I Spend Enough Money Here!

[AmericanZero8503]

My sympathies to anyone working in the service industry, however those of us who work at a customer service desk always get the worst of the worst customers. This will probably not be my last post on here.

So this old bastard walks up and before I can ask him anything he shouts, "I NEED A PEN" and proceeds to grab MY pen that I left near the register by mistake. It's okay I'm used to rude assholes...it's what the service industry is all about.

However this customer is nortorious for trying to act like he owns the place. He has told people to clean up crumbs or other things off counters and the floors. I have never listened to this dude because he doesn't sign my paycheck. Hell I don't trust anyone who's toupee doesn't match the rest of their hair color.

He proceeds to fill out his lotto card, then throws it at me and says 'Here'. Now do I need to remind you that I never asked him if he needed help.

So I run his lotto through, then this he tried to pull another move. I take his money and he is still clutching my pen. We have to buy our own pens because the store got tired of buying them.

So he starts to walk off, and I say "Sir can I have my pen back." And he shoots back, "Well I spend ENOUGH money here, I thought I could keep it." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So I say, "Sir that is my personal pen, I bought it myself." So throws it down on the counter and says, "FINE" and walks off.

I cannot wait until I turn in my two weeks notice here.

[ShockQueen]

GADS I hate pen thieves! I used to have to buy my own too, so I got with my buddy who worked at Builder's Square at the time, and he gave me a great idea! I got a nice gothic finial, and did some fiddling with it with some tape to get the pen to stay nice and snug inside the end-piece. You could still write with it, but you can be SURE those people wouldn't try to take off with it....................at least most of the time. ;-)

[batmoody]

What an ass!
I make my pens all ugly to keep people from taking them.

[blas]

After he threw your pen back at you, you should have shouted:

"And this store makes enough money where it wouldn't matter if cheap, rude assholes like you quit coming here altogether!"

[batmoody]

or....
I make my pens to keep ugly people from taking them.

[Primer]

If you have to have pens available, be sure to get the cheap stick-type, and leave the caps OFF. Hide the caps behind the counter, or in your pocket, or somewhere else. Capless pens are a little bit less likely to walk away.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I put my pens in my pocket so I need them to have a cap. However, I stop my pens being stolen by buying either weird novelty pens or green/red pens; people seem to hate both. It's worth the slight irritation caused by people whining "Don't you have a blue pen?".

[Crow The Robot]

.another thing you could say to this dude is that he could bring his own dang pen

[Lace Neil Singer]

(not condoning violence towards customers, this is merely a fantasy)

Some days I wish I could use my pen in a "stabby" way...

[XCashier]

I might be able to tolerate losing the pen if I didn't have the jerk barking at me and making demands like I'm a lower life-form instead of a fellow human being. I bet he wonders why he doesn't have any friends. What a !