Author Topic: Dear people who shop at my store (Read 3989 times)

cloudwalking · « **on:** September 02, 2006, 09:39:43 PM »

Bitches:

- It's called a DISPLAY because you're not supposed to fucking touch it

- And speaking of that, the handbag on the display you just knocked over, took all the paper out of, and ripped the price tag off of is ONE SHELF OVER FROM THE DISPLAY! HOLY SHIT, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!!!!!!

- No, you can't haggle with me on the merchandise. It's like you're trying to play a distinguished mentally-challenged and utterly pathetic version of "Let's Make a Deal". Just buy it or fuck off.

- WE CLOSE AT 9 PM SO GET THE HELL OUT

- Why are you bringing your 3-month old baby shopping with you for an entire day? Did it ever occur to you that your gigantic stroller loaded with 800 shopping bags clogging up the aisles and blocking the door might annoy the SHIT out of people?

- Speaking of babies, feel free to let your annoying screaming brat run wild through the store and drag $500 worth of merchandise across the dirty floor. That's perfectly okay.

PARENT OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES STRAIGHT TO YOU

- Oh, and thanks for feeding your kid cheerios in the store and him dropping half of them on the ground for me to sweep up later.

- Good work bringing drinks and food and ice cream in a store where we sell REALLY FUCKING EXPENSIVE LEATHER STUFF

I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

Love cloud

cloudwalking · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:41:28 PM »

Let's just make this a work venting thread.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:43:13 PM »

But seriously, this just makes me hate kids even more...

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:43:48 PM »

Cloud vs. The Consumer!

and people try to actually haggle with you even though you work at a "store" not a Flea Market or Bazaar. lol

etiolate · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:45:23 PM »

*touches the display*

cloudwalking · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:46:05 PM »

Quote from: The Dark Shake on September 02, 2006, 09:43:13 PM

But seriously, this just makes me hate kids even more...

It's not the kids so much as the distinguished mentally-challenged parents who think it's okay to let their kids run loose like the store is a fucking science museum.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:47:42 PM »

True, the parents are the real culprits, but at least they themselves aren't the ones making faces at you while you try to eat dinner or kicking your seat during a movie. FUCKING KIDS AJFJFGBHFFNNDSNHSJF

Vizzys · « **Reply #7 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:47:48 PM »

Haggling is acceptable at some places like best buy. But you have to do it with the manager.

In other news:

cloudwalking · « **Reply #8 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:48:37 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on September 02, 2006, 09:43:48 PM

and people try to actually haggle with you even though you work at a "store" not a Flea Market or Bazaar. lol

"I'LL GIVE YOU $150 FOR THIS $300 HANDBAG, IT HAS A LINE IN IT WHICH IS ACTUALLY A NATURALLY OCCURING PATTERN IN THIS TYPE OF LEATHER, I DON'T LIKE THAT"

Bacon · « **Reply #9 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:49:46 PM »

It's not YOUR store.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #10 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:51:11 PM »

I hate seeing people haggle over prices in a GODDAMN STORE. They have to hold up the rest of the line just because they want to get a better deal than the rest of us. Keep that shit at the bodegas, you S.O.B.s

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #11 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:03:32 PM »

I've never seen someone haggle at a regular store before, I would probably deck them for waisting my time if they did.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #12 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:06:07 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on September 02, 2006, 10:03:32 PM

I've never seen someone haggle at a regular store before, I would probably deck them for waisting my time if they did.

I've considered it plenty of times....

"This book has a crease on the top right corner, I'll buy it for half off of the cover price. Final offer!"

"No, dipshit, get the fuck out."

"Okay.... OKAY! Two thirds of the cover price! FINAL. OFFER."

Diablos · « **Reply #13 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:08:22 PM »

Quote from: cloudwalking on September 02, 2006, 09:48:37 PM

Quote from: BlueTsunami on September 02, 2006, 09:43:48 PM
and people try to actually haggle with you even though you work at a "store" not a Flea Market or Bazaar. lol

"I'LL GIVE YOU $150 FOR THIS $300 HANDBAG, IT HAS A LINE IN IT WHICH IS ACTUALLY A NATURALLY OCCURING PATTERN IN THIS TYPE OF LEATHER, I DON'T LIKE THAT"

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:08:27 PM »

Reminds me of that Adam Sandler movie with the little kid he has to take care of. He was in the Supermarket and was trying to get a discount on the canned food by slamming them on the ground and denting them.

Cyanista · « **Reply #15 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:08:50 PM »

If you've never seen anyone haggle at a store, you've probably never worked at one.

One time, this "woman" let her three year old son piss in the floor and then ran out, giggling. Oh, and once one of the girls I made clean the dressing room found a used tampon in the pocket of some jeans.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #16 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:10:39 PM »

Yep, I've never worked in retail (or any position at a store). I don't know how I would respond to a haggler. If they tried to get a discount on a slightly tarnished item, I probably would tell them to find a better looking one or something.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #17 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:11:54 PM »

Hell I've never worked in *actual* retail, and even I have heard it happen plenty of times. Holy fuck, shit irritates the hell out of me...

cloudwalking · « **Reply #18 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:14:34 PM »

Quote from: Cyanista on September 02, 2006, 10:08:50 PM

If you've never seen anyone haggle at a store, you've probably never worked at one.

One time, this "woman" let her three year old son piss in the floor and then ran out, giggling. Oh, and once one of the girls I made clean the dressing room found a used tampon in the pocket of some jeans.

Oh god

Those are some horror stories.

I remember someone puked all over the floor when I worked at GAP... did it over in a corner and it splashed on some of the slacks we had hanging up, ruining them. It was disgusting.

I've had some guy break something on purpose to try and get a discount on it. I was pretty mad.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #19 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:16:08 PM »

Some little kid pissed all over our makeshift stage while we were filming a PSA, but I let it slide since he was like four...

cloudwalking · « **Reply #20 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:19:21 PM »

Quote from: The Dark Shake on September 02, 2006, 10:16:08 PM

Some little kid pissed all over our makeshift stage while we were filming a PSA, but I let it slide since he was like four...

At Gap we were supposed to let little kids use the employee restroom if their parents asked and it was an "emergency," since apparently little kids had peed their pants in the store before (and of course it gets on the floor). It was one of the furthest stores from the public restrooms.

If your kid can't hold their urine long enough to not piss themselves why are you taking them shopping?!

Christopher · « **Reply #21 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:25:23 PM »

Amen.

What the fuck don't you understand about it being a display thing...no you can't have it NO you can't just "try it on" jesus fucking christ people.

Oh and stop fucking asking me if your fat ass looks good in the clothing, and when I say "hey how was your day" don't fucking tell me I HAVE to ask that.

At the register, please don't joke with me, and make me fake laugh about your dumb jokes.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #22 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:35:43 PM »

TELL 'EM CHRIS-DAVE!!!!

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #23 on:** September 02, 2006, 11:48:13 PM »

I wish I could give every retail employee the spirit of MAF to keep them strong. It kept me going for 6 years.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #24 on:** September 02, 2006, 11:54:46 PM »

at least you don't work in the cage.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25 on:** September 03, 2006, 08:02:24 AM »

AND STOP STARING AT MY HUGE BREASTS!

morphix · « **Reply #26 on:** September 03, 2006, 08:30:30 AM »

I think my least favorite part of working retail was the X-mas I worked at Toys R US. Don't get me wrong I loved working in the "R Zone" (TRU's name for the vidoegames dept) but if I was closing I got stuck cleaning up the lego isle.

I weep for humanity, to see what kids could do with boxes of legos that don't belong to them. It just gives me no hope for the future, finding piles of kid shit with legos stuck in it was not as uncommon as it fucking should have been!

I am glad I am rich because when the world goes all mad max because of this shit I am buying up a lot of gas and a lot of guns.

Shuri · « **Reply #27 on:** September 03, 2006, 10:12:09 AM »

But wouldnt that make you a prime target?

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #28 on:** September 03, 2006, 10:15:52 AM »

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Mandark · « **Reply #29 on:** September 04, 2006, 06:00:00 AM »

cloud, you don't have a general no-food-no-drink policy at your store? Even if you don't, they're common enough to bluff.

Small children tagging along can be a pain, but I try not to judge the parents. A lot of what we consider "good" parenting is based on the assumption that the kid can be fobbed off on the other parent or a babysitter conveniently. That may be the case a lot of the time for married, middle-class couples, but it's not always.

I think it would be a lot easier for parents and employees alike if places were designed to be more family-friendly. Every mall of a decent size should have an Ikea-style supervised play area. When I worked at a business in a strip mall, I don't think there was even a single diaper-changing area, and that included an anchor store and a supermarket.

LiuKangBakingAPie · « **Reply #30 on:** September 04, 2006, 04:49:28 PM »

There are about a million horrible things a customer can do, but I think the worst feeling in the world is when the customer argues with you and tries to associate you as part of the corporation. As in, when I worked at Circuit City when I was much younger, I had to deal with shit like "I'M GOING TO BEST BUY" and I'm wondering why that should make me care in the smallest bit. And when they'd come back from Best Buy simply to rub in my face "THEY DIDN'T REQUIRE A CREDIT CARD ON THIS MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN" and I'm thinking "you seriously fucking came back just to tell me that? Who are you? I forget about you the moment you leave the door." You simply have no defense for this sort of shit and you just have to stand there looking dumbfounded and accept that this customer thinks he absolutely demolished your spirit and ruined your life even though you don't give even the smallest shit about the company you work for.

People are knobs.

rocketman · « **Reply #31 on:** September 05, 2006, 01:18:43 AM »

STOP SHOPPING, ASSHOLES.

I VERY MUCH ENJOY SITTING IN THE BREAK ROOM AND READING PEOPLE MAGAZINE.

BRANJELINA MAKES ME GIGGLE

Thee Reverend Gary Davis · « **Reply #32 on:** September 05, 2006, 09:45:36 AM »

some to add to the list-

-when you get some twat buying a can of coke with a credit card on a busy day.

-que skippers

-people that put a basket down at your till...and then goes to see if they want anything else.

- oh and that one bastard that told me to get a haircut, then said something like 'you'll never get a girlfirend with hair like that', I have girlfriend (of about a YEAR), I told him this to a reply of 'oh'. Bastard.

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Author Topic: Dear people who shop at my store (Read 3989 times)

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