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Have you ever been working somewhere and have people ask you for things you clearly do not sell? Or think you have a business within a business in the store that is absolutely insane?
I work in a grocery store. Yes, we do sell things that aren't food. We sometimes sell furniture and pool accessories. We sell cheap DVDs and even fans now that it's summer and we're in a record-breaking drought. (In case you haven't been reading the news, Texas is frickin' HOT. Even moreso than usual.)
Back to my previous point. Here are some things I have been asked at my place of work.
'Do you have a bank here?'
This one isn't so strange, because an HEB down the road from us has a bank inside, a lot of businesses do. We are planning on putting a bank in sometime next year. But still, look around and tell me if you see one.
'Can I get my hair cut here?'
....buh? I think it would be sort of a health risk if we had our employees cut hair. There is a Cost Cutters three doors down from us, go there. There have been people who wonder why our store isn't connected with the big strip of shops down the sidewalk. Wow. Stupid AND lazy.
'Do you sell sex toys?'
I wish.
(We sell the usual condoms and lube, but other than that, no dice.)
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I'm gonna side track this with an exclamation of a rant:
Attention HEB shoppers....
WE'RE IN TEXAS!!!
Please! For the love of all that is holy, STOP complaining we have items that are listed in Spanish as well as English! And quit threatening to call immigration because we have Spanish speakers working here! And quit saying that because some items are listed in Spanish, they are therefore made in Mexico and are not safe by U.S. standards! The majority of our products are made right here in San Antonio!
Texas is a minority majority state. Meaning there are more non-white people than white people living here. You're in the minority. 75% of my customers speak little to no English. It's not even just Spanish speakers. I get a lot of Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese through my line as well.
It is important that we have the Spanish translations so that they can have some help. Otherwise, how is that good customer service? In many foriegn countries, they have English translations on their services for tourists. You don't complain about THAT, do you?
Look, you know you're in a state with that is near the border with Mexico. Texas was once PART of Mexico. (Texas history is mandatory in school here, so you should know that.) I realize that you think the immigrants are gonna come and take your job and dog and truck and beer away, but I guarantee that you somewhere down the line came from somewhere else. I know for a fact my ancestors came from Germany and Russia, as little as 50 years ago.
Okay, rant over.
I work in a grocery store. Yes, we do sell things that aren't food. We sometimes sell furniture and pool accessories. We sell cheap DVDs and even fans now that it's summer and we're in a record-breaking drought. (In case you haven't been reading the news, Texas is frickin' HOT. Even moreso than usual.)
Back to my previous point. Here are some things I have been asked at my place of work.
'Do you have a bank here?'
This one isn't so strange, because an HEB down the road from us has a bank inside, a lot of businesses do. We are planning on putting a bank in sometime next year. But still, look around and tell me if you see one.
'Can I get my hair cut here?'
....buh? I think it would be sort of a health risk if we had our employees cut hair. There is a Cost Cutters three doors down from us, go there. There have been people who wonder why our store isn't connected with the big strip of shops down the sidewalk. Wow. Stupid AND lazy.
'Do you sell sex toys?'
I wish.
(We sell the usual condoms and lube, but other than that, no dice.)---
I'm gonna side track this with an exclamation of a rant:
Attention HEB shoppers....
WE'RE IN TEXAS!!!
Please! For the love of all that is holy, STOP complaining we have items that are listed in Spanish as well as English! And quit threatening to call immigration because we have Spanish speakers working here! And quit saying that because some items are listed in Spanish, they are therefore made in Mexico and are not safe by U.S. standards! The majority of our products are made right here in San Antonio!
Texas is a minority majority state. Meaning there are more non-white people than white people living here. You're in the minority. 75% of my customers speak little to no English. It's not even just Spanish speakers. I get a lot of Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese through my line as well.
It is important that we have the Spanish translations so that they can have some help. Otherwise, how is that good customer service? In many foriegn countries, they have English translations on their services for tourists. You don't complain about THAT, do you?
Look, you know you're in a state with that is near the border with Mexico. Texas was once PART of Mexico. (Texas history is mandatory in school here, so you should know that.) I realize that you think the immigrants are gonna come and take your job and dog and truck and beer away, but I guarantee that you somewhere down the line came from somewhere else. I know for a fact my ancestors came from Germany and Russia, as little as 50 years ago.
Okay, rant over.
Ha!
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