Where Has All The Christmas Spirit Gone?
Well, I'm back due to popular demand hahaha, oh boy what a Christmas break it has been! Not only have there been stupid customers, but also we've jumped into the realm of stupid managers as well, and believe me folks, I'm not worried one bit if he sees this blog, he knows that I think he is the biggest boob on the face of this earth!
So, for the most part, this Christmas at Slave-On has been pretty good, most of the customers were pretty understanding, and really good about the long lines, and so on and so forth. BUT then Starting on the 22nd of December (3 days before Christmas) some stupid people started calling the store and asking if we had any Christmas trees left. So of course, because it is so close to Christmas I would have to tell them that unfortunately we don't, because we only got a limited stock in this year, because we have had many dead trees over the past years. Those stupid people would not accept this as an answer and say "well why don't you have any trees left?" and I would explain again... Then they would say "Well call another store and find out!" So I would put them on hold (the first stupid caller of the season) and called Parkwood, and Spruceland, and The Heart, and they were all out of trees of course... (ask me if I was surprised... NOOO!!!) so I pick up the line and tell them that none of the stores have anymore trees, then they would have the gall to ask "Well I need a tree, so where can I get one from!!!?" I was speechless so I said...I'm not too sure... And most people were alright with that..... BUT then on the 24... That's right... CHRISTMAS EVE! This lady comes into the store and asks for a tree, and I go the whole speech how we are out, and I've already called the other stores and I know for a fact that they are out of trees... The she gets all mad "You don't even care about the customer enough to get extra trees in??!!! And you wont even call the other stores!!??? I want to speak to your manager!" So I called our new manager (one of our cool managers) and he comes down and the lady tries telling how rude I was to her, and he tells her it's Christmas eve, of course there aren't any trees... Sorry for the inconvenience... And as she's walking out the store he picks up a stapler, and pretend to chuck it at her! That was awesome! HAHAHA. These calls for Christmas trees days before Christmas were numerous, and one of the head cashiers picked a call up and when the lady asked where she could find a tree the cashier said "You could try looking over your fence into your neighbor's yard... They might have a nice one you could cut down!" FRIGGEN AWESOME!!!! hee hee
Also, 15 minutes before I was finished my shift, I go to pack for one of the cashiers, and this lady goes running past me. When I got to the till there was another lady there and she was tsking, and rolling her eyes. What had happened was she put her debit card on the conveyor belt, and to move it out of the way (so it would get sucked under the belt) the cashier moved it to the side of the till with the pin pad. There was a gentleman there packing up the last few items, and he accidentally took the card. So the lady who ran past me went outside to find the man (who was apparently a friend of hers) who took her card... The lady at the till was mumbling curse words under her breath and said "YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING OUT THERE NOT HER!!" and I looked at her and said "excuse me ma'am? I just got to the till, I do not know what you are talking about" The cashier explained what happened and I understood. The lady who lost her card gets on her cell phone and says to the cashier and I "You better hope he has his phone on" and calls the guy but gets voice mail. Then she starts looking at people in the line telling them how this is what we get when we hire stupid little dumb girls... And saying how it was all the cashier's fault (which it wasn't) so the cashier was trying to explain how it was an accident but the lady wasn't listening and just kept on ranting... Finally I lost my patience and calmly said "ma'am it was an accident, next maybe just hold on to your card until we are done ringing through the order, but don't put your card onto he belt" then she get offended turns to the other people in the line and says "OH! HE'S SAYING IT'S MY FAULT!!! HEAR THAT??? IT'S MY FAULT NOW!!" and the I lost my patience all together with this lady and said "MA'AM I DID NOT SAY IT WAS YOUR FAULT, I SIMPLY SAID HOLD ON TO YOUR CARD!! THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT!!" then she starts sputtering off how she shouldn't have to look after her money, that's the cashier's job... (UM hello! You should keep an eye on your own card!!! Stupid lady) Then she demanded to speak to a manager because we are so rude and then I said "MA'AM IT IS CHRISTMAS EVE, AND IT'S FAR TOO BUSY IN HERE TO DEAL WITH SILLY THINGS LIKE THIS!" and I think I put her in shock, because she was speechless and just put her nose in the air and walked away! WOO HOO I WIN 1 to nothing! All the customers were really supportive too... One lady in the line even called out to the stupid cow and said "merry Christmas to you too you ol' bag!" hee hee!
So let me tell you what my boob manager (assistant store manager) has been doing. Just a few days before Christmas he hauls all the Service Clerks to the office to tell us that there has been too many complaints about us... We chat too much with the cashiers and ignore the customers... This isn't true... But whatever a customer says, must be right, right? Anyways, he tells us that we are not allowed to talk to the cashiers, all our focus must be on the customer. He said the only reason we should be talking to a cashier is to get clarification on an order they gave us, we aren't allowed to say hello or anything like that. All the focus goes to the customer. Now I think this new rule is a pile of BS because I don't give a rats ass what the customer has to say, so right after he said this, I ignored all customers... If I can't talk to the cashier I'm most certainly not talking to the customer either... And then I found out who the lady who complained was because she come throughout the till and says "Now this isn't what I meant! I want you to talk to me not each other... And I don't want you to ignore me either!" which we didn't' do, we said how are you, have you found everything you're looking for... All that stuff.. But her problem was we weren't conversing with her. Dumb old lady!!! So then, right after the lecture from our manager about not talking to each other, we got a customer at the service desk waiting to speak to a manager, and we tried paging him 3 times, so I got mad and went to look for him, and what do I find?? He's right around the corner standing in a circle with all the other managers joking around with each other and laughing!!! IGNORING THE CALLS!!! So now because of this I refuse to not talk to the cashiers... If our leader does then I will do it, and if he calls me to the office, then I will bring up this little incident. Also, one of my co-workers volunteers at the hospital until 4:30 on Fridays so she restricted Friday so she can only work AFTER 4:30, so what time does he go and schedule her for? That's right folks 4:30!!! IDIOT!
There was another Christmas story I was going to share with you folks, but I can't remember it anymore... So I hope this satisfy your minds hunger for "Stupid people at the grocery store" stories until the next update. Have a great week folks, and Happy New Year!
-Andrew-
*I apologize for the horrible spelling and grammar folks, but it's way past my bed time, so you'll just have to press on through these errors*
So, for the most part, this Christmas at Slave-On has been pretty good, most of the customers were pretty understanding, and really good about the long lines, and so on and so forth. BUT then Starting on the 22nd of December (3 days before Christmas) some stupid people started calling the store and asking if we had any Christmas trees left. So of course, because it is so close to Christmas I would have to tell them that unfortunately we don't, because we only got a limited stock in this year, because we have had many dead trees over the past years. Those stupid people would not accept this as an answer and say "well why don't you have any trees left?" and I would explain again... Then they would say "Well call another store and find out!" So I would put them on hold (the first stupid caller of the season) and called Parkwood, and Spruceland, and The Heart, and they were all out of trees of course... (ask me if I was surprised... NOOO!!!) so I pick up the line and tell them that none of the stores have anymore trees, then they would have the gall to ask "Well I need a tree, so where can I get one from!!!?" I was speechless so I said...I'm not too sure... And most people were alright with that..... BUT then on the 24... That's right... CHRISTMAS EVE! This lady comes into the store and asks for a tree, and I go the whole speech how we are out, and I've already called the other stores and I know for a fact that they are out of trees... The she gets all mad "You don't even care about the customer enough to get extra trees in??!!! And you wont even call the other stores!!??? I want to speak to your manager!" So I called our new manager (one of our cool managers) and he comes down and the lady tries telling how rude I was to her, and he tells her it's Christmas eve, of course there aren't any trees... Sorry for the inconvenience... And as she's walking out the store he picks up a stapler, and pretend to chuck it at her! That was awesome! HAHAHA. These calls for Christmas trees days before Christmas were numerous, and one of the head cashiers picked a call up and when the lady asked where she could find a tree the cashier said "You could try looking over your fence into your neighbor's yard... They might have a nice one you could cut down!" FRIGGEN AWESOME!!!! hee hee
Also, 15 minutes before I was finished my shift, I go to pack for one of the cashiers, and this lady goes running past me. When I got to the till there was another lady there and she was tsking, and rolling her eyes. What had happened was she put her debit card on the conveyor belt, and to move it out of the way (so it would get sucked under the belt) the cashier moved it to the side of the till with the pin pad. There was a gentleman there packing up the last few items, and he accidentally took the card. So the lady who ran past me went outside to find the man (who was apparently a friend of hers) who took her card... The lady at the till was mumbling curse words under her breath and said "YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING OUT THERE NOT HER!!" and I looked at her and said "excuse me ma'am? I just got to the till, I do not know what you are talking about" The cashier explained what happened and I understood. The lady who lost her card gets on her cell phone and says to the cashier and I "You better hope he has his phone on" and calls the guy but gets voice mail. Then she starts looking at people in the line telling them how this is what we get when we hire stupid little dumb girls... And saying how it was all the cashier's fault (which it wasn't) so the cashier was trying to explain how it was an accident but the lady wasn't listening and just kept on ranting... Finally I lost my patience and calmly said "ma'am it was an accident, next maybe just hold on to your card until we are done ringing through the order, but don't put your card onto he belt" then she get offended turns to the other people in the line and says "OH! HE'S SAYING IT'S MY FAULT!!! HEAR THAT??? IT'S MY FAULT NOW!!" and the I lost my patience all together with this lady and said "MA'AM I DID NOT SAY IT WAS YOUR FAULT, I SIMPLY SAID HOLD ON TO YOUR CARD!! THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT!!" then she starts sputtering off how she shouldn't have to look after her money, that's the cashier's job... (UM hello! You should keep an eye on your own card!!! Stupid lady) Then she demanded to speak to a manager because we are so rude and then I said "MA'AM IT IS CHRISTMAS EVE, AND IT'S FAR TOO BUSY IN HERE TO DEAL WITH SILLY THINGS LIKE THIS!" and I think I put her in shock, because she was speechless and just put her nose in the air and walked away! WOO HOO I WIN 1 to nothing! All the customers were really supportive too... One lady in the line even called out to the stupid cow and said "merry Christmas to you too you ol' bag!" hee hee!
So let me tell you what my boob manager (assistant store manager) has been doing. Just a few days before Christmas he hauls all the Service Clerks to the office to tell us that there has been too many complaints about us... We chat too much with the cashiers and ignore the customers... This isn't true... But whatever a customer says, must be right, right? Anyways, he tells us that we are not allowed to talk to the cashiers, all our focus must be on the customer. He said the only reason we should be talking to a cashier is to get clarification on an order they gave us, we aren't allowed to say hello or anything like that. All the focus goes to the customer. Now I think this new rule is a pile of BS because I don't give a rats ass what the customer has to say, so right after he said this, I ignored all customers... If I can't talk to the cashier I'm most certainly not talking to the customer either... And then I found out who the lady who complained was because she come throughout the till and says "Now this isn't what I meant! I want you to talk to me not each other... And I don't want you to ignore me either!" which we didn't' do, we said how are you, have you found everything you're looking for... All that stuff.. But her problem was we weren't conversing with her. Dumb old lady!!! So then, right after the lecture from our manager about not talking to each other, we got a customer at the service desk waiting to speak to a manager, and we tried paging him 3 times, so I got mad and went to look for him, and what do I find?? He's right around the corner standing in a circle with all the other managers joking around with each other and laughing!!! IGNORING THE CALLS!!! So now because of this I refuse to not talk to the cashiers... If our leader does then I will do it, and if he calls me to the office, then I will bring up this little incident. Also, one of my co-workers volunteers at the hospital until 4:30 on Fridays so she restricted Friday so she can only work AFTER 4:30, so what time does he go and schedule her for? That's right folks 4:30!!! IDIOT!
There was another Christmas story I was going to share with you folks, but I can't remember it anymore... So I hope this satisfy your minds hunger for "Stupid people at the grocery store" stories until the next update. Have a great week folks, and Happy New Year!
-Andrew-
*I apologize for the horrible spelling and grammar folks, but it's way past my bed time, so you'll just have to press on through these errors*
posted by Rosser at 11:25 PM
3 Comments:
I have to say for stupid people over Christmas stories, you probably win [this time] I only seemed to get the rude rude rude people, that were all jerky and stuff. I'd take stupid people any day. I'll update with my favorrite Christmas story [it happened on Christmas Eve no less]
Lets start a club, banning stupid people :):):)
Roos. I have decided this year around christmas time, I am going to get a lawn chair, bring to your store and just watch for all the "fun" stuff that happenes. the entertainment would be great. I can't wait :P
sorry spelt your name wrong. so much for the stupid people thing :P
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