You know what really grinds my gears?

[Caulfield]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

dammit to hell. I think every car I've owned for the last 25 years at some point got dinged up by a stray walmart buggy. happened again today

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Long rant alert.

Spoiler

lol, I literally had to deal with a crazy customer today. They were going through a set of items that was stacked on the store floor (because they were looking for the BEST CONDITION item, admittedly to sell online for a higher price). I had no problem with them doing that (it's none of my business), and as they requested, I even helped them look for the best ones. Issue was..they started complaining seconds in that their hands got dirty because of them going through every single item(I mean the item is on the store floor,out in the open for days/weeks,it's bound to get dirty/dusty)

I kindly mention to them "we have a washroom over there if you need to clean your hands". And they looked at me like I was an idiot. They wanted ME to get their hands clean(in other words, I should go and get paper towel and soap and bring it to them). They were even asking me to go get them some gloves so they can do this without their hands getting dirtier.

Sad part, another employee dealing with them inbetween all this(since I briefly stepped away to see if a manager did have spare gloves) actually went and got them all their demands (meaning they cleaned that persons hands)! So when I came back, that person looked at me like I actually was being unreasonable (since someone else gave in to their demands), and they were sarcastically like "Should I thank you for helping?" and I was like "Ok...." and walked away.




Sure, the customer is "always right", but this is just being ridiculous.

Unrelated, but you gotta hate being in situations where people think just because you work somewhere it means you know EVERYTHING. Do you go into a store and ask the guy working electronics if he knows if they have a specific brand of shoes in stock?

Don't get me wrong, it is satisfying when you're able to help. Best answer at times however can only be vague like "Look around (section name), because that's where these types of things are sold" because you honestly don't know since that's not your area. But seems like for every satisfying moment, there's more negative ones to counteract it.

Definitely have a newfound respect for people in these jobs, even though I'm someone who already is respectful of employees/people to begin with(if they can't help, I'll still be like "Ok, thanks anyways" and move on, no problem).

That was my only negative part of the day. But it bugged me all day. I'm not the type of person who can just let these types of things roll off their back and forget about it.

Stay tuned next time for more of these venting moments lol. Closer to Christmas time, people get crazier. If it gets worse (customer wise), I might just demand to be moved.

[tdawg3782]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Long rant alert.

Spoiler

lol, I literally had to deal with a crazy customer today. They were going through a set of items that was stacked on the store floor (because they were looking for the BEST CONDITION item, admittedly to sell online for a higher price). I had no problem with them doing that (it's none of my business), and as they requested, I even helped them look for the best ones. Issue was..they started complaining seconds in that their hands got dirty because of them going through every single item(I mean the item is on the store floor,out in the open for days/weeks,it's bound to get dirty/dusty)

I kindly mention to them "we have a washroom over there if you need to clean your hands". And they looked at me like I was an idiot. They wanted ME to get their hands clean(in other words, I should go and get paper towel and soap and bring it to them). They were even asking me to go get them some gloves so they can do this without their hands getting dirtier.

Sad part, another employee dealing with them inbetween all this(since I briefly stepped away to see if a manager did have spare gloves) actually went and got them all their demands (meaning they cleaned that persons hands)! So when I came back, that person looked at me like I actually was being unreasonable (since someone else gave in to their demands), and they were sarcastically like "Should I thank you for helping?" and I was like "Ok...." and walked away.




Sure, the customer is "always right", but this is just being ridiculous.

Unrelated, but you gotta hate being in situations where people think just because you work somewhere it means you know EVERYTHING. Do you go into a store and ask the guy working electronics if he knows if they have a specific brand of shoes in stock?

Don't get me wrong, it is satisfying when you're able to help. Best answer at times however can only be vague like "Look around (section name), because that's where these types of things are sold" because you honestly don't know since that's not your area. But seems like for every satisfying moment, there's more negative ones to counteract it.

Definitely have a newfound respect for people in these jobs, even though I'm someone who already is respectful of employees/people to begin with(if they can't help, I'll still be like "Ok, thanks anyways" and move on, no problem).

That was my only negative part of the day. But it bugged me all day. I'm not the type of person who can just let these types of things roll off their back and forget about it.

Stay tuned next time for more of these venting moments lol. Closer to Christmas time, people get crazier. If it gets worse (customer wise), I might just demand to be moved.

Haha. Welcome to retail my friend. I've worked in the grocery business for almost 20 years. I'd like to say it gets better but it really doesn't. Some customers are just plain *******s. They will treat you as a second class citizen. They will also expect you to jump through hoops for them. Luckily this type is a minority. Just don't let them get to you. Walk away and just move on.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Haha. Welcome to retail my friend. I've worked in the grocery business for almost 20 years. I'd like to say it gets better but it really doesn't. Some customers are just plain *******s. They will treat you as a second class citizen. They will also expect you to jump through hoops for them. Luckily this type is a minority. Just don't let them get to you. Walk away and just move on.

Ya. I've never done anything like this before. Luckily this is temporary. I've always avoided this type of people dealing jobs. At most I'd just settle for email/social media which is much better. Quite the transition from this vs my last place which at times felt like I was on OS in real life (in a good way) based on all conversations people had lol.

Sucks at times too because minus cashiers, there's moments I'm one of(if not the) only other person out there. So if someone has a question I can't answer, or has an issue, I'm the one stuck with all of this. Might be part of reason why people are mad, because before getting to me, they probably did spend some time looking for people to help and are frustrated by then after finding nobody.

I'm hoping they can just move me out of the customer part of this. My best work could be done "behind the scenes". I could manage multiple peoples jobs in the back while making those people deal with others. Makes more sense to have more people dealing with customers than in the back.

I know some who are basically in the back all day long. How lucky. Can just do your own thing, being relaxed, not dealing with any of the craziness.

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Tomato soup masquerading as spaghetti sauce.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Losing in fantasy when you are the 2nd highest scoring team for the week -_-

Especially when it was a fluke defensive performance for the other guy.

[mgoblue]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Losing in fantasy when you are the 2nd highest scoring team for the week -_-

Especially when it was a fluke defensive performance for the other guy.

This happened last week to me....this week I lost by .5 points on a point correction/update. Went to bed Sunday thinking I won and woke up Monday to a 1.5 update and loss

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Turned down a job offer at a company I wanted to work for. Circumstances are what made me mad about it.

Applied for a job during the spring at a company I wanted to work, never heard back, didn't think I got it. Eventually I did take another job offer(although it is only until end of the year), even if it's at a job I don't enjoy on a day to day basis. They did guarantee 40+ hours though.

Now recently, I got a call from a recruiter from the company I applied for all those months ago with a job offer(sounded like it was mine if I wanted it). Only issue, it's PT hours and conflicting with the one I have now, meaning even if I took it, the few days they'd have me work would conflict with 1-2 days of my current job. So I'd have to leave my current one to work this one, meaning I'd be losing up to several thousand dollars to end the year.

Sucks too because this was a company I really wanted to work for. But getting stuck with PT hours, maybe 2-3 days a week(and not able to choose the days), had to turn them down.

If they offered more guaranteed hours, even if it was like 30-35 or something, I'd have heavily considered it. Or just have called me before I took the other job, I would've accepted it.

Guess the search continues. Nowhere on that posting did it say part time, so that's what sucks too. Spent my off-day prepping for the interview since they left me a message and when I called they said they'd call me back. They even said if they had FT available, I'd have been able to interview for it. I doubt they'd remember my name if a FT one ever comes up, but you never know...

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

What is it with you and jobs lol

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Losing in fantasy when you are the 2nd highest scoring team for the week -_-

Especially when it was a fluke defensive performance for the other guy.

One of the many reasons I gave up fantasy football a decade ago. All your picks make sense, then your best players decide to get hurt or save their 'down' weeks for when you can least tolerate them. Your opponent has a 3rd string TE go off etc.

What is it with you and jobs lol

I dunno, this one wasn't even weird. Basically he was offered a part time job and declined. This got expanded into longer, more introspective post. There wasn't even any nefarious intraoffice dynamics in this one, so as a reader I feel a little cheated.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I dunno, this one wasn't even weird. Basically he was offered a part time job and declined. This got expanded into longer, more introspective post. There wasn't even any nefarious intraoffice dynamics in this one, so as a reader I feel a little cheated.

Tune in tomorrow for more random stories.

[DieHardYankee26]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Having your birthday in the middle of the week and having to work on it. Also, the middle of the week. Also, work.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Having your birthday in the middle of the week and having to work on it. Also, the middle of the week. Also, work.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Having your birthday in the middle of the week and having to work on it. Also, the middle of the week. Also, work.

Turn up either the weekend before or the week ing following your actual Bday, in which case Birthday festivities can be extended into said weekend.

[jeremym480]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

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