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Been a while since I've gotten to post. Things have been...well...you'll get to see.
Major Freaking EW/Scammer/Ecnonomy Lady
So this was actually tonight. I had to go back into our Walmart after realizing that our cashier gave us too much off on a coupon. (We got a free item...she credited us for DOUBLE its value). As I'm approaching the desk, I see a woman flinging her arms in the air and yelling at the cs lady.
EW Woman spouts a couple choice words and then starts to stomp off. As she does though, she gets this "AHA!" look on her face and walks back. She starts approaching people in line, and moves her way up the line...
"Any way I can borrow your ID? I need to return this and I just want a giftcard."
Lucky for me, I had no ID on me and got to tell her so. She then flounces up to a guy in front of me and makes a pouty face and asks him. He agrees, and she just gets this....this look....on her face. A very gloating expression. He goes on up, and the cs lady immediately says "No. I'm not doing it. That's just wrong. You'll need YOUR id and yours alone."
EW goes absolutely batpoop insane. Starts screaming that it's an ID, to take it, and CS lady stands firm. Then when she realizes this isn't working...she starts pleading and fake crying. "I'm just trying to get groceries, it's this economy, you know? The economy is so awful....BY NOT TAKING THIS YOU ARE SENTENCING ME TO DIE BY STARVATION."
I finally get a look at the item. Its a makeup/perfume set that's obviously been used and opened, and has quite the expensive tag on it. Hm. No wonder why she can't get groceries. She's splurging. -_-
She starts up again and yells at her to take it, and the CS Lady says "If I do that, I will be tossed out this door. I will be FIRED, do you understand me?"
Me: "And then SHE won't be able to get groceries. I don't know how you can think your thing of makeup is worth causing someone to lose their job and means of THEM surviving. Especially in this economy!"
I got the bird.
CS Lady looked like she wanted to crack up.
EW then stomps off and gets the asst. manager (who hasn't seen any of this) and asks HER. Directly in front of all of us! I step behind EW and start shaking my head and mouthing "Psycho woman! Don't do it!!" The asst. manager raises an eyebrow, and then turns and says "Nope. Not doing it."
EW screams in anger, and walks off again. CS Lady tells me thank you, and informs her manager of what has just transpired. Guess who returns a few minutes later? Yep. With the store manager this time. This time, both me and the REST of the people who saw step behind Psycho Crushaa Woman and start playing Charades. CS Lady tries to tell her manager she needs to speak to her...
...The manager promptly caves to EW. Who flips me off again and literally flounces up to the register to get her money.
When it was my turn, I thanked the CS lady and assn. manager for trying to stand up to her. When I told them what I was there for...they told me to forget it, to consider it a gift. Woot!
I ended up seeing the EW out by her car. Very, VERY nice car...with dealer tags. Ergh. Guess my one hope is that her daddy/husband/whoever is funding her is a GM dealership, and she'll lose those tags and nice car. :P
Well, That Was Easy to Answer
Hi, I'd like to inquire about a custom website. I need an admin backend, a flash header and menu, and a banner ad set for it as well. I'll give you $35 for the job.
But I can get it cheaper from India!!
....I hate web designing sometimes. Just for this.
Story begins with my friend's website script selling company. His normal designer has quit on him, and he asked me to take her place. Thing is, I'm MUCH more expensive than her. She tended to just throw together websites from a premade Photoshop template she had sitting around. I happen to do stuff from scratch. I take a bit longer, but my results come out looking a lot better. I've got a reputation just BECAUSE my stuff looks better than hers, lol.
Anyways....so he begs me to help out with a job...someone ordered a "Generic Template", and he offers me $150. Eh...normally I get a lot more...but since it was "just a normal, generic template", I said sure. He then sends me the details that the client has sent him.
Three pages. Three effing pages of stuff about how it's supposed to be an epic comic book styled website. Custom logo, drawn mascot, animated elements to the website, you get the drift. This is a monster.
So I snapped. Told him I was officially charging extra for anything BEYOND a "generic website template". He pitched a hissy fit, claiming he'll complain to my friend. I dared him to...a few minutes later my friend is throwing a fit at ME that I shouldn't be charging extra. I told him to have fun getting ahold of the designer who quit. He goes quiet, and tells the client to suck it up and pay.
I now am a few hundred extra in the bank.
Major Freaking EW/Scammer/Ecnonomy Lady
So this was actually tonight. I had to go back into our Walmart after realizing that our cashier gave us too much off on a coupon. (We got a free item...she credited us for DOUBLE its value). As I'm approaching the desk, I see a woman flinging her arms in the air and yelling at the cs lady.
EW Woman spouts a couple choice words and then starts to stomp off. As she does though, she gets this "AHA!" look on her face and walks back. She starts approaching people in line, and moves her way up the line...
"Any way I can borrow your ID? I need to return this and I just want a giftcard."
Lucky for me, I had no ID on me and got to tell her so. She then flounces up to a guy in front of me and makes a pouty face and asks him. He agrees, and she just gets this....this look....on her face. A very gloating expression. He goes on up, and the cs lady immediately says "No. I'm not doing it. That's just wrong. You'll need YOUR id and yours alone."
EW goes absolutely batpoop insane. Starts screaming that it's an ID, to take it, and CS lady stands firm. Then when she realizes this isn't working...she starts pleading and fake crying. "I'm just trying to get groceries, it's this economy, you know? The economy is so awful....BY NOT TAKING THIS YOU ARE SENTENCING ME TO DIE BY STARVATION."
I finally get a look at the item. Its a makeup/perfume set that's obviously been used and opened, and has quite the expensive tag on it. Hm. No wonder why she can't get groceries. She's splurging. -_-
She starts up again and yells at her to take it, and the CS Lady says "If I do that, I will be tossed out this door. I will be FIRED, do you understand me?"
Me: "And then SHE won't be able to get groceries. I don't know how you can think your thing of makeup is worth causing someone to lose their job and means of THEM surviving. Especially in this economy!"
I got the bird.
CS Lady looked like she wanted to crack up. EW then stomps off and gets the asst. manager (who hasn't seen any of this) and asks HER. Directly in front of all of us! I step behind EW and start shaking my head and mouthing "Psycho woman! Don't do it!!" The asst. manager raises an eyebrow, and then turns and says "Nope. Not doing it."
EW screams in anger, and walks off again. CS Lady tells me thank you, and informs her manager of what has just transpired. Guess who returns a few minutes later? Yep. With the store manager this time. This time, both me and the REST of the people who saw step behind Psycho Crushaa Woman and start playing Charades. CS Lady tries to tell her manager she needs to speak to her...
...The manager promptly caves to EW. Who flips me off again and literally flounces up to the register to get her money.
When it was my turn, I thanked the CS lady and assn. manager for trying to stand up to her. When I told them what I was there for...they told me to forget it, to consider it a gift. Woot!
I ended up seeing the EW out by her car. Very, VERY nice car...with dealer tags. Ergh. Guess my one hope is that her daddy/husband/whoever is funding her is a GM dealership, and she'll lose those tags and nice car. :P
Well, That Was Easy to Answer
Hi, I'd like to inquire about a custom website. I need an admin backend, a flash header and menu, and a banner ad set for it as well. I'll give you $35 for the job.
But I can get it cheaper from India!!
....I hate web designing sometimes. Just for this.
Story begins with my friend's website script selling company. His normal designer has quit on him, and he asked me to take her place. Thing is, I'm MUCH more expensive than her. She tended to just throw together websites from a premade Photoshop template she had sitting around. I happen to do stuff from scratch. I take a bit longer, but my results come out looking a lot better. I've got a reputation just BECAUSE my stuff looks better than hers, lol.
Anyways....so he begs me to help out with a job...someone ordered a "Generic Template", and he offers me $150. Eh...normally I get a lot more...but since it was "just a normal, generic template", I said sure. He then sends me the details that the client has sent him.
Three pages. Three effing pages of stuff about how it's supposed to be an epic comic book styled website. Custom logo, drawn mascot, animated elements to the website, you get the drift. This is a monster.
So I snapped. Told him I was officially charging extra for anything BEYOND a "generic website template". He pitched a hissy fit, claiming he'll complain to my friend. I dared him to...a few minutes later my friend is throwing a fit at ME that I shouldn't be charging extra. I told him to have fun getting ahold of the designer who quit. He goes quiet, and tells the client to suck it up and pay.
I now am a few hundred extra in the bank.
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