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Oh how I love you, Sundays!
Arriving at work today - my shop is a concession within a supermarket - I saw one of the supermarket staff filling the salad bar before the store opened. And then filling herself too with food from the salad bar. Using a combination of hands in the pots, and also the self-serve spoons in the pots straight into her mouth. Lovely. No salad for me today! Yes, I reported it. Yes I got ignored. No salad for me from that salad bar ever again, and will try tomorrow with one of the supermarket managers who gives a damn.
First thing after open, the phone rings. I do my standard greeting...
Moi: Good morning, <store name>. Linda speaking. How can I help?
Stupid woman: Hi, is this the dry cleaners in <supermarket>?
Moi: Yes it is. How can I help?
SW: You do dry cleaning?
M: Yes.
SW: Oh good <sounds relieved> I have a problem. My kitchen is flooded. Can you bring your dry cleaning machine to my house?
M: I'm sorry - that doesn't sound like a service we offer. You can bring the damaged items into us for cleaning though.
SW: Noooo! That's no use! I need you to come here right now with your dry cleaning machine and fix my drains!
M: Your drains? I think you've got the wrong number - we clean clothes.
SW: That is <company> in <supermarket>?
M: Yes it is
SW: Then I don't have the wrong number! Come here now and clean my drains!
M: (Realising arguing is going to get me nowhere) That's not a service we offer I'm afraid...we only clean clothes...
SW: Well you're USELESS!! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?
M: ...Call a plumber?
SW: <click>
I thought I had had my dose of stupid for the day but no. We sell similar items to these with the name "Grimestoppers". The packaging has a picture of a muddy boot with blurb about its great absorbancy etc. I don't think I can get across how hysterical this woman was being.
Stupid woman 2: Excuse me! What are you going to do about this FALSE ADVERTISING!?
M:
False advertising? I don't know what you could mean? I have one of these mats myself and I can honestly say they are better than is claimed on the packaging.
SW2: Better? BETTER? How is that possible?!
M: It just is. Everything the packaging says is completely true.
SW2: Well I don't see how one little rug can do all of that. It's FALSE ADVERTISING.
M: (so confused and yet so intrigued) Could you tell me how you think it's false advertising? I don't understand.
SW2: John! Come and look at these mats! FALSE ADVERTISING!!!
<husband joins SW2>
SW2: I don't see how this one little mat will stop a burglar! I mean it's ridiculous! It says here "super absorbant". What does it do? Stick the burglars feet to it? Suck them into a black hole? You shouldn't be selling these Crimestopper mats!
Me: ...
SW2: ...
SW2 husband: ... That says Grimestopper, dear.
SW2 leaves in a hurry. Husband rolls his eyes and mouths a sorry. Me and coworker S have to escape to the back to
Arriving at work today - my shop is a concession within a supermarket - I saw one of the supermarket staff filling the salad bar before the store opened. And then filling herself too with food from the salad bar. Using a combination of hands in the pots, and also the self-serve spoons in the pots straight into her mouth. Lovely. No salad for me today! Yes, I reported it. Yes I got ignored. No salad for me from that salad bar ever again, and will try tomorrow with one of the supermarket managers who gives a damn.
First thing after open, the phone rings. I do my standard greeting...
Moi: Good morning, <store name>. Linda speaking. How can I help?
Stupid woman: Hi, is this the dry cleaners in <supermarket>?
Moi: Yes it is. How can I help?
SW: You do dry cleaning?
M: Yes.
SW: Oh good <sounds relieved> I have a problem. My kitchen is flooded. Can you bring your dry cleaning machine to my house?
M: I'm sorry - that doesn't sound like a service we offer. You can bring the damaged items into us for cleaning though.
SW: Noooo! That's no use! I need you to come here right now with your dry cleaning machine and fix my drains!
M: Your drains? I think you've got the wrong number - we clean clothes.
SW: That is <company> in <supermarket>?
M: Yes it is
SW: Then I don't have the wrong number! Come here now and clean my drains!
M: (Realising arguing is going to get me nowhere) That's not a service we offer I'm afraid...we only clean clothes...
SW: Well you're USELESS!! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?
M: ...Call a plumber?
SW: <click>
I thought I had had my dose of stupid for the day but no. We sell similar items to these with the name "Grimestoppers". The packaging has a picture of a muddy boot with blurb about its great absorbancy etc. I don't think I can get across how hysterical this woman was being.
Stupid woman 2: Excuse me! What are you going to do about this FALSE ADVERTISING!?
M:
False advertising? I don't know what you could mean? I have one of these mats myself and I can honestly say they are better than is claimed on the packaging.SW2: Better? BETTER? How is that possible?!
M: It just is. Everything the packaging says is completely true.
SW2: Well I don't see how one little rug can do all of that. It's FALSE ADVERTISING.
M: (so confused and yet so intrigued) Could you tell me how you think it's false advertising? I don't understand.
SW2: John! Come and look at these mats! FALSE ADVERTISING!!!
<husband joins SW2>
SW2: I don't see how this one little mat will stop a burglar! I mean it's ridiculous! It says here "super absorbant". What does it do? Stick the burglars feet to it? Suck them into a black hole? You shouldn't be selling these Crimestopper mats!
Me: ...
SW2: ...
SW2 husband: ... That says Grimestopper, dear.
SW2 leaves in a hurry. Husband rolls his eyes and mouths a sorry. Me and coworker S have to escape to the back to
I just don't get what makes her think that you have something for her drains. 
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