SC's and No regard for Safety!!!!

[lordlundar]

This thread reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate factory. All you have to do is tell them to stop once in front of witnesses. Even a lame attempt means you can't be sued.

[0oAmericanGirl]

Hmmm. That chick might be trying to scam you, SHE moved aside the safety barricades, and then got money for new clothes, due to her own action. Of course , she was able to blame an employee for her actions, and get the employee in trouble. If she stepped into the middle of a roped of area then she takes a risk and she has cotributory negligence. Of course, friggin' managers, will always believe the damn customer in this sort of situation. Grrr....

No doubt she was scamming, I hate it that the bagger got in trouble for it. He was kind of young and sensitive and I wouldn't be surprised if he cried a tear in the bathroom after the manager degraded him infront of alot of people. I gave him 3 tokens that night (3 get you a free meal) to cheer him up because I felt that he diserved it after putting up with that bullshit.

[ArenaBoy]

dude! One of my first jobs at the young age of 15 was directing traffic for an arena! GOOD TIMES!! The only saving grace for that job was I was allowed to see any event taking place for free provided I was working that evening. I am much older now and the arena is closed so, I can say it was the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio. The Cleveland Cavaliers used to play there before they built the Gund Arena downtown next to the Jake. (Indians Baseball field) I directed traffic for several years, then my last year there I ushered for awhile.

How many times did you almost get run over? I've had 5 close calls so far, it's fun but once in a while well, you get the point.

[Mixed Bag]

It's FUN to almost get run over?

I love how you make the most of your expericences. If only more people who spend big money to try to control and regulate daily life would ingest the things you do.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

One time, we had a big mess in the ladies bathroom. I don't remember if it was puke or bodily wastes or just a plugged up toilet, but it did require us to mop the floor and close the restroom.

As soon as we start mopping the floor, a woman and her kids come and ask us why the bathroom is closed. We explain we have to mop the floor and nobody is allowed in until we're done.

Mother: MY KIDS HAVE TO GO! LET ME GET IN THERE!
Me: Sorry, but we have a big mess in here and it will take a while to clean, and we can't let anybody inside as long as the floor is wet. But if you go to the pharmacy and ask, I'm sure they would let you use their bathroom.
Mother: I WANNA SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER! MY KIDS HAVE TO GET IN THE BATHROOM!

I decided I didn't want to get into a big pissing match with this wench, so we just finished up as quickly as possible, left whatever of the mess we hadn't cleaned up, and let them in. Then when they left, we finished cleaning up with no distrations.

[ArenaBoy]

It's FUN to almost get run over?

I love how you make the most of your expericences. If only more people who spend big money to try to control and regulate daily life would ingest the things you do.

The basketball crowds are educated but lack common sense. The point of the education part is that these tickets are expensive and its an affluent area I live in and work in. It's funny to hear the excuses they make just for a lousy parking spot. Yes, I know its cold but I've been outside for 4 hours stop complaining.

I don't see it as fun to almost get hit but I do see it as ludacrious as to one is so desperate to get to one area that they can get to as easily by following our instruction. Like I said, I've had people move barrels and I witnessed a guy jump a traffic island which goes to show how wonderful society is.

[Mixed Bag]

Yes, ludricrous is more apt, or adrenalizing--like when you trip but don't get hurt, in a way it feels good to stretch muscles in a way that's hard to do voluntarily.

[Bugg]

I see stuff like this all the time pushing carts in my lot..... 40 carts, each weighing 60+ lbs. (all metal, warehouse club sized....I'm jealous of the guys next door at target, those carts weigh nothing), moving about 8-10 mph, NO BRAKES!


what do people do??



not wait .005 seconds for me to get by..JUMP RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!
with little kids, baby carriages..etc
or..my favorite, not go to grab a cart from one of the lines I'm not barreling toward, jump right in so that the TON of wagons IM pushing can sandwich you.

I'ts gotten to the point where I will yell at people, tell them how stupid they are and make them realize they just put their lives in danger, I don't even care if they complain, let them, its getting to the point where I'm just gonna let go of the line, no use messing up my arm and back to save these idiots.

And I pull short lines..according to regulations, some of the other guys pull 60, 70, one time 150! carts 150*60= 9000 lbs! (so basically being hit by a loaded box truck that doesn't stop when it hits you)

yeah..getting into the store a second earlier, totally worth getting killed for!

[Lace Neil Singer]

Once, there was a major disaster in the BWS (Booze) aisle. A shelf collapsed and its entire load of white wine hit the deck; ie, leaving a lake of wine and loads of glass on the floor. So, we use trolleys to cut off the aisle so that the cleaners can sort it out without customers risking getting hurt. What do said customers do? Try to go thru that aisle, even there is flipping wine seeping under the trolleys. In the end, we had to have a staff member stationed at either end of the aisle, to stop the idiots trying to get in there.

[MystyGlyttyr]

I used to work for the Highway Department as a flagger/catch-all. One day, I was flagging out on a long, LONG straight stretch of highway that had the blistering pace of approximately one car per hour. (I was getting paid decent money to throw rocks at a cup in the ditch all day. No complaints.) I was wearing a bright orange vest with reflectors on it, a Highway Department hat, and waving a huge bright orange flag. The entire highway behind me was blocked off by enormous yellow pieces of machinery fixing some massive potholes.

So, of course, when I see a big RV coming (still several miles away, like I said, LONG straight stretch), I step out in the middle of the road, holding up my bright orange flag, hand out in the "stop" position, figuring this person will do the sensible thing and, y'know...STOP.

Fortunately, I was a good 500 feet away from the actual roadwork. By the time I picked myself up out of the ditch after having to dive for my life, the elderly driver of the RV was approximately four inches from the machines, actually YELLING at the crew leader about not having any signs up. HELLO?! What about the 19-year-old girl you just tried to run down?!

For some reason, the crew leader found no way to move his equipment without it taking an hour (heh heh), and dude had to turn around and drive about ten miles back the other way to take an enormous detour. I'm sure it put a HUGE crimp in their cross-country vacation (that's what Mr. Driver man said, anyway).