[QUOTE=dcalde78;32825635]if you want pepper that you would have at a dinner table then ask for black pepper
you can get white pepper as well
[editline]17th October 2011[/editline]
as for my story, I work at the most northerly Tesco store in the UK.
people here don't even know what 10 items or less means[/QUOTE]
Just out of curiosity, what is the most Northerly Tesco in the UK?
[QUOTE=dcalde78;32825635]if you want pepper that you would have at a dinner table then ask for black pepper
you can get white pepper as well[/QUOTE]
holy fuck
they give me black pepper
[QUOTE=SomeDumbShit;32825668]Just out of curiosity, what is the most Northerly Tesco in the UK?[/QUOTE]
Tesco Lerwick, in Shetland. We even have a facebook page, so people who want to listen to bullshit about the store (fuck knows why), can.
[editline]17th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;32825701]holy fuck
they give me black pepper[/QUOTE]
I don't know if there is a taste difference.
this is really important
They just get confused. As most people ask for salt and pepper or salt. Rarely just pepper.
I had a customer who tried on like 10 different outfits from my store and decided to only buy one set of clothing. She of course wanted me to get ALL 10 different outfits and check for sizes. Sure it wasn't bad, it was my job so I went to check and I spent about 3 minutes looking around. I told her we didn't have it and she was alright with that. She kept trying on different things asking me to bring different stuff.
Then she asks me to go and check again for sizes that I clearly told her we didn't have but I checked anyway. She was making ridiculous demands and questions on stuff that was pretty common sense. When she left we joked around with a couple of my other co-workers. When I went to clean up the fitting rooms, my god it was like a shitstorm. All the clothing were in the corners and on the doors and hangers. It was an absolute mess. I probably went over 15 minutes over the time I was supposed to clock out which I didn't mind, more $.
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;32825081]can someone that works at a subway answer something that i have never been able to grasP?
there's a particular subway that i go to in atlanta sometimes. when I ask for pepper on my sandwich they say "just pepper?" and when I say "just pepper" they say "just pepper?" and always make sure I want just that.
why?[/QUOTE]
Because generally it's "Salt and Pepper", not just Pepper.
They do the same thing if you ask for JUST Oil or JUST Vinegar because they're normally together.
I was in school when i got a Text.
[quote=THE MOTHERSHIP]tommy hilfiger is hiring 40 kids. after school go apply.[/quote]
So I go into the Woodbury Common Outlet Center, where the store is. It took me about 30 mins to find the store because I misread the map and thought I was where I wasn't (and the store numbering system is the worst I've ever seen). So I find the store, and there is a sign at a table of blank applications.
Now I have to wait for my mom gets home so she can fill it out for me so it can be read. (I have very bad handwriting).
[QUOTE=dcalde78;32825635]if you want pepper that you would have at a dinner table then ask for black pepper
you can get white pepper as well
[editline]17th October 2011[/editline]
as for my story, I work at the most northerly Tesco store in the UK.
people here don't even know what 10 items or less means[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of the time I took 20 odd items of booze in the 10 items or less cause you're brother said it was fine.
[QUOTE=GyroburnerV2;32831739]Reminds me of the time I took 20 odd items of booze in the 10 items or less cause you're brother said it was fine.[/QUOTE]
if it's people I know, then I don't care. or if they have a basket that isn't overflowing. it's when you get idiots with trolleys trying to go through that pisses me off
[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;32831380]I was in school when i got a Text.
So I go into the Woodbury Common Outlet Center, where the store is. It took me about 30 mins to find the store because I misread the map and thought I was where I wasn't (and the store numbering system is the worst I've ever seen). So I find the store, and there is a sign at a table of blank applications.
Now I have to wait for my mom gets home so she can fill it out for me so it can be read. (I have very bad handwriting).[/QUOTE]
...
write slowly.
Jeez.
How are you going to perform at a job if you can't even fill out the application without your mom
[editline]17th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=dcalde78;32832498]if it's people I know, then I don't care. or if they have a basket that isn't overflowing. it's when you get idiots with trolleys trying to go through that pisses me off[/QUOTE]
I never go through the <10 items lane if I have even 1 over 10.
I hate how the express lanes are longer to wait in than regular lanes
[QUOTE=Glitch360;32832666]I hate how the express lanes are longer to wait in than regular lanes[/QUOTE]
then you get people with 6 things coming to a proper till. happened to me tonight.
[editline]17th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;32832612]I never go through the <10 items lane if I have even 1 over 10.[/QUOTE]
I like customers like you.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;32832498]if it's people I know, then I don't care. or if they have a basket that isn't overflowing. it's when you get idiots with trolleys trying to go through that pisses me off[/QUOTE]
I had a small trolley and it was full. There were some pizzas and bags of doritos as well.
[QUOTE=Hana-San;32810598]
Cut my finger at work today and just realized it. I assume that it's from a plastic cheese box.[/QUOTE]
Story of my life bro.
Just yesterday, I was in the shower when I noticed a scab on my right wrist. I get the fucking things all the time! Blasted packaging!
[QUOTE=GyroburnerV2;32832962]I had a small trolley and it was full. There were some pizzas and bags of doritos as well.[/QUOTE]
I hate you forever
although it wasn't me serving you was it?
[QUOTE=dcalde78;32833190]I hate you forever
although it wasn't me serving you was it?[/QUOTE]
No it was John.
he won't have minded cause it's you. there's a kind of acceptance when you see someone you know coming to the till with too much, cause you get to see and talk to a friend at work.
I only did it cause it was him, I'm not some mong who can't count.
Fuck yeah. I was suppose to do boring, grueling shop and janitor work all day.
What did I get to do? Drive the company truck all over Houston. For the same pay, plus overtime. Can't argue with that.
We had an impromptu Balloon-a-palooza today at Party City. Some dumbfuck customer came in and decided to take like seven or eight latex balloons, blow all of them up with his mouth, and then leave. So, we had all of those balloons just laying on the floor behind the counter pretty much all day.
Later on in the evening, things started to slow down, and three of us were working the cash registers. Bored, we started to static cling them to each other, all the while helping customers with balloons stuck to our heads and shirts.
At one point, I had two balloons stuck to my hair and I was ringing up a family. They had a little girl, around 5 or 6, with them, and as I was scanning each item, she was staring quite intently at my head. Right as they're about to leave, she goes "Um, Miss? You have some balloons on your head."
I feigned surprise saying, "Oh! Woah! How did those get there?"
Her mom then turned to her and said "How do you think they're staying there, sweetie?"
The little girl thought for a bit before very confidently replying "Staples!"
Kids are the greatest.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;32832853]
I like customers like you.[/QUOTE]
I've always been courteous and nice to retail workers, because I know their jobs are shit. When I started working retail and realized just HOW shit they were I became even MORE courteous to fellow retail workers.
[editline]18th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;32833113]Story of my life bro.
Just yesterday, I was in the shower when I noticed a scab on my right wrist. I get the fucking things all the time! Blasted packaging![/QUOTE]
Once, after opening a Boost Mobile phone and setting it up for a customer (their boxes are the absolute fucking devil) I went to the bathroom like 3 hours later, looked at my arm/wrist area, and saw a red gash about maybe 2-3 inches long and a long streak of dried blood.
I was like 'wtf why didn't anyone point this out to me'
[editline]18th October 2011[/editline]
Also fuck me.
Just helped some guys at another radioshack near mine reset the store (basically move everything to different areas of the store and accomplish fuck all because upper management thinks "OH WELL IF WE MOVE THINGS AROUND A BIT CUSTOMERS WILL BUY MORE"
I was planning on staying till around 4-5am to help more, but I ended up leaving at 2:30ish because I made the mistake of drinking some Monster energy drinks and was crashing. Bone tired couldn't do anything else. Got lost on the way home on a trip that takes like 3 turns.
I get home and what happens? Bam. Wired. Cannot sleep. No longer tired.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;32376310]I think the general rule of thumb is that [B]customers are stupid[/B][/QUOTE]
i think customers are lazy too.
But overall very frikin stupid
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;32829827]Because generally it's "Salt and Pepper", not just Pepper.
They do the same thing if you ask for JUST Oil or JUST Vinegar because they're normally together.[/QUOTE]
Actually I've seen a lot of people get just oil though yeah you're right.
Depending on the Subway I go to they either ask or give me just pepper.
Foods just have too much salt anyways.
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;32832612]...
write slowly.
Jeez.
How are you going to perform at a job if you can't even fill out the application without your mom[/QUOTE]
Even then. You haven't seen my horrid handwriting. :v: Plus, I'd probably end up on sales or cashier. I mean, how much would I have to write by hand then?
[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;32865138]Even then. You haven't seen my horrid handwriting. :v: Plus, I'd probably end up on sales or cashier. I mean, how much would I have to write by hand then?[/QUOTE]
You'd be surprised
[QUOTE=sanderpoede;32841165]i think customers are lazy too.
But overall very frikin stupid[/QUOTE]At my liquor store, I had a lady come in at 10:45pm and ask if we sold milk and cabbage. Then getting really mad and threatening to report me to my manager when I told her we only sold alcohol.
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;32870570]You'd be surprised[/QUOTE]
:ohdear:
A few weeks ago, I was up on a ladder getting some decorations down from a ceiling grid. All of a sudden, this little girl, about 3 or 4, runs up to the ladder and starts shaking the fuck out of it. I drop everything I'm holding and CLING to the ladder for dear life.
The girl's mother FINALLY runs up and stops her, apologizing profusely for her daughter's behavior. I clamored down and was about to give the woman an ear-full, but she really was worried that I had gotten hurt, so I let it slide.
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