Walking wikipedia.

[edible_hat]

It seems that I'm supposed to know everything!

Know your fluids

SC: (after wasting half an hour of my time) Is brake fluid the same as transmission fluid?
Me: I don't know much about cars...
SC: Come on, you must know! You work here!
(if I did know I wouldn't tell him)

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to the Great Ocean Road?
SC: How do I get onto the Great Ocean Road? (major highway in Victoria. I'm in South Australia, which is a different state.)
Me: I don't know exactly...
SC: You work here! You're supposed to give directions!
Me: Well it is in Victoria, so I don't know exactly how to get there, but here's how to get to the Southeastern Freeway which takes you to Victoria.

Motel = Motor Hotel, therefore gas station employees know all about them
SC: How much does it cost to stay at (motel down the road)?
Me: I don't know.
SC: But the people who work there must come in all the time! You should know all about it!

[shinigaminamo]

You have my sympathies man. When I worked at a gas station I constantly got questions about routes and hotels. As often as I could I would direct them, one hotel though never got helped, thats a different thread though.

[Knightmare]

Know your fluids

SC: (after wasting half an hour of my time) Is brake fluid the same as transmission fluid?
Me: I don't know much about cars...
SC: Come on, you must know! You work here!
(if I did know I wouldn't tell him)

I would have just stared at the moron... raise an eyebrow......
Then ask him if oil is the same as water.
When he said no..

"well, there ya go then. There's your answer."

[Bloodsoul]

So can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

[powerboy]

So can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

Easily, just follow Big Bird.

A week ago, I was working security for this one event that was out of town. So ofcourse that meant, I knew where every place was. When I told them, I was not around here. They said the same thing, "Well, you should know. You work here"

[karma_gypsy]

Earlier today, I got asked about Amtrak.

I told her there's an Amtrak station just across the bridge (in the next town), but I don't know if you can get tickets there or not (because a good portion of the time, the station is unmanned).

"I don't want tickets! I just need info!" So I told her where to find the station. Good thing I've used Amtrak a couple of times, so I knew exactly where the station was (which kind of in a weird spot).


Offtopic:
600th Post!!

[Horsetuna]

For a moment, I was wondering why someone in South Australia was asking for directions to Canada's westernmost city...

[Boozy]

Gas stations, retail establishments, restaurants....we all apparently have neon signs out front, invisible to us, that read "Concierge Service Available Here!"

Need directions? Dinner reservations? Theatre tickets? The Grand Unified Theory of Physics? We have it! All you have to do is ask.

We'll lie at first and pretend like we don't know the answer to your question. Just keep hounding us until we break down and give it up.

[matty]

I generally put up with these sort of questions when at work, but the real zinger is when I'm walking down some random street and people ask me how to operate the parking meters or about parking restrictions.

Now, because I don't drive, I don't really know, and, I admit it, I don't really care. (Sorry! )

So, I just advise people to read the signs or the instructions on the meters. Seriously, you have a drivers licence and you don't think to read the signs that are right in front of you?

[Namrepus221]

I had this happen before.

Woman came in and won $400 on lottery. Store policy is anything over 100 is supposed to be paid on money order because we don't have access to the safe and even then we dont' keep that much in liquid assets in teh safe to begin with for security reasons.

Woman swears up and down that we have to give her cash because "What's the use of selling lottery if you can't pay it out in cash"

She keeps asking why it's taking so long for us to get the money for her (it took almost an hour and a half for 2 registers to build up the necessary money).

She then asks "Why can't you go to [store up the street] and have them give you the money"

I tell her as flatly as I can

"Ma'am, we are two seperate stores, who arent' owned by the same individual or individuals. For what reason should they help us? Just because you won on the lottery doesn't mean that all stores who sell lottery are obligated to help pay you your winnings. Only the store that cashed your ticket. As well as the fact that it's been mentioned to you multiple times, even before you cashed your ticket, that winnings over $100 it will be paid in the form of a money order. "

She sits back down and keeps complaining about it till we finally get her the money. I count out the winnings to her and tell her forcefully to "have a nice day"

In retrospect I should've just said screw it and printed the money order. given it to her and said "There's your money, take it or leave it."

[IHateStupidCustomers]

I'm working at a little kiosk in the mall that sells blown glass figurines for the holidays, and it might as well double as an information booth. I constantly am asked where stores are, the restrooms, mall hours, directions, blah blah blah. I got one lady who asked me where the bookstore was, and I said it just moved to the new shops outside the mall, and you can't get there from inside the mall. She says, "no, isn't it upstairs?" I say, "No, it used to be upstairs. Like I said, it moved to outside the mall. She says, "No, I think its upstairs." I tell her she's more than welcome to go upstairs and see where it used to be. Idiot. If you "know" where it is, why are you asking me?

[edible_hat]

For a moment, I was wondering why someone in South Australia was asking for directions to Canada's westernmost city...

I'm sure that will happen one of these days.

[chops]

Woman swears up and down that we have to give her cash because "What's the use of selling lottery if you can't pay it out in cash"

I know it's law in most states (and I'm sure plenty of other places around the world) that all winnings below a certain amount must be paid by any store that validates it. But in all the states I've played lottery in, nobody said it HAD to be paid in cash. Money's money, and I would've made her take the money order myself.

[edible_hat]

I know it's law in most states (and I'm sure plenty of other places around the world) that all winnings below a certain amount must be paid by any store that validates it. But in all the states I've played lottery in, nobody said it HAD to be paid in cash. Money's money, and I would've made her take the money order myself.

Around here all prizes $100 or more must be claimed by post or at the lotteries commission office, whether they pay out prizes under $100 is up to ticket sellers. Most of them do pay out. The few times I've won it's been amounts between $5-$30 and I spent it on more tickets. (I view gambling as a form of entertainment, so I'll happily gamble away minor winnings.)

[chops]

Here, it's usually under $600, as (I believe) Federal law requires taxes to be withheld at $600 or more.