Don't You See the Money in My Hands?

[purplecat41877]

Yesterday, I was doing a banking and needed a couple of a certain bill. I found one in 2 separate registers. In both registers, two different customers asked me for help. One customer wanted a certain type of item ordered for her and another one wanted to know where something was. Luckily, I was able to have my service desk coworker take over both times so I could finish the banking. It was like these 2 customers didn't see that I had money in my hands and was trying to split it.

[Kirkygirl]

I feel for you purplecat. I'm usually in the middle of a transaction, usually while I'm super busy:

Me:"Opening spiel"
Customer: "Hey, doing well, but just to let you know I have a ferry to catch."
Me: "great, ok, thanks for letting me know-" (*enter hyperpack mode*)
Random person, more than likely standing BEHIND* me: "Excuse me."
Me: (*starts at random noise* Look buddy, I'm with someone else right now!) "Yes?"
RP: "Can you tell me where X is?"
Me: (ok, ass****, do you not have someone else you can bother?) "It'll be down isle #, on the right hand side."

Sometimes these people will walk off without saying some sort of gratuity to me. And this will happen several times over the course of my shift. Grrrr....bloody SC's!

*I have a thing for people standing right behind me, having taken many years of martial arts. Paranoia. Lovely, ain't it?

[Imogene]

*I have a thing for people standing right behind me,

Same here. If you are not in my expected zone of awareness (IE: in front of me) though I may be aware of your presence, I will NOT, absolutely NOT, respond to you.

I'm trying to keep you from learning bad habits. I know, it's probably too late in your life to stop them, but, Hel, I'm not even facing you. How do you know I'm not deaf? (technically, I'm only half-deaf... stupid ear...)

[Hobbs]

Same here. If you are not in my expected zone of awareness (IE: in front of me) though I may be aware of your presence, I will NOT, absolutely NOT, respond to you.

I'm trying to keep you from learning bad habits. I know, it's probably too late in your life to stop them, but, Hel, I'm not even facing you. How do you know I'm not deaf? (technically, I'm only half-deaf... stupid ear...)

i'm slighly paranoid, and when people stand too close to me, i start to suspect they're going to harm me or something...

same for people who talk nasty to me, etc...

[powerboy]

Same here. If you are not in my expected zone of awareness (IE: in front of me) though I may be aware of your presence, I will NOT, absolutely NOT, respond to you.

I'm trying to keep you from learning bad habits. I know, it's probably too late in your life to stop them, but, Hel, I'm not even facing you. How do you know I'm not deaf? (technically, I'm only half-deaf... stupid ear...)

Yes exactly the same with me. But the only difference, is that I am partly deaf.

[cinema guy]

Me, too. If I can see you, I'm usually not aware that you are there. Any kind of background noise will disguise your approach. When I am alone in the projection booth, anyone else in there will usually cause me to jump out of my skin because I am absolutely not expecting anyone at all to be there.

Hello fellow deaf CSers.

[Nyoibo]

*I have a thing for people standing right behind me, having taken many years of martial arts.

Same here, as a customer once found out, mind you, in my defense not only did they come up behind me without saying anything, they grabbed my shoulder, customer then tried to work out what they were doing on the floor.

[malmalthekiller]

My boyfriend is partially deaf, too, and he works in the optical center at our store. Sometimes he'll be doing some paperwork, talking with another customer, or sitting on a computer, and some old lady will softly ask him something, and he won't hear it. Then they'll get pissed at him for "ignoring" them, and go to someone else.

It's just like, why don't you think someone has a disability, instead of automatically thinking they're rude?

[mharbourgirl]

It's just like, why don't you think someone has a disability, instead of automatically thinking they're rude?

Ah, the lovely narcissistic habit of using other people as mirrors, instead of actually seeing them as people. Meaning, they are the center of the known universe, and everyone else OF COURSE should be completely aware of them and cater to them at all times. If the person doesn't immediately respond and cater to their whim, they're rude, plain and simple. Thinking that someone has a disability and just might not be able to hear you doesn't occur, because that requires empathy and awareness of someone besides yourself which is something a lot of people don't have much of these days.

Summary: Most customers lick dingleballs.