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  • Had I but Known!!

    Ah Monday's..... I hate Mondays. So many things that like to shit on one's good moods come on Mondays.

    The Bathroom Run Around

    So our bathroom was out of order. AGAIN. Because...people just cant grasp that PAPER TOWELS DO NOT BELONG IN THE FUCKING TOILET!!!!ELEVENTY!!!
    We cannot lock our bathroom door... It has one of those safety locks, the kind that pop unlocked if you close the door AFTER you locked it. ...And no one has a key. So We post the big sign on the door that says "Sorry, the restrooms are currently out of service" And that should be that. Right? ....OF COURSE NOT!

    1. This girl walks into the bathroom while I am helping some people in the FR. I hear the door click and think. SHIT. She comes back out in a little bit and says. "Your bathroom is like DISGUSTING!" And I say. "Yeah. I know. That's why that SIGN is up" pointing to sign. She looks at it and gets pissy. "WELL HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW!" ...Now it was only pure luck I didnt get in trouble for this... cause she was a teenager and had not yet mastered the complaining to management stage of SC. So I said "I Dont know. Maybe learn to READ?" hehe. She got pissed and stormed off with her friends.

    2. I am writing up a sign to stick to the handle of the door... people are more likely to look at it when it is obscuring their reaching. When from behind me I hear the door click....AGAIN. FUCK.
    So I finish the sign and wait out side the door. My SV walks around the corner.
    SV: what are you doing?
    Me: Waiting.... someone went in. DESPITE the sign, and now I am waiting for them to come out so I can affix this to the door.
    SV: oh... *waits with me*

    The girl came out and looked at both of us and was like "Your bathroom is gross an-" then she noticed me putting the sign on the handle and was like "Oh..... sorry"

    3. Now my SV and myself thought this would be the last of this... however some guy had seen this girl walk out of the bathroom... so he reasons that despite the signs... it's okay to use. He walks over and trys to push past my SV and myself.

    SV: Excuse me sir. But the bathroom is out of service.
    SC: That's bs. I just saw that girl come out of here!
    SV: yes. well she went in even though the signs were posted. We would have told her the same thing if we had seen her.
    SC: ThATS FUCKING BULL SHIT!
    SV: No sir. It's not. THe bathrooms broken, you can go next door to Rite Aid if you really have to.
    This guy storms off, cussing and shit all the way out the store. I hate people


    Sneaky SC

    Now this lady wasn't really an SC to me... she was annoying... and demanding. but not in a SC way.
    She had been in a few days back and found a suit she REALLY liked. She had put said suit on hold and come back Sunday, to buy it. She had attempted to purchase this suit along with a few other items, on 2 credit cards. There was no problem with the cards... It's just our system is old and we cant run 2 cards on a purchase. The girl who had been her checker on Sunday had told her as much. However she had been told she could use a credit, and a debit card.... which we cant... but it was one of our new girls and she had been giving wrong info. So she had come back Monday and been told... No. this was her conversation with me in FR.(As close as I can remember)

    Me: TADA!
    SL: Sorta Sucky Lady

    SL:Hello again.
    Me: Hello Ma'am! Do you need any more help tonight?
    SL"*sigh* yes. I tried to buy the suit but I cant. Can you put it back on hold?
    Me: I'm sorry. Of course I can
    SL: Yeah, (goes on spiel about how she was told X by sunday and Y today) So I had brought my debit and a credit card... and the girl tonight said I couldnt use them both... so I had to just buy some of the things and not the rest.
    Me: I'm so sorry. They are both new here, they were probably missinformed.
    SL: I know it's not THEIR fault or anything.... I just need the suit by WED, it's for my anniversary. Do you think you can hold it until Wed?
    Me: (now we are not supposed to do holds longer than 24 hours... but I feel so bad for her because she has been trying to buy this suit for 2 days and has been given wrong info.) Of Course I can. ^_^
    SL: Oh thanks so much! You won't forget will you!
    ME: No. I'm good at remembering holds.(which is true)
    SL:No one else will put it back right?!
    ME: I'm here tomorrow for close, so I'll be in charge of putting the holds back. So it will stay here.
    SL: Well can I have your name?
    ME: It's RED. Would you like me to write it on the hold slip?
    SL: Yes please. And should I call you tomorrow to remind you.
    Me:*inward sigh* It wont be necessary, but if you would like to you can. I work from X-close.
    SL: Okay! THANKS!


    And she left. Now on the surface she seemed super nice... I found out though, from the girl who was her checker.... She was A BITCH. She totally flipped out on CW, when she told her we couldnt run a debit and a credit. Blaming her, telling her it was all her fault, she wasnt doing her job right. How dare they LIE to a customer. etc.

    I wish I had known this before... I wouldn't have gone out of my way for her. bitch.



    *fin*
    "I'm not smiling because I'm happy. I'm smiling because every time I blink your head explodes!"
    -Red

  • #2
    Tell those bathroom morons to go outside & use the first tree they run into...lol.

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    • #3
      Quoth Bright_Star View Post
      Tell those bathroom morons to go outside & use the first tree they run into...lol.
      This could be quite amusing. If this is a big city then the closest tree is either one on the sidewalk or in the park. Using public places as toilet /= good idea
      Bark like a chicken!

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      • #4
        Yeah my store bathroom isn't for public use. We only allow our regulars to go in since we trust them and they don't mess up the bathroom. People we don't know can't use the bathroom and they get mad at us when there is a Mcdonalds across the street who allows anyone to use the bathroom.

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        • #5
          And of course, you know the cockmuffin fools who FUBAR'd your bathrooms would never do that at home. Their bathroom is probably spotless and they probably have a "one sheet per use" rule or something!

          But then they go out in public and anything goes.....like a contest....flush as much as possible down the toilet, see how big of stuff you can get to go down there!
          You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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          • #6
            This is why I say that retail establishments need to invest in installing American Standard's Champion 4 toilets in their restrooms. They're only about $400 each, and are the latest technology in toilets. AS has gone so far as to proclaim them 'uncloggable'. Take a look and see for yourself.

            http://www.americanstandard-us.com/v..._Flushing_Demo
            Dealer hits... 21. Table loses.

            This happens more often than most people want to believe.

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            • #7
              Quoth Tuxian View Post
              This is why I say that retail establishments need to invest in installing American Standard's Champion 4 toilets in their restrooms. They're only about $400 each, and are the latest technology in toilets. AS has gone so far as to proclaim them 'uncloggable'. Take a look and see for yourself.

              http://www.americanstandard-us.com/v..._Flushing_Demo
              Thomas Crapper would be proud.
              Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

              "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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              • #8
                What if you tape a HUGE sign to which they have to break the actual paper to open the door? Can you cover the word restroom and put like storage room or employees only? I know the point is they won't read but something has to make it click in their heads that NO means NO.

                Tape some bubble wrap to the handle and have it pop when they open it. Probably won't help make them stop but it could be funny...

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                • #9
                  Quoth Tuxian View Post
                  This is why I say that retail establishments need to invest in installing American Standard's Champion 4 toilets in their restrooms. They're only about $400 each, and are the latest technology in toilets. AS has gone so far as to proclaim them 'uncloggable'. Take a look and see for yourself.

                  http://www.americanstandard-us.com/v..._Flushing_Demo
                  That's the Al Bundy model of toilets.

                  Looks like you could flush a dead body with that thing - *perfect* for retail that has really annoying customers.

                  B
                  "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."- Albert Einstein.
                  I never knew how happy paint could make people until I started selling it.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Anakah View Post
                    What if you tape a HUGE sign to which they have to break the actual paper to open the door?

                    We actually strung up a "Caution Tape" X over the door once, from corner to corner on the frame... and still had a dip shit try to go in...
                    "I'm not smiling because I'm happy. I'm smiling because every time I blink your head explodes!"
                    -Red

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                    • #11
                      Hee-hee. Where I work, Customers don't know how to get into the bathrooms...maybe that helps us some

                      The reason: The doors push open, but still have handles (decorative) However the handles do not move, or twist, or depress. THEY. DO. NOT. MOVE. But Customers try and turn the handle, and when it doesn't turn they assume the bathroom is locked, even through they didn't attempt to push the door, and even though the doors do not close flush; they are always ajar.

                      We have so many people complain our bathrooms are locked that I asked if we could get signs that say 'Push.'
                      "If anyone wants this old box containing the broken bits of my former faith in humanity, I'll take your best offer now. You may be able to salvage a few of em' for parts..... " - Quote by Argabarga

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                      • #12
                        Reading is fundamental, people!!!
                        I don't get paid enough to kiss your a**! -Groezig 5/31/08
                        Another day...another million braincells lost...-Sarlon 6/16/08
                        Chivalry is not dead. It's just direly underappreciated. -Samaliel 9/15/09

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Tuxian View Post
                          This is why I say that retail establishments need to invest in installing American Standard's Champion 4 toilets in their restrooms.
                          We have one of those in our house. In the guest bathroom that my sister uses when she visits. Works GREAT! (there's a reason why it's the one my sister would be using...she never learned moderation in toilet paper usage...or how to flush)

                          My parents just love it. We havent tried flushing golf balls down it yet...but it handles what my mom deposits in it, it's perfect.

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                          • #14
                            I would be far too tempted to put just random weird signs on the door, just for kicks. Just to see if anything got read, like

                            -Ebola Monkey Storage

                            -Danger! Poisionous Spiders!

                            -Watch out for snakes!

                            -Unexploded Ordinance

                            -Closed Due To Nipping Sewer Rats

                            -Rabid Sugar Gliders

                            -Quiet! Do Not Enter! Earwigs Making Chutney Inside!

                            -Escaped Ticked-Off Weasles

                            Etc, etc.

                            I figure, if they don't read the sign, then screw em'. At least the employees would get a chuckle. I'd also be tempted to tape one near the top of the door with a down pointing arrow that says "Another Jerk Who Can't Read".
                            "I've never had a heart attack, but it isn't for my son's lack of trying." - Me

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Red_Dazes View Post
                              We actually strung up a "Caution Tape" X over the door once, from corner to corner on the frame... and still had a dip shit try to go in...
                              How about taping a warning sign over the handle in a way that covers it completely? Top and bottom, that way they couldn't even get a grip on it. Not that most SCs do.

                              Oooor.. you could always put a mock official sign over the 'restroom' sign that says 'IRS Audit Office'. Just a thought.
                              "You are the dumbest smart person I have ever met in my life!" Will Smith, 'I, Robot'.

                              "You LOSE! Good day, sir!" Gene Wilder, 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'.

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