Sucktomer Random Thoughts Thread

[Dreamstalker]

Especially if they have their crap on the belt and the card reaches me before the previous person has paid. I think the thinking is that I can just grab them off the belt...not happening. I like my fingers too much to try. It's slightly better if they balance the stuff on top of an item, at least I see them and it's a more natural position to pick them up. Still...

To the guy from my "comprehension" post (who tried to grab my hand again when I was rushing past him carrying a broken jar in both hands--bad idea):

You're not going to get me to do/tell you what you want by being overfriendly (and TBH, a bit creepy). Asking "Do you not like it when I ask you things?" while grinning at me two inches from my face instead of just, well, asking the question is weird and disturbing.

[Aria]

Sigh...

I got a call from the 'save' team asking me what promos a new customer was getting. Well, let's see! 250 dollars in credits and a free TV. Apparently, he's debating whether or not he wants to switch to us because he wants MORE.

Not happening. Oh, he's saying he'll keep the appointment but might cancel anyway? Okay. But if the TV ships, we'll want it back.

Ugh.

[WishfulSpirit]

Are hotel cookies made of crack or something? Because we made THREE batches for you greedy pigs yesterday and it still wasn't enough for you. I had people coming in at 10 fucking o'clock whining WHERE ARE THE COOKIES?!

They come out at 3pm. Look around. Do you SEE another employee here? I'm trying to finish shift paperwork so I have some hope of getting out of here in time to catch my bus (which, btw, comes 20 minutes AFTER my shift ends). I DO NOT have time to make cookies every time one of you opens your pie hole and whines for them. If you want them so damn badly we have chocolate chip, peanut butter and oreo cookies in the suite shop. Buy some and go away. I'll even sell you them for a dollar just to get your turned-up nose and curly tail out of my face.

Ok I feel better now. Thanks for letting me rant.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Are hotel cookies made of crack or something? Because we made THREE batches for you greedy pigs yesterday and it still wasn't enough for you. I had people coming in at 10 fucking o'clock whining WHERE ARE THE COOKIES?!

You could make the free cookies out of chopped up cardboard and the guests would still want them, because they are FREE.

[Food Lady]

Two or 3 times a month: "I recognize you from the bus. I didn't know you worked here." That's because I didn't *want* you to know where I work.
OK, not sucky but it annoys me.

[Racket_Man]

Two or 3 times a month: "I recognize you from the bus. I didn't know you worked here." That's because I didn't *want* you to know where I work.
OK, not sucky but it annoys me.

Yeah annoying. But since I have been doing delivery in the same area for over a decade people tend to know where I work if they see me off the clock.

[Food Lady]

OK, you see me coming toward you. You should realize you have blocked the entire width of the sidewalk with your bike, stroller, and bodies and move one of those objects out of the way. Even if I didn't have my shopping cart with me, I would still have trouble with the miniscule gap you've left there. (Well, they weren't my customers, but customers of the mall I work in.)

[Food Lady]

"They've just got you all over the place!" ..And? BTW, 2 work stations aren't all over the place.

[Teefies2]

Woman came in tonight about 5 minutes to closing, screaming at the top of her lungs. What about, you ask? I have no earthly idea. Evidently she didn't have any teeth, so it was REALLY hard to understand her. Best I could figure, she ....

"POLICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "BUSSSS!" "NEW YORK" "MISS MY CATS AND DOGS!!!" I had another employee keep her talking while I called the police. I told them she was screaming and crying and yelling police, but we really didn't know what her problem was. Police came, asked if I wanted her banned from the store. "No, but we need to close" So they take her outside, talk to her awhile, and send her on her way. BTW, we are over 8 hours from New York, so??????

End of story, right? Crazy but not worth getting upset about, right?? Oh no, fellow CSers, the saga continues ....

About an hour later, the alarm goes off at the store. "Oh s**t" I'm thinking. Go down there, it turns out a display had fallen and set off the alarm. But while there, the officer states that they had to deal with Crazy Lady THREE more times after I had called it in. It's a small town, everyone knows everyone here, or at least those of us that work night shift. After the 3rd call besides mine, they "escorted" her to a place where she will get 3 meals and a cot :-D

Made me feel better about calling on her, but I wonder what the heck her real problem was. WTF????

[Racket_Man]

IF you order pizza from a friends house PLEASE ask your friend FOR THE CORRECT ADDRESS> Do NOT guess the address.

IF you live in an apartment building with AT LEAST 2 apt.'s GIVE US the APT #. It makes my job a HELL OF a lot easier.

[Food Lady]

--Stop asking me if that's my service dog. You're not supposed to ask and besides, it's none of your business anyway.
--Stop giving me stink-eye because I'm sitting down. Do you think I'd be lounging about without manager approval and without good reason? I'm right up front in a sea of witnesses and cameras. I'm just glad you didn't ask me my reason because I've had enough of the medical inquiries.

[notalwaysright]

Seriously, I know you're not trying to be sucky, but make a small attempt to use your eyes before asking me stuff. There are two cutters and a dedicated customer service employee on the floor who could help you. But of course it seems that every single person finds me, even when I'm back in a corner. And so I spend most of my shift walking customers to the most basic and obvious of sections. For example, yarn, glue, and bridal. I realize these people see me and figure it's easier to just ask then look around. Just had to get that off my chest.

Also, our aisles are a bit narrow, however that doesn't mean to leave your cart in the main walkway. Or your ginormous double stroller. And you people always leave the carts diagonal, blocking the most space possible. Oh, then you either forget about the cart, or decide you don't want anything and leave. Now the walkway is littered with (possibly) abandoned carts, and the little old lady with the walker has to navigate through this maze-like obstacle course.

[KellyHabersham]

To my fellow library customer(s) who checked out this particular copy of a new DVD before I did -

Please stop checking out DVDs from the library if you can't figure out how NOT to scratch them up. I checked out a copy of a new movie we just got in, and have had trouble watching it because it started skipping/freezing up about halfway through the movie.

[WishfulSpirit]

No, it isn't "false advertising" that you clicked the wrong button on the website when you were selecting a room. There's an outside possibility that OrbiPricePedia put the booking through incorrectly, but in my 11 months on this job I have NEVER seen that happen. Either way, go yell at them so THEY can explain the concept of knowing what you're doing when you use a website. I have work to do.

[MoonCat]

Hey, asshole, your answering machine message is neither funny nor patriotic. "For English press one. For Spanish hang up and call back when you learn English." Haha such an amusing man you are...not. Won't say what state he lives in but I will say it didn't surprise me. Just glad he never called back before I left work. Racist idiot.