[Sniper[MI]]

Okay, as you may know I work for a chain type Office Supply store as an Outside Sales Rep. Well every year round Christmas time, I am dragged into the store to work the floor.

I can fully appreciate there are computer illiterate people, and those who are really just learning; I’m more than willing to help. I can also appreciate that money does not fall from the sky and you may not have pockets full of it, I can understand, you did happen to see where I work, right? Yup, I aint rolling in cash either.

That being said, you people are nuts! (Not my friends here, but the typical slack jawed, sloping forehead shopper)

First of all, it is just a few days before Christmas, we and everyone else have had giant sales and good prices all shopping season. We and everyone else have had a better than expected season.

We are out of some things, really. And I don't care how loud you whine, or how much money you make or who just bought one at the store near their house last week. We are out of them. Yes we did stock up this year, yes I do expect you to believe we sold 40 of them in a week, and no I don't care if you do want to drive all the way to Green Bay (60 miles) and get it from our stores there. Guess what, they are out of them too.

I told you we can order them but it won't arrive till after Christmas. No I cannot wave my friggin wand and make the distribution center drop everything to send out your friggin printer, nor can I make UPS get it here overnight. It is not my fault you are a last minute shopper and cannot get what you want. Green Bay is that way...

No I will not cobble together the camera, memory card and printer you want and sell it to you for the same package price as the one in the ad. No I will not give you a price break because you are buying all 3 and THINKING of buying a computer here next year.

Next time you tell me you are gonna "B itc h Slap" me if I tell you one more thing is out of stock, you will find out that a Yooper is entirely capable of showing you exactly what a Texas sized can of whoop Azz is, and how it is to be used. The only reason threats like that wont find you floating face down in the river is I do not want to go to prison and be butt sexed by a big guy, and it is detrimental to getting into heaven I am told.

You bought the friggin printer, yet you never bothered to see how much the ink costs? Or you never bothered to see what model cartridges it takes or even what model it is? If you tell me you don't even know who makes it, I just may faint. But I'll just wave my wand, figure it out and sell you the cartridges for half price cause you work hard for your money. Yes I said that cartridge is 29.99 and the color is 35.99, you got peanut butter in your ears or somethin? I don’t give a good f**k what you paid for the printer.

Also, we have a pool going for the worst pronunciation of brand names, Lexmark is clearly in the lead, with "Limmix" and "Lixsmash" And by the way, you got to the top of the heap for correcting me when you said Lixsmash and I said Lexmark 2 sentences later, then you corrected me, "No-no, it's Lixmash." Idiot.

It is called soap, and deodorant is not a substitute for your weekly shower. Some shampoo and toothpaste might be nice too. It is a good thing you don't have to talk to yourself either as your breath could drop a vulture off a gut pile.

Who dresses you people? Oh and the mullet is dead, get a haircut from somewhere other than Cost Cutters, though I am sure they are doing what you tell them to do and laughing at you just as hard as we do when you leave.

I am not impressed that you know how to swear every third word. It is called etiquette and decorum.

I never would have guessed you could get your shoes on, let alone use a computer, but you are right, we sold you the computer and shame on us for not realizing this meant we owe you a lifetime of free tech support or in home service and how dare us for not dropping everything, setting up your computer in the store and fixing the crap you downloaded while surfing for porn, er, I mean the stuff that downloaded itself magically. And frankly the thought of you sitting nude in front of your computer doing God knows what makes me ill.

I don’t care what you want to do with the web cam, but you could come up with a better lie than the one you are using and in your case the cheap one with the lousy resolution is a better choice for you as it cuts down on the strokes on the other end of the line.

No I don’t smoke, but thanks for the pack of cigs I did manage to breathe in while you talked to me for a minute.

Just had to vent, but true as life we will be here tomorrow so you can return the 60 dollar printer you bought today, and lie to my face and to my managers face that I told you it would work just like a photo printer and print pictures right from your camera.

Feliz Navidad!

[Dale]

Sniper, I'm not sure if I should agree with you or laugh my butt off!

That's too funny!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I do empathize with you. The general public can be a bunch of day school drop-out idjets.

I hated working for the "I know it all" "you are here to serve me" and "I pay your salary" attitude and it sounds like the same happens from all walks of life and from all areas.

Just think, the Xmas season is almost over and you can go back to your regular 'out of their faces' job.

Hang in there Sniper....remember.....they are the fools...not you.

I often think that if people are that insulting, insensitive, demanding, beligerant, insolent, stupid, etc. to you they must have a one very miserable life all together and that makes them even more of a loser.

As they leave the store, lowly whisper in a tone still heard, "Have a nice day....and may you walk into a swarm of killer bees" and when they turn around wanting you to say it again, "Have a nice day....may you have a warm holiday."

[jerry]

those same people work somewhere. I run into them in the factories working industrial equipment sales. yup, sometimes they treat their business the same as they cobble that computer system together, then wonder why the line can't meet production.

BTW, people think we sales people are lower than lawyers. huh.

[alan c.]

I can relate. HOME DEPOT.
Hey Sniper do all your customers speak english?
These **** illegals end up ruining my good mood just about everyday.
Thank goodness I am off for vacation.

[Oxford]

Sniper...My 8 yr old granddaughter, who likes to read G&G threads with me, and I are ROFLMAO over your statement:

"...That being said, you people are nuts! Not my friends here, but the typical slack jawed, sloping forehead shopper..."

I had fun trying to explain exactly what was meant by your statement. We had visions of monkeys and cavemen with flat skulls dragging their mates around on the rocks grumbling and groaning.

Also, I passed on your description to a friend of mine who is also in sales work. Guess there's two sides to every story.

Ox

[Doglips]

Sniper ROFLMAO I see it from a customers point.....and the people around me this year will run you over to get to the snicker's bar......seem to think that the casheir is the CEO of Wal-Mart and should be able to fix all the worlds problems.....and I just love it when I get behind the people at 7-11 buying lottery tickets....who seem to beconducting some kinda of world class bussiness takeover and refinceign the national debt level of transaction.

[Sniper[MI]]

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Originally posted by alan c. I can relate. HOME DEPOT. Hey Sniper do all your customers speak english? These **** illegals end up ruining my good mood just about everyday. Thank goodness I am off for vacation.

Waay up North here at the edge of Yooperland, there are a few who do not speak English, but very few and far in between. We do have plenty of asian, Indian and russian/baltic states people come into the store, and one Phillipino girl that works for us.

I end up being the interpriter or the one who deals with most of those who have a small grasp on our language. I guess cause I am from the big city (Milwaukee) and have much more experience with foreign people I can understand them better and take more time to listen than my co workers do.

We have a huge paper pulp company that gets about 3 ships a month bringing in from, and taking products overseas. I love when the Russian/Baltic sailors come in and buy like it is free! I am one of the few that understands them easily and doesnt have some second grade type attitude towards "those" types of people. A few of them ask for me now when they are in port! It is kinda cool selling something to someone you know will be in Lithuania or Russia within a month or two. (besides, we are not at war with Russia and one of their countrymen designed one of the best military arms ever, right AK, oop, NRA Joe?)

I am also one of the few in the store that doesnt look at foreign nationals like they have no nose when they come into the store...

I love small town life, but am always taken back by some of the small town mentality here. These people here have no reason to feel like someone in a town that is overrun by illegals does, yet the mindset of hate and distrust is rampant here.

[Lord Shrike]

!!!! Sniper I haven't seen a rant like that since we were working together at the Village. There aren't any bell towers in that little hamlet of yours is there?

[dhermesc]

Sniper:

I have to laugh when I see you getting around to the part that all this takes place in a smaller town. Small towns are great, but there are a lot of people that should know better running around with some very small minds.

Doglips:

..seem to think that the casheir is the CEO of Wal-Mart and should be able to fix all the worlds problems... If I hear one more fat cow in sweats tell the cashier to "I forgot something, will YOU please call back for someone to bring it up?" while the rest of the line lets out a collective groan, people are going to get first hand experience in what "Going Postal" means.

[Sniper[MI]]

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Originally posted by Lord Shrike !!!! Sniper I haven't seen a rant like that since we were working together at the Village. There aren't any bell towers in that little hamlet of yours is there?

I got a few of em scoped out!!! You got the shells and the popcorn? Oh and the broadway show tunes?

[oneastrix]

Too funny......I used to be a manager at the now defunct Builders Square.....before that I worked at the now eefunct Miller's Outpost clothing store......I know the feeling. 'Course, I often wonder why it is that both retail stores I worked for went out of business?!?!?!?!

[Rave]

Having been on both sides of the counter I can agree,people can be the most stupid,unreasonable,boneheads possible,but it it's people on both sides of the counter.
This years as I listen to both I realize the complaints are changing,it's now more "Dam,they raised the prices again!"
This year the public ibeing ripped off as never before,the mega-gouging has reached major proportions and people are seeing it,I have wandered off while fronting the merchandise when I hear that complaint because I know they are right,I see the prices and goofy sales commercials and I know more and more of them do too.
I guess the answer is if you don't like it ,don't buy it,you can do without it.And also I tell my boss when he complains,"How come we are out of this?" I tell him,"If we don't have it we can't put it out,if we can't put it out we can't sell it,we are out,we are always out whenit is on sale and "some one" doesn't order enough,guess we didn't want to have to eat it if it doesn't sell.
Personally I think the gouging has reached the point where we should stop and think,do we really want or need that,no,let 'em eat it.
I guess the next thing would be massive unemployment,because of decreasing demand and sales,because the folks at the top will never loose any profits with out a fight.
Oh well,let's not dwell on it as we can't do much about it any way.
'Tis the season,Ho,Ho,Ho!
I wish all a happy new year and hope all goes well for all of us and ours.

[alan c.]

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Originally posted by alan c. I can relate. HOME DEPOT. Hey Sniper do all your customers speak english? These **** illegals end up ruining my good mood just about everyday. Thank goodness I am off for vacation.

To be more specific. some of my customers look down on and talk down to me because I work retail. They will look you right in the eye and ask Speaka Spanish. No I don't and with a disgusted and hateful look they ask why. WHY because I was born and raised in this country. Houston is being over run. I am glad you are able to sympathize with them. I DON"T.
Anyway thanks for your comments.
Don't get me wrong I am not talking about Foreign Nationals just Mexican illegals.

[Rufus Rhastus J]

The greedy corperate types care not! They will just raise the price to get thier blood money. It is sad we, will not boycott one item at a time until the price is right. Gasoline, for my tires, is getting outragous! I see today, $1.47 for reg. Grrrrrrrrr! Tis' the season to rip off the ..............! Oh well, like you say, can't do anything about it. Might as well press on and buy only that which you must have, provided, of course, you have the money. if not, there's always hand outs and charity from local churchs. Life sucks when you're at the bottom of the food/money chain!:nod: