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BrittanyMarie:
Let me jump into the retail drama too! This was originally on the goals thread directed to Barmymoo cuz one of her goals was to not cry when customers are assholes. I used to do that too, see. Now I just get really happy when I get to kick them out for cussin'.
--- Quote from: BrittanyMarie on 17 Nov 2008, 00:33 ---Oh man. Why are so many people dicks when it comes to retail? Unfortunately, you will get used to it. The vast majority of the jerks are people who know they're doing something wrong, it's just them being defensive. Not two weeks ago this lady with gray hair was trying to rent movies on this account for a 22 year old woman. This was not the right person so I asked to see her ID and she said the worst excuse ever "No, I have my sister's ID but not my own WHY" and she was getting increasingly rude so I was finally like "WELL YOU SEE HER MOTHER IN LAW KEEPS TRYING TO RENT ON THIS ACCOUNT." She eventually grabbed my computer -twice- to twist it toward her so I said I'm not renting to you no matter what now, so you need to leave. I wasn't going to rent to her anyway considering that I guess would be a form of identity theft to us also she had her own account where she was banned from the store for being a jerky mcasshole. I told my boss about all the "fuck you!" and "fuck this store!" and how it's "just me and that other lady [the manager is the other lady, I've been there three years] who give [her] fucking problems". Now I have permission to call the police if she ever steps foot into my store again! So yay!
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Normally though I am super ridiculously extra nice because they'll usually say (real quietly) i'mreallysorryisnappedatyou. And maybe they won't be jerks in the future? Probably not, but it's nice to think.
tania:
it's admirable to continue to be nice to customers even when they are dicks, but i am pretty stubborn and also in my experience i find people being jerks tend to be really stubborn too, and it is a terrible catastrophic combination so mostly i am hoping my retail days are over for good.
one good thing i will admit about working in retail is that it really makes you appreciate the people who work those jobs. unless you really don't care at all or something, it's just about impossible to be an asshole to someone who's only getting paid minimum wage to deal with shit all day if it's something you've experienced yourself. it might be self-inflating but i really am kind of proud of the fact that i am always nice to people working in sales.
Social Bacon:
Yesterday I was chilling out with my floormates and told them that I was in a bad mood. They didn't believe me...
ViolentDove:
Well, he did use an ellipsis. There might be some kind of exciting conclusion coming soon!
Social Bacon:
Unfortunately the conclusion is nothing quite that exciting. I thought it might be clear from my previous post that the point I was hacking at is that even when I'm in a foul mood I maintain my philosophy of being as nice to people as possible at all times. Sorry if my implications were not clear enough.
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