In which I curse out a customer within their earshot.

[ralerin]

...Yeah.

Customer and daughter come in and want a remote off of one of the high pegs secured by a magnetic lock that is a big fat BITCH to open. So, naturally, I fetch the ladder and my key and open it and hand it down to the daughter. Mother asks if we have a different remote in stock and I point her out to where it is. I get off the ladder, fold it up, put away the key and merrily walk away when Mother hands me the other remote and says, "Oh, we don't want this." Not wanting to really get back on the ladder and play with the lock again, I go back and put the remote back on its hook and say, "Fuck you both!" to myself as I refold the ladder and so on.

I had the misfortune to ring them up and they both gave me looks of icy DEATH as Mother coldly hands me her money and snatches the bag away when I'm done.

I honestly DO NOT blame them for being like that and I honestly would be surprised if I don't hear about it next time I'm in. =/

[TOLady]

Oh. My. Word.

Hope everything goes okay with you. It happens to the best of us and hopefully management (if they do find out) sees it that way.

*Hugs*

[Mnemjian]

Well that's silly. They obviously misheard you when you said "Boy howdy do I love my job!" Kinda sounds the same. Anyone could have made that mistake.


But for reals... don't worry. They were maybe mad but if they were going to complain I bet they would have done it to anyone and everyone, including you! Everyone has their bad days

[bubblelittlepally]

I had a woman grab me and tell my manager I said "Fuck You". She was obviously upset that I was stocking yoghurt in a manner that looked nice, but made it hard for customers to reach. She said to me "I really wish you wouldn't do this" to which I replied without lookink "It's my job" I have no clue how she got "fuck you" out of it other than the fact that she didn't understand me and assumed what I said was just that. She grabbs my arm and ask me what I said, and I calmly say "it's my job"

She wasn't satisfied with that, told the store manager who wrote me up (big deal ) and gives me a speach about it.

What I don't get is that for all the times I really said something offensive, customers never complained and the one time I don't.. well

Again, thank God I'm out of retail