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  • #1

    The amazing flying taco

    I've surfed this forum a lot, and sometimes I do come across the odd "someone threw something at me" story. I've worked at the same little convenience booth for 5 years and none of my customers have had the balls to do that, maybe because I'm in the middle of a crowded mall. Well finally my perfect record of never having a sucky customer throw something at me has died. Here we go.

    SC = Sucky Customer
    SCM= Sucky Customer's Mom
    Me = Yours Truly

    A customer approaches my kiosk, she is probably 20 years old
    SC: I would like a 20 pack of Canadian King cigarettes.
    Me: Sure, can I see some ID?
    SC: What seriously? I'm 20 years old!
    Me: Yeah you gotta look 25 (points to sign over by the pop cooler).
    SC: Ugh, fine.
    SC: (looks to her left, and then in a loud voice) MOOOOOOOOM!!
    SC's mom comes waddling over, she was in the middle of eating a taco
    SCM: Can I have a 20 pack of Canadian Kings?
    Me: I'm sorry, I need her (points to daughter) ID before I can sell it to you.
    SCM: But they're for me!
    Me: Those are the rules, she has to be of age.
    SCM: That's ridiculous! They're my cigarettes!!
    Me: Sorry, she has to look 25.
    SCM: BUT THEY'RE FOR ME.
    Me: Sorry.
    SCM: THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!
    SCM then proceeds to hurl her half-eaten taco at me. It splatters all over my work shirt. She then quickly marches away with her daughter.
    Me: .......(sort of in shock)

    So the story ends with my co-worker coming back and I ask to excuse myself so I can clean up at the bathroom. On my way back however, I happened to run into my boss, who had left but came back to pick something up. She was not happy. In the slightest. Her exact words were: "Momma bear is not happy." My boss is a no-nonsense amazing older lady who probably would have had some not-so-nice words for the taco-launcher. She insisted I go make a report with security, but the SCM was just so generic-looking, and after serving 30000 customers they sort of blend together. I honestly forgot what she looked like :S
    Anyway, I got a funny story about it, I really wasn't mad or anything, but my boss sure was.

    Have a good day all!
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  • #2
    File the report - shouldn't be a problem to identify, as in keeping with true SC behavior, she's likely to file a report against you asking for you to pay for her taco.

    Madness takes it's toll....
    Please have exact change ready.

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    • #3
      I agree that you should at least file a report so that the incident is recorded, so that nothing comes back on you, and you have a toe hold in case that raging SC ever comes back.
      "If anyone wants this old box containing the broken bits of my former faith in humanity, I'll take your best offer now. You may be able to salvage a few of em' for parts..... " - Quote by Argabarga

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      • #4
        Thirded. File that report. Who knows, she may pull that crap on another mall employee, get caught, and you can identify her then.
        I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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        • #5
          File the report. Does your mall have security cameras that might cover the areas near your store? If you remember the time you could probably look at the footage and identify either of them.

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          • #6
            Gah. Savages.

            You may not be able to remember much beyond "young girl with her waddling mom," but that should be enough to track 'em down on the security cameras, somewhere.

            ^-.-^
            Last edited by Andara Bledin; 02-16-2012, 07:43 PM.
            Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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            • #7
              I work with the shmugs.

              We do have security cameras in the mall, but are woefully placed towards the food court and not at our booth. Not only that, but our company doesn't give us any for our use.

              I would love to have seen the footage. :P
              Go for the eyes!

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              • #8
                You know, I think it's time those of us who get stuff hurled at us started posting the security footage on YouTube.

                ... as long as we can frame it somehow to be a 'shame the hurler' thing, and not have horrible-people decide it's somehow the 'fun thing to do'.
                Seshat's self-help guide:
                1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
                2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
                3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
                4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.

                "All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.

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                • #9
                  Quoth Seshat View Post
                  You know, I think it's time those of us who get stuff hurled at us started posting the security footage on YouTube.

                  ... as long as we can frame it somehow to be a 'shame the hurler' thing, and not have horrible-people decide it's somehow the 'fun thing to do'.
                  That's the problem, right there. People see someone else behaving like an ass and think that's the right/cool/fun way to behave. It's the reason that "fire in the hole" became so popular.
                  I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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                  • #10
                    and then fire in the hole slowed down when cops starting charging people with assault. That was beautiful

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