I do. Although I know it's probably not good for either my sleep or my digestion.
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Things that frustrate us all
- Thread starter rhubarbodendron
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Easy in in retail and getting off at 10 or later. Dad did it for 30 years.
I worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer on swing shift (1500-2330 or 1500-0300) at Hughes Aircraft Company (HAC) - Space and Communications Group, most of my time there. At HAC, lunchtime was from 2000-2030), and I would eat dinner when I got home. When I left HAC, I went to work for a publicly owned Electric Utility and worked rotating 12-hour shifts (0600-1800 or 1800-0600) where you ate meals on company time at your station. At the utility, I would eat my 3 meals at four intervals, while at work.
Know-nothing shop “assistants” who quite obviously don’t know,care or give a flying fuck if you can’t find what you are looking for.
And then pull a face if you have the nerve to offer them actual cash money as payment.
Goddammit but I refuse to get a tap to pay card.
And then pull a face if you have the nerve to offer them actual cash money as payment.
Goddammit but I refuse to get a tap to pay card.
People who don't know how to use the chat function at work.
I'm in the middle of explaining something to a rater when another chat window opens:
HILL
I keep typing out my answer to the other rater, waiting for the second person to finish their answer.
Instead, they open a new chat window.
HILL.
I finally get a break from questions to see this chat had been open for several minutes. It really annoys me, so I send a chat back.
WHAT
Then they finally typed back.
I have a question.
(God's teeth)
Me: Just ask it.
Them: There's something I want to know.
Me : I have 17 other people texting me right now. Just ask it.
No reply for several minutes.
Me: Put in HOLD and I'll get to it later
Them: (several minutes later) It's not about a paper.
(Oh for fuck 's sake)
I'm in the middle of explaining something to a rater when another chat window opens:
HILL
I keep typing out my answer to the other rater, waiting for the second person to finish their answer.
Instead, they open a new chat window.
HILL.
I finally get a break from questions to see this chat had been open for several minutes. It really annoys me, so I send a chat back.
WHAT
Then they finally typed back.
I have a question.
(God's teeth)
Me: Just ask it.
Them: There's something I want to know.
Me : I have 17 other people texting me right now. Just ask it.
No reply for several minutes.
Me: Put in HOLD and I'll get to it later
Them: (several minutes later) It's not about a paper.
(Oh for fuck 's sake)
The company goes out of its way to advertise its Memorial Day Sale on tires, which of course, we don't have in stock and the warehouse is closed so we can't have any delivered.
I honestly think it's bait and switch on the part of the company. Lure the customer in with the promise of a 'buy three get the fourth free plus free installation'; not have the select tires in stock and try and upsell the tires we do have, which are more expensive and don't have either 'buy three get the fourth free' or the 'free installation'.
I lost two sales today because the customers came in wanting specific tires they saw on the website, then left when they found out we didn't have them in stock, and they weren't going to pay more for the tires we did have in stock.
It's not a way to build customer loyalty
I honestly think it's bait and switch on the part of the company. Lure the customer in with the promise of a 'buy three get the fourth free plus free installation'; not have the select tires in stock and try and upsell the tires we do have, which are more expensive and don't have either 'buy three get the fourth free' or the 'free installation'.
I lost two sales today because the customers came in wanting specific tires they saw on the website, then left when they found out we didn't have them in stock, and they weren't going to pay more for the tires we did have in stock.
It's not a way to build customer loyalty
Paying for stuff with plastic cards is so last century. Nowadays it seems everyone uses payment apps. Everyone but me, that is.
Nor do I.
The reason I ask people who are going to be visiting if there's anything they don't or can't eat is so that I don't have to spend the first 20 minutes of dinner knocking together something for them to eat, while my food goes cold.
Why is it so difficult for people to answer the question? And if they don't answer the question, what happened to the good manners that meant you just ate what you were given without comment?
Why is it so difficult for people to answer the question? And if they don't answer the question, what happened to the good manners that meant you just ate what you were given without comment?