So as you may or may not know I no longer work for Aid of Rite. I am now contracted through Generic Temp Agency to work for Big Red U.S. Wireless Company as a greeter. I get paid a nice chunk of cash to stand for 8 hours per day at the entrance holding an iPad and say hi to people.
Anyway, to business.
Blood!
I have a podium I tend to lean on at work with a few tablets on display. Customers like to touch the tablets and the podium itself for whatever reason. It was nearly the end of my shift and I noticed that there was red stuff smeared all over the podium. I had seen a customer leaning against the podium a few minutes before and I knew for a fact that the podium was clean. Customer did not have a drink or food in their hands. So I flipped my shit and cleaned up the blood. As a side note I need to have a nice chat with my manager about not having gloves to clean up blood with.
Bodily Harm!
Woman comes in the other day with her kids after visiting Cinnamon Bun Store. Kids were hyped up on sugar and were running around the store doing what kids hyped up on sugar do best: Destroy stuff! Mama was not paying much attention to them except to swear and curse at the kids. The younger boy was bored so he started peppering me with questions about what I do. I answered them best as could but I was keeping track of customers. Kid runs away then comes back 5 minutes later pretending to be tickle monster. Kid tickles me, then runs away. Then kid comes back few minutes after that and punches me. First punch hits my iPad, second one gets me in the stomach. It hurt. Mama saw the punch in the stomach and yelled at the kid before leaving the store in a rush.
Broken iPads!
If you go into almost any store that sells cell phones and tablets, they are attached to tables by a stretchy cord that has an alarm system attached to it. Pull on the alarm and the alarm goes off and its loud and embarrassing.
So mom and kids come into the store. Kids make a beeline for the iPads and sit on the floor with them. As they are pulling on the cords, they are also pulling on the shelf, which is not bolted to the wall. Coworker Beanpole was nearby, turns around, sees kids sitting on the floor and sees the shelf just about ready to fall on the kids. Just as he's about to tell them not to do that:
BANG BANG BANG CRASHbreebreebreebreebreebreebreebree
The display fell on top of them. Store goes quiet except for the alarms. Kids are sitting there with looks of "oh SHIT" on their faces, thankfully unharmed. Mom yells at the kids and the kids stay next to mom for the rest of the time she's in the store without a peep. One of the iPads got cracked but the others were unharmed.
Anyway, to business.
Blood!
I have a podium I tend to lean on at work with a few tablets on display. Customers like to touch the tablets and the podium itself for whatever reason. It was nearly the end of my shift and I noticed that there was red stuff smeared all over the podium. I had seen a customer leaning against the podium a few minutes before and I knew for a fact that the podium was clean. Customer did not have a drink or food in their hands. So I flipped my shit and cleaned up the blood. As a side note I need to have a nice chat with my manager about not having gloves to clean up blood with.
Bodily Harm!
Woman comes in the other day with her kids after visiting Cinnamon Bun Store. Kids were hyped up on sugar and were running around the store doing what kids hyped up on sugar do best: Destroy stuff! Mama was not paying much attention to them except to swear and curse at the kids. The younger boy was bored so he started peppering me with questions about what I do. I answered them best as could but I was keeping track of customers. Kid runs away then comes back 5 minutes later pretending to be tickle monster. Kid tickles me, then runs away. Then kid comes back few minutes after that and punches me. First punch hits my iPad, second one gets me in the stomach. It hurt. Mama saw the punch in the stomach and yelled at the kid before leaving the store in a rush.
Broken iPads!
If you go into almost any store that sells cell phones and tablets, they are attached to tables by a stretchy cord that has an alarm system attached to it. Pull on the alarm and the alarm goes off and its loud and embarrassing.
So mom and kids come into the store. Kids make a beeline for the iPads and sit on the floor with them. As they are pulling on the cords, they are also pulling on the shelf, which is not bolted to the wall. Coworker Beanpole was nearby, turns around, sees kids sitting on the floor and sees the shelf just about ready to fall on the kids. Just as he's about to tell them not to do that:
BANG BANG BANG CRASHbreebreebreebreebreebreebreebree
The display fell on top of them. Store goes quiet except for the alarms. Kids are sitting there with looks of "oh SHIT" on their faces, thankfully unharmed. Mom yells at the kids and the kids stay next to mom for the rest of the time she's in the store without a peep. One of the iPads got cracked but the others were unharmed.
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