Another day equals another day in the world of work and this week is a mix of actually happiness and annoyance - whats that your shocked, I'm not going to be complaining all the time, heaven forbid, but don't worry Jew-burgers I'm still the same angry, old-aged, middle class, racist youth. (Y)
Any who...
Happiness first, The 'Free Hugs' T-shirt is finally mine, thanks to the very awesome fellow employee (no names though he's a famous sheep), and if any of y'all see me in it, then a free hug could be yours... well either that or a little something extra if you are attractive. Ever the opportunist.
Now that's done with, time for the weekly piss take, which this time is beeping watches, now these watches have a settable beeper, unfortunately these are set at different times on all and/or all the watches are set to different times so one will go off, and then another and then suddenly you are surrounded in a cacophony of chirping watches and a headache of bleats that after awhile scratches at the mind. woo see that imagery. for those without imagination this pissed me off, not something to have a hangover near as it pierces any amount of painkillers. made worse of course by there being hundreds of the things its like being in a bird sanctuary and having no hunting licence.
The thing is, this isn't a petty irritation, as when these watches are manufactured they don't actually have the alarms set, for obvious reasons that it would A. drain the power and B. in this terror filled world, would a seemingly beeping and ticking box get through?
So once more it falls on dickish customers, usually teens as well - the ones who think it'll be funny to set the watches alarms to go off one minute after each other - if I didn't have to put up with it I'd have thought that is a very sneaky and clever way to be annoying, but its one of those funny when watching not suffering through.
For example on a icy day at my old school, a first year ran across the road slipped, landed on his side then slide for about 3seconds, crashing into the curb on the other side.... that's very funny, I nearly died laughing of course the kid wasn't... come to think of it neither were my friends.
Hmmm, maybe there is something wrong with me - Oh well.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Sticky, Tricky Customers
As I stated nearing the end of the previous blog (oh yeah plugging my own shit shamelessly) customers can be jolly annoying and frustrating, I'm sure many of you have worked in retail at some point in your lives and well you know certain people can - for lack of a better word - be a bunch of dicks. if it's not them not knowing what it is they want it is that they take every opportunity to either get in your way or ruin your day.
What I find particularly annoying is when pushing large (possibly heavy) objects around, yet no matter how hard or heavy they insist in remaining in the way. the thing is a large white trolley, piled high with clothing of numerous colours, how can you not see this? answer they can and they are arses. However ignorance is bliss to these people, they expect you to move out of their way, why? well because they are the customer and you are the employee who they can make hell for should they run to a manager because of their own idleness to notice the large trolley coming towards them.
These people are not the only one nor are they the only lucky people who receive my spite in this particular blog - there is a list of names and people piling up to Mitch and mourn about for your viewing pleasure - anyway back to the point, which is the next group of people who are either blind or stupid enough to get in my way and think I won't run over their darling little brats. That's right its couples with babies - again - this time though they refuse to move out of the way! speeding through crowds as if the pram is a battering ram? what is the point? what makes these types of people the worst ... subject breaker!!!
There are exceptions of course, couples who walk slowly through crowds trying not to run over peoples feet or cause harm, these people are fine its the other lot who... subjects returner!!!
...Barrel down a corridor two a breast and expect you to move, again why should I? your a parent congratulations! your seed works/you Va-J-J can bore a spawn *clap, clap* but don't think for a second you have right of way, be polite and sure you can pass but if you take liberties that's a separate issue. for example, during the Christmas fireworks in my home town I was on my way to a restaurant the place was packed with people watching the fireworks and moving through the crowds was tough and slow but pretty explosions kept me amused, then I saw a single mother slowly moving through the crowds tapping people and saying "excuse me please" and people were happy to move out of the way, even me someone who hates children i thought maybe I was wrong and not everyone with prams has a vendetta to get somewhere faster then... wait who's this? not two minutes after the first woman had passed another single mother with pram and three of her brood came racing between the crowd she was running over peoples feet and had a storm of anger hurled at her back which reasserted my opinion of these people... the fact the stupid trailer trash ran over my own foot was little biased.... I smacked the last child and called her a douse C***
...so I balanced it out, right?
What I find particularly annoying is when pushing large (possibly heavy) objects around, yet no matter how hard or heavy they insist in remaining in the way. the thing is a large white trolley, piled high with clothing of numerous colours, how can you not see this? answer they can and they are arses. However ignorance is bliss to these people, they expect you to move out of their way, why? well because they are the customer and you are the employee who they can make hell for should they run to a manager because of their own idleness to notice the large trolley coming towards them.
These people are not the only one nor are they the only lucky people who receive my spite in this particular blog - there is a list of names and people piling up to Mitch and mourn about for your viewing pleasure - anyway back to the point, which is the next group of people who are either blind or stupid enough to get in my way and think I won't run over their darling little brats. That's right its couples with babies - again - this time though they refuse to move out of the way! speeding through crowds as if the pram is a battering ram? what is the point? what makes these types of people the worst ... subject breaker!!!
There are exceptions of course, couples who walk slowly through crowds trying not to run over peoples feet or cause harm, these people are fine its the other lot who... subjects returner!!!
...Barrel down a corridor two a breast and expect you to move, again why should I? your a parent congratulations! your seed works/you Va-J-J can bore a spawn *clap, clap* but don't think for a second you have right of way, be polite and sure you can pass but if you take liberties that's a separate issue. for example, during the Christmas fireworks in my home town I was on my way to a restaurant the place was packed with people watching the fireworks and moving through the crowds was tough and slow but pretty explosions kept me amused, then I saw a single mother slowly moving through the crowds tapping people and saying "excuse me please" and people were happy to move out of the way, even me someone who hates children i thought maybe I was wrong and not everyone with prams has a vendetta to get somewhere faster then... wait who's this? not two minutes after the first woman had passed another single mother with pram and three of her brood came racing between the crowd she was running over peoples feet and had a storm of anger hurled at her back which reasserted my opinion of these people... the fact the stupid trailer trash ran over my own foot was little biased.... I smacked the last child and called her a douse C***
...so I balanced it out, right?
Monday, 9 January 2012
Bargin Hunting Barstools!
Now I don't mean to sound disrespectful or racist (I'll get to why in a minute) but why must human kind be so obsessed with bargains? I'm not a heavily ignorant or arrogant person - though there is often evidence to the contrary - But what is the point of buying a bunch of clothing or any consumable, then not paying attention to what price it has been run through as... then wait until the receipt has past the breach before kicking up a fuss about it? forcing the process to be re-done either with the 'offensive' items removed or put down to their reduced price, followed by said ignorant and annoying customer blaming you! I'm sorry that you are incompetent and retarded MR or Mrs. Thick as a baboons arse!
But I can't complain that much at these people as they provide the company and through extension they are paying me with their money, however what bothers me most is when these people - mostly non-white come in buy half the store ONLY, to then sell it on when they go back 'home'... these are the people who bother me most as they won't spend more then the reduced price as they themselves will sell it at the original price! Were it a charity it wouldn't bother me but its just when they are on there own, the ones who come over, buy, return home and sell!
On a side note as well - try and stop me if this seems racist but - the 'Freashies are the worst, the ones who cannot speak nor understand the language, or rather pretend that they don't as if you get into an argument with one they understand fully mostly though swearing back in broken English. I admittedly can barely speak any other language besides English -with even that being a struggle on occasion - but I've been to France, Spain, America and the west country (yes it's a different language) with going to Spain 11 years in a row, however in those 11 years I can still only say hello, get stuffed, and I'll have a pint of larger please. However I will still make an attempt and be as polite as possible about it. Unlike, these rude, dirty, dicks.
I understand that bargains are good and that getting the best price for your goods is always preferred, BUT, the best price isn't always the lowest possible price. Also to get said low price perhaps you should be nicer to the person who is serving you and they won;t be so clumsy and make mistakes, it's hard enough standing at the tills and dealing with the tat that comes and goes with out getting very rude customers dump a shed.
they will mostly want to serve and get ride of you as quickly as you do.
If it happens to be near their lunch and you smell of poppadoms, they might bullet through it even faster.
But I can't complain that much at these people as they provide the company and through extension they are paying me with their money, however what bothers me most is when these people - mostly non-white come in buy half the store ONLY, to then sell it on when they go back 'home'... these are the people who bother me most as they won't spend more then the reduced price as they themselves will sell it at the original price! Were it a charity it wouldn't bother me but its just when they are on there own, the ones who come over, buy, return home and sell!
On a side note as well - try and stop me if this seems racist but - the 'Freashies are the worst, the ones who cannot speak nor understand the language, or rather pretend that they don't as if you get into an argument with one they understand fully mostly though swearing back in broken English. I admittedly can barely speak any other language besides English -with even that being a struggle on occasion - but I've been to France, Spain, America and the west country (yes it's a different language) with going to Spain 11 years in a row, however in those 11 years I can still only say hello, get stuffed, and I'll have a pint of larger please. However I will still make an attempt and be as polite as possible about it. Unlike, these rude, dirty, dicks.
I understand that bargains are good and that getting the best price for your goods is always preferred, BUT, the best price isn't always the lowest possible price. Also to get said low price perhaps you should be nicer to the person who is serving you and they won;t be so clumsy and make mistakes, it's hard enough standing at the tills and dealing with the tat that comes and goes with out getting very rude customers dump a shed.
they will mostly want to serve and get ride of you as quickly as you do.
If it happens to be near their lunch and you smell of poppadoms, they might bullet through it even faster.
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Screaming chidren should be Gagged!
This is my first blog and I'm off to a swinging start clearly by starting it on a high note of bashing children... a sentence that could easily be misunderstood... an anti children post then would be a less suspect description, but I digress.
Not owning any children, or having any young siblings I am somewhat biased against little brats...I mean bundles of snot.... I mean kiddies. Regardless I do not see the point of carrying around a screaming child, I can't be the only one who hate this, nothing grates my sanity more then having to put up with a bellowing baby or young child whilst the parent does nothing.
We the poor non-parents of those snots must endure as we cannot do anything as it is not YOUR child and the parent will see this as an excuse for conflict and everything suddenly gets out of hand and cops are called and its very messy. Why bring them out if you know they are going to be trouble, parents of small children should ask themselves; would they like to be locked into a thing on wheels as strangers roll past , and you enter strange buildings that are hot, loud and crowded... No... then don't come into my bloody store then. I can't be too anti-parenting as there are some good parents in the world, the parents whose idea of getting their child to be quite was to shove a pair of socks down it's mouth properly aren't one of them (that is not an exaggeration, or faked). Working in a store however is one thing as they only there as long as the parents are and after awhile they disappear and it is true that not all children are little buggers when they come into the store, granted the majority are so fast asleep that a raging typhoon wouldn't wake them, but still at least they are being quiet.
Therefore the option is simple, either one parent stays at home and looks after the child, a baby sitter (either hired, neighbour, or older sibling) looks after them OR you feed them a lot of sugar before you leave the house so that they have a heavy sugar crash by the time they reach the shops.
OR I could invest in better Earplugs.
Not owning any children, or having any young siblings I am somewhat biased against little brats...I mean bundles of snot.... I mean kiddies. Regardless I do not see the point of carrying around a screaming child, I can't be the only one who hate this, nothing grates my sanity more then having to put up with a bellowing baby or young child whilst the parent does nothing.
We the poor non-parents of those snots must endure as we cannot do anything as it is not YOUR child and the parent will see this as an excuse for conflict and everything suddenly gets out of hand and cops are called and its very messy. Why bring them out if you know they are going to be trouble, parents of small children should ask themselves; would they like to be locked into a thing on wheels as strangers roll past , and you enter strange buildings that are hot, loud and crowded... No... then don't come into my bloody store then. I can't be too anti-parenting as there are some good parents in the world, the parents whose idea of getting their child to be quite was to shove a pair of socks down it's mouth properly aren't one of them (that is not an exaggeration, or faked). Working in a store however is one thing as they only there as long as the parents are and after awhile they disappear and it is true that not all children are little buggers when they come into the store, granted the majority are so fast asleep that a raging typhoon wouldn't wake them, but still at least they are being quiet.
Therefore the option is simple, either one parent stays at home and looks after the child, a baby sitter (either hired, neighbour, or older sibling) looks after them OR you feed them a lot of sugar before you leave the house so that they have a heavy sugar crash by the time they reach the shops.
OR I could invest in better Earplugs.
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