DRAMA... in the strangest places...

[Dr_Girlfriend]

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Originally Posted by pink_lily002 I've seen people fly off the handle like that at a Mickey D's, but it's never been towards me. That's crazy! Sadly, I'm used to having people go crazy on me since I work in retail. I've been called all sorts of names, I've had things thrown at me, I've even been kicked by small children. It really, really sucks, and I don't think I'll ever understand what makes people think that it's ok to do those kinds of things.

Believe me when I say I've got some f*cked stories from retail.. In my third year of pharmacy school I was an intern at Target. Not in the best area of town. We had our "normal" crazies as anyone that works retail know. But the one that just took the cake was when a "gentleman" bled all over his prescription he was trying to give me. I told him to lay it on the counter and I'd get a plastic baggie that he could put it in. He flies off the handle telling me that I'm overreacting and that he doesn't have any weird diseases.. blah blah blah.. he even started yelling at another customer because she was defending me and my actions. Eventually after 20 minutes the cops showed up and he was escorted out and banned from our store. Sorry dude but there are WAY TOO MANY blood borne pathogens out there for me to assume you're completely healthy! Or the lady that told me that I have no right to tell her child what to do. By the way, he was licking the countertop.

 

[AdlersMommy22]

Omg I cant believe that happened... when people freak out like that it really really cracks me up..

I worked @ Godfathers in high school and these people called and ordered two pizzas and said they would be there in 40 minutes to get them, so we made them, put them in the hot box, and went on with our day. About 2 hours later we realized the people never came to get them, and an hour after that the lady walks in, asks for them, pays for them (I ask her if she wants them remade, she declines), and 40 minutes after that we get a phone call from the husband FREAKING OUT that they are old pizzas.

No fucking shit! You called THREE HOURS ago and said you'd be there in 40 minutes- OF COURSE THEY'RE OLD!

So they keep calling, over and over and over, and i just keep answering and when it's them, hanging up on them. Finally we *69ed them, got the number, and called the cops on them. They ended up coming in about an hour later and freaking out on me while i was working. I called my dad who was on duty and is a cop and he came there and arrested them. I couldnt stop laughing before he was there though. he was just freaking out and cussing and screaming and i was like.. ITS A FUCKING PIZZA, DUDE! lol! Next time, call papa murphys.

 

[prncezz]

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Originally Posted by Dr_Girlfriend Usually I don't have these encounters in public. Only at work when someone is mentally unstable or seeking narcotics. YEAH SURE BUDDY.. I'll tell you over the phone that we have 1000 Oxycontin 80mg tabs in stock!

LOVES IT.

 

[ClaireAvril]

I think you did the best thing.. laugh in his face! I think it made him feel embarrassed and that's why he got angrier--he knew he look ridiculous and knew he was doing something wrong. He wanted to scrap and you didnt give it to him. Good.
No one around you said anything to him? There were no other people there who told him to shut up and not to speak to a young lady like that? WTF Why is it when things like this happen people just stand there and stare and don't do or say anything.

 

[Dr_Girlfriend]

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Originally Posted by ClaireAvril I think you did the best thing.. laugh in his face! I think it made him feel embarrassed and that's why he got angrier--he knew he look ridiculous and knew he was doing something wrong. He wanted to scrap and you didnt give it to him. Good. No one around you said anything to him? There were no other people there who told him to shut up and not to speak to a young lady like that? WTF Why is it when things like this happen people just stand there and stare and don't do or say anything.

There were a few people around but in their cars. To know what was going on they'd have to let their windows down. If anyone did see anything, they were probably just trying to process what was happening. Haha.. I had my husband on the phone and he was going off!!! I'm a big girl and can handle myself.

To go off on a complete stranger in public, they REALLY have to get under my skin. My biggest pet peeve is when people refuse to give you a little personal space. I'll give them 3 "back off" glances and if they don't get the hint then I tactfully (sometimes) will lash out.

GOD!! It was crazy day!! LOL

 

[ms.marymac]

A long time ago I went to a discount store called McFrugal's, and as I was walking in, I saw an older woman trying to push a shopping cart through the turnstyle they had at the entrance. She kept trying, but for some reason, the cart wouldn't fit...I wonder why?

Anyway, she stepped back with the cart and I thought she had either A) figured it out, B)was taking a break and letting me by...but no! As soon as I was almost approaching the turn style, she rammed her cart in front of me and blocked me and said something to the effect of, "How DARE you! You need to wait...blah blah blah...." I just hopped over the whole damn thing and she was still flapping her lips. CRAZY.

 

[MissAlly]

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Originally Posted by chocolategoddes i wish i had an interesting McDonald's story... but my heart belongs to In-N-Out.

God.My mouth started watering after I read In-N-Out.

 

[Le-Saboteur]

What an old windbag >.< I get very territorial about spaces in lines. There must be ORDER or I will get incredibly pissy. I'm not afraid to tell someone to get to the back of the line, haha. The Burger King drive through here is like that, I'm pretty good at looking innocent and pretending not to notice people trying to sneak in, while staying within a foot of the car in front, hahaha.

Also; goddamned retail. I get so many crazy old coots coming in and telling me I shouldn't be working here (I basically work at an industrial rubber and stuff/swimming pool store) just 'cause I'm a girl, been called a bitch because I won't give someone a discount, or a whore girl because I'm wearing make up... It's ridiculous. I don't know why people think acting like a jerk will let them get their way or change people around them. If anything, it'll just make other more obstinate not to.

 

[abbey_08]

getting shot over the wrong mc ds order?! MENTAL!!!!!!!! What would happen if he got over charged? lol.

i always get nutty people at work cos its my job to promote stuff in the highstreet, i went up to a girl today and asked her (its my job to ask, i have targets i HAVE to meet) and her friend starts screaming in my face "WHY ARE YOU ASKING! WHY! WHY CANT YOU JUST EFFING LEAVE US ALONE!" and lots of swearing...i just turned and walked off!! i know people dont like being stopped while they are shopping but my god a simple "no thank you" would do. thank god it was my last day today.

 

[MACLovin]

OMG... what a lunatic! Don't worry, he'll eventually go batshit crazy on the wrongggg person and get his ass handed to him.. in a McDonalds bag, haha

I seriously don't understand people, you're too good to wait in line? Get the f*ck back there, geezer.

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Originally Posted by abbey_08 i always get nutty people at work cos its my job to promote stuff in the highstreet, i went up to a girl today and asked her (its my job to ask, i have targets i HAVE to meet) and her friend starts screaming in my face "WHY ARE YOU ASKING! WHY! WHY CANT YOU JUST EFFING LEAVE US ALONE!" and lots of swearing...i just turned and walked off!! i know people dont like being stopped while they are shopping but my god a simple "no thank you" would do. thank god it was my last day today.

I hate rude ass people like that.. It's like their lives are so mundane that they are dying for someone to lash out at. It's pathetic. The outlet mall I go to has like 1000 kiosks, from mineral makeup, to jewelry cleaners to flat irons.. they ALL ask me to stop and try their stuff out. I simply say "no thanks, I'm kind of in a hurry" and they leave me alone. THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOBS. No need to be a c*nt, seriously. It's not like they're going to chase after me and forcefully clean my necklace..

jeez!

 

[florabundance]

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Originally Posted by abbey_08 i always get nutty people at work cos its my job to promote stuff in the highstreet, i went up to a girl today and asked her (its my job to ask, i have targets i HAVE to meet) and her friend starts screaming in my face "WHY ARE YOU ASKING! WHY! WHY CANT YOU JUST EFFING LEAVE US ALONE!" and lots of swearing...i just turned and walked off!! i know people dont like being stopped while they are shopping but my god a simple "no thank you" would do. thank god it was my last day today.

That's awful. A lot of people just assume that you're doing it voluntarily, unless you're inside the mall itself. So I feel sorry for the workers I see being treated like crap...or as though they're those religious people that try and give you leaflets.

 

[MACLovin]

Oh, I have a good one.. this lady was a piece of work.

I work for a large insurance company, and as a courtesy we call the policyholders whose Homeowners policies just billed to see if they have any questions or would like to come in to review everything.. just to make sure they are properly covered. Florida is kind of a hurricane magnet, so it's in their best interest to be informed about these kinds of things, right? Hmm..

So I call this lady and simply offer this review to meet with the agent, and she absolutely goes off on me. "You're asking me to take time out of MY day to come in?! I work, you know, blah blah blah blah..." I'm like.. "M'am it's simply a courtesy we are offering, you don't have to --" and she cuts me off again blabbing about whatever the hell... Didn't even let me say the next part which was asking her if she wanted to review over the phone if that was more convenient. She started cursing and I was like, oh hell no.. So I just said "Miss, I'll just go ahead and notate your file that you weren't interested, have a great day." --and hung up.

Next thing I know, we get an email in the office inbox. It's crazy bitch!! This is a general paraphrasing of her message:

Dear [Insurance Agent]:
Today I received a call from a girl at your office asking me to take time out of my day to come in and make changes to my policy. I work full time, and I can't just drive over there, it's very inconvenient. She was very short and abrupt with me, saying that she would "notate my file" and did not even offer to do this by phone. (wow, really? if you would have shut the f--k up for 2 seconds I would have gotten to that part, bitch). I have to say I'm quite irritated that I would be asked to come all the way to your office for something like this. What is wrong with this world? I have to pump my own gas, scan my own groceries, and now you want me to come to you so you can sell me more insurance?! Something's wrong with this picture.


Uhhh... yeah, lady. Something is definitely wrong, it's your head. At this point I had already told my boss what a crazy phone encounter I had with her so he knew what we were dealing with. After he read the email he was like.. "Yeah, and I bet she's mad she has to wipe her own ass too."

LOL hahah. My boss is great.


Seriously, you can't even imagine the wackos I have to deal with on a regular basis.

I guess they keep it interesting though??

 

[abbey_08]

lmao @ pump my own gas and scan my own groceries...

is she the queen or something?! some people are just insaneeeee!!

 

[..kels*]

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Originally Posted by MACLovin What is wrong with this world? I have to pump my own gas, scan my own groceries, and now you want me to come to you so you can sell me more insurance?! Something's wrong with this picture.

..sounds like someone thinks they're a little entitled.

 

[Dr_Girlfriend]

Let's just say, I'm very, very aware of how I treat people in retail now. If I can see someone is having a bad day, I'm extra nice to them. A few months ago I was at Publix and the bag boys are supposed to walk them out for you. The witch in front of me in line was asked if she needed help carrying them out. "WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME THAT!?!? DO YOU NOT THINK I CAN HANDLE THAT? YOU JUST WANT EXTRA MONEY!!!" To which I replied that it's a FREE service. Dumb bitch just walked away. Now when they ask me if I need a hand I'll ask them if it's because they have to ask or do they need some time out of the store. Most will say they need to get out for a breather. I'm very happy to oblige

 

[AdlersMommy22]

OOOOOO... ive got an even better one.

I waitress at a pretty upscale resteraunt, and one day i was running food to a table, I walked up, asked who had X item, and the guy goes "im not done with my apetizer, you can shove it up your ass." I started CRACKING UP... I was like wtf? I threw it on the table and said- shove it up your own ass. Walked away

THAT SAME NIGHT, some lady called me over to ask me to explain to her the mug club discount. We are a brewery and we have a Mug Club where you can get 10% off your food and lots of other stuff....

Well she wanted to know where the 10% discount was. I told her that if you looked at the individual prices, they were 10% different than what was on the menu.. for instance, a pop was $2.18 instead of $2.25. It took it off on your bill instead of totalling it up and showing you what all you got off @ the bottom. Simple.

She was like "well, can you change it?" Im sorry, change WHAT?... "What exactly is it that you would like my to change?" I asked her.

"Well can you just re-print it so that it totals it up at the bottom instead."

"No im sorry, thats not how our computer system is set up."

"well can't you change it."

"No.... I cant."

"Well why the FUCK NOT?"

"would you like me to go get you a manager?"

"NO ID LIKE YOU TO FUCKING CHANGE MY RECEIPT SO IT MAKES MORE SENSE THIS IS SO FUCKIN CONFUSING."



JESUS GOD ALMIGHTY!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO FUCKING CARES? you're getting 10% off regardless of WHERe it shows on the check that you got it off...

I just looked at her, threw the reciept down, and went and got one of my mangers.

I mean, where was ashton kutcher? because im pretty sure i was being punk'd.

 

[jaclynashley]

This happened to me and my mom 2 weeks ago?
We were driving home from my Aunts house at about 4:30 in the morning and were stopped in the turning lane.
Some stupid punk in a truck decided to zoom by and throw an egg at our car!
We didn't even know him!
So my mom and I are following this guy trying to get his license plate I'm calling the cops and for the whole 10 minutes we were chasing him I didn't see one cop!
To add to that the operator hangs up on me!
So after we lost him and his drunk driving (he swerved alot) we went to clean the egg off hoping it didn't eat our paint.
So while we were at the gas station this guy is watching my mom clean this stuff off of our car!
So my mom gets back into the car to get his license plate (which I got) and called the cops one more time.
Guess who answered?!
The same prick who hung up on me.
And this whole time I didn't see one cop.
I can't believe there are people like this working for 911...

 

[chaffsters33]

I used this story in a sentence on my vocab quiz! It was pretty great!

 

[Dr_Girlfriend]

Oh boy... can't believe I'm actually about to share this story, but here goes!
My father, he's a little different. Really quirky sense of humor (which I also inherited) and kind of a strange way to take revenge on people. I was 15 or so and we were on our way to the golf course when this jackass wouldn't let us merge onto the interstate. Well, the usual gestures and such and the jackass guy actually follows us to the golf course! Also, dumbass was in a COMPANY delivery truck. He and my father exchange words and idle threats and the guy goes away. Dad got the number for his boss and his DOT number and calls and tells his boss that he witnessed the dude masturbating in his truck.

Oh god. I was so embarassed and was SO pissed at him for a long time. "Don't tell your Mother what I did or she'll get pissed!" We laugh about it now and yes, I did tell my mother. Last year.

These stories are great by the way!

 

[Mabelle]

this thread is awesome.