Sorry, Your Happiness Is Not Worth My Job

[Lady Heather]

Why do SC's not understand that some things will get me fired?

SC-"I'll give you $50.00 for that poster advertizment behind you."
LH-"I'm not allowed to do that sir."
SC-"Sure you can. $60.00 then."
LH-"Sir I could get fired."
SC-"Come on. When you take it down call me."
LH-(He was pushy and I hate entitlement jerks that think rules are for other people) "Sir I get a $XXX.XX paycheck every two weeks. Inless you can match that for the next year the awnser is no."
$50.00 is not equal to my paycheck you jerk. What's he gonna do complain to customer service I wouldn't break the rules for him?


SC-"How about a discount?"
LH- "Sir?"
SC-"Can you give me a discount on it?"
(Nothing wrong with it. WTH?)
LH-"No sir."
SC-"Well that sucks." and he walks off all pissed.
LH-
Yes I will lose my job so you can save on a $12.00 Fart Machine.


SC-"You don't have to check that. Just give me my change."
LH-"Sorry Ma'am I have to check all $20 $50 and $100 bills."
SC-"I just got it from my bank!"
That's what the SC said yesterday that tried to pay with a $5.00 that had been bleached and reprinted as a $50.00.
Thank the Gods for security strips and watermarks.

[iradney]

Ah yes. the Typical "you're a lowly retail drone with no hopes or dreams and must therefore acquiesce to my every whim" mindset. Gotta love it.

[Nayeli_Sabia]

Why do SC's not understand that some things will get me fired?

SC-"I'll give you $50.00 for that poster advertizment behind you."
LH-"I'm not allowed to do that sir."
SC-"Sure you can. $60.00 then."
LH-"Sir I could get fired."
SC-"Come on. When you take it down call me."
LH-(He was pushy and I hate entitlement jerks that think rules are for other people) "Sir I get a $XXX.XX paycheck every two weeks. Inless you can match that for the next year the awnser is no."
$50.00 is not equal to my paycheck you jerk. What's he gonna do complain to customer service I wouldn't break the rules for him?

My sister has official Movie posters from all three Lord Of The Rings movies because my mom did payrolls for the guy who owned the theater. He knew my sister had an undying LOVE for all things Tolkien, so he swallowed the cost, marked them as "damaged" and gave them to my mom.

He also owned two original masks from the Cantina Scene in Star Wars: A New Hope. He was my personal hero, lol. We also saw Star Wars: Phantom Menace before it was released to the public in a "private screening" for close friends and family. It ended at 10:00pm. I then went home and laughed at the people who stood in line in Boston(near me) and where yelling to the reporter that they had to be the first to see it(at midnight).

[Marxfan]

SC-"How about a discount?"
LH- "Sir?"
SC-"Can you give me a discount on it?"
(Nothing wrong with it. WTH?)
LH-"No sir."
SC-"Well that sucks." and he walks off all pissed.
LH-
Yes I will lose my job so you can save on a $12.00 Fart Machine.

I got these people at B&N all the time. They were always these perfectly well off individuals who just were too cheap to pay full price. I always wanted to reply, "You want a discount? Save my fucking life! Discover the cure for cancer! Blast our president, Paris, Lindsay, and R. Kelly to the center of the sun! Or better still, go to a library if you don't like our prices!"

[Banrion]

My coolest swag from working the movie theatre is either my Tomb Raider Gobo (light projection template), or my Lord of the Rings Two Towers Gandalf poster, or my 6' x 8' American Beauty Poster. I also have numerous trailers stored in my parents house including all 3 LOTR full length trailers including the security stickers that identify them as anything but LOTR trailers.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I've got a couple of music posters that I got from a music store ages ago; I just talked to the guy behind the till and asked him nicely if he could save them for me the next time he changed his display. He did; when I walked in and he'd changed his posters, he handed me both neatly folded up.

Anyone who wants movie posters would be better off asking at independant movie stores; this store was one such store, so their posters were magazine ones rather than official ones. I still have them on my wall as I type this. XD

[matty]

Re: asking for discounts.

The manager of a local computer/software training business where I went to learn some software told me that she once had an elderly lady who was quite well off attempt to pay for her course with embroidered coat-hangers instead of actual money!

[Imogene]

Not a shift went by at Chesterfield where someone came in and asked for a donation for charity, or a request to sell the movie pictures we had up around the perimeter of the store.
"What? The black & white pictures? The ones on posterboard? Which are glued to the wall? The ones that get sent back to the company if they ever get taken down? No, I won't/can't sell one to you, particularly not for your piddly starting price of $25.00 Try something closer to $25,000 and THEN I might risk my neck going up there to scrape one off the wall."

Edit: I got the Chicken Run one for free, because I worked at the store until it was shut down. Sadly, it was one of the items that didn't make it through my move to Texas.

[cinema guy]

I have a Casino Royale movie poster.

We get lots of people requesting movie posters but we tell them that they have to go to back to the distributors (which is a white lie), the truth is the part-time marketing guy doesn't have the time to field endless requests for posters. Some do go to charities or schools as raffle prizes though. Otherwise the staff can get them if the marketing guy happens to remember we asked for them.

[SuperB]

SC-"I just got it from my bank!"
That's what the SC said yesterday that tried to pay with a $5.00 that had been bleached and reprinted as a $50.00.
Thank the Gods for security strips and watermarks.

I tell people they likely wouldn't even know if they had a fake in their wallets as they're getting better and better. But yeah, I hate it when they try to make it personal. Granted, I do have certain locals that I trust as far as I can throw them but still...

[Eben56]

counterfit $20.00

My daughter got accosted the other day for trying to pass a fake 20.00 at the register... Tried to give her all kinds of crap. Until she pointed out that they were the ones who just gave her the money when she cashed her check at the service counter. They accused her of lying (all customers lie right) until she demanded they show her the security tape... Oh yeah, and then they found 3 more in the service counter till still in the wrappers from the bank.

[Geek King]

I have a (now) five foot tall Megatokyo advertisement that is printed on high-quality vinyl. I lopped the ad part off the top and turned it into a wall scroll. For those who know Megatokyo, it is the cover art for book three with Ping and Miho. I just asked the lady at Waldenbooks if I could buy it after the promotion was done, and she gave it to me for free. Happy, Happy!

[Tigress]

Why do SC's not understand that some things will get me fired?

SC-"I'll give you $50.00 for that poster advertizment behind you."
LH-"I'm not allowed to do that sir."
SC-"Sure you can. $60.00 then."
LH-"Sir I could get fired."
SC-"Come on. When you take it down call me."
LH-(He was pushy and I hate entitlement jerks that think rules are for other people) "Sir I get a $XXX.XX paycheck every two weeks. Inless you can match that for the next year the awnser is no."
$50.00 is not equal to my paycheck you jerk. What's he gonna do complain to customer service I wouldn't break the rules for him?

I hear that kind of stuff at Magic: the Gathering tournaments. At least once a tournament, someone asks the organizer if he can have the gigantic poster (which would barely fit on a normal wall, if at all) we display for the tournament or asks one of the judges (usually me for some unseeable reason) of he can buy his/her staff shirt.

Many people don't realize that we need the posters and shirts for other events later in the circuit until new stuff comes along with the next set. And they still don't understand when we explain it. Dude, go drop $20 on the often much better-looking promo shirt and let me judge!

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*In all fairness, I did sell one of my staff shirts to a player for $10, because he likes to collect them and the last thing I need is more T-shirts.

[crazylegs]

All the above tales have shown that if you ask nicely you are more likely to get cool stuff, act like a wally and you get nothing.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I got these people at B&N all the time. They were always these perfectly well off individuals who just were too cheap to pay full price. I always wanted to reply, "You want a discount? Save my fucking life! Discover the cure for cancer! Blast our president, Paris, Lindsay, and R. Kelly to the center of the sun! Or better still, go to a library if you don't like our prices!"

Oh, yeah, I hate those people. The stores I worked in are in fairly affluent areas. Bonus points when they pull this one:

SC: it's a gift, it's damaged, can I have a discount?"
Me: Well, if it's the last one, I'd be happy to order a fresh copy, or I can give you 10% off...
SC:I'll take the 10%"...
Me: OK, and please don't ever buy me a gift. I know it's the thought that counts but come on! I'd rather shell out the couple extra bucks and give an undamaged gift!

Alternatively: Sure you can get an extra 10% off everything you buy...for a small yearly fee of $25