Things We Learn at Work

[DGoddessChardonnay]

C'mon, admit it. There are some things you learn about in the workplace.

Similar to the "Things I'm Not Allowed to Do at Work" thread, this one is more about the things (no matter how trivial or unrelated to your job they may seem) that you pick up on.

Like last week. I learned those Otter Box cases for the iPhones are not as indestructible as they are touted to be.

How did I learn this? Naitch showed me his last week . . . the case is already cracked and coming apart. He's not had his phone but maybe a month now.

If I'm going to spend $50 on a case for an iPhone, I'd expect it to stay intact if it were dropped from a 747 at 30,000 feet.

So now I'll probably be looking elsewhere so I'll know what to get when I upgrade in December.

[dragon_wings]

I learned those Otter Box cases for the iPhones are not as indestructible as they are touted to be.

How did I learn this? Naitch showed me his last week . . . the case is already cracked and coming apart. He's not had his phone but maybe a month now.

How the hell did that happen? I've had mine 2 months and had no problem. And I got it used on amazon.com (for $20). I had a customer who said she threw her phone (in the case) at her windshield in anger and it broke the windshield. The otterbox case had not a scratch.

Btw: I have and will purposely drop my phone from knee height just to freak out coworkers and I've had no issues yet.

[fireheart]

-That even though I can predict what the answer will be, customers will want to hear it coming out of the mouth of a manager.

-"I only came in for two items" will result in you buying 10 items. "few items"=20 or more.

-"All operators lights off, prepare to close" is my managers way of saying "I'm pissed off at customers who hang around after close."

-That when the SM leaves, we can party

[Ghel]

I learned those Otter Box cases for the iPhones are not as indestructible as they are touted to be.

Hubby had to have his replaced three times in under a month because the pin holding the belt clip together broke. Third time, he replaced it with a cotter pin. No problems since.

I've learned...

-that I shouldn't volunteer information or help unless asked, because I will get my head bit off for it.

-that if someone calls with a "quick question," I should expect to be on the phone for at least half an hour.

-that if a new customer doesn't have enough money to make an opening deposit on an account, I shouldn't open the account, no matter how good their credit score is. And having a guarantee of direct deposits going into the account is no exception to this.

-that it doesn't matter who I train to assist with my workload, they're going to bring the work to me anyway.

-that people who buy the expensive checks will be more likely to overdraw their checking account. (I don't know why, exactly, but this seems to be the trend.)

-that people who work at the iron mine are going to have the magnetic stripe on their debit card wear out faster. (This really shouldn't have been a surprise.)

I'm sure I'll think of some more later.

[drunkenwildmage]

Never do any system upgrades on a Friday.

Servers will only crash at 4:45pm on a Friday

[boxxertrumps]

If I'm going to spend $50 on a case for an iPhone, I'd expect it to stay intact if it were dropped from a 747 at 30,000 feet.

RELEVANT:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/...html?hpt=hp_t2

[Geek King]

Never do any system upgrades on a Friday.

Servers will only crash at 4:45pm on a Friday

Oh no, they also crash on Sundays, just after you have changed into your comfortable (i.e. non-outside the house) clothes, fixed up some tasty snacks and drinks, gotten comfortable on the couch with that new video game you just picked up, and have no intention of moving until bedtime.

[fireheart]

Despite the lack of training tools, it IS possible to train a new hire.

although trying to show her how to process a partial EFT sale on a non-training register will result in the system borking itself. -.-

[emax4]

I learned those Otter Box cases for the iPhones are not as indestructible as they are touted to be.

How did I learn this? Naitch showed me his last week . . . the case is already cracked and coming apart. He's not had his phone but maybe a month now.

There's probably more to the story. Did he get this on eBay and was it new or used? How does he handle his electronics? Is her careful or careless and expect the casing to solve everything?

I got mine new but not in the original packing. Everything is intact, but the small rubber tabs (that go in the plastic tab holes) are starting to peel away slightly at the corners, but that's from me taking the rubber casing off repeatedly.

[Blue Ginger]

That everyone shits on those below, except when they want a favour. Then they are as nice as pie.

Telling business clients their tax deadline is 2 weeks before it actually is saves the company late lodgment penalties (and audits).

The best excuse for not knowing something is 'I'm sorry, I'm just a temp/new starter.' Bonus points if you can do the bambi eyes or the head tilt.

If you make coffee/tea for the boss once, they will always expect it. Instead insist that you don't drink it and therefore don't know how to make it. Offer to use petty cash to buy everyone coffee instead. mmm free hot chocolate.

[RichS]

Math. Lots and lots of math, things that I never thought I'd use again.

I work as a tutor, and our two higher-grade (intermediate Algebra and above) math tutors graduated last semester, so I and another tutor have been 'upgraded' into the role. At least I'll be ready for my statistics class next semester.

[Food Lady]

--If it's Friday night, there will be at least one person at the tills at closing with a full cart.
--It doesn't matter how busy it is; we have to do the same amount of work with an unchanging amount of staff (except when the number gets smaller, due to call-outs) or our bosses get yelled at.
--As my coworker said, "In this store getting promoted puts you on the path to getting fired."
--If I am having a bad day there will be more freakishly cheerful, dumb-joke-telling people in my line who will get mad when I don't think they're funny.
--If I whine enough to upper management, I get what I want because they want to keep me.

[drunkenwildmage]

Oh no, they also crash on Sundays, just after you have changed into your comfortable (i.e. non-outside the house) clothes, fixed up some tasty snacks and drinks, gotten comfortable on the couch with that new video game you just picked up, and have no intention of moving until bedtime.

Yah..There is that to.. They like to wait until just that perfect time of when video game has completey loaded, but before you can do anything. You know.. to tease you.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

After a while, you get pretty good at getting a dirty diaper or dirty pair of underwear into the garbage can using nothing but a mop handle.

Your DM is probably a vile mouthpiece of unspeakable evil and OCD.

It's never the people you want to leave who quit.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

- When you tell a customer you are "closing in 10 minutes" they automatically take it to mean they have enough time to race down to the store to grab a few things.

- The computers almost never work properly...anywhere.

- Receipts never last long, they can vanish in mere moments.

- Every workplace anywhere has an annoying douchebag on staff, many times in management

- People who work corporate jobs don't have a fucking clue when it comes to the reality of retail

- There are people whose job seems to consist only of making yours as miserable as possible