<p>i worked at a pizza place delivering so it wasnt so bad. the worst was when i would tell someone their stuff cost like $29.60, and they give $30 and tell me to keep the change. this happened to me first delivery, and i didnt get a tip other times too.
i hate it when people ask me questions about the price, cause i dont know, other people just give me receipts and i tell them how much. one person got mad at me because her pizza was $5, because our signs had advertised $5 pizza. i just told her i dont know, but i cant do anything about it right now, so she would need to call. also people who give bad descriptions of how to get to their house that is located on a random side road bug me</p>
<p>I work at a grocery store. Most of the customers are insanely nice, but I always have a few who are just really rude. I had one customer complain about me to the cashier while I was standing there. She could have just said to my face what her problem was, but I guess she was afraid to?
I hate customers who tell the CASHIER how they want their groceries bagged. The cashier isn’t the one bagging the groceries it’s the BAGGER (go figure!). So usually I can over hear them but I ignore the cashier relaying the message and ask the customer how they want it bagged so they understand that we aren’t playing telephone here and they need to tell ME directly. I’ve had problems in the past where the cashier relays the wrong message and then the customer gets mad at me for incorrectly bagging. </p>
<p>I used to cashier and am glad I got rehired as a bagger. I used to get some major jerks while I cashiered. They like to blame the cashier when the shelves aren’t stocked or if they sell out of an item. They don’t realize they need to complain to the Grocery Clerks or Grocery Manager. Complaining to a cashier working in the Front Service area isn’t going to do anything. Cashiers have nothing to do w/ stocking shelves.
I had one lady yell at me for forgetting to scan her coupons. I could have not said anything and let her leave, but I was nice enough to acknowledge and apologize for my error. She still felt the need to yell instead of listen to me explain that I would go to Customer Service and sort out the coupons for her. I went back and gave her the money and told her with a smile to have a wonderful day and sorry for the mistake. Woah. The lady shut her mouth and said, “oh…well…thanks…” and realized what a ***** she was being.
I also had one lady demand me to bag her groceries even though I had a bagger already doing that, yet she felt the need to be a *****. I ignored her and later she complained about me. I didn’t get reprimanded b/c they saw how she was acting w/ me.</p>
<p>A lot of them assume that we are uneducated drop outs, not realizing that most kids working these jobs are in college and just need a part-time job to pay for rent, gas and food.</p>
<p>@karabee</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight on the to-go thing. I never realized that.</p>
<p>About the kids menu and order something bigger thing I have to disagree.
I don’t have a big appetite and it seems incredibly unnecessary for me to order a larger portion when I know I won’t eat it. I have had some waiters look at my mom and I funny when we share a meal and then when the meal is over they see we weren’t able to even finish what we ordered. We always have to take a doggy bag home b/c we can never finish a regular portion of food, lol.
I always tip 20% or a little more no matter what. I’ve even had some waiters not once show up to the table during the whole service and gave mediocre service because my brother and I are college aged and they assumed we’d give a bad tip. We gave 20% and I even noticed her look surprised when she picked up the check…***? </p>
<p>Also tip for the waiters out there. Don’t assume high-school or college aged kids will give bad or no tips. I’ve always been a good tipper and always have given the appropriate percentage even when I was younger and went out to lunch w/ friends.</p>
<p>About the water + soda thing. I usually ask for the soda during the first time he or she asks what drinks we want. Then when they ask if i want a refill I just say no thanks and ask for a water instead. I think it seems easier if a customer does it that way instead.</p>
<p>I’m a high-school student and my community college pays me (minimum wage, of course) to tutor curriculum and pre-curriculum students in math. I tell them how many hours a week I’m available and when I want to work. I have a consistent schedule each week and if a student and I aren’t really getting along, we work something else out. They screen the students and provide a place for me to tutor and the materials… If I can’t make an appointment, I just call and let the tutoring center know. I never realized how lucky I am until I saw this thread.</p>
<p>“hi, how may I help you?”
“I want a pepsi.”
“sorry, we only have coke products.”
“oh, then I’ll take a mountain dew.”
“we don’t have mountain dew.”
“oh, what do you have?”
“coke products…”
“hmm let me think.”
“ok, take your time.”
“alright I’ll have a coke.”
“what size?”
“coke.”
“alright what size.”
“a coke”
“small, medium, or large?”
“oh… Medium.”
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Lol I swear the general population is getting dumber and dumber…</p>
<p>lol, I don’t know why…but after reading the earlier posts on ice cream stores i kind of want to work at Baskin-Robins…as my first job. At least I sort of have a picture of what to expect. … I think I can work with dumb people and treated like I’m dumb…been doing it for my whole life :o</p>
<p>This thread is HILARIOUS!!</p>
<p>I have stories from the customer’s perspective:</p>
<p>So, my mom is Chinese so she’s slow at reading and understanding stuff. And, she’s been ID scammed and tricked many times so she has the horrible habit of triple checking prices and what not. It’s so embarrassing.</p>
<p>Subway- My mom reads the 5 dollar footlong sign. “Are those $5 dollars?.. So all those are 5 dollars?.. Oh only the ones on the $5 sign.”</p>
<p>Six Flags- My mom goes to line and sees two lines. One is the normal line and one says “express pass only”. She asks an employee what the express line is. Gahhhh!</p>
<p>NYC- My mom tries to bargain with a street vendor.</p>
<p>There’s a bunch of funny stories about my mom that I forget… But those were when I was in elementary and middle school. I’ve taught my mom how to be a good customer now! :D</p>
<p>bookmarked =]</p>
<p>Try working at a wine bar. You think regular customers are dumb, try drunk ones. Especially because a lot of people do not know how much wine they can drink before they get tipsy.</p>
<p>I am now quite frightened at the prospect of purchasing any kind of item.</p>
<p>My favorite is when I get yelled at for prices and such.</p>
<p>I work at a sports photography company. I am usually the person who helps parents fill out forms and works as a salesperson. I do not get paid on commission. I genuinely will help you find the cheapest package that has what you want. But please, don’t take up 20 minutes of my time and then decide you’re not going to buy anything anyway when there are 30 other parents waiting to talk to me. </p>
<p>Also, please don’t yell at me about prices. I get paid $10 an hour, I have no power. My boss just owns this branch- she has no control of prices either, so really yelling at her isn’t going to help either. </p>
<p>My personal favorite is when people bring us sports photos from previous years and expect us to exchange them because they didn’t turn out well. Ok… well, it’s been a year. It says in rather large print on the package that you should call the office if there are any problems. We give full refunds and exchanges with very few questions. But the people have never bothered to call the office. And the packages are almost always missing pictures- something they claim is our fault. Um… ok. OR they bring us photos from OTHER companies (like a rival company took the pictures last year) and complain about them. Ok… what am I supposed to do about another company’s pictures? </p>
<p>Oy.</p>