Was there a full moon lately?

[Demolition Man]

I swear the shift I had which is now yesterday was the most strangest shift I have worked in a long time.

- Show up to find out I'm covering two departments due to bad schedueling. Not a good start. Then I find out we have district coming in so I have to make both departments look perfect....... geez, thanks.
- Woman chewed me out because "Ice Age 2" and "Pirates Of The Carribean 2" are not out on DVD yet..... okay, and that is my fault how?
- Guy calls in and wants me to explain cordless phones to him. As in explain how they work, which one to buy, the pros and cons of each model, etc etc etc..... I finally get thru to him that I got a department full of customers in front of me and that if he wants me to help him better than he should come in.
- More customers than I can count asking where the DVDs in the ad are... when they just walked past a huge display with signs indicating where they are.
- Woman couldn't understand the concept of what an expansion pack is. I explain that in order to use an expansion pack you need the original game. "What do you mean by that it should work by itself?" Her husband came over and demanded me to "explain it in English." So I go over the idea again this time dumbing it down to preschool level. Did she get it then? No. Her husband then threw the game down and they left to go to the competitor across the street since "they know what they are talking about over there."
- Had a phone calls from a customer asking why their DSL wasn't working. I told them to call their DSL provider. "Oh well I thought you would know since you sell computers."
- One customer freaked out on me because the packaging for "Fast Times At Ridgemount High" didn't say why it was rated R..... okay, again, and that is my fault how? Then again I can't remember the last time I even bothered with being concered with what a movie is rated when its one I'm watching. If I had my way... "Clerks" would be rated G for Great.
- Had some weirded out guy looking for a doorbell.... at an electronics store.
- Got asked for CB radios, barbershop kits, VHS tapes, audio tapes, books on audio tapes.... and porn DVDs.

... and somehow I still managed to get my areas to look good amongst all that.

[XM10ADefiant]

Man do I feel your pain (on that note by your description I think we work for the same company)

I have had days exactly like that here and there

[Mixed Bag]

Barbershop kits? You mean like with a spinning pole and a leather strop and a mug with a brush? I hope you at least had cuffs for the porn people...

Speaking of ratings, I've heard of stores allowing those who sign up for cards to check off whether their kids can rent R-rated movies. I think given that the mere presence of smoking or words heard on the playground is automatic cause for an R rating, I wouldn't want my kids to be deprived of great cinema on that account--and I'd rather they build the strength to exercise good judgment instead of come to rebel; what say your locals?

[JustADude]

Looks like we finally agree on something, Mixed Bag. Telling someone not to do something interesting is one of the best ways to get them to do it, unless they're a good little brainless drone. As an example:

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THINK ABOUT ICE CREAM.

Bet at least half of you want some now.

[Phite]

Looks like we finally agree on something, Mixed Bag. Telling someone not to do something interesting is one of the best ways to get them to do it, unless they're a good little brainless drone. As an example:

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THINK ABOUT ICE CREAM.

Bet at least half of you want some now.

Totally not fair, i was already thinking about ice cream!

On a related note making a sign is a sure way to be asked a question about the signs meaning.
Case in point. Our store sells new release DVDs. They used to be out in front of the customer service counter untill a class act came in and stole them all. Now the cases are there with the sign "DVDs are located behind the counter". Every week i get the question, "Are the DVDs hidden? all these are empty."

[Mixed Bag]

So get rid of the sign and you won't have any questions. When they bring a DVD case to the counter, put the disc in and then answer whatever questions they have. If someone thinks they won't buy them if they see empty cases, maybe a sign like FREE DVD(with $49.95 case) is in order.

[Phite]

So get rid of the sign and you won't have any questions. When they bring a DVD case to the counter, put the disc in and then answer whatever questions they have. If someone thinks they won't buy them if they see empty cases, maybe a sign like FREE DVD(with $49.95 case) is in order.

Then the could ask, "Is Free?"
Im afraid if i did that every single one of them would return it the next day with the complaint that the case had no shrinkwrap on it .

My company/manager accepts returns on ANYTHING. I quite honestly, am surprised that we dont refund losing lotto tickets.

[Rapscallion]

Totally not fair, i was already thinking about ice cream!

I'm always thinking about ice cream...

Rapscallion, failure at games