I've had computer problems that have kept me offline for nearly a week. And now I bring you some things from that week:
The ACCC
A customer threatened to call the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, basically the goverment body that enforces Australia's fair trading laws) because our petrol was half a cent more expensive than the place up the road. My boss told him to go ahead, and that they'll just tell him that as long as the price board matches the pump price we can charge whatever we like. The SC came back the next day, I was very tempted to ask what the ACCC said.
Lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat...
If I worked inside a computer, this SC's routine would have gone:
x=1'
while (x < arbitrary_large_number)
{
item Something=items.random();
SC.say("How much is this?");
Ed.say("I'll have to scan the barcode");
SC.bringToCounter(Something);
Ed.scan(Something.barcode);
Ed.say(Something.price);
SC.say("That's too much");
SC.return(Something);
x++;
}
No, you're holding a couple of chickens
SC: (holding 2 loaves of bread) "Do you guys sell bread?"
Kindergarten drop-out
SC: "Can I have a packet of escort red?" (cigarettes)
Me: "What size?"
SC: "Escort."
Me: (gesturing at shelves with the three sizes) "20s, 25s or 35s?"
SC: "Red."
A GT is not a Camel
SC: "Can I have a packet of Camels?"
Me : (starts to get the only kind of Camel cigarettes we stock)
SC: "Not those Camels, the ones next to it. No, the other side. Like next to but underneath. No, next to that..." (etc.)
Eventually I ended up pointing to a packet of GT brand cigarettes, which is a completely different brand.
Next time I'll charge her for all the deisel sales.
SC: (thrusting money at me) "Diesel!"
Me: "Which one?" (we have 4 diesel pumps, and 2 had sales on them)
SC: "What does it matter? Here's the money!"
Me: "I need to know which sale to clear."
SC: "Just pick one!"
non-SC waiting: "I'm on pump 11."
Me: "Thanks." (to SC) "That makes you pump 13."
SC: "Why do I need to know which pump I'm at if I have the right money?" (stomps out)
Edited to add...
Apparently I ruined Orthodox Easter by not marking down the prices of our Easter stock at 10pm on Easter Sunday. I think that SC chose their religion for the wrong reasons.
The ACCC
A customer threatened to call the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, basically the goverment body that enforces Australia's fair trading laws) because our petrol was half a cent more expensive than the place up the road. My boss told him to go ahead, and that they'll just tell him that as long as the price board matches the pump price we can charge whatever we like. The SC came back the next day, I was very tempted to ask what the ACCC said.
Lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat...
If I worked inside a computer, this SC's routine would have gone:
x=1'
while (x < arbitrary_large_number)
{
item Something=items.random();
SC.say("How much is this?");
Ed.say("I'll have to scan the barcode");
SC.bringToCounter(Something);
Ed.scan(Something.barcode);
Ed.say(Something.price);
SC.say("That's too much");
SC.return(Something);
x++;
}
No, you're holding a couple of chickens
SC: (holding 2 loaves of bread) "Do you guys sell bread?"
Kindergarten drop-out
SC: "Can I have a packet of escort red?" (cigarettes)
Me: "What size?"
SC: "Escort."
Me: (gesturing at shelves with the three sizes) "20s, 25s or 35s?"
SC: "Red."
A GT is not a Camel
SC: "Can I have a packet of Camels?"
Me : (starts to get the only kind of Camel cigarettes we stock)
SC: "Not those Camels, the ones next to it. No, the other side. Like next to but underneath. No, next to that..." (etc.)
Eventually I ended up pointing to a packet of GT brand cigarettes, which is a completely different brand.
Next time I'll charge her for all the deisel sales.
SC: (thrusting money at me) "Diesel!"
Me: "Which one?" (we have 4 diesel pumps, and 2 had sales on them)
SC: "What does it matter? Here's the money!"
Me: "I need to know which sale to clear."
SC: "Just pick one!"
non-SC waiting: "I'm on pump 11."
Me: "Thanks." (to SC) "That makes you pump 13."
SC: "Why do I need to know which pump I'm at if I have the right money?" (stomps out)
Edited to add...
Apparently I ruined Orthodox Easter by not marking down the prices of our Easter stock at 10pm on Easter Sunday. I think that SC chose their religion for the wrong reasons.
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