The retail whore drama thread

**Some Stupid Japanese Name** · 11 Jun 2007, 08:07 PM

This is long, but bear with me.

So a few hours ago this woman walked into the store and wanted to return a defective game she "just got" to get her money back. I look at the disc and it's hammered and though we're normally pretty good at not taking in scratched stuff, sometimes things slip through. Our policy is that we don't do cash refunds, but will offer full credit towards something else. I told her this and then looked at the receipt and notice it's dated 5/4/07. Our return policy is for thirty days. I point this out to her and she says it's been in her car and she hasn't been able to get back here. Whatever. I had other people in the store so I told her to go ahead and pick something else out. She went on to complain about used games blah blah blah, but she finally picked one out that was a bit cheaper than what she had originally bought. We're supposed to give them a credit slip for the difference, but I just wanted her out of the store so I gave her the difference back in cash.

An hour later a guy walks in, waits for everyone in the store to leave and then walks up to the counter.
"Why you disrespecting my girl?"
I'm like, "What?"
"My girl was in here a while ago trying to return a game and she said you threw the money at her."
"First off, I didn't throw anything at anyone unless you call handing money to someone throwing it at them."
"You better never disrespect my girl again. I'm going to cut you!"
He then reaches into his pocket, walks around the counter and brings out a box cutter.
"I'm going to slice you!"
He took a swing just as I was backing up.
He missed, but picked up my folding chair and through it at me, hitting me in the side of my head. He then walked back around the counter and out the door.
I grabbed a pen and paper and raced to the window to see if he was getting into a car, which he was. I wrote down the license plate number and called 911.
The cops had caught the guy within 20 minutes and he's now facing three charges, one or more of which is a felony.
I'm still a little shook up, and I feel like a total pussy because now I'm paranoid that even though he got caught, his people are still out there and probably pissed off that he's going to be going away for a while.
I fucking hate retail.

**Thief Silver** · 11 Jun 2007, 08:11 PM

/comfort

**Jetman** · 11 Jun 2007, 10:24 PM

God, well at least you didnt get sliced and diced. And Im glad you got that assholes license plate. He deserves to pay for being crazy. And you shouldnt regret calling the cops. You probably prevented him from hurting somebody else.

**Razor Ramon** · 11 Jun 2007, 10:47 PM

You should've decked him. Still, glad you're alright.

**napalm** · 11 Jun 2007, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by John Cena

This is long, but bear with me.

So a few hours ago this woman walked into the store and wanted to return a defective game she "just got" to get her money back. I look at the disc and it's hammered and though we're normally pretty good at not taking in scratched stuff, sometimes things slip through. Our policy is that we don't do cash refunds, but will offer full credit towards something else. I told her this and then looked at the receipt and notice it's dated 5/4/07. Our return policy is for thirty days. I point this out to her and she says it's been in her car and she hasn't been able to get back here. Whatever. I had other people in the store so I told her to go ahead and pick something else out. She went on to complain about used games blah blah blah, but she finally picked one out that was a bit cheaper than what she had originally bought. We're supposed to give them a credit slip for the difference, but I just wanted her out of the store so I gave her the difference back in cash.

An hour later a guy walks in, waits for everyone in the store to leave and then walks up to the counter.
"Why you disrespecting my girl?"
I'm like, "What?"
"My girl was in here a while ago trying to return a game and she said you threw the money at her."
"First off, I didn't throw anything at anyone unless you call handing money to someone throwing it at them."
"You better never disrespect my girl again. I'm going to cut you!"
He then reaches into his pocket, walks around the counter and brings out a box cutter.
"I'm going to slice you!"
He took a swing just as I was backing up.
He missed, but picked up my folding chair and through it at me, hitting me in the side of my head. He then walked back around the counter and out the door.
I grabbed a pen and paper and raced to the window to see if he was getting into a car, which he was. I wrote down the license plate number and called 911.
The cops had caught the guy within 20 minutes and he's now facing three charges, one or more of which is a felony.
I'm still a little shook up, and I feel like a total pussy because now I'm paranoid that even though he got caught, his people are still out there and probably pissed off that he's going to be going away for a while.
I fucking hate retail.

Jesus christ, I was chuckling a little bit at the story picturing some black guy shouting empty threats at you until I got to the part where you said he swung at you... I can't believe that. I'm still in shock that someone actually had the audacity to do that. Glad you're okay though.

If you're really worried about his fellow "thugs" you might want to carry a knife in your pocket. Even if you don't know how to use it, I'm sure it would offer you some peace of mind.

Oh, and, they were black, right?

**The_Meach** · 12 Jun 2007, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by John Cena

This is long, but bear with me.

So a few hours ago this woman walked into the store and wanted to return a defective game she "just got" to get her money back. I look at the disc and it's hammered and though we're normally pretty good at not taking in scratched stuff, sometimes things slip through. Our policy is that we don't do cash refunds, but will offer full credit towards something else. I told her this and then looked at the receipt and notice it's dated 5/4/07. Our return policy is for thirty days. I point this out to her and she says it's been in her car and she hasn't been able to get back here. Whatever. I had other people in the store so I told her to go ahead and pick something else out. She went on to complain about used games blah blah blah, but she finally picked one out that was a bit cheaper than what she had originally bought. We're supposed to give them a credit slip for the difference, but I just wanted her out of the store so I gave her the difference back in cash.

An hour later a guy walks in, waits for everyone in the store to leave and then walks up to the counter.
"Why you disrespecting my girl?"
I'm like, "What?"
"My girl was in here a while ago trying to return a game and she said you threw the money at her."
"First off, I didn't throw anything at anyone unless you call handing money to someone throwing it at them."
"You better never disrespect my girl again. I'm going to cut you!"
He then reaches into his pocket, walks around the counter and brings out a box cutter.
"I'm going to slice you!"
He took a swing just as I was backing up.
He missed, but picked up my folding chair and through it at me, hitting me in the side of my head. He then walked back around the counter and out the door.
I grabbed a pen and paper and raced to the window to see if he was getting into a car, which he was. I wrote down the license plate number and called 911.
The cops had caught the guy within 20 minutes and he's now facing three charges, one or more of which is a felony.
I'm still a little shook up, and I feel like a total pussy because now I'm paranoid that even though he got caught, his people are still out there and probably pissed off that he's going to be going away for a while.
I fucking hate retail.

Get one of these so you can roll with one of these:

Glad you called the cops (and that they got him). You did his next victim a huge favor.

**Advocate** · 12 Jun 2007, 02:08 AM

Damn John. Glad your okay. I'd take Meach's advice and pack a gun.

**JBNagis** · 12 Jun 2007, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by napalm

Jesus christ, I was chuckling a little bit at the story picturing some black guy shouting empty threats at you until I got to the part where you said he swung at you... I can't believe that. I'm still in shock that someone actually had the audacity to do that. Glad you're okay though.

If you're really worried about his fellow "thugs" you might want to carry a knife in your pocket. Even if you don't know how to use it, I'm sure it would offer you some peace of mind.

Oh, and, they were black, right?

Mhmm. Good old fashioned stereotyping huh. Cus you know, only black people would do somethin like that right

JBNagis