I cant find the pool

[poofy_puff]

azimuth |ˈazəməθ| noun
• the horizontal angle or direction of a compass bearing.

There's the problem - you were giving him a relative bearing, not an absolute one. That meant he had to do extra work in order to determine the orientation of the building and convert that into something his compass could interpret.

You'd think that owning a compass would indicate some level of map-reading skill, though.

The guy was being a douchebag. He could have at least said "Is it north, south, east, or west if I'm looking out the front door of my cottage?" Of course, Dave probably doesn't know THAT off the top of his head either. Obviously, this "customer" did not care about finding the pool. He cared about making someone in the "service sector" feel stupid and inferior to himself. I guess that is what "going on vacation" is all about to people like this. They make enough money to be able to afford upscale accommodations, but in their every-day lives they are treated like the mediocre-minded drones they really are. So, when they are "on vacation", they get to behave with the same disrespect toward people who are trying to make an honest living, knowing that those people can't tell them to go pound sand because they would put said honest living in jeopardy.

[tropicsgoddess]

I guess following directions to get directions is a new concept for this idiot.

[ditchdj]

I want that line. Please let me use that line.

Go for it.

[XCashier]

Guest: Dave, I just got here and I cant find the pool

Me: ok it is about 200 yards directly in front of the property

Unless he came in the back way, he should've passed the pool on the way to the house. Seriously, how do you not see a big huge thing filled with water 200 yards in front of your property?!

Guest: well thats not descriptive enough. If I shoot an azimuth from my porch, what direction should I be facing?

Okay, I feel like a dummy, I had no idea what the hell an "azimuth" was and had to look it up. This guy is looking even more pathetic if he has to rely on a compass to find his way around a house.

Guest: I have about had it with your attitude. I didnt pay $4000 to be treated this way. I wanna speak to a manager

I patched him through

And I hope your manager ripped him a new one for being an ass and too stupid to figure out what "200 yards directly in front of the property" means.

I'm sorry you had to put up with that fool, Dave, but take heart that at least you don't have to be him.

Next time say, "Sir.....if I wanted to deal with anymore tools I'd go to Home Depot!".

Heh! I've used, "If I wanted to deal with a bunch of horses' asses, I'd work at a stable!" (Said to a coworker, not a customer!)

[chainedbarista]

yeah, if you're going to use a compass, use it when it's acutally needed. as chromatix said, if you're going to use it, at least have the skills necessary, or as they say in the military, you have to be 10% smarter than the equipment you use. unfortunately, that won't help this guy any.

for someone who has $4k to blow on a vacation, he should have considered using it for something more appropriate, like basic education.

[TonyDonuts]

Okay, wants simpler directions, check, I get that part. BUT . . .

"Shoot an azimuth?"

Numero Uno - How is that simpler than, "Walk out the door two hundred yards and there it is?"

and

Numero Two-o - Who even talks like that?

Oh, right, a quick review of VRS's other stories from "Lifestyles of the Rich and Dippy!" reveals that nothing, not one blessed thing, seems "simple" for many of these folks.

One wonders how they deal with the mysteries of electric light, or the many, many intricacies of tying their shoes.

[BookstoreEscapee]

One wonders how they deal with the mysteries of electric light, or the many, many intricacies of tying their shoes.

Oh, come on, it took me like 4 or 5 years to learn to tie my shoes..

[Magpie]

Numero Two-o - Who even talks like that?

People who want to [mis]use technical terms/fancy words to try to make everyone around them feel inferior. After all, they can pay for a fancy vacation. Vacation Rentals Suck obviously needed to be made to feel inferior. He might not have known how much more important this person was. </sarcasm>

[Chromatix]

Oh, come on, it took me like 4 or 5 years to learn to tie my shoes..

But don't forget, you were simultaneously enrolled on intensive courses in English, Physical Rehabilitation, Arithmetic, and Not Pooping Yourself. You also spent roughly a year of that time as a virtual quadraplegic.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

One wonders how they deal with the mysteries of electric light, or the many, many intricacies of tying their shoes.

They probably don't. They look for the most stylish velcro shoes money can buy.

[Kristev]

I never learned to tie my shoes, actually. I can do it, but not very well. Velcro and boots wound up being quite helpful.

[zombiequeen]

Heck, I still don't really know how to tie my shoes. I tie them once, really good, then just kind of do the slip-on thing. Or velcro/boots/zipper.
And I would have probably asked the dude what an azumith was, and why they were shooting it. I would have been berated for not knowing what they were talking about, but hey, they're the idiot, not me.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Were it me, I'd have explained that no one at your facility uses such navigation tools to locate and direct clients to various areas. As such, a surveyor will need to be hired to come and determine that information.

And I'd inform the idiot that the cost of hiring said surveyor would be tacked onto his bill if he REALLY wants the rutting azimuth.

*OR*

The person can just follow the directions you just gave him.