winterbymorning, posting in customers_suck:
Today was the first day of the massive mall-wide summer sales, which means the idiots are out in force... It actually wasn't that bad today because the rain kept most people at home, but I still had a customer worth posting over.

For our sidewalk sale, we have jeans at 5$, 9.99$ and 19.99$ - they're all organized based by price, each category on their own table. The prices are displayed on huge signs on the walls above each table.

Girl : Hi!
Me : Hi. So you're getting these 19.99$ jeans? (I like to remind customers of the prices because a lot of them think they're cheaper/try to scam me.)
Girl : Yes.
Me : Okay! Just to let you know, this is a final sale. No exchanges or refunds at all.
Girl : That's fine.
Me : Your total is 22.56$.
Girl : *gives me her credit card*
Me : *swipes, then hands her the slip and a pen* I just need your signature, please.
Girl : Hang on, 22.56?!
Me : ... Yes?
Girl : I thought they were 5$!

This is where I start to want to punch her.

Me : I'm sorry... but I told you they were 19.99$.
Girl : But it says 5$ on them! I want a refund.
Me : I'm sorry, but it's a final sale. *shows her the price tag* See? It says 19.99$ here.
Girl : Can I exchange them for a pair for 5$?
Me : Again, it's a final sale.
Girl : But I thought they were 5$! I got them off that table over there!
Me : That table with the sign saying 19.99$ over it?
Girl : Can't I just exchange them?!
Me : You got these off a table with the price clearly marked at 19.99$. The price tag says 19.99$. I told you they were 19.99$ and then I gave you the total after tax before I swiped your card. I don't understand how you thought they were 5$. I also told you you couldn't get a refund or an exchange for these and you said it was fine. So no, I can't let you exchange these for another pair.
Girl : Oh, fine. *stalks away*

I said, "Have a nice day!" as she left. What I wanted to say was, "You can rim me after a watery shart, you fucktard."

gothika_niobe, posting in customers_suck:
This is my first time posting, but I work as a busser/hostess/sometimes waitress at a local diner, and last night I was bussing until closing time.

Around 6 o'clock we had a pair of people come in who I really didn't see anything out of the ordinary with, save for the fact the woman's eyebrows were purple. They asked a few questions about lobster, and prices, and such things, and I answered with no problem and sat them right away at an empty booth. Their waitress turned out to be one of my cousins that works there, and she's a sweet girl, and they ended up ordering the twin lobster special to split, which comes with two one pound lobsters, and steamed clams. I wasn't really watching them, too focused on cleaning up and stuff, so I only noticed anything was wrong until their waitress, we'll call her M, came up front. and started telling me about them.

Apparently she had gone over to ask how everything was, and they told her that the lobster was really hard to eat, and proceeded to show her by taking a bite of the lobster claw... SHELL AND EVERYTHING.... Just... What.

Then they coughed bits of shell all over M and asked why it was so hard to eat! She explained you aren't supposed to eat the shell and then M came up to tell me about it. She had given them our little lobster kit with the shell cracker and scooper and stuff and an illustrated guide on how to eat lobster, and they had the guide sitting out right there but they were still doing it!

We almost thought they were going to skip out on their bill, but they came up to pay and when I asked how everything was, the woman mumbled at me that it was okay but "The lobster was really hard to eat..." I just said "Oh, I'm sorry about that!", got her the change and they left relatively quick after that. It was just so... strange.

poor_huni, posting in customers_suck:

Dear customer,

Thankyou very much for coming into our fast food chain. No really. We have a lot of competition. However, next time please - and I say this with all sincerity, dear GOD - do NOT EVER put your hands down your trousers, 're-arrange/grope' yourself. Twice. Oh yes. Twice. And then give me money with that hand. I served you and scurried off to SCRUB my hands after that. You ordered special food, so I knew I had time.

Your faithful till-monkey.
Me.

P.S Try to order all your food at once, plzkaythanx, the fact I had to do a further transaction with you (Cue: MORE SCRUBBING!) just really made me feel all dirty on the inside. Although it is nice to have an extra excuse to wash my hands - I'd really rather not have THAT reason.

P.P.S I'm not sure what illnesses you can get from things in your undercarriage area - but I sincerely hope you get them after then eating the food I served you with your dirtied up hands. Personal hygiene should not be that much of an issue. Keep your hands away from your fun zone if you cannot wash them.

secondalto, posting in customers_suck:
First post, long time lurker.

I was just at my local grocery store and needed to go to the local bank branch that was there before doing my shopping. So I'm standing in line, waiting patiently. (It's the day before a holiday, they were understandably busy). This guy is behind me and he starts making a call on his cell phone. I don't know who he was calling but he needed to give them his social security number. Way to go. Good thing I don't have photographic memory or am evil, I could have used it to do bad things. But that's not the suck. I get called up and hand over my ID and make a bit of small chat with the teller. While I'm waiting, the guy is called up, still on his cell. The teller asks him (twice) if he has an account with them. And then twice to see his ID. I'm finishing up my transaction when she asks him for his SSN and he points to his phone! She did give him a piece of paper to write it on, but still!. If your phone call is that important, you could have made it before getting in line for the bank. Especially if it's a call where you're giving out personal information.

glassrenata, posting in customers_suck:
Background: I'm a rock star coffee artist. My boyfriend is black, I'm white.

I nearly punched a rude male customer. D:<

Me: Hi there, what can I get for you to drink today? -smilesmile-
Customer: I'll have a (insert drink, blah blah.)
Me: Sure thing! Your total is $x.xx, I'll go over to the bar and make it for you!
(Boyfriend wanders in.)
Boyfriend: Hi sweetheart, I brought you lunch!
Customer:-whispering- Is he your significant other?
Me: Yes, he is.
Customer: But he's black.
Me: Yes, he is.
Customer: You're white.
Me: Is that so? I hadn't noticed!
Customer: Stupid N***** lover.
(My boyfriend and coworkers are stared at the customer in horror, for a moment. Manager storms out of the drive through area and glares daggers at this man, and sends me to the back of the store with my boyfriend.)

D: Sadness!

natashi, posting in customers_suck:

20/girl cashier/art store aka retail.

Ok, I have a lip ring, it's small and cute. And I knew getting it would get stares, giggles and questions. But, all that matters is I like it and my managers don't care. :D

The normal questions I get are "Where did you get it done?", "How do you eat with that?" and "Did it hurt?" whatever, right? Keep in mind, I am shy and I blush when I'm embarrassed.

Onto the annoyances. This guy met me before and saw my lip ring like 3 days ago, asked me those questions and etc. This was him today:

Me: *beam* :D
Him: 60 year old man. ;D

Me: Hi! [greet, etc, scan]
Him: *sees lip ring* So...
Me: *blink*
Him: .. How do you kiss with that? Hm?
Me: ... Uh.. *blush*
Him: I mean, it shouldn't get in way, right?
Me: T_T *nervous laugh*
Him: So tell me.
Me: Your total is $x.xx..*bagging items*
Him: I'm sure it doesn't bother you, right?
[lather, rinse, bath, rinse, and repeat SIX times. He wouldn't let it go!! so finally I got upset. ]
Him: So -how- do you kiss with that?
Me: *glare* Why don't you ask my boyfriend?
Him: *shuts up* Well, now.
Me: Have a good day.

And yet, another and crazy ass man. Right after that guy.

Me: help. ;-;
CM = crazy man.

Me: [greets normally]
Him: *spots lip ring* So! Tell me how you work that!
Me: I'm sorry? ^^; *thinking oh God shut up.*
Him: *leans foreward in a kissing motion*
Me: ... O_o ... *backs away* Framing is around the corner. [he had a framing ticket. ]

EW. And I mean ew. Like why do people think they have a right to DISTURB a total stranger? I mean, joking, ok, but leave me the hell alone.

moinkers, posting in baaaaabyanimals:
More pictures of my kittens, Dante (white w/ orange tail) and Pickles (tabby)!

( Under the cut... )

Yes, I know I take waaaaay too many pictures of them...

bizzlefout, posting in customers_suck:
recap: customer service at that behemoth swedish furniture store, we'll call it PSYCHEA. more specifically, i spend most of my time in the free daycare service that we offer, where children can play for one hour for free while their parents shop, provided that her children are a) full potty-trained [no pull-ups, no diapers], b) within the height requirements [37-54 inches tall] and are wearing socks [which is a state law].

yesterday was a bad day.




to the man later that night, thank you. your son managed to poop his pants because he was playing in the ball pit and was too busy having fun to realize that he needed to go, and we understand that. accidents happen, even if the kids are supposed to be completely potty-trained. you had no problem that he had to leave early and was very generous in thanking us for being understanding about it.

honestly, we were pretty relieved, because we like when the ball pit needs to be cleaned out and we don't have to deal with watching kids continuously break rules to play in that stupid thing.

even though two accidents in one day is pretty rare for us, they were really similar and showed the difference between a customer suck and a customer praise.

gamagatchi, posting in customers_suck:
Dear Sir,

Please to not be attempting to hand me Christian pamplets while I'm attempting to hand you your drink. Yes, I understand that you may have spotted Mjolnir around my neck, and I know you prolly' have NO IDEA what it even is, and I can see how what tattoos you CAN see right now may cause you some sort of concern where there should not be any, but when I do not accept said pamplet out of my store manager telling me to never accept any sort of religious material due to some sort of bizarre policy, please do not get rude with me. When you try to THROW it at me and I calmly smile and tell you that while I appreciate what you're doing, but I would rather you saved the paper and gave it to someone else, somewhere else, please do not yell at me, loudly demand your change, and proceed to fill the tip jar at the window with your reading materials.

My store manager threw all of it out. Corporate rules. Way to waste trees, sir.

No love,

The Barista from Drive-Through.

fragile_faith, posting in customers_suck:

teller monkey/IRA manager/loan officer in training/office goddess at a small credit union.

what is with the "silent transactions"?

you know, where they walk in, you say your hello spiel, and it is pretty much silent from that point on until you say "have a good day!" and they leave.

the people that walk in, don't respond when i say "hi, how are you?", hand me a deposit, stare at me while i process it, then walk out.

I R NOT ATM. PLS TO BE SPEAKING KTHX.

 

lookslikelolita, posting in customers_suck:
Background: I am sales associate at a Protestant bookstore. This post was inspired by gimmealyfeQuickie post.

These are some of the funny, annoying or just odd questions I get at my store. Items in () are thoughts.

General


Other religions


Other stores


Radio for Life

yui_hime, posting in customers_suck:
Protip: If you're racist and don't like Asian people, then maybe you shouldn't be shopping at an Asian food store.

I had fun explaining to the Filipino meat counter guy that the insult you used is supposed to be for Chinese people. He speaks English just fine, by the way.

littlewitch34, posting in customers_suck:
I'm in your shoe store, selling you stylish shoes at affordable prices.

 Dear parents,

Please do not let your little girls run around and try on every pair high heels in the women's shoe section. I just cleaned up that section. Those shoes are not their size. You will not be buying them, as I see you shopping for sneakers. Your daughters will not be buying the heels either.

Please don't let them run around in stilettos, then leave said stilettos on the floor.

Thanks,

littlewitch

sharpiesgal, posting in fanfic100:
Title: Guilty Pleasures 10
Fandom: CSI: Miami
Character: Horatio Caine
Prompt: 64 Fall
Word Count: 122
Summary: Horatio surprises a co-worker.
Disclaimer: I don't own the character nor am I making any money off of this story.
Author's Notes: For e_delko

( Guilty Pleasures )

sams1ra, posting in supernaturalfic:

Title: Picking Up Where We Left Off
Disclaimer: This is Kripke's sandbox, I just like playing with his toys ;)
Rating: R, for language and violence.
Category: Gen.
Pairings: None.
Characters: Dean, Sam, John, OCs, other canon characters.
Spoilers: For all episodes aired in the US. This story is mostly AU for season 3, but some characters and events will be mentioned.

Comments: Are what feeds my muse ;)

A/N: Much love and cookies to the awesomeness that is my beta tru_faith_lost . All remaining mistakes are mine.
Son of A/N: This chapter? Kicked my @$$. It really did. But it ended up being pretty long, so I've cut it. Next part should be up as soon as it gets back from my beta. Oh, and happy Fourth of July!

Summary:  Twenty five years ago, a demon killed Mary Winchester and tainted her son. Six years ago, someone drugged and abducted Dean Winchester. Nine months ago, one of a yellow eyed demon's tainted kids killed Sam Winchester. A few days later, the gates to hell opened, and all hell broke loose. And now, everything's picking up where it left off....

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