View Full Version
:
The I've seen some really dumb shit at work Thread
lexluthor09
05-10-2009, 07:53 PM
So working at my shop I've come to realize there are a lot of dumb people on the road. So many that it scares me...
I present to you the first in a series... feel free to contribute.
http://f.imagehost.org/t/0357/Picture_057.jpg (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0357/Picture_057)
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
How does this even happen with no one noticing!
Let's hear your stories!
liu13
05-10-2009, 08:02 PM
i use to work telemarketing/customer service and we would dog on ppl that lived in crappy states like Alaska and Wisconsin and mentally fuk them
tiger_handheld
05-10-2009, 09:09 PM
^ examples please!!
liu13
05-10-2009, 09:10 PM
cant rmbr, but pretty obvious stereotyping etc etc condescending bill maher type of remarks
i hated everyone from PA and VA and cringed whenever they'd call in or vice versa
03aspec
05-10-2009, 09:13 PM
at my old work, the boss had some stuff made in china so that we could keep up the orders, the shit they sent us as samples didnt even compare to the stuff that we would scrap. the metal was full of all kinds of imperfections, we couldnt even melt the metal down to reuse it, it was that fucking bad. china=shit for metal products, ever since then i always try to buy non offshore stuff. i used to work at a foundry btw. lol
Presto
05-10-2009, 09:14 PM
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
How does this even happen with no one noticing!
That's insane! Did you happen to find out how long she was driving like that?
greendb7
05-10-2009, 09:14 PM
I had a guy not know how to use a credit card, as in when I gave him a slip to sign he just stared at me and asked what to do.
liu13
05-10-2009, 09:17 PM
I had a guy not know how to use a credit card, as in when I gave him a slip to sign he just stared at me and asked what to do.
he must've been intoxicated or under influence, everyone knows they gotta sign a slip
Harlem2k
05-10-2009, 10:09 PM
one of the silliest one i've seen was... A guy came into our post office and asked... "do you guys sell stamps?"
Meowjin
05-10-2009, 10:17 PM
guy passed out with his pants down on the ground in the stall passed out in urine.
some guy from indian jerking off in the stall.
alex.w *//
05-10-2009, 10:45 PM
courtesy of krystie and vcc
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/burtonbabekyrstie/4-1.jpg
Kang19
05-10-2009, 10:47 PM
i use to work telemarketing/customer service and we would dog on ppl that lived in crappy states like Alaska and Wisconsin and mentally fuk them
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_709-UY_kyd8/SZ7U9D9i9jI/AAAAAAAAASs/RmmocVAW-84/s400/super-cool-story-bro.png
lexluthor09
05-10-2009, 10:59 PM
courtesy of krystie and vcc
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/burtonbabekyrstie/4-1.jpg
lol sweet rotors.
i wish i took a picture of the guy who got his pads installed backwards. somehow managed to jam the thing into the caliper. trip from calgary to vancouver gave him another brake job.
the aftermath - the pads square end cut into the rotor hat. and totally ate away at the pad too. two piece rotors ftw.
!Aznboi128
05-10-2009, 11:30 PM
courtesy of krystie and vcc
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/burtonbabekyrstie/4-1.jpg
aren't those the better cooling rotors?
:haha::haha::haha::haha::haha:
car care ftw!
orgasm_donor
05-10-2009, 11:42 PM
MY neighbour was outside replacing the brakes on his van and asked if he put the anti-squeel goop on properly. He applied it to the pad itself.
91mr2turbo
05-11-2009, 12:06 AM
I used to work as a cashier at a grocery store. Lady wanted to pay with debit, so I ran it through and passed her the keypad so she could enter her PIN. Instead she put it to the side of her head and started talking to it...
I used to work as a cashier at a grocery store. Lady wanted to pay with debit, so I ran it through and passed her the keypad so she could enter her PIN. Instead she put it to the side of her head and started talking to it...
LOL HAHHAHAA :haha:
The_AK
05-11-2009, 07:27 AM
One time when I worked at best buy some kid around 16 years old came in and wanted to buy a USB card that you would stick into a PCI slot in your computer if you didnt have any USB ports. It was around $20.00. Now usually when we have to sell things at best buy we're encouraged to sell a "Performance Service Plan" with everything. I'm thinking to myself 'Nobody is going to want a psp on a usb card since its almost half the price of the card itself'. Wrong - I rang it through and the kid was like "can i get the psp on it as well?". I ask him "Are you sure?". He says "Yes" and I could see his dad standing behind him shaking his head in disappointment.
We had a guy pull into our welding shop and ask us to look at fixing the frame in his truck he said it cracked.... Ya right in half on both sides! And he used 2x4 wood with big hose clamps to hold it together!!! We told him no it can't be fixed.
Soundy
05-11-2009, 07:59 AM
So working at my shop I've come to realize there are a lot of dumb people on the road. So many that it scares me...
I present to you the first in a series... feel free to contribute.
http://f.imagehost.org/t/0357/Picture_057.jpg (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0357/Picture_057)
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
That is epic!! It's gonna be tough for anything else in this thread to top that!
courtesy of krystie and vcc
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/burtonbabekyrstie/4-1.jpg
My dad did that on his old Dodge van once... ran it so long with the brakes grinding that he wore through the inner disc, the one that's attached ONLY by the fins. Said he had to panic-stop, slammed on the brakes, and BANG! no more grinding :D Took the wheel off and the remnants of that half of the disc were free-floating around the axle :)
lol sweet rotors.
i wish i took a picture of the guy who got his pads installed backwards. somehow managed to jam the thing into the caliper. trip from calgary to vancouver gave him another brake job.
the aftermath - the pads square end cut into the rotor hat. and totally ate away at the pad too. two piece rotors ftw.
Buddy of mine years ago had Canadian Tire do the brakes on his Porsche... they put the pads in backward, metal backing plate against the rotors, pad material against the calipers. Took it back to them when he noticed them starting to grind (as the thick layer of paint wore off the plate)... they told him it was fine and the noise was normal... :facepalm:
We had a guy pull into our welding shop and ask us to look at fixing the frame in his truck he said it cracked.... Ya right in half on both sides! And he used 2x4 wood with big hose clamps to hold it together!!! We told him no it can't be fixed.
Epic redneck ghetto repairs!
Okay, my turn.
I was adding maglocks to the doors at the little Petro Canada kiosk store at Vic & 49th. I was working on the west door, had it all coned off on the outside, ladder blocking it on the inside, and the door locked. Some dipwad parked by the pumps on the west side, stepped right over my cones, and tried to open the locked door. Then he looked up at me on my ladder and motioned for me to open the door... so I pointed him at the opposite (east) door. He smiled and went around.
But it gets better! While he was inside, I had to move my ladder into the doorway, so I unlocked the door and did just that. While I was ON the ladder, almost entirely blocking the door, this same clown decided it would be a good idea to SQUEEZE PAST THE LADDER to get out!
Shoulda dropped my drill on his head.
hotjoint
05-11-2009, 08:05 AM
So working at my shop I've come to realize there are a lot of dumb people on the road. So many that it scares me...
I present to you the first in a series... feel free to contribute.
http://f.imagehost.org/t/0357/Picture_057.jpg (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0357/Picture_057)
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
How does this even happen with no one noticing!
Let's hear your stories!
:lol wow, lady must have been on crack or something
murd0c
05-11-2009, 09:13 AM
My buddy had that happen before. but we were 50k up in the bush and he knew what waws goin on. should of seen the sparks lol
achiam
05-11-2009, 09:45 AM
My best friend back in High School 10 years ago worked at either ScotiaBank or HSBC. They watched an 85 yr old senior citizen put in his debit card at the ATM, and try 4x to withdraw $19.37 exactly. Every time the ATM rejected his request, he would retry. They laughed for minutes before finally helping the senior citizen.
Once at a Pharmacy I was working at, a 15 yr old hot brown girl talked to me about tampons, and she actually asked me to help her insert it. I was like holy fuck.
3seriesBeeM
05-11-2009, 10:42 AM
I work as loss prevention and this one time this guy had put on a leather jacket and just ran out the doors so we went out and ran after him he already had a pretty good lead on us, he kept looking back to see where we were and if you have ever been to brentwood there is this big drop off from the parking lot to the sidewalk on near lougheed and this guy was kept looking back and didnt see the drop and just bailed over it we stopped in our tracks and started laughing like crazy walked over there and the guy was just rolling around on the ground we picked him up cuffed him and called the police adn ambulance he had dislocated his shoulder. thats karma at its best and its all on tape.
True.True
05-11-2009, 11:10 AM
So working at my shop I've come to realize there are a lot of dumb people on the road. So many that it scares me...
I present to you the first in a series... feel free to contribute.
http://f.imagehost.org/t/0357/Picture_057.jpg (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0357/Picture_057)
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
How does this even happen with no one noticing!
Let's hear your stories!
was this on sw marine dr???? i swear i saw her drive on her blown tire/steelie for like 15 blocks!!!! everyone was honking at her and she was unphazed
working at starbucks and one of the most retarded question i've ever had was "do you sell coffee?"
!oHenry
05-11-2009, 12:01 PM
I used to work at Tim Hortons and we always had this one guy who always ordered a "large double double no sugar."
Shun Izaki
05-11-2009, 12:34 PM
I used to work at a telus mobility dealership. Had a lady come in
"my fone doesn't turn on"
"let me see if i can plug it in"
*plugs it in*
"see? it's working?"
"you have to plug these things in?"
unidentified
05-11-2009, 01:05 PM
At a presentation centre for a developer, there is a big sign that says "presentation centre" pointing to the doors of the building...through these glass doors, you can see another sign inside that says "presentation centre" pointing to the direction of the office inside the building. A lady calls the office to ask" is the presentation centre inside the building?"
El Bastardo
05-11-2009, 01:31 PM
1) Worked at a call centre in Surrey. It embodied all of the shitty things about call centres. People putting customers on hold to get a cup of coffee. Severely ESL and barely literate people who had no business doing customer service. Also, if you're working in the middle of the night and fall asleep at your desk? No big deal. We understand you're tired and will put you on leave until you feel like coming back. God forbid we fire you.
Also the crown jewel: If you ask for a supervisor you simply get put on hold and talk to another agent nearby to that customer service rep who isn't on a call. :awesom:
2) Porn store. Well, everybody knows that story
3) Watching the Superstore Meat Dept scrub down chicken with a stiff brush to get all the discolouration off so its ready to be sold the next day. It was past it's prime and I have no idea why they did this on a semi-regular basis. They're a big company and should be able to replace their product with ease.
I'd think it was a bullshit rumour if I hadn't seen it myself.
Shun Izaki
05-11-2009, 01:42 PM
A lot of these are "you had to be there" kinda moments, or have worked there to have the effect lol...
like making crazy shit at mcdonalds etc...
immorality
05-11-2009, 01:44 PM
So working at my shop I've come to realize there are a lot of dumb people on the road. So many that it scares me...
I present to you the first in a series... feel free to contribute.
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
How does this even happen with no one noticing!
Was this in North Van? My girlfriend told me about this yesterday!
JSALES
05-11-2009, 01:49 PM
1) Worked at a call centre in Surrey. It embodied all of the shitty things about call centres. People putting customers on hold to get a cup of coffee. Severely ESL and barely literate people who had no business doing customer service. Also, if you're working in the middle of the night and fall asleep at your desk? No big deal. We understand you're tired and will put you on leave until you feel like coming back. God forbid we fire you.
Also the crown jewel: If you ask for a supervisor you simply get put on hold and talk to another agent nearby to that customer service rep who isn't on a call. :awesom:
haha, these are some of the things i do at my call centre, put customers on hold for no reason really
punkwax
05-11-2009, 01:50 PM
Back in the day I worked at McD's and an EI ordered a Double Big Mac, no meat.
True story.
Psykopathik
05-11-2009, 02:03 PM
when i worked @ 7-11 i had a crack head come in and start cutting right on my Ice Cream freezers, then snort away.
El Bastardo
05-11-2009, 02:47 PM
when i worked @ 7-11 i had a crack head come in and start cutting right on my Ice Cream freezers, then snort away.
Similar, but less retarded/public:
A guy would come into the Petro Can I worked the night shift at (back in Courtenay, not here), make a b-line to the bathroom, and stay in there for at least half an hour. I always wondered what he was doing so one day after he came in and made a b-line for the john I walked toward the back of the store and listened to the door.
In retrospect this was kind of fucking retarded because, come on, what if the guy just had intestinal problems. Or like to :fappery: in semi-public bathrooms.
I heard him take the tank off of the back of the toilet, some clicking, then a noisy grotesque SNOOOOORRRRRT.
It turned my stomach. I started pounding on the door and told him to GTFO b/c the police were on their way. He ran out the back door only to return a few hours later to beg forgiveness.
I hate addicts.
TOPEC
05-11-2009, 03:09 PM
I used to work at Tim Hortons and we always had this one guy who always ordered a "large double double no sugar."
it beats saying "large coffee, 2 cream, no sugar"
dont u think "large dbl dbl no sugar" sounds so much smoother?
InvisibleSoul
05-11-2009, 03:55 PM
it beats saying "large coffee, 2 cream, no sugar"
dont u think "large dbl dbl no sugar" sounds so much smoother?
Should be able to use other terminology...
Large Two and Zero
Large Double Nothing
Would Tim Horton's workers know what those would mean?
It's like ordering a cheeseburger at McDonald's and holding the cheese. :D
Manic!
05-11-2009, 04:03 PM
I had a lady come 3 times to get gas at our station. 3 times she hit the post with her car trying to pull up to the pumps. 3 times she did not get gas.
One time I got a call from a guy how had bought a pack of condoms on his credit card the night before and was afraid his wife would see it on his bill. He offered me $100 to reverse the charge.
lexluthor09
05-11-2009, 04:17 PM
was this on sw marine dr???? i swear i saw her drive on her blown tire/steelie for like 15 blocks!!!! everyone was honking at her and she was unphazed
yup. she must've been on something because she seriously didn't know what was wrong. she even asked us after where her hubcap went. THAT was on her mind more than anything.
LemonH2O
05-11-2009, 04:35 PM
Part 1: A woman wanted back-up sensor installed in her brand new car, BUT she wanted one that talked, like the navi's. We told her we didn't carry those, she insisted and made a HUGE deal out of it and so we went to an outside shop and bought it to install for her. (I work at a dealership, we don't do this kind of thing, but this woman is just sooo......I have no words)
Part 2: She actually marked in PEN where exactly she wanted the sensors to sit on her bumper. We told her there are standard measurements, they have to be so-far apart to work properly. If we put them where she wanted them, MAYBE half the sensors would actually work. Of course, she put up another fight and you know what, we put them where she wanted it. Guess what? THE SENSORS DIDN'T WORK! So what did we do? We REPLACED her bumper and she let us put the sensors where they needed to go.
Part 3: She had asked us to put the speaker RIGHT above the driver's seat belt because she had "hearing problems". We told her, usually the speaker is at the back, again, she insisted. So we installed the speaker RIGHT beside her ear as she asked. She came back the next day and furiously yelled at us "Jesus, could you guys make it any louder?! I swear I'm going to go deaf with that voice so loud in my ear!"
Please, someone beat my story.
Soundy
05-11-2009, 04:46 PM
haha, these are some of the things i do at my call centre, put customers on hold for no reason really
"You sound really hot, can I put you on hold a minute while I fap under my desk??"
Back in the day I worked at McD's and an EI ordered a Double Big Mac, no meat.
True story.
I've heard some amazing ones from Starbucks baristas, but the best had to be the guy that ordered a "cappuccino, no foam". "You mean a latte, then..." "No, I want a cappuccino, but without foam."
On the other side of that equation, there's the time I went through the McD's drive-thru and ordered the crispy chicken sandwich "without tomato". Fortunately I was only about four blocks away when I opened the thing up and found a slice of tomato... and no chicken.
I had a lady come 3 times to get gas at our station. 3 times she hit the post with her car trying to pull up to the pumps. 3 times she did not get gas.
I heard some doozy stories from ICBC adjusters and estimators when I was doing IT work for them. Best was at the Marine & Cambie claim center... if you've ever driven into the inspection bay at these places, you know at most of them there's a window where you first drive in where you tell someone why you're there, and then the bay opens out to the left and they direct you which lane to park in. Protecting that corner is a big yellow steel post. The adjuster this time was telling me about the woman who had parked in the first space, got her claim all dealt with (she'd been hit, accident deemed NOT her fault), got back in her car, threw it into reverse... and backed HARD right into that post.
Soundy
05-11-2009, 04:47 PM
Please, someone beat my story.
That's pretty epic, but lexluthor's original post still beats all (so far) :haha:
thumper
05-11-2009, 05:02 PM
Once at a Pharmacy I was working at, a 15 yr old hot brown girl talked to me about tampons, and she actually asked me to help her insert it. I was like holy fuck.
.... and then? ;)
Synaptik
05-11-2009, 05:50 PM
bestbuy computers department.
the stories write themselves.
Teriyaki
05-11-2009, 06:06 PM
bestbuy computers department.
the stories write themselves.
Don't be a tease and share them.
nipples
05-11-2009, 06:11 PM
couple years back a customer ordered a med-well char-broiled steak.
server to me: hey, the guy said the steak is awesome, but that the crust is a lil dry.
me: yeah, it's med-well.....
server goes back to the table and comes back to the kitchen
server: he's wondering if you can cook it wetter.
me: ..... what is wetter?
server: like...wet
me: he wants me to fucking boil/poach/steam his freakn steak?!?! I gave the server a side of water for him to dunk his steak into. no idea if she brought it to him
TOPEC
05-11-2009, 06:27 PM
Should be able to use other terminology...
Large Two and Zero
Large Double Nothing
Would Tim Horton's workers know what those would mean?
It's like ordering a cheeseburger at McDonald's and holding the cheese. :D
i would think tim horton's people is not that bright...
Nvasion
05-11-2009, 06:45 PM
couple years back a customer ordered a med-well char-broiled steak.
server to me: hey, the guy said the steak is awesome, but that the crust is a lil dry.
me: yeah, it's med-well.....
server goes back to the table and comes back to the kitchen
server: he's wondering if you can cook it wetter.
me: ..... what is wetter?
server: like...wet
me: he wants me to fucking boil/poach/steam his freakn steak?!?! I gave the server a side of water for him to dunk his steak into. no idea if she brought it to him
AHAHAHAH nice
Soundy
05-11-2009, 06:57 PM
bestbuy computers department.
the stories write themselves.
I was in Circuit City once (when there used to be one over on United) and saw some guy shopping for a new computer and haranguing the poor salesdroid over features: he wanted absolutely the latest, greatest, most up-to-date computer with all the newest standards so he wouldn't be obsolete in six months. He was looking for a computer with 14-pin USB and 16-pin firewire ports; he'd done his research on the internet and he knew what he was talking about, dammit.
The poor salesdroid didn't know what to do - the newest machines they had were only 4- and 6-pin, he'd never heard of 14-pin USB. I hadn't either, so I peeked over the guy's shoulder at the printed pages he was waving around as his shopping guide... and pointed out that the page he'd printed recommended a computer have at least 1 4-pin USB and 1 6-pin firewire...
Gotta love the informed consumer.
Delish
05-11-2009, 08:39 PM
Good thread. It reminds me of www.notalwaysright.com :D
http://notalwaysright.com/hopefully-she-got-the-house/768
antonito
05-11-2009, 09:04 PM
it beats saying "large coffee, 2 cream, no sugar"
This is probably me. As someone who doesn't drink coffee, but always ends up having to buy coffee for others, I have no idea what your guys' gibberish coffee language means.
As for my work, there's a million stories, although none make much sense or are very funny unless you know what's happening.
But a lot of it goes:
"I demand that you do _________ in ______ time for ________ dollars"
Well, in order to do _______, I need 5 times the money and time allotted, and also I'll have to break a few of the "unbreakable rules" that you specified in our contract. Also several rules of nature/physics.
twitchyzero
05-11-2009, 09:20 PM
I used to work as a cashier at a grocery store. Lady wanted to pay with debit, so I ran it through and passed her the keypad so she could enter her PIN. Instead she put it to the side of her head and started talking to it...
"I'd like to wire that from my Swiss Account please.
Yeah, I'll hold"
m4k4v4li
05-11-2009, 09:55 PM
I was in Circuit City once ....
Gotta love the informed consumer.
reminds me of oen time I was at best buy to buy a new sim card
I asked a service rep where they stock the sim cards, and hes like : "what cards?" I told him I needed a sim card for fido, and he told me they only sell phones with sim cards in them but not the sim cards alone
I told him I was almost certain they had sim cards and he was like nope sorry we don't
so I asked another guy right beside him and he told me where to find them
fucking retard
Soundy
05-11-2009, 10:52 PM
reminds me of oen time I was at best buy to buy a new sim card
I asked a service rep where they stock the sim cards, and hes like : "what cards?" I told him I needed a sim card for fido, and he told me they only sell phones with sim cards in them but not the sim cards alone
I told him I was almost certain they had sim cards and he was like nope sorry we don't
so I asked another guy right beside him and he told me where to find them
fucking retard
Difference in this case was, it was the shopper that was the retard - did all his "research" on the internet but still had no idea what he was asking for... so of course the lowly minimum-wage salesdroid had no idea what the guy was talking about.
Soundy
05-11-2009, 11:08 PM
Good thread. It reminds me of www.notalwaysright.com :D
http://notalwaysright.com/hopefully-she-got-the-house/768
Owww, that's gotta hurt!
I like this one: http://notalwaysright.com/fonts-gone-wild/255
kknater
05-12-2009, 12:41 AM
MOAR PICS!
InvisibleSoul
05-12-2009, 04:14 PM
http://notalwaysright.com/hopefully-she-got-the-house/768
Since when do you have to list the names of all of the people staying in the suite?
Alatar
05-12-2009, 05:49 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3527318126_5f1a34fb11.jpg?v=0
Upon closer inspection...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/3526505249_d29cc72127.jpg?v=0
Somehow, the car was still driveable. Don't ask me how.
Inaii
05-12-2009, 05:53 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3527318126_5f1a34fb11.jpg?v=0
Upon closer inspection...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/3526505249_d29cc72127.jpg?v=0
Somehow, the car was still driveable. Don't ask me how.
how is that still driveable? :O
hk20000
05-12-2009, 06:40 PM
Epic brakes are epic.
when i was in school i worked at a gas station and i noticed the register started flashing that all of the pumps were out of order. i look outside and noticed that a car that was a boat was on top of one of the pumps. the car ran over a gas pump and the entire thing was on its side
the lady comes in and said she parked her car and her kid (looked like it was 2 years old) went into the driver's seat, turned the car on b/c she left her keys in the car, and put it in neutral. i figured she was blaming her infant child for her forgetting to put the car in park. the owner of the gas station wasn't too thrilled getting the phone call from me explaining some lady's car ran over a gas pump and put them all out of order :haha:
Nvasion
05-12-2009, 08:41 PM
few days ago i went with my GF to wall mart so she can buy a bike and after she chose the bike she wanted i asked 2 people helping her where are the screw drivers and they said they do not carry screw drivers..
Today, a guy purchases some stuff using his credit card. The credit card slip was gonna print so I gave him a pen first in order to sign it after (while waiting for the slip to finish printing). He then said "thanks, I have enough pens at home... thanks for the kind gesture though..." Didn't know how to reply him. lol
unidentified
05-13-2009, 01:44 AM
Today, a guy purchases some stuff using his credit card. The credit card slip was gonna print so I gave him a pen first in order to sign it after (while waiting for the slip to finish printing). He then said "thanks, I have enough pens at home... thanks for the kind gesture though..." Didn't know how to reply him. lol
lol...well at least he was super polite and appreciative when you offered the pen
mickz
05-13-2009, 02:12 AM
Back in the day I worked at McD's and an EI ordered a Double Big Mac, no meat.
True story.
I've got one up on that. I had an order for a plain cheeseburger, no meat, no cheese.
I gave him the top and bottom of the bun wrapped in paper.
Soundy
05-13-2009, 05:44 AM
Today, a guy purchases some stuff using his credit card. The credit card slip was gonna print so I gave him a pen first in order to sign it after (while waiting for the slip to finish printing). He then said "thanks, I have enough pens at home... thanks for the kind gesture though..." Didn't know how to reply him. lol
Too bad it wasn't one of those pens that's chained down :D
billboa
05-13-2009, 09:01 AM
Similar, but less retarded/public:
A guy would come into the Petro Can I worked the night shift at (back in Courtenay, not here), make a b-line to the bathroom, and stay in there for at least half an hour. I always wondered what he was doing so one day after he came in and made a b-line for the john I walked toward the back of the store and listened to the door.
In retrospect this was kind of fucking retarded because, come on, what if the guy just had intestinal problems. Or like to :fappery: in semi-public bathrooms.
I heard him take the tank off of the back of the toilet, some clicking, then a noisy grotesque SNOOOOORRRRRT.
It turned my stomach. I started pounding on the door and told him to GTFO b/c the police were on their way. He ran out the back door only to return a few hours later to beg forgiveness.
wat a buzz kill
!Aznboi128
05-13-2009, 09:38 AM
these are pretty good
but a while ago I was in La Ven en Rose (sp) with my gf she went to try on some stuff so I was waiting by the change rooms. This girl (not my gf) came out and asked how it looks on her, I looked up and was like stunned. she was HOT in some sort of lingerie thing...
sadly she looked around couldn't find someone and went back in to change, turns out she was looking for her friend which was somewhere in the shop.
sonick
05-13-2009, 10:47 AM
I've heard some amazing ones from Starbucks baristas, but the best had to be the guy that ordered a "cappuccino, no foam". "You mean a latte, then..." "No, I want a cappuccino, but without foam."
Cappuccino has less milk in the espresso than a latte. Cappuccino with no foam is not a Latte.
c_loke
05-13-2009, 11:02 AM
I hear lots of stupid stories when working at BC Ferries like....
Some American thought that the terminal attendants drove the cars on to the ferries for them while they walked on....
People who ask if the ferry is going to Victoria after they have driven onto the ferry...
static
05-13-2009, 11:03 AM
I had a guy not know how to use a credit card, as in when I gave him a slip to sign he just stared at me and asked what to do.
I had a blond woman that said she had to run to the bank machine to pay for her purchase at the store i was working at. When I asked her what she was going to use at the ATM she replied...my bank card.
After 20 minutes of explanations she learned how the interac system worked and paid at the store with her bank card.
Her smile was priceless.
Soundy
05-13-2009, 12:11 PM
I hear lots of stupid stories when working at BC Ferries like....
Some American thought that the terminal attendants drove the cars on to the ferries for them while they walked on....
People who ask if the ferry is going to Victoria after they have driven onto the ferry...
Lots of good ones here:
http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/Unusual_but_True.html
achiam
05-13-2009, 12:54 PM
.... and then? ;)
I told her that operating instructions were printed on the box, and that she could read it in the privacy of her home.
Durrann1984
05-13-2009, 01:36 PM
I've got one up on that. I had an order for a plain cheeseburger, no meat, no cheese.
I gave him the top and bottom of the bun wrapped in paper.
lol did u charge him the full price of a cheese burger?
Durrann1984
05-13-2009, 01:42 PM
i worked at triple O's before and my co worker sold hot chocolate to this mom...and this was for her 5 year old kid
she came back and said.. you know you guys should've poured some cold water or something cold in this hot chocolate.. cuz my child spat it out and now his tongue is burnt
and we're like.. but its "HOT" chocolate...
and shes like i dont care u could've gotten sued for this.. and we're like..ohhh kayyy
LOL
penner2k
05-13-2009, 01:54 PM
i worked at triple O's before and my co worker sold hot chocolate to this mom...and this was for her 5 year old kid
she came back and said.. you know you guys should've poured some cold water or something cold in this hot chocolate.. cuz my child spat it out and now his tongue is burnt
and we're like.. but its "HOT" chocolate...
and shes like i dont care u could've gotten sued for this.. and we're like..ohhh kayyy
LOL
I can see her point.
I really dont get why some places make their water so damn hot.
I'm ordering a drink. It would be nice if I could actually drink it within the next hour without burning my mouth.
penner2k
05-13-2009, 01:57 PM
Good thread. It reminds me of www.notalwaysright.com :D
http://notalwaysright.com/hopefully-she-got-the-house/768
What an idiot.
In situations like that you always use cash.
Good thread. It reminds me of www.notalwaysright.com :D
http://notalwaysright.com/hopefully-she-got-the-house/768
hah thanks for sharing a cool site.
thumper
05-14-2009, 05:49 AM
I told her that operating instructions were printed on the box, and that she could read it in the privacy of her home.
booo... fail! :haha:
hotjoint
05-15-2009, 07:25 AM
^ ahhahaa
True story, I am mid-20s, i dont look anywhere near 18 years old.
I went to Shopper's on "cambie" & "no. 4 or 5" to purchase some cigarettes.
I was in work uniform and the clerk ask for my ID, fair enough, I showed her BC Driver License, she stated it is fake.
I then showed her my carecard, visa, old student ID. "FAKE" she said..
At that point i was fucking angry and i wanna lit up a smoke, and i asked for their store manager.
"im the store manager" she said.
i told her i wanted to see her boss, but she refuses.... at this point, the line up was crazy and my lunch break is over... i left there and never go back again.
pure.life
05-15-2009, 10:53 AM
True story, I am mid-20s, i dont look anywhere near 18 years old.
I went to Shopper's on "cambie" & "no. 4 or 5" to purchase some cigarettes.
I was in work uniform and the clerk ask for my ID, fair enough, I showed her BC Driver License, she stated it is fake.
I then showed her my carecard, visa, old student ID. "FAKE" she said..
At that point i was fucking angry and i wanna lit up a smoke, and i asked for their store manager.
"im the store manager" she said.
i told her i wanted to see her boss, but she refuses.... at this point, the line up was crazy and my lunch break is over... i left there and never go back again.
are you sure she is not a fake too?
Adsdeman
05-15-2009, 10:59 AM
We had somone come into the dealership with a 04 wrx that had'nt had its oil changed in jus under 20,000kms. He woundered why the engine was knocking lol
hk20000
05-15-2009, 11:02 AM
because subaru has a massive recall of their engines?
Adsdeman
05-15-2009, 11:15 AM
^ Rather drive a scooby than a turd!
thumper
05-15-2009, 01:33 PM
because subaru has a massive recall of their engines?
eh? what recall??? :eek:
TOPEC
05-15-2009, 03:17 PM
because subaru has a massive recall of their engines?
:Orly:?
treize
05-15-2009, 05:23 PM
I've had a lot of horrible/hilarious experiences with customers over years of work...
but a funny one from when I was at Wal-Mart, I asked an employee where the cutlery is... their response: i don't know what that is.
employee was totally Canadian mid-20s female... my boyfriend and I were just like... wtf?
Gridlock
05-15-2009, 10:46 PM
I had a shit job selling bulk meat on the phone.
I call this one guy who was slurring his words and starts yelling at me for interrupting his precious Saturday and what the fuck did I think I was doing, and who the fuck did I think I was and then to go fuck myself and hung up on me.
I wait a sec, smile, hit redial and say, "I'm sorry sir, I think we were disconnected. AS I was saying..."
I learned some new swear words and laughed like crazy. The office thought I lost it.
achiam
05-15-2009, 11:04 PM
Oh ya, another funny one.
My buddy's brother back in the day worked at Lordco.
He said sometimes elderly guys or dumb sounding guys would call asking for whatever engine part, and he'd throw in all these unrelated questions like "what color is your Chevy truck?" and he said this one old dood was like, "Yeah its Silver, but kind of a dark gray silver" in relation to a request for a new water pump
spoon.ek9
05-16-2009, 01:16 AM
i don't think anything beats working in fastfood. i worked at mcd's before, here we go:
A lady asked me for a cheeseburger without cheese. so i said to her, "so a hamburger... " and she replies "NO, i said a CHEESEBURGER without CHEESE." and she was DEAD SERIOUS about it.
Cheapest family in the world actually crammed their fries to the bottom of the box and asked my supervisor to top it off. He went to the walk-in freezer to scream for a few minutes after that.
I had about 20 cars lined up in the drive-thru and was forced to multi-task, taking orders while handing out food. i just handed out the food to a family and was taking the next order. to my surprise they were still there waiting for something... they wanted ketchup. i grabbed the biggest load of ketchup packs i could with one hand and the entire car of chinese ppl said "WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!". All i could think of at that point was GTFO OF HERE.
Supervisors loved me because i had a knack for charging ppl for sauces. if you were rude to me, i would charge you the obligatory $0.10 for sauces. One lady literally complained to me, THIS IS ALL I GET FOR $0.10? to which i replied, "yup! so with taxes that comes to $0.11"
A kid on the slide literally stood up and pissed at the end of the slide. Parents did nothing, said nothing.
probably tons more... just can't recall since its been so many years... and don't get me started on value village experiences.
I had a shit job selling bulk meat on the phone.
I call this one guy who was slurring his words and starts yelling at me for interrupting his precious Saturday and what the fuck did I think I was doing, and who the fuck did I think I was and then to go fuck myself and hung up on me.
I wait a sec, smile, hit redial and say, "I'm sorry sir, I think we were disconnected. AS I was saying..."
I learned some new swear words and laughed like crazy. The office thought I lost it.
HAHAHAHHA literally LOL.
El Bastardo
05-16-2009, 01:44 AM
A kid on the slide literally stood up and pissed at the end of the slide. Parents did nothing, said nothing.
1) I want to hear about Value Village. The types of people who frequent those stores must be awesome
2) Fuck parents like that. I fucking hate when parents encourage stupid behavior like that. I was driving along Kingsway and was stopped in traffic near the Honolulu Cafe when I saw a kid come out of one of the grocery stores being led by his parents. He was holding his crotch like he had to take a leak.
His parents pulled down his pants and let him piss into traffic. Like he was standing on the sidewalk pissing into the street.
What the fuck?!
b0unce. [?]
05-16-2009, 01:50 AM
At the skytrain station one time. I saw a couple from some other country (i assumed this cause they didnt speak english very well, had a map of vancouver and some giant hiking bags and stuff.
so they go up the ticket machines and go start talking to it "2 adults please." then throw the money on the ground infront of it. Then they started looking around the machine and on the sides to see where the ticket prints lol
TOO FUNNY :lol
Presto
05-16-2009, 09:41 AM
^^^
:facepalm:
This thread will over-exert Patrick Stewart's image.
reeniepoo
05-16-2009, 03:06 PM
i work for a online pharmaceutical call center, we sell medications to people in the U.S...
i've had a grandpa tell me he was dying if he didnt get his medications on time..he was ordering viagra
i had a lady return her medications that was sent to her because the package was coming from our india pharmacy and she thought it was a bomb
i had another lady who kept me on the phone the whole time she was placing her order online and when it came to select male or female the lady actually asked me 'am i male or female?'
Soundy
05-16-2009, 03:29 PM
^^^
:facepalm:
This thread will over-exert Patrick Stewart's image.
Too bad he's not getting residuals for it, he'd be a millionaire on from RS alone.
i had another lady who kept me on the phone the whole time she was placing her order online and when it came to select male or female the lady actually asked me 'am i male or female?'
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
True story
customer "Hi is that tuna sushi?"
busser "No that is not tuna sushi."
busser points towards salmon sushi and tells customer "that is tuna sushi"
customer "NO that is salmon sushi"
I was laughing so hard at the back.
JL9000
05-16-2009, 09:05 PM
http://f.imagehost.org/t/0357/Picture_057.jpg (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0357/Picture_057)
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
So, let me get this straight. You're saying this cannot be plugged? How is that true service? :thumbsup:
i worked at triple O's before and my co worker sold hot chocolate to this mom...and this was for her 5 year old kid
she came back and said.. you know you guys should've poured some cold water or something cold in this hot chocolate.. cuz my child spat it out and now his tongue is burnt
and we're like.. but its "HOT" chocolate...
and shes like i dont care u could've gotten sued for this.. and we're like..ohhh kayyy
LOL
this is really familiar
...darren?
TOPEC
05-17-2009, 12:24 AM
oo i remember a story to share
some elderly guy driving a red 80's acura integra thinks he's know it all about car audio.
so he comes in, talks to the sales person for so long asking all these questions.
finally, he buys an entry level (or 2nd to entry level) pair of component speakers and gets us to help him install it for him.
as i do a walk arnd before i take apart his doors, i spotted something weird in the rear hatch area.
get this, there was a pair of book shelf speakers velcroed onto the carpet.
so i'm like WTF and leave it and go about installing the new speakers he just bought intot he front doors.
about half way into installing the speakers, he comes in and asks for a special request.
he wants the woofer to be installed into the door, BUT!!! he wants the tweeter to be wired all the way into the trunk facing forward!
so i seriously go WTF, and get the sales guy to come and talk him out of it. ofcourse he thinks demands for awhile to get this done, but in the end, the sales guy talked him out of doing it and i finished up doing the install and sent him on his way.
spoon.ek9
05-17-2009, 12:52 AM
1) I want to hear about Value Village. The types of people who frequent those stores must be awesome
where to start? all types of ppl shop at value village. from the poorest of the poor to rich folk who honestly have nothing better to do than buy the most expensive 2nd hand jewelry to make themselves feel good.
homeless guys + idiot donaters = ?
customers are NOT supposed to dump their god damn couches overnight. i found a homeless guy sleeping on the couch with an 80's porno mag (the pictures were really old) and his pants half way down. NO underwear.
homeless guys in general
again, customers are NOT supposed to leave donations overnight outside. homeless guys literally rummage thru everything for w/e theyre looking for and leave giant messes. on one day, we found the mess of clothing had been pissed on
homeless guy kept coming inside to sleep on our couches. was kicked out by me 3 times in the same day and all he could say is GOD I JUST WANT TO GET SOME SLEEP.
single public washroom horrors
there's only one unisex washroom available to the public at the VV i worked at. on the weekend, a customer came to tell me that the washroom was backed up. so i grudgingly went to check it out. not only was the toilet plugged, people KEPT GOING ON TOP OF IT TILL IT FILLED UP AND THEN SOME. the dirty toilet water was starting to spill OUT of the washroom and onto the sales floor. needless to say, I WAS OFF OF CARROTS FOR MONTHS.
eventually, we would just slap an out of order sign anytime there was a plug reported. and we told customers that there was no other washroom to use, which is a total lie but who cares?
mainland chinese tourists
a group of partially drunk mainlanders came to my till and wanted to pay for their items with Chinese money. when i told them they can't pay with that (in broken, horrible mandarin), they were completely confused and angered. WTF THIS ISN'T CHINA.
there's a restaurant next door and on many occasions i found them pissing in between our two buildings INSTEAD of using an actual washroom. wtf...
cops who don't really care
people steal shit all the time from us. we DO call the cops. as i was reporting the latest details of a stolen jacket, the female cop asked me "so how much was the jacket priced at?" and i said "$15". her reply "and what do you expect to happen?" me "uhhh... find him and charge him?"
racist and crazy white guy
so a bug-eyed dude comes up to me and says in a rushed voice, THAT GUY JUST STOLE A JACKET CALL THE COPS. and he runs out of the store seemingly in pursuit. i went to the office and checked out the recorded video. found no evidence of anyone walking out with a jacket. dude returns a few mins later and says to me "WHERE ARE THE COPS? I FOLLOWED THAT GUY FOR 3 BLOCKS" and i said something like "i didn't see anyone stealing a jacket on video". He mutters something to himself and starts to walk away. he stops, turns around and decides to say to me "YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY", my response "OHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH". he walked away after that lol...
just for fun
there was a lady who literally looked like jaba the hut. fat and same exact face except she had red dyed hair and lipstick. the resemblance was UNCANNY.
hk20000
05-17-2009, 01:00 AM
^ that VV wouldn't be on Granville St. in Richmond would it? Coz there's a restaurant next door to that as well.
spoon.ek9
05-17-2009, 01:01 AM
you are correct sir.
InvisibleSoul
05-18-2009, 01:26 AM
i don't think anything beats working in fastfood. i worked at mcd's before, here we go:
A lady asked me for a cheeseburger without cheese. so i said to her, "so a hamburger... " and she replies "NO, i said a CHEESEBURGER without CHEESE." and she was DEAD SERIOUS about it.
Cheapest family in the world actually crammed their fries to the bottom of the box and asked my supervisor to top it off. He went to the walk-in freezer to scream for a few minutes after that.
I had about 20 cars lined up in the drive-thru and was forced to multi-task, taking orders while handing out food. i just handed out the food to a family and was taking the next order. to my surprise they were still there waiting for something... they wanted ketchup. i grabbed the biggest load of ketchup packs i could with one hand and the entire car of chinese ppl said "WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!". All i could think of at that point was GTFO OF HERE.
Supervisors loved me because i had a knack for charging ppl for sauces. if you were rude to me, i would charge you the obligatory $0.10 for sauces. One lady literally complained to me, THIS IS ALL I GET FOR $0.10? to which i replied, "yup! so with taxes that comes to $0.11"
A kid on the slide literally stood up and pissed at the end of the slide. Parents did nothing, said nothing.
probably tons more... just can't recall since its been so many years... and don't get me started on value village experiences.
Those are pretty good. :D
^ that VV wouldn't be on Granville St. in Richmond would it? Coz there's a restaurant next door to that as well.
my exact thoughts :haha: question, why did you continue working there after all these horror stories :confused:
spoon.ek9
05-18-2009, 02:05 PM
well... i worked there for 2 years? started when the store first opened. you kind of get detached to all the messed up crap you see. wasn't all negative though, some co-workers were great. if it wasn't for the thieving homeless people, retard mainlanders and rude/cheap ass customers, it would have been a great job.
Soundy
05-18-2009, 02:39 PM
I agree, a lot of times with a "shitty job" there are really only one or two things that really MAKE it shitty, and other things that make it a great place to work. And a we see here, sometimes the "thieving homeless people, retard mainlanders and rude/cheap ass customers" are a source of amusement in themselves. The thing with the "rude/cheap ass customers" in particular is, you only have to deal with them rarely and for short periods, and then they're gone, and you can go out later with your friends or coworkers and have a good laugh about them over a beer.
Now if you have idiot coworkers, a moron boss, or work lousy shifts and jobs for a dumbass company, that's a whole other matter....
spoon.ek9
05-18-2009, 02:43 PM
actually the rude/cheap ass customers are usually repeat business. i've literally had someone as me if they could get a $0.50 discount on a $1.99 item. just for fun i said no. there's also the shoplifters that i caught there (at least 3 or 4 that i caught personally). what really made me quit there was the fucktard new store manager we had after our first left to go back to school.
murd0c
05-18-2009, 02:54 PM
I worked at Famous players for 2 1/2 years. I mostly worked floor doing closeing.
I was closeing the theatres and went into one that was closed to make sure no one was inside and I found too people fucking in front of the screen, I started laughing and asked if I could have seconds. Well lets just say they looked over and took off out the back door with clothes in hand.
Another late story from doing the washroom checks, people used to smear shit in the walls just shit on the ground fricken nasty. So I was makeing sure the stalls are clean and the end handicap stall I heard a weird noise. I was like WTF and said hello are you ok in there, I heard nothing then all of a suddon the door flew open and 2 guys ran out. Can you say nasty!!
SolidPenguin
05-18-2009, 06:08 PM
Really, one of the dumbest questions that i get from customers is....
"Do you work here"
Psh, naw i just wear this stupid looking shirt with the logo of our company on it with khakis...
When they ask, you can usually see their eyes looking at the logo before and during and after they've asked the question.
maxxxboost
05-18-2009, 06:17 PM
Some asian lady came in and stole products with her 4 or 5 year old daughter!
The products came up to $91.00 before tax, that $1 came from a pack of gum she stole, she told her daughter to pick it from the shelf before the lady pockets the gum.
Should have sent her ass to jail, but oh well, hope she learns.
Psykopathik
05-18-2009, 07:56 PM
My friend who worked mcDonalds.
called to the restroom cuz someone shit in the urinal.
he wasnt pleased as he tried to mash the poop into the drain with a toilet plunger
Psykopathik
05-18-2009, 08:00 PM
my family owned a chinese restarant on Broadway. (now the Regal Beagle)
a lady comes in and tells me i forgot an item in her takeout order.
I tell her thats impossible. she says no it isnt and demands her item now.
I then have to explain that our restarant is still under construction and hasnt actually opened for buisness yet.
she quietly walked away with a stupid look on her face.
InvisibleSoul
05-18-2009, 10:07 PM
Some asian lady came in and stole products with her 4 or 5 year old daughter!
The products came up to $91.00 before tax, that $1 came from a pack of gum she stole, she told her daughter to pick it from the shelf before the lady pockets the gum.
I don't get it. :confused:
InvisibleSoul
05-18-2009, 10:07 PM
my family owned a chinese restarant on Broadway. (now the Regal Beagle)
a lady comes in and tells me i forgot an item in her takeout order.
I tell her thats impossible. she says no it isnt and demands her item now.
I then have to explain that our restarant is still under construction and hasnt actually opened for buisness yet.
she quietly walked away with a stupid look on her face.
:facepalm:
spoon.ek9
05-18-2009, 10:26 PM
Really, one of the dumbest questions that i get from customers is....
"Do you work here"
Psh, naw i just wear this stupid looking shirt with the logo of our company on it with khakis...
When they ask, you can usually see their eyes looking at the logo before and during and after they've asked the question.
I think it's more frightening when customers recognize you from just the back of your head! Called by first name too..
Some asian lady came in and stole products with her 4 or 5 year old daughter!
The products came up to $91.00 before tax, that $1 came from a pack of gum she stole, she told her daughter to pick it from the shelf before the lady pockets the gum.
Should have sent her ass to jail, but oh well, hope she learns.
one lady that i caught stealing clothing had shirts stuffed into the front of her skirt. she was an old, tanned, skinny immigrant. we called her crazy lady.
a guy i caught stealing was there with his wife and son. he stole a kitchen item priced at $0.99. :confused:
My friend who worked mcDonalds.
called to the restroom cuz someone shit in the urinal.
he wasnt pleased as he tried to mash the poop into the drain with a toilet plunger
i'm quite sure my value village poop story is better than this :thumbsup:
i've had instances where people deliberately smeared their poo across the washroom floor.
quasi
05-18-2009, 10:27 PM
I worked at a carwash when I was in highschool. have lots of memories from there. Unfortunatley not to many funny stories that I can remember like the ones above.
One time I was power washing someone truck and it had the 4x4 stickers on the side. I guess I got to close with the power washer and tore one of the stickers. Didn't want to get in shit so I proceeded to blast the whole sticker off then go to the other side and remove that one to. She left without noticing and I only worked weekends so dodged that bullet.
I learned to drive stick at this job. The first standard I ever drove was some unsuspecting ladies new Porche, good times.
spoon.ek9
05-19-2009, 12:45 AM
oh god, i just remembered another poop story from VV.
i was working like normal up in the front of the store and my cashier told me, there's something by the change rooms you want to take a look at. so i went and looked. SOMEONE LITERALLY TOOK A CRAP ON THE FLOOR AND LEFT IT THERE.
i was disgusted obviously and really couldn't think of a way to get rid of it without touching it. after a few minutes, my cashier took a used hat we had for sale and wrapped it up. of course, she put to one side and i was forced to deal with it. NOW, my dilemma.... i can't flush a hat, what do i do?
we have a trash compactor in the back so i figured that was the quickest way to get rid of it. so i walked the crap-hat to the back and tossed it in, figuring it was over and done with. later on, i heard some complaining in the back and went to investigate. so i asked the recycler, whats up? they said something smells like shit and of course, i explained the whole situation. immediately he said "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? AWWWW"
what happened was, instead of getting crushed, the crap was smeared across the compactor part of the machine. it smelt pretty bad for a couple of days.
i laughed quite a few times while typing this hahahah....
Nightwalker
05-19-2009, 02:47 AM
My dad had an employee that ran one of our ride on lawn mowers at the time... He disabled the safety that stopped the blades when you were out of the seat for some reason. It was a long time ago, I guess he figured it saved time, or couldn't be bothered to put that back together when fixing something.
When training a new employee, for some reason he had the mower still running and when showing the trainee all the bits of the lawnmower, stuck his hand right under there!
Half his fingers, gone!
Teriyaki
05-19-2009, 11:00 AM
oh god, i just remembered another poop story from VV.
i was working like normal up in the front of the store and my cashier told me, there's something by the change rooms you want to take a look at. so i went and looked. SOMEONE LITERALLY TOOK A CRAP ON THE FLOOR AND LEFT IT THERE.
i was disgusted obviously and really couldn't think of a way to get rid of it without touching it. after a few minutes, my cashier took a used hat we had for sale and wrapped it up. of course, she put to one side and i was forced to deal with it. NOW, my dilemma.... i can't flush a hat, what do i do?
we have a trash compactor in the back so i figured that was the quickest way to get rid of it. so i walked the crap-hat to the back and tossed it in, figuring it was over and done with. later on, i heard some complaining in the back and went to investigate. so i asked the recycler, whats up? they said something smells like shit and of course, i explained the whole situation. immediately he said "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? AWWWW"
what happened was, instead of getting crushed, the crap was smeared across the compactor part of the machine. it smelt pretty bad for a couple of days.
i laughed quite a few times while typing this hahahah....
That is so epic. I pass by this place on the way home everyday almost. I've never dared to venture in there yet, maybe one day...:haha:
lonelydriver
05-19-2009, 12:03 PM
1) I want to hear about Value Village. The types of people who frequent those stores must be awesome
2) Fuck parents like that. I fucking hate when parents encourage stupid behavior like that. I was driving along Kingsway and was stopped in traffic near the Honolulu Cafe when I saw a kid come out of one of the grocery stores being led by his parents. He was holding his crotch like he had to take a leak.
His parents pulled down his pants and let him piss into traffic. Like he was standing on the sidewalk pissing into the street.
What the fuck?!
Wow... I saw exactly something like that in the entrance of the supermarket right beside Richmond Sushi.. :mad:
My dad had an employee that ran one of our ride on lawn mowers at the time... He disabled the safety that stopped the blades when you were out of the seat for some reason. It was a long time ago, I guess he figured it saved time, or couldn't be bothered to put that back together when fixing something.
When training a new employee, for some reason he had the mower still running and when showing the trainee all the bits of the lawnmower, stuck his hand right under there!
Half his fingers, gone!
OH SHIT!!
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
HOTSHOTKEN
05-19-2009, 12:36 PM
can't stand the mainlander behaviour, but that's what it's like in Beijing when I went to visit last year. Everywhere we go, there's kids grabbing onto their crotch when they need to go, and then the parents encourage them to shit/pee right in full public view. And it's not over the edge of the sidewalk, it's all over and anywhere they feel is convenient. *sigh*
I also noticed that little infants and toddlers wearing clothes where there's no zipper or buttons on the bottom. So if they squat, the fabric instantly parts and they have free access to pee/poop.
spoon.ek9
05-20-2009, 10:19 AM
That is so epic. I pass by this place on the way home everyday almost. I've never dared to venture in there yet, maybe one day...:haha:
the store itself isn't that bad... this stuff honestly isn't a regular occurance, but it sticks out in my memory of course.
can't stand the mainlander behaviour, but that's what it's like in Beijing when I went to visit last year. Everywhere we go, there's kids grabbing onto their crotch when they need to go, and then the parents encourage them to shit/pee right in full public view. And it's not over the edge of the sidewalk, it's all over and anywhere they feel is convenient. *sigh*
I also noticed that little infants and toddlers wearing clothes where there's no zipper or buttons on the bottom. So if they squat, the fabric instantly parts and they have free access to pee/poop.
yeah... i detest how mainlanders act in this country but eventually (hopefully) they will learn. even in hong kong some grandma sneezed a wet one onto the back of my neck while walking in a crowd.
quasi
05-20-2009, 10:39 AM
I once seen a 16' wood ladder fall over and hit someone who didn't see it coming square on top of the head. I'm sure some people here have lifted a ladder that big, they are very heavy. He didn't get knocked out but he was wobbling for sure, was pretty fucking funny for me as all I could do was yell, "look out" as it smashed his skull.
vBulletin® v3.8.11, Copyright ©2000-2026, vBulletin Solutions Inc.