Girl who works at hippy dippy soap store here! Back with another story...ugh.
Okay, so, on top of mall customers being particularly INSANE lately (maybe because of the holiday season?? I have no idea), the internet at my store has been down for the past TEN DAYS. That means we cannot swipe any debit/credit/gift cards, we can't sell gift cards, and we cannot clock in or out. Because we can't swipe cards of any kind, we have to call every card in to receive an activation code for every non-cash purchase. That means that every card transaction takes about five minutes to complete, and customers. are. pissed.
Needless to say, tension has been incredibly high in the store lately. I come in to work last weekend and see a line of about 30 people waiting to be rung out, and my one coworker scrambling behind the register trying to call every card transaction in all by herself. The store is in pandemonium-- people are getting tired of waiting in line and are literally just dropping their baskets full of stuff on the floor and walking out with nothing, while others are just standing around yelling, "How LONG is this going to take- I have other places to go!!" etc etc...
I go in the back and put down my stuff, throw my apron on and come out onto the sales floor immediately because I can't clock in. I'm on the floor all of two seconds when a woman walks in and gets right up into my face-
Woman: YOU! Come here! You helped me last time!
Me: Oh hello--
Woman: You told us to use these solid shampoo pucks! *thrusts the pucks into my face* Well, GUESS WHAT? They made all of my hair fall out! This is CRAZY! *turns to her daughter* Right, Sally??? Didn't they make all of our hair fall out?
Sally: *in the same damn voice as her mother* YEAH! They made all my hair fall out!
Woman: Come here! Get closer! *she puts her scalp right in front of my face and starts pulling her very thick, seemingly undamaged hair into sections so I can see her scalp* LOOK! Look at this damage! This is insane!
I see literally NOTHING wrong with her hair, but I decide to humor her.
Me: Oh no! I'm so sorry that happened--
Woman: You better be! I'm FURIOUS!! I thought these products were luxury! I thought these products had quality ingredients! I never expected this to happen! When you pay this much money for something you expect it to work!!!!
Me: You're completely right, and I'm sorry this happened. If you'd like to return the shampoo pucks, just head right on over to the register and speak with our manager in training *I point out our MIT watching over my coworker calling in the cards behind the till* Show her your receipt and she can help you--
Woman: I don't have my receipt! What can you give me??
Me: If you don't have your receipt than you can exchange the shampoo for something else.
The woman agrees and approaches my MIT while her daughter begins to look around the store. I lose track of them for a while because our store is in such chaos. About ten minutes later, I'm busy helping a few people when I hear the Woman scream, "Are you kidding me?! I should SUE YOU!!!"
I turn around and see the woman at the front of the line at the registers, screaming at my MIT who is now behind the computer. Apparently our network was being even more unreliable than usual and our POS system wouldn't allow her to make the exchange right then. Instead, she would have to buy stuff from the store, pay for it, and in a few hours her card would be reimburse for the shampoo pucks she was returning, and then the exchange would be complete.
(I think this is what happened- I wasn't directly involved, so I'm not entirely sure, but it had something to do with our POS being unable to accept returned products back into the system right then- so there would be some delay for the reimbursement to show up on her card, blah blah blah...)
So, instead of this woman understanding that there is LITERALLY NOTHING we can do to help her, and that we're all stretched incredibly thin and dealing with a plethora of computer problems, and we're doing everything in our power to help her and apologizing like crazy, she decides that the perfect resolution to this problem is to threaten us.
Woman: *screaming* You are SO LUCKY I am not going to sue you! You understand that I could, right??? You understand that I could sue the shit out of you, right?! This shampoo made my HAIR FALL OUT! Are you HEARING ME?!
MIT: M'am I am SO sorry. We're doing everything we can-
Woman: You are so lucky I'm not SCREAMING RIGHT NOW! I could be making such a scene, but I'm NOT! You should count your lucky stars I'm not suing you! Fix this!
This continues on and I am pulled away to help another customer- I pass by our front display window as I'm running to fetch something for said customer, and I notice that Sally, the Woman's daughter, is standing in front of it, facing the window looking out in the mall. I think it's strange that she's just standing there, so I walk over to see if she needs help and, I'm not kidding...
She had pushed our ENTIRE window display to the side of the table, laid down a napkin on the surface, and was eating her lunch off our window display table. I literally just stood there staring at her with my mouth open. I couldn't even DO anything about it because we were so busy, but seriously, who DOES THAT?? I felt like my brain was melting out of my head.
Eventually the Woman accepted her fate and made the exchange, swearing that "she would be BACK!!!" if her card did not get refunded that day, and she and her daughter left.
It's been a week and I still can't get over it. Is the holiday season making people nastier? I just don't get it, but this whole experience BLEW MY MIND.
Okay, so, on top of mall customers being particularly INSANE lately (maybe because of the holiday season?? I have no idea), the internet at my store has been down for the past TEN DAYS. That means we cannot swipe any debit/credit/gift cards, we can't sell gift cards, and we cannot clock in or out. Because we can't swipe cards of any kind, we have to call every card in to receive an activation code for every non-cash purchase. That means that every card transaction takes about five minutes to complete, and customers. are. pissed.
Needless to say, tension has been incredibly high in the store lately. I come in to work last weekend and see a line of about 30 people waiting to be rung out, and my one coworker scrambling behind the register trying to call every card transaction in all by herself. The store is in pandemonium-- people are getting tired of waiting in line and are literally just dropping their baskets full of stuff on the floor and walking out with nothing, while others are just standing around yelling, "How LONG is this going to take- I have other places to go!!" etc etc...
I go in the back and put down my stuff, throw my apron on and come out onto the sales floor immediately because I can't clock in. I'm on the floor all of two seconds when a woman walks in and gets right up into my face-
Woman: YOU! Come here! You helped me last time!
Me: Oh hello--
Woman: You told us to use these solid shampoo pucks! *thrusts the pucks into my face* Well, GUESS WHAT? They made all of my hair fall out! This is CRAZY! *turns to her daughter* Right, Sally??? Didn't they make all of our hair fall out?
Sally: *in the same damn voice as her mother* YEAH! They made all my hair fall out!
Woman: Come here! Get closer! *she puts her scalp right in front of my face and starts pulling her very thick, seemingly undamaged hair into sections so I can see her scalp* LOOK! Look at this damage! This is insane!
I see literally NOTHING wrong with her hair, but I decide to humor her.
Me: Oh no! I'm so sorry that happened--
Woman: You better be! I'm FURIOUS!! I thought these products were luxury! I thought these products had quality ingredients! I never expected this to happen! When you pay this much money for something you expect it to work!!!!
Me: You're completely right, and I'm sorry this happened. If you'd like to return the shampoo pucks, just head right on over to the register and speak with our manager in training *I point out our MIT watching over my coworker calling in the cards behind the till* Show her your receipt and she can help you--
Woman: I don't have my receipt! What can you give me??
Me: If you don't have your receipt than you can exchange the shampoo for something else.
The woman agrees and approaches my MIT while her daughter begins to look around the store. I lose track of them for a while because our store is in such chaos. About ten minutes later, I'm busy helping a few people when I hear the Woman scream, "Are you kidding me?! I should SUE YOU!!!"
I turn around and see the woman at the front of the line at the registers, screaming at my MIT who is now behind the computer. Apparently our network was being even more unreliable than usual and our POS system wouldn't allow her to make the exchange right then. Instead, she would have to buy stuff from the store, pay for it, and in a few hours her card would be reimburse for the shampoo pucks she was returning, and then the exchange would be complete.
(I think this is what happened- I wasn't directly involved, so I'm not entirely sure, but it had something to do with our POS being unable to accept returned products back into the system right then- so there would be some delay for the reimbursement to show up on her card, blah blah blah...)
So, instead of this woman understanding that there is LITERALLY NOTHING we can do to help her, and that we're all stretched incredibly thin and dealing with a plethora of computer problems, and we're doing everything in our power to help her and apologizing like crazy, she decides that the perfect resolution to this problem is to threaten us.
Woman: *screaming* You are SO LUCKY I am not going to sue you! You understand that I could, right??? You understand that I could sue the shit out of you, right?! This shampoo made my HAIR FALL OUT! Are you HEARING ME?!
MIT: M'am I am SO sorry. We're doing everything we can-
Woman: You are so lucky I'm not SCREAMING RIGHT NOW! I could be making such a scene, but I'm NOT! You should count your lucky stars I'm not suing you! Fix this!
This continues on and I am pulled away to help another customer- I pass by our front display window as I'm running to fetch something for said customer, and I notice that Sally, the Woman's daughter, is standing in front of it, facing the window looking out in the mall. I think it's strange that she's just standing there, so I walk over to see if she needs help and, I'm not kidding...
She had pushed our ENTIRE window display to the side of the table, laid down a napkin on the surface, and was eating her lunch off our window display table. I literally just stood there staring at her with my mouth open. I couldn't even DO anything about it because we were so busy, but seriously, who DOES THAT?? I felt like my brain was melting out of my head.
Eventually the Woman accepted her fate and made the exchange, swearing that "she would be BACK!!!" if her card did not get refunded that day, and she and her daughter left.
It's been a week and I still can't get over it. Is the holiday season making people nastier? I just don't get it, but this whole experience BLEW MY MIND.
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