Suck from LONG ago

[FiddleFaddle]

This happened at Church camp YEARS ago.. i was about 8-9 and my mom left me to run this little booth selling paperfans (the building slumped downwards, was huge,a nd full of hot people with NO air conditioning) Some guy came over and bought a fan, speaking very little English. About half an hour later he came back complaining that his daughter (who was 4) had waved the fan REALLY hard and that it had broken.

And he wanted a free replacement ._.

I told him no refunds or exchanges


He went to bitch to my mom who LECTURED me telling me that "The guy was important so and so, so I HAD to give him a new fan"

I muttered under my breath "Well that's dumb not going to make money that way"

Guess who got a spanking when the three hour service was over?

[Sheldonrs]

That's why you should never work for relatives.

[chainedbarista]

or trust someone from church. bah, of course if she's waving it hard, it'll break; he paid what, maybe a dollar at most and he's expecting it to survive a child's use?

a bit too hopeful there. with me, it wouldn't have lasted the walk away from your booth (mom nicknamed me her 'little devil child,' and i earned it).

[FiddleFaddle]

or trust someone from church. bah, of course if she's waving it hard, it'll break; he paid what, maybe a dollar at most and he's expecting it to survive a child's use?

a bit too hopeful there. with me, it wouldn't have lasted the walk away from your booth (mom nicknamed me her 'little devil child,' and i earned it).

It was like 50 cents ! I think he came back later for YET ANOTHER hand out cause she broke it...AGAIN

Probably got another one too

[Andara Bledin]

This would have been an excellent opportunity for your mom to explain how giving things away for free can sometimes lead to more sales.

^-.-^

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

And that money was probably going to support the camp, right? It's not like a profitable enterprise. What a scrooge. I hope you eventually confronted your mother about that incident.

[Shalom]

There's an old Yiddish joke:

"Hey, this fan you sold me broke when I tried to use it!"

"So how'd you use it?"

"Whaddaya mean how? I held it in front of my face and waved it back and forth!"

"Was that the 3 cents fan or the 5 cents fan?"

"That was the 3 cents fan."

"See there's your problem. That's how you use the 5 cents fan. The 3 cents fan, you hold it still and wave your face back and forth..."

[FiddleFaddle]

And that money was probably going to support the camp, right? It's not like a profitable enterprise. What a scrooge. I hope you eventually confronted your mother about that incident.

I did hence the " Guess who got a spanken" bit ._.

[FiddleFaddle]

This would have been an excellent opportunity for your mom to explain how giving things away for free can sometimes lead to more sales.

^-.-^

It didn't work, he ended up paying for one fan and getting two free ._.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

I muttered under my breath "Well that's dumb not going to make money that way"

...and the then-unknown URL www.customerssuck.com appeared as if by magic in your innocent mind. It was not until several years later that it all started making sense...

[depechemodefan]

That was a sad story. I can relate, many a time I felt my parents really used some type of double standard on me. Or changed the rules on me.

[Kristev]

I'm sorry she spanked you for her stupidity.

[FiddleFaddle]

...and the then-unknown URL www.customerssuck.com appeared as if by magic in your innocent mind. It was not until several years later that it all started making sense...

That's brilliant that is also probably very well what happened...XD