Short and Sweet

[Department stores *sigh*]

Haven't posted in awhile but figured some of you may like this one.


SC:Hey are you smart enough to find something for me in another store?

Me:Smart enough, sure. But willing? We'll have to see.

Co-worker almost spit her water out next to me.





I looked the stuff up for him no prob but I'm sure he knew he sounded like an asshole :P

[Chanlin]

SC:Hey are you smart enough to find something for me in another store?

What, there are stores aside from this one?!?!?

[Zeniq]

SC:Hey are you smart enough to find something for me in another store?

What the hell. How is it that people think it is ok to treat each other this way? You're nicer than I; I probably would have glared and walked away.

[EricKei]

"I dunno. Are you smart enough to accurately describe whatever it is you're looking for?"

[bainsidhe]

Nice response.

[jjllbb]

"I dunno. Are you smart enough to accurately describe whatever it is you're looking for?"

The funny part is that he probably wasn't. F-ing "its a thing that you sit on with a battery and it has a wheel but it's not a car.........."

[jjllbb]

My short story:

Me: May I have your phone number please?

SC: 000-000-0-

Me: Oh......

Me: Yes. Yes. I get it.

Seriously? Just say no thank you. Don't be a dick. Because that is NOT clever at all.

[BethB]

sounds like the ones my coworkers and I get ALL THE TIME!
"do you anything about the cameras?"
"is there anyone here who knows about the cameras?"
Uh nope. we're just paid to stand here and be pretty.

"is there a trick to unlocking the memory cards?"
Yes, turn around 3 times, scream abracadabra, and sprinkle fairy dust on it.

"which of these cameras will do *some obscure thing that would most likely require help from George Lucas and the Industrial Light and Magic team*?"

"when will you get this camera in?"
considering camera shipments are determined by the manufacturer and not our warehouse...I have no idea. go to the website and stop asking me over and over again. I do not have ESP. If I did I would use that knowledge to give me and my favorite coworkers the winning lotto numbers and we will NEVER have to serve you again. HA HA HA. *ahem*...sorry you had to witness that

[mikoyan29]

sounds like the ones my coworkers and I get ALL THE TIME!
"do you anything about the cameras?"
"is there anyone here who knows about the cameras?"
Uh nope. we're just paid to stand here and be pretty.

"is there a trick to unlocking the memory cards?"
Yes, turn around 3 times, scream abracadabra, and sprinkle fairy dust on it.

"which of these cameras will do *some obscure thing that would most likely require help from George Lucas and the Industrial Light and Magic team*?"

"when will you get this camera in?"
considering camera shipments are determined by the manufacturer and not our warehouse...I have no idea. go to the website and stop asking me over and over again. I do not have ESP. If I did I would use that knowledge to give me and my favorite coworkers the winning lotto numbers and we will NEVER have to serve you again. HA HA HA. *ahem*...sorry you had to witness that

As I was in Best Buy looking at what was going to be my new camera, I had a customer come up to me and say, "You look like you know something about cameras". (I don't work there) I ended up trying to help the person.

[Spider Jerusalem]

Haven't posted in awhile but figured some of you may like this one.


SC:Hey are you smart enough to find something for me in another store?

Me:Smart enough, sure. But willing? We'll have to see.

WIN! That was righteous.

Reminds me of one I had not long after I started working in the photo lab. We'd just gotten our printers working after several days of being down because of a part breaking and needing to be replaced. We'd gotten caught up on everything and were running normally.

Customer comes up to drop off a roll for one-hour processing. She had apparently come in when the lab was down and decided to wait till it was running again. But of course she had to be a bitch about it.

"How long will this take?"
"An hour," one of my coworkers said.
(snarky) "And how long is your 'one-hour' today?"
I turned around and said, "Sixty minutes." Then I went back to prepping film.

[infinitemonkies]

sounds like the ones my coworkers and I get ALL THE TIME!
"do you anything about the cameras?"
"is there anyone here who knows about the cameras?"
Uh nope. we're just paid to stand here and be pretty.

To be fair, I've dealt with a lot of employees who know absolutely nothing about the department they work in, especially if it's electronics or hardware (and by hardware I mean tools, not computer parts.)

Large chain departments stores tend to be the worst.
Not to knock Zellers in general, but I have never yet met a single person who works in my local Zellers electronics department who knew anything at all about electronics. Not even really basic stuff like where products are located, and I'm talking about staff who have been there for years.
I've also never met a Radio Shack [Circuit City] employee below store management level who even knew what soldering meant, let alone anything about the process or materials.