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sgtrock21
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EEEEts All so REEEdEEEculous
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bwestfall
Junior Executive Joined: 19 Feb 2009 Location: cathouse Status: Offline Points: 2461 |
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You're right! I hadn't thought about it but I was a waitress for years and never spilled coffee/tea on anyone/anything.
And LittleO hit on 2 others that piss me off royal: when people tell you to "smile" even though you have no reason to or because you are absorbed in doing something else--I've just gotten where I tell them that I am not going to grin like an idiot 24/7. The other is smells thing. I've brought that up before. For whatever reason smells are extremely strong to me and often stay with me longer than most of the other employees. And since the kitchenette is in my department, the damn smells stay here when the turds that make them leave and get away from it. Today, and about twice a week, someone has been bringing takeout that has those god-awful onions that smell like they have been prepared and left sitting out forever. Bet there breath could melt plastic after they eat them
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A new study finds that people who are chipper & happy live longer. Which is surprising because people who aren't chipper & happy want to kill people who are always chipper & happy. David Letterman
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sgtrock21
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EEEEts All so REEEdEEEculous
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DirtyD79
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Believe it or not real life is not like all those sappy cartoons ypu watched as a kid. Real people have emotions and maybe just maybe they're going through some sh*t that no sane rational human being should smile about.
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Mind on My Money, Money on My Beer
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Thor
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^ Similarly, overly-helpful employees drive me nuts.
I was in the cat food area of PetSmart last week, where a buncha the male employees were gathered around working on some sorta display or something. As their group broke up, and they started going about other business, each one of 'em was coming up to me, asking how I'm doin', and am I finding everything alright. It was like one a minute.
It was driving me nuts. Finally, when I sensed in my periphery the 6th one of 'em walking down the cat food aisle toward me, I turned to him before he could say a word to me, and said...
"I'm doing great, and I swear to God I'm finding everything just fine."
It kinda caught him off-guard, but he laughed.
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DirtyD79
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Another one I hate is those swarthy weirdos at the mall peddling sea soap or whatever the hell. If you're so much as in the same zipcode as their stand get ready to get pounced by some creeper who wants to rub stuff allover your hands and then give you a hardsell sales pitch.
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Mind on My Money, Money on My Beer
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bwestfall
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Speaking of Petsmart, on Saturday I went in and they have stopped selling the canned dog food I use. My older dog has been on it since going on adult food 11 years ago--she likes it, alot. Its their "cheaper" line (no, it's not that cheap)so I figure they will discontinue all of the lower priced stuff and their other line is almost a dollar higher than what I've been using. So I hate it when companies stop making a product I really like!
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A new study finds that people who are chipper & happy live longer. Which is surprising because people who aren't chipper & happy want to kill people who are always chipper & happy. David Letterman
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LittleO
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I hate this too! Retail corporations have it so backwards. They pester you about a hundred things (add-ons, store loyalty cards, credit cards, charitable donations, etc.) but can't be bothered to do the one thing you expect. I always wonder what they're basing these customer service strategies on, because it all seems so weird. Maybe they're aliens. Oh and the smiling thing -- people really shouldn't presume to dictate others' moods for exactly that reason. You never know what kind of bad news someone has just gotten. Maybe they have a migraine. Maybe they're about to have a panic attack. Just be polite and give strangers their space! It's not hard!
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Papa Lazarou
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You know, I hate it as a customer, so even as an employee, I really only harped on about the loyalty, credit,charity, etc. when the big manager was around.
I find that harping on makes people less likely to participate. I would keep all the "Loyalty members only" coupons customers didn't want, and always apply them to applicable orders. Other customers saw this, and asked me about it, and I politely and quickly mentioned the coupons only worked for loyalty card members. I consistently had more people signing up and I was only an "emergency" cashier. |
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MrTim
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bwestfall wrote:
For years it has bug the crap out of me when someone leaves "time" on the microwave when they finish and I need to clear it before I can use it. Petty, you say, well, my boss says that it only takes a second to clear it off so what am I griping about--yeah, it justs takes a second so why don't YOU do it when its your use.
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I'd just unplug the damn thing when I'm done....
I've tried to smile like other people (especially the ones you see in print ads.) Doesn't work. My mouth and facial muscles aren't built to show off my teeth like that. When I do try it, I look like I just enjoyed doing something horrible and evil to someone. So I just smirk. Makes people paranoid.... |
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Papa Lazarou
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Technically, showing your teeth is actually a sign of aggression. It's why people under stess/being pestered tend to revert to that kind of smile.
A real smile simply involves the corners of the mouth curving upwards. |
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msmadz
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OK, this one really steams my asparagus!
In our snackshop at work, we have 2 different coffees. The "House Blend" or Green Mountain. And there are usually 3 or 4 varieties of Green Mountain. Naturally, the Green Mountain costs a little bit more. When you get to the register, you're kinda on an honor system and tell the lady what you're purchaing. OK, so she isn't the brightest bulb on the boulevard which is all the more reason to be honest. I've been going for coffee with a collegaue for a few months now, and she fills her cup with Green Mountain, then tells the cahsier she "just has a coffee" and is charged for the House Blend. Every other person distinguishes and says either "Green Mountain" or, even "Flavored".
This girl KNOWS she's getting the more expensive coffee but has to be a goddamn cheapo about it. For the love of all that's holy, pony up the extra dough you cheapskate.
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Another one that makes my blood pressure spike...
Just because YOU have children, does NOT give you or them carte blanche to cut/stand in front of me to view a display or exhibit that I paid the ADULT admission to see, too. Case in point - we were at an aquarium and there was a pool of otters (I think this particular exhibit was behind glass). Naturally everyone wanted to see them play. Some bitch literally hoisted her kid - her BIGGER THAN ME KID - ahead of everyone simply because HE was a KID and should have the advantage of getting the best spot. Naturally, other parents thought the same thing and there was a bit of jostling and pushing for a "good spot". Well, f**k it if I didn't hold my ground. I'm sorry, I'm not usually a mean person but I paid money too. Your kids can wait their turn like everyone else. Just because a person is under the age of say, 14, doesn't mean they have to be rude or that I should altar my view to appease you and your kids.
(Rants are over).
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LittleO
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Yep. All of this. It all boils down to entitlement. Some people -- actually, a lot of people -- think they're special and the rules don't apply. They can rationalize away the coffee theft, or raise a stink about how children are our future and have just as much right to be there and you're just mean, or whatever, but the simple answer is they're selfish jerks. Almost all of my pet peeves can be summarized by this attitude.
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CatWoman
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Mad, Max and I were at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago celebrating my son-in-law's birthday. I was being pushed by my husband while sitting in a friggin' wheelchair.(I can't walk long distances without assistance anymore.) We were looking at an exhibit, I was in the front row, when 2 teenaged girls squeezed their asses between me and the glass so they could be first! All I could see was their butts! After this exhibit, Max started pushing my chair up to the glass so that wouldn't happen again. People are so rude! |
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insanity213
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^^ Just reading that enrages me, let alone imagining seeing it person, and still let alone imagining being either you or your husband in that situation. Those 2 little witches take rudeness to a whole different level
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EMCEE
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I'm in training for work all week, and one of my biggest pet peeves is people who say sh*t just to hear their own voices, and make trainings/school/meetings horrible for the rest of the attendees. I've been keeping tally of how many absolutely stupid ass things this one woman can ask, blurt out, and comment on in a 6 hour training. She still has not beaten her record of f*cking SIXTY-SEVEN times from Monday.
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Thor
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I keep reading this as you being at Shedd Aquarium with Mad Max.
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MrTim
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She could make that a reality by getting one of those armored wheelchairs from Murderball....
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verminstew
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I sit next to a woman at work that is a TOTAL attention whore. She brings in a purse, and two huge gym bags. She is constantly picking them up and slamming them down causing an earthquake on my cubicle wall. Everytime she gets up, she says "ouch". She chews and pops gum ALL DAY LONG. She constantly mooches items from us...band-aids, advil, vitamins, food, etc. Then there is the texting all day and the phone calls from her sister who she is always arguing with. And if she says something and nobody answers, she will ask why we are ignoring her.
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msmadz
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Now, I am blissfully ALONE.
Personal cell phones should be banned in the office workplace. Want to make or receive a call/text? Do it on oyur lunch break. And, I don't need to hear your "Sounds of the 60's" ringtone at deafening levels.
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Thor
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Or she could solve the problem of those teenaged girls with this:
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d4everman
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This makes me crazy mad, and I swear if I could I would have them outlawed....superduper-nuclear powered loud car stereos. Nothing can ruin my mood faster than being anywhere near one of the assholes with one. Now that the weather is getting nice I expect more of it. I probably won't take the top down on my jeep just to help blunt the "boom boom boom". Also, guys showing their underwear.
Also...and this is purely a local issue for me: I live right outside of Fort Bragg, in the Cottonade subdivison. As a matter of fact I live one street away from Yadkin Rd which enters Bragg. Traffic piles up fast at 6 am because of the gate. Got it. The gate is literally a 60 second drive from here, but not at 6 AM. It can take ten minutes to get to the guard to show ID because of traffic. Got it. Price ya pay for security. But what happens is (mostly young/ no brained) soldiers think they'll get there quicker by dropping into the subdivision and bypassing traffic to get closer to the gate faster. IT doesn't really work, because they end up causing two traffic jams. One morning so many people did it they backed up almost to my house. Thats one side effect, the other is that they often drive through here like f***in' Speed Racer. Theres a stop sign on the corner thats been hit so many times its not funny. Sooner or later one of them is going to hit a person. Hell, twice they've almost hit me backing out of the garage. (before the tornado there was a tree that would block the sight of my car backing out. But if you're doing 40 miles Per Hour in a residential area tree or not, you're just begging to hit someone)One of the guys that almost hit me one morning literally came around the corner with tires screeching, he was going so fast. Missed my by a inch and almost lost control when he swerved....and he was one of my soldiers! (But he didn't realize it was me until we got to formation, where oh, lord, I cursed him out)
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MrTim
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Get a child-size mannequin, dress it up, and throw it into the road after one of those leadfoots drives past. Then have a woman scream really loud "Oh! My Baby!". Then, if they have the balls to come back, curse them out for speeding....
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Papa Lazarou
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Hezadancer
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This This This This This. Holy sh*t the "SMILE" comment from random strangers is the bane of my existence and made me hate working in retail. I have what is known as "chronic bitch face". The picture says it all. How I look and how I feel have very little to do with each other. My default expression is very blank, to slightly sad. It's just how my face looks. It doesn't help that I tend to wear my hair to one side and it covers my eye when I look down. So I'd be looking down scanning stuff and hitting stuff on the register only to be told some variation of CHEER UP, SMILE, IT'S NOT SO BAD. I'd usually look up with the exact same blank expression and state "I'm not sad". Why do strangers who I'll likely never see again GIVE A SH*T whether or not I look bubbly and polite? Do they think I'm a smiling happy person until they get in my line and they have to take it personally? Don't people realize most "friendly" cashiers don't give a sh*t either, they're just better at faking it? Newsflash, when they ask "how are you today?" they don't really care how you are. Not to mention it's strictly an American thing that we expect meaningless small talk with strangers to show our friendliness. In countries like Russia and Scandinavia they abhor meaningless small talk and pleases/thanks yours and come off as "cold" to westerners. Doesn't mean they are any less happy. |
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