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Author Topic: Your Job: The Movie  (Read 178187 times)

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #960 on: July 10, 2010, 06:42:15 PM »

This one old lady flipped out when I asked to see her driver's license and basically accused the company of being part of an identity theft consipracy.

I know, I know. Retail stories are pretty boring because 99% of them are about apathetic employees meeting stupid customers, but this was pretty much the fastest and most abrupt switch from "fairly nice" to "nightmarish" I've ever seen. I didn't even bother arguing since I couldn't get a word in edgewise, so when she threatened to take her business elsewhere I just said "okay", locked up her movies again, and called up the next customer.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #961 on: July 10, 2010, 06:45:34 PM »

Why'd you need to see her driver's liscense? If it was in regards to a credit card transaction, that's a violation of the merchant's agreement with the credit card company.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #962 on: July 10, 2010, 07:49:40 PM »

...so when she threatened to take her business elsewhere...

Always amazed by how many people seem to think this is a valid threat.

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #963 on: July 10, 2010, 07:58:30 PM »

After a while you actually start to listen for it, because it's 100% of the time the end of the argument.

"I'm going to go..."

"Please do."

"I... you... er... fine!"  And you never hear from them again, because the only people who ever write to corporate are the ones who are too dickless to complain to you in person*.


* Not topical.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #964 on: July 10, 2010, 08:44:45 PM »

Why'd you need to see her driver's liscense? If it was in regards to a credit card transaction, that's a violation of the merchant's agreement with the credit card company.

We need a government-issued picture ID* in order to start an account, and we need either a card or ID. You can buy all you want without an account, but we need proof of identity if you want to rent anything.
I know a lot of people absolutely hate this, but it's really not that unreasonable. The store I work at is really small, and we still have about 20,000 accounts and get hundreds of people each day. There's simply no better alternative. The information recorded from your ID is no more than what you could find in a phone book.

Basically what I'm getting at is that being a customer doesn't mean you don't have rules to follow when you enter a store.


*read: driver's license. It's the absolute bare minimum. Some locations need way more proof of ID.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #965 on: July 10, 2010, 08:54:55 PM »

Always amazed by how many people seem to think this is a valid threat.

I'm more amazed at how many retailers take it/pretend to take it as one, so the assholes get away with it and the cycle begins anew. The basic sentiment I get on this from managers is that even if a customer is costing them money, they want to keep them anyway because they MIGHT have friends, and MIGHT tell them to shop there too, and their friends MIGHT not also rip them off.

*read: driver's license. It's the absolute bare minimum. Some locations need way more proof of ID.

I've seen people throw bitchfits over having to show a driver's license in order to rent and drive a truck.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #966 on: July 11, 2010, 12:25:47 PM »

teg: Do you work at a Blockbuster or something?

'cause I used to, many moons ago.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #967 on: July 11, 2010, 02:36:10 PM »

So I use to be a school bus driver. So dealing with students and parents = no fun in life. Because, as everyone knows, every child is an angel and every parent knows how to deal with their child. Okay,  So that was almost so thats dealing with 146 students each route every day, and I did a morning and night route. YAY.  So after two years of that I move and working in the oil field as a chase driver I go from 146 kids to 5 big male babies. No so bad, just annoying as hell. Then, back to school bus driving when the oil field when that dried up.  :tldr:

Now, this is were it gets fun. By the whims of fate I got a really awesome job. :perfect: I get to do graphic work and work with my hands. Not to mention, I'm being molded to take over my department in the  store and the only person I have to work with actually hates me and does all she can to make my life hell. YAY.  ::(:
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #968 on: July 13, 2010, 11:57:20 AM »

Oh boy, another exciting day of "Will I get fired for trying to balance the needs of two departments with an intense hatred of each other, for whom I'm the go-between and fulcrum?"

Actually forget just today, I'll probably spend days in mindless terror, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #969 on: July 13, 2010, 12:27:45 PM »

This whole "work for minumum wage at around thirty hours a week until you get promoted" thing isn't going very well. I have about $15 to last me until next week, and have several hundred dollars in expenses that will need to be met very soon.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #970 on: July 13, 2010, 12:31:39 PM »

Oh boy, another exciting day of "Will I get fired for trying to balance the needs of two departments with an intense hatred of each other, for whom I'm the go-between and fulcrum?"

Actually forget just today, I'll probably spend days in mindless terror, waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Come, friend! Make the most of an uncertain future. Enjoy yourself today. Tomorrow... may never come at all.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #971 on: July 13, 2010, 02:01:26 PM »

Also, I have a job interview tomorrow for a dishwashing position at an Italian restaurant.

I remain cautiously optimistic.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #972 on: July 13, 2010, 02:34:14 PM »

Buge will soon learn to hate mozzerella cheese and Balsamic vinegar as I do, and for the same reasons.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #973 on: July 13, 2010, 04:32:27 PM »

Oh that's right, I forgot

I'm the only person within twenty miles that doesn't eat eggs or cheese

jesus god what do I do
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #974 on: July 13, 2010, 04:45:44 PM »

Rooting for you dude, good luck.

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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #975 on: July 13, 2010, 05:57:37 PM »

Don't lick the dishes clean
:advice:
Use the dishmachine.
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #976 on: July 13, 2010, 07:24:59 PM »

This whole "work for minumum wage at around thirty hours a week until you get promoted" thing isn't going very well. I have about $15 to last me until next week, and have several hundred dollars in expenses that will need to be met very soon.

Yeah, I worked at fucking gas station land FOR A FAMILY MEMBER for a year and I never got a raise at all.  I feel your pain :|
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #977 on: July 13, 2010, 08:20:48 PM »

I still believe the promotion is forthcoming, or I'd be working somewhere else. I just can't make ends meet in the meantime. Maybe I can use the open labs at school to bake bread, and sell that again... I wonder if that's flagrantly illegal or merely a gray area?
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #978 on: July 13, 2010, 08:30:21 PM »

Wait, does lady duke work at crazy jobs that regularly give people raises more than once a year? Where can I get on that shit? Ever?
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Re: Your Job: The Movie
« Reply #979 on: July 13, 2010, 08:37:25 PM »

Shit. You guys get raises? I get a raise one month before minimum wage goes up. So they can say "Here is you raise!"

Oh well. I'm possibly getting a raise soon. After only 7 months of being employed. And making buku (bookoo? Boukou?) bucks for tips.
Yeah. I love this job. Best job I've ever had and will probably remain that way for most of my life.
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