I'm perfectly happy working retail part time. However if it were my career i think i'd kill myself.
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I'm perfectly happy working retail part time. However if it were my career i think i'd kill myself.
JUST AS FRIENDS, JUST AS FRIENDS!Quote:
Originally Posted by diffx
And to clarify, it is not just retail that sucks. It's any job that deals with the general public. That's because the majority of the world population is dumb. And if they're not dumb, they're trying to lie and cheat to get money.
One thing that happened to me in retail that comes to mind - was when I was working in the mall at a shoe store.We had a lady come in the store and try to buy an $80 pair of shoes. No problem right? Until she whips out a couple of huge-ass jars of fucking pennies :curse: I cant believe we didnt send her out the store packing but, I was voluntold to go in the back storage room and count em out. Went in the back and a while later came back out after only counting about 56$ worth - thats 5600 pennies I counted out. Pissed off I walk back out ,proceed to give the lady the bad news, and she proceeds to call me a liar and asks for a recount , for which I :lol: and then :curse: to the point at which she just left --- Yeah people are teh suck , you notice this a lot better in retail ....
I would've shoved the pennies down her damn throat.
Actually, I would've gotten a manager. That's what they get the big bucks for.
Yeah, actually the manager didnt really support me on this ,he's the one who told me to count em out - as a matter of fact he never did shit - #1 of many reasons why I left that job to begin with...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
I have stories, but they don't top that piggy-back ride thing.
We had a guy passing bad checks for weeks, taking us for thousands. Of course, one of my fool employees was the one taking the checks. This is the same employee who gashed our countertop with his personal 3" switchblade knife. The same one who gives out the wrong information. The same one who wants to play the role of fanboy, praising PCs and bashing Macs, even though he knows we sell both.
Gosh, you think retail is bad - assistant management in retail blows. Not enough authority because of your ass-clown boss to fire idiot workers, and idiot workers. Um...the customers can be bad too, just never had a piggy-back story. Thank goodness.
Randal - "This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers" - More proof as to why Clerks rules.
It's not that the world's population is dumb. It's that most of you guys who worked at a videogame store and sneered at the people paying your salary are just elitist fucks. That's right, just about all of you. I know, Ive been there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
There's a LOT of reasons why most people, rightfully so might I add, dont give a shit to learn as much about videogames as we did. Going into EB, the home of the sneering elitist nerds, must be an awful experience for them, and I cant say I dont blame 'em. But maybe youll listen to them on a sports talk radio show, spewing amazing amounts of facts and statistics from their head. And they think YOU'RE dumb because you cant do it.
I would say maybe 15-25% of people in my HS class are gonna graduate college. Does that mean the 75-85% are dumb? Maybe, maybe not. A lot of them are gonna end up being plumbers or bricklayers and what not. Sure, I can use residue theory to solve an integral, but I cant lay brick for shit.
Easily the finest post so far this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
The scamming bit is true though. Some people will make up the biggest lies just to try and save a few bucks. You have your good customers and your bad, it just comes with the territory.