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[08 Jul 2008|09:36pm] |
I work default prevention for a loan company. This means that I am not collections, but I am the very last step before you get there.
( A couple of WTF's from today )
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| C-C-CABBAGE |
[08 Jul 2008|09:30pm] |
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As a manager of a grocery store, I encounter a lot of real winners, but here is a truly EPIC one.
The guy walks up to me, while we're busy, mind you, with an OLD receipt. We're talking from like...October. Here's something else: This guy is kind of old, 60s or so, and he STUTTERS to no end. I don't find stuttering to be particularly funny or annoying, but when someone is trying to be unreasonable it's unbearable. This only frustrated me further.
Newb: I was in here in the past (when he said "past" I almost burst out laughing) and I think there's a problem here on my receipt.
Me: Okay, let me see...
Newb: I bought cabbage on this day, I remember it-it was CABBAGE. It wasnt ONIONS, it was CABBAGE. Your cashier charged me for the wrong food. I know I bought CABBAGE. I'm here because I want the difference refund for the CABBAGE I bought, not the ONIONS.
Yes, he stressed every time he said CABBAGE or ONIONS.
Me: Okay...do you have the CABBAGE with you?
Newb: Of course not! This was long ago. I need you to fix the mistake your cashier made!
Me: Okay so you're telling me you want me to refund you for a mistake that you can't prove actually happened? Something that happened almost a year ago?
Newb: I came and bought CABBAGE! I NEED the money for the CABBAGE.
Me: I'm sorry I can't do that. I can't give you a refund for something that doesn't exists.
At this point I notice that our Front End Manager marked on his receipt that she already refunded this for him!
Me: Um, a manager already gave you a refund for this?
Newb: Yes, I came in here and she was rude!
Me: Okay, well, she fixed the problem for you already.
Newb: NO NO NO she DIDNT. She did not give me the correct amount.
So this goes on for about 20 minutes. No joke. He eventually tells me that he is going to SUE me for this. He wants to take me to court over a matter of $8 or something. He asked for my name, I just told him my name is Matt (my damn nametag says it). The way this guy presented himself and talked...it was so amazing to watch. It's too bad I don't have it on tape.
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| This might be a new question |
[08 Jul 2008|08:12pm] |
Hey all!
Here's how it goes: 27 years old, regular periods.
Every second period, it seems, my wisdom teeth decide to come in. The bottom ones, or as I like to call them, those perpendicular little shits. Yes, they're coming in with the tops of the teeth facing toward my chin.
The pain is excruciating. I'm in Canada and the only way health care covers it is if I go to emerg (trust me, I'm close).
This only seems to happen within a week of every other period. Any ideas?
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| Excellent day as a service rep. |
[08 Jul 2008|08:32pm] |
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So I now work at a call center doing customer service, my recent promotion makes me like a pseudo-supervisor. I answer the floor agents questions but I also take negative escalations, and boy are there some winners.
( Winwinwin...winner! )
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[08 Jul 2008|06:11pm] |
Is it normal for cats to lose their nails?
I've googled this and found nothing (only "how-to trim nails", etc); and maybe this is a realy silly question that I should already know the answer to?
My cat is ten months old and this is the first time I've noticed it after finding a few nails on the carpet. Just wondering if its a normal thing; and how often this happens?
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[08 Jul 2008|05:49pm] |
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Here is one that happened on my days off. My co-workers told me about it this morning.
On the 4th, a lady brought in a pair of jeans to be hemmed and a zippered hoodie sweatshirt that belonged to her friend that needed the zipper replaced. Since my boss was leaving on Saturday for his Alaskan cruise, we did the sweater right away. He likes to prepare zippers instead of the other person that preps things and wanted to make sure it was done nicely (plus, there was scant little else on our to-do rack). It was done on the same day and hung in the hold section, waiting for the jeans to be done.
So on Saturday, the girl phones us and says she wants to cancel the work being done on the sweatshirt and get her money back for it. She was told that it was already done, so she wasn't going to get her money back. Apparently, she pitched a hissy fit over it. She was mad that we had done the work that she paid us to do. She then asked, snottily, if her jeans were done as well. They weren't, but could be done in 5 minutes, so she was told yes. She said that she would be right down to pick her order up. ...She didn't come.
Sunday is closed, but on Monday, the friend (who owned the sweatshirt) phoned us and got really mad at us because we did the work. "I could have bought a NEW ONE for that price!" she claimed. The sweatshirt was practically new as it was... and the work was $14 for labour, $3 for the zipper (I believe.. or the labour could have been $17). Apparently she bitched for a while, then said she would come right down and get the order. ... She didn't come. She didn't come today either.
I can't believe how often people get mad at us for things like this.
If you pay us to do the work, don't get mad at us when we do the work! You paid us to do it!!
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| CURLS |
[08 Jul 2008|08:56pm] |
I have lots and lots of very fine, curly hair. It is past shoulder length and frizzes very easily. I was using the curl foam from Profound Beauty which I quite liked during the cooler weather. With the insane humidity the last few weeks my hair is a gross, poofy mess.
If you have hair like mine PLEASE tell me what product(s) you use that will hold a curl through humidity.
Thanks!!
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| Food Question!! |
[08 Jul 2008|07:55pm] |
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Has anybody ever heard of a cat food called Before Grain? >>>Their website is here<<< Anybody feed this food, and have any opinions on it? I found out about it via a Pet Product News magazine that the pet store I work at gets and I've been researching it; I really like the ingredients and the fact that there is zero grain what so ever (not even rice or barley or oats, which I found out a lot of even high-quality brands use).
I'm thinking about getting a 1 lb. bag for my girls to see if they'll take to it, but I thought I'd ask around for more opinions before doing so. Thanks in advance for any help :)
( And a shot of my first kitty, Trick, doing her best impersonation of a black panther. )
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I have r eally wavy hair on top, and really straight hair underneath. It's longer underneath. Does anybody else have this type of hair? I don't really like it because I don't style my hair at all besides aloevera gel. So I'm wondering if there's a way I can cut it that will make the underneath curl up.
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| Why James Dean Wouldn't Be Able to Get Laid Today |
[08 Jul 2008|08:00pm] |
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http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/015342.html Punk girl: Can I get a cigarette?
Punk boy: You don't smoke, do you?
Punk girl: No.
Punk boy: You just wanted a fucking excuse to talk to me, didn't you?
Punk girl: Not anymore, arrogant cocksucker. (walks away)
Punk boy: Wait! I changed my mind! Come back, I have a cigarette!
--St Mark's Place
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| biggest CL gripe BABY |
[08 Jul 2008|05:17pm] |
my biggest issue with CL is that all the jerks dumping off their animals for stupid or obviously fake reasons (aka: new baby, alleged allergies, it got too big, etc) all the still persist in calling the animals their BABY.
example, i'll just wing it and type one out:
"my precious little baby rocky got too big for mommy to walk, now i have to find her a forever home!!! she's like part of the family, but if no one takes her she'll be at the human society by friday." or some other such assorted blather.
i know when it inconveniences me i just take my human baby and give it to strangers or drop it off at a place where it will be kept in a cage and possibly killed.
would bother me less if they just owned up to their own irresponsiblity, a la "i'm sick of walking this dog because i'm a lazy jerk, i don't like her very much, take her off my hands." \
oh, also, why is it such an emergency to get rid of a dog due to allergies. just have a runny nose til you find the dog a new home. it doesn't HAVE to be at the humane society by friday. sounds more like you got a puppy in a no-pets apartment building to me....
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| Birth control, Age, and what-not. |
[08 Jul 2008|04:56pm] |
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Hello, I believe I've posted a few times, commented a lot and have been around for a while.
Anyways, I was just asking about some BC stuff.
I am seventeen, eighteen on the 19th of this August. I've been thinking about BC (the current partner I have has no STDs, I trust him and condoms can be a bit of a bother if you know what I mean). I have pretty regular periods, I'm a 28 day cycler, and the only thing that has thrown them off drastically was an eating disorder I had in the past that 1. made me lose it completely for a bit, and 2. moved it from it's normal starting point on the 7th to the new one on the 20th.
I spoke to my best friends mum (who is closer than my own) about talking to my own mum about getting birth control to "even out periods". I'm a bit nervous to talk about my sex life totally in-depth with her, and about BC being needed for it - but actually, I don't think she'd have a big issue with it and might understand more, anyhow, she said something like this:
That I was still pretty young for BC, body-wise, and that it's probably not a good idea to go messing with it because it could do some not-so-great things for my body.
And, if I talked to my own mum about it, do you have any ideas on who to bring it up, what to say? I don't really want them in on my sex life, if I can help it.
Any ideas, agreements, corrections, suggestions, etc? I'm open to it all, guys.
Thank you so much!
♥
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| Winners post! :) |
[08 Jul 2008|07:02pm] |
Tomorrow Wednesday, July 9th is ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) ditl day! The theme is "Smell". Theme participation is optional.
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| Can't a guy have a 30 minute break in peace?!?!?!?! |
[08 Jul 2008|07:05pm] |
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I have another one from McDonald's. This happened a couple days ago. I'm sorta' wondering why I still work there, but whatever. So, I was scheduled to work from 9:00AM to 5:00PM, and have a lunch break somewhere in the middle. However, the place was freakin' insane all day so I didn't end up going on lunch until 3:00PM (yeah, after SIX hours of non-stop work). So, I FINALLY get to go on my break and I'm starving 'cause I haven't eaten all day and I REALLY, REALLY needed a cigarette. So, I walked out from behind the counter and headed to the door when this guy stops me and goes "Excuse me, I've been waiting for this, this, and this. Go get it for me." Literally, that's how he spoke to me. So, as politely as I could I said "I'm sorry, sir, I just clocked out for break, but I'm sure X can help you, she's right behind the counter." And then he gets even more of an attitude and is like "WELL WHEN I WORKED AT MCDONALD'S IT DIDN'T MATTER IF I WAS ON BREAK OR NOT." Ugh, I almost lost it. I didn't say anything and just walked away because what I was thinking was "IT'S NOT 1950 ANYMORE, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SIX HOURS, I'M STARVING, I NEED A CIGARETTE, AND I'M TIRED OF SERVING A$$HOLES LIKE YOU, SO GTFO OF MY WAY!" GOD! PEOPLE DRIVE ME ABSOLUTELY MAD SOMETIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| i don't like your return policy, you should waive it. |
[08 Jul 2008|07:08pm] |
our company's return policy for custom orders is relatively simple: with the exception of defects or damages incurred in transit, custom orders are non-returnable and non-refundable. if you are returning your merchandise, it will incur a manufacturer's restocking/reshipping fee which is 20-30%. we are also not home depot or lowe's.
there have been some exceptions made, but only in special cases. this is not one of them.
a man and his family walk into our store looking to buy some fixtures. according to the salesman who worked with him, he had an attitude right from the beginning and fought tooth and nail with the salesman over every detail and price before buying a mirror. while the mirror is wrapped up for safety and protection, he demands me to page the manager to the counter, which i do.
boss greets him and is met with a rant over restocking fees. the man was incensed over being told that the merchandise that he selected out and wanted to order are custom-made and therefore will incur restocking charges and no refund if he returns it. he starts going on about he wanted us to order it for him just so that he can see it in person and reject it if it's not to his satisfaction.
naturally, we can't do that as it takes time and expense on all ends. the policy is reiterated to him and he starts complaining again about how it's bad business practice to charge return fees for unwanted merchandise and how home depot and lowe's will not charge him fees for anything he returns. he explictly states that he wants us to waive the restocking fees for him and he will place his order with us. my manager refuses and the man tells him that he will buy online, turns around and huffs out of the store. by the time he was done with his rants, his family had already left the store with the mirror and were waiting in the car for him.
people.
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| Samuel |
[08 Jul 2008|06:49pm] |
My best girl Saidee passed away at the end of April. She was a seven-year-old chocolate Lab, and I've been really distressed about it for months. I had been talking with my parents to get a new puppy at the end of June. A friend and I went to a local humane society to look at the dogs. On our way out, we decided to say hello to the cats, too. We've always been animal people, but primarily dogs. Our last (and only) cat, Hobbes, died in 2005. My dad and I pretty much agreed not to get another cat. Anyway, my friend and I were browsing the cats, and when I walked up to one of them, he rubbed against the cage to say hi and stuck his paw out. I played with him through the cage for a while until we decided to leave. The next day I went back to visit him again and play with him outside of the cage. After officially meeting, I knew I had to have him. There was something about this cat - we just clicked. My dad was hesitant, and I even told him, "You know I wouldn't get a cat unless it was something special." I filled out the adoption form, drove back to my town to buy all the supplies, and went back before they closed.
This was on June 17, so exactly three weeks ago. We still have two dogs in the house (Kevin, a Chihuahua mix, and Chrissy, an old mutt). I was worried that the cat might not get along with the dogs, but he heard them barking at the humane society and didn't seem bothered. On his sheet, it also said he lived in a house with another cat and four (!) little kids. (I think the ages were 11, 8, 6, and 4 or something.) At the shelter, his name was Romeo. I don't know if that was his kitten name, but he didn't answer to it at all. I brought him home and decided to wait until a name came to me. While it isn't Incredibly Original, he's the perfect Sam (short for Samuel, if I'm feeling serious). As my dad said, "How could anyone give you up?" And he pretends to not even like cats!
Sam has been an absolute joy. Hobbes was a great cat, but he only played very occasionally and kept much to himself. Sam is always ready to play with us, and he loves playing with Kevin. (One of the worst things about Saidee's passing was Kevin's loss of a playmate. Kevin is nine [and overweight], so Saidee kept him young.) He's never once hissed at the dogs or fought with them or scratched them. He's already learned our feeding schedule. He sleeps with me on my bed, too! While he does try to dart out the front door as often as possible, he hasn't destroyed anything or peed in the house. Sam's amazing. I don't know why his former owners gave him to the shelter, but they sure raised him well. I just feel so, so lucky for finding such a great cat!
So, here's Sam. He's ten months old and probably a Maine Coon mix.
( Read more... )
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[08 Jul 2008|06:18pm] |
Hotel housekeeper: approx. 30 days left.
This is absolutely horrific (bodily functions and results thereof), thus, cut.
That was the WORST room I've had to clean in a good long while. I couldn't eat until I'd gotten home and showered (a good five hours AFTER this room). And I need some fraking caffeine now.
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| Clots? |
[08 Jul 2008|06:13pm] |
I have a question.
Occasionally during my periods, I pass clots. A lot of them (not all at one sitting), and never on the pad, just in the toilet or on the TP. They're not huge either, about the size of a quarter (the smaller ones) or a Pink Pet eraser (the larger ones). Once they are out of my body, a great amount of my discomfort is alleviated. I'm very open about things with my mother and I mentioned this to her, and she said I was "too young to have clots." I'm 22, a virgin, and have been Cheering On Cincinatti for 10 years. Is there such a thing as "too young for clots," and could my weight be a contributing factor (I don't weigh myself but am a size 14)? I don't know if she knows something I don't or whether she's trying to make me conform (weight loss, I'm perfectly healthy) or go back to the torture chamber (the gyno from hell).
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