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    I work for a business who does a fish fry every year for Lent. So, every Friday for, I don't know, 6-7 weeks, we serve fish dinners and sandwiches with some sides.

    Last year, this beauty shop gave me shit because I overcharged them. No, I did not overcharge you, when you add a sandwich on, we add the cost of that sandwich on to your bill. Just because you add a sandwich on later doesn't mean it's free.

    Last Friday was the beginning of the month (checks), the school district got paid and the usual large orders come in. The large orders are from businesses that fax their order to me by 10 am, on a neatly printed form with each employees name and their order. Easiest ever.

    11:30-12:15 is our busiest times. Businesses that want delivery have their order in way before that because they PLAN according to their lunch time.

    11:45 am

    *ring ring* "Business! How can I help you?"

    Beauty shop: "umm, we need to place, umm, an order. Umm, what do you have?" (you were just here an hour ago to get a menu)

    I go through the list, to tell them what we offer.

    Shop: "um, well, I will call you back".

    (sigh)

    12:15

    *ring ring*

    "This is beauty shop, we want.....(5 sandwiches, 1 order of haluski)"

    "Would you like to pick this up or have it delivered"

    "WE WANT IT DELIVERED" >blink<

    "OK, the earliest I can have it there is 1:00"

    "1:00?"

    "yes, ma'am, our driver is out on deliveries at the moment, the earliest I can be there is 1:00"

    "FINE"

    12:50 comes, driver is out the door with their order. It is 2 blocks away.

    Driver comes back. The shop is mad because you didn't total each order individually. He said "I told them this is the total amount I am to collect, it is up to you to have the money ready for me".

    Now...

    This is 5 sandwiches (5.95 + tax) and an order of haluski (3.00 + tax).

    You couldn't fucking figure out the totals on them? You call me at lunch rush (twice) you hemhaw around trying to decide what to order (while you have a menu in front of your damn face), you bitch because you can't get your order in 15 minutes AND it's my fuck up because I didn't total each individual sandwich?

    4 more weeks of this....4 more weeks.

  • #2
    Abstaining from meat is supposed to be a practice of spuritual discipline. Ironic that they didn't have enough discipline to order food and pay for it without problems.

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    • #3
      5 sandwiches.. is it worth the attitude? Probably not, so why deal with them next time? If they whine about it, tell them why you are refusing service. They're probably other places and churches doing fish frys anyway.

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      • #4
        Not your fault nobody there could do simple math. As an aside, I had to look up haluski. I grew up eating cabbage and noodles. I just never knew that's what it was called.
        Question authority, but raise your hand first. -Alan M. Bershowitz

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        • #5
          I love haluski! We had Polish friends who introduced me to it when I was a kid.

          They told me about haluski, which is noodles and cabbage; and halupki, which are cabbage rolls; and garachki...

          I said, "What's garachki?"

          They said, "It's what you use to get the garage door open!"

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          • #6
            Because my boss is a wimp, she will take the crap and let it go. She does it with her employees too- let me lay down so you can walk all over me.

            You know, growing up with all this food, I don't eat any of it! Especially working around it for 9 hours.

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            • #7
              I do NOT understand calling to place an order somewhere when you don't have your order ready.

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              • #8
                Quoth Flying Grype View Post
                I love haluski! We had Polish friends who introduced me to it when I was a kid.

                They told me about haluski, which is noodles and cabbage; and halupki, which are cabbage rolls; and garachki...

                I said, "What's garachki?"

                They said, "It's what you use to get the garage door open!"
                My Grandpa has a joke about that! He says "Garachki" when toasting with drinks-- no, he's not Polish-- and then explains where he heard it.

                He was at some swank to-do in Europe and someone was going around, lifting his glass to people, saying, "Garachki, garachki..." So he asks the gentleman what "garachki" means.

                "Ah!" The gentleman pulls out a set of keys. "This is my hauski, and this is my garachki!"
                PWNADE(TM) - Serve up a glass today! | PWNZER - An act of pwnage so awesome, it's like the victim got hit by a tank.

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                • #9
                  They sounded upset about when you could deliver it to them (it was going to take too long) and they are only 2 block's away?? WOW!

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Sableonblonde View Post
                    I do NOT understand calling to place an order somewhere when you don't have your order ready.
                    Well, and that's because you don't believe that the universe revolves around you and runs on your time. Which makes you a most excellent sort of customer.

                    Food customers are, in my personal experience, the absolute worst for this. I'm like, 'People, please to be getting your shit together before you call me, because the four people waiting on hold for you to get your ass in gear are getting hungrier and crankier by the second!'
                    What colour is the sky in your world and how high of a dosage do you need before it turns back to blue? --Gravekeeper

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                    • #11
                      Reminds me of my restaraunt days and the (thankfully) rare occasion people would say they were ready to order, then OPEN THE MENU FOR THE FIRST TIME and start looking. Ugh, yes food customer certainly have the potential to be THE WORST!

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                      • #12
                        I had one guy call me, place an order (at 11:45) for delivery. I had to force the conversation, I guess he didn't have anything else to do.

                        When I told him the delivery would be there around 1, he said "ok, 12:30 right?" "No, 1:00".

                        12:15 he calls back to add something on to his order. "12:30 right?" "NO, 1:00!"

                        He sent someone down to pick up his order.

                        At 12:40.

                        Guess who waited?

                        (the reason the man didn't pick it up himself, is, from what I understand, he can't get out of bed because of his weight)

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                        • #13
                          Reminds me of when I used to work at the pizza place. While the place opened at eleven am, we would take orders during the hour that we were there prepping, to be sent out once the drivers got in at eleven. For a large lunchtime order, it was best to ring up as soon as possible so we would have plenty of time to make it in its raw form first, then all we'd have to do is send it thru the oven and get it delivered.

                          One office rung up at five minutes previous to their meeting and demanded an order of twenty pizzas to be instantly delivered. Yeah, right. Sorry, but the magic pizza fairy hasn't visited us lately. When I told them that their order would take at least an hour, they had a bitchfit. Some people need to understand that a) they're not the only people ringing up and b) we can't produce food out of thin air instantly.
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                          • #14
                            Quoth Lace Neil Singer View Post
                            ... and demanded an order of twenty pizzas to be instantly delivered...
                            I could pull 'em out of my ass, but you wouldn't like the topping.
                            I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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                            • #15
                              Quoth Flying Grype View Post
                              I love haluski! We had Polish friends who introduced me to it when I was a kid.

                              They told me about haluski, which is noodles and cabbage; and halupki, which are cabbage rolls; and garachki...

                              I said, "What's garachki?"

                              They said, "It's what you use to get the garage door open!"
                              I have to remember that one!

                              Cabbage rolls = Gołąbki where I grew up
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