Posted November 8, 200618 yr comment_5414014 OK guys, we've all had cases at our jobs when we were dealing with stupid people, be they customers, co-workers, management, or some guy you saw in the parking lot. This if the official forum to post your stories. The more absurd, the better.
November 8, 200618 yr comment_5414018 I'll start with a quick one. I started at my new part-time job on October 16, which was a Monday. I did a little on the job training Tuesday, and was open on a window on Friday. I'm working as a bank teller again. So on my first day working on my own with this system, it gets a little busy, as the woman working the drive thru wasn't able to tell a customer why there was a hold on my account. So she comes up to me, and asks if I can figure out what it is. I tell her, this is my first day really working, and she goes, "Yeah, well I'm sure you know as much as me." She's been there since February. That being said, this woman is also part time and she was just passed over the open part time posistion. What would you expect if you "know just as much as the new guy"?
November 10, 200618 yr Author comment_5414042 Here's an easy one. I work at a Circuit City. A year or so ago, this guy comes up to the register with an XBOX, an extra controller, three games, and the stupid little DVD playback kit and goes "Can I pay for this with a Circuit City credit card?"
November 12, 200618 yr comment_5414091 There's one person at work whose older than me by 5+ years, yet acts like a hyperactive teenager. Also fairly stupid. Enjoys whacking concrete floors with crowbars to make sparks fly, slacking off, and jumping up behind people and screaming. Yeah, I couldn't think of anyone stupid that I actually hate. Not at work, anyway.
November 12, 200618 yr comment_5414099 I've been at my job since June, and out of training since mid July. We just had the graduation ceremony for our training class this past Thursday due to all the stuff that went on taking over Adelphia. The funny part is there was a manager there surprised to see me since he thought I've been working longer than I have been because I end up taking care of most of the customer issues I get and helping with the 50 or so people hired after me. The twist of course is the manager suprised to see me was one of the two managers who I interviewed with to get my job. Also, my new supervisor is seeming that he's going to be quite the useless waste of space. He's right out of training so I've been giving him slack, but he's gotta start wearing the grown-up pants soon and stop playing the "I'm new, ask someone else" card when it's obvious he's just blowing me off.
November 13, 200618 yr comment_5414111 Hey, something did finally bring excitement today. Some fat crazy lady, seemingly out of nowhere, started beating the shit out of two other women right in the middle of the store. Nobody knows what caused the altercation (most of them just stood there watching the fight and doing nothing about the bitch), but I was only about five or so inches away from having a can of food lobbed into my skull from across a whole hallway.
November 21, 200618 yr comment_5414310 No specific story today, just a general observation I made while working today. Towards the end of the day I came to the conclusion that I could get 2-3x as much work done as every other person working at my level in length of one day. Knowing that fact bothers me. I feel like I should be above what I'm doing, and actually I would have been if I didn't quit my full-time job back in June to pursue my education again. I'm trying to get it through my head that this is essentially just a "pay the bills" part-time job while I go to school, but I'm not used to thinking about work that way. I think the whole concept of being somewhat lower on the totem poll will take some getting used to, I just wish I wasn't so damn good at what I do.
November 23, 200618 yr Author comment_5414364 Almost got fired Tuesday. A lady came in wanting to preorder Pirates of the Caribbean 2, which we don't do. She asked three different employees (each of whom asked me because they're morons) before she finally came to me directly, and I actually yelled at her "How many people have to tell you know before you get it?" Lucky for me I've got two things going for me: 1. The reason she thought she could preorder it was because she has a card that allows you to preorder the movie online (and not in small print either). 2. My manager happened to be around during the woman's second inquiry and was being rude to that employee. In fact, my manager asked "Did she finally leave?" I said "Only because she's pissed because I raised my voice." The response? "As long as she's gone."
November 24, 200618 yr comment_5414367 She sounds like she'd fit right in with the customers I get daily. Despite the words "Hot-N-Ready" being written in LARGE PRINT on every damn wall, window, counter, box, and advertisement, people still can't seem to figure out what it's supposed to be called.
November 24, 200618 yr comment_5414372 The day after I complain about my job, I helped a woman at the drive thru 5 minutes after the bank closed. Before leaving, she gave me this Tiffany & Co. necklace shit. Looked it up online, valued at $225! If that shit is legit, it's pretty fucking cool.
November 25, 200618 yr comment_5414396 She sounds like she'd fit right in with the customers I get daily. Despite the words "Hot-N-Ready" being written in LARGE PRINT on every damn wall, window, counter, box, and advertisement, people still can't seem to figure out what it's supposed to be called. Do they not know, or just don't like the name? If I go to Wendy's (heaven forbid) I don't biggie size my pop because the name is just downright lame. So I ask for a supersize, or upgraded. Hot-N-Ready just sounds wrong. Give me a large pizza already >_> Speaking of which, what exactly is a "Hot-N-Ready"? A lady came in wanting to preorder Pirates of the Caribbean 2, which we don't do. She asked three different employees (each of whom asked me because they're morons) before she finally came to me directly, and I actually yelled at her "How many people have to tell you know before you get it?" Lucky for me I've got two things going for me: 1. The reason she thought she could preorder it was because she has a card that allows you to preorder the movie online (and not in small print either). 2. My manager happened to be around during the woman's second inquiry and was being rude to that employee. In fact, my manager asked "Did she finally leave?" I said "Only because she's pissed because I raised my voice." The response? "As long as she's gone." Got what she deserved.
November 25, 200618 yr comment_5414397 "pizza, large pizza, 5 dollar pizza, pepperoni" I can all understand. But I hear these more often that the actual name: Getem-n-go good-to-go hot-n-now hot-n-good five-for-five (doesn't even make sense) ready-now six-dollar-pizza (If you really want to pay $6 for a $5 pizza, go ahead..) And on top of that, we constantly get customers in, ordering a supreme, and then complaining that it isn't $5. Put some thought into this now. Pepperoni Pizza, 1 item... $5. Just Cheese pizza... technically, no items... $5. Sausage Pizza... 1 item, $5. Supreme Pizza, 6 items... do you honestly expect this one to be $5? And then there's the people who order their pizzas as though cheese wouldn't normally come on them. Customer 1: I want pepperoni and cheese. Me: $10.60 Customer 1: For 1 pizza?! Me: Thought you meant 1 pepperoni and 1 cheese. Customer 2: I want pepperoni and cheese. Me (remembering previous customer): One pizza or two? Customer 2: Just one pizza, DUH Me: *grumble* Customer 3: I want pepperoni and cheese. Me: Is that 1 or 2 pizzas? Customer 3: Uhhhh.... 2. *hand them 1 pepperoni and 1 cheese* Customer 3: Uhh I want them both pepperoni, why did you give me a cheese I think I go through each one of those at least once a day.
November 25, 200618 yr comment_5414399 I got one of my favorite types of customers today, the ones who are adamant that we have no right to disconnect someone's cable service. Yes ma'am, we decided to randomly fuck with your cable service, and that has nothing to do with you not paying the bill since September. The lady today pulled the "you guys can't just cut my service" card 5 times in a 5 minute conversation, to which I finally had to get blunt and reply with "we can if you don't pay the bill". Normally I try to be a little more diplomatic than that, but god damn....sometimes you gotta hit folks in the face with a sledgehammer to get your point across.
November 25, 200618 yr comment_5414403 Getem-n-go good-to-go hot-n-now hot-n-good five-for-five (doesn't even make sense) ready-now six-dollar-pizza (If you really want to pay $6 for a $5 pizza, go ahead..) five-for-five is a Pizza Hut promotion. Get five medium pizzas for five dollars each. And on top of that, we constantly get customers in, ordering a supreme, and then complaining that it isn't $5. Put some thought into this now. Pepperoni Pizza, 1 item... $5. Just Cheese pizza... technically, no items... $5. Sausage Pizza... 1 item, $5. Supreme Pizza, 6 items... do you honestly expect this one to be $5? That is stupid. We were lucky to find large two toppings for $7. I just found a place that's $6 too And then there's the people who order their pizzas as though cheese wouldn't normally come on them. Customer 1: I want pepperoni and cheese. Me: $10.60 Customer 1: For 1 pizza?! Me: Thought you meant 1 pepperoni and 1 cheese. Often I hear people refer to cheese as a topping. My first reaction to that is they just want a pepperoni pizza with cheese on it. Yeah, it's standard *shrug*
November 26, 200618 yr Author comment_5414409 Gotta love Black Friday. Them: "Why don't you have [insert sale item here]?" Me: "Because we opened at 5am, and it's 11am now." Them: "You should have had enough for everybody." Me: "I should have been asleep at 5am too, but guess where I was."
November 26, 200618 yr comment_5414411 Gotta love Black Friday. Them: "Why don't you have [insert sale item here]?" Me: "Because we opened at 5am, and it's 11am now." Them: "You should have had enough for everybody." Me: "I should have been asleep at 5am too, but guess where I was." Oh my god, that pretty much summed up the 3 years I worked at Circuit City. All that was missing was the Chinese dude that always came on Sundays and bought armfuls of the free-after-rebate crap to resell to his customers.
November 29, 200618 yr comment_5414535 I work at McDonalds at the moment. I've run into people so stupid I've actually had to walk away and scream in the freezer, then come back and serve them. Customer "Whats that?" Me "Thats a muffin" Customer "I can never understand this stupid canadian money. They all look the same. I mean how much is this one?" Me "Thats $10. It says "Ten Dollars". The large numbers all over it are also a good clue" Customer "Can I have a cheeseburder without cheese?" Me "You mean a hamburger?" Customer "No a cheeseburger without cheese" Customer "Do you sell Junior Chicken burgers?" Me *looks around at the 20 or so huge posters, wall hangings and bright menu board all displaying the junior chicken, and its $1.39 price* Customer "Well?" Me "No, I've never heard of it..." Customer "Do you sell hamburgers?" Customer "Can I have an icecream cone?" Me "Sorry, icecream machine is broken, there arnt any icecream products today" Customer "Oh.... can I get a sundae? Me "No, thats made of icecream. the machine is broken, and there are no frozen milk based products at all" Customer "Well, thats dumb. Can I have a milkshake then? Me *stares back in awe at level of stupidity* Customer "How much is the $1.39 double cheeseburger?" and on and on and on........
November 30, 200618 yr comment_5414536 Customer "How much is the $1.39 double cheeseburger?"Are you fucking serious? Did they literally say that out loud in public!? Oh god... I sure hope they were really tired, on drugs or some other good-enough excuse. I know there's some fairly brain-damaged people out there, but to answer your own question like that... WTF.
November 30, 200618 yr comment_5414537 Hmm C: *points at italian cheesebread* I want this Me: *hands cheesebread* C: What's that? Me: ... a cheesebread C: Oh I wanted a cheese pizza. C: Oh look at all the new sauce they have C: *pointing and reading them off* (Buttery Garlic) Butter (Ranch) Ranch (Chipotle) Chocolate C: What's this... Chip-it-lee? Me: Chipotle C: *standing outside door as I walk up to get into the store... all lights are still off* C: Got any pizzas? Me: We open in an hour C: Can't you just get me one? Me: We're closed C: So you don't have any? Me: We're closed C: Welly you don't have to be rude about it C: Cheese Me: *waits to see if 'bread' is appended and presses Cheese Pizza* C: ..bread C: You the guys with those 5 dollar pizzas? Me: Yes. (signs are EVERYWHERE advertising this... it's like a big mac for us.. only it makes up 90% of our sales) C: Got wings? Me: No C: Well the other one has it Me: It's a busier store C: Well you're all owned by the same person you should all have the same thing. C: *writes checque* Me: I'm sorry, we don't take those. C: Well I wrote one here yesterday.. I'm here every week! Me: I closed yesterday. There were no cheques in the till. On top of that, I've never seen you before, and lastly, the employees here wouldn't even know what to do with a cheque and wouold have called a manager over, who would most definately refuse it, like I'm doing now. C: You weren't here. I demand to talk to a manager. Me: You have been. C: Well I'm never coming here again. Me: Good. I have plenty more.
November 30, 200618 yr Author comment_5414565 One I forgot about with Black Friday. C: "Look at all these people. I thought I was going to be in and out." Me: "You've never worked retail, have you miss?" C: "How did you know?"
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