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I thought it'd be a pretty uneventful New Year at work. I was a bit wrong on that count.
Starting with my story first, then moving on to the couple that my coworker S shared with me.
I Got The Power!
This guy comes up to me with a $60 "Set10" cellphone refill card and his "Set10" phone.
"Hey, uh, I gotta question for you. You're outta the $30 minute cards and *pulls his phone out of the case* and you got the $60 ones. And I got the power adapter for this thing and I want to know if it will take the power? You know what I mean?"
"Take...the power?"
"You know what I mean? I got the adapter for this and you don't have the $30 card. Will this phone handle the power? You know what I mean?"
"If that's a prepaid phone by 'Set10' it will."
"I'm not trying to start an argument with you! Will it handle the power?"
"Yes."
"I'm not trying to start a barroom brawl with you! This is a $60 phone card, 600 minutes. The other one is 300 minutes for $30. Will it handle the power?"
"People buy the 1000 minute cards for $120 and they don't complain so your phone will handle it."
"But will it handle the power? You know what I mean, don't you, right?"
"You can plug your phone into the wall and use it to refill your card, right?"
"Right."
"Yes, you can put as much as you want on that phone and it will handle it."
"But will it handle the power? See, I got the adapter and it's dead right now and I usually put the $30 card but you don't have it, you have the $60. I want to know if it will handle the power."
Lather, rinse, repeat, lather, rinse, repeat, lather, rinse, repeat...
Other Guy Behind finally YELLS. "Hey! She said yes it will! Now MOVE your ass out of the way I'm in a hurry damn it!"
Phone Guy finally pays, asks one more time if his phone will handle it, then disappears. Other guy says, "If he hadn't moved I think I would have decked him to shut him the hell up."
Shanked
A semi regular "customer" of ours (read: semi regular serial returner) got his butt banned today for doing the possibly stupidest thing ever: Lie down, stretched on the floor on his stomach, using a pair of scissors to cut open packages and stuffing the products, box and all into his pockets. He stole female Extenze (read: a female sexual enhancer to increase horniness), several packages of vitamins, cold sore medication and tried to steal a package of gel sole inserts for women's high heels. Oh, look, here comes 3 cop cars with 3 cops in them! Guy gets hauled out on his ass and also earns a permanent ban. The sad part is that he was homeless, which none of us knew.
I ought to make a topic in fratching about Aid of Rite's too generous return policy. Honestly, if it was stricter we would have less idiots and scammers darkening our doorsteps.
Really, WTF?
Poor S got beaten up by 2 crazy ladies today. One threw a fit because we were out of a product. Lady made this horrible groaning/moaning sound and smacked S with her cane before leaving. The other lady went BATSHIT INSANE because we don't have those "Take a penny, leave a penny" trays. She chucked her pennies at S and huffed out.
Thanks For Thinking Of Our Safety
The water main on <Cross Street> broke today, sending a river of water down into our parking lot. The city was out there fixing it, but for a few hours outside the place smelled like gas so much that people were getting lightheaded and it was drifting into the store. Must not have been severe enough to warrant evacuating us. *sigh*
Starting with my story first, then moving on to the couple that my coworker S shared with me.
I Got The Power!
This guy comes up to me with a $60 "Set10" cellphone refill card and his "Set10" phone.
"Hey, uh, I gotta question for you. You're outta the $30 minute cards and *pulls his phone out of the case* and you got the $60 ones. And I got the power adapter for this thing and I want to know if it will take the power? You know what I mean?"
"Take...the power?"
"You know what I mean? I got the adapter for this and you don't have the $30 card. Will this phone handle the power? You know what I mean?"
"If that's a prepaid phone by 'Set10' it will."
"I'm not trying to start an argument with you! Will it handle the power?"
"Yes."
"I'm not trying to start a barroom brawl with you! This is a $60 phone card, 600 minutes. The other one is 300 minutes for $30. Will it handle the power?"
"People buy the 1000 minute cards for $120 and they don't complain so your phone will handle it."
"But will it handle the power? You know what I mean, don't you, right?"
"You can plug your phone into the wall and use it to refill your card, right?"
"Right."
"Yes, you can put as much as you want on that phone and it will handle it."
"But will it handle the power? See, I got the adapter and it's dead right now and I usually put the $30 card but you don't have it, you have the $60. I want to know if it will handle the power."
Lather, rinse, repeat, lather, rinse, repeat, lather, rinse, repeat...
Other Guy Behind finally YELLS. "Hey! She said yes it will! Now MOVE your ass out of the way I'm in a hurry damn it!"
Phone Guy finally pays, asks one more time if his phone will handle it, then disappears. Other guy says, "If he hadn't moved I think I would have decked him to shut him the hell up."
Shanked
A semi regular "customer" of ours (read: semi regular serial returner) got his butt banned today for doing the possibly stupidest thing ever: Lie down, stretched on the floor on his stomach, using a pair of scissors to cut open packages and stuffing the products, box and all into his pockets. He stole female Extenze (read: a female sexual enhancer to increase horniness), several packages of vitamins, cold sore medication and tried to steal a package of gel sole inserts for women's high heels. Oh, look, here comes 3 cop cars with 3 cops in them! Guy gets hauled out on his ass and also earns a permanent ban. The sad part is that he was homeless, which none of us knew.
I ought to make a topic in fratching about Aid of Rite's too generous return policy. Honestly, if it was stricter we would have less idiots and scammers darkening our doorsteps.
Really, WTF?
Poor S got beaten up by 2 crazy ladies today. One threw a fit because we were out of a product. Lady made this horrible groaning/moaning sound and smacked S with her cane before leaving. The other lady went BATSHIT INSANE because we don't have those "Take a penny, leave a penny" trays. She chucked her pennies at S and huffed out.
Thanks For Thinking Of Our Safety
The water main on <Cross Street> broke today, sending a river of water down into our parking lot. The city was out there fixing it, but for a few hours outside the place smelled like gas so much that people were getting lightheaded and it was drifting into the store. Must not have been severe enough to warrant evacuating us. *sigh*
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