Pet peeve

[JohnnieHolmesNole]

So I'm physically in a place of business to buy something. Money in hand and ready to roll. Someone calls on the telephone to inquire about hours, directions, prices, inventory, whatever. The clerk or cashier who was dealing with me then abandons my needs to deal with the yahoo on the phone, who may or may not actually do business there. Just amazing, but it happens all of the time.
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[BillWesJay]

That's me on the phone.

I am usually doing it to buy something, but not always.

 

[JohnnieHolmesNole]

Originally posted by BillWesJay:
That's me on the phone.

I am usually doing it to buy something, but not always.

LOL. Understand people calling of course, but "hold" is a nice feature when a cash brandishing customer is trying to complete his transaction and move on. Today's incident involved a LENGTHY Hispanic diatribe that must have involved pricing, as the little clerk was going over lots of numbers on a price sheet. Was that you, bro?
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[BillWesJay]

Si

 

[DanC78]

I don't know if this is really a pet peeve of mine, mainly because I'm guilty of it on occasions too.

At least once a day I find myself having to honk at the person in front of me at a stop light because they are zoned in on their phone texting or doing whatever. And I'm not exaggerating...it happens just about every other time I leave the house.

And again, I'm guilty of it on occasions too...so not sure if I can really get to upset about it.
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[cmanole]

Originally posted by JohnnieHolmesNole:
So I'm physically in a place of business to buy something. Money in hand and ready to roll. Someone calls on the telephone to inquire about hours, directions, prices, inventory, whatever. The clerk or cashier who was dealing with me then abandons my needs to deal with the yahoo on the phone, who may or may not actually do business there. Just amazing, but it happens all of the time.
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Yes, I hate this too...

 

[Garnet66]

Originally posted by JohnnieHolmesNole:
So I'm physically in a place of business to buy something. Money in hand and ready to roll. Someone calls on the telephone to inquire about hours, directions, prices, inventory, whatever. The clerk or cashier who was dealing with me then abandons my needs to deal with the yahoo on the phone, who may or may not actually do business there. Just amazing, but it happens all of the time.

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Yep, agree.

 

[Manch.]

What pisses me off even more, is standing in line for 3-4 minutes and the asshole in front of me is going to buy scratch tickets and they have no idea which ones they want to buy, even though they've been in line for the 3-4 minutes, and THEN they start scratching them right there at the counter in front of me. They also have no concept of math, as they'll but 3 or 4 tickets and then ask the clerk how much they're up to! WTF, you just bought four $3 tickets, you're up to $12 f*cking dollars, dirtbag! Math hasn't changed since 1947 when you were born, and while you're here, why don't you scratch them all right now and hand the losers to the clerk and ask them to check to see if you're won, and with any winners, take another five minutes picking out more tickets so we can redo this process all day and the milk that I want to buy will expire while I'm standing in line behind you!

I am not sure about other states, but in NH, there is a machine that will read the UPC code and tell you if you're a winner, this is done for the convenience of the customer, but no one uses it, they hand a stack of tickets to the clerk and ask the clerk to run them through to see if they've won (draw games like Powerball).

AND, this pisses me off almost more than anything in the world, and it happened yesterday, some lady bought approximately $100 worth of lottery tickets, cigarettes and beer, pays in cash, and then uses her EBT card (food stamps) to buy her overweight, dirt stained kid a couple packages of Twinkies and a Monster energy drink. What is even worse, is when they use their EBT card that has cash on it, and buys all of the above with their EBT cash account (which is probably child support or state aid cash because their deadbeat boyfriend is in jail or unemployed and isn't paying child support).

 

[Bav803]

If you are already in the store, ready to buy, you likely aren't going to leave the store...

 

[goldmom]

I don't believe Manch's story. It is impossible that this happened in a New England state full of educated and enlightened people who are sooo much more savvy than the backwards stereotypical Southerner he MUST be describing, right?
Thanks Manch, you made my day.

 

[West Duval Nole]

I would leave and go to a competitor if there was one. I would attempt to get employee off phone stating i was here first and ready to checkout. Put them on hold as it is taking longer than just a second. If they didn't, I would leave product on counter and walk out. Then later if i thought about it I would contact owner or store manager to let them know either their policy and procedures are not very good or their employees should be re trained to learn customer priority, especially if it were a store I bought from frequently.
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[runkpanole]

Originally posted by Manch.:
What pisses me off even more, is standing in line for 3-4 minutes and the asshole in front of me is going to buy scratch tickets and they have no idea which ones they want to buy, even though they've been in line for the 3-4 minutes, and THEN they start scratching them right there at the counter in front of me. They also have no concept of math, as they'll but 3 or 4 tickets and then ask the clerk how much they're up to! WTF, you just bought four $3 tickets, you're up to $12 f*cking dollars, dirtbag! Math hasn't changed since 1947 when you were born, and while you're here, why don't you scratch them all right now and hand the losers to the clerk and ask them to check to see if you're won, and with any winners, take another five minutes picking out more tickets so we can redo this process all day and the milk that I want to buy will expire while I'm standing in line behind you!

I am not sure about other states, but in NH, there is a machine that will read the UPC code and tell you if you're a winner, this is done for the convenience of the customer, but no one uses it, they hand a stack of tickets to the clerk and ask the clerk to run them through to see if they've won (draw games like Powerball).

AND, this pisses me off almost more than anything in the world, and it happened yesterday, some lady bought approximately $100 worth of lottery tickets, cigarettes and beer, pays in cash, and then uses her EBT card (food stamps) to buy her overweight, dirt stained kid a couple packages of Twinkies and a Monster energy drink. What is even worse, is when they use their EBT card that has cash on it, and buys all of the above with their EBT cash account (which is probably child support or state aid cash because their deadbeat boyfriend is in jail or unemployed and isn't paying child support).

 

[More Kirk Less Spock]

my pet peeve is all the old lotto gambling addicts who get in front of me at the convenience store and then take 5 minutes to painstakingly review their $2.25 in winnings.

 

[Semiologist]

That's funny, 'cause when I sold car parts we used to put people on hold all the time. Especially if it was someone, or a business, we had dealt with before and had a problem with. "Let's see how long they'll hold, and how long it'll take for them to call back."

 

[noleit]

I hate people that try out several straws at a restaurant before settling on the one for their drink.

 

[tommynole3476]

Originally posted by noleit:
I hate people that try out several straws at a restaurant before settling on the one for their drink.

Huh?

 

[Semiologist]

Originally posted by tommynole3476:

Originally posted by noleit:
I hate people that try out several straws at a restaurant before settling on the one for their drink.

Huh?

 

[More Kirk Less Spock]

+1 - huh??

 

[seminole1992]

Originally posted by JohnnieHolmesNole:

Originally posted by BillWesJay:
That's me on the phone.

I am usually doing it to buy something, but not always.

LOL. Understand people calling of course, but "hold" is a nice feature when a cash brandishing customer is trying to complete his transaction and move on. Today's incident involved a LENGTHY Hispanic diatribe that must have involved pricing, as the little clerk was going over lots of numbers on a price sheet. Was that you, bro?

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Curious as to why you called it a hispanic diatribe? Would it have been different if they were speaking English? Comprende

 

[jamnolfin]

I hate standing in the Redbox line waiting on somebody to read about every movie when all I want to do is scan card and get the movie I reserved online like you are supposed to do
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[Manch.]

Originally posted by jamnolfin:
I hate standing in the Redbox line waiting on somebody to read about every movie when all I want to do is scan card and get the movie I reserved online like you are supposed to do
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+1. There were two couples in front of us and the first couple took their time looking for a movie (and had to keep hugging and kissing and snuggling) and the 2nd couple reserved a movie while waiting, and guess what, the movie the first couple finally settled on was reserved by couple #2 and they couldn't figure out why it was no longer available.

Of course, now I had to wait even longer to grab my two reserved movies.

 

[tommynole3476]

Originally posted by jamnolfin:
I hate standing in the Redbox line waiting on somebody to read about every movie when all I want to do is scan card and get the movie I reserved online like you are supposed to do
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I wish it had some kind of prompt "Do you have a reservation to pick up? No... Do you already know what movie you want? No... Is there someone else standing in line? Yes... Then step the eff back and watch how it is supposed to be done you knuckledragging moron! Thank you!"

 

[seminoleed]

1. I was always taught back in in my first life in the business world that a customer on hand is worth 5 on the phone. That would have pissed me off too.

2. My chain gets cranked when people go through the fast lane with more than the maximum items allowed. True story--I was a at Publix with one item to buy (not crab legs, though) and noticed the lady in front of me had more than the allowable 10 items. Feeling snarly, I counted silently up to ten, then when the next item came out of her card said very loudly "ELEVEN". Then "TWELVE", and so on up to 19. The woman was furious--even more so when she then whipped out her checkbook to pay (line was for 10 or less, cash or credit only). Me (even louder): "And paying with a check to boot!" Turn to son: "See, Nick? Some people don't have to follow the rules the rest of us do". Lady stormed out, cashier started laughing and said she wished she was allowed to do that. Son said he'd never go to the store ever again. Ed felt buoyant the rest of the day.

 

[Manch.]

Ed, and let me guess, the lady had no ID and the store manager had to be called over, who was in a meeting and took 10 minutes to get there, and then she didn't have a pen and neither did the clerk.

When I had several items, I would let the person behind me go first if they only had a few items, but I don't do that anymore because every time that I let them go ahead of me, they end up pulling out this stack of lottery tickets out of their jacket pocket or purse and then it takes another 10 minutes for the clerk to tell that person that all the tickets are losers, and then they would take another 5 minutes picking out more lottery tickets and they lose count.......... (we know the rest of the story from here......

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[Semiologist]

Originally posted by seminoleed:
1. I was always taught back in in my first life in the business world that a customer on hand is worth 5 on the phone. That would have pissed me off too.

2. My chain gets cranked when people go through the fast lane with more than the maximum items allowed. True story--I was a at Publix with one item to buy (not crab legs, though) and noticed the lady in front of me had more than the allowable 10 items. Feeling snarly, I counted silently up to ten, then when the next item came out of her card said very loudly "ELEVEN". Then "TWELVE", and so on up to 19. The woman was furious--even more so when she then whipped out her checkbook to pay (line was for 10 or less, cash or credit only). Me (even louder): "And paying with a check to boot!" Turn to son: "See, Nick? Some people don't have to follow the rules the rest of us do". Lady stormed out, cashier started laughing and said she wished she was allowed to do that. Son said he'd never go to the store ever again. Ed felt buoyant the rest of the day.

Years back, when I was a cashier at Publix I was always getting the express lane. When someone would come through with obviously more than the ten items, and there were people behind them, I would say very politely to them something like, "Since you clearly have over ten items, can I please go ahead and take the people behind you?"
It drove the managers crazy because they would get complaints and compliments. (This was back when the managers would stand at the door and ask the customers about the shopping experience.)

 

[Nolester87]

I am in Chicago and a cashier at Pete's Freshmarket is great at calling people out. Once they are checked out and she is giving them the receipt she says "and please remember that this is a 10 items or less line and you had 25 items, please use the other lane next time". I thank her every time she corrects someone and make a point to tell the managers that is is appreciated.