I RUINED CHRISTMAS!!

[Seanette]

Customer came in a few days before Halloween and asked for pumpkin pies, I told him that we're out until further notice. He didn't like the explanation that they were on recall, threw a fit over it, and told me that I'd ruined his Thanksgiving and that he hoped that I was happy.

If he's really buying the pies four weeks in advance, he's going to ruin Thanksgiving for everyone he serves them to!

[taxguykarl]

If he's really buying the pies four weeks in advance, he's going to ruin Thanksgiving for everyone he serves them to!

No kidding, those don't freeze well.

[Sparklyturtle]

If he wanted pumpkin pies that badly, maybe he could buy them from a bakery, or read in a cookbook how to bake them. Now, in our family we like sweet potato pie. We don't find them that often, but if I don't find one by Thanksgiving we eat pumpkin and enjoy it. If we couldn't get pumpkin we'd eat something else, like apple or cherry. Really, if this guy's only problem is that he can't get pumpkin pies from Android Kaeli's store, he's in good shape!

[Android Kaeli]

Yea, I know right? It's not like there's no apple pies available anyways.

[ozcatbug]

I remember back in the mists of time someone posted a story about an SC screaming "Ruined Xmas" (11+ months away at that) in early January/late December during the after Xmas/New Year clearance sale rush.

Now if someone can find that post I believe that would be the ultimate record holder.

I believe that might have been me. December 27 or 28 a woman wanting Christmas table decorations that we had sold out of at least the week before Christmas. Yes I had ruined her Christmas with 360+ days to spare.

[Food Lady]

I want a thread about ruined Thanksgivings, too.

[Lovecats]

I want a thread about ruined Thanksgivings, too.

How about a ruined holiday thread? Whatever holiday that was ruined could go in there.

[Android Kaeli]

How about a ruined holiday thread? Whatever holiday that was ruined could go in there.

It would be epic because, you know, 'tis the season.

[eltf177]

When you think about it, I'm sure that EVERY holiday has been "spoiled" at some point by some uncaring waitperson...

[Food Lady]

When you think about it, I'm sure that EVERY holiday has been "spoiled" at some point by some uncaring waitperson...

Arbor Day?

[Becks]

Arbor Day?

*Especially* Arbor Day.

[little_miss_springfield]

I want a thread about ruined Thanksgivings, too.

I hope you're happy Bart! You've ruined Thanksgiving!

[Slave to the Phone]

Way back in the day, I was a janitor at the Pearl Harbor Memorial. I picked up trash, dumped trash cans and cleaned the restrooms. I didn't even have the authority to order toilet paper for crying out loud.

The Visitor Center was open from 8 to 8, but the boat trips out to the actual Memorial stopped leaving the center an hour before dusk. This meant that there were only a limited amount of tickets available every day and they couldn't be reserved. The tour operators knew how it worked and would usually send someone over first thing in the morning to pick up enough tickets for their tour groups. Individual groups of visitors were usually able to get tickets as well unless they came late in the day.

Once in a while, a tour operator would forget to pick up the tickets and a bus full of people would show up late in the day and to be told that there were no tickets left for that day.

What would be the logical thing to do in that situation?

1: Complain to the tour guide because his company should have been on top of it?
2: Complain to one of the Forest Rangers behind the desk?
3: Stomp up to someone innocently dumping a trash can and tell her that SHE has ruined their entire vacation?

It honestly amazed me how many people picked door number 3.

[Geek King]

Arbor Day?

Yeah, that would be me. The story isn't that interesting, but involves:
1) a much younger me
2) A lawn mowing job at a scout camp
3) A Cub Scout Arbor-day tree planting ceremony
4) saplings that look just like a certain fast-growing weed at that camp

What can I say? I was a precocious holiday destroyer.

[LadyAndreca]

I have seen Arbor Day ruined by a store running out of "free trees". I mean, they were really just tiny pine twigs in a paper cup full of soil. But there was a constant stream of people wanting them, lots of people screaming about getting something 3" tall when we advertised trees, and lots more people screaming because we ran out of the 3" tall things.