no employee discount for you!

[Imogene]

Ever have someone who doesn't work for your company ask for the employee discount?

Apparently, when the yellow tag sold the company that I worked for at Chesterfield, they didn't tell their employees. For quite some time after the sale, up to and including three years (yes, YEARS!) later, I had yellow tag employees wander in and ask me about their discount.
"What discount?" my favorite line, as I got to get all syrupy sweet and smile like I was sizing them up for a meal.
"I work for yellow tag."
"I work for Chesterfield. You don't get a discount."
*crushed looks* "What?"
"Yellow tag no longer owns us, and good riddance. I never could get any help in yellow tag stores when I wandered in in my work shirt. Besides, can't you get most of the same movies at yellow tag as you can get here?"

[aurelemsrealm]

Did you card her again??

No, she didn't want to buy beer and cigarettes that time. However, I did ask her what she thought of the memo sent out by the office.

[Sliceanddice]

im sooo happy about my new employee discount at my new job.
since i work for infomercials all i got to do is ask how much product x cost us, fill out a form and i think give it and the money to the bridge. then since we keep alot of the stuff there (for this reason) i can most likely just take it home then.

In a few weeks im so buying my mom some bareEscentials!!

[Jack7957]

We gave MALL employee discounts. which meant if you worked in the mall, you got 10% off, the ONLY thing you had to have was your name tag, and sign your name in our book ( i dunno why you had to sign your name)

I remember the first time I worked at the mall, not knowing about the discounts. Had lunch at a sit-down restaruant, got my bill and noticed the discount. Realized that when I sat down, I had placed my name tag on the table. Waitress must have seen it and automatically gave me the discount without mentioning it.

[Posture Moll]

Ever have someone who doesn't work for your company ask for the employee discount? It happens to me about once a month.

Dear me, all the time! And they don't even *pretend* that they work for the company.

Random Idiot: Uhhuh..hey, can you, like, hook me up with an employee discount?

Me: Well, if you'd like to fill out an application and then wait several weeks to see if you get hired...well, then we can get talk.

or

Me: Hahahahahaha! Oh, you're too funny, sir/ma'am.

or

Me: *cheerily*....Has that ever actually worked?


Seriously, what is with these cretins? I don't know them socially, nor do I have any desire to whatsoever. What makes them think that I would actually be interested in 'helping them out'?