My mom...
One day we had to go to Verizon because I had to get a new phone since mine broke. My mom was rude to the employees from the getgo. We first had to go to the store in the mall, but for some reason they couldn't get into our account because it was set as a government account, which is restricted and needs special access. My mom snapped at the worker and jerked both of us away to go to the Verizon office accross the street because she wanted to chew them out for not being able to get into her account. She called him an idiot when we he was still in earshot. She bitched to me about how he was acting like it was all her own fault. I wanted to tell her that he wanted her to get away because she was being rude and nasty. But my mom's big and scary and it's usually wise not to tell her she's wrong.
So we went to the Verizon office and we stood in line. My mom and this other lady griped to each other about the terrible service they got there now. Admittedly, the wait was long, but seeing as there were three of the four computers taken, I actually figured it was because the other customers were trying to be helped and cellphone bureacracy is complex as heck these days.
Eventually we get to a person who came to the fourth computer. She was about my age. Meaning she was young enough to be assumed an idiot by my mom. The girl was doing the best she could, and even she said that for some reason our account was restricted. My mom got upset and started growling at the poor worker, demanding to know why she did this and over all being a pain in the ass. The girl actually managed to get it off restricted status, which from the looks of it didn't appear to be an easy task. I thought she was very helpful. She got me a new and better phone, charged it for -free- for me, transferred all of my old numbers over to it and even explained to me how my phone broke (water damage.) When she said there was a $15 fee my mom snarled at her and said it was a rip off. Yea, it was a rip off, but the worker didn't make the rules, she's just there to help people. I wanted to tell my mom that too, but she wouldn't have listened anyway. I got my new phone through an awesome deal that saved me about 30 bucks thanks to the worker. Real serious kudos to her. I wanted to go back and apologize to her for my mom being such a prick, but my mom would've created a scene and lectured me later on about how she's just a stupid worker (I've gotten plenty of those lectures, too. I wonder if this means I'm stupid as well..)
When we walked out the door my mom grumbled and said she was willing to bet that the girl screwed up her account just as we left.
My mom treats employees like crap. She leaves her trash everywhere and tells me that workers get paid to clean it up. When I was younger I would try to organize dishes and clean the table up a little at restaurants but my mom always told me to leave it because she told me that workers get paid to clean up after us.
I admit to being guilty of doing that, but now I've stopped doing that after working a few jobs.
One day we had to go to Verizon because I had to get a new phone since mine broke. My mom was rude to the employees from the getgo. We first had to go to the store in the mall, but for some reason they couldn't get into our account because it was set as a government account, which is restricted and needs special access. My mom snapped at the worker and jerked both of us away to go to the Verizon office accross the street because she wanted to chew them out for not being able to get into her account. She called him an idiot when we he was still in earshot. She bitched to me about how he was acting like it was all her own fault. I wanted to tell her that he wanted her to get away because she was being rude and nasty. But my mom's big and scary and it's usually wise not to tell her she's wrong.
So we went to the Verizon office and we stood in line. My mom and this other lady griped to each other about the terrible service they got there now. Admittedly, the wait was long, but seeing as there were three of the four computers taken, I actually figured it was because the other customers were trying to be helped and cellphone bureacracy is complex as heck these days.
Eventually we get to a person who came to the fourth computer. She was about my age. Meaning she was young enough to be assumed an idiot by my mom. The girl was doing the best she could, and even she said that for some reason our account was restricted. My mom got upset and started growling at the poor worker, demanding to know why she did this and over all being a pain in the ass. The girl actually managed to get it off restricted status, which from the looks of it didn't appear to be an easy task. I thought she was very helpful. She got me a new and better phone, charged it for -free- for me, transferred all of my old numbers over to it and even explained to me how my phone broke (water damage.) When she said there was a $15 fee my mom snarled at her and said it was a rip off. Yea, it was a rip off, but the worker didn't make the rules, she's just there to help people. I wanted to tell my mom that too, but she wouldn't have listened anyway. I got my new phone through an awesome deal that saved me about 30 bucks thanks to the worker. Real serious kudos to her. I wanted to go back and apologize to her for my mom being such a prick, but my mom would've created a scene and lectured me later on about how she's just a stupid worker (I've gotten plenty of those lectures, too. I wonder if this means I'm stupid as well..)
When we walked out the door my mom grumbled and said she was willing to bet that the girl screwed up her account just as we left.
My mom treats employees like crap. She leaves her trash everywhere and tells me that workers get paid to clean it up. When I was younger I would try to organize dishes and clean the table up a little at restaurants but my mom always told me to leave it because she told me that workers get paid to clean up after us.
I admit to being guilty of doing that, but now I've stopped doing that after working a few jobs.
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