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  • #1

    Panic at the Bookstore

    Phone call to the bookstore:

    SC: I had my friend come and pick up the book I had held, and it's the wrong book!
    Me: I'm sorry about that. What's your last name?"
    SC: Smith.
    Me: Let me check the hold shelf.
    >a moment later<
    Me: Yes, I have another hold for Smith, it seems there were two holds under that name. Is the correct book >insert title here<
    SC: Yes!
    Me: It seems there was a mix-up then.
    SC: My friend KNEW what title to get! I told her!
    Me: (so why did she take the wrong one?) I still have the correct title here. Just bring the other back at your convenience and we'll be happy to exchange them.
    SC: But...time! Gas! Money! (yes, she actually said this)
    Me:...excuse me?
    SC: My time and gas has been wasted!
    Me: (don't you mean your friend's time and gas?) As I said, we'll be happy to do the exchange and I apologize for the mix-up. Is there anything else I can help you with?
    SC: NO! (SLAM!)

    Later another lady came in to exchange the book and pick up the right one. She seemed very cowed so I hope the SC didn't berate her too badly.

    And This Takes the Cake

    Ever have SCs stick their noses where they don't belong? Like the woman who tried to lecture me on why I HAD to have two cats (after I mentioned I only had one) or I was being cruel to my cat etc etc. Of course you have. We all have. But this one floored me.

    I was helping a semi-regular customer, a middle-aged woman, at the register. After a pleasant if bland exchange she leaned forward.

    SC: Can I give you some advice?
    Me: Um, sure.
    SC: You've been here a few months, haven't you?
    Me: Since August, yes ma'am.
    SC: Well, it looks to me like you've gained some weight since you got here. You're a pretty girl, and I just wanted to let you know you might want to watch that. It's not healthy.
    Me: I'm pregnant, and you're rude. Have a nice day.

    She went scarlet and left. It'll be interesting to see what happens when she returns.

    I regret now telling her I'm pregnant, it's none of her business. She has no right to comment on anyone's weight no matter what the reason.
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  • #2
    No, I liked that you told her you were pregnant. It showed her that she was an idiot. I would die if that happened to me, I've gained a bit of weight lately so I'm trying to eat healthier, take the stairs etc., but I don't really have a lot of time to exercise. But that's my point, even if you were fat, how would she know that you weren't trying to do something about it? It's none of her concern.
    It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
    -Helen Keller

    I got this av from Court Records, made by Croik!

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    • #3
      What a horribly rude thing to say! How does she know that you aren't on life saving medication that is making you gain weight? (which is my reason for gaining weight - but they say it is temporary).
      I lose weight when I'm about to leave a boyfriend (not on purpose it just happens) so anytime a customer has commented on my weight loss I tell them that. I think commenting on a stranger's weight either way is rude.

      Congrats on the pregnancy btw!

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      • #4
        I agree that it was incredibly rude for her to even mention your weight! That is not something that is any of her business at all, regardless of why or how. But it is pretty funny that she said it was "unhealthy" for you to gain weight and that you are actually pregnant -- because, in fact, it is actually VERY healthy for you to gain weight! Oh, irony. (Is that irony? Hmm.)
        !
        "For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction." -- Lord Byron

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        • #5
          Oh, man, my disgusting, gutter-minded inner-pervert breaks free with two possible responses to the lady commenting on your weight:

          1) I'm pregnant. Which means I got laid. You might want to try it sometime - maybe you wouldn't be such a bitch.

          2) I have gas. Pull my finger?

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          • #6
            Well hey, on the shiny side. At least she thought you were fat but you were actually pregnant. I hear women get very upset when someone asks how far along they are, and they're actually just pudgy.
            Yes, I do agree she's a cow.
            "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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            • #7
              "Actually, I'm trying to gain weight. For my boyfriend." *wicked smirk* "He likes his girls hefty."

              I think it's a good thing you mentioned your pregnancy. Might make her stop and wonder next time, before barging in with an assumption.

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              • #8
                What a bitch!!!

                Did you make it to work today? A level 3 emergency, seriously? The ice sucked, but it didn't snow THAT much.
                "So, if you wanna put places like that outta business, just stop being so rock-chewingly stupid." ~ Raudf, 9/19/13

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                • #9
                  Quoth AnaKhouri View Post

                  SC: Well, it looks to me like you've gained some weight since you got here. You're a pretty girl, and I just wanted to let you know you might want to watch that. It's not healthy.
                  Me: I'm pregnant, and you're rude. Have a nice day.

                  "Let me repay the favour ma'am, your nose looks to be on the verge of getting broken, that's not healthy, I suggest you watch who's business you stick it into."

                  Congrats on the podling too.
                  If I dropped everybody who occasionally said something stupid from my list of potential partners, I wouldn’t even be able to masturbate

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                  • #10
                    I've had a reverse of that situation. A former CW of mine (let's call her 'B') was talking to me about work and weight gain. I started bragging about all the weight I lost during PT (from 163 down to 149!). Point is, she asks me the inevitable, "Am I fat?"

                    Girls, why do you do this to us?! We're just men who can't answer properly half the time...


                    And yes, I said "no" and she called me a liar.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Hobbs View Post
                      , "Am I fat?"
                      And yes, I said "no" and she called me a liar.

                      And this is why I always tell my other half: I consider this questing the same as putting a gun to my head as no answer is going to be the correct one.
                      Crono: sounds like the machine update became a clusterf*ck..
                      pedersen: No. A clusterf*ck involves at least one pleasurable thing (the orgasm at the end).

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Hobbs View Post
                        "Am I fat?"

                        Girls, why do you do this to us?! We're just men who can't answer properly half the time...

                        And yes, I said "no" and she called me a liar.
                        Oh please, if she says "you're a liar" just so, "Ok fine, I do think you're fat, feel better?"

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                        • #13
                          I knew a girl in my high school who got knocked up early. She was working the checkout at a grocery store and after her first trimester she got some half-way sucky "are you fat or pregnant" type customer (It's been...damn, 20 years! so I don't remember any specifics) so she decided to head off any further nonsense and meet the issue up front. In addition to her normal name tag "Alice," she had another one she wore on her belly that read "Alice Jr." Problem solved!
                          Hmm...more zombies than usual...

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                          • #14
                            Sorry, forgot to post this:

                            Oh, well imagine, as I'm pacing the shelves of a bookstore,
                            I can't help but to hear, No I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words.
                            "Aren't you a fatty?"

                            "Aren't you a fatty?" says the old sow to the cashier.
                            "Ah, no, but what a shame, what a shame
                            That you're such a...whore.

                            I chimed in with a "Haven't you ever heard of, closing your G**damn mouth?!"
                            No it's much better to face these kinds of things
                            With a sense of poise and rationality.


                            Hey, at least it's not the Song that doesn't end

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Hobbs View Post
                              And yes, I said "no" and she called me a liar.
                              You didn't hesitate at all did you? Because if you did, it's dooooom...
                              "I'll probably come round and steal the food out of your fridge later too, then run a key down the side of your car as I walk away from your house, which I've idly set ablaze" - Mil Millington

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