Ok,
I am so fucking sick of this.
I get these customers that when they get to the keypad,
they just stare at it,
I mean seriously,
stare at it like its some kind of fucking hypno-toad.
FUCKING READ THE DIRECTIONS YOU FUCKING IDIOT !
They make me have to tell them what to do, they make me say outloud the exact same thing it says on the keypad, some examples...
* (at our store you can enter your phone number in leu of sliding your frequent shopper card in order to get discounts.
The Idiot: "So what button to I press to enter my phone number?"
Me: "Um, the button that says phone number " o_O'
TI: "Oh, yea."
Me: o_O'
TI: "I swiped my card, what does it want me to do now?"
Me: "Chose credit or debit"
TI: Pauses to read the buttons, "Oh... yea."
Me: o_O'
This is the worst one, failure to completely read the keypad, people will go and enter their number then stare at the screen, because some idiot decided people would read it and notice it says " Welcome! Please slide your shopper card or payment card to begin", so this conversation will occur dozens of times a day...
TI: "What does it mean slide your shopper card, I did that already didn't I?"
Me: "Yes, just slide your payment card like it says"
TI: "But it says to slide my shoppers card"
Me: "Yes, but since you entered your phone number or I slid the keytag, you can slide your payment card now like it says"
TI: finally reads the rest of the screen, still not understanding it, "but it says slide my shoppers card...OR payment card to begin... oh, so did my card go through, is it asking for my shopper card again?"
Me: *Wants to really, REALLY strangle the guy who wrote the program for the keypad* "Yes sir, your shopper card went through already, it just returns to that screen as a default since you can slide your shopper card or payment card there."
TI: "So I got my discounts?"
ME: "Yes sir"
TI: "Then why does it say it wants me to slide my shoppers card again?"
ME: *impales self on the bag holders at the register, give my regards to nixon*
Oh my God why???
Ok,
granted some of the things I say can be attributed to being bored at work, tired, cranky, English not first language, etc., but with most individuals this is just their stupidity!!!
Sometimes I just let customers stare at the keypad to see how long it goes on,
some will stand there for almost a minute before either asking me what to do (like omg I'm lost here, id rather ask you then read something!) or FINALLY reading the fucking thing.
When I'm really grouchy, and they ask me what to do, I say,
"Please read the keypad and follow the directions"
HA!
...and some people still need me to walk them through, step by step.
OMFG, how do these people manage to get up,
get dressed,
and drive a car to where I work?!?!
later web-peeps
Monday, August 31, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Challenges at Work
Well,
I had my 6 month review at work yesterday-ish, and it was confirmed I am awesome (I've long suspected such...) And I really don't take compliments well, its was like I was getting shot at, it took all my strength not to twitch at each compliment that was shot at me.
Oi.
I'm the person who is hardest on herself when she makes a mistake, know what I mean? I hate making mistakes, and that often holds me back from advancing as fast as I may want to.
I dunno, it just seems like lately I've been happy to go to work, happy to have a job, happy to be working you know what I mean?
So I was really happy at work yesterday, but the boss also challenged me to to do something new and different and entrepreneur like, I've never done anything like it before. I will try to try to do it, i guess.
Well, I suppose that's all for now.
I had my 6 month review at work yesterday-ish, and it was confirmed I am awesome (I've long suspected such...) And I really don't take compliments well, its was like I was getting shot at, it took all my strength not to twitch at each compliment that was shot at me.
Oi.
I'm the person who is hardest on herself when she makes a mistake, know what I mean? I hate making mistakes, and that often holds me back from advancing as fast as I may want to.
I dunno, it just seems like lately I've been happy to go to work, happy to have a job, happy to be working you know what I mean?
So I was really happy at work yesterday, but the boss also challenged me to to do something new and different and entrepreneur like, I've never done anything like it before. I will try to try to do it, i guess.
Well, I suppose that's all for now.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Nazi Bitch
Nazi Bitch, we all know one.
She's that lady at work who's convinced herself she's important, irreplaceable, everything would fall apart without her, and she's got some 'good ideas' for some 'changes around here'.
ick.
She nags, she hovers around your work space without really being there, I mean, you can feel her watching you before you see her because everybody tenses up when she's around. She is two faced, and doesn't realize she just gave you a complement and now is berating you for something else. She will greet you with a hardy hello then tell you you need to wear blacker pants cuz those aren't quite black enough. (WTF?) She nitpicks everything you do, and is very hard to argue with because she is actually a good speaker, probably the only thing she's good at, and it's surprising shes not in politics instead. Probably just a little too dumb and just missed the cut off, or too smart, which ever way you want to look at it. Plus she makes you nervous as hell because she looks like she wants to hit you.
What she really is, is a middle age hag who never amounted to anybody or anything in her life so views this as her last chance career and will hold on to it with tooth and claw, never found yours truly and got married, probably been divorced a few times, and will most likely end up the crazy cat lady. She also has to take shit for everything that goes wrong from the big wigs upstairs and probably cries after getting yelled at by them everyday for shit that went wrong.
And best of all she could easily be replaced by hiring two college graduates for less.
Nazi Bitch, I hate you,
but I sure wouldn't want your job.
She's that lady at work who's convinced herself she's important, irreplaceable, everything would fall apart without her, and she's got some 'good ideas' for some 'changes around here'.
ick.
She nags, she hovers around your work space without really being there, I mean, you can feel her watching you before you see her because everybody tenses up when she's around. She is two faced, and doesn't realize she just gave you a complement and now is berating you for something else. She will greet you with a hardy hello then tell you you need to wear blacker pants cuz those aren't quite black enough. (WTF?) She nitpicks everything you do, and is very hard to argue with because she is actually a good speaker, probably the only thing she's good at, and it's surprising shes not in politics instead. Probably just a little too dumb and just missed the cut off, or too smart, which ever way you want to look at it. Plus she makes you nervous as hell because she looks like she wants to hit you.
What she really is, is a middle age hag who never amounted to anybody or anything in her life so views this as her last chance career and will hold on to it with tooth and claw, never found yours truly and got married, probably been divorced a few times, and will most likely end up the crazy cat lady. She also has to take shit for everything that goes wrong from the big wigs upstairs and probably cries after getting yelled at by them everyday for shit that went wrong.
And best of all she could easily be replaced by hiring two college graduates for less.
Nazi Bitch, I hate you,
but I sure wouldn't want your job.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Condoms 101
I am so amused by how different people act when purchasing condoms.
Usually the younger guys flirt, or try to act "too cool" for em. Like, "yea, Im buying the extra large, super lubricated, sparkly, ribbed, pull-a-rabbit-outa-your-ass condoms what you gonna do about it?"
Erm, nothing cuz I dont give a fuck?
Imagine their dissapointment.
Others will cover them with impulse buys like magazines, gum, etc. and are obviously embarresed at having to go to my checkout. They usually won't make eye contact or talk with me so I just ring them up and stay professional.
I did however, have this one time where two guys bought condoms, grabbed them out of the bag after paying an ran off yelling, "we dont need a bag we'er gonna use them right now, kthnx"
*snicker*
Its the older gentlemen that act really awkward as hell about it (Im a 20 something female, no makeup, but not ugly i hope)
They are so relieved as I make casual small talk about the weather and ring up their purchase without incident or the inkling of a snicker.
Of course, this has kind of make me a regular for these customers when I work late nights... the apprent 'safe' time to buy condoms.
Rarely do I get woman buying them...and when I do, boy are they dressed like sluts, must be a steriotype thing.
No matter what, I always handle it calmly and professionally, calmly and professionally, and laugh like hell on the inside.
Usually the younger guys flirt, or try to act "too cool" for em. Like, "yea, Im buying the extra large, super lubricated, sparkly, ribbed, pull-a-rabbit-outa-your-ass condoms what you gonna do about it?"
Erm, nothing cuz I dont give a fuck?
Imagine their dissapointment.
Others will cover them with impulse buys like magazines, gum, etc. and are obviously embarresed at having to go to my checkout. They usually won't make eye contact or talk with me so I just ring them up and stay professional.
I did however, have this one time where two guys bought condoms, grabbed them out of the bag after paying an ran off yelling, "we dont need a bag we'er gonna use them right now, kthnx"
*snicker*
Its the older gentlemen that act really awkward as hell about it (Im a 20 something female, no makeup, but not ugly i hope)
They are so relieved as I make casual small talk about the weather and ring up their purchase without incident or the inkling of a snicker.
Of course, this has kind of make me a regular for these customers when I work late nights... the apprent 'safe' time to buy condoms.
Rarely do I get woman buying them...and when I do, boy are they dressed like sluts, must be a steriotype thing.
No matter what, I always handle it calmly and professionally, calmly and professionally, and laugh like hell on the inside.
Stupid Girls...
It really saddens me that so many younger people come through my lane with pregnancy tests.
I see this at least once or twice a month.
If anything remotely goes wrong in a physical experience, please go online and visit your nearest Planned Parenthood or Clinic as soon as possible, within a day or two is best.
They are required to give you the Morning After Pill (usually with completion of a full pelvic exam which you should be getting every year if you are sexually active, it is not so bad), at least in NJ. And your parents dont have to know about it. They give you condoms, but you should take responsability and get on the pill if your healthy. They have payment plans too, its not as expensive as you think since they bill you according to what you say your family income is a year and how many people it supports, so say its 60,000 and the visit and contraception wont be too expensive if you have a part time job.
Don't sit there worrying, hoping everything will be ok, that's just stupid.
No one else is going to care as much about your health as you do.
I see this at least once or twice a month.
If anything remotely goes wrong in a physical experience, please go online and visit your nearest Planned Parenthood or Clinic as soon as possible, within a day or two is best.
They are required to give you the Morning After Pill (usually with completion of a full pelvic exam which you should be getting every year if you are sexually active, it is not so bad), at least in NJ. And your parents dont have to know about it. They give you condoms, but you should take responsability and get on the pill if your healthy. They have payment plans too, its not as expensive as you think since they bill you according to what you say your family income is a year and how many people it supports, so say its 60,000 and the visit and contraception wont be too expensive if you have a part time job.
Don't sit there worrying, hoping everything will be ok, that's just stupid.
No one else is going to care as much about your health as you do.
The Glove Lady
Yes, I too have a Glove Lady.
If you've ever worked retail like grocery, you know who I mean.
Shes the lady with crazy hair, skinny, may or may not smell of moth balls, and wears GLOVES of some kind.
My lady in particular wears two layers of the thin plastic medical looking gloves.
She is batty as hell.
She insists on me turning off the belt so she can put all her groceries on it in a particular order because if she doesn't, something... I dunno, will happen.
She re-boxes her groceries herself, she never uses bags, she uses these grimy gross looking cardboard boxes that look like they've been through WWII.
She insists on treating cashiers like they are five.
I deliberately cough, sneeze and sniffle when she comes through my lane.
Yes, I know its petty, but we cashiers do get so very bored...
If you've ever worked retail like grocery, you know who I mean.
Shes the lady with crazy hair, skinny, may or may not smell of moth balls, and wears GLOVES of some kind.
My lady in particular wears two layers of the thin plastic medical looking gloves.
She is batty as hell.
She insists on me turning off the belt so she can put all her groceries on it in a particular order because if she doesn't, something... I dunno, will happen.
She re-boxes her groceries herself, she never uses bags, she uses these grimy gross looking cardboard boxes that look like they've been through WWII.
She insists on treating cashiers like they are five.
I deliberately cough, sneeze and sniffle when she comes through my lane.
Yes, I know its petty, but we cashiers do get so very bored...
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