From where Quality comes first...
Jun. 24th, 2005 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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customers_suck, and cf_hardcore)
Someday Mother will die and I'll get the money... Mom leans down and says 'My sentiments exactly, you son of a bitch.'
Just a quick one, but I was spotting my dot when a little kid comes up and punches me.
Me: *doubled over in pain, in falsetto* Young lady, why'd you do that?
Her: Mom told me if I punch a guy it makes him talk funny!
*grumble* Kids these days...
Back at base, bugs in the software flash the message, Something's out there...
So here I am, scanning on the express lane, and this woman comes by with 20 mylar balloons for a graduation party. Pretty normal, until she argued that all 20 mylar balloons should be sold to her for 99¢ each. They were $2.99 each. But that wasn't good enough for her, she told me the floral department told her she could get them all for 99¢ each. I call up Floral, and Floral tells me that the latex balloons were 99¢ each, but her mylar balloons were $2.99. She demanded a manager, who told her the same thing. To the manager, she says "okay" and pays up. Sheesh, she told you the same thing I did.
Eat meat, eat meat, filet mignon, eat meat, eat meat, eat it all day long, eat a few T-bones till you get your fill, eat a New York cut, hot off the grill...
I'm scanning and this person comes in with just one item - a three pound or so package of New York strip steaks. I notice, however, that the price did not match the barcode. Specifically, the price was about $20.00 and the barcode read for it to scan for a penny. She had copied the barcode's first seven digits and replaced the next five to make a barcode to scan at a penny. They didn't use the same style barcode, so it was real easy to spot. So I punch in the "barcode" - the first seven digits and then the price - and the following conversation came up.
Cutch: That should be free - it scanned higher than it's marked.
Me: Ma'am, I can see it did not -- it says $20.36, just like it scanned.
Cutch: But it's s'posed to scan a penny! See the barcode? I changed it so it would!
Me: *blank stare* Let me call my manager.
Cutch: *dashes out the door, minus steaks*
Me: *sigh*
(For this one, the song comes at the end.)
I'm scanning out my last customer of the day, who has, among other things, a 24 pack of double-roll Charmin toilet paper. It scans at $14.49.
Bint: It should be $5.99! That's what the ad says.
Me: *looks in the ad copy and sees the following*
(The ad picture matches the item she bought)
Me: Okay, let me call a manager. *calls manager*
Manager: What seems to be the problem?
Me: My customer says this product is on sale for $5.99 and it rang up for $14.49.
Manager: Let me check.
Me: *waits*
Manager: *comes back with a pack of 24 single rolls* This one's the one that's for $5.99.
Bint: But the picture shows the one I want -- I don't want that one!
Manager: *underlines the disclaimer in the ad*
Manager: See, it says "Artwork does not necessarily represent items on sale, it is for display purposes only."
Bint: But that's false advertising! I'm calling the Better Business Bureau and never shopping your store again!
Me: *waits for customer to leave store* *starts singing* I should've known you'd bid me farewell, there's a lesson to be learned from this, and I learned it very well... Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea, if I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me... And I think it's gonna be alright, yeah, the worst is over now, the morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball...
customers_suck, and cf_hardcore)Someday Mother will die and I'll get the money... Mom leans down and says 'My sentiments exactly, you son of a bitch.'
Just a quick one, but I was spotting my dot when a little kid comes up and punches me.
Me: *doubled over in pain, in falsetto* Young lady, why'd you do that?
Her: Mom told me if I punch a guy it makes him talk funny!
*grumble* Kids these days...
Back at base, bugs in the software flash the message, Something's out there...
So here I am, scanning on the express lane, and this woman comes by with 20 mylar balloons for a graduation party. Pretty normal, until she argued that all 20 mylar balloons should be sold to her for 99¢ each. They were $2.99 each. But that wasn't good enough for her, she told me the floral department told her she could get them all for 99¢ each. I call up Floral, and Floral tells me that the latex balloons were 99¢ each, but her mylar balloons were $2.99. She demanded a manager, who told her the same thing. To the manager, she says "okay" and pays up. Sheesh, she told you the same thing I did.
Eat meat, eat meat, filet mignon, eat meat, eat meat, eat it all day long, eat a few T-bones till you get your fill, eat a New York cut, hot off the grill...
I'm scanning and this person comes in with just one item - a three pound or so package of New York strip steaks. I notice, however, that the price did not match the barcode. Specifically, the price was about $20.00 and the barcode read for it to scan for a penny. She had copied the barcode's first seven digits and replaced the next five to make a barcode to scan at a penny. They didn't use the same style barcode, so it was real easy to spot. So I punch in the "barcode" - the first seven digits and then the price - and the following conversation came up.
Cutch: That should be free - it scanned higher than it's marked.
Me: Ma'am, I can see it did not -- it says $20.36, just like it scanned.
Cutch: But it's s'posed to scan a penny! See the barcode? I changed it so it would!
Me: *blank stare* Let me call my manager.
Cutch: *dashes out the door, minus steaks*
Me: *sigh*
(For this one, the song comes at the end.)
I'm scanning out my last customer of the day, who has, among other things, a 24 pack of double-roll Charmin toilet paper. It scans at $14.49.
Bint: It should be $5.99! That's what the ad says.
Me: *looks in the ad copy and sees the following*
(The ad picture matches the item she bought)
Me: Okay, let me call a manager. *calls manager*
Manager: What seems to be the problem?
Me: My customer says this product is on sale for $5.99 and it rang up for $14.49.
Manager: Let me check.
Me: *waits*
Manager: *comes back with a pack of 24 single rolls* This one's the one that's for $5.99.
Bint: But the picture shows the one I want -- I don't want that one!
Manager: *underlines the disclaimer in the ad*
Manager: See, it says "Artwork does not necessarily represent items on sale, it is for display purposes only."
Bint: But that's false advertising! I'm calling the Better Business Bureau and never shopping your store again!
Me: *waits for customer to leave store* *starts singing* I should've known you'd bid me farewell, there's a lesson to be learned from this, and I learned it very well... Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea, if I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me... And I think it's gonna be alright, yeah, the worst is over now, the morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball...
