Go away, I'm not your friend

[smileyeagle1021]

this is why I park on the back side of the hotel most days... why, because it takes 30 seconds going down a back hallway to get outside and to my car... if I park in front I have to walk through the lobby and risk a guest stopping me.

[NateTheChops]

"Hey You work at Rite Aid!"
"Fuck off."

Generally stops them everytime.

[MannersMakethMan]

Do these people try and talk and complain to the cashier who has just served them in a supermarket say, after they have finished work?

Yes, it's happened to me quite a few times, even after I've left the company a couple of years. And you're still expected to know everything.

A slightly better one was when I was doing some emergency grocery shopping on a Saturday 2 weeks ago and was on my phone talking to mum about which would be the best subsititute for an out of stock product, when a random guy came up and started talking to me about how he'd seen me on the telly the night before. I'm clearly in the middle of a conversation, and yet he feels like he needs to interrupt with his complete inanities. Some people just have no idea how to behave when they're out.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Actually they do. That's why as soon as I clock out I head straight for my car and ignore any customers. Thankful our timeclock is right by the front door so I don't have to walk far to escape the store, but still I've had people stop me before to complain or whine.

Lucky...when I was at Store2 they changed the timeclock from a box on the wall in the break room to one of the computer terminals in the store. In that store it's the one that is closest to the breakroom...which is in the childrens department! Yes, you have to walk through the kids dept. and stop at the info desk there just to punch in and out, and you have to walk through to get to the breakroom/office, the bathroom, and receiving...I don't know who set that store up but they were not thinking clearly at all.

I've never had anyone ask me work-related stuff outside of work, but I have been asked for help while wearing my coat, scarf and gloves, and carrying an umbrella, my purse, and my lunch bag. If that doesn't say "not on the clock" I don't know what does. I've also been asked for help when I was not working but had stopped in to visit a friend; I was wearing jeans, a sweatshirt and sneakers, and carrying two Starbucks cups because I had gone to get us drinks before he went on break. (In both instances I was asked "Do you work here?" and I said, "No." and walked away.)

[Damien]

I have lost count of how many times parents want to talk about their kids (I am a teacher), when I am at a festival, travelling, at a doctor's surgery, at a urinal in a public bathroom and so on...

I don't carry my markbook everywhere and I have far more things on my mind

[Kagato]

I've stopped wearing my work clothes when I go shopping, cause not only am I asked random questions about bus services when I'm obviously trying to do my shopping in my own free time, but I sometimes get mistaken for a supermarket staff member since our shirts look almost identical when you are looking from behind -.-''

[Gravekeeper]

See, this is one of the big advantages of call center work.

The chance of someone overhearing me and going "Wait, I know that voice....you work at x!" is rather remote.

Though even that would be unlikely as I have two distinct vocal patterns: Casual Voice and Operator Voice. -.-

[Boozy]

Years ago, I worked in a restaurant in my hometown.

The building is still there, and its still a restaurant, but it has changed hands (and names) several times. When I worked there, it was a cafe. Then it was fine dining. Now its a pub.

I was eating at the pub recently when an old regular from the cafe days came in. I was sitting at a table, eating a meal and drinking a beer. And the woman came up to me and said, "Oh, it's you! I need a table for four, with a highchair."

[Peppergirl]

The chance of someone overhearing me and going "Wait, I know that voice....you work at x!" is rather remote.

Unless it's your stalker friend. She'd know you from 20 paces. She'd 'feel' your presence.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Unless it's your stalker friend. She'd know you from 20 paces. She'd 'feel' your presence.

How did you kn.....uh...never mind...

[Peppergirl]

How did you kn.....uh...never mind...

Shhhush. He'll hear you. You secret (was) safe with me.

[NateTheChops]

, "Oh, it's you! I need a table for four, with a highchair."

Me: :Looks at the woman and takes a swig of beer: What's in it for me?

[bookishfreak]

ARGH! I hate that! I never go into my store on my time off if I can help it, but sometimes I need something that I know we sell and other stores around us don't. So when I'm in there in my blue jeans, t shirt (That is NOT blue) shopping basket and flip flops does it work like I'm working?!? People come up to me and go "You work here right?" I merely look at them and go: "Not today." And go right back to what I was doing. I'm not getting paid, I don't have to help you find your stuff. Usually I'll be nice and point them in the right direction or to an employee actually on the clock, but if they are a doucebag I will just snap "Look. I'm not getting paid to help you. I am here on my own time. Go find someone in a blue shirt and nametag to help."

I really hate it when people stop me in another place to talk to me about work. I just tell them. "I leave work at work, I am not at work and I'm not going to talk about it."Usually works.

[Canarr]

Today I had an annoying whiny passenger off my flight on my coach home. I know, bad luck. And the dozy cow wanted to whine and bitch some more. Not being paid to listen to her crap, ipod came on, eyes closed and I moved seats.

You can't do that!

Don't you know it's dangerous to move seats on a bus with your eyes closed?

[auntiem]

I always got - "how much is it to XX from XX?" even at parties with supposed "friends". WTF is up with that? Really, did they think I had a reservation system in my head?!
This is kinda funny I think: Long ago I worked at a "adult toys store" in my little town and later House managed a live event theater, every once and awhile I get "you look familiar - where do I know you from?" from soon to be grooms planning a honeymoon (TA job) or people on dates (HM job). I resisted the urge to say "oh! you're that FA that kept that video for 20days!" or some such.