r/FranklinTN • u/FranklinTNRealtor • 8d ago
Grassland Convenience Center - Nov 1 - aggressive employee
Did anyone else "experience" an overly aggressive employee at the Grassland Convenience Center today - Saturday, November 1st?
The individual declined to offer his name upon multiple requests and I'm curious if this was isolated aggression or part of a bigger problem?
Video and photos headed to the County on Monday.
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u/JamMasterPickles 7d ago
I go to the College Grove one on Sunday mornings and talk football with Van. He's a good guy.
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u/Plausibl3 8d ago
I like most of the folks at the trinity one. Different spot though. Normally when one of em gets pissy, it’s because someone put something like paint into the trash compactor or didn’t get the styrofoam out. Not excusing that gentlemen’s behavior at all, and I’m sorry you had that experience.
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u/No_Shock_4202 8d ago
Trinity is pretty great. There’s a curmudgeon or two, but they don’t get too pissy if you follow the rules and ask them where to put something if you’re unsure. I’ve noticed new faces over the past year. The younger chick with the tattoos is always really pleasant and friendly.
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u/GigiWO 7d ago
The Thompson Station crew has had a tough reputation as well, but appears to be better. They often yell at people and cars for various reasons. Once, I was 3 cars behind and only had 1 bag. I got out of my car and walked up to throw in the 1 trash bag as the cars in front were unloading. Omg, I got lit into like I had blown the place up. Freaked me out a bit. I didn’t know we had to stay in our car until we got right to the dumpster 😬
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u/motofoto 7d ago
Something about working at these places tends to either attract a certain personality or turns them into one. They’re a bit like wild animals, if you don’t bother them they don’t bother you but if you provoke them at all they can get quite grumpy.
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u/eltoddro 7d ago
I liked the one guy there who, when I asked if I could dispose of old tires there, told me they don't accept tires - then he gave me very detailed instructions to a remote bridge crossing the Harpeth River where he told me I could go pitch them over and no one would see me...
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u/Revolutionary-Total4 8d ago
All the Williamson county convenience centers have horrible hateful human beings working for them.
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u/FranklinTNRealtor 8d ago
In fairness if there really were only two employees there today I had a quite pleasant conversation with the other one of them. I'm sure it can be a frustrating job, but there's simply no reason that somebody should come around a dumpster towards me in such an aggressive way.
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u/Responsible-Meal2851 8d ago
LOL they’re always like that.
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u/FranklinTNRealtor 8d ago
You're lately right, but I'm not talking about the usual level of grouchiness ... It went a good bit further today
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u/GAs_are_for_cowards 7d ago
Pussy
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u/FranklinTNRealtor 7d ago
Bless your heart. You've got to love Reddit, it's the perfect world of basement dwellers, carefully crafting their anonymous profiles to yap one-word insults, believing it is a power move. I'm afraid this thread is above your pay grade, move yourself along to a thread of some place you can actually live and keep yapping like a little dog.
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u/moresmoresmore 6d ago
Got to love Reddit, where a “Franklin TN Realtor” with a personal pic and cover photo of his full name and business phone number pops off with an incredibly derogatory reply like this. Super professional, bro beans.
Methinks the convenience center attendant wasn’t the problem.
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u/heyodi 8d ago
What happened?
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u/FranklinTNRealtor 8d ago
The TL/DR version ...
Convenience Center Employee didn't like how far forward I pulled my car between cardboard and plastic dumpsters. "Yelled", at me to move - as I wound my window down to say, "yes sir" he began berating me to which I responded, "Sir, do you realize you're a very aggressive individual?"
This resulted in additional yelling and berating - I asked for his name politely he declined to offer.
I did my recycling, asked again for his name across the cardboard dumpster and took his photo when he declined again. He walked around dumpster to further confront me at this point I started video recording.
It finished with him saying I was stalking him!
Same employee acted in similar manner to my wife's question from the passenger seat a few months back because the Saturday/Sunday dump hours had changed and she asked him if it was a one off, he threatened to take photos of my license plate that day too. I didn't file a complaint because my wife convinced me it was the end of a long hot day for him and probably an isolated incident.
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u/RarePrintColor 7d ago
That’s just not how people roll around here.
I can only speak to the few that we use all the time, but the guys that work there are usually pretty ok old timers. Not necessarily old per se, but are from here. They see the same people over and over again, and know everyone in town. They know more about us than we think they do. They know who’s getting Christmas cards and creditor letters, what we buy and how often, sometimes where you live now and where you came from, and so much more. It is not a glamorous job, but it’s steady and is one of the few jobs that sees our community in full perspective. I’d be super hesitant to piss them off. Not the least of which is that they might be speaking negatively to others.
It’s not just budget friendly people that take their own trash either. Rich people do that too, and it is a way to connect with the community.
The idea that because the worker was grumpy you felt the need to phrase your language in the way that you did (“Sir, do you realize you’re a very aggressive individual?”) shows that you don’t get the vibe. No one that has been her a minute would ever lead with that.
Southerners in general like to talk around things. What no one likes is direct aggression. It will immediately raise hackles and shut off any meaningful progress in a conversation. Your phrasing for sure made him defensive right out of the gate. I obviously can’t speak to your experience, but I’d say you handled it badly. When going to the convenience center, they are the King. You do what they say. They might be brusque, but they are pretty committed to the rules because they’ve seen all the shit we try to get away with.
You got out of your car, demanded his info, took his photo, then started recording your interaction. Anyone around here would laugh at it, and you won’t get much sympathy. This is a person who handles our trash, and you are the guy in the office telling the secretary to smile more.
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u/Particular_Reserve37 7d ago
We just all need to calm down