Working at church bingo : I'm NOT your personal servant!

[ditchdj]

Every other Monday I work at church bingo selling big-ticket bingo games during the regular games. I dont get paid to do it but I do get a free meal and all the free beer and candy I can consume that evening. Plus, we also get free meals at very nice restaurants throughout the year. Some tips if you're a bingo player and you want to buy some from me.....

----Yelling "Hey" or the name of the game is fine if my back is facing your's. But don't whistle at me. I'm not a dog.

----When I acknowledge you and start coming to you dont get pissed if someone flags me down on the way and I take care of them first to get them out of the way and then try to start an argument with me when I get to you. I'm doing this for NO pay and I am NOT your personal servant. Dont like my service then you can suck my ass for I won't serve you anymore.

----If you are in the "Bat Room" (as in "Room full of old bats") don't demand that I come to you if I'm serving other people that are closer to you. You'll get your cards. If you have to wait a few extra seconds before I sell you your stupid cards I dont give a flying shit. Remember, I'm doing this for NO pay.

----I overheard a couple of women saying the bingo workers should cater food to them instead of them having to get up and buy it themselves. Fat freakin' chance I'll do that even IF the bingo board had proposed doing that.

----You should try not to be a bunch of angry drama queens when someone yells "Bingo!" It makes me laugh. Especially when I think about the money that I could have wasted if I wanted to play church bingo.

[Apathy]

I don't know why this stuck out in my memory, but I was walking away from the media department one day (let's say I'm 6-8 aisle widths away), and some guy practically yells at me (as I'm likely out of normal talking earshot) "HEY!"

Well, if you didn't already sound mad, maybe I'd turn around (probably not). I keep walking and hear a louder "HEY" thrown at me. I turn down an aisle.

Now, "Hey, excuse me" might have worked. "Excuse me" very likely would have. If "Sir!" had come my way, I totally would have turned around.

[SuperB]

Every other Monday I work at church bingo selling big-ticket bingo games during the regular games. I dont get paid to do it but I do get a free meal and all the free beer and candy I can consume that evening.

Beer at church? Damn, where was that church when I was growing up.

[ditchdj]

It's actually not at the church. The bingo game itself is in the school cafeteria of a catholic school that does this to raise money for the church.

[Bradester]

I can't decide if Bingo brings out the nasty in people, or just brings in the nasty people. Especially when somebody won- never have I heard such groaning and grumbling.

I really, really miss our old Shriner bingo hall.

[PepperElf]

the evil side of me says.... have a word with the pastor
see if you can get him to do a pre-service announcement reminding the parishioners on behavior expectations.

[Munkie]

kinda in the same line, just happened at work, and not a church...

happened today. i was delivering beer and hard liquor to one of my two stores on the US side of the airport, and this guy - at a glance early fifties, not overweight much, but had a stomach on him - sees me coming round the corner. He perked up, leaned forward in his chair (in the "holding" area, there's seats across from the duty-free shop and he was sitting there) and raises his hand towards me. Calls out "Hey there, wait!" So I reply "Sorry sir, you can't have these!" and continue forward. Then he goes "Hey! Waitress!!"



Now, I found this offensive, just the way he said it too. It was just offensive to me. So I replied "I'm not a waitress!" and entered the Customs area. One thing I love about my job is the fact that I can actually say that... since I am just the delivery person. I'm not the one responsible for serving alcohol (especially outside the legal areas), just the delivery of them.

/threadjack

[ChanceNCinny]

----When I acknowledge you and start coming to you dont get pissed if someone flags me down on the way and I take care of them first to get them out of the way and then try to start an argument with me when I get to you. I'm doing this for NO pay and I am NOT your personal servant. Dont like my service then you can suck my ass for I won't serve you anymore.

I call and sell on weekends for the local bingo hall and they are right to be pissed for you going to someone else first (same thing no pay but some tips and free food). Sorry. You acknowledge them and go towards them then divert to someone else is rude in the first place (like cutting in line). Plus in the gamblers mind you could sell the "lucky one" that they should have gotten which costs them money. Also if it is a limited card game you could run out before getting to them if you divert alot. Or, if you are selling during play, they have to wait and can't pay full attention to the game being played. Normally when I am selling on the floor and heading for a specific player I will acknowledge anyone else who wants something along the way and let them know I will be right back to them.

As for the rest sounds typical to what I get. Although we get food for the ones with walkers or canes (keeps down on the food spills).

[seigus]

You should try not to be a bunch of angry drama queens when someone yells "Bingo!" It makes me laugh. Especially when I think about the money that I could have wasted if I wanted to play church bingo. [/QUOTE]


How do you make a bunch of old ladies yell "FUCK!"?
Have another old lady yell "BINGO!"

[ditchdj]

call and sell on weekends for the local bingo hall and they are right to be pissed for you going to someone else first (same thing no pay but some tips and free food). Sorry.

What's it matter??? Most people dont have a problem with it. It's the ones that are really trashy-looking and carry themselves with this self-absorbed "Sense of Entitlement". I dont play that. And if they choose to have no respect and treat me like scum-of-the-earth then they'll just get the same in return. Garbage in, garbage out.

And we dont run out of cards. We have a storage room with boxes of them if we need more.