Shop Talk
the short bus...
I've just had a useless day so far. I literally just had the short bus pull up in front of my store. The driver escorted 7 older special needs folks into my store. He walked over to my desk and conversation went something like this:
Not really a Custy: I can't deal with them anymore today. Can I leave them here for a while to look around while I take a break?
Me: No
Custy: Man, I just took all that time getting them in here
Me: I'm a cell phone store, not a babysitting service. What did you really expect me to do? I'm going to have to ask you to get everyone back on the bus, or at least outside. If any of my phones or accessories are broken, yourself or your charges will be responsible for the replacement cost. Tha...
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Not really a Custy: I can't deal with them anymore today. Can I leave them here for a while to look around while I take a break?
Me: No
Custy: Man, I just took all that time getting them in here
Me: I'm a cell phone store, not a babysitting service. What did you really expect me to do? I'm going to have to ask you to get everyone back on the bus, or at least outside. If any of my phones or accessories are broken, yourself or your charges will be responsible for the replacement cost. Tha...
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I used to work in a pharmacy and that would happen every wednesday, the bus from the local retirement home would drop them off then leave for like 2 hours. They have some good stories to tell if you are bored though. 🤣
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Seriously... thats funny.
I love when my store turns into a day care center for children. I had a mother activate service with two screaming little kids next to her. Since she was actually a customer, we didn't mind terribly, but we did have to plop down a demo enV with vcast on the counter to amuse them.
It was kind of awesome that you can get nickelodian (SP) on a cell phone to appease screaming children....
Still, after she got her line activated, she had to run home to get her drivers liscence. (something we already discussed with her, she knew all the numbers so we could run the app and everything with the understanding she would return with it). She did in fact go home and get her liscence... However she left the two little...
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I love when my store turns into a day care center for children. I had a mother activate service with two screaming little kids next to her. Since she was actually a customer, we didn't mind terribly, but we did have to plop down a demo enV with vcast on the counter to amuse them.
It was kind of awesome that you can get nickelodian (SP) on a cell phone to appease screaming children....
Still, after she got her line activated, she had to run home to get her drivers liscence. (something we already discussed with her, she knew all the numbers so we could run the app and everything with the understanding she would return with it). She did in fact go home and get her liscence... However she left the two little...
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😲 that is HYSTERICAL!!!!
I enjoy disabled people; my brother had DS (Downs Syndrome) but they are a handful if you can't supervise them.
I enjoy disabled people; my brother had DS (Downs Syndrome) but they are a handful if you can't supervise them.
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yea, thanks. true story; they have a very innocent view of life, and explaining (real world) logic to them is impossible, sadly. They trust EVERYONE until their heart is broken, then they trust no one.
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Had? You can't be cured of it. Unless you mean he's no longer among the living.
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well, some people think it's a disease...
I'd like to 'talk' 😈 to them.
He passed away in '97.
I'd like to 'talk' 😈 to them.
He passed away in '97.
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That is unbelievable, I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you... 🤣
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This is just like when the trainer brings out the newbies to sit with seasoned agents. "So I am going to bring the class out now and have them sit with your agents. Now I am going to leave the building and take a three hour lunch. I hope they don't drool on the equipment too much. 😕
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