I am the devil

[customersruinmylife]

Note: I am not religious. I am not the slightest bit religious, but I consider myself very open minded. I respect people's religions, and I do not run around correcting people or telling them how to live.

So, as we are all aware, it is Easter weekend, and I am working all the way through it. I am in the middle of clearing a table, and the customer at the table starts making conversation with me. He started off very friendly and chatty.

RSC: Religious SC
Me: Me

RSC: How are you doing today?
Me: I'm good thanks, how are you?
RSC: Yeah, I'm fine. Are you enjoying your Easter?
Me: Well, I would enjoy it more if I had the weekend off.

I said it in a friendly, jokey way.

RSC: But you have tomorrow off...surely.
Me: I'm afraid not. I'll be here, bright and early to open the pub up.
RSC: But what about Easter? They didn't give you Easter Sunday off??
Me: A few people booked it off, but I'm not really a religious person, so I didn't mind working it.
RSC: YOU'RE NOT A CHRISTIAN????
Me: Umm...no, I'm not.
RSC: That's just...that's just...

I carried on clearing the table and walked away. I later found out that the guy put in a complaint to my boss because she hired a non-Christian!

[Dave1982]

CRML is it just me or are you posting a lot more SC stories since you moved to a new bar?

Oh and that guy is a shmuck.

[customersruinmylife]

CRML is it just me or are you posting a lot more SC stories since you moved to a new bar?

Really? I thought I was posting less! They seem to come in waves at the new bar. I can go a couple of weeks without a peep, then in one day, I have about 20.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I'm going to try to keep this comment as far away from Fratching territory as I can. As a Christian myself, that guy is exactly the type of person who frustrates me to no end. It's purely dumb to assume that every person is a Christian and to condemn them if they are not.

[ralerin]

Ohh I can just see those types of "But-but you don't have EASTER off?!?" comments aimed my way tomorrow morning. I get holiday pay so I'm not complaining.

[Gerrinson]

Really? I thought I was posting less! They seem to come in waves at the new bar. I can go a couple of weeks without a peep, then in one day, I have about 20.

Actually, I thought you were posting less often now, too. Which is too bad, I very much enjoy your suffering.

No offense.

I look forward to your posts nearly as much as Gravekeeper's or VSR's.

[Dave1982]

Well, it seemed like you'd post once a week or so at the old bar, but now it feels like every other day.

They seem to come in waves at the new bar. I can go a couple of weeks without a peep, then in one day, I have about 20.

That must be it.

[Buglady]

Ohh I can just see those types of "But-but you don't have EASTER off?!?" comments aimed my way tomorrow morning.

I always found that a bland, "No, since it seems a lot of people want to [shop/eat/whatever] even on Easter, the store stays open," followed by a sweet smile, wasvery effective. Let them connect the dots to the fact that THEY are out shopping or eating or whatever on the very day they're "shocked" you don't have off... you can see the second it "clicks" and they suddenly remember they left the stove on at home and off they go...

[Sliceanddice]

CRML is it just me or are you posting a lot more SC stories since you moved to a new bar?

Oh and that guy is a shmuck.

hes posting more singles less omg week from hell 50 scs pieces

[tropicsgoddess]

I won't have Easter Off tomorrow, and I definitely won't get complaints about not having the holiday off from customers since I do tech support (my department is open 24/7). -_-' *sigh*

[Jester]

I have Easter off, but then, I have Sundays off. It has nothing to do with religion...I just like having Sundays off. Especially during the NFL season.

Now, if I had dealt with that guy, it might (MIGHT, not guaranteeing anything) have gone something like this:

RSC: YOU'RE NOT A CHRISTIAN????
JESTER: Umm...no, I'm not.
RSC: That's just...that's just...
JESTER: I'm Jewish. Incidentally, so was Jesus and all the Apostles.
RSC: [silence]

Now, I am not a practicing Jew, but then, a guy like this doesn't need to know this, does he?

[Peppergirl]

I always love the irony of the people who call and say "Oh, I'm sorry you have to work xxxxx holiday."

"Oh really? We have staff so heavily on these days because people like YOU are calling."

I'm working today, but Easter is not considered a holiday, so no extra pay for me. Which makes putting up with the fuck-wits 20x worse. I'm a hell of alot more tolerant of nonsense when I'm getting paid at 1.5 or double time.

[Rapscallion]

Ohh I can just see those types of "But-but you don't have EASTER off?!?" comments aimed my way tomorrow morning.

From customers who are using the facilities that are open on that day, I would expect.

Rapscallion

[RebeccaOTool]

My Dad's a bartender, and he's working today too. And he's Jewish. Send the SC on over and my Dad'll talk about Passover and BLOW HIS MIND.

[BookstoreEscapee]

The distribution center is closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday (considering the majority of the warehouse staff is Hispanic, and therefore likely to be Catholic). Works for me...I get a 3 day weekend. The stores have holiday hours, I do believe; I think they're open until 6pm and they get holiday pay if they work. I never worked Easter though cuz for the most part I didn't work Sundays when I was in the store.

OT: yesterday it poured rain all day ... on a holiday weekend ... and I went to the mall (had to get my tires checked at Sears), Target, and the grocery store ... how dumb am I?