Shop Talk
Drunk customers?
So perhaps this happens only to my store, because we just so happen to be located in Redneckville, USA, but do you guys ever see drunk customers?
I just had a guy in here, who REEKED of booze. He was VERY talkative (although quite friendly, which is good when you consider the drunkness) and managed to tell me the same story about his broken shoulder FOUR TIMES before he left. One of my leads actually called my phone so it would ring while i was talking him out the door, simply so i'd have an excuse to get the hell away.
I'm just curious, do you guys ever get blatantly drunk customers in your stores?
I just had a guy in here, who REEKED of booze. He was VERY talkative (although quite friendly, which is good when you consider the drunkness) and managed to tell me the same story about his broken shoulder FOUR TIMES before he left. One of my leads actually called my phone so it would ring while i was talking him out the door, simply so i'd have an excuse to get the hell away.
I'm just curious, do you guys ever get blatantly drunk customers in your stores?
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I once had a customer walk in with the bottle in his hand. He offered me a drink, then asked me out. 🙄 Needless to say, we escorted him out pretty quick.
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Hahahahaha... that reminds me of the parking job I had... we directed traffic in a dirt parking lot at an amusement park and I had a guy offer me a beer on his way into the park. I said I wasn't able to drink on the clock so he said something to the tune of "There's a six pack in the back of my truck right there, get one on your break." I was 17 at the time too.
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hehe, nope, I was 17 and the supervisor at the time... plus I've never liked beer, if it had been like a pina colada, I'd have been all over it.
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Yes, I think the story needs more of a plot. And a donkey. A drunk donkey who falls in love with a fence post. Ooh, and can there be a high speed chase at some point? Maybe dueling pirates too? That would be super. 🙄
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Yeah, i had a guy who was drunk off mouth wash. He also peed his pants and crapped on my rug. I guess he also passed out in the bathroom
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Sometimes, chronic alcoholics, (not just your every day alcoholic) will drink anything with a substantial amount of alcohol in it. Such as mouth wash, cough syrup, shampoo, hand sanitizer, and hair spray. It's the craziest thing to imagine but it absolutely blows your mind when you watch someone actually do it.
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"..shampoo, hand sanitizer, and hair spray. It's the craziest thing to imagine but it absolutely blows your mind when you watch someone actually do it."
omg, i cannot believe that... shampoo?? hair spray?? that is nuts
omg, i cannot believe that... shampoo?? hair spray?? that is nuts
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We get them over the phone ALL THE TIME. I took a sup call where she was totally smashed and belligerent and finally I just hung up...
But the last drunken person I talked to was a doll... he said right off the bat. "I've had a few drinks tonight." and I said "Fair enough, long as you don't drive." He was so mellow and laid back, we had a good old time... and he promised he wasn't going to leave his house, just chilling on his back porch with an ocean view in Florida where it was something like 70 degrees out. (I wouldn't leave my house either.) One of my favorite calls of all times.
But the last drunken person I talked to was a doll... he said right off the bat. "I've had a few drinks tonight." and I said "Fair enough, long as you don't drive." He was so mellow and laid back, we had a good old time... and he promised he wasn't going to leave his house, just chilling on his back porch with an ocean view in Florida where it was something like 70 degrees out. (I wouldn't leave my house either.) One of my favorite calls of all times.
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i love calls from drunken customers, being in sales and all. they're so easy to talk into taking a phone. "Come on, you got 30 days to send it back if you don't like it when you're sober!" 😉
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and the funny thing is that its not only callers or custies that are drunk i work with anolder lady thats always sauced
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mrs. terry dude when i was training her on the project she can to pick up her check all drunk and her excuse for having the day off was had to take a pet to the vet
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yeah i know who youre talking about but i still didnt belive till she came up to me smelling of vodka and slurring that was kinda funny 🤣
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it is i cant come to work all drunk i would get a call from a custie thats a ahole and me lose my job telling him off.. nah ill wait till afterwork to drink
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meh ive come in still drunk form the night before that was kinda interesting 😎
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yea ive done that and i vomited here at work and its the worse feeling...
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There's one guy that I've seen 4 times in the last two weeks. He's always so drunk that he can barely stand up. The last time he was here, he fell asleep in one of the chairs while he was waiting (about 2 minutes). Every time he comes in, he talks about his brother who, depending on the visit, is dead, sick, or in perfect health on the other side of the country. His brother was great with cell phones and hooked him up with a cell phone a few years ago that would last for 6 months without charging the battery. You just throw it in your glove box, and the thing stays on and charged. Talk on it as much as you want. These new phones suck in comparison because you have to charge them once every three days. Oh, he tries to help me with my ...
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I think one of my biggest pet peeves with customers are the annoyed ones, who, since they are annoyed, suddenly know everything about everything. Then a potential NEW customer comes in, or even an existing customer who's having an issue, and these ANNOYING customers proceed to take over doing my job, telling the customer I'm trying to help "what's wrong with *carrier* is..." or "oh yeah! my phone did that! all you gotta do is..."
Drives me nuts. If you can do my job so well then why aren't you getting my paycheck?!
Drives me nuts. If you can do my job so well then why aren't you getting my paycheck?!
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my cust was planning on drinking his bottle of 6 dollar vodka at home but getting insurance on an account after 30 days(sprint) takes a lil while, needless to say i have his empty bottle in our backroom lol.
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what is this 6 dollar vodka you speak of? where can one purchase such an item!? Lucky Americans and their cheap booze!
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It's called vodka that tastes like rubbing alcohol and isn't far from it. Cheap liquor is rarely good liquor.
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I've never tasted vodka that doesnt taste like rubbing alcohol. I don't really like the taste of any alcohol, it's the after-effects I'm interested in.
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Look for 5 o'clock or Popov vodka. They're both SUPER CHEAP (I'm talking $15 for a handle) and while they're disgusting if you drink 'em straight, if you mix them you can hardly tell the difference (although there really is nothing quite like Grey Goose...)
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Skol.
McCormick.
There are ton of under $10 brands of Vodka.
They taste like piss.
Grey Goose and Belvedere are the best though.
McCormick.
There are ton of under $10 brands of Vodka.
They taste like piss.
Grey Goose and Belvedere are the best though.
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I think I've seen Grey Goose, but these other ones? I doubt that the LCBO will have them.
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StarryNight said:
So perhaps this happens only to my store, because we just so happen to be located in Redneckville, USA, but do you guys ever see drunk customers?
I just had a guy in here, who REEKED of booze. He was VERY talkative (although quite friendly, which is good when you consider the drunkness) and managed to tell me the same story about his broken shoulder FOUR TIMES before he left. One of my leads actually called my phone so it would ring while i was talking him out the door, simply so i'd have an excuse to get the hell away.
I'm just curious, do you guys ever get blatantly drunk customers in your stores?
When I used to work at Starbucks I had a drunk guy in at 11 am who offered me a sip...
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I did too. For 6 years!
I have to give them credit though, as far as giant evil corporations go they are one of the least evil. (and they hve better training available than any other company I have worked for)
I have to give them credit though, as far as giant evil corporations go they are one of the least evil. (and they hve better training available than any other company I have worked for)
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we had a drunk indian pass out on a bench in the mall once. he eventually slipped off the bench, taking the cushions with him. i literally did a double take when i walked by him. they had to call the paramedics and take him out on a stretcher.
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Oh hell yea! Country bumpkins love the sauce. I activated a line @ 10am on a friday and dude was allready at least a 40oz in to it... He smelled like the floor of a tavern...
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I work at a store thats in the middle of a busy downtown type of city. We don't have inline parking so my store is only a sidewalk away from the street.
Theres a handful of bars in the area and I get people from time to time that wander in with a nice little buzz. I haven't had a bad experience with one yet.
Theres a handful of bars in the area and I get people from time to time that wander in with a nice little buzz. I haven't had a bad experience with one yet.
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Here's a good one:
I used to work at a big fancy hotel in their banquet department. Every year the VT Department of Liquor Control would have a HUGE banquet with an absolutely gi-normous bar. I'm talking every type of liquor you can imagine. And the funniest part was, that while these were the very same folks who would bust us for over-serving a guest, we weren't allowed to cut them off!!
Long story short, I guess they have a token guy that always gets WAYYYY too hammered, and he ended up passed out naked in the garden in front of the hotel, after he had run up and down the halls knocking on doors trying to find his room.
Now THAT is classy.
I used to work at a big fancy hotel in their banquet department. Every year the VT Department of Liquor Control would have a HUGE banquet with an absolutely gi-normous bar. I'm talking every type of liquor you can imagine. And the funniest part was, that while these were the very same folks who would bust us for over-serving a guest, we weren't allowed to cut them off!!
Long story short, I guess they have a token guy that always gets WAYYYY too hammered, and he ended up passed out naked in the garden in front of the hotel, after he had run up and down the halls knocking on doors trying to find his room.
Now THAT is classy.
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haha...well in this neighborhood, we dont get drunk people, we get stoned people...because we are directly in front of the "ghetto", we get a lot of people whos "business" needs a prepaid phone and they come in quite often smelling like pot...lol 😛
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I work in VERMONT. There's nothing to do up here but smoke pot!
Don't even get me started on stoned customers...hahahah 🤣
Don't even get me started on stoned customers...hahahah 🤣
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hahaha yea the only thing to do in my town is smoke or drink....theres 4 colleges here...what do people expect?! lol 😉
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