Ain't Karma a b***!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

We were talking about People With Chutzpah this morning on the way to work and this oldie but goody came up. Thought it would cheer y'all up some.

The husband was working at Kinko's long before even I was. They had this customer that really, really Sucked. He would beg for free stuff, whine for discounts, STEAL STUFF...yeah, walk out with his stuff without paying when they were too rushed to notice or stop him...nag my husband to pirate software from Desktop Publishing for him, and in one case, more than likely stole software from same.

He sucked.

One Saturday, the husband, and two of his buddies came into the store and saw this asshat wearing a nametag, working the counter.

Apparently, Mr. Suck smoked a lot of weed with the then-manager, who also sucked. (Dude, if you are reading this, you know I love you now. But you have to admit, back then you were kind of sucky. ) Manager hired him.

Husband and two buddies called up the Manager at home and said "If that guy is working here now, we quit. Fire him or we walk today. "

Manager fired him. Told him some things changed and don't come back after he left for lunch. Guess he didn't want to find out if Mr. Suck could do the work of the typesetter and two seasoned key-ops.

[Max]

OK, who would be stupid enough to get a job where they were a total SC? That's at least 7 kinds of retarded.

[Noelegy]

OK, who would be stupid enough to get a job where they were a total SC? That's at least 7 kinds of retarded.

We had a situation that was the reverse of that happen at the book/music/video store. There was a guy who was the stereotypical 30-something geek who still lives with his mother who was a regular customer. He tried repeatedly to get a job with us, but was never hired. So he made it his practice to come in and ask for incredibly obscure stock (most of which we could get, but would have to special order), or try to stump one of our employees, so then he could crow about how we didn't know anything.

The best part? This dude is now a janitor at my stepson's high school. I saw him one morning when dropping my stepson off at school. No offense to janitors, and I know they perform a very necessary function, but it's nice to see this snooty guy having to pick up after teenagers.

[Demonoid Phenomenon]

OK, who would be stupid enough to get a job where they were a total SC? That's at least 7 kinds of retarded.

Hey, all the more easy to steal stuff!

[TruthHurts]

OK, who would be stupid enough to get a job where they were a total SC? That's at least 7 kinds of retarded.

Back when I worked at the BK, we had an asshat who would come in every day. He would order a Veggie Sandwich and demand the patty be fresh off the grill. Now anyone who works fast food knows that this takes time, especially in the middle of lunch rush. This guy would bitch, moan, and complain to anyone who would listen about how we are always sooo slow. A few months later his workplace went out of business and guess where he got a job.

Long story short he lasted all of two weeks before quitting but did apologize to us for being rude all those times.

[Spiffy McMoron]

OK, who would be stupid enough to get a job where they were a total SC? That's at least 7 kinds of retarded.

The 8th kind of retarded would be to hire this guy in the first place...

[Mr B Rabbit]

OK, who would be stupid enough to get a job where they were a total SC? That's at least 7 kinds of retarded.

The answer's in the original story:

Apparently, Mr. Suck smoked a lot of weed with the then-manager, who also sucked.

No real objections to the practice, but given those I know who follow it...

[Andreamic]

The sad thing about where I work is we are now hiring all the teens that were huge pains a few years ago. As long as I have been there, we have been short staffed, so my manager is always hiring, so when these guys were huge pains, that I wanted to kick out of the storea year ago, now I have to train them And the worst part is me and the AM will put in 3 weeks worth of training for a kid who won't been here longer then 6 months, and I will be cleaning up after them the whole time, so it would be like they wern't even there.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, the upside of that is that maybe, just maybe, these teens will learn what it's like on the other side of the counter, and learn to be a little less sucky in the future.

[Andreamic]

Nah, usually the kids who we get who don't turn out never step foot back in the store. The plus side is neither do the friends they had. The downside is by that time, there is already a new generation of young teens who think it is appropriate to hit eat each other with unpaid twizzlers, and to run around my store.