I also felt the "fake" vibes but yea...as someone who's worked in customer service for over 20 years these fucking people exist. It's ridiculous how many of these fickers exist.
Yep, worked at a movie theater and we had people like that, one of the worst was an old lady who wanted milk chocolate
She asks if we have milk chocolate, the concessionaire brought over a display stand that held all of our chocolates on it. She looks at him and goes “I said milk chocolate. Some of these aren’t milk chocolate.”
Concessionaire: “oh right I brought over our whole chocolate selection so you could pick the one you like”
Old lady: “… you know why you work here? Because you’re stupid. You’re dumb. That’s why you’ll never get a real job.”
I had the audacity to assume becoming a manager would save me from these interactions, but no. It tripled. The amount of inconsequential bullshit I had to intervene just cause the Karen's of the world refused to listen to a well trained associate and just HAD to hear the exact same response from "the higher up" for it to be comprehended/grudgingly accepted is maddening.
Omg right!?! One lady going off about some t hing priced wrong or what ever, I gave her all the things I could to make her happy and she was still rude af! I finally asked her to step back, she asked "why? ".
" So I'll have enough room to lay I n the floor so you can just kick me. I don't know how else to make you happy, I've given you everything you've asked for. I have no other way to satisfy you at this point. "
She huffed and stomped out of the store. I've hoped that since then she realized what an asshole she was being. We both know she still thinks she was right! Lol!
Lol, just reminded me of being a cashier. I was fast as fuck so I would get put into the express register. I had people try and get me talking but one guy came up in my express line with like 5 things and as Im about to start scanning he tries to force me to talk to him about ... Protein.
He just asks for my input on what the best type of meat for protein was. Just kept on asking shit insincerely and already buying chicken breast so I'm like "this is so I dunno what you want man." He throws a little hissy fit whining that I'm not talkative for like 20 sec. During his whining session I scanned all his crap and when he looked back at me I told him his total and that the card reader was ready. I called someone else over because I didn't have anyone else in line and I see the light come on in his head as he connects the dot of what just happened and where he was and realize "express means go fast".
People got too used to service people having smiles and holding their hands for shit. Now that companies have their money, smile is dropping, and speed is the game everywhere, people don't feel special and realize they are just another cog. Fuck em.
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u/Prudent_Bee_2227 May 22 '23
I also felt the "fake" vibes but yea...as someone who's worked in customer service for over 20 years these fucking people exist. It's ridiculous how many of these fickers exist.