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  • #1

    What did you just say to me?

    So I'm standing at my register without any customers (yay!) just perusing through this week's sale ad because I'm bored, and I feel a tap on my shoulder.

    Me: me, duh!
    WG: Weird Guy

    WG: excuse me?
    Me: yes?
    WG: I just want to throw my trash away in your trash can and didn't want you to think I was trying to bite your butt or anything.
    Me: erm, ok.

    Now, my area behind the register is very small, and my trash can is partially under the register, so it was nice of him to say "excuse me" because in order for anyone besides me to throw away trash they do really have to bend down to my, well, "butt level." I've had people try to throw away their trash without saying anything to me, and I've bumped into their heads.

    So the guy throw his trash away.

    WG: actually, I like sweet things, so biting your butt might be a nice thing to do.
    Me:

    And before I could think of anything to say back to him, he grabbed his groceries and left.

    What makes customers think that they can say stuff like that to us?
    "...WHY DO YOU TEMPT WHAT LITTLE FAITH IN HUMANITY I HAVE!?!" ~ Kalga

    "DO NOT ENRAGE THE MIGHTY SKY DRAGON." ~ Gravekeeper
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  • #2
    Because he's an idiot whose brain to mouth filter is always in the off position.
    I am but a tiny, barren, insignificant rock caught in the glorious orbit of your shining sun. Gravekeeper.

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    • #3
      Like the guy who asked me, "Can I put porn on my PSP?" and dashed out seconds later. Supermarket, I believe the correct term is, "idiot with rampant hormones."
      Would you like a Stummies?

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      • #4
        I am quickly coming to the conclusion that this sheet happens more than most of us realize, when I was working at the video store, we had a really smoking girl there, 5' 2" blonde, cute and innocent as anything. Needless to say I was protective of my employees as the Asst Manager. But when she told me an SC "tried to help her not fall off a stool" by grabbing her arse smoke about blew out my ears. I told her to point the guy out next time he was in the store... she never did... I think she was worried that I'd be serving 10-20 at the state Pen...

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        • #5
          Or even idiot with rampant hormones whose brain to mouth filter is permanatley in the off position
          I am but a tiny, barren, insignificant rock caught in the glorious orbit of your shining sun. Gravekeeper.

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          • #6
            The closest I've gotten to being a creepy weirdo like that, is telling two cute cabbies that they were, indeed, cute... as I high-tailed it to my home. I said it after I got out and the passenger window was open. Took nerve for me to do that, I'm very shy but try to work through it with utter strangers sometimes.
            "If you find yourself fantasizing about throwing actual users into a blender, please get help... they're heavy." - Tom Dickson

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            • #7
              Quoth froglet View Post
              The closest I've gotten to being a creepy weirdo like that, is telling two cute cabbies that they were, indeed, cute... as I high-tailed it to my home. I said it after I got out and the passenger window was open. Took nerve for me to do that, I'm very shy but try to work through it with utter strangers sometimes.
              personally, that doesn't bother me if it's done with nice intentions and you're not trying to get my number (or grope me). if i'm having a bad day, such a compliment can give me enough of a lift to get through the rest of my shift. but yeah, being creepy is no bueno.

              but that's just me, i'm not speaking for all girlies.
              "I'm working for popcorn - what I get paid doesn't rise to the level of peanuts." -Courtesy of Darkwish

              ...Beware the voice without a face...

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              • #8
                Quoth marty View Post
                Like the guy who asked me, "Can I put porn on my PSP?" and dashed out seconds later.
                Well, you can, but why would you want to on a screen that small?

                Oh wait...just figured it out. He just wanted to make himself look big.
                The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
                "Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
                Hoc spatio locantur.

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                • #9
                  Quoth Aramika View Post
                  What makes customers think that they can say stuff like that to us?
                  Maybe they read Dear Abby.
                  Unseen but seeing
                  oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
                  There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
                  3rd shift needs love, too
                  RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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                  • #10
                    Quoth marty View Post
                    Like the guy who asked me, "Can I put porn on my PSP?" and dashed out seconds later.
                    On a screen that size you really would go blind!
                    A PSA, if I may, as well as another.

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                    • #11
                      Pity you couldn't have farted on command
                      The report button - not just for decoration

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Aramika View Post
                        What makes customers think that they can say stuff like that to us?
                        Because they know they can get away with it...and there's (usually) not a damn thing you can do about it. Get nasty with them, and they'll tell your manager that you were 'rude' to them, completely ignoring what *they* said. Unfortunate, but we all know about spineless management, and how they kiss up to even the suckiest of customers
                        Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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                        • #13
                          Manegement or no, it is never ok to pinch someone's backside or be creepy with them. That said, most things I will let pass except this one guy who would always grab at me. He was a perv of highest order and I reported him to the nurses. They went and talked with him "What if she was your daughter" they said. That lasted for all of two days and then he'd be grabby again. I'm glad I don't work on C ward anymore...
                          It's been a long, long, long, long time...

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                          • #14
                            I'm a guy and this has happened to me (by both male and female SCs), but I'll tell more about that in my next post about when I worked in a game store.

                            Luckily none have ever tried to touch me below the waist. I'd really hate to have to explain the blood stains to the boss. Although one did get a bruised hand for trying to rub my arm...

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                            • #15
                              Quoth BeckySunshine View Post
                              Maybe they read Dear Abby.
                              Damnit Becks, you beat me to it!
                              It's floating wicker propelled by fire!

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