Shop Talk

Ummmm... I got nothing. And I live here.


Anybody knows why NH rules?

- amish food. (drool)

- we know what chickens look like in real life

- i've probably seen my steak when i was driving before.

- steelers

- we also have real mexican food, because we have a lot of mexicans. that don't cook very well.

- free apples and corn if you walk through the field

- free apples if you know the right mexican (cause they pick the apples)

- never know what the weather is going to be (it's like a game)

- i don't know who my governer is, and neither does anyone else.

- steelers.

You know those sissy-ass "friendship" poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship:
1. When you are sad -- I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile -- I will know you finally got laid.
4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.
7. When you are sick -- Stay the hell away from me until you are well ag...
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anybody work for Prime. Since we are the largest agent i figured there might be a few of ya around...if so where, I'm commin from WNC

There are some questions I just know are going to be asked and I wish to go people would stop asking them, they're just stupid. I can always tell if somebody is probably going to ask one off the list...

"Is that Free?" This one is stupid for a couple of reasons. Either I just told them that it was free or it's a four hundred dollar phone that they want free.

"And that cannot be free?" This is a variation on the 'is that free' that is usually asked by the Snowflakes when the want a free Razor.

"Can you waive that?/And that cannont be waived?" The 'And that cannot...' is the Snowflake question, otherwise this is just annoying because I don't even have the power to do it.

"Can you transfer me?" This one only bothers me after I'v...
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The original order was placed in September. It's now April. You were mis-charged by fifty dollars (that's probably because you were supposed to fill out a mail-in-rebated, my guess anyways) and you didn't even START trying to get a refund until January. You don't know if the order was placed under your social or your business tax id, you don't know what name might have been on the order, and you don't even know what number you called when you placed the order?

Wait, why are you yelling at me because I can't find your order? You've given me almost no information. I appreciate that you can fax in you latest bill, that's not going to do a lot of good as I have no fax machine... Right, curse at me because my company is terrible and full ...
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I just have to vent and this seemed like a logical place to do it.

Has anyone worked with someone that is dumber than a bag of hammers?

I mean someone that is so dense that you can tell them things over and over and they just don't get it?

Someone that you can tell them exactly what to say when they are calling support for something and they will f**king repeat it back wrong to the person on the phone after you just told them?

Yet, this same worthless piece of crap knows everything about everything when it comes to sports teams. I mean he knows all the players stats and who's the coach of what, etc., etc. If the f**khead spent as much time learning his job as he did learning that useless crap I wouldn't have to do everything fo...
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Is it just me, or did someone leave the gates to the insane asylum unlocked today?

We had a lady CHANGE HER OIL in our parking lot.... she asked if we had any paper towels 😳.

I had a guy who spoke perfect english to one of my associates, but spoke in grunts and nods with me (and I didn't insult him or anything).

There were a bunch of other crazies that came in too... is this just us? What asylum closed today?

I think he just stopped at my kiosk. A guy comes up asking how much it is for a prepaid phone, I start telling him that we have two different pre pay options and so it depends on which you'd like... blah blah blah... he says "Just how much for the phones" So I tell him again well it depends on which plan you get but pretty much its $$$ for this one $$$ for this one and $$ for this one on this plan only. He looks kind of excited so then I have to also tell him that there is a $35. activation fee with that phone on that plan. He scoffs, and then laughs as he is walking away.

I now understand the Plook Meister and his foul attitude toward the world. This guy had severe burn scars over his whole face. He's just trying to compensate for all t...
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OK, my parents live in BFE (off Lake Superior in Northern MN) They have VZW cause that is the only company that actually gets service in town but they live outside of town and don't get service at their home. My aunt had told them they could get a tower / antenna thing from Verizon attached to their roof. This isn't true (at least according to anyone I've talked to) They have Motorola v60c phones. I'm going up there in a few weeks with better phones on VZW service and seeing if those work at all but I kind of doubt just cause of where they live. They aren't worried about voiding their warranty with boosters or anything like that, they have had the phones for almost a year.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of anything that actually works... w...
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I work indirect, but i had a questions for anyone else that does. We have been out of stock on all of our phones for the past 2 1/2 weeks. Is this a t mobile issue or my indirect company's issue? We seriously have 7 phones in, 2 of which arent even carried by t mobile, they are just unlocked gsm phones we are selling. Any feedback would be appreciated greatly.

Ferrari

... You've ever made in a week?

Most of us make commission in one form or another. So what's the best we've managed to get from selling?



In 2004, when Christmas fell on a Saturday, I worked every day prior, as many hours as I could. I netted $1760 before tazes.

PRODUCT WARNINGS
Dumb and Funny Warning Labels On Products


Liquid Plummer
Warning: Do not reuse the bottle to store beverages.(but i thought reusing was a good thing to do!)

Windex
Do not spray in eyes. (are you sure? i could have sworn that the purpose of window cleaner was to clean you eyes...)

Bowl Fresh
Safe to use around pets and children, although it is not recommended that either be permitted to drink from toilet. (aw, damn it, i'm a failure as a parent)

Toilet Plunger
Caution: Do not use near power lines.(what precisely would you use it for near power lines)

Dremel Electric Rotary Tool
This product not intended for use as a dental drill.(whoops! and u just know that someone actually did that)

Arm & Hammer Sc...
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Why are people so @#*%ing lazy? The mall our store is in is pretty small. It's basically one long hallway with a food court off on one branch and a few anchor stores between the other small branches. This is not the $*&%ing Mall of America here, this is a small town mall. I have yet to figure out why these lazy bastages cannot simply walk the length of a city block or two and check out where everything is. I cannot figure out how they all can walk past the huge map fixture with the big "DIRECTORY" sign over it. I really cannot figure out how my store's sign in any way shape or form resembles "Guest Services", "Customer Service", or anything remotely mall related. I generally politely oblige these lazy f***s but it still bugs the $^%* ...
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Customer: I need to replace a phone I lost.
Me: Ok, well the cheapest phone we have is about $200, and that's this model.
Customer: Hmm, I don't really like that. Is there anything else you have?
Me: This one is about $250.
Customer: Alright, well. Hmm, what other phones do you have?
Me: Well, was there a specific feature you're looking for?
Customer: No, I just want to see all of them.

**ten phones later**

Customer: Do you have the RAZR? It's really thin, and I like that.

Seriously,
all I've gotten is
"where's the bathroom?"
It's way too nice outside to be in here.
I wonder how many smoke breaks i can sneak in before they get angry with me.

Ok so I just got in to work and my first customer had to be an angry one. Her razr which she got back in January is freezing and every once in a while the screen informs her that there is no SIM card. I take the back off and sure enough the SIM looks to be from 1984 (exaggeration) It says Voicestream on it. I smile and tell her not to worry that she just needs a new SIM card and the biatch laughs at me. She says no these phones got recalled. I told her I was aware and asked when she got hers. She said January. I told her the recall was for phones bought in February. She immedietly told me she got it in February. She got it in January. I looked it up. I smiled as nicely as I could and told her that I have been doing this for a long...
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So this lady calls in and she verfies everything. So as I'm pulling up the info, it goes a lil' somethin like this.....

Lady: Yeah. So you should have an MDA on backorder for me. I just got a call from you guys saying there was an update.

Me: Well, ma'am, let me just pull that up and I'll be happy to help.

Lady: Alright.

Me: Well, I've got some good news. I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.....I'm just kidding. We have your phone in stock.


It was so awesome. I started to say "I've got some good news" and the rest just kind of came out. She laughed, so it was ok. I'm gonna have to do it again sometime.

Well I assumed he was talking about our Bigpink prepaid since he said it was pre-paid and he said he has just purchased it by calling us like ten minutes ago. I assumed it was Bigpink since I said "thank you for calling Bigpink insertmarketingspiel my name is Niki..." when he called.

Then he asked about activating and said "So I just take it into the Cingular dealer to get it set up?"

"The Cingular Dealer?"

"Yeah, it's a Cingular Phone."

"This is Bigpink."

"Oh." Click.

What?

I cannot believe the trouble people have when asked to change there password from the last for of their ssn I mean its not like I'm asking them to do long division or know their multiplication table or something hard like that. I just had a guy leave the store who threatened to leave our carrier because our system asked him to change his password I couldn't believe it.