Random Fail: First World Problems

[guartz]

oh I got a story from awhile back;

I was working sales in CompUSA right when Tigerdirect bought them out and forced commission only pay on sales people. Easiest money I ever made. Anyway I digress; the place to hang out as a sales guy was in the PC parts section, since most items although low priced payed out 9% commission and was the busiest part of the store. (those 20 dollar USB cables added up) However that section was like a breeding ground for, to quote Dilbert, in-duh-viduals.

I think in a few short months of employment there, I literally have enough Fail material to write a novel. My anger however, is reserved for the special breed of consumer that through some regretful misunderstanding in their life, somehow assumed they are technically literate. Got a perfect example that somehow stuck in memory.

Cust: Hey, you work here?
MeNo I just enjoy dressing like an idiot) Yes sir, how can I help you?
Cust: I'm looking for a COM port.
Me: Okay, do you want a PCI or USB adapter?
Cust: No.
Me: Wut?
Cust: a COM port
Me: Oh do you have a laptop? (thinking he wants an expresscard adapter or something)
Cust: No
Me: I don't know what you are asking of me then.
Cust: COM port, you don't know what a COM port is?
Me: I guess not
Cust: This is a computer store, you work here?
Me: We established this at the beginning of our conversation
Cust: Nevermind, I'll find it myself
Me: Ok sir. (don't hurt yourself)


I'm still trying to figure out what he was looking for. It sure as hell wasn't in our store, he spent 2 hours looking.

[RKenshin]

Ran into a face I recognized from work in the city today, and without thinking my first reaction was to go "OH HAY! (NAME)!" as if he was just another co-worker. Then of course, immediately after it clicked to me that it was the CEO.... oops.

That was a tad awkward.

[Qeomash]

For those who don't know, 99.9% of household toilets have the same size for the water supply line on the bottom of the tank. And, 99% of household faucets have the same size for their supply lines.

Toilet supply lines are not the same size as faucet ones, and vice versa.

Do not complain to me that you got the wrong one, especially when I ring you up at the register and specifically ask, "Oh, you're hooking up a toilet?" "No, a sink." "Then this isn't the right one, you need a sink supply." "It's the right one, I measured it." "But it wont work, trust me." "Yes it will, just ring it up!"

An hour later, "You sold me the wrong one!"

[Coren]

I go the extra mile to just not even sell shit that i know won't work for people. Yeah I could make money off of them in the immediate future, but it's just not worth the headache they cause later when they come back and blame me for that shit.

[Kerberoz]

The trick is to just sell them $150 HDMI cables.

[Nephlite]

Shitty printer at work but it's on the first floor of the station and no one wants to walk upstairs because it's near the administration.

Booking is scanning my shit and making copies for packets. Clerk is a injured reserve who got put on desk work because she popped out her 5th baby and can't qualify for handgun without someone holding her back because she says the recoil is too much. Well she starts cussing in an unknown ghetto manner and I go to investigate because my reports on the query. She's bitching because the copies are coming out on 18x11 paper instead of normal stock. I sit there and help her out for a minute and made perfect copies. She gets back on and the same shit happens. I said "User error" and she snaps her fingers and neck at me and tries again. Happens a second and third time before I notice what's happening. The tray swap button is just above the big blue "Copy" button but her pristine fingernails that are about 3 inches long keep hitting the tray swap button. I try to tell her, however, she does the "I've been here longer than you, been doing this longer than you, fuck you white boy." routine. Decide to skip her and go to the admin office to run copies. Get chewed out by a Lieutenant because I haven't shaved in a week. Fuck grooming standards.

[Kuishen]

Allergies.

Fuck. Everything.

Tonight at work I went into a sneezing fit that lasted at least 20 sneezes, after the first few I started counting. Towards the end I was so fucking angry because I was completely incapacitated by the fit that I started throwing out expletives between each sneeze.

Just FUCK.

[Guitarman]

^My allergies are so bad this year, it's ridiculous. I've already had 1 cortizone shot from the doctor and it's worn off, so i have to go back. I hate going to the doctor's office so often but i'm in hell.

[Apelila]

Allergies.

Fuck. Everything.

Tonight at work I went into a sneezing fit that lasted at least 20 sneezes, after the first few I started counting. Towards the end I was so fucking angry because I was completely incapacitated by the fit that I started throwing out expletives between each sneeze.

Just FUCK.

Oh good, it's not just me. We can be misery buddies.

[BaneTheBrawler]

I have pretty bad allergies but, knock on wood, they haven't been acting up much this year. Probably has something to do with never going outside.

I've been there before, though. Shit sucks. I know that feel, bro.

[zoobernut]

My allergies are so bad this year I feel like I have had a cold solid for the last 4 months. Shit sucks. Fuck allergies. Local raw honey isn't helping this year and it usually alleviates some of the symptoms.

[Melena]

I suffer from horrible allergies, and have two cats that i've eventually adapted to. Wife still has to vacuum 2-3 times a week since they shed their body weight daily.

[Drex]

Get chewed out by a Lieutenant because I haven't shaved in a week. Fuck grooming standards.

I went 2 days without shaving once and my boss loudly asked who hired the hobo

[The Stig]

Everyone around me seems to be hooking up with someone or starting a family. I'm feeling broody. It almost feels like the entire universe is entirely held together by the fact I'm not cannot get in a relationship!

According to my MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) type, my ideal partner must not bore me easily. And there's distinct a lack of intelligent people around these days.

[Maaglin]

The HDMI cable I use to connect my laptop to my receiver is too short so I have to get up off the couch if I when I want to change what I'm streaming.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Wireless mouse.

[Jakson]

Everyone around me seems to be hooking up with someone or starting a family. I'm feeling broody. It almost feels like the entire universe is entirely held together by the fact I'm not cannot get in a relationship!

According to my MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) type, my ideal partner must not bore me easily. And there's distinct a lack of intelligent people around these days.

since when are intelligent people more entertaining than stupid?

Also, my ice cream keeps melting. FUCK

[The Stig]

Ah but stupid can't hold a conversation with me, and I find them .... well, stupid, really. It's not about entertainment in the long term, haha!

I'm onto one at the moment, trying to sway her away from "small talk" after adding her on facebook to see if she would send messages that are more meaningful than "how are you" or "how's your day been?". She was fine in the bar (we bonded over a mutual friend's party) so I need to test if it was fake interest or is there something to it.

Chances are she'll probably stop replying and I'll get bored/stop trying (hey if things were meant to be then she'd ask me more things). I'll see if she resists my offer for lunch/dinner lol

[Karbuncle]

Spent about 20-30 Minutes responding to a thread on the Official Forums. Wish12Oz made a comment about paying for Rosina's Account, And then streaming him making her not stupid over time.

Made the post about making it a Lifetime TV Movie titled "Elitenment" (Elitism/Elightenment)... Looked up Actors names, Casted Chris Farley as Spankwrustler even though he's dead, Made a movie synopsis... Hit reply and...

"This Thread has Been Locked".

Firstworldproblems at its finest.

[Aksannyi]

I'm craving chips so fucking badly, so so so so SO fucking badly, and I have absolutely no money until Friday.

Fuck.