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but it made me feel SO GOOD!
I was standing near the front of the store near the register, answering a customer's questions while the cashier checked them out.
An SC walks in, cellphone glued to his ear, points at me and says, 'Get me some propane." (Strike one)
I reply, as I often do on busy days, "I'll be right with you, one sec."
I quickly finish and head over to the aisle where the propane is and see him 6 feet (2m for the civilized world) in the air on a ladder clearly marked: "EMPLOYEES ONLY."
"Would you like to get down please? See, there's a sign there that says 'Employees Only.'"
(We are fairly lax about this, especially with the many contractors who shop there regularly but I've never been there 10+ years and never seen this clown. But in this litigious society we live in we can't afford to take a chance.)
"You need to chill out DUDE." (still chatting on the phone of course)- (strike two)
I let him get about 15 feet away (5M) and whispered sotto vocé, "What an asshole!"
He strode back to me, slapped it into my hand, and said, "I'll go to the place up the street, you're too expensive anyway." (strike three, you're outta here!)
"Thanks, just make sure you never come back."
"Don't worry, I won't."
I know my boss will back me up if there's ever a question. This would be the second person 10 years I've 86'd.
But here's where I did the bad thing:
I called up the two nearest hardware stores, both about a half-mile (.75 Km) away, and told them I thought he was a shoplifter and the should watch him VERY closely.
I told my manager that I was sorry and shouldn't have done it and he said, "Yeah, but you feel a lot better don't you?" And laughing said, "cuz that's what counts!"
In case you're wondering, I REALLY like my job!
I was standing near the front of the store near the register, answering a customer's questions while the cashier checked them out.
An SC walks in, cellphone glued to his ear, points at me and says, 'Get me some propane." (Strike one)
I reply, as I often do on busy days, "I'll be right with you, one sec."
I quickly finish and head over to the aisle where the propane is and see him 6 feet (2m for the civilized world) in the air on a ladder clearly marked: "EMPLOYEES ONLY."
"Would you like to get down please? See, there's a sign there that says 'Employees Only.'"
(We are fairly lax about this, especially with the many contractors who shop there regularly but I've never been there 10+ years and never seen this clown. But in this litigious society we live in we can't afford to take a chance.)
"You need to chill out DUDE." (still chatting on the phone of course)- (strike two)
I let him get about 15 feet away (5M) and whispered sotto vocé, "What an asshole!"
He strode back to me, slapped it into my hand, and said, "I'll go to the place up the street, you're too expensive anyway." (strike three, you're outta here!)
"Thanks, just make sure you never come back."
"Don't worry, I won't."
I know my boss will back me up if there's ever a question. This would be the second person 10 years I've 86'd.
But here's where I did the bad thing:
I called up the two nearest hardware stores, both about a half-mile (.75 Km) away, and told them I thought he was a shoplifter and the should watch him VERY closely.
I told my manager that I was sorry and shouldn't have done it and he said, "Yeah, but you feel a lot better don't you?" And laughing said, "cuz that's what counts!"
In case you're wondering, I REALLY like my job!
At least that asshole made like a bad check and bounced.
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