So today I worked at nine thirty after staying up fairly late last night. I definitely didn't want to stop sleeping, so I got up at about 9:20 and got there a minute late or something. I was still really sleepy, so things were annoying me more and such.

I was outside moving carts around and this guy asked me if he could give me some change for a dollar--pretty normal thing to happen. I don't usually carry extra money around with me, so I shook my head and said that ,sorry, no I didn't have any loonies on me. He just said, "well ya just lost my business," and walked back to his car with his son. What an asshole, I was just dwelling on how retarded that guy was for like the next hour as a I moved carts around. I mean it's not like I care if he shop there or not, it just seems so stupid, and hopefully his son was super embarrassed to be with his dad.

Earlier I had been taking this broken cart inside the store, and I went in the out door because it would have taken me way more time to go the other way since I was going straight back out anyways. I sort of got in the way of another guy coming out. I said sorry, and he was like, "you could try using the entrance door," in this really rude tone. He had to take like an extra step around me, it just didn't seem like a big deal at all.

That wasn't as annoying. One other thing that was, although it didn't really affect me personally, was that apparently our price checkers are no long allowed to rollerblade around the store. I can understand the reasoning, as it's not necessarily the most safe thing to do, but it's way faster and easier since the store's so big, and it's not like anyone actually got hurt. It just seems lame how life always seemed to be more and more regulated by insurance policies.

Anyways I thought this thread might be a good idea for everyone who works to rant a little bit, since there's always retarded customers.

I really don't like the customers who think they're way in the right about something and you've said to them 500 times that- no- that's not how it works- etc :words: :rolleyes:. I work at a child care cetre-ey type place. I dunno what it really is. We don't care for them, it's parental supervision at all times. But point of the story is this:

I was cleaning the play equipment (lucky me :pac: , the entire play structure is about 4 metres high, 10 square metres floor span and full of crawling tubes, rope bridges ladders and stuff like that). And i was halfway down a slide leading in to the ball pit, spraying cleanins agent on the plastic, telling kids not to come down (lest i fall in to the ball pit *shudder* (i had to go in there anyway to get out -.-')) and this parent says loudly to her kid "come on honey, we have to go the other because i paid 12 bucks to watch the lady clean the slide".

And i thought 'Yeah okay, you can go down the slide, if you really want come out with snot on your pants, :puke: vomit on your shirt and that child killing influenza virus going around and all sorts of things that are there before i clean the slide- BE MY GUEST!'. Cleaning has to be done. No matter where you work. When customers work that out, they'll probably be a parade.

Yesterday I had this guy call in who had these 3 PC's hooked up to his router. One wired, two wireless. The wired one had a printer hooked up to it so his wireless ones could print from it. So, he got a new Mac computer and it didn't recognize the printer. Understandable.

So, I let him know there isn't shit I can do really. I did help him to reset the printing system and whatnot on the Mac, but it all he to do with the Windows computer. I sent him an article, told him he'd have to call someone that actually deals with that stuff because we aren't trained to deal with Windows (or allowed to adjust Windows configurations, because we are Apple support). He's like "...oh."

So, he hangs up. I finish writing the case up. Then I look at his history quickly, which I forgot to do before. Apparently, he had already called 3 times previously the same day about the same thing. Every other agent told him the same thing I did.

What an idiot.

I had a lady came in today with about 0.50/100 bit of a fifty dollar bill (the bit that says 50)...who got upset with me for being unable to exchange it for a new fifty dollar bill.

Then I also had to cash a check for $0.23. Who the hell write checks for that little amount?

And then just when I was balancing, this company comes in with about six deposits and a whole gob of money and checks. I have to check those before they leave. They had added in an entire one thousand dollars cash that was not in existence. It's bad enough that I had to count $1000 worth of one's and five's... it's even worse when the customer insists that there really IS two thousand dollars rather than one thousand. And I had had three other people counted it for me!

HOW CAN YOU OVERCOUNT $1000? I had half a mind to ask him if he was trying to frad a deposite.

So I had a pretty sweet call. I guess.

So I'm talking to this girl who has called in a few times already, about using Windows Media Player to view videos. So I'm in the middle of asking if she talked to M$ about it, when she says, "I actually have a Micro$oft rep here with me...", and after she says so this Indian (no offense) M$ rep comes on the line and says, "Unfortunately we know nothing about the Mac so you will need to handle the issue."

At this point, I LOSE it on the M$ agent. You should have heard it, it was awesome. I don't yell often, but it was one of the few times I've raised my voice here at work. I said, "Look, we do NOT support Windows Media Player. Even though it is the Mac operating systsem, we do NOT N-O-T support it. It is your software, so it is YOUR job to support it." So the lady says to me, "Is it all right if I put you on hold for 5 minutes or so while I go and check on this..." So myself AND the customer are both put on hold for the usual "M$ 5 minutes". Which translates into about 7-10.

You wanna know what she said when she got back?

"Hello, Mr. Apple Representative? You can release from the line."

YE-YEAH!!!!!

(M$ = Microsoft, Micro$oft = Microsoft)

I got a share for graduating for some reason, my parents had it framed an all, (Sitting in our disney room, guess what the share is for...) And there was some update in company changes or whatnot and the share had actually received more money than it was worth or something and I was to be paid the extra, so I got this nice big 8½" by 4" check for $0.33

Unnecessary, we understand.
Also, with both-a you's working in apple tech, (And being a fan of Garageband) I'm thinking that when I finally get a computer, I would strongly consider getting a mac.

Attaboy.

I put the Legend in there so the "lesser-types" would get it. Though I don't think any of those types exist on this forum. <3

uhmmm why?

Also, writing microsoft as M$ is super gay, BTW. More like Macinto$h HAHAHAHAHHA.

I disagree.

But wudevo

I would not have known that meant microsoft :(
and I'd say don't get a mac as well.

I'd say if you get a mac, just stay away from the mac cult that turns everyone that buys them into fanatics. Seriously, there's nothing better about macs so use 'em if you want, just don't push your politics on me.

The people who shop at Loblaws (EX foods/Superstore) are horrible, consumers today seem to feel that they dont have to treat employees with respect or common courtesy because "Ohh im spending my money at this store and that means I am holier than God"

but yeah lets not get my blood pressure up.

It's back to school time right now at Staples and that means we are insanely busy, as of last night in the office supplies department alone there were 363 seperate items that were out of stock on the shelves, after the night crew was done there were 155 items left to fill. I spent an entire 8 hour shift today doing these and only these along with helpign people, i left and there were about 30 left.

The job does give me the perk of being able to laugh at all the people that came in today, 1 day before their children go back to school, and expect us to have some of the incredibly specific things their looking for. We've been selling over $30 000 worth of school supplies every day for over a week so they can just go screw themselves lol

Yeah, I hate people who DON'T come in ahead of time and expect everything to be there waiting for them, in some special section that the 8 billion other people who have shopped there already don't have access to.

I think that anyone who DOESN'T work at one of those places seems to think they're holier then god and doesn't have to treat you like a human being.

Alright, I have a story, its not really about work but what happened the day after I worked.
Now a little back story here: Aden Bowman is right across the street from Extra Foods so naturally we buy our lunches there quite often and we know the general day time staff.

So anyways, I'm working drive thru and this 45ish lady who works at extra foods comes through and shes all smiling but not you know actually acknowledging we know each other right.

So the next day I'm in extra foods paying for my food or whatever and this lady goes "soo, how's working at McDonalds?" In this really sarcastic "I'm better then you" voice.

I COULDN'T BELEIVE IT! This middle age or more woman was making fun of ME for working at Mcdonalds when she works at Extra foods! Which I'm sure IS better but it's definately not better to be working there at her age and making fun of me for having a shitty part time job

So I just answered "oh, its fine" MAYBE I SHOULD GIVE YOU A REFERENCE

It might not always be because of the job you are doing, it's probably because everyone here are teenagers. Adults probably treat you like shit because you're a kid, and lots have it in their heads that teenagers are incompetent. You'd get more patience from customers if you were a poor old lady.

I know of a guy fired from mcdonald's for incompetence.

Rather sad really.

Cough Benesh cough

Cough hate cough

Plus what the hell, this thread took off like a year after I first posted in it. You all suck.

It's cause everyone else got jobs and I never remember good stories from work.

erm today i was felling an 80 foot sycamore tree on the side of a 50mph road...not alot happened expcept i got to use by big chainsaw for once...

Necromancy ftw!

While I was ripping apart a basement, one of the people who lived there came down. He was some old short guy, probably in his later 50's, and only had a bathrobe on the entire time. The unfortunate part was the fact that the entire front decided to come undone and it was left open for a few minutes. I think I was scarred