none of your business maybe?

[thehippie777]

SC in this story is a guy who came down to the lobby at a little after 2am. We had been conversing briefly when this jewel comes up.


SC: So you're young, (I'm 27) you in college?
Me: No, I am not.
SC: (gets pissed) Well, why not?!?!?!?!
Me: Well, I was in for a couple years but had money issues...
SC: WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST MAKE IT WORK??!?!
Me: (how about you pay for it, asshole) Well, honestly, I find it difficult to get along with professors sometimes... (It's true, I have gotten some negative feedback from a couple professors because I disagreed with them. lame, but welcome to Montana.)

From then on SC stops listening to me answering his questions and appears to be making up my answers in his own mind, which contradict what I actually said.


So he also seems to think I told him I didn't live here...cuz that makes sense that I am working in this town but not living here. I had actually told him, again, that I had said I wasn't originally from here but I have lived in Montana all of my life.

I am guessing he had had a few too many, and it turned him into an asshole.

[Akasa]

SC: WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST MAKE IT WORK??!?!

At that point I would have told him the conversation is now over and walked away.

[LillFilly]

At least he didn't try to convert you. Those are the worst. You just can't shake them off, and trying to get away makes them try harder!

[South Texan]

That is one reason I made it a point never to discuss anything personal with a customer. You either learn far more dull/disgusting information than you ever wanted to know about person for whom you could not care less, or the customer presses you to give out details you do not wish to discuss about yourself and then thinks it is ok to make personal/rude comments about your information.

If I was trapped into having to speak with a customer about such things, I always turned the question back at them: "Am I in college? Why do ask? Are you?" Most people like to talk about themselves, so rarely did the customer catch on to what I was doing.

[seigus]

[QUOTE=I am guessing he had had a few too many, and it turned him into an asshole.[/QUOTE]

People who turn into assholes when they drink are already assholes.

[Jay 2K Winger]

People who turn into assholes when they drink are already assholes.

Everyone has an asshole switch. Some people require a drink to flip that switch on. Others require hearing the word "No." And some people just walk around with the switch on all day long.

[thehippie777]

I wish it were all that easy. We are a very well trained hotel staff that are taught to be friendly and nice at all costs...pretty much. I was getting to the point with this asshole where I wanted to tell him I didn't feel at liberty to discuss my personal life.

I had forgotten to mention, the asshole insulted my rings I wear (4 that day, 3 on one hand 1 on the other) telling me blatantly and with a catbutt face how tackey "ALL OF THOSE RINGS" are. My manager...wears more then I do...

I think he is just one of those people who over citisizes others to feel better about himself...

Youre right, through, Jay. Once an asshole, always an asshole when drunk or not.

[tropicsgoddess]

I've had a customer ask me before whether I'm a democrat or republican and who I was voting for (this was last year). I told that customer that I simply couldn't discuss it. But this SC you got Hippie, sheesh! Was he hammered or just a sober asshole?

[Food Lady]

I've had that conversation with so many people I've lost count. And they were all sober. And mostly men. I think I just attract control-freaks.

[rerant]

This is why I share nothing with customers no matter how friendly they are.
They don't need to know anything about my life.

[Zombi]

I get the ones who say 'But you're so YOUNG! You shouldn't be working here, you should be at university!' I like to point out that I graduated 3 years ago and watch their brains seize up when they try to work out how old I am.

There's no law that says you have to have a degree otherwise you're a worthless, ignorant, lazy bum, but I'm often shocked by the number of people who think that way.