I sometimes just have to shake my head...

[StaceyMc]

I stopped at Subway to grab a sub for lunch.

I ordered a 12" tuna on honey oat - so far, so good.

The kid behind the counter asked if I wanted cheese - I said "please". Ok, now the bun is open, cheese on it - he says "Do you want it toasted?" (Here comes the hard part)

I asked if they could toast the bread and cheese and then put the tuna on after it comes out of the toasting machine. He looked at me like I grew three heads while standing in front of him. For some reason, this request stumped him. He asked his manager - she didn't understand what he was saying, so I repeated it....she said "We can't do that" I said "Ok, I'll take it untoasted then." and smiled.

Does that sound like a difficult request? Place cheese on bun, put in toasting oven - remove from toasting oven and place tuna salad on it......maybe it's just me.

[cowboysbride]

UHM I kinda thought that the bun and the cheese got toasted then the stuff went on it (that's how they do it here anyway) why on earth would they think you would want warm tuna? BLECH!

I'm with you and hell I'm from Kentucky (yes I can say it NO ONE else can though:p ), we have the surplus on idiots!

[LaceyinPgh]

You know I was livid when I heard that the Senate had voted down the minimum wage increase. But then I hear this story and I understand why they voted down the minimum wage increase. You just wanted the bread toasty and the cheese melted. I'm telling you Stacey you just expect too much out of people!

[WhiskeyGirl]

Lol...that's halarious!! Why in the world would you have to ask your manager? What a brainless idiot!!! I tell you, some people! Holy cr@p Batman!! I think I'm going to ask to toast my bun and cheese next time I go to Subway and see if they tell me they can't do that. WHY can't they?? Would the cheese and bun police come and arrest them? Would Jared from all those stupid commercials come in and kick their arses?? (Wait do you guys have Jared? Is he Canadian or american? Ya know the fat guy who lost weight eatin subway??) Ok, that is just ridiculous, I would have asked for a reasonable explanation for why they could not do it and if they gave some stupid answer, I would have turned around and walked out and found a different place to eat!! lol

[LaceyinPgh]

Lol...that's halarious!! Why in the world would you have to ask your manager? What a brainless idiot!!! I tell you, some people! Holy cr@p Batman!! I think I'm going to ask to toast my bun and cheese next time I go to Subway and see if they tell me they can't do that. WHY can't they?? Would the cheese and bun police come and arrest them? Would Jared from all those stupid commercials come in and kick their arses?? (Wait do you guys have Jared? Is he Canadian or american? Ya know the fat guy who lost weight eatin subway??) Ok, that is just ridiculous, I would have asked for a reasonable explanation for why they could not do it and if they gave some stupid answer, I would have turned around and walked out and found a different place to eat!! lol

I hate Jared. He is so **** annoying. If I ate Subway every day I would lose a ton of weight too because I would be in the bathroom yacking all **** afternoon. By the way, do you watch South Park? One of my favorites ones made fun of jared, the "Jared Has Aides" episode.

[LaceyinPgh]

UHM I kinda thought that the bun and the cheese got toasted then the stuff went on it (that's how they do it here anyway) why on earth would they think you would want warm tuna?!

Mmmmmm gooood!!!!!!!!! Warm tuna and mayo. Salmonella the gift that keeps on giving!

[WhiskeyGirl]

I hate Jared. He is so **** annoying. If I ate Subway every day I would lose a ton of weight too because I would be in the bathroom yacking all **** afternoon. By the way, do you watch South Park? One of my favorites ones made fun of jared, the "Jared Has Aides" episode.

No I can't really stand that show anymore. I used to watch it when I was still living at home but I stopped once I moved out. I'm not even sure if it's on TV anymore to be honest. Though it was funny back in the day!! lol

And I agree, if I ate that much subway as well, I'd shoot myself, after I finished expelling it from my body for a few hours!!! BLECH! :bbmrgreen: <---- I'd look like that, only WITHOUT THE smile!!! lol

[StaceyMc]

Ok girls, now I just choked on my untoasted tuna sub while I was reading your replies!

I just said OK and smiled because things have been so goofy lately and yelling at the adolescent behind the counter, or his female manager with a skull on crossbones on her name tag (she would soooo not work for me) just didn't appeal to me today, on a normal day, I probably would have wanted to know why they couldn't handle a simple adjustment to their sandwich making abilities.

Yesterday, I stood in front of two clerks at the gas station counter for a good two minutes, both of them facing me - they never saw me, or so they said. Now, how could you not see a 5'9" woman standing in front of you with a scowling face after you've ignored her? I finally had to say "Are you open?" Instead, I should have just thrown the bottled water at them and left.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Gotta love that. We were at Peevey mart (it's a store...it's got everything!! lol) and the girl at the till was so **** slow!! When I finally got to the counter she picked up what I was buying and then she proceeds to tell me that she didn't know they sold that there and then she starts inspecting it. The line up BEHIND me was now twice as long as before, and she wouldn't call anyone up to open another till!! I wanted to grab her by her ugly little ears and shake her!! She was so slow, I was wondering maybe if she had some sort of handicap that makes her completely stupid. I tell you. Then after taking three minutes to ring up one item, she takes my other item and inspects that too! Ok Lady!! I already made sure that the stuff I'm buying is not wrecked in any way!! Could you move faster then a snails pace??? Matthew actually literally had to walk away because her stupidness and slowness was making him crazy!! lol I tell you!! People these days!! Or is it teenagers these days!!??

[hummingbird521]

thanks ladies, i needed a good laugh today and you have all provided me with one. :D i agree, how hard was that request to fulfill? i guess it takes all kinds to make this world go round. as i have said before "think about it, they continue to breed". haha.

[usahgrad]

You guys don't work with carriers everyday! I swear there are some people that are hired just to take up a spot or answer a phone. For instance, today, I called a carrier today to ask for a fax number and contact name for a fax concerning one of our shipments. Well, I'm speaking to the delivering terminal, because that's where the shipment is and this lady cannot seem to get it out of her head that I'm not calling about a shipment coming to me! She's down in Florida saying "I don't think we deliver to Ohio from this terminal." You don't think...you mean you're not sure that terminal ALL the way down in Florida doesn't deliver to Ohio? And you didn't hear me say the name of the city the shipment was supposed to deliver too about seven times? Some people!

[StaceyMc]

Ugh - I can't stand stupid customer service or, customer disservice, as it really should be called in most places.

Yesterday, the city I work in had a power failure. There were 2400 people without power and the company told me that they didn't estimated the electric being restored until noon. There was a woman yelling at the phelbotomist at the lab next door because she couldn't draw blood. "I just called and your machine picked up!!" Well DUH!!!! the power must have gone out after she called. That woman stomped out of the office - I guess she'd rather the phelbotomist try to stick her in the dark.

I had a client ticked off too that I rescheduled his appointment - like we were going to have candlelight consultations. Fortunately (or unfortunately) the light came back on about an hour later.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Candle lit consultations! HA I love it!! It WOULD be more romantic that way!! lol :bbeek:

[brewsells]

On the note of stupid people...
ONE Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the r eply. "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?" "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.

TWO I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "divider", looking all over it for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I! don't t hink I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened.

THREE A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."

FOUR I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk."

FIVE Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.

SIX A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine. The mother says, I just gave him some ant killer..... Dispatcher: Rush him in to emergency!

[MOB Karen]

Now those are stupid people. Geez!!

[WhiskeyGirl]

OH MAN! How the world is COMPLETELY full of stupid people and they still manage to pro create is beyond me!!!!!! :(

[AngelinLove]

OK-the minimum wage police need to come out and take all these idiots away...seriously...they are giving all the hardworking minimum wagers a bad name. i mean seriously...it must be sometime of minimum wage moron pride week or something. Maybe they are protesting because the Senate voted down the minimum wage increase...i dunno. So yesterday I went out to find some postcards for the postcard exchange...yes I am a procrastinator. Anyways, I went to Walmart, the Postal Annex, Barnes and Noble, Target, Office Depot, FEDEX/Kinkos, and a number of other stores. So needless to say, none of them had any postcards...and teh answers or responses that I got out of them were ridiculous. The pimply faced teenager at Barnes and Noble looked at me like I was an alien or something....like he had never even heard of a postcard...he called his manager on the phone, who came all the way up to the service counter, before he could tell me no. Then, about four other employees joined in a huddle, where they discussed postcards. How flippin confusing can a darn postcard be..I mean seriously. Then the guy at Office Depot asked me what a postcard was. When I explained it to him, he stated that the have blank ones...where he proceeded to show me blank cardstock that was the size of a postcard...I just shook my head, said thanks and left. The winning answer would ahve to be that of the lady at the postal annex, which is where people go to mail things and check their PO Boxes. She stated that they don't carry postcards, since people come there to ship things, no to buy things to ship...what!!!! Please keep in mind that they have greeting cards and a plethora of knickknacks and other dust-collecting objects!!!! So...I am still in search of a postcard...if I don't find one by tommorow my fsil is going to bring me some!!!!

[LaceyinPgh]

OK-the minimum wage police need to come out and take all these idiots away...seriously...they are giving all the hardworking minimum wagers a bad name. i mean seriously...it must be sometime of minimum wage moron pride week or something. Maybe they are protesting because the Senate voted down the minimum wage increase...i dunno. So yesterday I went out to find some postcards for the postcard exchange...yes I am a procrastinator. Anyways, I went to Walmart, the Postal Annex, Barnes and Noble, Target, Office Depot, FEDEX/Kinkos, and a number of other stores. So needless to say, none of them had any postcards...and teh answers or responses that I got out of them were ridiculous. The pimply faced teenager at Barnes and Noble looked at me like I was an alien or something....like he had never even heard of a postcard...he called his manager on the phone, who came all the way up to the service counter, before he could tell me no. Then, about four other employees joined in a huddle, where they discussed postcards. How flippin confusing can a darn postcard be..I mean seriously. Then the guy at Office Depot asked me what a postcard was. When I explained it to him, he stated that the have blank ones...where he proceeded to show me blank cardstock that was the size of a postcard...I just shook my head, said thanks and left. The winning answer would ahve to be that of the lady at the postal annex, which is where people go to mail things and check their PO Boxes. She stated that they don't carry postcards, since people come there to ship things, no to buy things to ship...what!!!! Please keep in mind that they have greeting cards and a plethora of knickknacks and other dust-collecting objects!!!! So...I am still in search of a postcard...if I don't find one by tommorow my fsil is going to bring me some!!!!

I found post cards at my local grocery store and if you have any sports memorablia stores look there too.

[AngelinLove]

Thanks Lacey!!!

[cowboysbride]

Ok Stacey....I just got back from Subway and it must have been a typical "head up their arse" day for your shop because they toasted my sub w/cheese on it and then added the meat etc....

[Kacie_bride]

Something must be in the air today! I pulled through Whataburger to get something to eat before class. I ordered a 2 piece chicken strip Whatameal. The girl at the window told me to pull up and wait on it. I thought it was kinda weird because there wasn't a long line of people behind me and it's not like I ordered something special, chicken strips for heaven sakes. Then she came outside and asked after a few minutes if I had ordered chicken strips or a kid's meal. I told her chicken strips and then she went back inside. After 10 minutes of waiting she finally brought my food out to me. Then I opened the box and there was no fries. I had to pull back around and go inside to get my fries. I went there instead of eating at school to save time because I was running a little late. My time saver ended up making me late.

[StaceyMc]

I knew that asking to toast the bread and melt the cheese wasn't craziness!!!

Apparently, they don't know how to toast the sub and then put the meat on it. They can't think outside of their box I guess.

[MOB Karen]

Exactly, Stacey, it's like the McDonald's person who says they don't have half dozen Chicken McNuggets on their menu, but they have a 6 piece order. Unbelievable!

[theweddinghelper]

Shawna,
You never cease to amaze me! LOL! That was too funny!
(By the way, Unfortunately they still do play South Park, my hubby watches it alot!) I used to like it in high school then it just annoyed or offended me w/ all their religious remarks on the show.

Lol...that's halarious!! Why in the world would you have to ask your manager? What a brainless idiot!!! I tell you, some people! Holy cr@p Batman!! I think I'm going to ask to toast my bun and cheese next time I go to Subway and see if they tell me they can't do that. WHY can't they?? Would the cheese and bun police come and arrest them? Would Jared from all those stupid commercials come in and kick their arses?? (Wait do you guys have Jared? Is he Canadian or american? Ya know the fat guy who lost weight eatin subway??) Ok, that is just ridiculous, I would have asked for a reasonable explanation for why they could not do it and if they gave some stupid answer, I would have turned around and walked out and found a different place to eat!! lol

[rainbowtreat]

I have to say thank you for the laughs. The big thing right now is no one being able to count back change. They give you exactly what is stated on the computer or resigster. If you try to give them the change so you get back an even amount of bills or try to give them the chagne after they rang in what you gave them they get all confused. What are they teachign these people these days?

[WhiskeyGirl]

Lol...I hear ya Gwen! It's like if it's 99 cents change and I give you a penny can you give me a dollar back? and they look at you like you've lost YOUR mind!! WTF??? lol

[WebLady]

Lol...I hear ya Gwen! It's like if it's 99 cents change and I give you a penny can you give me a dollar back? and they look at you like you've lost YOUR mind!! WTF??? lol
LOL, that is what I was gonna say ;)

I went to Target the other day and my total was like $17.26 I gave the girl $20.00 then I said, "Oh here I have a penny" she looked at me like I was crazy. :bbrolleyes: Ok I am not good at math but I can handle money ... sheesh.

I also had a lady tell me I was wrong when she gave me too much change and tried to give it back. Oh well ;)

The other thing that bugs me is whey you go shopping (Target, Walmart, local grocery store, etc) and the cashier never speaks to you or is talking to the bagger or the cashier behind them :bbrolleyes: What happened to customer service!?

[darkangel090260]

the bad part if you a looking for work in retail they dont wont people who are customer servcel orantated or someone how will go out of there way to make a customer happy. I have worked retail for about 10 years from very high end to walmart and when you say you are customer servis oratated they pass on you. They fill that you will not get all the job they have layed out for you to get done if you work with one customer to long. as for most casher they have a time limite they have to meet some stores it 100 iteams a min. burger king has a drive throw time of 2 mins that mean you have to take order make food and drink under two mins even when your short staffed. there are some of us that try and go out of out way for customer but sometime we are unable to because of the list of thing we have been given to do or a time limite or someother reason they company has put on us.

[WebLady]

I worked in CS for about 12 yrs in my life ... went from a cashier to management in a couple of different places. I never heard anyone get in trouble for making a customer happy, talking too much maybe (like about things not related to the store or the sale and such).

I've never worked at Wal-mart but I know people that have and they say they treat their ppl badly and IMO they have some of the worst CS I've ever experienced.