Tweet
Not sure the best place to put this, since it covers several headings, really...
I don't tend to get the "Super Dramatic Insanely Entitled" customers some people do, or the "So Insanely Stupid It's Amazing They Can Work Velcro" customers others do (as a rule, not that it doesn't also happen), I just tend to get a steady stream of low-key... oddness.
* A guy asked me how I was doing. I said, "fine, and you?" - he got a really weird look on his face I couldn't interpret, until he laughed and said "oh, I just realized what you said- I thought you said 'just awful!' and I thought, 'aw, that's not the right answer!' "
(he was nice, it wasn't as rude as it might look in print)
* New coworker (one I really like since she actually DOES her job, and cares about doing it WELL
) said she was gonna call me "Cinnamon Drizzle" (it was a weird day, there was this kettle corn...I dunno) - I just started laughing and said "Neat, I got a stripper name!"
"Wh.. noo, I didn't mean it like that!" (oh good, just love when I contribute to the delinquency of a coworker... Good times, good times... <grin> )
* I mostly work in the photo department. For clearly professionally taken pics we need a release form to print them and give them to the customer. Much bitching ensues, good times had by all, yada yada.
Ran across a form a coworker had poorly filled out (and poorly filed, or I'd never have seen it, actually- because the alphabet is hard in spite of it being the first song most people learn), saying the customer would bring in a release on the 18th, for an order he SOLD her on the 14th! (Big surprise, on the 25th when I found it? Still no release.)
"I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for my illicit pictures today..." GAH.
* Speaking of photo- I have no problem patiently helping people learn to use the photo kiosks. That is largely what I'm there for, and it's actually kind of fun seeing (often) older ladies who were afraid they'd blow the thing up actually learn how to use it themselves and feel good about it. That being said...
Customer: "You know, I still say these things aren't easy for dummies to use!"
Me: .... (agrees but is completely unsure what to say here, since he was actually nice and I'm not sure he realized he was ASKING me to call him an idiot...)
* Apparently, I give good overhead.
Kinda cracks me up, I always get the weirdest reactions from people who happen to be standing next to me when I do an announcement over the intercom. I always get a double-take, them some version of "... was that YOU?" - then they usually say something else.
Sometimes it's flattering ("hey, you have a sexy voice!"), sometimes it's just confused ("wow, you really sound... different"), and sometimes? it's like the lady yesterday who said "Wow, your voice sounds pretty!... on that thing."
(oh gee THANKS for clarifying!)
No idea what the difference is, but it's entertaining, I suppose, heh.
Oh, annnnd...
* A guy pulled out his Swiss Army knife while I was ringing him up, then said he was looking for his scissors... he didn't get them out- I am pretty sure that's the first time I've seen someone give the impression of actively playing with their knife without actually opening it, which is kind of odd in itself (but legally a damn good move).
So he stuck it back in his pocket (I think), and started making snipping motions at me with his hands. I think I made a sort of "whu?" face, 'cause then he said he wanted to cut off my braids.
I... I do not know what to do with that. Pretty sure I settled for "laugh nervously and make a smartass comment."
After he left, I remembered someone doing something similar some time ago, and the fact that I can't remember whether it was the same guy or someone else is kinda disturbing too. Really, either option is equally creepy.
(Bonus! Just thought of this: There's always the fun of being yelled at for not remembering something I talked to a customer about, when it turns out that not only was I not working that day, but the ONLY thing I have in common with the person who WAS working? Is boobs. That is IT.- we even have different work shirts, so it's not just the "faceless peon in a generic uniform" excuse.)
I don't tend to get the "Super Dramatic Insanely Entitled" customers some people do, or the "So Insanely Stupid It's Amazing They Can Work Velcro" customers others do (as a rule, not that it doesn't also happen), I just tend to get a steady stream of low-key... oddness.
* A guy asked me how I was doing. I said, "fine, and you?" - he got a really weird look on his face I couldn't interpret, until he laughed and said "oh, I just realized what you said- I thought you said 'just awful!' and I thought, 'aw, that's not the right answer!' "
(he was nice, it wasn't as rude as it might look in print)
* New coworker (one I really like since she actually DOES her job, and cares about doing it WELL
) said she was gonna call me "Cinnamon Drizzle" (it was a weird day, there was this kettle corn...I dunno) - I just started laughing and said "Neat, I got a stripper name!" "Wh.. noo, I didn't mean it like that!" (oh good, just love when I contribute to the delinquency of a coworker... Good times, good times... <grin> )
* I mostly work in the photo department. For clearly professionally taken pics we need a release form to print them and give them to the customer. Much bitching ensues, good times had by all, yada yada.
Ran across a form a coworker had poorly filled out (and poorly filed, or I'd never have seen it, actually- because the alphabet is hard in spite of it being the first song most people learn), saying the customer would bring in a release on the 18th, for an order he SOLD her on the 14th! (Big surprise, on the 25th when I found it? Still no release.)
"I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for my illicit pictures today..." GAH.
* Speaking of photo- I have no problem patiently helping people learn to use the photo kiosks. That is largely what I'm there for, and it's actually kind of fun seeing (often) older ladies who were afraid they'd blow the thing up actually learn how to use it themselves and feel good about it. That being said...
Customer: "You know, I still say these things aren't easy for dummies to use!"
Me: .... (agrees but is completely unsure what to say here, since he was actually nice and I'm not sure he realized he was ASKING me to call him an idiot...)
* Apparently, I give good overhead.
Kinda cracks me up, I always get the weirdest reactions from people who happen to be standing next to me when I do an announcement over the intercom. I always get a double-take, them some version of "... was that YOU?" - then they usually say something else.
Sometimes it's flattering ("hey, you have a sexy voice!"), sometimes it's just confused ("wow, you really sound... different"), and sometimes? it's like the lady yesterday who said "Wow, your voice sounds pretty!... on that thing."
(oh gee THANKS for clarifying!)
No idea what the difference is, but it's entertaining, I suppose, heh.
Oh, annnnd...
* A guy pulled out his Swiss Army knife while I was ringing him up, then said he was looking for his scissors... he didn't get them out- I am pretty sure that's the first time I've seen someone give the impression of actively playing with their knife without actually opening it, which is kind of odd in itself (but legally a damn good move).
So he stuck it back in his pocket (I think), and started making snipping motions at me with his hands. I think I made a sort of "whu?" face, 'cause then he said he wanted to cut off my braids.
I... I do not know what to do with that. Pretty sure I settled for "laugh nervously and make a smartass comment."
After he left, I remembered someone doing something similar some time ago, and the fact that I can't remember whether it was the same guy or someone else is kinda disturbing too. Really, either option is equally creepy.
(Bonus! Just thought of this: There's always the fun of being yelled at for not remembering something I talked to a customer about, when it turns out that not only was I not working that day, but the ONLY thing I have in common with the person who WAS working? Is boobs. That is IT.- we even have different work shirts, so it's not just the "faceless peon in a generic uniform" excuse.)
I seem to be able to easily sound depressed or ill on the phone) or get accused of having worked an adult chat line before 
.
Comment