wow, you must be one of the total douchebags she is referring to!
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..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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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 .
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.
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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.
thanks, actually the job that I enjoyed the most was working in a pub 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.
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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."
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."
Fuck those guys. With those types of people, it doesn't matter if you just lifted a car off of them and magically healed their broken arm. They'll look at you and get pissed that you scratched their car in the process. Then you drop the car back on them and shut em up.
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"
haha. quote of the day.
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every other annoying customer is quite easy to handle but there's this one guy.. he's not Finnish so we speak English. but every week or so he comes in and asks for I Am Legend, the movie with Will Smith. right, it's not on DVD yet (at least not here) and I don't know when it will be.
so I tell the guy this.
and he says "it's a good movie. I demand to see it."
I say "it's not on DVD yet so there's no way of us getting it at this point."
"it's a good movie. with Will Smith."
"I'm not saying it isn't. we just don't have it yet and I don't know when we will. let me check our website." I'll check the site and the film isn't on upcoming movies yet so it's impossible to know when we'll get it. "it's not on the site yet, I don't know how long it'll be.."
"ok, I'll come in a few weeks and I demand to see it."
"ok, you can do that but I really don't know when it's gonna be released."
:rolleyes:
"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."
In which case, I highly recommend the movie "Clerks", dir by Kevin Smith. To a lesser extent, "Clerks 2". Check it out if its in store stock. Enjoy!
alright. I'll get my DVD player working again and see into watching Clerks then.
"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."
THat is unfortunate that you put up with that. I have worked jobs in the past that many folks would point their nose up to because they were better but at the time it was what i had and could do.
Good for you for enjoying your work and being able to make ends meet. That is all that matters.
A lot of the folks at the video rental place i go to are nice and friendly and can usually offer advice on movies and don't mind doing that either.
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speaking of Clerks, the director Kevin Smith, along with other 90's directors like Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson ACTUALLY got into directing movies based on their experiences as video rental workers. They didn't go to film school or anything. Well, I think Anderson did but he dropped out.
So I'm sure these three guys are laughing their way to the bank now.
with that said, I hate when people judge others on their occupation. As a kid, i thought plumbers and trashmen have shitty jobs but i realize they make a pretty good living, especially plumbers. Just called a plumber to fix my sink and draining pipes, I paid the $200 for an hour of work. :eek:
"This job would be great, if it wasn't for the f***ing customers"
I'm in customer service also. You can't let them get to ya... When people start to get pissy with me, I just kill 'em with kindness...
"kill 'em with kindness" huh that's what every retail manager i had told me that. somehow i always find my way to get fired.
back to the rental subject. i went into th movie rental the other day. grabbed two movies because it was in my membership contract that i can grab two movies at time without extra cost. Anyways, I give the clerk my reciept of my membership. he gave me a "what the fuck" look and said, "what's this?" i replied "my membership" and he said "no, it's just a receipt. where's your card?"
then i had to sign up for a card too. the clerk was being a jackass though because he was the one who signed me up for the premium membership and didn't give me a store membership.
speaking of Clerks, the director Kevin Smith, along with other 90's directors like Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson ACTUALLY got into directing movies based on their experiences as video rental workers. They didn't go to film school or anything. Well, I think Anderson did but he dropped out.
So I'm sure these three guys are laughing their way to the bank now.
with that said, I hate when people judge others on their occupation. As a kid, i thought plumbers and trashmen have shitty jobs but i realize they make a pretty good living, especially plumbers. Just called a plumber to fix my sink and draining pipes, I paid the $200 for an hour of work. :eek:
every other annoying customer is quite easy to handle but there's this one guy.. he's not Finnish so we speak English. but every week or so he comes in and asks for I Am Legend, the movie with Will Smith. right, it's not on DVD yet (at least not here) and I don't know when it will be.
so I tell the guy this.
and he says "it's a good movie. I demand to see it."
I say "it's not on DVD yet so there's no way of us getting it at this point."
"it's a good movie. with Will Smith."
"I'm not saying it isn't. we just don't have it yet and I don't know when we will. let me check our website." I'll check the site and the film isn't on upcoming movies yet so it's impossible to know when we'll get it. "it's not on the site yet, I don't know how long it'll be.."
"ok, I'll come in a few weeks and I demand to see it."
"ok, you can do that but I really don't know when it's gonna be released."
:rolleyes:
Ha, that's retarded
Just kick him or something
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I am shocked and appalled that you think I would ever be capable of such brutality as kicking!! :eek:
I'd rather punch or slap him. would save me the trouble of walking around the counter.
"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."
I am shocked and appalled that you think I would ever be capable of such brutality as kicking!! :eek:
I'd rather punch or slap him. would save me the trouble of walking around the counter.
Just keep flicking rubber bands at him. It might not do much to help but it's always fun.
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Just keep flicking rubber bands at him. It might not do much to help but it's always fun.
hmm. that's an interesting idea.. but won't work as flicking rubber bands is something I just don't know how to do. I've tried but they always end up flicking my fingers and it's a pain I can't take! :eek:
"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."
hmm. that's an interesting idea.. but won't work as flicking rubber bands is something I just don't know how to do. I've tried but they always end up flicking my fingers and it's a pain I can't take! :eek:
I'll give you some lessons next time we meet.
I'm a master
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I am shocked and appalled that you think I would ever be capable of such brutality as kicking!! :eek:
I'd rather punch or slap him. would save me the trouble of walking around the counter.
I have learned never to underestimate people, however calm and composed they normally seem for all I know you could be a vigilante superhero by night
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
"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."
I have learned never to underestimate people, however calm and composed they normally seem for all I know you could be a vigilante superhero by night
calm and composed? have you met me?
superhero..!? ehh.. what gave you that idea, who've you been talking to.. heh heh.. *looks around nervously* (note to self: keep an eye on Jeremy1012) me, a superhero? you're out of your mind! har.. har.. *nervous giggle*
"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."
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wow, you must be one of the total douchebags she is referring to!
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just asking a question
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
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.
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What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
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.
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?
haha. quote of the day.
Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
Butthead: Huh huh.
sequel, not so much! all i remember was the ass-to-mouth joke.
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so I tell the guy this.
and he says "it's a good movie. I demand to see it."
I say "it's not on DVD yet so there's no way of us getting it at this point."
"it's a good movie. with Will Smith."
"I'm not saying it isn't. we just don't have it yet and I don't know when we will. let me check our website." I'll check the site and the film isn't on upcoming movies yet so it's impossible to know when we'll get it. "it's not on the site yet, I don't know how long it'll be.."
"ok, I'll come in a few weeks and I demand to see it."
"ok, you can do that but I really don't know when it's gonna be released."
:rolleyes:
alright. I'll get my DVD player working again and see into watching Clerks then.
Good for you for enjoying your work and being able to make ends meet. That is all that matters.
A lot of the folks at the video rental place i go to are nice and friendly and can usually offer advice on movies and don't mind doing that either.
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"This job would be great, if it wasn't for the f***ing customers"
I'm in customer service also. You can't let them get to ya... When people start to get pissy with me, I just kill 'em with kindness...
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So I'm sure these three guys are laughing their way to the bank now.
with that said, I hate when people judge others on their occupation. As a kid, i thought plumbers and trashmen have shitty jobs but i realize they make a pretty good living, especially plumbers. Just called a plumber to fix my sink and draining pipes, I paid the $200 for an hour of work. :eek:
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"kill 'em with kindness" huh that's what every retail manager i had told me that. somehow i always find my way to get fired.
back to the rental subject. i went into th movie rental the other day. grabbed two movies because it was in my membership contract that i can grab two movies at time without extra cost. Anyways, I give the clerk my reciept of my membership. he gave me a "what the fuck" look and said, "what's this?" i replied "my membership" and he said "no, it's just a receipt. where's your card?"
then i had to sign up for a card too. the clerk was being a jackass though because he was the one who signed me up for the premium membership and didn't give me a store membership.
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kevin smith went to film school too..........
Just kick him or something
I am shocked and appalled that you think I would ever be capable of such brutality as kicking!! :eek:
I'd rather punch or slap him. would save me the trouble of walking around the counter.
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Just keep flicking rubber bands at him. It might not do much to help but it's always fun.
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hmm. that's an interesting idea.. but won't work as flicking rubber bands is something I just don't know how to do.
I'll give you some lessons next time we meet.
I'm a master
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Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
looking forward to it!!
calm and composed? have you met me?
superhero..!? ehh.. what gave you that idea, who've you been talking to.. heh heh.. *looks around nervously* (note to self: keep an eye on Jeremy1012) me, a superhero? you're out of your mind! har.. har.. *nervous giggle*
not sure