about it."Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.
"I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily
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Our store keeps getting exclusive toys for a certain galactic movie coming out soon. The first one was for one figure. We didn't get any in but kept getting calls for about three weeks. When we finally got them in, we got six. I was so tempted to buy one and sell it online. A couple months ago we had another one featured in our ad. We didn't have any at the start of the sale and finally got 2 in. I'm not even sure the things made it onto the shelf. I think they sold just from people asking if we had them and went from the stockroom to the register.
Can't wait to see what we have for Christmas.I would have a nice day, but I have other things to do.
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Christmas Ace
Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View PostSo far I've ruined 2 Christmases, a third is a maybe, and we aren't to Thanksgiving yet.
When you get up to 6, you can start calling yourself "Ace".
COMPETITION: What does the "I ruined Christmas" logo look like? Post your effort here.
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Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Postno matter how much we weasel-word it, the customer interprets "There's a truck tomorrow night but we don't know if the thing you want is coming; call us the morning after to see if it came in" as "It's coming on tomorrow's truck. No doubt about it."I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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Dude, you suck
(translation: You totally rock!!!)
I've already ruined several Thanksgivings by telling people that they couldn't use food stamps for pet food.
(I did tell them about places to get free pet food. I have pets. I understand that sometimes a pet is the only reason to get out of bed and live for another day. I can't change the rules.)
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Quoth Slave to the Phone View PostDude, you suck
(translation: You totally rock!!!)
I've already ruined several Thanksgivings by telling people that they couldn't use food stamps for pet food.
(I did tell them about places to get free pet food. I have pets. I understand that sometimes a pet is the only reason to get out of bed and live for another day. I can't change the rules.)"I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View PostSo far I've ruined 2 Christmases, a third is a maybe, and we aren't to Thanksgiving yet.This site proves Corey Taylor right. Man really is a "four letter word."
I'm now using my Deviant Art page to post my humor.
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