You can't work here. Get me someone who does.

[mattm04]

At my store we have a cleaning schedule of all depts. One of the weekly tasks is to clean off the shelves the product is on as they get dusty. So over the last few says myself and my CW's have been doing a lot of cleaning.

I was on one of our rolling ladders, cleaning of the higher portions of the shelves and the tops of the displays. I did my best to keep a eye out for customers needing help help. I apparently missed one becuse I hear they holler "hello" a few time toward the back room.

I climb down.
Me: How can I help you?
SC: Can you get me someone who work in <dept>?
Me: i do. What do you need?
SC; I need you to page me someone to help me in <dept>.
Me: I work in this dept, I was just cleaning.
SC: That's impossible, you cant clean and work in the department.
Me: well, keeping the department clean is one of <departments> responsibilities.
SC: Whatever. *stomps off*

I finish up the last section of shelves and bring the ladder back when I ma paged for customer assistance. Guess who...

Me: How can I help you?
SC: Get me someone who works in this Department!!!!!!
Me: I work, here. I can help you? What do you need.
SC: Page the manager here NOW.

I page the MOD down. They listen to SC and ask them what they need. SC wnat to know if we carry a specific product.

MOD: Let me check. <to me> Do you sell X?
Me: Yes, it is by Y on the 2nd shelf.
MOD: <to SC> Yes we do, by Y on the 2nd shelf down.
SC: You just asked him!!!!???
MOD: Of course, they work here.
SC: ......
MOD: Anything else?
SC: ...... *wander off*

[Marmalady]

Sounds like someone ate an extra bowl of stupid this morning.

[Mytical]

Ow.. dang it..if I keep reading these posts my IQ is going to go into the negatives. Swear it drops every time I read about these types of people. Who do they think cleans a department? Santa Clause?? Elves? Cleaning Fairies???

[hinakiba777]

Okay the first time was understandable confusion. Sometimes places have special people just for cleaning.

The second time was ridiculously stunned.

And the third time was Manager Win!!!

[ShadowTiger]

"*Puts down duster* There. I no longer clean here. Now I work here. Hi! I work here. How can I help you?"

If only it were that simple.

This thread title sounds familiar. Heheh. It's such a great thread title kind.

[Sheldonrs]

"SC: That's impossible, you cant clean and work in the department."

How about I prove it by shoving this duster up your ass so you can watch me get written up?!

[LillFilly]

Ow ow ow ow ow!!!!!

Logic, paging Mr. Spock. Logic, paging Mr. Spock.

[protege]

How about I prove it by shoving this duster up your ass so you can watch me get written up?!

Damn you Sheldon!

[Kristev]

Maybe they think Merry Maids cleans the store up. I wish Merry Maids would clean my store up.

[Amina516]

"SC: That's impossible, you cant clean and work in the department."

How about I prove it by shoving this duster up your ass so you can watch me get written up?!

Beautiful! I applaud you, sir.


And yeah, what a dumbass. Im glad your manager made her feel like a nitwit.

[EvilEmpryss]

I'm having trouble coming up with a single store that has an outside crew come in during business hours to do cleaning.

Plenty of places have vendors who aren't store employees come in and stock shelves, but they wear name tags that say "VENDOR" and will usually say "Sorry, I don't work here." I've never encountered a cleaning crew outside a hospital that were not employees of the store. Even so, she should have shut her yap as soon as you told her you were indeed an employee.

I wonder what else she won't believe people say?

[ExRetailDrone]

I'm having trouble coming up with a single store that has an outside crew come in during business hours to do cleaning.

The Bullseye I worked at had an outside cleaning crew come in and do the major cleaning of the store (floors, bathrooms, etc.). When I first started working there, and for most of the years I was there, the cleaning crew was overnight and were gone by store opening. Then, The Great Poobah decided that having to leave that many lights on was wasting money, so the cleaning crew then were there between 6am and 11am or so, when the store opened at 8. But, the employees of the cleaning crew wore dark blue shirts with their company name boldly printed on them. The Bullseye does not have that color scheme. I wonder how often the cleaning crew people had idiots ask them questions pertaining to the store?

[PepperElf]

Sounds like someone ate an extra bowl of stupid this morning.

SC: ......
SC's brain: *sputters to a halt, fires it's last neuron and gives up the ghost*
MOD: Anything else?
SC: ...... *wander off*

fixed for accuracy

[Android Kaeli]

Ow.. dang it..if I keep reading these posts my IQ is going to go into the negatives. Swear it drops every time I read about these types of people. Who do they think cleans a department? Santa Clause?? Elves? Cleaning Fairies???

House elves, apparently.

I don't mind the "do you work here?" questions, depending on the customers attitude when they ask.

[mattm04]

The Bullseye I worked at had an outside cleaning crew come in and do the major cleaning of the store (floors, bathrooms, etc.). When I first started working there, and for most of the years I was there, the cleaning crew was overnight and were gone by store opening. Then, The Great Poobah decided that having to leave that many lights on was wasting money, so the cleaning crew then were there between 6am and 11am or so, when the store opened at 8. But, the employees of the cleaning crew wore dark blue shirts with their company name boldly printed on them. The Bullseye does not have that color scheme. I wonder how often the cleaning crew people had idiots ask them questions pertaining to the store?

That's what we have. A outside crew comes in overnight to do the floors and bathrooms. Depending on the size of the load the night crew gets they may be finishing up by the time we open, but are gone by 9 AM (we open at 7) at the latest. And yes, despite wearing a uniform hat looks NOTHING like the store employees they still get asked for help and have SCs get mad when they direct them to the nearest store employee.