Yes, there are other people in the world besides you.

[veniteangeli]

Thank you!

[EricKei]

venite - It's as dalesys said ^_^ It's one of our major no-no's around here, tho it normally refers to a post where someone is overtly siding with a customer being complained about, rather than the poster (it generally generally comes across as seeming disrespectful or insulting to the OP). I don't think XC meant it in quite that way

Put simply, the site is here to let people vent about their work issues without being judged for it or debated over. If people wanna debate, well, that's why we have our sister site, fratching.com...

<modhat on> If you see someone doing that or other engaging in other problematic behavior, please Report the post -- ideally without calling out the offending poster/commenting on their post-- (it's anonymous to everyone but the mod team, and we won't out you) and we'll deal with it.

[sms001]

the site is here to let people vent about their work issues without being judged for it or debated over.

I might add that there are times when we do FTSTS - because too many nuances of the interaction can't be conveyed in writing, or because it is the sheer repetition that got to the OP, or because the SC was sucky just by existing for some reason or another. That's when the empathy should kick in.

XCash, in this case it was loud and clear. "There was no need to be so nasty" About calling her to be rung up? wth? My ex-CW Dorothy used to sing a little song when we encountered these types: "There's no one in the world but me... there's no one in the world but me." Got to where we would just whistle it in front of the oblivious.

I kinda feel bad for the one who slunk away though.

LOVE 'C U Next Time' That's gonna get a LOT of use.

[Argus]

I might add that there are times when we do FTSTS - because too many nuances of the interaction can't be conveyed in writing, or because it is the sheer repetition that got to the OP, or because the SC was sucky just by existing for some reason or another.

Or sometimes because relevant details were left out. Some behavior is sucky at 5 minutes before closing but not at 2:30 PM, and if the OP doesn't make the timing clear, well, ....

[Pagan]

We had a busy time, where I got called up to the second register. There were about 6 people in line behind the one being rung up. I signed on and stated/semi-yellled "Can I take the next person in line please?"

This always leads to a bit of shuffling, as no one wants to be the one to knock over others as they head towards me. However, not this time. A woman FOUR BACK in the line runs over to my register. I saw the reactions of the people who were ahead of her, so I said " I don't think you were next in line, were you?"

This is why one place I worked, when we opened another register, we would physically go get the next person in line an walk them over to the register. I wish more places would do this.

[sms001]

register, we would physically go get the next person in line

I've seen a modified version of this - cashier singles out the first in the queue and says "Sir/Miss, you are next in line, I can take you over here." Makes it very unambiguous for all but densest SCs.

[catcul]

15 minutes later I get an angry phone call from a harpy (she was nasty on the phone) wanting to complain to a manager.

What have the bird-women from The Odessey done to deserve this comparison?

Harpies are the ones who tore out what's-his-name's liver over and over in Hades.

Actually, harpies come from the story of Jason and the Argonauts. They would eat Phineus' food and befoul what they didn't eat. I guess harpy would be appropriate name to call these women. They eat up your productivity and befoul your day.

[MoonCat]

I swear, I'd get fired if I worked a cash register, because the first time someone who was in line talking on a cell phone told me "I wasn't ready!" I'd tell them "This is the READY LINE, if you ain't ready you ain't in line! NEXT PLEASE!"

[BlaqueKatt]

I hope this doesn't come off as a FTSTS, but people do need to realize that there are other people in the world besides them.

The way the FTSTS rule is written, it's impossible for the OP to be one. Though those women sucked more than a kirby in space.