Reinforcements really weren't needed here.

[tropicsgoddess]

This makes my blood boil!!!


I'm far from a feminist, but it always pisses me off to no end to read these kinds of stories in which a woman goes and 'tattles' to her husband when she doesnt get the answer she wants to hear.

WTF? Seriously lady, are you five???

I'm a big girl, if I'm upset about a 20 minute wait, I will handle it myself. No need to run to a male and have him fight my battle for me.

I'm trying to picture my ex-husband's reaction if I had come out to the car and whined for him to come in and confront the photo lab person, simply because the film wasn't ready.

He'd have laughed at me. Hard.

Ugh.

SO would laugh at me or go "Tropicsgoddess, WTF is wrong with you?!! Just wait!" If I asked him to come in and do the same thing as the SC did with her male kinfolk just because the film wasn't ready. All I can say is working with the public makes you realize how incredibly sucky and stupid some people are.

[Andara Bledin]

I'm far from a feminist, but it always pisses me off to no end to read these kinds of stories in which a woman goes and 'tattles' to her husband when she doesnt get the answer she wants to hear.

That would be great except for the fact that, even now, having your manfolk with you will still get you better service some places. >.<

But that doesn't mean we don't get to continue to mock this woman for being an impatient twit.

^-.-^

[Marmalady]

People who can't wait (especially after being TOLD that something would take time) just make me go slower......
I was once setting up a Green Badge (a special parking badge for those with very limited mobility) for an elderly couple who had been told by me that it would take a while as the system wasn't running very well. But they didn't want it posted to them, oh no, they were going to leave with it clutched in their hot little hands.
The processing was nearly done when a co worker came in grinning and said to me that he had been out to reception, and had asked this couple if they were being served.
"Well supposedly we are" this lacquered haired old harridan had said " but the girl seems rather slow today".
Slow? I'd show them just how slow I could be - I went through to the break room and had a cup of coffee before going back to reception with their badge. They never said a word to me, either in complaint or thanks.

[iradney]

Hehehe, TTO sometimes comes to me and asks for reinforcements if he doesn't get any luck. People expect him to be all "I'm a MANLY man and here I am BEATING MY CHEST GRAAAAR" because he's 6'10". I'm cute and cuddly, so they don't expect the 60 year old British governess from the 1800's voice and sudden drop in room temperature...

(Don't get me wrong, I'm very polite, but very firm. I refuse to go toddler tantrum, and TTO only calls me in for reinforcements when we both know that we're right, have the paperwork to back it up, but the company is being sucky).

[Magpie]

Actually I'd rather have my SIL backing me up. She was in grade 2 when she gave some grade 7s the Look, and got them to apologise. She hasn't lost it since . (She's tiny, so she had to learn to be forceful). She also has the "I'm going to use small words because you're an idiot" tone down pat, it gives her no end of satisfaction to use it on SCs, most of whom are too self-centred to notice that she's doing it.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

What were supposed to be afraid of, that they were going to jump you and beat you up right there in front of God, the security camera, and everyone?

Might have been fun to pretend you thought that was going to happen and called the cops.

I once took the color copier APART and spread it's guts all over the color auxilary area because a guy was being a tool to one of my coworkers over an extremely reasonable wait. He wanted slides...I usually required several hours for slides, they were tedious and time consuming. He wanted them on what we called a "wait", which was pretty much what it sounds like. We'll do it quickly while they wait. No way I can do slides on a wait, and we were slammed. I was in a charitable mood and willing to compromise, told my CW (who was taking his order) that I'd do them next and that I might be able to have them in a half an hour.

So instead of being gratefrul, he cursed out my CW.

Oh, HELL no.

So I grabbed my toolbox and disembowled the freaking machine. See how he likes them apples. Told him slides were a no go after all, probably wouldn't be able to get them to him till tomorrow.

I just stood there in the wreckage, shaking my head as if I was surveying a disaster scene. CW came by and asked me what was wrong with the machine, I just told her "not a damn thing."

[jedimaster91]

You know what they say-patience is a virtue.

Not right now it isn't!

Mummy win!!

She also has the "I'm going to use small words because you're an idiot" tone down pat, it gives her no end of satisfaction to use it on SCs, most of whom are too self-centred to notice that she's doing it.

That's what I do. They can't complain I'm not being helpful when I'm using words suited to their limited language skills. I think I got it from my dad. You can always tell when he's mad from his tone.

Oh, and Kink, that was AWESOME!

[Kristev]

Magnificent!

[Juggler]

I might go "ooh, an audience", whip out my practice bean bags and start showing them the latest trick I've been trying. They could watch me drop and pick up the bags over and over again (in juggling, if you're not dropping your not trying).

Or how about this. You could get your coworkers to watch them as you walked forward and backward a few steps at a time. You then say something like "It's like when you have a tennis ball and a bunch of dogs are waiting for you to throw it.

[DeltaSierra]

What were supposed to be afraid of, that they were going to jump you and beat you up right there in front of God, the security camera, and everyone?

Might have been fun to pretend you thought that was going to happen and called the cops.

I once took the color copier APART and spread it's guts all over the color auxilary area because a guy was being a tool to one of my coworkers over an extremely reasonable wait. He wanted slides...I usually required several hours for slides, they were tedious and time consuming. He wanted them on what we called a "wait", which was pretty much what it sounds like. We'll do it quickly while they wait. No way I can do slides on a wait, and we were slammed. I was in a charitable mood and willing to compromise, told my CW (who was taking his order) that I'd do them next and that I might be able to have them in a half an hour.

So instead of being gratefrul, he cursed out my CW.

Oh, HELL no.

So I grabbed my toolbox and disembowled the freaking machine. See how he likes them apples. Told him slides were a no go after all, probably wouldn't be able to get them to him till tomorrow.

I just stood there in the wreckage, shaking my head as if I was surveying a disaster scene. CW came by and asked me what was wrong with the machine, I just told her "not a damn thing."

EVIL!! I LOVE it!!!!