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First two stories are from my coworker/roommate again.
THE store
sc: I need the phone number for the store.
cw: okay, which store sir.
sc: (really snippy) the store that's just up the street.
cw: sir, we're located in <city>-
sc: <city>? <city> where?
cw: <city>, Missouri, sir.
sc: well that's nowhere near where i am.
cw: we're the headquarters for all the retail stores sir.
sc: oh.
brain to mouth filter slip-up
call was with a lady that was being really pissy about everything, even though she was only placing an order.
sc: what are the chances of getting it by Christmas?
cw: that depends on how much you're willing pay.
dishonest!
guy calls to place an order, go through the order, then find out even though he's used gift cards to pay for all of it he wants the $20 off promotion, which doesn't work unless you pay for at least $100 with credit card. i tell him so.
sc: what! I don't see that anywhere! *reads through the 'fine print' out loud (honestly, it's not fine print, it's normal sized) until he reads the line about that*
*insert lengthy rant about this being dishonest and tricking him and he would never have to worry about this from <competitor> and wants to complain to my supervisor and we'll never be able to trick him again*
There is literally nothing i can do! why don't you believe me!
woman calls in saying she went into a store to buy an item, a modern firearm, and they were sold out, so she got a raincheck. she's calling me to get information about the gun. we don't sell modern firearms through the catalog, so i have no access to any sort of information. i tell her this. she blows up. apparently she'd been waiting on the phone for 20 minutes (we had like, 20 people at this point just sitting around waiting, so there's no way she had any wait) just for nothing, and she DID NOT want to hang up and call some other number. she demanded over and over again that i give her the information she wants or transfer her to someone that can, because she wants to know about this gun KNOW! (note, it's like 9:30 at night during this)
eventually she's convinced that it is completely impossible for me to do something, and comment about how she understands, i just work for a 'poopy company'
bonus school story part 2
last day of actual class, the student i was talking about in my last thread had another gem. the teacher had us each recommend a book to the class, preferably one we didn't think others had read, and that day of class we went around and explained what we recommended and why. his recommendation? the Harry Potter series.
and apparently J.K. rowling is the best author ever, and Harry Potter is a character that will last for generations.
and apparently he doesn't normally read anything other than history and philosophy.
that's not the end of it either, the day of the final comes. our teacher required us to have blue books, like 25 cents at the bookstore. well, before the teacher showed up someone asked if anyone had an extra, and someone else gave her one. and the student pipes up with "I bought a whole bunch cuz i though noone else would remember." yep, that's right, he still thinks he's smarter than the rest of the class.
bonus cat story
so our drain in our tub isn't working right, so the water collects and goes down very slowly. our kitten is use to jumping in the tub when we finish with our showers (for whatever reason) and the tub still being full does not stop her from doing so...so now everything around the bathroom is wet from her continuing to jump in the tub.
and yet she still hates baths.
THE store
sc: I need the phone number for the store.
cw: okay, which store sir.
sc: (really snippy) the store that's just up the street.
cw: sir, we're located in <city>-
sc: <city>? <city> where?
cw: <city>, Missouri, sir.
sc: well that's nowhere near where i am.
cw: we're the headquarters for all the retail stores sir.
sc: oh.
brain to mouth filter slip-up
call was with a lady that was being really pissy about everything, even though she was only placing an order.
sc: what are the chances of getting it by Christmas?
cw: that depends on how much you're willing pay.
dishonest!
guy calls to place an order, go through the order, then find out even though he's used gift cards to pay for all of it he wants the $20 off promotion, which doesn't work unless you pay for at least $100 with credit card. i tell him so.
sc: what! I don't see that anywhere! *reads through the 'fine print' out loud (honestly, it's not fine print, it's normal sized) until he reads the line about that*
*insert lengthy rant about this being dishonest and tricking him and he would never have to worry about this from <competitor> and wants to complain to my supervisor and we'll never be able to trick him again*
There is literally nothing i can do! why don't you believe me!
woman calls in saying she went into a store to buy an item, a modern firearm, and they were sold out, so she got a raincheck. she's calling me to get information about the gun. we don't sell modern firearms through the catalog, so i have no access to any sort of information. i tell her this. she blows up. apparently she'd been waiting on the phone for 20 minutes (we had like, 20 people at this point just sitting around waiting, so there's no way she had any wait) just for nothing, and she DID NOT want to hang up and call some other number. she demanded over and over again that i give her the information she wants or transfer her to someone that can, because she wants to know about this gun KNOW! (note, it's like 9:30 at night during this)
eventually she's convinced that it is completely impossible for me to do something, and comment about how she understands, i just work for a 'poopy company'
bonus school story part 2
last day of actual class, the student i was talking about in my last thread had another gem. the teacher had us each recommend a book to the class, preferably one we didn't think others had read, and that day of class we went around and explained what we recommended and why. his recommendation? the Harry Potter series.
and apparently J.K. rowling is the best author ever, and Harry Potter is a character that will last for generations.
and apparently he doesn't normally read anything other than history and philosophy.
that's not the end of it either, the day of the final comes. our teacher required us to have blue books, like 25 cents at the bookstore. well, before the teacher showed up someone asked if anyone had an extra, and someone else gave her one. and the student pipes up with "I bought a whole bunch cuz i though noone else would remember." yep, that's right, he still thinks he's smarter than the rest of the class.
bonus cat story
so our drain in our tub isn't working right, so the water collects and goes down very slowly. our kitten is use to jumping in the tub when we finish with our showers (for whatever reason) and the tub still being full does not stop her from doing so...so now everything around the bathroom is wet from her continuing to jump in the tub.
and yet she still hates baths.
My cat does the same thing. She LOVE watching the shower run. And when we turn the shower off, she immediately jumps in (water or not) to catch the water going down the drain. And when we hit the shower button thingy (I'm sure there's a name for it, but I don't know what it is, lol) and a little bit of water comes out of the faucet, she goes NUTS trying to bite it and swat at it. She's soaked by the time she's done. Highlight of her day! And she too hates baths!
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