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So two nights ago I'm working at (insert electronics giant here). It's a truck night so rather than working the floor, I and a few other coworkers are unloading a truck and putting the stuff out on the floor.
So I wander over to the computer section to put away some portable harddrives when this guy asks me:
Guy: Do you work in this section?
Now, we'll pause here in reflection. Just because we all wear the same uniform does not necessarily mean that we work in a certain area, nor do we have encyclopedic knowledge of every department in the store.
Me: Uh, I don't work in computers sir. Thinking( I unload trucks and work in the CD/DVD department) Let me see if I can get someone for you.
Now, I knew damn well that we only had 2 guys working computers and that happens to be an area that gets a lot of traffic no matter what day of the week it is. But I figured, what the hell, try anyway.
And of course my efforts were in vain as both my coworkers had their hands full. So I scuttle back to the guy.
Me: Sir, unfortunatly both of our computer guys are busy at the moment with customers.
Guy: So is someone going to come over here and help me? (said with an air of pompous windbaggery)
Me: (thinking) WTF?, Did I not just say that they were busy? Was I speaking a foreign language? Did I even have an accent? You know what? Why don't I use my magical powers to make an employee appear as per your beckon call.
Me: No, sir. You'd have to wa...
Guy: (cutting me off) Okay, thanks.
Now, I can read body language and I knew the guy was pissed as he left the store in a huff. But seriously, what did he expect to happen? That everyone would drop what they were doing to throw themselves at him?
So I wander over to the computer section to put away some portable harddrives when this guy asks me:
Guy: Do you work in this section?
Now, we'll pause here in reflection. Just because we all wear the same uniform does not necessarily mean that we work in a certain area, nor do we have encyclopedic knowledge of every department in the store.
Me: Uh, I don't work in computers sir. Thinking( I unload trucks and work in the CD/DVD department) Let me see if I can get someone for you.
Now, I knew damn well that we only had 2 guys working computers and that happens to be an area that gets a lot of traffic no matter what day of the week it is. But I figured, what the hell, try anyway.
And of course my efforts were in vain as both my coworkers had their hands full. So I scuttle back to the guy.
Me: Sir, unfortunatly both of our computer guys are busy at the moment with customers.
Guy: So is someone going to come over here and help me? (said with an air of pompous windbaggery)
Me: (thinking) WTF?, Did I not just say that they were busy? Was I speaking a foreign language? Did I even have an accent? You know what? Why don't I use my magical powers to make an employee appear as per your beckon call.
Me: No, sir. You'd have to wa...
Guy: (cutting me off) Okay, thanks.
Now, I can read body language and I knew the guy was pissed as he left the store in a huff. But seriously, what did he expect to happen? That everyone would drop what they were doing to throw themselves at him?
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