This one's for you, Rebecca, to whom I am still planning on sending a superspecialsomething, but got a bit sidetracked by life.
I do not work in retail, so this post is a little bit misleading but I had my own retail misadventure today and I had to share. Because it is Wednesday. If I could share with you half the things that happen in first grade on a daily basis, you would die laughing/gasp in horror/both, and sadly, it would not be viewed kindly by those who pay my bills... so, in order to stay gainfully employed, I shall regale you with other tales.
The scene: Large, nice chain supermarket.
The characters: Me, 17 yr old (my guess) deli boy, store manager
Me, to Deli Boy (DB): Can I please have a price list for party trays?
DB: Uh, can you explain that?
Me: You know, like a list of prices for ordering a deli tray for a party.
DB: You want to buy some paper trays?
Me: No... you know when you have a party and..
DB (interrupting, with a knowing wink): Yeahhhhhhhhh
Me (ignoring, it's 9:30pm and pouring rain, I want to go home): ... and you want a deli tray for your guests? Like.. a tray of lunchmeats and rolls?
DB: Yeah.... we don't sell that.
Me: No.... it's not something you sell. (Knowing full well they do party trays) It's a list of prices. How much it costs to order a tray of lunchmeats and rolls for a party. You know, like if you're ordering a tray for 15 people it costs this much. If you're ordering for 25 people, it costs this much...
DB: Yeah... um... we really don't sell that. But let me go ask someone.
(Me, waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and wanting to walk away but he finally returns and hands me a book).
DB: This is all we have. (It's a book on counting calories).
Me: No. Um... (trying to think of how else to explain)
DB: Let me get my manager. (walks away. Returns with older man.)
DB to Manager: This lady wants to know how many people to serve at her party.
Manager (looking at me like I'm an idiot): Well, how many people did you invite?
Me: Nevermind.
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Mr. Nice Spy
2 weeks ago
14 comments:
ROFL. Sad thing is, you're not the only one to have this happen. For me, the woman was in her thirties. Now the teen I could understand. I don't remember party trays at those parties. But a thirty year old?
Lol, I totally agree, Stina, but he works in the deli dept! :)
OMG, I totally had this experience in Home Depot recently! Apparently, no one ever thought of doing a wall in cork board and I was a complete idiot. Should I send them a picture of the finished wall?
I worked in retail for years and it sucked. There were a lot of people like your deli guy I had to work with. Not only did customers make me want to pull my hair out, but so did my co-workers.
Now I work with teenagers, but they have an excuse. All those hormones would drive anyone nuts. :)
Oh. My. Werd! That was hilarious! I love the way he described it to his manager at the end :D
Yeah! Retail Wednesday is taking over the world!
Mwa hahahahahahahaha!
Oh no!!! What kind of shop is that? Glad you decided to take your business elsewhere. Good grief. I hope you found a better, more informed, more helpful place. Especially as it was raining too.
Take care
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Hahaha! This made me giggle. Seriously, sometimes there's a total disconnect between employees and customers. Like.. what was that kid thinking? (he probably wasn't. *sigh*)
That's so funny! I can imagine you barely managed to restrain yourself from leaping over the counter and strangling them :)
LOL, you explained it well enough so that kid obviously wasn't listening to you at all! I almost fell off my chair laughing at how the kid explained it the manager at the end. I hope you eventually got what you wanted elsewhere!
ugh that is terrible
That is a FANTASTIC Retail Wednesday!! I can totally picture it...
I can't remember the author (and am too lazy to do a quick google searc... just bein' honest!), but whoever penned the book "The Dumbest Generation" was clearly onto something.
OMG I probably would have run out screaming by that point. Sometimes, the idiocy people display astounds me. At least you can laugh afterwards!
Haha!! People are dumb. I mean sometimes really, really dumb.
I totally had this experience in Home Depot recently!
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