Complain about your job

Here's the thread for you to vent about your job. Today gave me just the right amount of inspiration for this, so I'll start:

I work at a movie theater and today I was at the box office selling tickets. Almost every goddam person says something about the high prices.

Me: That'll be $7.
Moron customer: What about matinee prices?
Me: That is the matinee price.

Repeat this conversation 800 times to get a feel for my day.

Another group of idiot customers: those who just hand me the money without saying what they want. Some woman comes up to the window and asks if we accept credit cards. Yes, we do. She hands me the card. I sit there and stare at her.

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What the fuck do you want?! We have 11 goddam movies at 20 times a fucking day! Pick one!

Christ!

I work at an arcade, where food and drinks are not allowed.

People can not grasp this concept.

It is posted right by the fucking door. Right by both doors. Yet, bitches still get snooty when I tell them to take their drink outside.

"What you mean I can't sit this milkshake on the game. I put my money in it!"

I'm a fudge packer, thats reason enough to complain. :p

Only the stupidiest, ugliest redneck rejects come into bait stores.



Well, thats only half true. Some people are allright, but most are scary.

Last customer of note was a guy who came in with a hat that said Viagra on the front. The guy came back the next day with the hat...and his wife. I didn't say a word, they didn't seem to mind the hat.

Wow, I was going to start this very thread......
I'll be back in a few, once I've collected my thoughts.

I work for PSE, and my job is fucken boring. Plus everybodies treats like me like I'm lower than them.

Jackass:I need this document typed up and fax away by 4pm.
Me: okay it's passed 4pm.
Jackass: I'm sorry I mean 4pm tomorrow.

Luckly I can type fast so I finished that Doc at 2pm.
HeHe cool job isn't it?

This is where the flood of EB hate comes pouring in.

Favourite questions:

"Why do games cost so much? I mean it's just a game?"
"What's that with tax?"
"Can I see the instruction manual?"
"What's the time?"
"Can you turn the (demo) machines on?"
"What do you mean it's been delayed? Dammit EB get your act together!"
"But, how I will I know if I like the game if it's not open?"
"What do you mean you won't take it in? I mean, the game worked at home!"
"That's a rip-off; What do you mean (x) is worth $5!?! I paid $70!"
"Hey do you have any role-playing games like Medal of Honor?"

and my favourite:
"Which system is better?"

Goodnight everybody!

ah, but it goes the other way too. There's plenty of idiot retail workers out there.

I know because I'm one of them. Not my fault though, I've been working at my job for almost 3 months now and I'm still essentially untrained. I couldn't really get trained if I wanted to because no one really has a clue there. It's an optical (eyeglasses) store, so it's not like I can just figure things out on my own. I mine as well be working at a pharmacy and selling people random drugs.

It's pretty much certain I'm going to quit, I've just gotta get my act together and do it.

The sad thing is people can't discern noobs from regular associates. When I go into a store and it looks like a person is screwing up and stuff, I don't complain. They might be new. But if they screw up with authority and don't apologize, well, that's just stupid.

There is a fine line between an idiot retail employee and an informative retail employee, well, to the customer anyways.

Example of idiot retail employee (i know of):
"Yah, I'm a computer technician. No, I don't know what your talking about, but I can still help you". a couple days later when i'm working, I get complaints from customer that their computer isn't finished. The bastard didn't even finish the job.

Example of retail employee that looks like an idiot who really isn't and doesn't deserve being thought of as an idiot (me):
"I'm sorry, we don't fix washing machines, this is a computer repair center". Customer gets mad because they bought the washing machine at the same store, and manager comes over and instead of helping me, gives me crap to make the customer feel better that its supposidly my fault. note to self: slash manager's tires when chance comes.

Im unemployed! fuck fuck fuck!
yeah... im poor... i hate being poor... ;(

luckly, i might be getting a week-end job at my friend's aunt's deli. i dont know how to make sandwiches, but it sounds easy enough!

Well, I'm a highschool student, and my final music prac exam is on next monday. Today we had a 7 hour rehersal for everyone in our class to get there shit together. It turns out that I have to play in 13 different songs, which is pretty much every song thats being played. I had to work them out and learn and memorise each songs format today. I played the bass virtually non-stop for the 7 hours, all standing. By the time we got to my stuff (which was last), I was sloppy and making mistakes all of the time.

The worst part is that there's other musicians playing in less songs than me who are getting paid, while I'm playing in every song for squat.

also, no body else in my class is good enough or motivated enough to play in my songs. I have to pay real musicians to play for me instead.

bah, i don't care. I'll fucking kill the exam.

eh i like my job, i get to sit around and surf the web and watch cable tv. i work in a tennis pro shop. i don't do a whole lot and i get paid.

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Originally posted by innova
eh i like my job, i get to sit around and surf the web and watch cable tv. i work in a tennis pro shop. i don't do a whole lot and i get paid.

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And because of this, I hate you. :)

i get to drive 'dem fancy cars. jaguars, bmws, cadillacs, etc. most of the time i get paid to sit on a bench and stare mindlessly into oblivion.

I work at Old navy, and in addition to listening to the most godawful music, and being reminded of their very, *ahem* "unmanly" commercials, I have to deal with some of the damn dumbest people. And the fitting room is another can of worms in itself. Never have I seen so many women that don't know the size of their own ass.

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Originally posted by 88mph


And because of this, I hate you. :)

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Get in line, there are a bunch of people in the same boat.

I work at a video store. I sit and watch movies all day. The only time a Video Store is "busy" is on a friday and saturday. Other wise its watch movie, read game magazine, play game boy, talk to friends, help one customer. Wait half hour for next customer, watch movie. And then I get free movies and game rentals, all that I want. Plus cheap pop and candy.

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Originally posted by Clash_Master
I work at a video store. I sit and watch movies all day. The only time a Video Store is "busy" is on a friday and saturday. Other wise its watch movie, read game magazine, play game boy, talk to friends, help one customer. Wait half hour for next customer, watch movie. And then I get free movies and game rentals, all that I want. Plus cheap pop and candy.

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I thought this thread was for venting about your job, not gloating about it...:rolleyes:

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Originally posted by Kaneda

Me: That'll be $7.
Moron customer: What about matinee prices?
Me: That is the matinee price.

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What did we learn today, boys and girls?

COST OF LIVING IS A MOTHERFUCKER!!

In Japan, it cost damn near $20 for a movie...
:(

$7 really IS cheap...

I work for Rutgers Univ. in the Continuing education department. My assistant does all the 'fun' work: reserving classrooms, ordering books, choosing the catered food.

I have to do market research, budgeting, and course development. I just sit in front of databases, periodicals, and rosters.

Boring!

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Originally posted by Clash_Master
I work at a video store. I sit and watch movies all day. The only time a Video Store is "busy" is on a friday and saturday. Other wise its watch movie, read game magazine, play game boy, talk to friends, help one customer. Wait half hour for next customer, watch movie. And then I get free movies and game rentals, all that I want. Plus cheap pop and candy.

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I hate you and your damn video store with no customers... At least I make more than you at the other video store. To bad it has stupidest customers ever...

"Do you have such and such a movie?"

"Yep, it's a new release"

"Where would I find that?" Note huge wall with neon sign that says NEW RELEASES right behind them.

"Behind you in the B's"

Customer walks to the other end of the alphabet, waits 6 seconds, and proclaims they can't find it.

Man, I hate people :mad: ... At least I could rent porn for free if I wanted :p

I work at a grocery store as a bagger... we get some stupid mulleteers, but I just do what's necessary and get along with the day.

I work for a videogame publisher. I play their games all day and then tell them what is shit. And a lot of it is shit. But some of my design ideas get used, which is nice. It is starting to get very dull though.

My job involves posting random messages on various messageboards.

My boss says it is to maintain the storeroom, but if that were true, then why did he give me my own office and a cable connection?

I work at Media Play. It fucking sucks. I need to quit. Badly.

Basically, it seems that since Musicland has been usurped by Best Buy, we've become a repository for any and all suggestive-selling products that come about through Best Buy's dealings with other companies. Replay, Netflix, XM Radio, Virgin cellular, EW trial subscriptions, extended warranties, reservations, Skip Doctors, storage and blank media... And each employee is given minimum expectations on how much of each we have to sell, which are ALWAYS ludicrous. The only people who are able to meet them are the most annoying goddamn people who basically get people to buy things only because they want them to shut up. The store looks like shit because these people don't do the tasks they're assigned (and yet they get more credit from management because of what they sell), and people like me (who actually try to make the place look nice) are often forbidden to do anything task-oriented in order to get our numbers up. Basically, we've become car salesmen, only at a dealer where no one comes in actually looking to buy a car. And the cars look like crap because the mechanics aren't allowed to work on them. And there's no commission if you actually convince someone to buy one, either.

What makes it so sad is that it used to be such a great job.