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The commonplace insanity of customer service.

I have worked customer service for 15+ years now. One aspect that I never get tired of is the absolutely silly things people do. I have kept my friends laughing so I thought I'd share some with you all too.

We have a woman who comes in the store almost daily. She will corner anyone and everyone to tell them how good god is. The main show starts when she goes to check out though. She looks for her money, says "oh no, I have no money, maybe god will provide if I pray". She'll pray over her purse then "find" money at which point she'll pull it out, throw it into the air and let it rain down as if from heaven. She does this every. single. time. It would be irritating if it wasn't so funny.

We had a regular at a former workplace who would demand that every one around her put away their cellphones. Customers, employees, everyone. She claimed that she could hear the "radio waves"( her phrase, not mine) and she didn't want to be privy to all our information. Claimed she got everything fro peoples cell phones. Messages, financial info, images. She was "fun".

Another woman would ride her bike to the store(about 3 miles from her home) then come in and insist on using the motorized scooters because she wasn't mobile. She was utterly awful at driving them and would regularly knock over large displays by running the cart directly into them. We all suspected this was at least somewhat on purpose as she never removed her large pink helmet. Seemed she came in geared up to do some damage.

Another peculiarity of working these sorts of jobs in a wealthy area is how you never know what background your coworkers or customers are from. It makes me giggle every time our 17yo bag boy clocks out and drives off in his 2016 mustang or the ancient cashier who helps everyone with their coupons goes and gets in his new model BMW or the lady that just threw a hissy fit about a 75cent price disparity drives off in her brand new hummer.

My hometown has got to be one of the most ridiculous places on the planet but I don't think I could live anywhere else. I'd miss the lunacy.

OpposingOpposum 9 Apr 29
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It's been a while since I ran in CS circles. Thanks for the reminding l laughs lol

The public is rarely boring.lol

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Huh! The imagination of a mind and the validation it needs! The love seekers, the importance seekers, the deludeds and that encompasses literally every human individual on earth.

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Thanks for this amazing stories keep us alive what people are up to

Rosh Level 7 Apr 29, 2018
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Thanks for the stories. 🙂

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I work in an affluent area but most of our regulars are ancient. There are 4 old men waiting every morning for the doors to open and two or three of them sit on the bench outside all day. One of them is a perv that finds a reason to hug the females and get a handful of boob.

We have the old ladies that stroll every aisle every day, can't see shit but drive to and from the store in cars.

There are really only 2 regulars that make my day: a former state trooper that lost his leg while apprehending a suspect but has no bitterness and is funny as hell.

And an older woman who used to comment on my lavender hair and commiserates with me on how ridiculous it is that I had to give it up.

Those old men on the bench irritate me because they just sit there preventing people waiting for the bus to have a seat. I see people with canes leaning against a column or the wall while their asses just sit there all freaking day. And they always have shit to say to people.

The other day, I was pushing my cart with only 2 bags in it because I was also eating from a sampler plate. I finished eating and threw the plate away in front of where they sit and grabbed my bags to walk out to the truck and one of those assholes said "why did you bring the cart if you are just gonna carry your bags?" and shook his head at me. Since I was in uniform, I had to be less nasty than I wanted to be, so gave him a look, waited a couple of seconds and said "because my hands were full until just now"

what I wanted to say is "why do you sit in front of travel agency all day if you're not gonna take a vacation?"

I better not be one of those people when Im elderly.

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Sounds exactly the same as where i live lol ..

Mad bastards everywhere. ?

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You would LOVE it here in Mojacar.

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People do the darndest things!

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