This is going to be a great year

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

So far I've ruined 2 Christmases, a third is a maybe, and we aren't to Thanksgiving yet.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Without being too specific, apparently every kid in town wants some Paw Patrol toy we have advertised in our latest circular.

We had six when the sale started Thursday. They all sold out on Thursday as far as we knew. Online store is apparently out of stock, but shows us as having it in stock because some dumb person apparently decided to hold one behind the service desk for somebody. The past three days we've been inundated with calls about this damn toy and lots of people in-store looking for it. Two of them have already decided Christmas is ruined because there's a chance we will not get this toy in stock until...the end of this month.

This is going to be like shooting fish in a barrel.

[wolfie]

We had six when the sale started Thursday. They all sold out on Thursday as far as we knew. Online store is apparently out of stock, but shows us as having it in stock because some dumb person apparently decided to hold one behind the service desk for somebody.

This is fail on so many levels. For something that's expected to be popular, six of them is way too few. When something's in short supply, NOBODY should hold one behind the counter - it's first come, first serve. Probably the best solution would be to tell anyone who asks that the "shows one but there aren't any" is that you suspect that one was shoplifted, but it can't be removed from the system until after the next inventory.

[MoonCat]

Two of them have already decided Christmas is ruined because there's a chance we will not get this toy in stock until...the end of this month.

Wait, did someone move Christmas up a month?? Or is that customer mad because they're going to lose the "finish your Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving" competition (that only exists in their own head)...?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

This is fail on so many levels. For something that's expected to be popular, six of them is way too few. When something's in short supply, NOBODY should hold one behind the counter - it's first come, first serve. Probably the best solution would be to tell anyone who asks that the "shows one but there aren't any" is that you suspect that one was shoplifted, but it can't be removed from the system until after the next inventory.

Nobody had any clue this toy was going to be so popular. I certainly didn't.

Customers also don't know what our on-hands are. Just because it says "in stock" on our website doesn't mean it actually is, and I remind people of that if they ask.

As to why we were holding one-- I don't know but it's possible it's because somebody on the floor screwed up. He highly discourage telling people when trucks are coming, because no matter how much we weasel-word it, the customer interprets "There's a truck tomorrow night but we don't know if the thing you want is coming; call us the morning after to see if it came in" as "It's coming on tomorrow's truck. No doubt about it."

[Trixie]

Our store keeps getting exclusive toys for a certain galactic movie coming out soon. The first one was for one figure. We didn't get any in but kept getting calls for about three weeks. When we finally got them in, we got six. I was so tempted to buy one and sell it online. A couple months ago we had another one featured in our ad. We didn't have any at the start of the sale and finally got 2 in. I'm not even sure the things made it onto the shelf. I think they sold just from people asking if we had them and went from the stockroom to the register.

Can't wait to see what we have for Christmas.

[AngloSaxonViking]

Christmas Ace

So far I've ruined 2 Christmases, a third is a maybe, and we aren't to Thanksgiving yet.

Congratulations! You are now permittted to take your car to your local paint shop, and have them paint in, just below the driver window, 2 of the "I ruined Christmas" symbols. You know, like fighter pilots have for confirmed kills.

When you get up to 6, you can start calling yourself "Ace".

COMPETITION: What does the "I ruined Christmas" logo look like? Post your effort here.

[Minflick]

What would i t look like? An stylized evergreen with the red "Nope" symbol plastered over it?

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

What would i t look like? An stylized evergreen with the red "Nope" symbol plastered over it?

Got you covered:

[XCashier]

no matter how much we weasel-word it, the customer interprets "There's a truck tomorrow night but we don't know if the thing you want is coming; call us the morning after to see if it came in" as "It's coming on tomorrow's truck. No doubt about it."

They also add, "we'll be able to instantly stock the shelves with everything the millisecond the truck comes in," and get angry that we can't do that.

[Slave to the Phone]

Dude, you suck

(translation: You totally rock!!!)

I've already ruined several Thanksgivings by telling people that they couldn't use food stamps for pet food.

(I did tell them about places to get free pet food. I have pets. I understand that sometimes a pet is the only reason to get out of bed and live for another day. I can't change the rules.)

[Deevil]

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COMPETITION: What does the "I ruined Christmas" logo look like? Post your effort here.

From what I was seeing in my Facebook feed today, I gather the logo should look like a snowflake-less mermaid coffee cup.....

[WishfulSpirit]

Dude, you suck

(translation: You totally rock!!!)

I've already ruined several Thanksgivings by telling people that they couldn't use food stamps for pet food.

(I did tell them about places to get free pet food. I have pets. I understand that sometimes a pet is the only reason to get out of bed and live for another day. I can't change the rules.)

There's a pet food bank here too. My doggie has been the only reason I continued to exist on more than one occasion. Depression is FUN!

[catcul]

So far I've ruined 2 Christmases, a third is a maybe, and we aren't to Thanksgiving yet.

Did they say they wouldn't touch you with a 39½ pole?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Only three words to best describe me, and I quote:

Stink. Stank. Stunk.