Shop Talk
Best thing you ever got away with
here's mine. I used to be a customer service rep for a landline company (I won't say which one, all I'll say is they've had some enron-type legal issues in the past while). anyway, this guy is on the line, tearing me a new one about how long it'll take to move his service (up to 3 week timeframe for his state), blathering on and on, and I've just about had it. Now, I know my supervisor is live-monitoring this call, as I keep hearing him laugh at some of the outlandish stuff the guy's saying, finally, he blurts out "If I was George Bush, you wouldn't tell me it would take 3 weeks!"
Having had enough of this guy's bs over the past 45 minutes, and rea...
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I use this line once in a while: "Would you like me to lie to you?"
My favorite: "Do you have any questions about any of our products or services?"
Things I've said to reps over the phone:
I asked a Tracfone rep if their company is in the Stone Age.
I had this Punjab mofo call me 'bro.' I suffered through this idiot Ganges f*uck for thirty minutes, with him calling me bro every other minute. He was the most ignorant sh!t I've ever spoken to; he didn't even understand the concept of an upgrade. Finally;
"OK bro, we've got that programmed, are you ready for the lock code, bro?"
"Listen to me. Unless my Dad fooled around, you are NOT my...
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LOOK AT MY DOT WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!!"
xIsamuTM said:
LOOK AT MY DOT WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!!"
::Tackles xIsamuTM::
Oh my god! I thought that dot on your forehead was from a snipers rifle!
When he returned the phones i simply said, "they are going to shut you off just like the first one did, and when that happens don't come back to me, because i'm not selling to you again, and wasting time and money!"
Once, years ago, when I worked at a 1hr Photo Lab, a mistake that was easy to fix was made on a customer's order. Something like doubles were supposed to be printed and she got single prints. I waited on her, and she went absolutely BALLISTIC!
After letting her rant for about 10 minutes, and trying to apologize and get the issue fixed ASAP, I had had enough.
I looked her straight in the eye and said "I am SO SORRY that an error was made. Tell ya what - the person who was responsible shall be taken out back IMMEDIATELY and SHOT! Will that help?"
She realized that she was being ridiculous and she shut up. Even laughed and apologized.
The second thing was...
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Pacifiers are argued to be unnecessary and have been viewed (by some) as unhealthy ways for children to learn to cope. Sure children need some kind of comfort when they are stressed or upset; however, it is the role of the parent(s) to teach their child(ren) the methods of dealing with these problems without the aide of a plastic sucker. I was weened from my pacifier when I could talk, which happened to be when I was eight months old. By the time I was a year old I was speaking in full sentences and ...
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Like those kids on Maury Povich that are all eating cheeseburgers and milkshakes and they are like 2 years old. The worst one is that one black woman who has been on Maury like 15 times for her 4 year old boy who weighs in at nearly 250 lbs and has drunk root beer out of his bottle since he was 8 or 9 months old. Parentslike that need to be KILLED. Sterilization and taking their children from them is not enough, these people arekilling their children and think the rest of the world is crazy for judging them, but NO two year old kid should weigh almost as much as Rosie O'Donnell.
OMFG those things are so freaking creepy!
I had planned to raise my daughter w/o a pacifier. I even yelled at the nurse in the hospital for giving her one. After getting her home I noticed she'd just play with the bottle rather than actually drink it, she needed something to please her need to suck. Many (not all) children do, I've learned. Her father and I have decided we'll take the pacifier away at 1 year (in a few months) or when her teeth break through, which ever is first. Since her father and I are not together she goes between our apartments (half a week a time at each) it is the only thing that is constant at both places. It's her only security thing (every kid has a security thing) so we've already started trying t...
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Working at Best Buy a customer walks up and drops 2 prepaid phones on the counter and doesn't say anything. I ask her "Do you want to purchase those?" to which she replies "No, I'm just putting them up her for show."
It's been a long day, I worked 10 hours and I'm aggrevated and just want to go home already (this happens 15 minutes after the store closed). I, knowing I'm aggrevated, decided to not say anything throughout the remainder of the conversation other that what absolutely neccessary to avoid flying off the handle.
When it comes time to pay she just throws her credit card on the counter.
At the end of the transaction I hand her the bag with the reciept inside and she looks at me and says "...
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customer throws stuff on counter
I look at stuff on counter, then go back to what I was doing
customer: "HELLOOOOOOOO"
me: "hello"
customer points at stuff on counter
I point at stuff on counter
customer moves the stuff closer to me sarcastically
I say "oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were deaf and mute"
customer grunts
I say "and a caveman"
customer points at stuff again
I say "I don't understand pointing, what would you like me to do with these products?"
customer gets angry that I'm tre...
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UNfortunately, nobody has gotten incredibly offended yet.
usually people walk in the store, and I walk up to them to greet them, you know the "hi, how are you; is there anything I can help you with today?". 9 out of 10 customers ignore me, so I walk away. Usually about 5 minutes later I hear "excuse me, I have a question?" I ignore them, then they ask again and I'm like "ohhhh, so now you agnoledge me, how convenient"
the 10th customer usually says "I'm just looking" then 5 minutes later I hear "how much is this?" that's when I say "oh, you're done looking now?" they say "yes" I say "are you sure about that?"
then there's the customers that walk in the store while I'm on the phone (usually with a customer service rep or something important like that) and they "wave" me over, you kno...
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ilikecheese said:
my co-workers always ask me how I get away with all this, it's easy; no one ever complains when a girl that's 9 months pregnant is rude to them.
I'm jealous. Wait, no I'm not.
Is there any way I can get away with stuff without having to worry about 10 cm?
Ewwwwww.
Another alternative is to have childbirth be a 10. If their pain is worse than that, then they deserve pain meds.
Something I'm glad I NEVER have to go through!
If a person thinks back, and feels that giving birth was a lot more painful than their leg that is currently broken, then they're fine.
If a person screams at me "THIS IS A LOT WORSE THAN GIVING BIRTH!" then perhaps they need some happy drugs.
But it funny to see little kids take an IV better than big burly construction worker.
I was in a reserch program once and i had to come in once a month and get an IV and i would watch the nurse and she was always supprised and ask if i was sure i wanted to watch. I told her every time that i wanted to make sure she was doing it right ;)
Vox Dei said:
I told her every time that i wanted to make sure she was doing it right ;)
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It doesn't really hurt. It's like getting stung by bee.
It's just better you than me!
my mom always says "if giving birth hurt that bad, everyone would be an only child"
me: "Did you have any questions?"
cust: "No. Does this work with my phone?"
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I ask have you installed the software onto the home PC yet? NO?
so 5 mins goes by, calls store.."How do I...?" did you install the disk with the user manual on it? No.
you try to tell people that all the info they need is in the manual and that there is even an 'explore' section in the online thing to get to elarn your new device. But do they want to sit and take the time to read it?
not only No but Hell NO đŋ
GRRRRRRR! damn, I mean come on already. I don't get paid for consultaions. RTFM already!
They probably asume your hormones are activing up because your pregnant...pregnant women are even more bit$hy than non pregnant women đŗ
now crying is a different story. there's been times where I cry and I really have no idea why
people could argue that all women are evil.
yes, it amuses me to be bitchy; because people don't know how to tell me to shut the hell up, so they LET me have my way, people need to grow backbones.
that's why you never see one pregnant lady bitching at another, because we'll say "shut up, no one cares" and really not care.
I want to actually know it so when I have kids I can work with them with it. I've read a lot about teaching young children sign language and how it helps them be calmer because they can communicate at an earlier age and be understood.
I was a department supervisor for Best Buy (Home Audio/ Home Theater) and I was a full timer in three departments (DI/PCHO/Home Theater.) During my three year stint with the company I was able to tell quite a few customers things in ways most people wouldn't get away with. I am 6'8" and have a very "commanding" stature. Usually my booming voice can be a bit "intimidating" to customers.
First - Working in Digital Imaging, it is my thrd or fourth month on the job. I am a sixteen year old kid who just got out of class for the day and had to work. First guy I talk to this particular day asks to buy a Digital 8 video recorder. After explainig everything to the gentleman, I proceed to ask the question, "Would you like to add the four ye...
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my favorite one was a little old man who called in. he was "price shopping" and i had had it, it was my 5th call of the month for the land rider bike, and i hadn't sold one, and it was a product i needed to increase my sales on.
"so sir, you would like to take a ride on our bikey bike biker bike?"
"what"
"our bikey bike biker bike"
"well, no, i was just looking at getting some information... for my grandkis, i wanted to see how much they are for 2 of them"
*I explain pricing
"so can we get you set up today sir?"
"well, no, i was just trying to get a ballpark fi...
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When I worked at dish:
(this was on a disconnect call, I was explaining the equipment return procedure)
customer: I'm not going to waste my time unhooking all this.
xIsamuTM: If you do not wish to return the eqiupment, we can send a truck to disassemble everything for 119.00, or if it is not returned you will get charged 199 per receiver and 75 for non returned LNBF.
customer: I'm not paying a cent, you can shove this dish up your a$$.
xIsamuTM: No, I cannot, It would not fit and attempting it would void your warrenty.
My fiance worked fast food for a time, was there getting food for myself and heard a rude customer over the drive thrue speaker. At the end of the order my fiance said Fu@k you very much, but said it quick enough I barely caught it and the customer started to ask what she said then just drove thrue.
This one was purely on accident I didnt mean to do it even if my co-workers dont beleive me. A rather busty woman showing off her... tracks of land approached. I proceeded to greet her breasts with pointing at each one asking if they needed any help. Then I looked up to her face and pointed there and asked if she needed any help. My 2 co-workers lost it laughing and she left embarresed, ...
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Wakkado said:
Same week, only 3 days later. My co-worker had a busty woman approach and when she got close he was going to greet her, first thing out of his mouth was "TITS... ummmm. any questions?" She didnt notice or ignored it well.
If that happened in front of me I would've fallen off my chair in laughter
What should've been "Hello, is there something I can help you out with?" because "Hhhuuhhh...."
I just turned around and walked away, there was no recovering from that.
KrazyJoe said:
What should've been "Hello, is there something I can help you out with?" because "Hhhuuhhh...."
*became
this is usually due in part to a 14 year old daughter, or just an idiot who would NOT listen to the rep telling them they need 1350 minutes, so they go with 450 instead...
i just want one of them to explain away how the calls got on there if THEY didn't make them, they try to make me believe the "system" is messed up, or cingular is just trying to rip them.
At my wits end, I gave her a calculator.
I told them to "Grab a crayon and write this down, I will tell you one more time"