FAO: Anyone who has to work in RETAIL this weekend

[Zak33]

Agent and I have had a superb laugh this afternoon about the COMPLETE NUTTERS that we have to deal with while attempting to sell things.

I'd like to say to anyone who is working in a sales job of any kind this weekend, GOOD LUCK to you guys and gals. Good luck and try not to laugh at the total fools/care in the community/village idiots who ALWAYS arrive in your store/shop/market stand/ etc when you're there.

Agent had me in fits today talking about an X Box that had a scratch in the lid SOO DEEP it looked like an Orc with a Meat Cleaver had taken a swipe at it, that some Neanderthal tried to return under warranty cos it was "like that when I got it"

I know some of your telephone/techline people get it bad too....tough

Today I salute Retailers. People on the POINTY end of crappy STUFF.

GOOD LUCK

and dont snigger TOO loud as they wander out, cos they MIGHT come and knock on your door at home and come in and stroke your X Box (don't ask...just don't )

[Jonny M]

Salutation accepted

[Tarffie]

Lemme think of some of the corkers I've got recently...

"Do you sell pens at all, mate?" - I work at Staples (an OFFICE SUPPLIES store for those who don't know)
"Where are the printer cartridges?" - When asked that I was stood in front of a massive display full of the things
"Can I print on A4 paper with this aswell?" - Asked by someone looking at one of those dinky photo printers. I almost said "does it look like it?"

Oh and the chav wanting to return a perfect fax machine he bought almost 18 months ago because he hadn't used it made me laugh too.

[jimborae]

I read our daily incident reports at work & the number of our shop assistants that get verbally abused & assulted every day by members of the public is frightening, I now have huge respect for retail staff. I just wish there was some easy to rid the world of these knobs.

[Tumble]

Sometimes tho, the retailers are just as bad... at the last place I worked we had a shop in town selling stationary and stuff.. one day this South-African chap wandered in - quite a broad accent apparently - and asked for a packet of Blick printer labels... at which point SeanThe Horn replied, "Sorry, we only sell white ones"

[nichomach]

I know, I shouldn't laugh...but damn, that's funny...

[Zak33]

I know, I shouldn't laugh...but damn, that's funny...

it is isn't it

very funny

[Lee H]

Cheers Zak33 or should that Be Zak34 now

[Zak33]

sod right off

[Knoxville]

Glad I got out of retail when I did, used to drive me nearly as nuts as the customers some weekends

[BUFF]

I used to do a lot of dealer sales & I'm glad from what I saw that I never had to do retail!

[[GSV]Trig]

Cheers Zak33 or should that Be Zak34 now

[Lee H]

Oi Zak33 ... you be a fiddlin' again dear boy ?

[[GSV]Trig]

Thats entirely possible, he likes the odd fiddle when he's missing his broadbeans

[Rave]

My favourite one ever when I worked in a camera shop: "Do you sell bus passes?"

[Mblaster]

I work in a Welcome Break motorway service statin and had someone complain when I told them they couldn't use their Road Chef vouchers here! lol