Not a good week to get on my bad side...

[JustADude]

.... i was jokeing..... because it sounds like brother.... its a joke....

Sorry, the shift I worked before I wrote that I'd had to deal with a woman who was militantly feminist to the point where, as much as I hate using phrases like this, "Raging Bull-Dike*" is the only way I can think of to describe her, and it had me rather sensitive at the time I wrote the comment.

Forgive me?




As a particular gem from the 15 minutes or so she was in the store, as soon as she got to the counter she demanded to know why we, the guys, were standing around doing nothing while S, the MiC and the only female working that shift, was 'doing all the work' (aka, taking her order).

I told her, quite honestly, "Because there's nothing to do until she finishes taking your order and, as the manager, she's the only one who can handle the front till unless she assigns it to someone else," in a perfectly reasonable, if exasperated (I could tell where she was trying to go with this), tone and got a Glare of Doom for my trouble.

Apparently a Filthy, Stupid Male isn't allowed to speak to Her Royal Bitchiness, let alone derail the diatribe I could smell brewing by answering her in a way that made it clear that the woman was the trusted, empowered person in the situation.

[Imogene]

maybe im going to make a new word because its sexist.... so sisterin!!!!

So, to fit it to the spelling for Brethren... Sistren? Or Sistern? (Or Cistern...?)

[Sliceanddice]

Soooo.... it's sexist because 'brethren', a gender neutral term, happens to bear a passing phonetic resemblance to the word 'brother'?

Um.... yeah... okay... not going there.

.... i was jokeing..... because it sounds like brother.... its a joke....

[JustADude]

maybe im going to make a new word because its sexist.... so sisterin!!!!

Soooo.... it's sexist because 'brethren', a gender neutral term, happens to bear a passing phonetic resemblance to the word 'brother'?

Um.... yeah... okay... not going there.

[Bandit]

Kara:

I feel your pain. I support about 20,000 phone users across the country. And these are all internal for the company I work for.

"Yes, you might wheel and deal and bring in a million dollars a year, and I'm just a phone geek with the rank of corporate plankton. But without me, you can't make the deals and will get fired. Now, lower your voice, and I will help you as best I can. Raise your voice or swear at me again, and I will give your support request the priority is deserves - after my coffee break and potential Lupus flair caused by the stress from dealing with you that may last for a couple of months."

Good luck - Cell phones are the worst things to support. Been there, done that, have the grey hair to prove it.

B

[Sliceanddice]

sisterhood members would simply be called "Sisters" as in "my sisters and I" instead of "my brethren". There is no collective noun for sisters, as juwl stated

maybe im going to make a new word because its sexist.... so sisterin!!!!

[tollbaby]

sisterhood members would simply be called "Sisters" as in "my sisters and I" instead of "my brethren". There is no collective noun for sisters, as juwl stated

[Imogene]

how do you have brotherin and not sisteran...

Brethren, no such thing as Sistren. Brethren is gender ambiguous in use.

[Sliceanddice]

woohoo i have sisteran.... how do you have brotherin and not sisteran... never mind
WOOHOO

[Kara]

Count me in as one of your fan girls! Hubba hubba!

w00t!

[WorkAtBBuy]

Heh, my supervisor made the mistake of mentioning that our calls weren't being recorded or scored on Saturday. So I was able to be a tad bitchy.



Um... I don't really have need of a slave. At least, not until the world is mine, then you'll ALL be my slaves, but that's still a ways down the road. But hey, why should GK get all the fangirls? I definitely down with that



Eh, what the hell. I'll accept fanboys too



Oh, I've been there for years and years. I just don't always show it.

Count me in as one of your fan girls! Hubba hubba!

[Bloodsoul]

All I know is that when I went to buy a cell, I wanted nights and weekends free with a nice, nationwide plan and was damned ready to pay the price for it.

Now if I can just figure out how to unsuscribe to EasyEdge and upload my Foamy ringtone. *taps screen* Hmm, maybe a sprocket is loose...

[Polenicus]

Reminds me of my mercifully brief stint working support for cell phones. And I just worked in support, I can't imagine working in cancellations!

Cell phone customers are the worst customers on the planet. Seriously, years and years of having the idea that they're entitled to something has reinforced the belief in these people that when they call you, they are entitled, and your function is soleely to deny them their rightful properly. Now, they have no clue what they're actually entitled to. In fact, until they called, they had never given the matter any thought, but by God you're going to give it to them.

Part of the problem is the complexity of most cell phone plans. You have so many minutes included with this plan, except on weekends, when you have this many minutes, but that doesn't include text messaging, and did we mention long distance is a completely different calculation?

To be fair, once you take a minute to sit down and look it over, it all makes pretty reasonable sense. I'm certainly not smart enough to come up with a more equitable system. But in an SC's mind confusion = wiggle room, and wiggle room = free stuff! They assume since they don't understand how the damn things work, the silly CSR rep on the other end of the line certainly can't (Because people who work in customer service are dumb, after all) and since customers always get the benefit of the doubt, they can get anything!

Where else will you find customers who want free electronics, free services and to have any previously incurred expenses credited back for no good reason other than by being a 'good customer'? (The definition of which appears to be 'being a customer')

[DesignFox]

all those idiots can get get a "Pre-Payed" cell phone like TracFone & then they won't have to bitch about stupid shit. No contracts to worry about BUT we're talking about SUCKY CUSTOMERS sooooooo.......LOL.

but the pre-paid phones aren't free....

SC's see only two words when they sign up for service FREE PHONE.

[Kara]

My God, you're on fire. Your irritation with the world spilleth over and your bad-tempered reactions to idiocy are as funny as fun can be.

Heh, my supervisor made the mistake of mentioning that our calls weren't being recorded or scored on Saturday. So I was able to be a tad bitchy.

*feels the sudden need to don her slave outfit, give Kara the lead and devote herself entirely to her, even if she does already have a woman shes in love with and adores (im just the slave to do your biddings)*

Um... I don't really have need of a slave. At least, not until the world is mine, then you'll ALL be my slaves, but that's still a ways down the road. But hey, why should GK get all the fangirls? I definitely down with that

Well damn, I guess I can forget the crush I had on you since I'm male and you're taken.

Eh, what the hell. I'll accept fanboys too

You're becoming as jaded as I am.

Oh, I've been there for years and years. I just don't always show it.