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    My coworker is a first responder and was on the phone with a customer when she was called to respond to a medical emergency suffered by an employee. She let the customer know and OF COURSE the response was "I've been on hold half an hour!" It's not like we weren't going to call her back. Turned out to be a drill, BTW.
    "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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    Got to love how some customers are so entitled that they'd put their own annoying little problem before someone's health and wellbeing
    Don’t worry about what I’m up to. Worry about why you are worried about what I’m up to.

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    • #3
      In my 26 year career, I've experienced the following:

      In a restaurant, on my knees, performing CPR, fucker tries to STEP OVER ME to get to the buffet.

      In the parking lot at Big Box, treating a child run over by a car, asshole yells at us to move the ambulance so he can leave his parking space. Threatens to get in and move it himself, gets schooled by the firefighters who responded with us.

      Bonus to above: ambulance is parked to block traffic from where we are working, asshole number 2 going the wrong direction tries to squeeze the gap, starts laying on the horn, gets told to shut up and back up by same firefighters.

      Another restaurant, in the women's restroom, (I'm a guy), starting an IV on a woman who is vomiting and shocky from fluid loss, The Moose enters and yells, "Get out of here you pervert, I need to take a shit!" Classy.

      Extricating a woman from her mangled car with the Hurst tools (spreaders and cutters), I'm holding her head and neck still, wearing protective gear, Quiz Kid wants to stand at my elbow and kibitz.

      Another extrication, a teenager with her leg trapped under the dashboard, as we free her leg and blood flow resumes, her pain level skyrockets and she starts crying and screaming. Assholus Prime, the sidewalk supervisor, starts laughing and mock-imitating her screams. Told to knock it off, replies, "She's just being dramatic." Cops invite him to step off.

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      • #4
        Quoth Food Lady View Post
        ...She let the customer know and OF COURSE the response was "I've been on hold half an hour!" It's not like we weren't going to call her back.
        "And you know what? It may become longer at this point..."

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        • #5
          Back in my days with The Now-Defunct Tea Shop, we had a customer pass out, without any warning that I was aware of ... I wasn't dealing with her, but suddenly I hear this comparatively mild bit of pandemonium behind me, I turn around, and her boyfriend is trying to hold her up. Ass't. Mgr. tells him "Lie her down ... yes, on the floor" so he does, and AM goes to shut the grill between the shop and the mall.

          Shortly thereafter we had one or two people tap on the grill, asking if they can come in. No, we tell them, we've got a medical emergency and the shop is momentarily closed. They weren't sucky, but it was a sort of "But I only want to get one thing!" They were told in no uncertain terms that they would HAVE to come back later on, and at least they wandered off at that point. If they were bitching and whining, we didn't have to hear it.
          Customer service: More efficient than a Dementor's kiss
          ~ Mr Hero

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          • #6
            Quoth Dytchdoctir View Post

            Extricating a woman from her mangled car with the Hurst tools (spreaders and cutters), I'm holding her head and neck still, wearing protective gear, Quiz Kid wants to stand at my elbow and kibitz.
            .
            When you got your green cross sticker for that one, you should've put it right over blabbermouth's lips
            - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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            • #7
              Quoth Argabarga View Post
              When you got your green cross sticker for that one, you should've put it right over blabbermouth's lips
              Not sure what, if any, connection there is to the medical marijuana industry in my little anecdote, (just kidding!) however I was able to push the faceshield of my helmet into his nose and snarl, "See that guy? Dressed like me, and with giant scissors? Wanna know what'll happen if they close on your leg?"
              Last edited by Dytchdoctir; 03-26-2018, 06:16 PM.

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              • #8
                I was working for a TV news station video library so got to do the footage dubs for police. Most fun police seize of footage we were glad to hand over.

                There was a fire next door, so with lots of bored camera crew sitting around there weren't many unimportant fires that would get covered so well. A motorcyclist decided barricades and police waving at him telling him to stop meant nothing, though riding over the hose pipes slowed him down.
                He got stopped and moved out of the way, can't remember if he was arrested on the spot, but the police were interested enough to pursue some sort of prosecution.

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