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  • #1

    Please, be even more vague

    I had this lady the other day come up to and say something along the lines of "I have this hole, and it has a deer in it. How can I decorate it?"

    I was a little confused and had no idea what she was talking about.

    I asked her to clarify because I didn't understand, and she said "I have a hole, and I need to fill it"

    In my head I thought "Well use some dirt then." She wasn't being descriptive at all. If I had a picture of what it was I could've helped, but she was way too vague.

    And she seemed annoyed when I said "Um..well, we have lots of decorations sorted by color" And just pointed to all the Christmas aisles. What else was I supposed to do?
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    Quoth Summerfly413 View Post
    I asked her to clarify because I didn't understand, and she said "I have a hole, and I need to fill it"
    ...why did i automatically think of family guy? oh yeah...
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    • #3
      Rage. RAGE, everytime a customer does this.

      Especially because MOST OF THE TIME, in addition to having the vaguest description possible and no other information, they swear up and down that they "bought it here last month", "saw it in our commercial last week", or "saw it in our flyer yesterday".

      Then LOW AND BEHOLD (after dozens of wasted minutes at their insistance) they whip out a flyer from Target.

      So. Much. RAGE.

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      • #4
        Quoth Green_Fairy View Post
        ...why did i automatically think of family guy? oh yeah...
        Haha, that's what I thought of, too!

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        • #5
          "I need this... thing... that you do... stuff with. You know what I'm talking about right?"

          Sad part is, I'm exaggerating only slightly.
          Sometimes life is altered.
          Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
          Uneasy with confrontation.
          Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

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          • #6
            So tell them it's in Aisle [Maximum Aisle +3] next to the [blue ting]
            SC: "Are you new or something?"
            Me: "Yes. Your planet is very backwards I hope you realize."

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            • #7
              Waaaay beyond vague, to downright bizarre. A hole with a deer in it?? Does she have Alzheimer's? Not speak English? Too many head injuries? I probably would have laughed, wouldn't be able to help myself.
              "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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              • #8
                *sigh* Too many people talking out of their deer holes......

                "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is                 Still A Customer."

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                • #9
                  Last week, first day on the new job "My grandson wants this game on the DS with a guy in a mustache."

                  Could you be a bit more specific?

                  "He has a brother."

                  Now would be a good time to visit So Very Unofficial!

                  "I've had so many nasty customers this week, my bottomless pit is now ankle-deep."-Me.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Shironu-Akaineko View Post
                    Last week, first day on the new job "My grandson wants this game on the DS with a guy in a mustache."

                    Could you be a bit more specific?

                    "He has a brother."

                    "Okay sir and which of the multitude of Mario games would that be?"

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                    • #11
                      This reminded me of an old story from when I first started working at Sears. I hadn't been there for long when I got this call.

                      Me: <standard scripted greeting>

                      Her: "Yeah, y'all got that thing on TV?"

                      <long silence>

                      Me: "...uh, Ma'am, I'm not sure what you're referring to."

                      Her: "It's that thing that was on TV last night."

                      I don't really remember how it went from there, except that she utterly failed to remember anything beyond the fact that "it was on TV last night."

                      [I love that story. It's probably the one from my Sears days that I tell most often!]
                      "Wouldn't that be unethical?"
                      "That's only an issue for those who aren't already in Hell."
                      --Dilbert

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                      • #12
                        maybe she wanted one of those... personal massagers.
                        To err is human, to blame someone else shows good management skills.

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                        • #13
                          Blame it on corporate.

                          There were a series of commercials (for Lowes or Home Depot, I think) a few years ago that showed a series of customers coming in with really vague descriptions of the item they're looking for or the problem they're trying to fix and the omniscient, ever-helpful, mind-reading, charades-playing employees were able to divine exactly what the flumoxed customers were looking for.

                          I am so thankful for the internet and my cell phone camera for saving me from similar problems. "I need *this*" or "Do you have something to fix *this*?" <shows a picture>
                          Sorry, my cow died so I don't need your bull

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                          • #14
                            Speaking of vagueness...
                            I love it when people walk into the restaurant on a VERY busy night, approach me at the host stand, and proceed to ask "Uhhhh..I'm looking for Helen, I'm supposed to meet her and a couple other people here" ......................................
                            How the fuck am I supposed to know who Helen is?!? We're a casual restaurant and bar. There are NO reservations and we CERTAINLY dont ask peoples names as we're seating them. Why dont you...ya know...LOOK YOURSELF?

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                            • #15
                              I'm fixing a hole where the rain comes in...

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