Rude Customers.....

[Lunchcutter]

[just let it go through to the keeper.

just about my motto in life.. ya just gotta let it go through to the keeper.... in the big scheme of things, does it really matter? nup I don't think so. dont sweat the small stuff and remember we can not change others actions, just our reactions to their actions.. think about it

[A Mum]

Well said LC.

[Psyber]

Everyone should have to work retail at least once in their lives. Probably be less arsehole customers that way.

Fully agree. Feel especially sorry for kids, a lot of who are probably a bit insecure or initimdiated, dealing with people three and four times their age who have been working for 30 years.

I did my stint as a teenager in Christmas vacations working in the Fine China and Crystal department at Miller Andersons, who were in Hindley Street when it was a civilised place...
But the customers were fairly decent actually.

[Wedgie]

Pfft, you've all had it easy, I worked on the front counter of Social Security (as it was then known) at Noarlunga for a few years!

How was "Plugger" Moyle going

He was one of my better customers, always a delight to deal with!
Do I know you?

[SABRE]

We can not change others actions, just our reactions to their actions.

Sage advice indeed Lunchie !
Should put that one on bumper stickers. Might just save a life.

[BenchedEagle]

Gah! this is my last ever xmas in retail.

'What u mean i cant get a better price?? >>> Umm Its already reduced to clear, its at cost, id pay the same amount if i wanted it>>>>> Not good enough i want it cheaper!!!>>>>>> Sorry sir no can do >>>>>> Well ill take my business to harveys>>>>>>> Ok then sir (Piss off u stingy wanker)

"Hahaha why are u all tattooed freaks here???, i dunno sir we must be good workers???? None of you know shit!! Well seein as were prob the best performing retail company in the country atm, we must be doin something right??? >>> silence

Happens everyday Over It.......

[BenchedEagle]

[just let it go through to the keeper.

just about my motto in life.. ya just gotta let it go through to the keeper.... in the big scheme of things, does it really matter? nup I don't think so. dont sweat the small stuff and remember we can not change others actions, just our reactions to their actions.. think about it

This is normally how i respond, im always the one called on to calm a customer or deal with the difficult ones. But this xmas!! My keeping skills are fading

[HH3]

Gah! this is my last ever xmas in retail.

'What u mean i cant get a better price?? >>> Umm Its already reduced to clear, its at cost, id pay the same amount if i wanted it>>>>> Not good enough i want it cheaper!!!>>>>>> Sorry sir no can do >>>>>> Well ill take my business to harveys>>>>>>> Ok then sir (Piss off u stingy wanker)

"Hahaha why are u all tattooed freaks here???, i dunno sir we must be good workers???? None of you know ****!! Well seein as were prob the best performing retail company in the country atm, we must be doin something right??? >>> silence

Happens everyday Over It.......

Just from that i reckon i could guess where you work...

[Wedgie]

Gah! this is my last ever xmas in retail.

'What u mean i cant get a better price?? >>> Umm Its already reduced to clear, its at cost, id pay the same amount if i wanted it>>>>> Not good enough i want it cheaper!!!>>>>>> Sorry sir no can do >>>>>> Well ill take my business to harveys>>>>>>> Ok then sir (Piss off u stingy wanker)

"Hahaha why are u all tattooed freaks here???, i dunno sir we must be good workers???? None of you know ****!! Well seein as were prob the best performing retail company in the country atm, we must be doin something right??? >>> silence

Happens everyday Over It.......

Just from that i reckon i could guess where you work...

JBs?

One of my fav stores, but man there is some freaks behind the counter in the city branch!
Nice people though!

[southee]

Try working in the emergency services.....very friendly customer contacts in there!!!!

[BenchedEagle]

Gah! this is my last ever xmas in retail.

'What u mean i cant get a better price?? >>> Umm Its already reduced to clear, its at cost, id pay the same amount if i wanted it>>>>> Not good enough i want it cheaper!!!>>>>>> Sorry sir no can do >>>>>> Well ill take my business to harveys>>>>>>> Ok then sir (Piss off u stingy wanker)

"Hahaha why are u all tattooed freaks here???, i dunno sir we must be good workers???? None of you know ****!! Well seein as were prob the best performing retail company in the country atm, we must be doin something right??? >>> silence

Happens everyday Over It.......

Just from that i reckon i could guess where you work...

JBs?

One of my fav stores, but man there is some freaks behind the counter in the city branch!
Nice people though!

Yeah the city has the more freakier people! haha, but yeah they are good peeps they party hard.

[locky801]

Try working in the emergency services.....very friendly customer contacts in there!!!!

have to agree could fill this forum up with stuff after 35 years there

[Blue Boy]

I have worked in fast food for the last year and a half and I think it is getting worse.

People telling me that they will call Talk back shows and A current affair programs are getting out of control.

I have seen alot of stuff lately that is really un Austrailian.

[Blue Boy]

Must tell one of my faves though.

One customer going of there nut because they are allergic to tomato and there was one on there burger which they ordered with out.

Problem all fixed by the manager - but we had to laugh because they still had tomato sauce on there burger which was all okay apparently.

[Psyber]

Must tell one of my faves though.
One customer going of there nut because they are allergic to tomato and there was one on there burger which they ordered with out.
Problem all fixed by the manager - but we had to laugh because they still had tomato sauce on there burger which was all okay apparently.

Yes it is OK..
Don't assume something is silly because you don't understand it - you could kill someone by being careless if you think that way!
I can eat tomato sauce or soup, but uncooked tomato causes fairly severe nausea and stomach pain.
It seems to be a factor in the skin or the seeds that cooking denatures, according to my Gastro-enterologist.

PS: Just frying them doesn't fix it completely either - the cooking down needs to be thorough.

[Bum Crack]

Must tell one of my faves though.
One customer going of there nut because they are allergic to tomato and there was one on there burger which they ordered with out.
Problem all fixed by the manager - but we had to laugh because they still had tomato sauce on there burger which was all okay apparently.

Yes it is OK..
Don't assume something is silly because you don't understand it - you could kill someone by being careless if you think that way!
I can eat tomato sauce or soup, but uncooked tomato causes fairly severe nausea and stomach pain.
It seems to be a factor in the skin or the seeds that cooking denatures, according to my Gastro-enterologist.

Are you allergic to nearly everything? It seems that way, seeing what you have also put on other threads.

[Psyber]

Are you allergic to nearly everything? It seems that way, seeing what you have also put on other threads.

I have a number of allergy problems, fortunately none of them severe enough to be life threatening.
However, I did have a major reaction to an anti-allergy medication 20 years or so ago - low platelets and my blood was slow clotting for a week.
I'm just glad I've never suffered asthma - my father had it quite severely, and almost finished up on an Invalid Pension as it was called back then.

The tendency to allergies has a genetic basis and I'm just glad a few allergies and chronic allergic Rhinitis is as bad as it gets for me.
On the other hand my highly reactive immune system seems to have been good at mopping up bacteria and virus infections so I've very rarely been significantly ill.
I have something like 5 times the normal post-vaccination immunity levels to Tetanus, so I won't get that - I've just been told to never have another booster.

It was also similar allergy prone-ness that killed my wife - she did have asthma and it ran in her family.
On top of that she had a tendency for her lungs to fill up with eosinophils - the while cells that react to allergens - whenever the air contained high allergen levels.
Later in life she had to be on oxygen at those times.
One of those smokey weekends with many people burning off triggered both, and that killed her.

[Blue Boy]

Must tell one of my faves though.
One customer going of there nut because they are allergic to tomato and there was one on there burger which they ordered with out.
Problem all fixed by the manager - but we had to laugh because they still had tomato sauce on there burger which was all okay apparently.

Yes it is OK..
Don't assume something is silly because you don't understand it - you could kill someone by being careless if you think that way!
I can eat tomato sauce or soup, but uncooked tomato causes fairly severe nausea and stomach pain.
It seems to be a factor in the skin or the seeds that cooking denatures, according to my Gastro-enterologist.

PS: Just frying them doesn't fix it completely either - the cooking down needs to be thorough.

"fairly severe nausea and stomach pain"

No worries Psyber !!!

When i get the time I will look in to that more !!!

Please dont call 5AA or a current affair !!!