crazy dirt lady

[JLRodgers]

Well this is strange.... I know whenever I bought dirt I had plastic in the car to keep it clean (you know, planning)..... but why on earth would you think fire sprinklers would clean something off better than a hose?

[Imogene]

I've got a jar of dirt!

I've got a jar of diirt!
And guess what's inside it!

[Dark Psion]

I just tell people that the bag has been pre-opened for their convenience.

[SylviasDaddy]

HOW DARE YOU HAVE A DIRTY BAG OF DIRT?!?

That reminds me of a song from the 50s/60s. The refrain was
"Dirt-dirty-dirt
Dirt-dirt-dirty-dirt
Dirt-dirt-dirty-dirt
Dirt-dirt-dirty-dirt
Dirty dirt!"

[El Pollo Guerrera]

HOW DARE YOU HAVE A DIRTY BAG OF DIRT?!?

But... but... but I want CLEAN DIRT!!!

[smileyeagle1021]

I've got a jar of diirt!
And guess what's inside it!

Captain Jack Sparrow FTW

[Polenicus]

Why the hell would anyone specifically need a 'clean' bag of compost? It's just going to get filthy as soon as you start using it.

Because, if you can find soemthing wrong with what you're buying, AND you can get the customer service reps to refuse to resolve it to your satisfaction, you can get spineless managers to give you gift cards to keep you happy.

That's the whole purpose of this, as evidenced by her subsiquent demand for a gift card. She's learned the secret that many managers, as soon as presented with the scenario of a customer who has an issue with a product AND who was refuse satisfactory resolution by a representative, will knee-jerk cough up a gift card or a discount, regardless of how outrageous or stupid the complaint and/or demanded resolutions is.

See, I think you caught her off guard when you offered to clean off her bag of dirt. She was expecting to bring to the front, complain that her bag of dirt was dirty, cause a logic fault in your brain and then be able to complain. You first derailed that by brushing it off, then by offering to actually clean her bag of dirt... so she had to come up with something so utterly ridiculous on the spot that you'd HAVE to say 'no', so she could have her dissatisfaction and take it to the manager.

[Jester]

I've got to tell you, with all the years I've been in the food service industry, with all the things I've both experienced and seen, and all the stories I've heard from friends, coworkers, and on here, it is rare for me to be surprised to the point of stupefaction by something.

This just happened.

It is even rarer that I can show you my exact facial expressions, and thus my reactions to reading said story, with just some smileys.

But this too has just happened. Allow me to demonstrate.

DL: You ca't get it any cleaner?
ME: We'll I could try rinsing it with the hose(we have a hose for watering our plants)
DL: That's not good enogh, can't you like, light a fire so the sprinkler system will wash it off?
Me: No, I 'd get fired for that.
DL: So, you'd rather keep your loser job here then sell me a clean package of dirt??

Right now there's a whole message board of people who, by tonight, will be thinking, ...dang that lady was a total stuck up bitch."

Actually, I was thinking, "DAMN! That woman's nuttier than a holiday fruit basket!"

[Gabrielle Proctor]

Good on you for keeping your cool. I would have lost it on that lady. How full of yourself do you have to be to think that someone should sell you a $20 bag of clean dirt rather than keep their "loser job"?

[WageSlaveofDoom]

can't you like, light a fire so the sprinkler system will wash it off?

*blink, blink*

Here's an idea; why don't you light the fire, and I'll go call security. Because you're obviously too insane to be out in public if your answer to everything is fire...
Oh wait, that's my excuse too... never mind then...

[Crow The Robot]

Good on you for keeping your cool. I would have lost it on that lady. How full of yourself do you have to be to think that someone should sell you a $20 bag of clean dirt rather than keep their "loser job"?

Actually my first impulse was that she was joking, but, she was not. Oh and the dirt was $3.50, so I'd be risking my job for an item worth about what i got paid for a half-hour of work.

[One-Fang]

DL: There's dirt on this bag.

That's your free sample.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

"How 'bout, lady, I just turn the hose on you. Then you'd get as least as wet as the overhead sprinkler system would get you."

[DGoddessChardonnay]

That's your free sample.

That's what my Mom would say about that.

And I'm just as stumped as everyone else on this thread: indeed.

[jerkface11]

Ok I fully understand the scammer aspect of this. I just don't get the bit about arson.