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| Monday, December 21st, 2009 |
asperger
[ staircase_wit ]
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11:01p |
Kava
Given the general autistic trend towards high anesthesia tolerance and the general weirdness we may or may not have with any mood-altering substance (e.g. dairy makes me drunk), I was wondering if any autistics here are regular users of Kava... not the pills, but the actual south-pacific turn-the-lights-low root beverage. Given my ever-increasing levels of stress and the fact that I feel like I am just one or two steps away from the fabled mid-30's autistic crash, I have made a 2010 new years resolution to drink Kava every night. I was wondering if any others here had any tips, tricks or advice. Thank you. |
customers_suck
[ abs0lutelyzero ]
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8:32p |
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girlslash
[ bizarro_bluth ]
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6:40p |
Fic: The Looking Glass (18a/20) (Twilight, Alice/Bella) Title: The Looking Glass (18a/20) Author: Beth Fandom:Twilight Pairing: Alice/Bella Word Count: ~ 6,600 (A and B total) Rating: R (for violence & language) Summary: What if Alice had been the first Cullen to meet Bella Swan? Spoilers: Through Twilight Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with Stephenie Meyer, just borrowing her toys for a while. The title of the fic is based on a Lewis Carroll piece. No copyright infringement intended. A/N: Just a reminder of some canonical departures in this fic: vampires DO have fangs, the CAN bleed and they are NOT as hard as stone. In keeping with the canon take on vamp mythology, the venom thing still applies, so one bite either kills/turns a human. And yes, they do sparkle because, well, you'll just have to ask SMeyer that one.
| Previous Chapters Here | Part Eighteen (a) |
customers_suck
[ witchylatina ]
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4:24p |
I'm sorry but your friends don't work here...WTF?
It's been a while since I posted an Admissions related story BUT I think it's time for a Fifi the Admissions Counselor Extraordinaire story --- Having your mom call us: I know that parents are over-protective of their young, but seriously, you're daughter is applying to graduate college. Time to cut the umbilical cord. Backstory: Our application deadline is November 1 for the Spring 2010 term (freshmen, transfer) and November 15 for (student at large/non-degree seeking students). However, the University decided to extend the deadline to December 1 so that students could get all their documents in and so we can get more students to apply. The only thing is --- this is a deadline for undergraduates, the Graduate College has a different deadline but often refer students to us so they can apply as non-degree seeking students while they wait for the grad college application to be reviewed. ( Read more... )Student comes into the office with a letter he received from our office about his application. The letter stated that his file was closed because he didn't submit transcripts from the two schools he attended. I went to the admissions office to get his file to see what was going on. ( Read more... ) Current Mood: bouncy |
yaoi
[ kubrick041087 ]
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10:17p |
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metaquotes
[ lady_supernova ]
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11:10p |
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yaoi
[ kubrick041087 ]
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8:52p |
Icons
1/10 - Harry Potter11/17 - The Mighty Boosh18/21 - Junjou Romantica (Yaoi) Hopefully not being too Presumptuous , but if anyone wants me to make them an icon for their favourite fandom/paring etc, I would be more than happy to. Just leave me a comment. If you are going to take any please remember to leave a comment and aknowledge that I made them in your userpics section. Icons beneath here |
customers_suck
[ sammyfrank ]
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2:42p |
Home seller from Hell
So I'm a realtor, just trying to earn a living. A year or two I had sold a two-family home to my awesome customer, unfortunately the seller and the sellers realtor were not so awesome. During the home inspection some items were noted, and the seller agreed to fix them prior to the closing. Closing day comes and we head to the house for the final walk through. I was a minute or two late, so the seller took my buyer through, then we went to close. At the closing I found out that the seller did not fix some items he had promised to, but I guess when he had my buyer alone he told him about it but said that in exchange for not doing the work he left him the window blinds as a gift. All well and good except....it says in the contract that he had to leave the blinds, so not a good deal. Unforunately the sellers realtor was on vacation out of the country and was not reachable, a substitute had been sent in her place, but she knew nothing about the transaction. The lawyer showed up for the closing, and she was very new to the business, and we started the process. After the seller had signed him portion, I told him I was going to speak to his realtor when she got back about the work he didn't do. That's when it got amusing. AB: Awesome buyer AS: Asshole seller Atty: New attorney ME: {{waves}} AS: I told him I left him the blinds!! It was in exchange for that! ME: The blinds were included in the contract, you had to leave them. AS: WHAT!! Who do you think you are! I want you to stop talking RIGHT NOW! (turns to AB) You tell her to shut up !! (poor AB had no idea what to do) ME: Mr. Seller, you agreed to do the work and it wasn't done. AS: ARGHHHH! Who do you think you are! I don't have to talk to you! (continues to tell AB to keep me quiet). THAT'S IT ! THE CLOSING IS OVER, I REFUSE TO PASS OWNERSHIP. Holy crap, at this point the lawyer is freaking out because I guess at a closing saying something like that is like saying "bomb" in an airport. She folds up her papers and goes outside of the building. Poor AB is now sitting there stunned, not knowing what to do. AS: This closing is not going any further until you agree that the blinds are in exchange for the repairs. ME: No. AS: I want to talk to your manager !!! (the manager of win? Absolutely!!!) At this point my buyer is telling me to just let it go, it was just a small electrical repair, but it was THE PRINCIPLE ! Plus this guy was an asshole and I knew (I hoped) he was bluffing. Mr. Seller told my manager I was extremely rude, and my boss totally stuck up for me, eventually everyone came back into the room and we finished. I told my buyers that everyone needs a good story to tell about buying their first house! |
customers_suck
[ lookninjas ]
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2:18p |
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metaquotes
[ deriksmith ]
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11:58a |
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customers_suck
[ feldjagerpistol ]
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10:49a |
Minor Witnessed Suck Background: My school is the "bad school" of the district. We're the school everyone loves to hate (not that I'm bitter or anything), so we don't get a good deal of funding from the Almighty District. As such, a lot of our stuff is outdated or somewhat dangerous, as in the case of our theater's lighting booth. One reaches it by a steep set of metal stairs, which are unlit when the booth is not in use. This is important later.
The Suck: My school is putting on the third-ever production of Razia's Shadow for the fall play. Lory*, a fellow student, is the head usher and in charge of programs. For some unknown reason, the programs are stored in the lighting booth as soon as the doors to the theater are closed (as opposed to being by the ticket table, where Lory could easily reach them without breaking her neck on the stairs). I forgot to get a program at the beginning of the show, so I wait until intermission to ask Lory if there are any extras on the table. Script Format, whoo. Me: -waves- Lory: Awesome usher with the ability to scale steel death-traps in total darkness Program Man (PM): Fails at concepts of ownership and an inside voice. Probably in his mid-thirties. Lory: No, but there might be some up in the booth. Let me go check. (I worked lighting for one production at this school, so I know about the stairs. I fear for Lory's safety.) Me: You really don't have to... Lory: It's no problem. (Lory goes up into the booth, via the stairs of death, in search of the programs. I stand outside the door. PM wanders by.) PM: SO HOW ABOUT THAT SHOW, HUH? AREN'T THEY GREAT? (My ears are now ringing.) Me:...yeah, they're pretty good. My friend Deirdre* directed-- PM: WOW THAT'S PRETTY COOL! (Lory wanders down out of the booth of d00m, program in hand.) Lory: Here you go. (PM turns to her.) PM: IS THAT A PROGRAM? I DIDN'T GET ONE BEFORE THE SHOW. CAN I HAVE IT? (Before Lory can answer, he takes it out her hand.) THANKS, SWEETIE! YOU'RE A DOLL! (He wanders off, clutching what was once my program and talking at the top of his lungs.) Me:...? Lory went and got another program for me, much to my chagrin. The show went on with no broken necks. *Names changed to protect the innocent. |
ubergeeks
[ evilgrins ]
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7:30a |
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girlslash
[ tcdale ]
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2:05p |
Fic: The Crumbling Down Christmas Special Title: The Crumbling Down Christmas Special Author: tcdaleFandom: Baldur's Gate Pairing: Imoen/Cassandra (and implied Cassandra/Bodhi, Cassandra/Jaheira, and Mazzy/someone) Rating: This chapter: PG. Story as a whole: R Summary: A break from the action/adventure/romance to see what Cassie and Imoen do on their days off. Totally not related to the actual Crumbling Down storyline, and very much a light-hearted lark. Knowing Baldur's Gate and/or the D&D 3.5 system will greatly enhance your reading enjoyment. If you want to read Crumbling Down itself, you can start here instead. No excerpt this time; it's not THAT long :) Merry Solstice/Christmas/Hannukah/Saturnalia/e tc. The Crumbling Down Christmas Special |
customers_suck
[ mikachew ]
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2:07a |
Fucking Pay Attention, plz.
Background: I work in fast food where it's what a hamburger's all about! Both these excerpts occur while working at the 1st window in the drive-thru (the window where everyone pays for their order before driving up the 2nd window to receive their order).
- Girl drives right past my window. Now, this isn't TOO uncommon, but only when whoever is at the window might be away putting clean dishes away and so customers think they need to go straight to the 2nd window because nobody's there the second they drive up to the window. Nevermind the fact that we have a big sign saying "PAY HERE, PLEASE" and we leave the window OPEN. Anyway... I'm standing there after the car before her drives forward, waiting for her to move her car up to my window. Instead of scooting up to my window, she drives right by it and I watch her - it's because she's so focused on her CELL PHONE and not even looking up to where she's driving. I'm surprised she knew when to stop to keep from rearending the person in front of her. I stuck my head out the window and the person behind her left enough space where she could've backed up to my window if she wanted to. She mad NO acknowledgement that she passed my window nor did she attempt to move back to my window. Whatever. Pay attention, dumbass. It may be a drive-thru but pay, fucking, attention!
- I talk in a clear voice, relatively loud so you can hear me (or rather, so I can hear myself - it gets loud from all the noises in the stand). I do not repeat orders back to people because I enjoy hearing myself talk, it's because I need to make sure your order was taken down right and we're cooking the right things for you. So please:
- Put your cell phone down for the 5-10 seconds it takes me to make sure you ordered such-and-such burger, fries and such-and-such drink.
- LISTEN to what I'm asking. DO NOT tell me I have your order correct and either proceed to tell the person at the 2nd window that it's wrong or tell me AFTER I TENDER YOUR ORDER that it's all wrong.
- Do not stare at me blankly and say NOTHING with your money in your hand hanging out the window. It's one thing if you don't want to answer my "hi, how are you?" but I'm asking you a question in regards to your order that you MIGHT want to answer to. If you say nothing to me and your order ends up wrong, that's on you buddy. Not to mention I asked you a question and it's just plain rude to ignore it completely.
Edited for removal & replacement of particular swear word/bad name. Current Mood: coldCurrent Music: Miley Cyrus - The Climb |
customers_suck
[ locakitty ]
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2:12a |
Witnessed amusing wtf at Fry's
I was in the express lane with some last minute stuff for a potluck (the potatoes I made ended up in a disaster, so it was grocery store time). The cashier is ringing me out and there is one woman behind me. Another woman wheels up behind her. The cashier looks at her cart which is pretty full, but not like two weeks of groceries, definitely more than 15 items. "Ma'am? This is 15 items or less." "What?" "You can only have 15 items in this lane." Now, these words "EXPRESS LANE 15 ITEMS OR LESS" is printed on the light of the register. "How am I supposed to know how many items I have?" "I don't know ma'am." "Well where am I supposed to go now???" she actually whined this like a small child. "There is a register open right next to me." then she huffed her way over there like he told her to go walk to the back of the store or something. I could barely hold in my laughter and neither could the woman behind me. The cashier said, "Did she just ask why I didn't tell her before she got in line that this was the express lane?" like he couldn't believe it or just didn't hear her correctly. I nodded yes and busted out laughing. The woman behind me started to chuckle, too. We both looked at the cashier and gave him our sympathies because it is just going to get worse. Current Mood: hungry |
| Sunday, December 20th, 2009 |
metaquotes
[ amandathegreat ]
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11:53p |
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| Monday, December 21st, 2009 |
customers_suck
[ artamissnowpaw ]
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2:47a |
Bulk Food Bins do not mean Feed Your Face.
Hello my dears at C_S, it's been too long. I have been without work for a year, but I've gotten a new job "Under the Hat", so to speak. I haven't been there long, and since they stuck me in the back, I don't have any interesting stories, sucks or WTF's to share from my own job, so here's a witnessed suck/WTF when I was shopping at one of my old jobs at the Big Orange Z. (Canadian Chain of Grocery Stores) So, I was getting my Christmas Grocery Shopping done, and I saw one of my old co-workers. Her daughter is on night shift at my current job, so we stopped to chat briefly about my job, her job and just how life was in general. She was stocking the Bulk Bins area, where baking supplies, candy, nuts, flours and the like were. While we were catching up, she said to me "Look at this guy, he's having lunch." I was confused and glanced over. Here's this guy opening the bins, sticking his bare hands inside, and sampling, at least, two to three pieces of each item . I boggled a bit. Quick Script, because I like it. ( Nomnomnom )Clearly, he didn't get it. We finished up there and as I went off to get the rest of my groceries, he asked her about pine nuts. teal deer; Man snacks on bulk food bin when clerk attempts to "Help Him" (see: Tell him to stop in a polite manner) more then once. EDIT: Quickly edited for some clarity and grammar errors. Current Mood: sleepy |
customers_suck
[ softlywhispered ]
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1:53a |
Witnessed Suck
Today I went to "My" theme park, where I do seasonal haunting, to take in the Christmas shows. It was a lovely, if chilly day. Who knew that the majority of the residents of my city would wait till after Noon to show up like my husband any myself. *scratches head* Ah well, I guess we aren't the only ones who waited for it to warm up. And yes, you can tell the locals (We're the ones wearing the hats, gloves and sweatshirts in the 55* weather) vs the Visitors, who were wearing shorts and riding the log flume and Tangeneka tidal wave.. (boggles) But I digress.. Minor wtf: I was walking -because this is what one does in a theme park- and one of the roller coasters spits water, Well I stepped out of the way, this group of 5 people stepped out of the way, and into me, since they weren't looking where they were going. I said, politely, "Excuse me." The mother, snapped at me. "Well EXCUSE ME!" to which I just lifted a brow. "Pardon me." I said again. "We weren't looking." She snapped. Yeah, I know, Because I'm a 6' tall red head, It's -VERY- hard to miss me... Her snappish attitude was the WTF as I had been nice. Just keep your eyes where you go and mind your passel of kids and someone won't say "Excuse me" to you. *shrug* The Suck: At the end of the day, the SO and I decided to ask what kind of passes that they offered to FLA residents. While we waited this EB was ahead of us, I over heard her portion of the conversation it went something like this: EB: Explanitory CS: Customer Service Lady in Leopard CSM: Tried to assist EB: Hi, I was trying to buy a coat back there." She made a dismissive hand gesture, towards the park. "And while I got my passholder discount on these Tee shirts, they wouldn't give me the discount on the coat. I don't think that's right and it's never happened before. Cs: Well, there are a couple of vendors who don't honor the Pass holder discount. Were you purchasing it at XXX XXXX?" EB: Looks to her kid for confirmation, kid nods, "YEs, that's the store, but I don't see why they can't give us the discount there. I mean they're here, in the park and it's never happened BEEFORE." Cs: Well Xxx XXXX, is a Discount Vendor, they don't honor our passholder discount, and this is explained to you in your Pass holder bill of rights." EB: "Look, I've had this thing" She brandishes her Pass "for 10 years, and I've never had a problem. I think you need to make people aware of this. It should be widely known which places accept it and which don't" Cs At this point, her body language changed from helpful to a hand on her hip, her head cocked and just NOT a helpful look, of course I'm rolling my eyes behind her, and sympathising with the the counter girl, because this woman is obviously a very speshul snoflake. "Well ma'am, as I've explained, there are certain vendors that don't honor it, and Xxx XxxX is one of them. I'm sorry, but other than taking your complaint, there's very little I can do. CSM steps up to the window and offers a smile, trying hard not to laugh. "I understand your position." EB "I would have saved $4.00" (YEs folks 10% on that jacket, $4.00) "But because this policy isn't clear, I didn't buy it, you really need to make this CLEAR. I mean, I could have saved $4.00." Csm "Yes Ma'am I understand, but as we've explained, there are a few places that don't accept the discount and unfortunately this vendor is one of them. I'm sorry for any inconvience you've experienced. *sincere smile* At this point she turned to me and assisted me. I realise that the economy is tough, but the woman had a $400 platinum passport. She was complaining over a $4.00 savings she would have gotten on a jacket that was on clearance. Heck, it's a 1% savings to her. Her attitude towards the CS & CSM was ENTITLED and really unnecessary. The discount wasn't available to her. It is explained, if she took the time to read her membership benefits. And with the changes the park is currently going through, I'm certain there will be more. I don't know how/if the situation was resolved, or if the woman walked away. I do know that I ended up buying 2 annual passes because we had a great time today wandering the park. But seriously 55* ... CHILLY! |
| Sunday, December 20th, 2009 |
customers_suck
[ pinkduck08 ]
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11:42p |
wtf
So today I got my first "merry christmas" problem maker. Script format! Me: Your friendly pet store cashier that is already in a crappy mood because I had to put my rat down last night. C: ***hole that got on my very last nerve. NC: Next customer *entire transaction is done at this point* Me: Thank you sir, have a great night. C: It's Merry Christmas, not *mocking me* "have a great night." Me: Happy Holidays, sir. C: No! It's *demon-sounding tone* Mer-Ry-Christ-Mas.!!! Me: And I say have a good night because there's no chance of offending someone. C: Well that's bullsh*t! Me: Have a great night sir! C: Whatever! *skulks off* NC: I have a feeling saying Merry Christmas wouldn't have made him happy. Me: I don't think anything would have made him happy. |
customers_suck
[ tane_the_insane ]
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11:45p |
Complaint from the clerk in a salon that keeps its trade's secrets. Now, my salon is right near a very big airport. I get a lot of foreign customers in, which is rarely a problem. Dear Madame, I told you my French was poor. I meant my speaking skills. I still know what "Stupid little girls who have no idea what they're doing" sounds like. How you drew that link from "We don't sell Clinique", I'll never know, but now I'm not telling you what place nearby sells it. -Me Dear Senora, I know that word means "slut", and I know you were pointing at me while saying it. You a very rude little woman and I hope you snap the heel on those Manolo's. -Me Dear Mr. Swedish I just mopped that floor. Why did you spit on it? -Me That is all for today. Holidays. They're going to kill me. |
customers_suck
[ sparkfrost ]
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10:06p |
See? Food!
Sir? Just because I ask you what you would like to order does not mean you need to answer right away. Feel free to finish chewing your food and swallow it before attempting to order your skim latte. While I'm sure the doughnut was delicious, I do not need to see half-chewed bits of it covering the inside of your mouth while you tell me what you would like to drink. Thanks! -Your friendly neighborhood barista |
customers_suck
[ jocelyncs ]
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8:07p |
Witnessed Suck: After Hours At Verizon
I need a Blackberry for work, so I scampered through the door at the Verizon store about 20 minutes prior to closing. The only rep there was helping a couple with a complicated purchase, so I figured I'd have to wait, and asked if it would be a problem. She said no, but locked the door at 5, the official closing time. Around 5:20, I'm thumbing through one of their catalogues as the rep and the previous customers finish their transaction when a woman shows up at the door. From her appearance and behavior, I'd guestimate her age at 45...going on 12. ( PLEASE let me in, I know it's past closing, oh my GAWD, I can't believe you're making me wait my turn! )tl;dr...Woman shows up outside Verizon store 20 minutes past closing, begs and pleads until salesgirl lets her in, then bitches about having to wait until us customers who were there BEFORE closing are finished buying our phones. ETA - Sorry about the paragraphs, I think I've fixed them. Current Mood: drainedCurrent Music: "Mingulay" - The Pyrates Royale |
| Monday, December 21st, 2009 |
customers_suck
[ frenchnails ]
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2:07p |
None of your business!
Hi, I'm a gift wrapping customer service girl. Christmas is my least favourite time of year at work, I love it outside of work, but gift wrapping turns people into monsters. Today at work, it was free wear day! Yay! Usually we wear a uniform, but today we got to wear whatever we wanted, which is always fun. For my morning shift, I wore jeans and a WWE wrestling t-shirt. I'm a huge WWE fan, and I have lots of t-shirts that say so. This is VERY important. Well this morning around 10am, I was on the gift wrapping station. This guy came up with stuff to get wrapped, and I notice he was eyeing me rather weirdly. I figured he was looking at my hair, cos I have waist length straight black hair and when I wear it out, people ALWAYS stare and comment. While I'm wrapping his gifts, this happens (yay script format!) ( Seriously people be nice to gift wrappers! )Short version: Guy continually questions me about being a female wrestling fan, says 'girls shouldn't watch it cos it's weird' and finally gets my boss involved. *uses appropriate wrestling icon for post* Current Mood: confusedCurrent Music: Utada Hikaru - Keep Tryin' |
| Sunday, December 20th, 2009 |
customers_suck
[ ropemaker ]
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7:47p |
Because this isn't the year 1973
Dear Madam, I understand that it is very exciting that your baby is having a baby. However, some terms have apparently changed since you were buying baby clothes. Body suits are now called Onesies and body suit is a completely different thing. I'm sorry your read the sign that said 'Body suits $4' and thought they were the onesies. However, they weren't. They weren't even the same price to begin with so I couldn't override it. Yes, I know our signs are misleading. No, the fact that terminology has changed over the past few decades does not mean I can override the price. Okay. I'll relay that our signs are misleading because we don't use terminology from 1973 on our signage to our CEOs. Merry Christmas to you too.... More of a WTF because she was very pleasant just couldn't get over the fact that terminology has changed since 1973. |
customers_suck
[ she_who_dares ]
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10:06p |
Because in customer service, we can make time go faster!
I used to work in the tea room of a supermarket located in a very popular tourist town in the Lake District national park, in northern England. Recently, the town was affected by the very bad flooding across the England-Scotland border region. This is relevant because when I popped in there yesterday, they'd not been re-open long. One of my friends who still works there told me the following... ...the entire store, including the café, had been under approximately five feet of water when the river overflowed. It took about two days for the rain to stop and for the shop to be drained of water, and then of course there had to be a pretty extensive cleanup. Discounting the supermarket area itself there was several thousand pounds worth of damage - the furniture was all wooden and so had to be replaced (about 10,000 pounds), the dishwasher in the kitchen had to be recalled (another 20,000), not to mention all the other electrics, counters, and stock that had to be cleaned, repaired or thrown out. I'm sure you can imagine... Anyway, day 2 of the cleanup and things are still being thrown out and counted for the inventory so the company could re-order, and of course the place is still one hell of a mess. Dirt everywhere, electricians and carpenters are in with their equipment everywhere, and my friend, as she was washing down a wall not far from where a carpenter was, had on a little white mask thing. A customer then shows up, knocking on the door next to where my friend was, which was of course locked. She went on to yell at the staff that they shouldn't have the doors locked when it was opening hours...despite the fact she'd passed 'closed for refurbishment' signs on the way in. ( Edited for clarity: on the way into the complex where the supermarket is located, not into the building itself :)) When she was informed that the store was closed for cleaning and repairs - these being repairs she could see, given that the walls are made of GLASS - she said "but the flood was four days ago!" and then threw a hissy fit when told that due to health and safety reasons (and y'know, not actually having any food items in the building - they were the first things to go!) she couldn't come in anyway. Despite whining about how slow the company was to get back on its feet, she was still back after the re-opening anyway. People, eh? Current Mood: surprised |
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