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Okay, so some old stuff and some new stuff.
New stuff first
I'm still looking for a new job but until they stop giving me hours I'll probably keep working there because I need the money.
Anyway...
I currently sell the internet (IN A BOX) for OpaqueLine and am the rep for a local major electronics chain. Unfortunately, I'm stuck in the computer section. While I can't sell stuff to people, I do help out with what little I can in the store while I'm pitching my product to people, and will grab an actual blueshirt when stuff is actually needed/purchasing time. I always preface my comments with "I'm not actually a * employee, I sell the internet" but this doesn't stop people from thinking I'm an employee there. So anyway, this happened today
Blocked!
Me: Opalin - seller of the internet and apparent look-a-like for an actual blueshirt.
RW: Woman of questionable intent, 30ish?
I see a woman examining the different laptops, pressing buttons etc.
Me: "Hey, do you need me to grab a blueshirt for you? I don't work here, I work for OpaqueLine but I might be able to help."
RW: "Hey, hi, hey. Yeah, uh. Yeah. You work here?"
Me: "No, I work for OpaqueLine, I sell the internet in a box!"
RW: "Ah. So you work for * and OpaqueLine?"
Me: "No, just OpaqueLine."
RW: "Ah, okay. I have Front. You must be real smart to work for OpaqueLine. You graduated college?"
Me: "No, I'm studying Geology."
RW: "Ah. Real smart then, working for OpaqueLine and Geology"
(How does one work for Geology?)
Me: "But yes, OpaqueLine is Just 32$ a month and easy to set up"
RW: "That sounds real nice" *takes flyer* "Do you know how to get the internet to work on these?" *gestures to computer*
Me: "Yes, did you need to look something up?"
RW: "Just wanted to see em."
Me: "The lenvo over there is hooked up, you should be able to use it." *walks away since she has no more interest, comes back 5-6 minutes later*
RW: *now on the Sony Vaio, nowhere near the Lenvo I pointed out* "Hey, this isn't working."
Me: "I said the lenvo, what are you wanting to go to anyway?"
RW: "Oh, the internet."
Me: "What site?"
RW: "Oh, Yahoo."
Me: "okay, just be aware that a lot of the sites are blocked."
RW: "Oh. You think the Black Dating sites would be blocked then?"
Me: ".... Yes."
RW: "Oh. Don't care then." *wanders off*
Not enough Games!
And this is an older one from the game store
Me:
LW: "Lovely" woman, buying games for her son *cough*
Me: "Hello, how can I help you?"
LW: "Oh, well I'm looking to buy my son this PSP, and he would need a game or three on it yes?"
Me: "Most people like playing games on them, a few soldiers get them just for the movies."
LW: "I'm just looking for games now."
Me: "Okay, how old is your son?"
LW: "He's 15 now, and we can't have any violent or fantasy games."
Me: "Okay, how about one of the racing games like need for speed?"
LW: "No. no racing games. They'll make him drive bad."
Me: "....Okay, how about one of the Rhythm games like Patapon?"
LW: "no. Those look girly."
Me: "Okay, NBA?"
LW: "That'll work, what else?"
Me: "PGA tour?"
LW: "No. Golf is boring. So is soccer."
Me: "Perhaps you should just stick with NBA now and check with him to see what else he'd like...."
LW: "Fine! Not enough games on this thing anyway!"
Not sure
Me: female and at the racial mix where I could probably be mistaken for being at least partially everything except Asian. This is probably important.
CW: My co-worker, very, very white. Also gay, this is probably also important.
BW: Black woman. Also probably important
*disclaimer* I do not care what race/gender you are, and the only time I care about your sexuality is if I want to have sex with you. *end disclaimer*
I had gone out of the store for a few minutes and returned to find CW and BW at opposite ends of the store, CW looking like he's half amused, half annoyed. The moment I enter the store the woman spots my nametag and zooms over to me as though we are magnets.
BW "CAN YOU HELP ME?"
Me: "Sure, what do you need help with?" (and why didn't you ask CW...?)
BW: "Okay. I need to get a PSP (note. each of us in the store has a different section we're best with. mine is the DS, CW's is PSP) and I was wondering about the different types."
Me: "Well there's type A/B/C and they are different in */#/@ ways."
BW: "That's nice, I'd like type C."
Me: "Okay. CW could help you pick out some games."
BW: "No, I want you to help!"
CW: " *sigh*"
Me: *helps pick out games, referring to CW several times. Each time she ignores what he says until I say it, and acts as though he's not there, very deliberately ignoring him.*
Me: "Okay, CW can ring you through."
BW: ".... I can wait until you can ring me through..."
CW: *goes to back room, probably to laugh knowing him*
Me: "Okay...?" *rings her though, wave goodbye*
CW: "She would not speak to me at all. I don't know if it was because I was white or gay or what... but I think if you hadn't come in she'd have gone crazy, she was picking at boxes and kept eying me weirdly."
By the power of Opalin! *yes, that power*
Another group of soldiers comes in, this one a recovery group, and start browsing, make their purchases and leave except for two.
Woman "Ah, now they're gone." *pulls off jacket and shirt before I can react, now wearing sports bra*
Me: "Ma'm..... please put your shirt back on?"
Woman: "But it's so much cooler here!"
Me: "Be that as it may, please put at least your shirt on..."
Woman: "Why?"
Me: "Story policy is I can't serve you without a shirt"
Woman: "I'll leave it off until I need to check out then...."
NO!
Woman to Boyfriend(??) "I got my new surgery! Look!" *pulls off shirt to reveal skimpy spagetti strap bra*
Me: "Could that wait until you get home?"
Woman: "NOPE. THE WORLD SHALL SEE MY NEW PRETTY BREASTS!"
Me: >_<
More to come....
New stuff first
I'm still looking for a new job but until they stop giving me hours I'll probably keep working there because I need the money.
Anyway...I currently sell the internet (IN A BOX) for OpaqueLine and am the rep for a local major electronics chain. Unfortunately, I'm stuck in the computer section. While I can't sell stuff to people, I do help out with what little I can in the store while I'm pitching my product to people, and will grab an actual blueshirt when stuff is actually needed/purchasing time. I always preface my comments with "I'm not actually a * employee, I sell the internet" but this doesn't stop people from thinking I'm an employee there. So anyway, this happened today
Blocked!
Me: Opalin - seller of the internet and apparent look-a-like for an actual blueshirt.
RW: Woman of questionable intent, 30ish?
I see a woman examining the different laptops, pressing buttons etc.
Me: "Hey, do you need me to grab a blueshirt for you? I don't work here, I work for OpaqueLine but I might be able to help."
RW: "Hey, hi, hey. Yeah, uh. Yeah. You work here?"
Me: "No, I work for OpaqueLine, I sell the internet in a box!"
RW: "Ah. So you work for * and OpaqueLine?"
Me: "No, just OpaqueLine."
RW: "Ah, okay. I have Front. You must be real smart to work for OpaqueLine. You graduated college?"
Me: "No, I'm studying Geology."
RW: "Ah. Real smart then, working for OpaqueLine and Geology"
(How does one work for Geology?)Me: "But yes, OpaqueLine is Just 32$ a month and easy to set up"
RW: "That sounds real nice" *takes flyer* "Do you know how to get the internet to work on these?" *gestures to computer*
Me: "Yes, did you need to look something up?"
RW: "Just wanted to see em."
Me: "The lenvo over there is hooked up, you should be able to use it." *walks away since she has no more interest, comes back 5-6 minutes later*
RW: *now on the Sony Vaio, nowhere near the Lenvo I pointed out* "Hey, this isn't working."
Me: "I said the lenvo, what are you wanting to go to anyway?"
RW: "Oh, the internet."
Me: "What site?"
RW: "Oh, Yahoo."
Me: "okay, just be aware that a lot of the sites are blocked."
RW: "Oh. You think the Black Dating sites would be blocked then?"
Me: ".... Yes."
RW: "Oh. Don't care then." *wanders off*
Not enough Games!
And this is an older one from the game store
Me:
LW: "Lovely" woman, buying games for her son *cough*
Me: "Hello, how can I help you?"
LW: "Oh, well I'm looking to buy my son this PSP, and he would need a game or three on it yes?"
Me: "Most people like playing games on them, a few soldiers get them just for the movies."
LW: "I'm just looking for games now."
Me: "Okay, how old is your son?"
LW: "He's 15 now, and we can't have any violent or fantasy games."
Me: "Okay, how about one of the racing games like need for speed?"
LW: "No. no racing games. They'll make him drive bad."
Me: "....Okay, how about one of the Rhythm games like Patapon?"
LW: "no. Those look girly."
Me: "Okay, NBA?"
LW: "That'll work, what else?"
Me: "PGA tour?"
LW: "No. Golf is boring. So is soccer."
Me: "Perhaps you should just stick with NBA now and check with him to see what else he'd like...."
LW: "Fine! Not enough games on this thing anyway!"
Not sure
Me: female and at the racial mix where I could probably be mistaken for being at least partially everything except Asian. This is probably important.
CW: My co-worker, very, very white. Also gay, this is probably also important.
BW: Black woman. Also probably important
*disclaimer* I do not care what race/gender you are, and the only time I care about your sexuality is if I want to have sex with you. *end disclaimer*
I had gone out of the store for a few minutes and returned to find CW and BW at opposite ends of the store, CW looking like he's half amused, half annoyed. The moment I enter the store the woman spots my nametag and zooms over to me as though we are magnets.
BW "CAN YOU HELP ME?"
Me: "Sure, what do you need help with?" (and why didn't you ask CW...?)
BW: "Okay. I need to get a PSP (note. each of us in the store has a different section we're best with. mine is the DS, CW's is PSP) and I was wondering about the different types."
Me: "Well there's type A/B/C and they are different in */#/@ ways."
BW: "That's nice, I'd like type C."
Me: "Okay. CW could help you pick out some games."
BW: "No, I want you to help!"
CW: " *sigh*"
Me: *helps pick out games, referring to CW several times. Each time she ignores what he says until I say it, and acts as though he's not there, very deliberately ignoring him.*
Me: "Okay, CW can ring you through."
BW: ".... I can wait until you can ring me through..."
CW: *goes to back room, probably to laugh knowing him*
Me: "Okay...?" *rings her though, wave goodbye*
CW: "She would not speak to me at all. I don't know if it was because I was white or gay or what... but I think if you hadn't come in she'd have gone crazy, she was picking at boxes and kept eying me weirdly."
By the power of Opalin! *yes, that power*
Another group of soldiers comes in, this one a recovery group, and start browsing, make their purchases and leave except for two.
Woman "Ah, now they're gone." *pulls off jacket and shirt before I can react, now wearing sports bra*
Me: "Ma'm..... please put your shirt back on?"
Woman: "But it's so much cooler here!"
Me: "Be that as it may, please put at least your shirt on..."
Woman: "Why?"
Me: "Story policy is I can't serve you without a shirt"
Woman: "I'll leave it off until I need to check out then...."
NO!
Woman to Boyfriend(??) "I got my new surgery! Look!" *pulls off shirt to reveal skimpy spagetti strap bra*
Me: "Could that wait until you get home?"
Woman: "NOPE. THE WORLD SHALL SEE MY NEW PRETTY BREASTS!"
Me: >_<
More to come....
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