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  • #1

    Ignore me will yah?

    Today I had a guy walk through the girls at the door who told him we're closed, walked through the tills as they told him we are closed hen walked up to me on a forklift which is only safe to drive when all the customers are out of the store.

    What did I say exactly?

    "Hey bud, we're closed!"

    no response

    "HEY! We're closed!"

    still nothing

    *HONK HONK* (yah my fork has a horn)" HEY BUDDY WE"RE CLOSED"

    at this point he waved me off

    *HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK* " YOU KNOW IGNORING ME WONT MAKE ME LESS ANNOYING! GET OUT!"

    Finally clued in, scowled at me, then left. Co-worker almost fell over laughing at how obnoxious I got.
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  • #2
    I really really really really REALLY REALLY REALLY want a loud horn on my car. Preferably an air horn from an 18 wheeler.

    Okay, granted, the air tank to run the horn will take up most of my trunk. I DON'T CARE. I'm tired of idiots merging into the side of my car.

    I think if an air horn came out of nowhere, I'd see the shit stains hit the road as they floored it to get out of the way.

    (also it would be fun to honk it in the parking lot of my store when the last customer was walking out.... )

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    • #3
      I wish wish WISH I had a horn in my store.
      Friday night was totally dead. Now we close at 10 but we're allowed to start the process of closing at around 9:50, since our shifts also end at 10. (Usually means we're officially closed at 9:55, but we're not a busy enough store for 5 minutes to matter.)
      At 9:45 eight people came in. At 9:55 I turned off the open sign. At 9:59 a man walked in.

      "I'm closed."
      "I can see that, I'll only be a minute."
      "No, I'm closed, as in no more sales."
      "I SAID I'll only be a minute!"
      "And IIIIIIII said I'm closed. *turns computer off*"
      "What'd you do that for?"
      "Be.Cause.I.Am.Clooooooosed."

      Ugh.
      Last time I ever forget to lock the door while I'm cashing out for the day.

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      • #4
        After we're closed, I reserve the right to be a bit "firm" with customers. In other words, not quite as nice to them as I would be during open hours (I won't be a jerk to them, I'll stick to my guns) . If we are closed that means I want to get everything shut down and cleaned up and then go home, not deal with SCs who fail to comprehend our business hours.

        I'm still peeved at the guy who complained to corporate because I locked the door as I saw him approaching. Thing is, I locked the door at 6:34 PM. We closed at 6:30.
        "If we refund your money, give you a free replacement and shoot the manager, then will you be happy?" - sign seen in a restaurant

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        • #5
          i think stores should be able to use an air horn whenever people decide to go ahead and enter a store even though it's glaringly obvious that they're closing to clue the idiot in to the situation at hand.

          only going to be a minute? tough patooky; we're CLOSED, come back and spend that minute tomorrow, when we're OPEN.
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          • #6
            i've had people knock on the drive thru window because no one came on the speaker for it. of course, this is usually about 10 minutes after we close. i don't get people.
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            • #7
              Quoth Green_Fairy View Post
              i've had people knock on the drive thru window because no one came on the speaker for it. of course, this is usually about 10 minutes after we close. i don't get people.
              People do that where I work all the time. I'll hear them shout "ARE YOU OPEEEEN?!"

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              • #8
                "Just one thing/minute" -- It's NEVER that fast.

                At a "boutique" grocery store I worked at as one of my first jobs, we had a few "speshul" customers who ALWAYS came in 20 minutes before close and shopped for over an HOUR, knowing full well that we needed to close, so that "they wouldn't have to deal with all the other shoppers". Net result: This forced at least five people plus all of the managers to stay on an extra hour or more past closing each time, ultimately costing the store money, even if they came up with a full cart.

                Naturally, we couldn't pressure them or tell them to GTFO.
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                • #9
                  My favorite sight of all time is watching customers smack themselves on the door after closing. I used to work at a supermarket which was open 24 hours during the week but would close at 10:00P.M. on Sunday. I was waiting for one of my friends who was a customer service manager and I lost track of how many people smacked themselves in the door expecting it to open.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth guitardude1987 View Post
                    People do that where I work all the time. I'll hear them shout "ARE YOU OPEEEEN?!"
                    Now while i've never went so far as to knock on a drive thru window I have waited in a drive thru and driven up and honked my horn.

                    This is because the local mcd's seems to enjoy flipping it's hours around.
                    (I'm not sure if this is just certain employees are lazy/don't want to work or what)

                    BUT, in the past, i've gone there at 4am. they are open I get served.

                    fast forawrd 6 months. I go at 2am.. I SEE lights on i SEE people (employees) milling about inside... No service.

                    It seems to vary between a 24 hour mcd's and one that closes around 12 or 1am.

                    soooo i'm not sure if it's corporate or employees. Ah well when it's been closed (or i just haven't gotten service) I Just go get pizza anyways. (or lately the healthier option of the 24 hour grocery store and buy REAL food)
                    Common sense... So rare it's a goddamn superpower.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth MergedLoki View Post
                      (or lately the healthier option of the 24 hour grocery store and buy REAL food)
                      *gasp* Noooooooooooooo~ Don't do that! They'll send the Fry Guys after you, and you may never be seen again! Rumor has it that Grimace hopped overe to the lcoal grocery one day to grab a pizza and they caught him -- and when's the last time you saw *him* in any of their ads? Eh?
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                      "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
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                      "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
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                      • #12
                        Quoth MergedLoki View Post
                        BUT, in the past, i've gone there at 4am. they are open I get served.

                        fast forawrd 6 months. I go at 2am.. I SEE lights on i SEE people (employees) milling about inside... No service.

                        It seems to vary between a 24 hour mcd's and one that closes around 12 or 1am.
                        It's based on the day of the week.

                        One of the local McD's is open 24 hours for 2 days of the week, but closes at 2 on 2 other days, and at midnight the last 3. They have a sign proudly proclaiming the 24 hour thing, but it's very confusing in the way they've written it. I imagine they get a lot of people coming on the nights they close early wondering why they aren't open all night because of it.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth mikoyan29 View Post
                          My favorite sight of all time is watching customers smack themselves on the door after closing. I used to work at a supermarket which was open 24 hours during the week but would close at 10:00P.M. on Sunday. I was waiting for one of my friends who was a customer service manager and I lost track of how many people smacked themselves in the door expecting it to open.


                          I need to see if there is anything like this on youtube. I could amuse myself for hours.
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                          • #14
                            Quoth Peppergirl View Post


                            I need to see if there is anything like this on youtube. I could amuse myself for hours.
                            I'd love to see it in person....and laugh in their faces about how dumb they look.
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                            • #15
                              At the start of September we had horrendous rain. It overflowed (overflew?) the guttering above the automatic doors and shorted them out. We came up with the high tech solution of a sheet of A4 with "push" written on it. On Sundays we close a 4pm due to the trading laws here, but staff were in filling shelves until 9pm.

                              They told me the next day that they started timing how long a customer would stand there pushing at the doors and looking at the sign confused before giving up.


                              Apparently it can take 24 minutes and 19 seconds to realise a door isn't going to open.

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