Takerial Posts

There were three different areas affected by tornado warnings just now in Kansas.

One of the one still going is right below me.

Central Kansas.

Well fuck.

You're ugly with a small penis aren't you.

Sucks to be you.

Bad newfag. No thread for you.

Yes it does.

Fuck it.

So we're making waar threads again?

Hahahahaha. You're such a fucking idiot.

"Gee, my lips seem to be swelling. Oh well I'll just keep eating this shit and buy $120 worth of it."

That's on the same level of a girl who has sex a lot has black pussy lips.

They get smaller after the milk is out of them, but they stay bigger than what they were before.

You'll regret that decision later.

NB4 BAN!

I'm a manager in retail that will be going to the general office after doing a couple of years at the store level if I continue on this track.

Considering the current job market prospects, it's a good one.

I also get paid twice minimum wage with nice bonuses.

In dealing with customers at my current job of retail, I feel like I have to rant a little bit about some of the worse ones I have had to deal with. As a whole, customers are typically pretty nice and understanding. But it usually only takes one of the following to completely ruin your day and put you behind in your work and even get you reprimanded even if you didn't do anything wrong.

4: Customer who always wants to argue with you.

Now don't get me wrong, there are times when you are unsure and times when you don't know about a product. In retail there is a crap ton of products and it can take quite a while for you to get a comfortable amount of product knowledge in even your department much less the entire store.

And there are sales people that will lie to try and make a sale, though they don't usually last long.

No, the people I'm talking about are when you do know the product and they still want to argue with you on the knowledge like you don't know what you are talking about.

Let me give you an example. We sell grass seed at where I work. It's not much, we only deal with the lawn type of grass seed nothing too commercial though we do have a 50lb bag of one type of blend but that's as much bulk as we go.

But a popular mix of grass for this area is something called K31, or Kentucky 31 because it is very durable and suitable to last through the climate in this area.

However, it is a pasture grade of grass (though it's not really recommended for that because it causes problems with livestock.) and is not a lawn grade of grass because it produces very coarse and is a light green color overall. And we will not sell pasture grade grass.

What we do have is a Tall Fescue blend for lawns. K31 is part of the fescue family so they have very similar qualities in terms of durability and such, but the Tall Fescue is a much broader type of blade with more of a lush feel and a deeper color more suitable for lawns.

But I frequently have customers arguing with me that K31 is not a pasture grass and that it's been used in landscaping and lawns all the time. While this is true in terms of usage, it is still a poorer quality grass for lawns and a lot of its use has gone down because of that even though it is cheaper.

Overall, it's annoying to deal with them because it's near impossible to sell anything to someone who refuses to accept what you say and thinks you're wrong about something even if you aren't.

3: Customers who bring their pets into the store.

One of the things we sell is groceries. So we have to follow health code because of the groceries.

You want to know what one of the things we can't have in the store is? Non-service animals.

You want to know what little old couples try to frequently bring and sneak into the store? Little yip yip bitch dogs.

I don't know how many times I see little old couples carting around their 'precious' dog in the store as if this is something that should be allowed. Even if we didn't have groceries this would be highly annoying.

And most of the time if you try to talk with them, they get all offended and angry saying that no one said anything when they came into the store (probably because they didn't see, didn't know, or you sneaked the dog in <- most likely.) and how this is their precious dog and what were they suppose to do with it. (Leave it the fuck home.)

I've had some whine about how their dog isn't bothering anyone even though I had just seen (and on the occasion actively) snarling towards people and raising a shitstorm.

Look old people. If a health inspector saw your stupid pet in our store without a service dog designation, we could easily lose our ability to sell groceries. Your business isn't worth that loss so you can kindly fuck off.

2: People who whine about not being able to find anyone to help them.

Now if they are being actively avoided by people, I can understand this complaint.

I know this is not the case with the majority of my coworkers and myself.

First off, you're not the only customer that comes in through our stores. We have a lot more customers to worker basis and not all of our workers are knowledgeable enough to answer certain questions and help out completely.

Second off, our store is quite big. Just because you can't find someone that moment doesn't mean we are avoiding you. It just means that we have a lot of ground to cover and there is plenty of things that pull us to several different areas. Just because we aren't stumbling into your lap doesn't mean we aren't there to help.

Third off, there is plenty of tasks that keep us away from completely out in the open area and it can be hard to cover all of the ground in a timely manner. At times I could be the only one in my department which means that if the tasks or person I'm working on is in the other part of the department, I will not be right there to help you or even know you are there.

However, there are several places in the store that you actively know there is to be someone always there. Primarily, the front end of the store with the cashiers and service. If you absolutely need that help then, then you could just, you know, ask them to call for one of us to help you. People do it all the time and it is most effective.

If I actively look down and avoid eye contact with you to avoid help you, then yes you can complain. But don't complain just because I'm juggling the 5 other tasks necessary to make sure that there are no major problems with the department that you won't ever notice because I actively work to solve them so you won't have any problems if I'm not there and you can't find me for that reason.

Especially if the only reason you want my help is because you can't find where the bathrooms are even though they are clearly marked with a large neon sign.

1: The people who want a discount no matter how they have to try to get it.

These are hands down the most annoying customers I ever have to deal with. They treat the store like it's a fucking auction and that price tags are just suggestions to them. The major reasons people want discounts are the following.

1. It's a display.

For a lot of our products we have displays so people can see what they are buying. But on occasion the display might be all that we have left because it might be discontinued or it was a fast selling item that sold out before we could replenish the stock.

Now on occasion the display does have some damage, usually cosmetic, or it might be missing something for some reason and we usually do try to help with the price on that.

Most of them, they are just taken right out of the package and are perfectly fine but people just want a discount because it was sitting out of the box. People, stop this shit. Most of the time when I sell a display I'm doing you the favor because I don't want you to have to wait for the item to come back in stock or it might not come back in stock for us again. Don't spit on that by telling me I need to discount it for you.

Fuck you. I should just do the opposite for you and raise the fucking price because its my last one of it. The fact of the matter is, I know I would be able to sell it for the price you don't seem to think you should pay to someone else pretty easily. So don't push it. Oh, and most of the time when I call to see if I can get the price lowered, I already know I'm not going to lower it and am just doing it so you feel like I'm not the one saying no because I don't want to deal with your stupid shit.

2. The packaging is slightly damaged.

People bitch about a slight bent or a slight tear in a box and whine about a discount for it. This is the annoying for the simple reason of "What is the first thing you do when you get the product home?" You tear open and throw the fucking packaging away. Don't ask me for a discount because the thing that is damaged is the very thing you will throw away and the product is perfectly fine.

3. There is none of the larger quantity boxes left so they want the same amount of smaller ones for that price. Or they want the more expensive, most similar item for the price of the cheaper one.

Out of stocks happen. It is impossible for us to completely determine demand we will face each week. Sometimes it occurs because our vendors are fuckheads.

Sometimes I will work with you on the price. Almost always its because you are nice to me and I feel I want to help you with this. This is especially true if the discrepancy occurred because of wrong information.

If you're an asshole about it, forget about that. "But isn't it just the same as putting five one pound boxes to form a five pound box?"

No, it's not the same. We pay a different cost to the vendor for the one pound boxes than we do the five pound boxes. The mark-up for the one pound is the same as the five pound. In fact, usually we have more mark-up on the five pound than the one-pound. So it's not as simple as 5 = 5. Because if we pay 1.5 for 1, and 5 for 5, then that 1 is really worth 7.5 and not just a simple 5. We lose money doing this for you, and sorry, we try to avoid losing money because it's not simply just paying cost for items. We have to pay payroll, utilities, etc.

And why would you even thing that just because they are a similar item that we would be happy to sell you for the same price? They're similar, not the same. Stop that shit.

4. The product was sitting in the wrong spot.

I never got why people thought they should get the other price just because the product was sitting in the wrong spot, or they read the wrong tag for the product. I know it can be frustrating to think you are getting it for one price but find out its another.

But you know who you should blame for finding a product in the wrong spot 99% of the time? Your fellow shoppers.

They're the fucktards who are too lazy to hand it to a worker or put it back on the proper spot themselves so they just throw it anywhere they want.

And I especially lose sympathy for things like a 250 dollar saw in the spot of 9 dollar hammer.

Of course it's in the wrong fucking spot. And I won't ever give you that price difference in those circumstances for one reason.

It could have been you who put it in the wrong spot. Fuck, you could just be fucking lying to my face about it. There are also customers who will take tags from other products and put them in the spot it goes. I've seen them do it to try and get a discount.

I'm not a fucking idiot. And I'm sorry you're mad but it's not my fault it happened so fuck off.

5. They just feel they deserve one.

You're not the special, fuck off.

Bum makes you sound like a pedo.

You want to be pedo is sounds like.

It makes them more money.