MIKE1218
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- Dec 21, 2006
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Since all the old guys are ranting, I will rant about old guys.
I work the closing shift at a gas station several nights a week. This evening, an old woman came in with an 8-9 y.o. girl in tow. The woman wanted to pay for her merchandise with a check; I asked her to write out the name of the company that owns the store instead of "Citgo" as I do for everyone wanting to use a check. She took an extremely hostile tone and raised her voice, saying, as she was writing Citgo, that she always writes Citgo and it is always excepted; she is much older and more experienced than me; and she can do it herself. She then began a rant against me, eventually insulting my intelligence, my work ethic, and actually calling me a "retard". She also said, "If you don't stop propositioning me I will do something to stop you." I didn't know how to react. My first instinct was to say, "I don't get payed enough to take your bullshit - but I do it anyway. Get the fukc out of my store." I said nothing, just gave her a curious look, trying to ask the question "what did I do to garner this rage from you?" without saying it. The little girl was looking very nervous at this point. The woman finished her check, and I asked her again to write out the name of the company instead (I cannot except her check if she won't write out the name properly). All she said was, "And you don't need my Goddamn signature either!" (Checks must be run through a machine making them work just like a debit card. I can't accept it through without her signature on a receipt.) She grabbed the girl by the arm and moved quickly for the exit. The girl was knocked nearly off her feet - and her ice cream fell to the floor. She burst into tears, and the woman blamed me, saying "Look what you've done now!" I said, "I'm sorry?" to the woman and "You can grab another one honey, I'll take care of that" to the girl. The woman just gave me a dirty look and dragged her away, sans ice cream.
Senility. The only things I said to this woman were: 1:Good evening. Your total is $11.17, 2. Please make that out to XXXX, 3. Please make that out to XXXX, I can't accept it if you only write Citgo, 4. I'm sorry?... This woman has purchased things from me before, always with a check, and she always writes out the check the way I ask her. I can only assume that she is senile or has Alzheimer's disease. So many things to say were swimming through my head. But I'm so proud that I kept my temper; I really don't get payed enough to deal with ANY bullshit from people. I should be on to a "real" job soon though; there are several firms nearby I will be speaking with in the next few weeks.
In reference to the first line of my rant, now I know how the people that have to deal with WBL and limp on a daily basis feel. Old people suck.
just kidding gentlemen, I love old people
I work the closing shift at a gas station several nights a week. This evening, an old woman came in with an 8-9 y.o. girl in tow. The woman wanted to pay for her merchandise with a check; I asked her to write out the name of the company that owns the store instead of "Citgo" as I do for everyone wanting to use a check. She took an extremely hostile tone and raised her voice, saying, as she was writing Citgo, that she always writes Citgo and it is always excepted; she is much older and more experienced than me; and she can do it herself. She then began a rant against me, eventually insulting my intelligence, my work ethic, and actually calling me a "retard". She also said, "If you don't stop propositioning me I will do something to stop you." I didn't know how to react. My first instinct was to say, "I don't get payed enough to take your bullshit - but I do it anyway. Get the fukc out of my store." I said nothing, just gave her a curious look, trying to ask the question "what did I do to garner this rage from you?" without saying it. The little girl was looking very nervous at this point. The woman finished her check, and I asked her again to write out the name of the company instead (I cannot except her check if she won't write out the name properly). All she said was, "And you don't need my Goddamn signature either!" (Checks must be run through a machine making them work just like a debit card. I can't accept it through without her signature on a receipt.) She grabbed the girl by the arm and moved quickly for the exit. The girl was knocked nearly off her feet - and her ice cream fell to the floor. She burst into tears, and the woman blamed me, saying "Look what you've done now!" I said, "I'm sorry?" to the woman and "You can grab another one honey, I'll take care of that" to the girl. The woman just gave me a dirty look and dragged her away, sans ice cream.
Senility. The only things I said to this woman were: 1:Good evening. Your total is $11.17, 2. Please make that out to XXXX, 3. Please make that out to XXXX, I can't accept it if you only write Citgo, 4. I'm sorry?... This woman has purchased things from me before, always with a check, and she always writes out the check the way I ask her. I can only assume that she is senile or has Alzheimer's disease. So many things to say were swimming through my head. But I'm so proud that I kept my temper; I really don't get payed enough to deal with ANY bullshit from people. I should be on to a "real" job soon though; there are several firms nearby I will be speaking with in the next few weeks.
In reference to the first line of my rant, now I know how the people that have to deal with WBL and limp on a daily basis feel. Old people suck.
just kidding gentlemen, I love old people