Rude Man And The Penny Pincher

[Nyoibo]

RM replied, "I wasn't being rude, I was being factual."

"And you sir are a rude butt ugly fuckstick who I wouldn't piss on if you were burning to death. I'm sorry, was that too factual for you?"

[AirHostess]

Urgh what horrible people

I never smile much at work cos I don't feel like smiling. I don't see what smiling has to do with being polite, professional and following service guidelines as I dish out the tea/coffee/crap food. And it goes without saying that I don't need to smile while saving someone's life.

I never get why SC's feel the need for retail workers to smile and fawn over them.

[Samaliel]

The guy then continued, "Smile, you miserable bitch!"

In my world, the only people who smile when they are being called names are psychopaths who are about to maim you.

People should keep in mind that a smile can be anywhere between "pleasant" and "very scary"...

[crazylegs]

Wow you must have had some big dickheads in your store in order to get management to put up a sign.

They're pretty standard these days, I've seen them at all locations of My Bank, at the post office (again all locations) and horrifically, at hospitals...

[smileyeagle1021]

Oh yeah, and we also had three drive offs. -.- I could never get the hang of Wednesdays. (Slight misquote there; cookie for the reference.)

and that ladies and gents, is why most of the United States has gone prepaid... I'm surprised Europe hasn't followed suit... oh and it solves the problem of the penny pincher would automatically have stopped for him...

[Madhatter_67_85]

Ugh. Always hated when customers would tell me to smile. I got to where I started replying back. I am smiling. This is my happy face.

[Lace Neil Singer]

and that ladies and gents, is why most of the United States has gone prepaid... I'm surprised Europe hasn't followed suit... oh and it solves the problem of the penny pincher would automatically have stopped for him...

Only problem with that system is all the divs who'd come into the petrol station to complain about the pump being broken. -.- Cuz of being used to this one. In any case, we have a very good hit rate as far as driveoffs go.

[Jay 2K Winger]

That reference was to Hitchhiker's Guide, all right, but the exact quote was "It must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays."

Whenever someone tells me to smile at work, I look up and tell them, in a flat deadpan, "They don't pay me to smile."

[gerund]

The guy then continued, "Smile, you miserable bitch!" I was so shocked, I said

When I go shopping I play a little game with the girls on the checkout. It always works. I think to myself, "She looks miserable. I wonder what I can say to brighten her day a little?"

I never never never say "Why don't you smile?" That just makes them even more frowny. I say something like "How are you today? I'm nearly good, all I have to do is finish this and I'm done for the day. When do you finish?"

Depending on their answer I can at some stage say something amusing enough to get some sort of smile, and then I've WON!

Never failed once.

[Lace Neil Singer]

That reference was to Hitchhiker's Guide, all right, but the exact quote was "It must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays."

Which was why I said it was a misquote. The incident happened not on Thursday, but on a Wednesday, otherwise it would be an exact quote. ^^

[seigus]

Really? "Smile, you miseable bitch!"?
There's a miserable bitch in this tale, all right, but I don't think it was you...

[RayvenQ]

If I was in line behind the Rude guy, I'd have done this.

Tapped him on the shoulder, waited till he turned round and then said, in a calm but loud-ish voice "Oh my god you're an ugly bastard"

then if he called me rude, I'd just say I ws being factual.

[chainedbarista]

rude guy reminds me of a woman who came in to my old store; i'm much like you, i don't smile much (most of the time, i was lost in thought, which some took to be 'a bad mood,' it was, unfortunately, one of the ways to keep myself sane), she felt the need to launch in a dissertation on how i should smile more, it takes less muscles to smile rather than frown, etc. by the time it was over, i had to keep myself from jumping the counter and strangling this obnoxious, self rightgeous bitch.

people like that have a brain to mouth filter disconnect; sadly, that will never be fixed.

penny pincher is like a guy who used to argue with me over the price of a cup of small coffee, claiming that he only had to pay the original price (it had went up by a whole dime, alert the media...oh wait, they've already printed this story) every single time for about six months; i had to start getting shifts and managers involved to keep this guy head from sucking so far up his a$$ and to keep the lines moving. seriously? if a dime or penny puts you out that much, maybe it's time to decide what's more important, saving that bit of cash or the item in question.

[Ironclad Alibi]

In my world, the only people who smile when they are being called names are psychopaths who are about to maim you.

People should keep in mind that a smile can be anywhere between "pleasant" and "very scary"...

Perhaps you saw Wednesday smile in Addam's Family Values?

[Lace Neil Singer]

If I was in line behind the Rude guy, I'd have done this.

Tapped him on the shoulder, waited till he turned round and then said, in a calm but loud-ish voice "Oh my god you're an ugly bastard"

then if he called me rude, I'd just say I ws being factual.

How I wish you'd been there; that would have made my day.