PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE POSTING!

: kittylair wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Today is a free day.
Why?
I am moving today and braving perilous roads to haul my crap up North. This will take me around 10+ hours and then after BSG I'm falling over into a coma.

zinnea and

squigglz have engagements that will keep them busy as well.
And frankly we need the day off from the wanky bullshit that's been going on lately.

Except for Troll Posts* and NSFW icons or images all the other rules are put off and we will not ban anyone for anything.
Off topic? Sure. But prepare for macros.
Bad Service? Prepare for Marcos.
Zorro? We don't know this masked man today but damn he gets a lot of cats.

Anyone whining about this? Or didn't know? Refer them to this post or have them look at the top of the screen.

If you want mocked- go for it. Go bawls out. Don't care. (turn off your notification if you value your email box)
If you don't want mocked- follow our guidelines and you won't. Or when someone mocks you for your post- Be blunt. Don't get nasty and attack. ASK what you've done wrong in your post.

Dude I sound like Smokey the Bear... Only you can prevent wank! And that has to become a tag. Except our mascot will say it.

And yeah this is a bit of a social experiment. I'm a fan of the Kushiel Legacy books and I'd like to see what the community will do.

Rules Free Day starts after this post and is over at 11:59pm EST January 30th 2009
Do not go after posts that came before this one. They are off limits.
Everything goes back to normal then.
Enjoy. Or don't. Whatever... I'm knocking myself out so I can fight Atlanta traffic.

*If the troll post has extreme NSFW content in it please message Zinnea or Squigglz who will take action on that and that only. Otherwise mock the shit out of it till we ban it. WE WILL BAN TROLLS.
Ps. Never said we wouldn't tag posts. *smirk*

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Tags: rfd 2009, rfd mod post

Ok I accidently poste this to another community lol

: redr0se wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: cheerful

Sooooooooooo post pictures of your pets, :D:D:D Rape my inbox! I am not going to sleep tonight and I have six hours before the start of my ten hour shift at 6am!!!

Tags: rfd 2009

No Rules Day Dragons?

: spacebabie wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

This whole thing makes me think of Of Topic Tuesday at

sf_drama and there is always a dragon post.

Show me your dragons and eggs

here are mine

Tags: rfd 2009

Hopefully you will get a little chuckle out of some pwnage

: via_dolorosa wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Woooo... no rules day! This is old as hell but it still makes me laugh. I might have mentioned the shitty nightclub I worked at about 5 years ago (actually I'm sure I had to at some point, that place had the worst customers) They didn't really care how bad we treated the sucky customers there because they knew it really sucked working there and we never made any money, so the bartenders were not as replaceable as they are at most clubs (NO ONE wanted to work at that dump!). Yeah, it was total bad service but I look back and smile on those days because I got to do what a lot of service industry employees dream of. Some highlights:

To any cheap idiot who told me at "hook it up" or anything of the sort I would always ask what McDonalds they worked at and whether or not I could come down and get my free extra patty the next day. Or I'd just say "where do you work? And what would be a good day for me to come down there and get you to steal some stuff from your boss for me?"

One of my number one pet peeves when I don't reciprocate interest in someone that's drunkenly hitting on me is when they say "What?? you don't like black guys??" It's so totally ridiculous. Whenever I got it at that bar I'd tell them "No, I don't dislike black guys but unfortunately for you I dislike stupid guys" XD

One time I had a guy who kept trying to get my attention by yelling and slamming an ashtray on the bar while I was trying to serve other customers, so I finally went up to him and said "Hey, dude... you know that movie 'You Got Served'?" He just looked at me a little dumbfounded and said "Yeah". Then I told him "Well that movie obviously isn't about you" and moved on to the next customer. (The movie had just come out and I totally didn't just think up that line on the spot, but I cracked myself up for about an hour after I said it. So easily amused, I am.)

Ahh... sometimes I miss that job! But then I remember how broke I was.

Tags: rfd 2009

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: mystik00769 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I worked at 7-Eleven, and it was the best job ever. But, we never kept a lot of money in the drawer because, oh hay!, convenience stores get robbed.

So, this black guy came in. He kinda looked like this:

He wanted me to break a $100 bill for a pack of Swishers or something like that. I told him that I couldn't. We all know what's coming right? IN SCRIPT FORM!

TAHBIC,E - Me, The Almighty Head Bitch In Charge, Erin (btw I'm white)
SBGBAPOCTCOAMPB - Stereotypical Black Guy Buying A Pack Of Cigars To Cut Open And Make Pot Blunts

SBGBAPOCTCOAMPB: "It's 'cuz I'm black, isn't it!"
TAHBIC,E: "Um, no. We just don't have enough money in the drawer to break a $100 for such a small purchase"

I don't like the race card. :(

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: solarpowerspork wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

PAYPAL IS DOWN. WTF

today i am only going to comment in buckaroo banzai quotes starting....now.
(edit: quite obviously, this is my favorite movie of all time. and peter weller was so damn hot. and perfect tommy was also hot).

(edit again: and come on, john lithgow, jeff goldblum, and christopher lloyd)

(edit again IF YOU REALLY HAVE SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT YOU NEED TO COMMENT, GO COMMENT ON THE PET POST ABOVE THAT REDR0SE MADE)

Tags: rfd 2009

First flounce of the night!

: yamikonumber7 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Please, please tell me someone got caps of the "I'm a girl working in a game store except I think girl gamers are fat and lazy" post. Please.

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: soberloki wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: cranky

MY RPG SESSION WAS CUT SHORT DAMN IT.

Have some irrelevant 80s music.

Tags: rfd 2009

waaambulance

: aishiteru wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Oh hey, no rules lets me post about this thing I am too lazy to join another community to whine about.

good people of

customers_suck, I was fired on Monday from the job that I loved and had held for a year because my ex-manager is a discriminatory bitch who hates disabled people. Or at least hates disabled people named

aishiteru.

Will you post ridiculous macros to make me feel better about this very shitty situation?

OR: has anyone else had to go through a really shitty firing lately? ):

Though I will not miss dealing with the bitchy/entitled/stupid/avoid-the-ad-girl-because-she-is-out-to-steal-my-soul customers I occasionally ran into.

(for clarity's sake and fancy font abuse: my disability weakens my immune system, so I get sick a lot. I got a freak virus recently and basically missed a week of school - and of being in the office. That, plus an emergency surgery that made me miss two weeks of school last semester, prompted my manager to pull me aside on Monday and tell me that she thought leaving would be "better for my health," not to mention my poor health was negatively affecting my performance so it would totally be better to hire healthier people. That was the clear implication, anyway.)

actually, while I'm here, I might as well satisfy my heart's secret desire to flay the fancy font rule alive.

blinking centered rainbow sparkly obnoxious big font!

Edited because I just remembered I don't even like the damn marquee tag.

Tags: rfd 2009

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: sheswatching wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

THIS IS A BITCH/MOAN/WHINE POST!!!!

post your biggest c_s pet peeves and annoyances here!

if not - POST YOUR FAVOURITE MACROS AND GIFS!!!

Tags: rfd 2009

this is fun to do with icons....

: chaoticerotic wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

...tell a story with me! I will start it off here, and you add on the next sentence or paragraph. With each new part you add on, make sure it has an icon that illustrates the text. I encourage searching your icons for the oddest and most incongruent one possible to make this story a mad-lib sort of experience.

"She sat on the edge of the bed, thinking solemnly on her past, her choices, where they had led her. Her hair fell softly into her face. It itched. She was frustrated. Damn, she missed her arms."

GO!

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: lionsinthestorm wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

redr0se has a problem. Discuss.

I'm beginning to loathe self-checkout

: goombaw wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

A few things to keep in mind when using the self-check lanes:

1)We cannot hear the red light blinking when something goes wrong. SAY SOMETHING!

2)We also cannot hear you staring at us when the red light is blinking. Again, say something!

3)"I'm sorry, I'm not fully trained in correcting this problem yet, let me find someone who is. I'll be right back." Should be an acceptable answer.

4)This one is for the smart-ass teenagers: Stop messing with the volume control on the register! Not only are we tired of hearing the machine scream each prompt, but our other customers are as well. Yes, it's there for the hard of hearing, and it's great for them. However, they also always turn it back down when they're done!

5)Yes, sometimes fixing the problem is as easy as picking up an item you've scanned and manually moving it down to the end. Stop glaring at me when I do so. We do understand that most people don't realize that it really can be that easy.

6)"Self-check" doesn't always mean "Express Lane".

7)The age limitations on alcohol purchases still exist when using these lanes. We still need to check ID's for these purchases.

8)Self-check does not mean "no payment required". There is a camera you know, so we know who you are, moron. *headcounter*

FIRST FLOUNCE OF THE NIGHT is right!

: silverdragon729 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

And I have the exclusive screen caps, thanks to

aishiteru . I also have my own exclusive screen cap. Just before she flounced out, she commented with this:
( Big picture is big )
Thoughts?

The Judgement of C_Sers

: sockschan wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Location:: IC

Current Mood:: bored @ work

The Golden Apple of Flounce with the words "to the fairest" on it (you think that's what it says - it could be something about ferrets) is to be delivered to one and only one of our esteemed Moddesses. Which one shall it be?

squigglz - Moddess of Love and Boobies

zinnea - Moddess of Women and ~~Leopards~~ Jaguars (and ~~Leopard~~ Jaguar Women)

kittylair - Moddess of Heroes, House, Doctor Who, Torchwood...

I'm bored at work and Wikipedia is my only friend...well, and caffeine. Okay, so my only friends are Wikipedia and caffeine. And Doritos. So my three, THREE friends are Wikipedia, caffeine, and Doritos...

edited because I fail at large kitties

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: strings222add19 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I work at a 10,000 seat venue.

Dear popular band and associated crew that used our venue, and as a result, our crew members the other night:

You were completely pleasant people to work with. Your directions were clear and logical. You were fun about our assignments, and happy to curse and make nonsense while everyone got thier work done. Furthermore, the doors on the last truck were closed by exactly the time my boss said they should be, none of this fucking around with "OH SHIT WE DIDNT PACK RIGHT UNLOAD THE LAST THREE TRUCKS." The band members themselves were not nearly snobby or dicks, and had no problem with walking right past us in the hallways, whereas SOME bands make us hide in the other room. Thank you for being excellent patrons of our services, and we certainly hope you return soon.

Dear customers at the shoe store:

Fuck. You. YES THIS IS ALL WE HAVE, JESUS CHRIST, ARE 45,000 PAIRS OF SHOES TO CHOOSE FROM NOT ENOUGH?? I MEAN, HELL, I'M FUCKING PICKY, AND EVEN I CAN FIND STUFF I LIKE.

FUCK.

Damn, no rules day, fucking awesome idea. Allow me to insert an adorable photograph of my new kitten:
http://i43.tinypic.com/vxjdb6.jpg

Fuck it, I can't insert this shit, CLICK THE DAMN LINK, LAZY PEOPLE.

I hate shoplifters....

: zeoviolet wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I truly, truly loathe shoplifters, from the people who try to slip soda into their water cups (and btw I'm forbidden from confronting them because our store manager is one of those "customers are always right" people) to the person who, like yesterday, managed to shoplift a frozen pizza and a two-liter soda from the italian section of the Food Court.

I was told long ago at another job that if people are stooping to even stealing soda by sneaking it into water glasses, it isn't worth it to say anything anyways, because their concience is already that far gone if they don't consider that stealing.

Tags? Tags? I can get away with it? Wow. Just about every post here....*whistles*

We should have more days like this one.

Free day

: pyxi_styx wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

On July 31st 2006, we got our pet Niko.
When we adopted him, he was 5 months old. I'm putting his birthday on Valentine's day.

As the months progressed, he grew and grew.
( More happy here... )

Remembered suck--because they always end well.

: hazelwitch wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: tired

Current Music:: "At the Library"--Green Day

A bit of background: I work in the library in Interlibrary Loans, which means that my customers are technically patrons at every other library in the world that is not Georgia State--a large part of why I haven't posted before, because I never encounter my actual customers. Additionally, I'm a student worker (yay $6.55/hr!), so my duties include dodging the flotsam and jetsam of higher education surfing Facebook and talking on their cellphones and camping in the compact shelving while eating their lunches and plugging their laptops in the walls (some at the same time), all in the pursuit of retrieving some obscure article on the effects of crossing your legs on blood pressure and circulation or a giant picture book of the Erotic Museum in Berlin. I'm in the stacks for two hours or less before disappearing into an office in a different building than most of the collection for the rest of my workday. I know I'm lucky, though, because the following is the suckiest interaction I've had in the year and a half I've worked there; I'm counting this one as a customer suck because the library patron involved was convinced I was her personal employee.

I'm trying to get a book out of the compact shelving on the fourth floor (having finally waited out two people who were reading off titles in the sexuality area and snickering) when an older woman strides up to me with a list in hand and an impatient expression. I sigh inside a little, because I'm already running late to get back upstairs with my cart, and take off my headphones.

At this point, Dr. BusyLady informs me that she is a new professor at Georgia State, and since I work here, I will need to assist her in locating this list of books for the syllabus she has to write (it was the Friday before the start of the semester). She then thrusts the handwritten list towards my face, which I manage to intercept before imminent papercuts. The list has no call numbers at all, abbreviations, and several incomplete author names. Now, I am not expected to engage patrons in any way (in fact, they encourage us to bring cd or mp3 players in if it helps us work faster), but I'll give you the building, floor, and general section it should be in if you ask me about a call number--no trouble at all. This list--? Just no.

I take a deep breath and explain to her, as this is not the first time someone has tried to get me to be their research assistant: I don't actually work on this floor, but there is a computer next to the elevator with the online catalog for her convenience to find call numbers, or she is more than welcome to check with the reference desk on the second floor to see if they could help her (insert pleasant smile here). I honestly thought that would be enough.

Well, if you've been here before, you know it wasn't fuzzy kittens and puppies after that. Her face began to ripple with rage, and Dr. BusyLady morphed into Dr. BitchFace. She wanted my name, the name of my supervisor, and the department phone number (because of course she wasn't going to bother with just going up to that floor), to complain that I refused to help her, a faculty member, with a nice little dig about how my job depends on people like her. I gave her my name (first name only, but I'm the only one) and my then-supervisor's name, but before I could get the phone number out, she cut me off, saying that she doesn't have time for this and will find it later, but "expect a reckoning soon." Yanking back the list (which I tried to give her back before she went off), she starts to storm off before she realizes that she doesn't remember where the elevators are. I whiteknuckle it through my own rising anger and tell her politely which way to go. She starts to leave once more. Turning around again, she snaps that she doesn't even know where the reference section is. (Though I'd told her.) I reminded her, and she finally was actually gone.

And someone else had wandered into the compact shelving by the time I turned back to it.

Fortunately, my supervisor was very understanding when I explained the holdup, as he used to pull books for ILL also, and we never did hear back from Dr. BitchFace. We still tell each other to "expect a reckoning", though.

(and for the rules-off OT moment--Shout-out to SIR Terry Pratchett, my god among writers! Long may you kick the ass of Alzheimer's.)

Share your 5 favorite sites

: pyxi_styx wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

So what are your 5 fave sites, besides LJ and email?
Mine are:
1. www.rehashclothes.com - You can trade clothes, shoes, and just about anything else. Warning: Very Addictive!
2. www.postsecret.com - Updates every Sunday with secrets that people mail in on a postcard
3. www.sidereel.com - Watch movies and TV shows for free, huge collection
4. www.dealnews.com - constantly updated quality deals found online. They check every deal first, so no crap poors in
5. www.retailmenot.com - Before you shop online, check there for online coupons first. Great database and good layout

Work can be wonderful

: athenagrace wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

By God, I am using this Free-For-All day and expect frickin' tags.

STOMP did a private performance at my place-o-employment yesterday (school for deaf kids and kids with severe learning disorders). I cried (as in an actual tear ran down my face) because the deaf kids were so in to it. It was loud enough for them to hear (they all have implants and/or hearing aids), they were able to feel the vibrations, and it was great visual stimulation.

I'm going to try my damndest to remember this, so when I have my co_worker_sucks and customer_sucks (the parents) I can make it through. When people are asking inane questions and just generally being annoying, I'm going to think of little V, 5 years old, profoundly deaf from birth, holding her implants on as she head-bangs and does a little Flashdance-esque dance in time with the music.

Was there flounce again?

: sockschan wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Location:: IC

Current Mood:: confused

What happened to teaching English to Japanese people?

Did I hallucinate it?
I might have.

Damnit, I had to hide c_s 'cause upper mgmt came in, come back real quick before end of shift, and post disappears! Noooooooo!

Mostly I just want to know if there's more flounce.

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: neaira wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: blank

Oh. My. God. I work at a bookstore.

( behind the cut )

Been saving this Zorro-esque gem for a while...

: dorkphoenyx wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Seriously, dude? Did you really think grabbing money out of the teenage cashier's register while he counted your change was a good idea? First, you chose to do it when the number of employees GREATLY outweighed the number of customers, thereby ensuring attention paid to you. Second, said cashier displayed the normal fearlessness of a teenager, and ran after you. I hope your ass-kicking was fun, and that your bruises don't bother you too much in jail.

Also, to the manager who advised that cashier later: "Don't fight with a thief; I don't want you getting hurt." You are so awesome.

Seriously, dude? Did you really think grabbing money out of the teenage cashier's register during a full moon was a good idea? First, it's hard enough trying to keep him from changing during a regular shift, but you just had to come along and scream "OMG I'M PREY!" in his face. Can you really blame him for launching himself over the counter, claws extended, as his burgeoning muscles shredded his uniform to bits? Second, would it kill you to not bleed all over the place; honestly, it's not like he's chewing on something vital right now. Kudos, though, to the cashier for having the smart thought to shove the stolen wad of cash into your gaping chest wound. At least he's thoughtful enough to try and contain the mess. I hope your ass-kicking was fun, and that you have a very low tolerance for pain so you're unconscious when he starts in on your organs.

Also, to the manager who brought over a bottle of A-1? You are so awesome.

Schaudenfreude!

: dorkphoenyx wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Dear members of C_S, thank you for the many hours of pleasure you have given me from laughing at your misfortunes. Whenever I think I've had a bad day at work, I just come here and am reassured by the fact that your lives suck worse than mine. Please keep toiling along in your misery; I'm really enjoying it.

Much love,
Eris

RULES FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

: psycho_bitch75 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

In light of rules free I would like to say that I love reading your stories. They absolutely crack me up. I've been reading this site for a while now and rarely comment.

I think the things these customers do are hilarious. I even have a small twisted desire to go into a store and start fucking with people to see if it ends up here. Unfortunately I don't have the guts to act like a complete asshole to people that I know are working hard. It just cracks me up to think about it. Bu I do have a twisted sense of humor.

I also think that some of the people in this forum are way too sensitive. I mean seriously. There seem to be a handful of you that find offense in everything. I would like to say to you that if the worse thing going on in your life is that some cashier called someone a retard or even pretended to be retarded herself then I think you have it pretty good. Maybe instead of getting all offended on other people's behalf, you should count your own blessings.

Just my two cents. :)

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: neaira wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: amused

Current Music:: Lady GaGa ... The Fame

FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEOS POST:

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: 0bazooka0 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP!

I don't care if you used to work here. I don't care if you and the owner used to butt fuck each other in the back dumpster while yodeling "Yankee Doodle Dandy."

When I tell you there are no parts today it means THERE ARE NO FUCKING PARTS TODAY!

The regular guy is out for surgery, the sales person who covers for him is out on a jobsite. The purchasing manager who covers for HIM when he's feeling generous is out on a jobsite and I am NOT calling the owner down for a .50 part.

NO YOU CANNOT GO INTO THE WAREHOUSE ALONE.

Get the HELL out of my showroom and go bother someone else.

RFD FTW

: flyingwild wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: bored

Right, I'm declaring this the "spam your comms" post. If you own a community, post a link to it here. If there's a comm you like, go ahead and post that too.

Or do whatever the fuck you want, I don't care, I have email notifications turned off :P

badwriterssuck was created on a whim because of a comment a friend made. It's like fanficrants but for everything writing. Awesome.

I Spoke to Jesus

: ernestinewalker wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Rules-Free Day seems to be the best time to share this.

In fact, I'm hoping some of the rest of you have similar stories. I don't like to be all alone.

So I used to work at a customer service desk for Large Corporation. We did benefits administration, and payroll, and time off, and all that fun stuff. Our actual customer base was technically our coworkers (all worked for Large Corporation), but we were asked to behave as though we did not work there. As in, we weren't supposed to say "OUR" time off policy, but "Large Corporation's" time off policy.

I encountered a lot of anger there. I had folders thrown at me. I had someone slap the living hell out of my hand as it rested on the side of my desk. I had various threats against my life. Once, I had a crock pot thrown at my head (it missed- but I have the dubious honour of attending meetings in my new role with the person who launched that particular projectile. AWKWARD!!).

Nothing, though, is like my encounters with the folks who weren't actually my customers. See, our main door looked out onto the street, and Security was a bit lax on checking our end of the hallway. As a result, I got to hang out with The Public. Specifically, The Public from the county jails, and the streets, and the halfway house, and the YMCA. Enjoy some tales.

( I had a security button. It didn't do a whole lot, but I had a security button. )

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: startaintedsky wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

What's the most disturbing/wtf thing that has ever happened to you at work? My two? One day, a woman, 70 plus, comes in, with her caregiver (she was in a wheelchair) and as she was getting ready to leave, she pulled up her sweater... and flashed me. D: Not on purpose, of course, but... D:

There is another woman, who comes in all the time, who for some reason, insists on telling me, each time she comes in, that her bowels are on the outside. DD: NOOOOOO.

Also, share with me... who likes lush? Canadian? :)

lushswapcanada /shameless promo

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: corragh wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I used to be a Wendy's drive-thru monkey. I usually worked afternoon or close. And my store was in/near an apparently stupid part of town. So.. what did I do when I got the crazies?

http://www.hotsauce.com/Z-Nothing-Beyond-Hot-Sauce-p/1359zn.htm

I added a few dabs of that bad boy to their sandwich(es). Even more when they were getting the spicy chicken. As far as I know, we never got complaints, but I was told we had a few customers calling in to comment on how insanely hot their sandwich was.

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: getbacknow wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I would just like to say that if you are enjoying the community today you should join

csbs

csbs

It's like free for all c_s every day! except better.

FYT:

RIP

ohnotheydidnt

WHO ATE ALL THE FRICKIN' PIES?

: saft wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

You're all so effing lucky you know, I have a job where I don't get paid, and I sit in the back of a work corridor tagging clothes all goddamn day.

I MISS DEALING WITH SHITTY CUSTOMERS. BAWWWWWWWWWWWW. I HAVE NOTHING TO RANT ABOUT ANYMORE.

DOES ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE FEEL MY PAIN?

A pile of WTF

: kelenar wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Edited to add some more entries I didn't find at first. I really need to start using tags.
I worked on and off for a convenience store in Bumfuck, Ohio (Just south of the Ass End of Nowhere and north of The Middle of Nowhere) for years and years and years. After about three years, I started ranting about the WTFs on my LJ. I didn't find out about C_S until right before I left, so very little if any of the WTFs got onto here.

So, since it's RFD and all, here's a dump of about two years worth of WTFs and a few sucks.
( Cut for length )

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: silverdragon729 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I have to post this, because it's been bothering me lately. I work for the government. Where is not the issue, but I am SO FUCKING SICK, of those damn welfare fuckwads coming around and bitching about how they need more money, if they don't gets they's money, they 20 black kids is gonna starve.

IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR MONEY, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BORN BLACK, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE.

Seriously, these people are terrible customer. We had one lady carry her baby in, and he was totally sick, and she needed the money. And, when she was waiting in line, that fucking baby would NOT STOP CRYING! FUCK!

I'd thought you'd enjoy this...

: untimelylove wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Location:: Laurence Harbor, NJ

Current Mood:: sad

I've been wanting to tell the community this for so long, but since it's a customer on customer suck, I figured now would be the perfect time. Friendly Neighborhood Usher here. This took place the sunday after The Unborn came out. It was about 9ish, and theater 9 (the unborn) started to let out. I was taking tickets. At the front of the group was a 16 year old boy and his girlfriend. They came up to me...

Script format:
Me: ME!
Boy: 16 year old.
CL:Crazy 40 year old woman
B: Manager

Boy: Someone was having sex in the theater...
Me: *splutters* Someone was having...
Boy: Someone was having sex in the theater.
Me: Let me call a manager. *into walky* Manager to the box for customer assistance.
B: *over walkie* be right out.
---Two Minutes Go By---
Boy: That's the woman. The one that was having sex in the theater.
CL: You got something to about me say it to my face! *getting closer to the sixteen year old.*
Boy: you shouldn't have been having sex in the theater.
CL: *throws purse down and starts physically wailing on boy*
Me: *over walkie* We need a MANAGER TO THE BOX NOW!
B: *over walkie* I said I'll be right out.

The woman continued to beat up the 16 year old, who had his hands raised saying he wasn't gonna hit her. It left me speachless so I was standing there with my mouth hanging open and the walkie poised as if I was going to speak into it. My manager came running out broke up the fight. the lady left my manager got her plate number and the make of her car, the cops picked her up and arrested her.

BUT SERIOUSLY? WHO HAS SEX IN A FUCKING THEATER FULL OF TEENAGERS?!

I call caturday, because I am very very sad.

ANARCHY!

: seethingheathen wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: excited

Huzzah! No rules!

I posted this in my journal on 05 January, but now I'm posting it here. I didn't want to cause religion wank, but today I look forward to the macros it may bring for not being sucky or because I made an unproffessional comment back.

( Ben and the Big Bang )

Other things I sometimes do that I can't post about here:

- I hide the penny cup and only give pennies to customers I like. If those crisps are $1.02 with tax, and you have $1.05 in your hand, you are not taking two cents from the penny cup. You are going to give me that bloody nickel and deal with the three cents you're given in change. Hang onto it, because NEXT TIME YOU'LL HAVE THE $.02 YOU'LL NEED!!!

- When customers toss their credit cards on the counter, I put them right back there when I'm done. I don't toss them, because that would be beyond rude, but if you want me to hand your card back to you, you should hand it to me in the first place.

- I fight snark with snark. Make a rude comment to me and you're getting one right back. I'm not paid enough to be treated like your punching bag, and someone needs to put you in your place. It's bullshit that retail workers have to be spineless jellyfish and take whatever abuse is thrown at them. Every now and again, abusive customers need to be Zorroed. It restores balance in the world.

- I am so tempted, when someone throws a bunch of change on the counter and demands I count it, to just sweep the whole pile off and put it all in my till. If you can't be arsed to know how much money you've got, neither can I.

- I take some measure of pleasure when I card a young-looking person for beer or cigarettes, and the person doesn't have ID. Why? I don't know! It just amuses me.

- I hide the glass roses and tell the tweakers that we're out and they'll have to buy their pipes elsewhere. Sometimes, they get so angry! When they do, I laugh. It's funny as hell.

TL;DR: I'm a bigoted, neurotic freak and I should be ashamed of myself.

Oh Goodie..

: meimei82 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Location:: JSchool

Current Mood:: crazy

Rules free you say? Huh. Okayyy

This is just a small aside, just a little astrik in the world of C_S.

When you get your food, here at the arches, don't ask me to put it back on the heater when you demand that I get you hotter, fresher coffee. You asked for it, so deal with it.

Also, skiers and snowboarders, don't expect us to have all of your food ready in about ten seconds flat. This might be fast food, but it's not instant food. Just because you're late for the ski hill doesn't mean I can just poof up your food for you. So, don't you DARE! start stomping your skiboots [which you are NOT allowed to have in here] on the floor that I just mopped and then demanding I give you hot food. It is hot, if you would taste it, you would know. Don't tell me it's not hot after I watched them pull your sausage right off the grill. Also, to those who think we poof food up in an instant, you, just like everybody else, have to wait in line like every other person who comes in here.

And to the lady who constantly brings in her own styroaphome [sp?] cup: That's gross and weird. Seriously, that's... really gross. Cut it out.

Whee, No Rules!

: elbiesee wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Um.

Ahem.

I got pooped on at work yesterday.

( Read more... )

RAWKING

: holyhackjack wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

RAWK

Sucks/WTFs and a plea

: brianamj wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I rarely have customer sucks anymore, since I'm rarely on the phones nowadays. I work in a tech support call center, so imagine the joys there. Now I just mostly have to do deal with coworker sucks (currently taking bids to have one guy exterminated and put out of my misery).

However, I do have some very old sucks from waaaay back when I started this job.

( Blue disk OS and WTFs )

I love this community. It gives me such a giggle at work. :-D

(no subject)

: arti_absinthium wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: nostalgic

I've always wanted to post this, but thought perhaps working a haunted house was not exactly a customer service job. It seems a little off to complain when the service we were providing was to scare people, and scared people (or people who come to haunted houses and think they're lame) are often confrontational...still...

It was possibly both the coolest and the most draining job I've ever had. It was a no-touch house, set up just for the month of October. We could not jump out and grab people, and they were not supposed to touch us.

People, you were told not to touch any thing or person. Repeatedly. That includes all our props and set pieces. So when you punched one of my co-workers in the face because she was wearing a full hazmat suit and you couldn't see her face, the excuse "I didn't think it was a real person!" doesn't fly here. You're lucky you only got thrown out. There were a few times when the police were called, though those were all customer-on-customer.

WTF'ery and a lil rant.

: palacekings wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

So it's free day. Yesterday I was in a Quiznos, getting my delicious chicken carbonara sandwich. And I'm making small talk to the cashier guy as my sandwich goes through their broiler thing, and a woman ( who is hugely fat, black, and reeks of being poor (hey remember when we could say things like that? Gotta love freetopia friday!!!)) went up to the little pickle-peppers-and sauce thing at the end of the restaurant, where they keep the pickles, peppers, and sauces, ya know?...and she just started grabbing handfuls of dill pickles and shoving them in her mouth. Noisily. You would have thought watching her eat these pickles that she had just spent six months at sea and the pickles were the first food she'd seen, or she had a deadly allergy to not having two pounds of pickles in her stomach. She was ravenously devouring the things by the handful. The casheir and I just stared at her, dumbfounded, until he finally went "Ahem, excuse me ma'am, would you like a cup of pickles?" It was insanely funny to me.

( Also... )

Rules free!

: blueashke wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Seriously people. Do you know how many of you are calling to complain about your damn movie tickets? Do you have ANY idea how old it gets when you say 'I don't donate (blood) for the free gifts but...' Yeah, sure you don't.

Not to mention my voicemail says flat out spell your last name. No, seriously. I'm so swamped with work right now that I don't answer my phone at ALL during the day (so sayeth my boss), and when I get 4 voicemails from the same person saying 'Yeah, this is Anthony 2-yawn-uh, blah blah blah' for a minute and a half, repeating every single detail of information... except spelling the name and thereby making it impossible for me to find this person (he calls from a blocked number and his number doesn't show in my database).

I don't care if you didn't get them. Follow the rules dammit, or I'm taking your tickets and using them myself.

No Rules Therapy

: glasscamel wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Oh good for rules free, because I suck at storytelling but I've always wanted to share this.

Back when I was 16 and snowboarding was a brand-spanking-new sport, I worked at a ski resort selling rental/lesson/ticket packages. Ours was one of the few resorts that rented snowboards and offered lessons too so our most frequent customers were teenagers accompanied by their parents. Now, to rent skis, we would hold your drivers license until you returned them, but for snowboards we had to keep a drivers license and a credit card. Simple enough and nobody really had a problem with it.

Until this one guy. He wanted to rent for his two teenage boys and when I told him that I would need to keep a drivers license and credit card, he FLIPPED OUT. Fortunately for me, he was roaring curses at me loudly enough to be heard by my manager down the hallway, and she came running with one of my male co-workers in tow. The customer yelled at her for a while and then stomped off. My boss, thinking him gone for good, went go get me some tissues (I had burst into tears at some point) leaving my co-worker with me. I was doing my best to stop sniffling when we heard the customer coming back, still yelling. I was so scared that I dove under my counter and hid from this man as he proceeded to yell at my co-worker until my manager and the director of the ski school managed to get him off the property.

I suppose it doesn't sound so bad now, and it's not nearly as bad as some others here have had to endure, but I can still remember a terror of this huge, red-bearded man. Now I just wonder what would possess an adult to just lay into a tiny 16-year-old kid, not to mention my boss and my co-worker. *sigh*

For the other 364 days....

: conceptual_tea wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: amused

When it's not Mod's Day Off..

come to

c_suck_snark and tell us what you REALLY thought of those posts from the whiners, the racists, the special snowflakes and everyone in between!

LUNCH

: solarpowerspork wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I HAD A GLASS AND A HALF OF WINE AT LUNCH.

I WASN'T A SHITTY CUSTOMER, I TIPPED 20%

Paper-pushing suck

: thebootyfaerie wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I'm so happy for rules-free day. This rant has been building for a while.

Generally, I am processing paperwork for people who are not technically customers. They're not employed by our organization, but they're not the ones who benefit from our services (I work at an NPO).

***

1)  Stop sending multiple copies of your paperwork. Once is enough, and it royally messes up my system to have two forms for the same person in processing at once.

2)  "It takes us up to four weeks to process these forms."  "But I sent it in two weeks ago!  Why isn't it done yet?"

3)  C'mon, people. This is a legal document. USE YOUR LEGAL NAME. If you use a nickname, I lose all sympathy when you then use your legal name on something and we tell you that we never received it. Alternatively, if you did use your legal name on your paperwork, don't get all surprised when I can't find it under your nickname. Especially if your legal name is "Edward" and your nickname is "Tony."  (Not a real example, but close enough)

4)  See that part that says all highlighted areas of the form must be filled out?  Clue:  If they're not all filled out, I WILL send your form back to you. And then your four weeks starts over again when I receive the form back from you.

5)  Yes, I do need all of the pages of that form in order to process it.

6)  Yes, I do need your parent's signature if you're under 18.

7)  Stop calling me to ask if it's done yet. It is taking longer because you keep calling me!

Leave a comment

homeless

: obey_ur_new_god wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

OMG u guise! Listen!

I was sitting here at my desk, and this homeless guy came in. He TOTES stank like homelessness!

He wanted to ask me to spell STIMULUS! WTF?!?!? Does he think I hand out secretarial services for free now? I asked for a quarter to make it worth my time, and he gave me one from his paper cup.

******* ok what is YOUR most offensive thing that you can manipulate into a wankpiece?******

I Can't Not Take Advantage Of Rules Free Day

: lots42 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

C_S Meta

1) I think it is silly we are no longer allowed to talk about stupid kids/customers/screamy babies. It makes the employee's life more hellish and is a legit complaint.

2) Minor PWNS should be allowed. For example, 'Since the lady called my co-worker a 'moron' I didn't tell her how to save fifty cents'. Of course, everyone and their sister will now say 'My rock-throwing story was minor omg'.

3) It is incredibly pointless that sentences like 'The Asian man entered and started screaming about ice cream' are not allowed. See, the mod reasoning is that the Asian part is irrelevant to the screaming about ice cream. I disagree, it just makes a story that much detailed when customers are described with more then just vague details. People who start moaning about 'OMG not all Asians are insane' are the ones that need a ban.

If the story was about jerks in a drive thru, it is not 'bad' to say that the car was a purple Chevy. Nobody will think the poster is saying 'All purple Chevys are driven by jerks'.

4) People who post 'The drunk people in the drive-thru were jerks' and it is clear they didn't call the cops...those posters need to be perma-banned.

5) Secret Shoppers should be considered the same as telemarketers.

Stuff In General

1) Not all people who don't want kids/post 'frustrating kids' stories are insane child haters. It's perfectly acceptable and logical to not want to replicate and to avoid kids in public areas.

2) It's perfectly acceptable to want people to maintain minimum amounts of being covered up. Sure, disagree but the 'other side' are not blithering sex-repressed maniacs. Take a chill pill.

3) I want to re-read the Orange Cleaner Lady story online and cannot find it.

4) Here and elsewhere; too many people are too quick to jump on things. For example, I've said elsewhere 'Those who hunt purely for sport are jerks' and got back 'What about those who need the food omg'. Duuuur.

For a change

: la_chica_08 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I'm posting this now because the first lady is LEAVING THE BARN!!!!! (can you sense my excitement?)

Anyways, backstory...I work at a boarding/training/breeding horse barn. Now I've worked around horses for about 10 years and will be the first to tell you I don't know it all. But a common sense test should be required to buy a horse.

( Letter Format because I'm boring :P )

Poor taste jokes thread

: alphawox wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Dead baby jokes work too...

What's a UPC code better known as? An Ethiopian Family Portrait.

Bahh.

: scrat_squirrel wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

You know you read c_s too much when you're going along reading your friends page and you read something from another community and wonder why there is nothing sucky in it? WHERE WAS THE SUCK?!?!???!!!!1!!!11 oh wait. you're not a c_s post.....

Happy no rules day :)

(no subject)

: mahasin wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

For the love of god.

If you call to sign up for a class or program and we ask you for a phone number, give us your god damned extension.

HEY C_S HOW ABOUT SOME CREEPYPASTA?

: micki_malheur wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I declare C_S to be /x/ for one post.

( Don't join in if you plan on sleeping anytime soon. )

JOIN IN WITH YOUR OWN! MAKE IT UP OR STEAL IT!

Edit: WHAT? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CREEPYPASTA IS?

Breakin the law, breakin the law.

: chevyanna wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

No rules? Good. So I work at a winery. Ever seen the movie Sideways? It was filmed 30 miles south of me and the effects are still present.

1. Don't pretend you're going to pour the dump bucket in your mouth, that was sooo last season.

2. It's not funny when you break into my cellar to give yourself a self guided wine tasting. Who the fuck do you think you are? I don't care if you're the president. DO NOT compromise my wine.

3. For the love, if you're going to puke, do so in a place where I don't have to clean it up...walls are not one of those places.

4. DO NOT hand your minor a glass of wine and expect me to be ok with it. This is CA. You're lucky my liquor license allows those under 21 to be in my establishment. I don't care what you allow at home...not here.

5. DO NOT pour yourself a glass of wine when I turn my back. I will rip it out of your hand and pour it in the dump bucket. Would you go into a bar and make your own drink?

6. DO NOT try and walk off with my wine glasses...I will chase you down in the parking lot to retrieve them.

7. Did your mother not teach you any manners? Oh she did? Then why the fuck are you sitting on my table.

8. Don't tell me you know the owners and want a comped tasting. I know the owners...they're my parents.

I could go on and on and on and on....

Talk to me about lush.

: startaintedsky wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Yay, no rules! So, I'm buying some lush products. Snow fairy is one of them. The Godmother soap is another- I just got a sample of The Godmother, and it smells SO DELICIOUS! Apparently that's the same scent as snow fairy? Is this true?

Talk to me about your favorite products, and review some for me?

Like...

Sexy Peel soap
Snow Fairy shower gel
Rock star soap
Spice Curls soap
I love Juicy shampoo
Candy Fluff

Carry on. :) Share details!

Freaky Fetish

: raisinchicky wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: nauseated

Hi! I've been lurking for ages but this is my first post... I figured No Rules Day would be a good time to debut just in case I cock something up ;o)

I work in an insurance call centre. I haven't personally been on the receiving end of this "customer" (and I use the term in the loosest possible sense!) but I have heard the call recordings.

At least 3 times in the past fortnight we've had a chap ring up, ask for a quote, then proceed to pleasure himself loudly to the sound of a female agent offering him a variety of payment options!! Apparently this guy really gets off on the idea of a Direct Debit...

Rules-free day post

: rainbow_goddess wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Post your favourite memorable C_S entries!

My favourites:

The Gay Lifeguards

The Ebils of MySpace

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: canonicals wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: hungry

Alright listen, buddy. You have three options:

1) You buy the actual Classical guitar for around three hundred fifty dollars.

2) You buy the used guitar with the classical style head the the guy who gave it to us put steel strings on. You then buy a set of nylon strings and put them on yourself. This will be about two hundred dollars less.

or

3) You wait for us to order you a cheap classical style guitar. This will take about a week.

Oh you need it in three hours? And you don't want to spend a lot of money? Then I'd get the used guitar and the set of strings. Oh, you don't have time to restring a guitar? It... it takes like fifteen minutes to restring a guitar. You're anal about how you restring a guitar? SO ANAL IT TAKES YOU MORE THAN THREE HOURS TO DO IT? ARE YOU SHITTING ME?

And thanks for leaving saying you'll be right back, you have to run to the bank because I don't accept credit cards. And then not showing up for ages. The bank is a seven minute walk down the street. Next time I'm waiting so long, and then I'm closing, and you'll get no guitar. I hate it when jerk offs do that.

OH and please, more people come in five minutes before closing, or even better, literally as I'm turning the key to lock up, saying "Oh I need something real quick" and then wander around for twenty minutes to an hour without buying anything. That totally makes my day.

RFD? What RFD?

: alke_hanomaru wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Old stuff, from when I worked under the (Burger) Family about a year and a half ago.

I'd just clocked in on my shift when some middle-aged lady stormed up to the counter about how our "burgers taste like erasers! ERASERS!" and how she'd "NEVER COME BACK!" and all I thought to do at the time was shout "Thank you for your comments!" as she stomped off.

Of course, she wasn't nearly as fun as the elderly Italian lady who was a regular and hadn't learned much of either official language (we were supposed to be able to serve customers in English and French). She always got angry and started yelling when I or any of my co-cashiers couldn't understand her, even as I tried to communicate with what pitiful shreds of Italian I knew. Pretty sure she called me a stupid cunt (or the Italian equivalent) a couple of times.

Or the hambeasts with a birthday party in tow who wouldn't let me serve any other customers until they got their food and refused to believe that we didn't have a neverending fountain of apple juice cartons and Coke in the back.

OMG NO RULES!!!

: marspeach wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I've got work in two hours and I really don't want to go. I like my coworkers but I'm so sick of making coffee and scrubbing floors and doing dishes and cleaning toilets. Our prices have gone up so high and business is down and I'm also paranoid our store will close.

I think I'm going insane. I always scrub in the shower right after a shift but I feel like I can still smell the coffee on myself afterwards. I always think I smell it in my jewelry but people tell me they don't notice it and that I'm crazy. I guess I am. Has anyone else who's worked at a coffee shop ever felt this way???

Long time lurker, yeah, yeah, yeah

: mamapeanut wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I've waited on Wilford Brimley. He was a douche.

mmmmmmm no rules. this shall be theraputic

: kuraishinu wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: blah

I regularly get about 3 hours of sleep a night. This makes me an unpleasant person unless given caffeine. I did not get any caffeine on the particular day in question. My MoD knew that I was in a bad mood so she stuck me back in clearance, where there are usually no issues with customer/employee interaction. That was not the case on that day. Script format:

( And the rule breaking is here.... )

(no subject)

: _kols wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Presidential Snowball.

Why?

: mystik00769 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind some of the nicknames people give stores here? I understand you want to protect yourself by not posting where you work, but, seriously...

Mart of Walls
Green Wall
A Book Store that's not B&N that has a coffee shop that sells the best coffee of Seattle
The Pharmacy America Trusts
Bouncy Ball Pet Store
...and so on.

Is there a reason, or is it just to be cute? Or maybe trying to prevent Googlers from finding the post?

Oh, here's an actual suck for you too. When I worked at the aforementioned convenience store (One that is not Circle K and is comprised of 2 numbers, one spelled out), two guys were in buying beer or something. Something started an argument between the two and one pulled a gun. Guy got shot, shooter ran out, poor graveyard shift guy freaked and quit. I miss him. :(

(no subject)

: solarpowerspork wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

SHOW US YOUR TITS.

(no subject)

: aishiteru wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Hello again,

customers_suck! Remember me and my bawww post about getting fired recently just last night?

Not two hours ago, the professor of a class I took last semester offered me a job. Not an internship, not a work study position, an actual job. I AM FULL OF HAPPINESS!

In honor of this joyous occasion, I propose that ITP we have a Flay The Fancy Font Rule Alive contest, since I really think that rule is the stupidest thing ever. Say anything you want, but make it huge, blinking, sparkly, scrolling, rainbow, bold/italics/underlined, or basically as eye-bleedingly fancy as possible! The winner will receive their choice of the single most adorable cute animal pic I have or an e-cookie.

If you want to make rainbow font, go here. If you are too lazy to do other fancy shmancy HTML yourself, head here for all sorts of lovely (and a bit NSFW in some cases) font mischief. edit; er, please to not be using said NSFW ones. Do I get an award for still somehow breaking a rule on Rules Free Day?

and two last things, while I have the chance to break the rules and say them:

1) this comm has my favorite tags of any comm ever. this is also basically my favorite comm period, so it is totes an honor to have a tag of my very own. you guys rock.

2) lurking here for some time now and reading all your stories has made me way more aware than I ever used to be of all the people I come across during the day working in retail or bookstores or restaurants or whatever. so nowadays, I always try to go out of my way to be an extra polite, super nice customer, just to hopefully give people a little something to brighten their day. thank you for making me a better, more conscious consumer, c_s!

West of House

: managoddess wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: dorky

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>

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: solarpowerspork wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

(no subject)

: screebonk wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

...yeah. I got nothing.

Because we all should be awesome sometimes.

: findmealone wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I totally gave blood today- and I was a really good customer, too! I didn't make any fuss for the nurses and one said how pretty my necklace is, and one of the male nurses was totally hitting on my but he was like 30!! OMG PERVERT! I felt so sick, I could be like 17 - I look about 15 anyway, how yukky :(

Anyway, what blood type are you guys, do you give blood?

Your lifeguard is tired...

: 2cuxi wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: angry

...of seeing/hearing you freak out about the possiblility that your child could be drowned/disemboweled/trapped by the pool filter intake at our facility.
Hello?
I'm here.
A lifeguard.
Watching your child.
You give me NO credit as a professional. None. I am not lying when I tell you that this CANNOT happen in our pools! If you cared SO much about your child's safety, you would not blindly fear all swimming pools. A smart person would know the facts about the incident, what types of pools are affected, how many similar incidents there have been, and what is being done to prevent more injuries. A quick Google search on your $12,000 laptop, and you would have seen this:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1721

It passed, and I can personally account for the fact that it IS being enforced. A slew of children from nearby schools just started using our college pool. Why? Because their pool did not meet the standards. The club aquatic facilities MEET and EXCEED the standards. Not to mention, the pools and spa have only existed since 2006. They are very new. They have multiple intakes an automatic shut-off. I'm glad pools are safer now, for everyone's sake. I just wish that you'd stop freaking out about something you know nothing about, and that you would actually BELIEVE ME when I offer the facts.

You know what makes me hate my country more than usual, though? If this had happened to the child belonging to a person of any lesser socioeconomic status than the rich son of a former senator (James Baker III), I think many more children would have perished before any law was passed. Isn't the power of political connection, money, and white privilege amazing?! Virginia was not the first to die in this manner, but it was only when the rich kid died that anything of substance was done. According to About.com, "Since the 1980's there have been at least 147 incidents documented of suction entrapment in swimming pools, including 36 deaths." That's not right at all. If previous incidents had been taken more seriously, that little girl might be alive. Oh, and another thing about Virginia's death- she died in a HOT TUB. NOT A POOL. Young children do not belong in hot tubs. Don't even get me started!

LAST POST OF THE DAY FOR ME

: solarpowerspork wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT

Witnessed/Semi-Involved in WTF/Suck

: my_lovers_eyes wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: annoyed

Current Music:: Chris Cagle - Laredo

~~Sir~~ Arse!

You see that giant sign? The one saying casting? Yeah, that one. Good.

Now I know you're upset there is a small child bawling, loudly might I add, and has been for the 45 minutes I've been waiting. It's loud. But marching over to the lady at the reception desk, and screaming at her that you are going to drop kick the child unless she makes him shut the f*ck up? Well if I was not sitting here waiting for my broken wrist to be cast, we'd have "words" outside. The kid has a broken arm, he's 3, it hurts, he's gonna cry. Hell, I feel for the kid, I can see his swollen arm from across the room.

Yes, the casting person (not sure if they have a title) asked me if I would mind letting them take the boy in next. I said fine, told them I could wait.

No, you idiot, I do not have to let you jump me in line.

And when I come out 20 minutes later? With my purple cast? Rolling your eyes and muttering to the lady at the reception desk that they better not give you a faggot cast. Classy. Really.

Blast from the past!

: terraica wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Blast from the past! The Story of Sombrero Man.

( Long-ish, and some adult content )

tl;dr: Picture Locke, from Lost, wearing a large, red sombrero. Then try providing customer service while feeling completely weirded out and just a little disturbed.

hopping on the bandwagon with the rest of the cool kids

: derbysinner wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

let's copy an idea from sf_drama and have a friend-pocolypse.

want some new friends? Comment here.

And then add me - even though I don't blog on LJ (I have a blog elsewhere) and I'll rarely comment on your personal shit and I won't go out of my way to be internet BFFs with you (man, how could you NOT want to friend me, right?)

RACSIM

: nsmc2000 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Kittylair says ".... thinly veiled racism says more about you then what you intend to say about your customer." Luckily, that doesn't apply, here, because I'm going BALLS TO THE WALL, FULL OUT RACISM. RACISM ARE... GOOOO!!!!!

http://niggastolemybike.ytmnd.com/
(Follow the link... FOLLOW IT)

What? Sure it's on topic! For all you know, I could work at a bike shop!!

My Only True Rules Free Day Post: "I Am So Sorry For Being A Sucky Customer! D: "

: runa27 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: sympathetic

So this is the kind of thing I probably could not post any other day, because it's the reverse of me having a bad customer: it's about how I sometimes realize - often all too late - that I myself have just been a sucky customer, and feel like a heel. Oftentimes there's no real way for me to give these kinds of apologies in person, so - here we go. Feel free to share the same if you'd like.

( Dear Friendly's Waitress Whose Manager Sucked... )

( Dear Fast Food Employees... )

( Dear Friday's Waiter... )

TL;DR: I'm incredibly, unbelievably sorry for forgetting to tip one of the nicest waitresses ever despite her patience; for being rude; and for accidentally stealing a quarter. D:

Zorro, TL;DR, and Security Cameras Don't Lie

: icelightning wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

This is about a job I had the summer of 2007. As I wasn't able to post about my job at the time, and it contains a lot of Zorro, I haven't been able to post it until now. So enjoy, or snark, declare tl;dr, or whatever you wish!

The store I worked at sells "discounted" high fashion hand-me-downs from the full line store. As in, the women's jeans were "only" $119 instead of $300. Coach, Versace, Juicy Couture, etc. We were often the target of shoplifters, as our merchandise was some of the most expensive in the outlet mall. As a result, we had a loss prevention guy who regularly received bonuses and was known to the town cops by name. Our store was regularly in competition with Kohl's to catch the most shoplifters, and often we caught those who had already shoplifted at other stores.

There was the teenage girl that was taking care of her little brother while her parents were elsewhere. She evidently got so bored that she decided to spice her life up a little by attempting to steal a pair of $80 sunglasses. Not wanting to run out of the store and have the sensors go off, she tried to remove the security device as she walked around the store. That's about when our camera man saw her behavior and watched her. Unable to get it off, she ditched the sunglasses under a rack of clothes. She was confronted, her parents were found, and the father was irate about the attempted shoplifting accusation. Her mother asked to see the tape, and both parents were very quiet as they watched it. Our LP guy let her go because her mother reassured him that they'd be having a bit of a talk.

Then there were the two guys who grabbed two wall racks of t-shirts and make a run for it. Unfortunately, carrying 10 or so shirts each can make someone pretty slow, so our guy was able to keep up with them and follow them through the outlet mall, the parking lot, the nearby highway, and to their hotel while on the phone with the authorities. The authorities picked the guys up and returned our merchandise briefly. Briefly, as in I got to scan them in to generate a price total and receipts for evidence. They tried to get away with about $900 in shirts. The sad part of this is that they could've stolen one of our more expensive dresses worth over $1,000 and probably would have gotten away, but they went for what was nearest to the door.

There was also one lady with her grown daughter that was sneaky. Old grandma type, you'd never suspect her. But our LP guy caught her as she tried to hide a shirt between two other shirts, then later came back to hide it in her baggy clothes all without her daughter seeing her. He confronted her, she pretended to know nothing, and then he said he had tapes. All hell broke loose in the daughter's mind and she managed to grab a piece of clothing out of her clothes. Except that it was a different piece of clothing, not the one LP guy had seen her take. Sad part is that she was stealing from the clearance rack, and her daughter could have easily paid for the clothes as she usually did. Mother was banned, daughter is probably still a good customer.

One woman sprayed our LP guy with mace and got away, but I've only seen the security tapes. And for a non-stealing suck, despite the price of our jeans, those shelves were often tornado'd by the customers. And people would often throw the clothes they tried on the floors of the changing rooms, even $1,000 dresses, even though they could've just handed the hanger and clothes to the dressing room attendant that was always there.

OH! And I almost forgot. There was the guy who ran out with a pair of Coach shoes after trying them on, and our LP guy followed him. LP guy found him bragging loudly to his friends about his stolen shoes, and LP guy only had to ask the idiot to follow him back to our store. Which the guy did, because LP guy was bigger than him. Talk about a dumbass!

Animals Are Fun. Humans Are Not.

: kiviraat wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: weird

Ok, to clarify, I'm a homing officer/general office monkey/pen-keeper for cats but there are dog grooming facilites on the other side of the premises and sometimes if they're busy, I'll answer their calls or the shop counter for them... Depending on the dog, it's usually between 6 and 12 weeks they recommend between sessions.

( This is a dog WTF... )

-------------------------------------------------------

( And a recent cat WTF )

No rules? Nice. Not a biggie, but it's happened 12 times this past 2 weeks.

: enekoro wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Dear Pizza customer,

I took the effort to figure out the fastest (NOT more convenient) way to your house/apartment/garage, not to mention all the traffic laws I broke to make sure your pizza arrived hot and in the same shape it was when I left the store.

You didn't tip me, so I don't believe I'll be doing that anymore for you next time.

Welcome to my personal black-list.

Always a pleasure, and never a chore,
Your favorite delivery girl.

PS: World,
"DELIVERY CHARGE"
DOES NOT EQUAL
TIP.
I get paid minimum wage. I only see $0.90 of it, for gas.

No Rules = No Problems

: threeedgedsword wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Location:: Finland Finland Finland, The Country Where I Want To Be...

Current Mood:: geeky

Seriously, how much would you pay to see Christian Bale actually say this?

As far as C_S things [Working in a car dealership on "Ultimate" German cars] - For the love of the gods, please take your dirty swimwear/underwear, sex toys, drug paraphernalia and or weapons before you bring it in for service. Nothing makes my day more fun than having to paw through someone's dirty laundry to get to something.
And leave your fucking wheel lock key in the damn car - what good is it going to do you sitting in the junk drawer in your kitchen?

Cause I can

: athenagrace wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Since I don't know if I'll ever have this chance again:

Why is everyone so proud that they look like an awkward middle schooler? "I'm 26, but I look 12."

Really? I call bullshit. Pull out your 7th grade picture and see if you've changed.
Have you?
Then you don't look 12.
You haven't?
Sucks for you.
You weren't 12 in 7th grade so this doesn't count? Please be sure to comment so we can all see how you brilliantly you foiled my plan!

So let's all examine this oh-so-common suck:
"That old person is a total pedophile because I'm 32 but look like a zygote and s/he hit on me."

A. You don't look that young. Stop flattering yourself. Seriously.
B. The person isn't a pedophile (at least not based off of THIS example). You use that word, but I do not think you know what it means.
C. Person probably wasn't hitting on you. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and someone asking "Is this register open" does not mean "I want your hot body." Unless the person is holding a damn sign that says "And by asking if your register is open, I really mean I want to have sex with you" give the person the benefit of the doubt. Whining "But s/he had a look in his/her eyes!" doesn't cut it.

Also:
Tattoos, piercings, and dyed hair does not make you edgy or cool. And stop bitching how people OMGWTF look at you and your tattoos/piercings/dyed hair. In 99% of cases, you did not "do it for yourself" -- you did it SO people would look at you and think you are edgy or cool (see the first sentence if you still think that is the case).

EDIT: And I don't give a shit if you're a girl gamer or speak a little Japanese. You still are not cool. Now get off my lawn before I beat you with my walker.

EDIT 2: "See also "I'm so cute I get hit on ALLL the time omg you guyz it drives me craaazy." -- I want to beat you as well (not the fantastic person who said this, but the idiots who post this.

woohoo NO RULEZZZZZ. therefore i'm finally gonna post this one!

: themusicbox11 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

This was a major WTF that happened last summer.
T work at a Swedish furniture (and EVERYTHING) superstore. That isn't in Sweden.

At the time of this incident, our store did not offer free bags. Customers were asked to purchase their plastic bags for 5 cents, if the really wanted one, but otherwise we have reusable ones that are quite cheap, or they can just walk out with their items in a cart, or not bagged at all. Seriously. don't worry. they won't think you're stealing...

Anyways, the majority of our customers understood why we were making the shift (we now don't have any plastic bags, at all), and commended us for our environmental awareness. Many people were already armed with their own bags. There was the occasional customer that would throw a bitch fit (seriously, you just spent $500 on doodads and knick knacks. you can't afford a 5 cent bag?), but they all paled in comparison to this customer.

I will now continue this in script form.
me= duh
bg=...wait for it... blind guy! (trust me, this may not seem funny now, but it will!)

me= finishes scanning bg's items, "Would you like to purchase any bags today?"
bg= "WAT?"
me= "We do not have any free bags, however you are welcome to purchase a plastic bag for 5 cents. The money from the bags is donated to a non-profit organization
bg= "You mean I gotta PAY for a bag?!"
me= "Well, if you want one. you could just carry your items out as well. i promise, no one will think you're a thief."
bg= "Of course I want a damn bag! But I'm not going to pay for one! I didn't see any signs! No one told me that your bags aren't free!"
***there are signs in front of all register lanes, announcements about no free bags/the donation of your 5 cents, and I JUST TOLD HIM THAT THEY WEREN'T FREE!***
me= oh dear
bg= "I DEMAND TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER! AND TELL ME, WHERE IN THE HELL DOES IT SAY THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR BAGS?"
me= "Well, there are announcements probably every 15 minutes, and there is a sign right there *points to sign* in front of the register, as well as others around the store (this is a huge store. people don't read signs. you can be assured that if there's one sign, there's probably 50 more of the same one scattered around the whole store, even in seemingly unrelated departments). And really, sir, it's no big deal, nobody will think you're stealing if you walk out without your items in a bag" (he just had a couple kitchen utensils, if i remember correctly)
bg= "HUH?! WHERE IS THIS SIGN THAT YOU SPEAK OF?!"
me= turns toward sign, points, crouches to his level (i'm kinda tall. lol) "just right over there sir".
bg="LOOK LADY, ***he now starts pulling something out of his bag*** YOU SEE THIS CANE? THAT MEANS THAT I'M BLIND! I CAN'T SEE A DAMN THING! I CAN'T SEE YOUR BLASTED SIGNS! WHATEVER, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, I'M OUT OF HERE! AND I'M CALLING AND REPORTING YOUR HORRIBLE SERVICE TO YOUR MANAGER, THEMUSICBOX11)!

me= WTF just happened?

The other people behind him were just as flabbergasted as I was. Seriously, if you're blind, why do you keep asking me to show you this sign, that YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE! And don't get mad at me because you didn't see all the other signs, nor hear the announcements.
My coworkers and I still joke about this one. I have a feeling we will never stop joking about this. LOL

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: throwingames wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Tell me about your most disgusting customers!

I worked as a cashier, which is a really bad thing to do seeing as I'm mildly germaphobic. Because of this I'm constantly observing the hands of people who hand me money and some of them are so gross.

I'm talking white people with black greasy grimy, never washed their hands, probably run the water in the bathroom to make it sound like they do, gross.

Then there was the guy who's hands were so full of dry skin that it was literally flaking off him into a pile onto my register. NO WAY IN HELL I'M TOUCHING THAT.

Then after he left some lady stuck her hand in the skin pile and I figured I wouldn't say anything because in this case, ignorance is most definitely bliss.

EDIT

( Not sure how I forgot this gem... )

customerz suck yo

: iwasthatmaniac wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

k so dis 1 time a customer came in and sed dey wanted a hamburger but i gave em a cheezburger instead cuz i felt like it and dey complaind and got me in truble and it rlly sucked

pease out homey g'zzzz

Customers you just know are going to suck

: startaintedsky wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

God damn, third post of the day. I <3 you RFD. But anywho. Have you ever had a customer come up to you, that you can just TELL they are going to cause a problem?

You know the type- the snotty looking ones? The ones who have that 'I'm superior' look on their face?

Details!

Will someone share a delicious recipe (tried and true) for mac and cheese with me? Mine always tastes bland!

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: managoddess wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

So, my boyfriend and I just got back from a lovely Japanese meal with his mother and sister. The service was superb, the food was excellent, and we all had a great time.

And you know what?

WE DIDN'T LEAVE A TIP. SUCK IT, SLAVES!

I hate racists.

: jessiegirl_ca wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=14641

Nothing to do with customers...Non-students look through dorm window, see black male student with two white female students, so they yell, break window... Black male student now being prosecuted.

( Cut for Link to boobs )

rules! we don't need no stinkin' rules!

: mizbhaven13 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

My mother is a sucky customer. I've wanted to tell this story for ages. Not long ago, we were in the grocery store and she was buying candy bars, I think. The sign said they were 3 for $1. No, normally, when such a price is offered, the individual items will ring up at 34 cents, 33 cents and 33 cents. So she grabs 3 candy bars and goes to the self checkout. I'm at the register behind her, making my purchases. I see Mom finish, study her receipt then head for the customer service desk (this is never a good sign). I see her arguing with the CS worker before the lady hands her some money and Mom walks off with a smug look on her face. In the car, I ask her what the deal was. She says, "they tried to cheat me out of my money and I made them give it back." She's waving her receipt around like it was some kind of victory flag or something. I take it from her to see what was wrong. There are her 3 candy bars, priced 33 cents, 34 cents and.....34 cents, bringing her total to $1.01. Yeah, Mom demanded a refund of one penny - and acted like she had just won the Super Bowl. Sometimes I hate shopping with her.

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: neaira wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: amused

FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEOS POST PART DEUX:

co-worker suck

: laurafreak wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I'm not gonna proof read this so beware of typos and crappy grammar.

90% of my co-workers are just STUPID and IGNORANT.

To T and C: if you're sooo broke you can't afford food or gas and you complain that you don't have enough hours, when you're offered an extra shift, TAKE IT. I make enough money to pay all my bills and have quite a bit leftover, but I always take any extra hours I can get. These idiots NEED the money but would rather sit on their fat asses at home. And yes, that is what they do, they don't turn extra hours/shifts because they have plans. They turn them down cause they're just plan lazy. We can't feel bad about how poor you are if you don't take an steps to try and better your situation.

P.S. C complained one day how she barely has lunch money for her 14 year old son, but smokes a pack a day. Ciggarettes are like $6.00+ a pack. She also then gave him money to go buy an XBox game. He also has a contract cell phone. IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD FOOD FOR YOUR SON, YOU DON'T BUY CIGS AND GAMES AND CELL PHONES.
And then T will also complain she has no money for food or bills but both her and her bf smoke both cigs and pot, buy beer, and buy a ton of Xbox games. WHAT THE FUCK.

To J: You were a decent worker for awhile. Then you started fucking a manager (low on the totem pole) and now you're both a bunch of dicks. Waltzing in 10-30 minutes later when the person before you can't leave until you come in, taking 30-60 min breaks when you're entitled to a 15 minute break, just literally walking around in circles when there's always a million things you could be doing, calling out whenever you want ("I fainted at the gym at 9 in the morning and can't make my 6-12 Saturday night shift"), not doing the most basic tasks of your job, etc...
She was complained about several times by myself and several other employees and was "yelled at" and looked all mopey and pissy for a day, but that's it. Nothing has changed. Higher management won't do anything.
To S: You are her supervisor. You know the shit she pulls and hate it. I thought you were one of the most down to earth but intelligent managers. WHY DO YOU PUT UP WITH IT. You always schedule her to run the department. FUCKING DEMOTE HER ALREADY.

To D, K, C, etc... Your job title is cashier. That's what you got hired for, trained for, and what you are paid for. So stop bitching when OMG, you have to be on register. Stop trying to turn off your light and bag or just sit there and talk. If you don't want to do the most basic function of your job, fucking quit. There are plenty of people out there who want/need your job and will actually do it! Mommy and daddy pay your new car payments, cell phone bills, and for your alcohol, so your little paycheck won't be missed.

To random associate in the aisle: If a customer asks you where something is and you don't know, don't just say "I don't know" and walk away. For fucks say, direct them to customer service. Let them know that the associate back there will get them whatever help they need.

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: managoddess wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Dude, so I was checking this girl out at my lane, and I noticed she had a very small pentagram earring on. I was so outraged by this! How can anyone so blatantly disrespect our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who died for our sins like that! I told her that she was going to hell and that she'd better repent and gave her a pamphlet, but she told me she wasn't comfortable with this!

WHAT THE FUCK YOU PAGAN HEATHEN WHORE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU THAT YOU DON'T ACCEPT JESUS INTO YOUR LIFE. I was trying to save you from the eternal fires of damnation, cunt!

She told my gay manager (who obviously hates me, because he is gay and therefore a minion of Satan) and he fired me! WHAT THE FUCK.

(no subject)

: bobinwales wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

We had a regular customer come in on Wednesday [which happened to be my birthday], who is nomally ok. She'd been in earlier that day, and I'd told her it was my birthday, adn that I was going out that night, and wanted to be out early.
She came back as we were about to close, but i let her in, cause I was in a good mood, and shes normally really nice.
She brought in 2 old people who made such a mess with their cake on the flor I'd just hoovered, and stayed for FOURTY FIVE MINUTES. I'd told her we were closed so I it wasn't like she didn't realised.
So we started hoovering up around her with the realy noisy hoover, and she started bitching about us. Haha. I didn't really care by that point though!

If you don't care, then post motivational/de-motivational posters. :D

Some more co-worker suck

: laurafreak wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

This bitch I'll call A no longer works where I work, THANK GOD. But she was one of the worst employees ever. She would be on the schedule for maybe 3 days a week. She would call out for one, give another shift away, and be hours late for the the third. She was completely snotty and whiny. I was one of the few people who wouldn't take her shit and she actually complained to her mom, who works there too, about me. She didn't know how to vacuum or change garbage bags. She was a cashier and always tried to get away with shutting off her light and just stand at the service desk talking to her friend back there. There are some many annoying and shitty things she did, I could write a book.
Anyway, shortly before she quit, she start screwing one of the security guards. It was kinda creepy, cause she was 16 but looked 12 and he was 21 but looked 30. Anyway, she's now pregnant. And excited. And proud.
I can't wait till the little whore has the baby and gets dumped into the real world of responsibility. I always thought she needed something to happen to her so she could wake up and this is just perfect. I pity the child she will have and while I dislike her mother, I feel sorry for her because I'm sure she'll be raising the damn thing.

To pharmacist A: You are probably in the top 3 highest paid people in the store. Pharmacists do make a shitload of money.
Anyway, the bakery manager and several other full timers pitch in all the time to buy their own coffee so they can have it all day without having to pay for the regular bakery coffee. They usually make a pot every morning and it lasts all day. This cheapskate never pitches in for money but is really nasty when there is none left. And then, sometimes, when it runs out at say, 4pm and I'm the only one in the bakery and I don't drink it, it's a complete waste to m ake a whole new pot when he wants a cup. (They use the bakery coffee machine and pots, so these are huge.) If you want a cup so bad, JUST SPEND THE $1.39 AND BUY A CUP. Don't fucking act like an ass to me. YOU'RE RICH. I probably make a quarter of what you do, but if I wanted a cup, I could afford it. NO ONE LIKES YOU, GO DIE.

ETA: Sorry my posts aren't as awesome as people posting random pictures or links, or even fake exaggerated stories. Oh well, keep scrolling. Commenting about how much my post sucks doesn't make you cool.

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: silverdragon729 wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

My favorite post of the day was when

genephix flounced out, and the two ensuing posts that were wrapped up in that.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE POST OF THE DAY?

Go:

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: aishiteru wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Discuss.

RFD and witnessed sucks

: spikethekitten wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: aggravated

So this is what's happening. My boyfriend and my roommate both work at the now-failing Circuit City. I hear fun stories every day about how people are acting like irrational idiots.

( Coupon Assault )

( Common Stupidity )

The store is closing, people, and 30,000 people are losing their jobs. But my God, they expect everything to be free because of it. Things are not gonna be %70 right away. People think "liquidation" is a free-for-all, smash-and-grab, supermarket-sweep in a flea market, and expect a circus of value. It's still a store operating under businesslike principles! No returns tomorrow, that will be fun.

OMG guess what this is my first post to rules-free day, gize!

: bitchifoto wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow meow!

Apparently we should rename to "Canada Address Directory".

: vriska wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

~~Quick post before the end of rule-free day, though I think this still counts as a normal post.~~ Never mind, that post went up while I was typing. But anyway. Don't you hate it when customers are both bitchy AND stupid?

A girl comes up to the postal counter and demands (not asks- DEMANDS) that we help her find out what's wrong with the mailing address she has. Why us? Well, because we're Canada Post, and we should KNOW what the address is, and she's already been to three other IDENTICAL outlets who also couldn't help her.

Just a small piece of information: I HAVE NOT memorized the address of absolutely every building in our province. We have a phone book, but that's only for our city. We have a postal code book, which confirmed her postal code, but apparently the street address was wrong. We don't have an internet connection that we can use to browse and find addresses- besides, that's the customer's responsibility.

Before I can suggest contacting the addressees (which is the most reasonable- who did she get the address from to begin with? They must know who they can contact to find out the real one), she asks me WHICH OUTLET SHE SHOULD GO TO NEXT. Um. What makes you think any other location would know any more? WE ARE ALL THE SAME. We are Canada "Post" outlets, which means we accept mail and give it to the delivery people. We are not "Canada Address Directory".

Since it was the only thing I had left, I gave her the customer service number (which wasn't good enough because apparently she would rather aimlessly drive around in almost-blizzard weather than make a simple phone call). And guess what else? I have a "fucking stupid job" because I didn't know who would know the address.

Sure. And you're a brainless moron. Have a nice day!

The one time I get to exact revenge.

: sergeantpimento wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

EDITED TO REMOVE THE LAME.

VERSION TWO POINT OH.

Once upon a time, I made up a 100% fictional zorro, and assgoblins took their precious rfd time up to complain about how I didn't pleeeeeeeeease them.

Paper route.

: mgsoblivion wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

I've hesitated posting this because I'm not sure if it matches the definition of zorro. Now, fair game.

My fiance used to help his father fold and throw newspapers. One complaint that they would receive would be for "wet papers"--if they threw it on dewy grass, threw it in the rain without a plastic baggie, threw it in a puddle, whatever. They'd have to pay the cost of the ruined paper, plus the cost of a new paper for the customer. This sucked because it cost them money, and some people were very belligerent about it.

They had one man call about wet papers every single time. They always made sure to throw on the dry parts of his driveway, but still they'd get the wet paper call. One day, they decided to see what the problem was.

The paper was tossed onto the middle of the dry driveway. Soon, the man opened his door. Out ran the man's little dog, who wasted no time finding the rolled-up newspaper and urinating on it (the dog was probably paper-trained as a puppy). The man, who hadn't been paying attention to his little dog, walked over and picked up the dripping paper.

He wasn't too happy when he was informed the reason his morning paper was always soaking wet, but after that I hear he went out before his dog and his papers were always dry.

Lost post & follow-up?

: adeletar wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Hey all!
I once read a post here about a girl who was serving a woman client at the register of some kind of store, and the woman somehow managed to close the register drawer on the sales representative's hands, and broke some of her fingers?
Anyone remember that one? I couldn't find that one any more, and I haven't been lurking here for more than 6 months, and I think it was before that.
I'd just like to find that post and know what happened to the girl who got her fingers stuck and broke in the register.

Greetings from Finland, btw!

Ultimate Zorro

: jenny_talia wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Kay you guise, this is total trufax here. No lies at all.

So this one time I'm working at my work, and this old lady comes in and starts bitching about something that like, totally wasn't my fault. Because I'm just the best, most sparkly employee there is, and I try real hard to do everything right. But this mean old lady, she just kept yelling at me and snarling and shoving our merchandise into my face, demanding free stuff like the entitlement whore she was. I was so upset, you guise, you have no idea. I could feel the tears welling up, and I just knew she was going to make me really cry.

( So you know what I did? )

I know it was a little rude, and probably bad_service to boot, but I'm really not paid enough to put up with that kind of behavior!

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: mooseydoom wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Current Mood:: cold

This is my biggest pet peeve EVER.

Say you go through the drive-thru at McDonald's (or any fast food place I suppose). You order, pull forward but alas! The line has stopped before you can reach the window where you pay. You're sitting there for a pretty good bit, say two to five minutes. Maybe they're waiting on fries to cook, maybe the person at the second window had a large order, or maybe the people inside are plain old slow. What DO you DO? Do you:
a) sit and talk on the phone/to your passengers/yourself/your dog
b) stare off into space
~~c) masturbate~~
d) GET OUT THE METHOD OF PAYMENT YOU PLAN TO USE and THEN do a or b ~~or c~~?

Ideally you'd do d because you're not A MORON. I hate it when the line hasn't been moving for a bit and I just know a customer has been sitting there with plenty of time to at the very least locate their wallet, only to have them finally be able to reach the window and only THEN bother to hunt for their money. WHY.

Edit: Ah nerts, my bad ASCII art ruins my rule free post. Off topic bit can be found in my LJ if you're still interested.

OVER 9000

: chaoticerotic wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

No Rules day! I enjoyed it far more than 4chan . Good to see such a sensible group can and WILL fall into a fine parody of the internets when given the go.

Fierce

: mama_terra wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Post with your "Fierce Aretha Hat" icons. I wanna see them all.

Because it's ten minutes to midnight (my time) on rules-free day...

: spakadoodle wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

Okay, so, I have a folder full of images I just saved, because they amuse or disturb me in some way.

This post is now for random images.

Let's see whatchoo got!

( I want to see the best of the best of the best. Or the worst. You pick. )

RULE FREE DAY!

: tinkerbell86ca wrote in customers_suck; January 30th, 2009

this day made my happy, rule free posting FTW!

Also, because I CAN!

use to work for us cellphone provider that starts with a big red T

M=me (hi!)
G=creepy customer girl

M: Hi! how may I help you?
G: Hey, can you tell me how to access porn videos on my phone? (her phone was much like a PDA, but not a Blackberry)
M: Uhhhhh . . . I don't know that you can. Have you tried any sites?
G: no, they all want me to pay. Know any free ones?
M: No . . . . but if you have access to a desk top computer, you can Google search free porn video sites and try them on your phone.
G: Ok, thanks! *click*

Then I spent the last 15 minutes of my sift staring blankly at the phone, a little creeped out. I mean . . . creepy much?