The customers REALLY want me to stay (sarcasm!)

[customersruinmylife]

I don't know if it's because I am leaving, but I have noticed a sudden increase in sucky customers over the past few days.

Pasta Bake Bitch

A dumb looking blonde walks up to the bar.

SC: Hi there, can I order the pasta bake please?

We go through the motions, where she is sitting ect ect, and I complete the order. All is well...until about eight minutes later.

SC: Can you cancel that pasta bake please?
Me: Oh, I'm pretty sure it's just about ready. Why do you want to cancel it?
SC: I've ordered pasta by mistake. I don't like pasta.
Me: You ordered a pasta bake when you don't like pasta?
SC: I know, I didn't realise...I would like to order something else.

I look over and see a co-worker walking out of the kitchen with her food.

Me: Well, if you want to order something else you are going to have to pay for it.
SC: Can't I just swap for something else?
Me: No, that food is going to get wasted now.
SC: Oh...I guess I'll have to eat it then.

A co-worker cleared her table.

CW: And how was your pasta bake?
SC: Lovely thanks!
Me:

You want me to ban HER??

We have a group of ladies who come in for breakfast about two or three times a week. One of the ladies is heavily disabled, and the other two ladies are her carers. The handicapped lady can't really control what she says, and occasionally lets out the odd, random yell or scream. It startled me the first time I saw her, but she is actually a really nice person, and so are her carers.

Then we have one of our old men regulars. He is rude, and is one of the reasons I hate opening the pub, because he is always outside, waiting to get in before I even enter the pub! Upon seeing the handicapped lady and her carers enter, Old Man walked up to me.

OM: You need to ban her!
Me: Why?
OM: She cannot control herself in public! Have you heard her when she yells?

At that point, the handicapped lady yelled.

OM: See! You need to ban her!
Me: You are suggesting I ban someone who cannot help who they are??
OM: She is dissssssturrrbing meeeeeeee!!!

He walked away. I couldn't reply, because I wanted to throttle him. A few minutes later, Old Man leaves. One of the carers walks up to me, looking upset. The carer and me are on a first name basis.

C: Customersruinmylife, that...man...he just walk up to *handicapped lady* and told her she had no business out in public! He was so brutal...

Carer looked like she was going to cry.

Me: I just...I just don't know what to say.

I have passed on this story to all the staff and other managers. All are disgusted. There is no way he's getting served again!

Lazy?!?!?!?!?!

It's a public holiday in the UK this weekend, and that means that there are a lot of arseholes out and about.

A lady was asking a co-worker about making a booking. He didn't really know what to tell her so he passed her onto me. I was stood at the bar with the lady, organising the booking (she was really nice) when I hear what sounds like a barking sound.

SC: OW! OW! OW! *clicks fingers*

I look over, and see a rather irate looking man looking at me.

SC: ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO SERVE SOMEONE TODAY???
Me: I am just helping my customer at the moment. One of my co-workers will get to you in a minute.
SC: YOU AREN'T DOING ANYTHING!!!
Me: I am helping a customer at the moment, and it's not even busy.
Co-worker: I'll serve him now customersruinmylife.
SC: NO! I WANT HIM TO SERVE ME, SEEING AS HE ISN'T DOING ANYTHING!
Lady: He is in the middle of helping me, actually.
SC: HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING! FUCK! FORGET IT! I DON'T WANT TO DRINK HERE ANYMORE!
Me: That's fine with me.
SC: YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A LAZY BASTARRRRRRRRRRRRD!!
Me: Lazy bastard? I was here at 7am bringing a delivery in. What were you doing at 7am?
SC: I AM GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU!
Me: Complain all you want, I couldn't care less.
SC: I'M LEAVING!!

I put on the most cheerful tone of voice I could.

Me: Bye! Byeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I was sorely tempted to blow him a kiss as well. He just about had a fit and ran out the door. The lady I was helping was in stitches laughing.

Three weeks tomorrow until my last shift EVER!!!!!!!

[Bramble]

You want me to ban HER??

...... There are no words... Old Man or not say something like that around me and see what happens when you make Bramble angry.

[LillFilly]

That's sick; would that guy like everyone whose differences in ability make him uncomfortable to maybe be euthanized too? If someone with such a disability has someone to watch-out for them and help them when they're out and about, that's their right to go out and enjoy life if they so choose.

Granted, I've met some sucky caregivers; like the ones that just park their patient by a store and walk-off to do their thing, or the ones with high-maintenance patients who they don't have the physical ability to handle who decide to get violent in the middle of the food court on a Saturday!

[chainedbarista]

mabye om should be euthanized as per his own line of thinking; he doesn't serve a purpose or have a life (he's there at a bar at 0700?? wtf?), so why allow him to live? he's a burden...ok, stopping now.

but seriously, she's disturbing him by what, an occasional outburst? get over yourself, pops, or move your annoying old ass elsewhere.

[tropicsgoddess]

Sheesh, you really got your fill of the "winners". The first one was a grade A dumbass, the second one was just a complete jackass. Good for you on banning him! As for the third one, a 4 year old in a grown man's body who is just a freaking moron.

[Caffienated_Caramel]

Then we have one of our old men regulars. He is rude, and is one of the reasons I hate opening the pub, because he is always outside, waiting to get in before I even enter the pub!

Is this the same guy who discovered the doorbell in the back? I wanna know what he does next when he tries to come in.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Sounds like the first lady has Tourette's or something. We had a guy at Store1 who had that. He would make a loud sound, sort of a cross between a growl, a bark, and clearing the throat. He didn't really talk much, either, but he seemed like a decent guy. Would browse, and sometimes buy a book or two and leave. Luckily no one ever complained about him. I don't know what I would have said if someone ever had.

[StanFlouride]

It's a public holiday in the UK this weekend, and that means that there are a lot of arseholes out and about.

Now, now, CRML, we've been reading (and enjoying) your tales of woe long enough to know that there are lots of a-holes out and about in your land whether it's a holiday or not.

[Erin]

When I worked for McD's in the 90s, we had this guy who would come in with his mom every saturday for breakfast. He was deaf, had Tourettes, and was probably autistic as well.

I'd actually lived a few blocks from him for about 15yrs. He used to swim at the neighborhood swimming pool we went to. His use of sign language was one of the inspirations for me learning Sign. (I was always interested in Sign anyways)

He always would order his food from me because he knew that I knew sign language and I would actually talk to him. He really loved sugary foods. (the hotcakes and the cinnamon rolls...he was nuts for them...and the orange drink)

Anyways, he would always sit in the same place if he could, and inbetween the barks and guttural attempts at verbalizing, he'd be smacking the table with his hands. His mom told me once that when he was at the deaf school, they taught him to slap his hand on the table when he needed something or wanted to talk to someone (the vibrations would alert the other deaf kids to look up)

It seemed like I was one of the few people to understand this guy. I never had a problem with him. (wish I could remember his name) I was always the one who would explain his situation to the new employees, so that they wouldnt wonder what was going on when he started smacking the table and barking.

We had several customers over the 8yrs I worked there that would come up to me and tell me we needed to kick him out, (because, OMG!!!) he was scaring the children.

They never realized while they were loudly telling me to kick him out, his mom was usually sitting at the table right next to our front counter. I would tell them calmly that he's deaf and has Tourettes and aside from that he's a perfectly nice guy. He was apparently a very gifted chef (who loved to eat McD's...weird) It was one of the few times that I've been able to tell customers that they were being asshats without actually calling them asshats. I'd just explain that he's been coming there for years, and no one else has ever had a problem with him, he wasnt hurting anyone and it was just self-important a-holes who were "offended" by his behavior.

At least he had manners and would carefully give me the money for his breakfast (after he got it from his mom) and he would say "please" and "thank you" (in Sign). He always said "goodbye" when he left. He's one of the few things I miss about that job.

I kind of wonder where he is now, his mom was probably in her 70s then (and this was the early 1990s) and he was probably about 20 years older than me. I'm 40 now, so I kind of wonder if his mom is still around and taking care of him, or if something happened to her. I hadnt been back to that McD's since I quit (rather dramatically) in 1996, and I havent seen that guy anywhere else in public for years. They just tore down the McD's in July to build a new one, so I have to wonder if he still goes out every saturday (and sunday) morning for breakfast at Mickey D's.

[Argus]

On that pasta bake customer:
If someone who dislikes spinach had ordered chicken florentine without realizing the ingredients, that would be understandable. In fact, I've seen that happen. (The spinach was large enough that it could be picked off; plan B would have involved swapping with someone else at the table.) But this is almost as bad as ordering peanut butter cookies for someone with a peanut allergy (and worse than ordering a BLT tray when someone is Jewish).

[EricKei]

Is this the same guy who discovered the doorbell in the back? I wanna know what he does next happens to him when he tries to come in.

Fixed it for ya

[Jay 2K Winger]

Yeah, there are a few regular customers at the wholesale club with adult children with disabilities like that. While I would get startled sometimes by hearing them making their noise or stomping or slamming something, it was only the first few times, then I learned to just tune it out. Their minders (for lack of a better term) were always polite and friendly, too.

One of the disabled guys once took my hand when I was handing him back the receipt and gave me a kiss on the knuckles. I just looked bewildered.

I've never heard a complaint against one of them like you got there, CRML.

[Caffienated_Caramel]

Fixed it for ya

thank ya kindly

[customersruinmylife]

Is this the same guy who discovered the doorbell in the back? I wanna know what he does next when he tries to come in.

It wasn't that guy, but I've got a thread about him coming soon!

[Pagan]

You want me to ban HER??

Do I really need comment on that jackass's behavior?

We have an older gentleman, in his 80's that comes in to the pharmacy quite often with his adult son that has Down's Syndrome. I have absolute respect and admiration for this man because being of that generation, it's surprising that they didn't have the son institutionalized.

SC: I'M LEAVING!!

CRML: So am I, you boob!