Random Fail: First World Problems

**Acevalefor** · 2014-06-04 13:32

Originally Posted by NynJa

Honestly everyone should be forced to work a year of retail just so they can experience how shitty it is.

I agree except for those people who make the work environment a total nightmare for customers and co-workers. You know who I am talking about. Make them work alone at a sewage facility so they can deal with other people's shit instead of flinging their own.

**Acevalefor** · 2014-06-04 13:37

Originally Posted by Astylla

I know how to give great service but also know how not to be taken advantage of. I also learned how to tell people to fuck off without them realizing it..lol.

My Mother-in-law has been a manager at a major grocery chain for about 20 years. She has so many stories and is amazing at telling people to go fuck themselves with a smile on her face and them scratching their heads wondering what just happened. Many times they didn't even get to wonder what happened because they were too dumb to figure out what she said or did. It is because of her stories that I work hard to make retail clerks' jobs easier.

**Aksannyi** · 2014-06-04 16:45

I worked inbound customer service at a call center a long time ago, agreed that people are truly at their worst when dealing with any service employees. I always make it a point to be as nice as possible. I know from experience that the pleasant ones are few and far between.

Fail of the day: maintenance came in my apartment to fix a leak and left my door unlocked. NOT COOL. I called the leasing office to bring it to their attention and she said she'd address it, but dude, NOT COOL. They are so lucky nothing is missing because I would raise hell in the highest order if anything was.

**Cream Soda** · 2014-06-04 17:03

I've worked retail and it was pretty easy to deal with.

I just had the "I'm here for 6-8 hours regardless of what happens while I'm here. I get paid the same amount. I don't give a fuck" mindset. If someone was a tard, oh well. Someone yells? Not gonna make me do it any faster, etc.

**Brill Weave** · 2014-06-04 17:08

Originally Posted by Abandon

So among other things, I handle all Temporary on travel orders for my command. I'm responsible for the travel budget, and for training my members on creating vouchers and getting tickets for flights, and hotel rooms for whereever they'll be staying, as well as coordinating all of this on their Govt' CCs to ensure this is all paid for without dipping in their their personal accounts. That being said, a lot of work goes into this, and it's just a minor portion of what I do on a daily basis. Now, for all people in the region (Far East) that have my access, we have a guy that we go to when shit happens that we don't know how to handle. Well, this mother fucker left at the end of May, and his farewell email said zilch about a replacement. My Commander decides to email around to see if a replacement for him is in place, and what the contact info for said person would be. The response email was.... holy shit. Basically said "if your guy at your command can't figure it out, you need to send him to training, like everyone went through. You should contact the nearest senior Naval command to get this done." Not a huge problem, except on Okinawa, I belong to the Aviation guys, and we ARE the Senior command, as far as Patrol and Recon goes in this AOR. There is a more senior command, but since we don't fall under their complete authority (they're a surface command), the people they have that would NORMALLY assist someone in my situation doesn't have access to my accounts to assist with anything, and therefore AREN'T ALLOWED to help us. So myself and my Commander walk in this morning to that email which sets us both off, because the email basically goes on to say "if you can't get help at the next level, you're fucked" and left nothing in terms of actual contact information for getting situations resolved. Liquid lunch inc

Mother fucker learn to paragraph.

**Furionstormrage** · 2014-06-04 21:09

I agree with all of the statements about customer service. Thankfully 90% of my job is either operations or helping hand-picked customers that I enjoy working with.
And you're right, I've seen plenty of black people act less aggressive and had to close their accounts. Not one of them were able to do business with us again.
I did take joy in saying to her "now as you can see, I'm white, and I closed your accounts" as I handed her the bank checks for the funds she had. Sadly that joy was gone when the accounts were reopened, but that wasn't my decision to make.

**Abandon** · 2014-06-05 06:12

"Don't talk to me!"
"aight"
fast forward 4 days
"Why didn't you come see me on my birthday?"
....

**Airenn** · 2014-06-05 13:33

Hold on. Hold up. That's some junior shit right there. I'm going to guess 24 and under. If that's the case, it's a little excusable but still you're 30 gtfo. If she's older than that then gtfo anyway because she's insane.

I should never FB/BG/Reddit when I wake up. I am one angry sonofabitch.

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2014-06-05 16:52

no, that's the appropriate response to teenage bullshit.

**Airenn** · 2014-06-05 16:57

Shit, at this age, I just want to be alone on my birthdays...

**Anoat** · 2014-06-05 17:03

Watched Pain & Gain last night. Was actually a really good movie. The fail part is when it got to the scene where they enter the strip club, I immediately recognized one of the dancers as Nikki Benz. Starting to think maybe I watch too much porn if I can recognize porn stars outside of porn.

**Cream Soda** · 2014-06-05 19:01

Participated in a study today for $35 at USF; come out 2 hrs later and about $300 worth of shit is gone off my bike. (rim set + expensive tires); currently sitting here w/o a way home

**Airenn** · 2014-06-05 19:09

Jesus christ CS.

**Abandon** · 2014-06-05 19:21

Originally Posted by Airenn

Hold on. Hold up. That's some junior shit right there. I'm going to guess 24 and under. If that's the case, it's a little excusable but still you're 30 gtfo. If she's older than that then gtfo anyway because she's insane.

I should never FB/BG/Reddit when I wake up. I am one angry sonofabitch.

she's 30. lol

**dejet** · 2014-06-05 20:20

Cs make a reality TV show. Shit would do well.

**Laugana** · 2014-06-06 11:21

I hope there's some cameras in the area that recorded the theft.

**Aksannyi** · 2014-06-06 11:23

I don't think there are any in that area. Downtown St. Pete is a shithole, even around the USFSP campus.

That totally sucks CS, you can't win for losing can you.

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2014-06-06 12:49

good lord CS

**Astylla** · 2014-06-06 13:29

Originally Posted by Aksannyi

I don't think there are any in that area. Downtown St. Pete is a shithole, even around the USFSP campus.

That totally sucks CS, you can't win for losing can you.

Ugh all of this..fuck Florida.

But seriously this pisses me the fuck off. I can't stand the fact this shit keeps happening regardless of the effort you put forth in life. You seriously deserve a break more than anyone else I know.
I hope karma catches up to these fucknuts.

**Ksandra** · 2014-06-06 13:55

My son has gotten all of 10 minutes of sleep so far today (should have had at least an hour by now). My daughter insists on being AS FUCKING LOUD AS POSSIBLE, no matter what room.

He likes to sleep on my bed so I got him all comfy, and she kept jumping on the bed. Tried putting him in the baby swing, she kept running up to it and shaking it. Put him in her crib (he has a co-sleeper attached to my bed), she has a nervous breakdown over it. FML just let the kid sleep lol.

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