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  • #31
    Quoth Hyndis View Post
    Whats worse is having to wear nice black slacks and an ironed shirt.

    While working with freight.

    I had to buy new pants almost every week because of how fast they wore out to the point where they were literally ripped and tattered everywhere.

    Every time I just went with denim I got a stern talking to. I don't even interact with customers on that job! I just work with boxes. No customer ever sees me.



    That was one of the reasons why I quit that job, found a much nicer job later on.
    ~Threadjack~

    Try nice slacks with a LONG SLEEVED ironed WHITE shirt while doing freight, in the summer, 95° heat, 100% humidity and being chewed out if we rolled our sleeves up, or were called to the front to help with bagging/carryouts and our clothing was all dirty/rumpled! This happened when our store was bought out by a new owner who wanted everybody to look "professional" - prior to this all of us in the warehouse were allowed to wear jeans and t-shirts when it got that hot. This arsehole even took away our fans!!!! (ever tried to unload a truck that's been sitting in the sun and the interior is about 115° in a long sleeved shirt, with NO fans???)

    I and the rest of the warehouse crew were about to quit en-masse and our manager releted, letting us wear light colored t-shirts as long as we kept a long-sleeved ironed shirt with us for those times we were called up to the front, and for days when Mr New Owner and his peons were present in the store.
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    • #32
      Quoth BlaqueKatt View Post
      lunch or dinner=date
      drinks(can include coffee-it is a drink)=talking in a public setting, I don't consider "drinks" with anyone a "date", nor do I know anyone who does-does that answer your question?

      again how are adults supposed to meet and talk to other adults? Little discussion beforehand? You can talk over coffee, not real easy to have a conversation during lunch...especially if it's a timed 30-60 minute lunch break...
      In my little corner of the world, lunch or dinner = casual, and drinks always means alcohol.

      How to meet other adults? I'm not a good one to answer that. I'm pretty reclusive, myself.
      "I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
      -Mira Furlan

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      • #33
        Quoth neecy View Post
        ~Threadjack~

        Try nice slacks with a LONG SLEEVED ironed WHITE shirt while doing freight, in the summer, 95° heat, 100% humidity and being chewed out if we rolled our sleeves up, or were called to the front to help with bagging/carryouts and our clothing was all dirty/rumpled! This happened when our store was bought out by a new owner who wanted everybody to look "professional" - prior to this all of us in the warehouse were allowed to wear jeans and t-shirts when it got that hot. This arsehole even took away our fans!!!! (ever tried to unload a truck that's been sitting in the sun and the interior is about 115° in a long sleeved shirt, with NO fans???)

        I and the rest of the warehouse crew were about to quit en-masse and our manager releted, letting us wear light colored t-shirts as long as we kept a long-sleeved ironed shirt with us for those times we were called up to the front, and for days when Mr New Owner and his peons were present in the store.
        That would've been something to go to OSHA over.

        Anybody who expects truck unloaders to dress "professionally? is a fucking retard. It's a sweaty, dirty, gamy, gross, physical job that shoots any "professionalism" you'd want your people to exhibit straight to hell.
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        • #34
          Quoth tehtech View Post
          SC: So does your boyfriend know about the new lower prices?

          .
          The red highlighted area of the sentence is how you know the guy was a creep.

          Guys that say things like this to strange girls? Creeps. Pretty much a hundred percent of the time.

          Guys: if you are not a creep, and yet you are doing this, you should know that it is a classic creep tactic. Stop doing it.

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          • #35
            HE should be the one feeling awkward and like a jerk, not you. :P Oh noes, you spurned his sleazy unwanted attention, you're a horrible human being. Be confident, look him in the eye, and make it perfectly clear that you had every right to do what you did.

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            • #36
              I have a regular at my work too who really likes me. He's like in his fifties and usually drunk. Nice guy but it IS awkward because I also had to tell him I was taken. He always comes up and I just smile and try not to say anything that will remotely make him think he has a chance.

              It's not mean its just how its goes... You were nice about it. It's not like you told him he had a snowball's chance in hell or anything.

              The first guy was gross and skeevy.

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              • #37
                My gf used to be a banker teller, well she had one customer who was pretty much stalker, I mean to the point his parents who also banked there would let him know when she was there and I guess would talk abotu her when at home. Cute redhead lets of horny men coming in and out so lots of comments, but this guy was the worst. She didn't tell me about seeing her stalker at walmart when I was with her but in a different section until we got outside, or else I would have been like "Hi I'm underemployeed, sexy redheds boyfriend, im sorry we didn't meet earlier I was buying ammo for a few of my handguns.

                Ok I have flirted while working and with people working, there is nothing wrong with it if they going along with it. However, when you realize they aren't interested, politely drop it, its not that hard of a concept.
                I'm sorry reading is not a new concept it has been widely taught in our nation for at least the past 100 years. Please, learn to do it CORRECTLY before you become contagious.

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                • #38
                  Since you opened yourself up here, BlaqueKatt, I feel the need to ask you a few questions:

                  1. Why do you purchase your items separate from your husband ?
                  2. Are you ever in front of your husband when you check out ?
                  3. If your husband is in front of you, why doesn't he wait until you're finished to walk away ?

                  The reason I ask is because I know no cashier would complain about your husband hitting on them if he were in the area. Do you expect this to happen and plan to be behind him so you can tell them off ? It would appear you have serious issues with women who think they're being hit on. Sure, some women overreact at the most trivial things, but if someone genuinely feels uncomfortable that is not something that should be mocked or trivialized.

                  And for the record, no, I don't think men want to "sex me" everytime they say hello to me. In fact, I have been totally oblivious to advances quite a few times. So please spare me the lecture.
                  Dammit !! ~ Jack Bauer

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                  • #39
                    Quoth ShootMePlease View Post
                    Since you opened yourself up here, BlaqueKatt, I feel the need to ask you a few questions:

                    1. Why do you purchase your items separate from your husband ?
                    2. Are you ever in front of your husband when you check out ?
                    3. If your husband is in front of you, why doesn't he wait until you're finished to walk away ?
                    .
                    Not to jijack, but man oh man that happens alot in my store. Freaking convience store. Married couples get seperate stuff, pay seperate. Families make their own 5 year olds get their own stuff and be seperate.

                    When I'm out with ma, we pay seperately too. Don't assume all married couple automatically get stuff together, and pay together. Just isn't true in my many years of experence.


                    And I've seen fellow coworkers complain to the next person in line that has hit on them. I've done it too. I start to open my stupid mouth about how idiotic that person was who just tried to stuff an ice cream down his pants, or that why couldn't see that freaking display that is bigger then anything in the store. They're like 'yeah... that's my husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/mother/father/sister/brother....
                    Last edited by Plaidman; 03-03-2010, 07:47 PM.
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                    • #40
                      Quoth Plaidman View Post
                      Don't assume all married couple automatically get stuff together, and pay together. Just isn't true in my many years of experence.
                      My fiance and I will split the grocery order and go to two separate registers. Not only does it mean we're roughly contributing equal amounts of money to the grocery bill, but we also get through the cash twice as fast.

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                      • #41
                        I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why a married couple would purchase items separately. I'm not implying otherwise. In this case, however, I believe BlaqueKatt is intentional with her actions because she wants to confront the "wronged" cashier. She herself said it happens "every time without fail" if the girl is under 25. Considering I have never had a cashier complain to me that the gentleman in front of me was inappropriate I was just wondering why this happens so much to one person.
                        Dammit !! ~ Jack Bauer

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                        • #42
                          Quoth Plaidman View Post
                          'yeah... that's my husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/mother/father/sister/brother....

                          ...cousin's former roommate...

                          "What does that make us?"
                          "Absolutely nothing...which is what you are about to become"

                          What can I say, other than the Schwartz is with me
                          Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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                          • #43
                            Quoth ShootMePlease View Post
                            1. Why do you purchase your items separate from your husband ?
                            we have seperate accounts-he buys his stuff I buy mine-we take turns with groceries.


                            Quoth ShootMePlease View Post
                            2. Are you ever in front of your husband when you check out ?
                            about 50% of the time-sometimes we're even in different lanes...


                            Quoth ShootMePlease View Post
                            3. If your husband is in front of you, why doesn't he wait until you're finished to walk away ?
                            he has the car keys-it's cold out-he'd rather get the car started than wait around for me...

                            Quoth ShootMePlease View Post
                            Sure, some women overreact at the most trivial things, but if someone genuinely feels uncomfortable that is not something that should be mocked or trivialized.
                            then we'll just have to agree to disagree on that-some people need to learn the world does not revolve around them no matter what mumsy and dadsy told them all their lives...sorry I work with a girl like this---"everyone wants her because of her hawtness" "everyone talks about her outside of work/behind her back" she can never have any female friends because they're all soooo jealous of her hawtness.....narcissism is not attractive-it is a personality disorder
                            Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazes

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                            • #44
                              Quoth BlaqueKatt View Post
                              sorry I work with a girl like this---"everyone wants her because of her hawtness" "everyone talks about her outside of work/behind her back" she can never have any female friends because they're all soooo jealous of her hawtness.....narcissism is not attractive-it is a personality disorder
                              I too work with someone like that. I've posted about Amy before...and how she won't shut the hell up. But, one of her (many) annoying traits, is that she seriously thinks that all guys want her. She's not "hawt" or even "attractive" at all. She *could* be, but because her personality is so irritating (think Janice from "Friends") it kinda cancels everything else out.

                              For example, the boss took us all out to dinner several months back. As usual, Amy got a bit wasted, and was being loud and obnoxious. Granted, she's loud and obnoxious usually, but this went beyond that. Nearly everyone at the surrounding tables was actually looking at her.

                              When she saw that, she then went on about how "all those guys are checking me out." In reality, they were all wanting to see....who was being drunk and stupid. Needless to say, I couldn't resist "yeah, you keep telling yourself that..." just loud enough that the rest of *my* table could hear it. Rude, I know..but I'm tired of that crap. She simply can't understand that people simply don't want to hang out with her.
                              Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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                              • #45
                                Quoth protege View Post
                                ...cousin's former roommate... "What does that make us?" "Absolutely nothing...which is what you are about to become" What can I say, other than the Schwartz is with me
                                One of my all-time favorites. I can almost quote the whole movie.
                                "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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