the fact that I work at a movie rental store..
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i hear ye girly - customers can just be cunts, simple as. After working in a dept. store for a few years, I'm now overly polite to everyone that serves me in shops, pubs etc... I figure one nice person a day could help ye get over the few arrogant people ye have to put up with! *hugs*0
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Emmi, it's because too many people think of others/themselves as the jobs they do, rather than the people they are.
I think I read somewhere recently...oh yeah, 'Into the Wild', Chris said careers are just a 20th century invention...something like thatI came, I saw, I concurred.....0 -
Most people suck.
Personally, I make a point of it to be extremely nice to everyone and hope that karma comes back around someday. This is about the only thing one can do if you're up to your neck in dickheads.
The best part of my day is when I'm on the road for work and I can tip an exorbinate amount to a waiter/waitress on the company card. I LOVE IT!!! I've tipped 100% before on large tickets and it makes my day.Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.0 -
I used to work at a video store and people would go nuts if we didn't have the movie in stock that they wanted to rent. I always figured if that was the worst thing that happened to them all day they were having a pretty good day. The way they treat you is a reflection of them and the way they feel about themselves - not about you. Let them move on out of the store and continue living with their miserable selves.There's a light when my baby's in my arms0
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Emmi,
Pay them no mind. You have a job and you're earning your living. That's all that matters. And that you are happy!
My dad's in a nursing home and I saw him yesterday. The nurse's aide asked me to push the wheelchair behind him while he helped my dad when he was walking on his walker.
So afterwards another aide told me thank you for doing that, some people say to her "that's not my job!" with an attitude. Some people just have a holier than thou attitude, Emmi. Like I said, pay them no mind. Don't let anyone steal your joy"...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
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Krisdababe wrote:
....it's the general public who are fucking morons, not the clerks....
Now now, that isn't always the case. I'll never forget when I was at a store looking for the Dave Matthews Band Live in Central Park DVD. I took a copy of the cd up to the counter and asked, very politely, "Excuse me do you have this on DVD?" The girl at the counter gave me a very puzzled "huh?" So I asked again "Do you have this show on DVD?" After a pause she replied "Uh, do you mean, like, uh, to watch it?" The freaking girl was in the electronic section and didn't know the difference between cd's and dvd's.
I worked at a video store in college and had a great time. I actually made good friends with some of the "upper class" folks who frequented the store, such as a doctor and a veterinarian. I'm not doubting people treat you like crap, since most people tend to be self-involved jackasses, but I had good experiences there.I love my female wife...
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Pearls&Stones wrote:Now now, that isn't always the case. I'll never forget when I was at a store looking for the Dave Matthews Band Live in Central Park DVD. I took a copy of the cd up to the counter and asked, very politely, "Excuse me do you have this on DVD?" The girl at the counter gave me a very puzzled "huh?" So I asked again "Do you have this show on DVD?" After a pause she replied "Uh, do you mean, like, uh, to watch it?" The freaking girl was in the electronic section and didn't know the difference between cd's and dvd's.
I worked at a video store in college and had a great time. I actually made good friends with some of the "upper class" folks who frequented the store, such as a doctor and a veterinarian. I'm not doubting people treat you like crap, since most people tend to be self-involved jackasses, but I had good experiences there.
Okay, ..so i generalized there a lil bit. There's usually at least one village idiot at every workplace....maybe you found the one in that store
I've moved across the country and haven't worked at the video store for 3 years and i still get christmas cards from some of the stores most frequent customers. It was a job that i had a seriouis love/hate relationship with.<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Krisdababe/?chartstyle=Krisdababe"><img src="http://imagegen.last.fm/Krisdababe/recenttracks/Krisdababe.gif" border="0" /></a>
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do you know, the longer I'm stuck in this fucking wank of a job... the more I envy people working in video stores, shops, pubs, etc
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dissidentman wrote:I hate to break it to ya, but people will give ya attitude no matter what your doing for work. The world is full of douchebags...If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?0
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how is the adults only section in your store ?0
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NY PJ1 wrote:how is the adults only section in your store ?If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?0
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NOCODE#1 wrote:wow you must have like no bills
wow, you must be one of the total douchebags she is referring to!2003 Mansfield III
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dunkman wrote:I went into a video shop once and said "can i rent Batman Forever please" and the guy said "no you can rent it for 48 hours like everyone else"I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
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eMMI wrote:..doesn't give you the right to assume I'm a failure as a human being or in any way "less" than you!! :mad:
not all customers treay me/us like something nasty they just found from the soles of their shoes but even one is one too many.
I actually like this job, I've said before it's not rocket science and it isn't. but it pays my bills and it's flexible enough so I can take days off without the boss frowning at me.
but some people that come in.. they just make me mad! the way some folks (mainly women, I must admit) look at me makes my blood boil. also, if I say hello, is it really that difficult to say something back?
ARGH!
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Heineken Helen wrote:do you know, the longer I'm stuck in this fucking wank of a job... the more I envy people working in video stores, shops, pubs, etc
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I don't know what your current job is, but I think you'd be good at those (video, shops, pubs etc.) because you seem very sociable and enjoy people.
eMMi - sorry about it! I get it too - I own a fitness center and get those condescending types who act like they're better because of what you do. Customers don't know anything about us outside of the work we do.R.i.p. Rigoberto Alpizar.
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JaneNY wrote:I don't know what your current job is, but I think you'd be good at those (video, shops, pubs etc.) because you seem very sociable and enjoy people.
I LOVED it. I love meeting people... I hate being stuck in an office where the only people I meet are colleagues and it has to be work talk.
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you0 -
NY PJ1 wrote:how is the adults only section in your store ?
nonexistent.
it's quite astounding how many guys come up to the counter and ask if we've got any porn. especially since our chain has NEVER had "adult films" and never will have.
thanks everyone for the replies.
I like my job and to be honest where there's one arsehole of a customer, there's always 20 nice ones. and as much as the jerks that come by irk me, I tend to be very very polite towards them.
I can't be brought down that easily."Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."0 -
NOCODE#1 wrote:wow you must have like no bills
wow.. and you've come to this conclusion how exactly?
I don't mean to start a fight but how the hell would you know how much money I make?"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."0
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