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For those who have or do work retail
11BravoCrunchie
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Have you ever had a customer approach you and ask, "Excuse me, do you work here?" while you're wearing some sort of uniform?
Had that happen Sunday. I almost gave the woman a piece of my mind. Had she been asking about anything except where the restrooms are now located, I might have.
Had that happen Sunday. I almost gave the woman a piece of my mind. Had she been asking about anything except where the restrooms are now located, I might have.
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I used to wear a shirt and tie a lot back in the college days. many times I'd be in a store looking at something and someone would come up and ask me if I was the manager. sometimes I wouldn't say "no" but I'd help them find their stuff anyways if it was nearby.
my sister is a manager for a big box store similar to wallyworld. she has people ask her to "wash the dirt from the bags of planting soil because i don't want to get my truck dirty" and "i want 20 bags of soil can you load them into the trunk of my 64 stingray, but don't get it dirty."
yes, she told me these two zingers last night.
she has also had people buy frozen turkeys and then call back to complain that they are still frozen by the time they got home.
Ben
Bar-none, the dumbest question I ever heard was, "Can I leave my child here? I just need to do some quick shopping."
All other stupid questions come from stupid people.[;)]
besides, its normal public custom to identify your purpose for communicating before you do.
another place you find this is in eatery's.
you walk in and it looks closed and you ask, "are you open?"
50-50 it is and 50-50 it isnt.
especially if you come in at early or late hour.
the one i hate is the hired INVENTORY PUKES working during customer hours. all they do is get in your way and they know better than anyone where the stuff is, they just dont give a rats. make em inventory after hours, i say.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
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Those of you famaliar with the region know that the official tree of Lebanon is a Cedar.
So I'm standing there in a green jacket with a pine tree on the shoulder and some chick starts giving me a ration of shyte about a ticket she got at a National Park.
I asked her why she was bothering me, and she poked me on the shoulder, hissing something about "...you park rangers have nothing better to do..."
When I quit laughing, I politely told her that I wasn't a park ranger, I was a Navy vet. And if she had a problem with the Nat'l Parks' Service, she could probably find a phone number in the phone book.
I don't think she believed me.
Thanks for the memory. I'd forgotten about that.
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I know if it was burning my nose hairs, it was theirs too.
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I remember at my grandma's funeral, my brother and I were late teens and wearing suits. All of my grandma's Eastern Star biddies would come up to us and ask us if we worked there and where was the bathroom.
Have you ever had a customer approach you and ask, "Excuse me, do you work here?" while you're wearing some sort of uniform?
Had that happen Sunday. I almost gave the woman a piece of my mind. Had she been asking about anything except where the restrooms are now located, I might have.
Don't even get me started on that one. We used to wear vests and hardly ever got that question. Then we got rid of the vests and started wearing the same color shirts. Now everyone, and I mean everyone asks me if I work there. I am always suprised that the kids never ask me that, only the adults. I started saying no a while back, and that gets some strange remarks. Either the person will look at me for a second, and then say, "Oh, I'm sorry," and slowly turn away while still looking, and that is when I have to tell them I am just kidding, and they are suprised about that. Or the person looks at me funny, and then says, "Yes you do." In which case I think to myself, "If you know that I work here why do you ask me if I work here, when we all have name tags and the same color shirts and pants?" Just don't get people. And then when I shop at Walmart I have people asking me where something is, as if I work there. Just doesn't make sense. Even worse is that when someone calls the store they hear a message with the days and times that the store is open before the call goes through. So what do they do when I pick up? They ask what time the store closes that day.
One guy told me that after I wouldn't give him a refund on a product the store didn't even carry and I just told him he wouldn't like it any more than I did.
One place that also does that I find greatly helpful is Sportsmans warehouse, not every employee is always wearing vest or what not, but it seems every time I am there I have to swat employees away from me. However, they are also very helpful when you can't find that certain little jig head that I just know should be there but can't find it.
we were at a local best buy, we had been there for about an hour and had picked out over $150 worth of dvds to buy. they announced that the store closed in fifteen minutes, so we made our way to the front and went to a register. no one there...or at the other registers. here it was, fifteen mitutes til closing and they had closed ALL registers. i actually had the movies in my hand and went to a guy, nametag wearin manager on duty, and asked if he worked there. he said yes. so i asked him if anyone was going to ring us up. he babbled then said they had closed all registers. so i said, does that mean i don't have to pay for the movies? he said i did and i asked if all the registers are closed before you closed the store how am i supposed to pay? he said come back tomorrow. i said i was there now. he actually said "so?" so i just dropped the movies at his feet and said, you just lost a customer. we called and complained to the gm, he offered us 15% off our next visit. it's been 2 years and we haven't been back to collect on that.
I have people ask me about things in most stores....I must look like I know something!!!!!
Its the hair!![;)]
You should see the looks people give ya, it eats them alive, they want to ask so bad but don't cause they know your the "other" guy. Sometimes I just look back, sometimes offer assistance, if they do ask it depends on what it is I have going on or how they ask weather I can help or "I don't know as I don't work that department/area" answer turn and walk away. People never complain cause they think I don't work there, and just look for someone else. Oh so fun.
I work in a big box auto parts store and here's todays gems.
Lady buys a can of R134A refrigerant and asks if I can show her where to pour it in.
Gent starts rapping on the counter and say's his engine sounds like that, what does he need to fix it.
Phone call. "Ive just bought an engine that's being used to drive a generator, it's a 6 cylinder, do you know what car it came out of?"
Phone call. "I need spark plugs for my car", "what year's your car?", don't know", "make?", not sure. Now I'm pissed "what colour is it?", "Not sure, I'll just go and look"
Gent wants a dash cover. "There special order, if ordered today It'll be here on Wednesday", "great, go ahead and order it". He pays for the special order and then stands there waiting. "Was there something else?", "No I just need my dash cover". Explained VERY slowly, when I'd finished he cancelled his order and demanded not only a refund but compensation as well for his wasted time.
Lady buys a MAP sensor, comes back in the store a couple minutes later and wants a refund, "was there somthing wrong with the sensor", "no it didnt fix the problem so I want my money back", gave her a refund to which she said "Now I want to buy a TPS to see if that will work". You guessed it, she was back asking for a refund, which she got. After that we were out of stock for whatever she asked for.
Never a dull moment in retail.