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GARFIELDKOOL · 01-11-2005, 01:50 PM

I was in Subway the other day, and soon as I entered, I was treated like the invisible man. The workers could have said, "I'll be right with you." They didn't even say that. When they did take my order, the girl sighed like she didn't want to serve me. I'm sure she didn't. About a week before that, I was in McDonald's. It was slow, and the workers were, "chillin."
When I walked in, I heard the girl mumbled, "All man, I got a customer!" Soon, more customers entered and she said, "I'm not going to be able to do sh-t." I don't know how any of these peple end up with jobs. Anyone ever got this vibe before?

Sterling Holobyte · 01-11-2005, 02:11 PM

Yeah, especially at Dairy Queen. Any Dairy Queen I've ever been to the people have always been rude. I think they train them to be that way or something.
I was going through the drive-through at one Dairy Queen, and the person greets me with "What do you want?" I'm serious, those were her actual words!
At another one, while handing me the food, the drive-through attendant says "Here!" Not "Thank You", or "have a nice day". Just, "Here!"
That's happened more than once.

MandieR1980 · 01-11-2005, 02:32 PM

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Mr. Stefani · 01-11-2005, 02:53 PM

working retail sucks. i'm always rude to the customers when im in a bad mood. 'm usually pretty decent though on most days, i sometimes even have conversations with them. i just cant stand the a-holes that are always in there complaining about something or asking a stupid question.

*MIBabe03* · 01-11-2005, 02:57 PM

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working retail sucks. i'm always rude to the customers when im in a bad mood. 'm usually pretty decent though on most days, i sometimes even have conversations with them. i just cant stand the a-holes that are always in there complaining about something or asking a stupid question.

Exactly! It's nice to know that I wasn't the only one who did things like that. I worked at a grocery store for 3 years, and god did it suck. Customers asked the dumbest questions. I had a customer ask me "where the peanut butter was?" Now this wouldn't be a dumb question, except for the fact it says Peanut Butter over the aisle. Moron!

Georgia's on my Mind · 01-11-2005, 03:18 PM

I worked in retail, so I know how the long hours and irritating customers can get to some people. There are some customers whom you have to be forceful with, but there is no excuse to be rude. I always try to be exceptionally nice and helpful when im working. There was this one woman who said she was going to email the company which I worked for and tell them how amazing of an employee I am, etc. It's a good feeling. But yeah, I think a lot of customers are rude to retail workers, and some people are just easier to irritate and have a low tolerance of people and so they take their anger out at the next customer or whatnot

GARFIELDKOOL · 01-11-2005, 03:28 PM

I used to work in retail too, but we were still trained to be nice to the customers. Some customers do get on a person's nerves, but you can't stoop so low, especially when they are, "right." I used to work in this chicken joint, and I got cursed out because I put his food in a to-go container instead of a dine-in plate and he wanted to eat-in.

*MIBabe03* · 01-11-2005, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

I used to work in retail too, but we were still trained to be nice to the customers. Some customers do get on a person's nerves, but you can't stoop so low, especially when they are, "right." I used to work in this chicken joint, and I got cursed out because I put his food in a to-go container instead of a dine-in plate and he wanted to eat-in.

A woman called me a Bitch once because I had to point out that a certain sale had already ended.

Chocoholic · 01-11-2005, 04:07 PM

I worked at a supermarket for over five years and dealing with the general public can be a living Hell. I was never rude to a customer just for being there in the first place though. I've come across some really rude retail workers, but I try telling myself they must be having a really bad day. People are so rude and insensitive.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 01-11-2005, 04:22 PM

Ive been working at Shaws since Oct. 2001 and I must say Im pretty polite to the customers, considering some of the jerks I get. Ive noticed though that since transferring from Plaistow to N.Conway, the people up here arent as friendly and are more quick to bitch and moan. Anyways.
Today I was on express (where Ive been since Christmas Eve

and some old lady gave me the check to print out since we can do that. I asked her exact amount and she said yes. Then I gave her the receipt and she asked where her $10 was. I said that she said she wanted exact amount and she was all.. 'Oh! I meant $10 back though'. Meangya Im not a friggan mindreader.

MandieR1980 · 01-11-2005, 05:47 PM

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A woman called me a Bitch once because I had to point out that a certain sale had already ended.

At my work (CVS) if a sale sign is still up for an item you have to give them that price whether the sale is over or not

dawsongirl · 01-11-2005, 05:55 PM

Yeah, just this weekend at Pearle Vision. We sat there for like 40 mins before someone asked us if so-and-so was still working on my mom's glasses.

Being ingnored makes me angry and that gives me an anxiety attack. I had to go walk around the mall.

dawsongirl · 01-11-2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sterling Holobyte

Yeah, especially at Dairy Queen. Any Dairy Queen I've ever been to the people have always been rude. I think they train them to be that way or something.
I was going through the drive-through at one Dairy Queen, and the person greets me with "What do you want?" I'm serious, those were her actual words!
At another one, while handing me the food, the drive-through attendant says "Here!" Not "Thank You", or "have a nice day". Just, "Here!"
That's happened more than once.

ha...you've been to our DQ, haven't you? There's this manager there, she is little Miss Personality...of a rock.

HuntingtonM15 · 01-11-2005, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

I was in Subway the other day, and soon as I entered, I was treated like the invisible man. The workers could have said, "I'll be right with you." They didn't even say that. When they did take my order, the girl sighed like she didn't want to serve me. I'm sure she didn't.

Wow, that sounds like the Subway here. You walk in, the woman looks at you, and then ignores you for a good five minutes. When she finally gets around to taking the order she rudely says, "What do you want?" She also has a mean look on her face the entire time. I stopped going to that one.

dawsongirl · 01-11-2005, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Desperate_Fan03

Exactly! It's nice to know that I wasn't the only one who did things like that. I worked at a grocery store for 3 years, and god did it suck. Customers asked the dumbest questions. I had a customer ask me "where the peanut butter was?" Now this wouldn't be a dumb question, except for the fact it says Peanut Butter over the aisle. Moron!

The building I work at has 2 floors. You can see that from the outside. So when I tell people to go upstairs, I've gotten to the point where I have to also say "2nd floor" because people kept asking "2nd floor?" Uh, yeah.

Also, we have a revolving automatic door. There's a button with a sign that says "Push Button to Slow." People push it to make it go faster, which in turn makes it go slower. And then they wonder why...

01-11-2005, 01:50 PM	#1
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Some people that work in retailing got bad attitudes I was in Subway the other day, and soon as I entered, I was treated like the invisible man. The workers could have said, "I'll be right with you." They didn't even say that. When they did take my order, the girl sighed like she didn't want to serve me. I'm sure she didn't. About a week before that, I was in McDonald's. It was slow, and the workers were, "chillin." When I walked in, I heard the girl mumbled, "All man, I got a customer!" Soon, more customers entered and she said, "I'm not going to be able to do sh-t." I don't know how any of these peple end up with jobs. Anyone ever got this vibe before?

01-11-2005, 02:11 PM	#2
Sterling Holobyte Harper House Senior Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,896	Yeah, especially at Dairy Queen. Any Dairy Queen I've ever been to the people have always been rude. I think they train them to be that way or something. I was going through the drive-through at one Dairy Queen, and the person greets me with "What do you want?" I'm serious, those were her actual words! At another one, while handing me the food, the drive-through attendant says "Here!" Not "Thank You", or "have a nice day". Just, "Here!" That's happened more than once.
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¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	Ive been working at Shaws since Oct. 2001 and I must say Im pretty polite to the customers, considering some of the jerks I get. Ive noticed though that since transferring from Plaistow to N.Conway, the people up here arent as friendly and are more quick to bitch and moan. Anyways. Today I was on express (where Ive been since Christmas Eve and some old lady gave me the check to print out since we can do that. I asked her exact amount and she said yes. Then I gave her the receipt and she asked where her $10 was. I said that she said she wanted exact amount and she was all.. 'Oh! I meant $10 back though'. Meangya Im not a friggan mindreader.
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01-11-2005, 02:53 PM	#4
Mr. Stefani Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jul 15, 2001 Posts: 20,757	working retail sucks. i'm always rude to the customers when im in a bad mood. 'm usually pretty decent though on most days, i sometimes even have conversations with them. i just cant stand the a-holes that are always in there complaining about something or asking a stupid question.

01-11-2005, 03:18 PM	#6
Georgia's on my Mind Senior Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Aug 19, 2001 Posts: 25,054	I worked in retail, so I know how the long hours and irritating customers can get to some people. There are some customers whom you have to be forceful with, but there is no excuse to be rude. I always try to be exceptionally nice and helpful when im working. There was this one woman who said she was going to email the company which I worked for and tell them how amazing of an employee I am, etc. It's a good feeling. But yeah, I think a lot of customers are rude to retail workers, and some people are just easier to irritate and have a low tolerance of people and so they take their anger out at the next customer or whatnot

01-11-2005, 03:28 PM	#7
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	I used to work in retail too, but we were still trained to be nice to the customers. Some customers do get on a person's nerves, but you can't stoop so low, especially when they are, "right." I used to work in this chicken joint, and I got cursed out because I put his food in a to-go container instead of a dine-in plate and he wanted to eat-in.

01-11-2005, 04:07 PM	#9
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I worked at a supermarket for over five years and dealing with the general public can be a living Hell. I was never rude to a customer just for being there in the first place though. I've come across some really rude retail workers, but I try telling myself they must be having a really bad day. People are so rude and insensitive.

01-11-2005, 05:55 PM	#12
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	Yeah, just this weekend at Pearle Vision. We sat there for like 40 mins before someone asked us if so-and-so was still working on my mom's glasses. Being ingnored makes me angry and that gives me an anxiety attack. I had to go walk around the mall.