Well that was pointless....

[octopi23]

Ugh. Today was the last day I worked on a weekly basis, moving to a weekend schedule. Anyway, it was rife with crap.

Lightning Round!

So, four girls come up and ask for a refund on the photo booths. Gonna need a sup for it. Here's where the fun begins.

Me -
SC1
SC2
SC3
SC4

Me - Hi there, welcome to *park*

SC1 - I need a refund on the photo booth.

Me - Alright, I'm going to need to get my supervisor. Let me flag a worker down (no phone at my game). Let me warn you they're being really slow today. I've been waiting 2 hours for my water bottle to get filled.

SC2 - Why can't you just give us the refund?

Me - I'd get written up. It's something I need a supervisor for. Why don't you go to *area with more staffing* and ask them? They've got a ton of sups walking around.

SC3 - (either misinterpreting pronunciation or just being annoying) Soups? Since when does soup walk around?

Me - Sup is short for supervisor.

SC4 - How old are you?

Me - 15.

SC2 - No way man! You gotta be at least 20!

SC1 - I'm 14, no way you're 15.

Me - 15. Yellow nametag.

SC3 - What school do you go to?

Me - *school*. It's full of idiots.

SC4 - It explains why you're there.

Me - So are you going to head up to *area* and talk to a sup up there?

SC1 - Yeah, we're done here. *walks in wrong direction*

30 seconds later....

SC3 - Hey, octopi?

Me - Yeah?

SC2 and SC3 - *gives me the finger*



There's no need to fear, The Patronizer is here!

When there's crime to fight or just an unwarranted nit to pick, count on The Patronizer to make your job less enjoyable! So a family of about 10 walks up. Mother, father, uncle, aunt, 3 college-age kids and 3 elementary-age kids. This is gonna be good.

Me -
M - Mother
F - Father
C1 - College girl 1
C2 - College girl 2
E1 - Child 1
E2 - Child 2

Me - Hi, welcome to *park*

M, C1, C2, E1, E2 - *foists money in my face*

Me - *making change, everyone seemed to pay with a $5 or $10 on a $3 game*

M, C1, C2, E1, E2 - *prattling on, being distracting*

Me - *confused* Okay, who paid with what? Who had the five and who had the ten?

F - Look....

Me - *to one of them* Did you have the ten?

F - Hey man, how old are you?

Me - 15.

F - A fifth-grader could do this!

Me - Not when five people all want to pay their own games.

F - Oh look, the fifth grader can't do it! *being distracting*

Me -

So I doled out the cash as best I could then played their game. I gave them a suggestive sale to get them out of my face. Fuckers.

Can we start?

2 kids come up. They pay for their game and I sign them in. Then out of the corner of my eye, I see a couple fumbling through their coupon book.

Me -
K1 - Kid 1
K2 - Kid 2
A1 - Adult 1
A2 - Adult 2

Me - Sorry, we don't accept coupons at this game.

A1 - Okay. Say, how much does it cost?

Me - Three dollars.

A2 - That's not that bad. What do you think, honey?

A1 and A2 - *contemplative silence*

K1 and K2 - Can we start now?

Me - I'm attending to a customer.

A1 - Alright, we'll play. 2 people.

K1 and K2 - Can we start?

Me - I'm just getting them signed in, we'll start in a second.

A2 - Alrighty, here you go.

Me - *takes cash, doles change*

K1 and K2 - Can we start?

Me - I've got another customer!

I then start the game and get the tools off my back.

[Aethian]

I thought the legal working age was 16?

So is this a fair game? Cause some of these people you've had sound like some of the same people I saw at the local county fair.

[Wolfboy]

OMG I cant belive how rude some of these people are especially the dad with the kids. Why do people think its ok to speak to someone like this just because their young? It’s not big,its not clever and I can’t help but wonder how he’d feel if someone spoke to his kids like that. lets just hope the weekend is a little nicer to you.

[jjllbb]

15 is old enough depending on the job. And i guess depending on the location.

But on that note, next time someone asks you your age I suggest you simply reply "old enough" and leave it at that.

You don't have to tell ANYONE your age other than your employers. Its none of their business and it only seems to get you a hard time.

Good luck with the suck.

[Teysa]

Judging from the color of your nametag, I think I can guess where you work. I know it's easy to say, but try not to let the idiots get to you too much. Be proud of the fact that you're earning your own money. Keep in mind too, that you only have to put up with the sucky ones for a few minutes. They have to live with themselves.

[octopi23]

I thought the legal working age was 16?

So is this a fair game? Cause some of these people you've had sound like some of the same people I saw at the local county fair.

It's the only place around that hires at 15.

[jerkface11]

At my fastfood place we can hire 15 year olds. They just can't work with anything hot or go into the walkin cooler. So we don't hire till 16.

[BookstoreEscapee]

At my fastfood place we can hire 15 year olds. They just can't work with anything hot or go into the walkin cooler. So we don't hire till 16.

We had a 15 year old once; she couldn't work past 10...closing shift ended at 11:30. She didn't do much either, but that's a different issue. We had several 17yo workers at one point who were good. They couldn't work past 11 but at least they could get a lot of the cleanup done before they left.

[Skeksin]

"How old are you"

"Before this sun burnt bright in the heavens, I was old beyond imagining"

[BookstoreEscapee]

"How old are you"

Don't you know you never ask a lady her age?

(All the better if you are male. )

[Skeksin]

Nah I don't ask anyone their age. That is just one reply I might use to the question.