I caught her in a lie

[Solumina]

I don't get people. All beach houses/cottages (which is what it sounds like Dave's company deals with) are different because they are owned by individuals. If it isn't spelled out in their little description of the place then there is a 90% chance they don't have it, after all anything that they include is a selling point and they want to get all of the selling points out there so they can make as much money as they can.

[chainedbarista]

At least he's not likely to turn into a baby at every insignificant wrinkle in your precious vacation plans.

i can argue that; i've had plenty of men turn into whiny, pouty babies the instant something went wrong with a drink order...like the name spelling, which they didn't inform us of.

[Red_Dazes]

The...concentration...of rabble you get there amazes me. Did they build your resort on an Indian burial ground or something?

GK....I'm actually starting to assume that they built it on top of a mass war grave site, that had previously been a haunted monastery in which all the residents died in a fire, that had previously been the sight of several grisly serial killings, that had previously been the sight of dark occult rituals involving virgins, babies and sheep.... that had Previously been an Indian Burial Ground.


...or something like that.... there just isn't enough bad juju in my head to rationalize these people.

[PepperElf]

no I didnt place an order.....


I have it in writing that there would be beach chairs and umbrellas at this condo.

Hah. Yeah customers hate it when they realize you KNOW they're lying. ROFL.


can opener: i've used a multitool (like a leatherman or a gerber) in times of desperation



out of curiosity, i know a lot of them have threatened to sue... can you tell us if any of them have ever actually done it?

[Whiskey]

can opener: i've used a multitool (like a leatherman or a gerber) in times of desperation

Nine inch chefs knife.

[tropicsgoddess]

Sheesh! You really get some EW's, VRS.

[grokit]

Some of your customers REALLY need a reality check. Preferably with a 2X4.

Corrected:

Some of your customers REALLY need a reality check. Preferably with a ClueX4.

[ChozoGhost79]

I almost feel sad at times for these people. Almost.

They obviously have built up such a high anticipatory fervor regarding their "perfect", dream vacation at the beach that anything going slightly wrong destroys them; OR they were raised in such a sheltered, privileged manner that they cannot fathom reality.

I think the latter part sums up most of VRS's SCs.

[dalesys]

can opener: i've used a multitool (like a leatherman or a gerber) in times of desperation

Big rock at Lake Blanche.

[mharbourgirl]

GK....I'm actually starting to assume that they built it on top of a mass war grave site, that had previously been a haunted monastery in which all the residents died in a fire, that had previously been the sight of several grisly serial killings, that had previously been the sight of dark occult rituals involving virgins, babies and sheep.... that had Previously been an Indian Burial Ground.


...or something like that.... there just isn't enough bad juju in my head to rationalize these people.

No, see, you're looking in entirely the wrong direction here. EW's have been going there to vacation for so long that there's a standing wave of psychic stupid that overwhelms anyone with even the slightest EW tendencies. The more they whine, the worse they get (a feedback loop, like pointing the mic at the speaker) and the most insignificant shortcomings take on an importance just short of impending apocalypse.

If these people were suddenly whisked away to the ultimate afterlife (Paradise/Valhalla/Shangrila/etc), they'd manage to find something wrong, I promise you that.

And I have really got to stop spiking my weekend coffee, don't I?

[XCashier]

Guest: ...This has been my worst vacation ever (she starts crying) It's just not fair...

Oh gosh yeah. No beach chairs = worst vacation ever. I guess it puts all those people who've had vacations ruined by hurricanes, earthquakes, illness, etc. to shame. No. Beach. Chairs. The sheer, utter horror!

...how can you treat me this way? We are just going to have to go home.

Yes, and stay there until you learn to act like a grown up.

[Mikkel]

Wouldn't cheap beach chairs be for sale somewhere close by? I have never been near a touristy beach where there wasn't a shop selling all kinds of things people want at the beach, nets, icecream, beach chairs, swimsuits. If she had to go home without a beach chair, because everything was ruined forever, I would think that buying a chair or two would be a sound investment for her. After all she had paid thousands of dollars to rent the house, fourty or so more wouldn't be too much to save the holiday.

[Hyndis]

No, see, you're looking in entirely the wrong direction here. EW's have been going there to vacation for so long that there's a standing wave of psychic stupid that overwhelms anyone with even the slightest EW tendencies. The more they whine, the worse they get (a feedback loop, like pointing the mic at the speaker) and the most insignificant shortcomings take on an importance just short of impending apocalypse.

If these people were suddenly whisked away to the ultimate afterlife (Paradise/Valhalla/Shangrila/etc), they'd manage to find something wrong, I promise you that.

And I have really got to stop spiking my weekend coffee, don't I?

This is probably the case. Their expectations are unrealistically high, and consider even any minute flaw to be something that MUST be resolved. As such they begin to dread any perceived minute flaw in their "perfect" vacation and because they dread any tiny imperfection they look for them.

End result is that they on purpose look for things that are wrong, become frustrated, and then in their frustration they no longer enjoy the vacation because they're too busy looking for flaws.

I HATE it when people do that.

If you're on vacation or taking it easy, seriously, shut up, sit down, relax, and do nothing. Stop whining!

For some people I can't even give them gifts anymore, because it always works them up in a tizzy.


Like for mother's day, I was going to cook her a nice BBQ dinner as a gift. She spent 7 hours that day running around trying to clean everything up (I have no idea why) as if preparing for some huge, huge event. At the end she was angry and frustrated over all the work she was doing. Total work she did that day was 7 hours. Total work I did? 1 hour. That includes both prep and cleanup.

Her getting angry and frustrated trying to clean everything up for some bizarre reason was just pissing me off, and I was only barely able to restrain myself from outright telling her to sit down and do nothing at all. All you need to do is eat the delicious dinner once its on the plate. Nothing else. At all.

[ditchdj]

All I know is that we're gonna be renting a cottage in Florida on the Gulf coast in a couple of weeks and we sure as hell better NOT walk into that damn lobby to one of these fuckbots "performing". Because I WILL put my Size 13 to damn good use!!!!!!