Lack of planning is not an emergency.

[SG15Z]

I'm always learning. Of course, when I'm sick I also have zero patience, so me dealing with customers is apparently always entertaining. I probably would've bit the guy in the nose, or at the very least coughed on him. A lot.

and I hope I feel better soon, too! Cripes, I get so whiny and weepy when I'm sick it's not funny. It's so pathetic! I'm going to take my pathetic kiester to bed now, though. Just wanted to wait for water to boil for one last mug of tea, so I can take my nighttime med dose and crash.

But biting him in the nose would have made such a great story for the boards!

(just kidding of course)

[infinitemonkies]

THANK YOU!!!!! Yes we freaking do then people get all, "But you shut me off without notice" I am all oh so you didn't get your bill, the two notices, and the two phone calls?

And if by some chance the person actually didn't get them, they still knew the service has to be paid for.

Mail delivery seems to be kinda spotty (blatantly incompetent) in my area (frequently get letters where the address is WAY off in my mailbox) and I havent gotten a bill from my ISP in about 4 months now. But I know that my service didn't suddenly and without notice become free, so I make my damned payment.

If it were something like my electric bill, which can be a different amount each time, i'd either go online or call to find out my balance, if I cared enough, or just pay whatever it was last time plus a few bucks more just in case, knowing that an overpayment will be credited towards the next billing period.

[jackfaire]

But I know that my service didn't suddenly and without notice become free, so I make my damned payment.

*ponders stealing infinitemonkies away to the super secret good customer training facility to hit SCs with a clue by four. *

[KabeRinnaul]

Stupid guy. And he's probably one of those that's whining because it's so cold, and it's not fair that he can't have heating in his home, and how dare the gas company shut him off in this economy.

He can get over it.

I don't like how high my gas bills are, and only really live in one room of the house anyway, so I turned the heat down to 60 or so and got a small space heater. IT stays in that one room and I keep the door closed most of the time.

No kill me now! Why? Lupo, you know that 10 item Mega Event* sale thing we do from time to time. Well they're about to do a Gift Card Mega Event**....starting on Black Friday. KILL ME NOW!!!

Which means they'll likely do the same thing at my location, too. And they just gave us a nice 10-page list of new regulations on how to ring up gift cards.

Why do we even push so hard for Christmas? We're a grocery store, we don't sell toys and stuff. Or at least we didn't before. This year they've taken all the Fall/Thanksgiving stuff down about two weeks before Thanksgiving even gets here. To make room for a massive display of toys and pre-lit plastic Christmas trees.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Why do we even push so hard for Christmas? We're a grocery store, we don't sell toys and stuff. Or at least we didn't before. This year they've taken all the Fall/Thanksgiving stuff down about two weeks before Thanksgiving even gets here. To make room for a massive display of toys and pre-lit plastic Christmas trees.

The grocery store across the street from the swamp must not have any big sales going on Black Friday, because we're supposed to borrow a bunch of extra carts from them because our carts are such shit.

Seriously, we've had problems with them from day one. We had to have a contractor come in and file down some of the plastic around the wheels because it was rubbing and making the carts push hard. Anytime a cart of ours breaks, we're directed to just throw it away because replacement parts and a contractor to fix carts costs money.

Oh, and the grocery store's carts? They're a bit bigger than ours. And people are going to be pushing these things down aisles which will have merchandise displayed down the middle, and trying to make them fit where they can't really fit. Oh, it's going to be carnage and mayhem in the aisles.

[SG15Z]

*ponders stealing infinitemonkies away to the super secret good customer training facility to hit SCs with a clue by four. *

There's a super secret good customer training facility! Bout time!

Which means they'll likely do the same thing at my location, too. And they just gave us a nice 10-page list of new regulations on how to ring up gift cards.

Why do we even push so hard for Christmas? We're a grocery store, we don't sell toys and stuff. Or at least we didn't before. This year they've taken all the Fall/Thanksgiving stuff down about two weeks before Thanksgiving even gets here. To make room for a massive display of toys and pre-lit plastic Christmas trees.

Yeah they like to give us that list every year. I ignore it since I think I know how to ring up gift cards by now.

Because Christmas is easier to make a profit off of than Thanksgiving. I'm guessing they're trying to drive up Black Friday sales since it's usually dead at the grocery stores on that day. It's all about the money.

[KabeRinnaul]

Because Christmas is easier to make a profit off of than Thanksgiving. I'm guessing they're trying to drive up Black Friday sales since it's usually dead at the grocery stores on that day. It's all about the money.

Yeah, the cynic in me likes to answer "Thanksgiving is about being thankful for what you already have, and Christmas is about buying other people new things. One of these is profitable."

But I'm already getting a stream of complaints from people who are trying to find things for Thanksgiving, but they've all been taken down already.

[SG15Z]

Yeah, the cynic in me likes to answer "Thanksgiving is about being thankful for what you already have, and Christmas is about buying other people new things. One of these is profitable."

But I'm already getting a stream of complaints from people who are trying to find things for Thanksgiving, but they've all been taken down already.

True, Thanksgiving does have the capability to be profitable, but not on the sheer scale that Christmas does. Thanksgiving does sell yes, but Christmas sells more. Not in all cases but that seems to be the mindset of corporate execs.