Attention f*cking customers:

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Thank you for noticing we have call buttons all around the store, for you to press to summon employees to assist you.

The proper way to use them is to hit the button ONCE. Not hit the button once, then hit another button in the next department over, and if nobody responds to either press a third button someplace else. This makes us think there are three customers needing assistance instead of just one, and makes us run our asses off for no good reason.

Seriously, just stay put. We'll find you.

[Becks]

Maybe they don't want to be found...

[chainedbarista]

sounds more like bored kids to me; they're a good idea with drawbacks (bored children/adults who think pushing random buttons is really funny).

[ThirdGenRetail]

I tend to have that problem with calling Electrical to meet a customer at Aisle X. See, I don't page - I call DIRECTLY to the department(I have this phobia about paging... Yeah...). So it's VERY frustrating to call Electrical to help a customer on Aisle X... And they've wandered to Aisle Z or U! Look, idjits, if you WANT them to help on on a SPECIFIC aisle.. STAY PUT!

[bainsidhe]

My guess it's either kids messing around or a customer that keeps shopping instead of staying put. Hmm, I'd like help in hardware so I'll push the button....but I'll head on over to automotive and since I'm here I'll push the button again....hmmm.

[CaptainJillian]

No, see, they are running on SC logic. And that logic says that "if i press this button, a worker will instantly appear!"
They push the button and nothing happens. Cue catbutt face and wandering off.
Then they find another button. Lather, rinse, repeat...

[barainga]

I like to beleive what happens is this:

They push the button because they need help with something and they truly do intend to wait for help.

However stores are filled with many many objects. As a result the customer sees another shiny object and they go to look at it, but before they get to it they see yet another shiny object and another and another. In customer standard time, several hours have already passed for them but in reality only about 1-3 mins have passed. They have completely forgotten they even HAD a previous question, they certainly dont remember pushing the call button. As it happens, they have seen yet another shiny thing. This thing is way shinier then the other things they saw and they want to know more about it because reading is hard. So they see a magic button, but alas the magic button takes them within sight of yet another shiny object and the painful process begins again.

[Jay 2K Winger]

See, I read the title of this thread and didn't see it as a Precision F Strike for emphasis, but as an actual adjective. Which made me seriously question just what these customers were doing to warrant a post.

I don't know what this says about me, apart from the fact that I have a sick, sick mind.

[Amusement Gal]

How about the ones who don't do it at all and then get pissy when I ask if they found what they were looking for? We have a similar system with a Big Shiny Button. BSB will get someone running to help you out. BSB is your friend, and doesn't judge you for who you are. So use BSB, or don't bitch at all when I check you out and you whine about not being able to find something. Because as a cashier, I can't really help with that, can I?

[Shalom]

No, see, they are running on SC logic. And that logic says that "if i press this button, a worker will instantly appear!"

". . . says Press F1 For Help, and I pushed it half an hour ago and nobody bloody came!!"

Can't remember where I read that one. Might have been in alt.tech-support.recovery

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Another one: USE YOUR WORDS

Srsly, ppl. If you need my help, you have only to ask. I do not respond to gestures because I don't know if they're directed to me or somebody else. And also because if I see somebody dancing and gesticulating around wildly like a lunatic, I'm more likely to point and laugh at you than offer you assistance.

The two of you who needed help in furniture right as I was getting ready to leave might want to pay attention to this. I didn't need you spitting "We were trying to get a hold of you" at me when I didn't even see you.

I mean, you people misread signs and think the cashier's overcharging you, and then demand they call for a price check. You have no trouble opening your mouth then.

Nor do I respond to people who ask for assistance through their companions or children--by this I mean pretending to carry on a conversation with somebody else trying to get me to take the hint you need help:

"There's no batteries on the shelf; I wonder if the store has any in the back? Wouldn't it be nice if there was an employee somewhere around here? Oh look, there's one now! Wouldn't it be nice if he came over to help us?" and so on. If I catch you doing this, I'm going to actively ignore you.

[rvdammit]

... get a room!