The Bad Day at Work Thread

[nosebleed.]

One of my superiors called me a racist after I sent out an e-mail for a movie night I was having showing "The Prestige". I cited the amazing twist at the end as being the best I'd seen and wrote in parantheses afterward "eat dirt M. Knight Shyamalan!". She responded in an e-mail with "I don't know how your humor works, but to slam the indian director is a big assumption on your part that all of us work that way."

I was like... "Buh?" and immediately e-mailed her back and told her I was disappointed she knew me so little to think that I was actually capable of being racist. I also explained to her the whole reasoning behind the statement which she wasn't interested in hearing.

This woman is the classic hyper-sensitive minority who thinks that everyone is out to get her. Grrrr.

Is she Indian? How annoying.

 

[ironmaidenrules]

Speaking of stupid customers.
Here's a phone call I took the other day:

Me: *answers phone, says name of the store*
Girl: Can I speak to Steph.
Me: No one by that name works here.
Girl: Oh, well can you give me her number.
Me: *wtf?* No one by that name works here.
Girl: Is this the Express at *nearby mall*
Me: No, this is *says name of store, for the second time*
Girl: Oh *hangs up*

lol

i get this
"hello this is*name of store and its location"
"IS THIS "THE NAME I JUST SAID"???
"yes"
"THE ONE ON *LOCATION I MENTIONED EARLIER"
"yes"
"SO UR OPEN?"
"yes"

AND IT JUST GOES ON LIKE THAT

 

[Deep Thinkin'!]

You kicked a customer?? You HAVE to tell that story...let's hear it!

Indeed. Any story involving customer abuse has gotta be a good 'un.

I was working a late night shift (which I normally don't do, but several of the girls were sick).

A group of men had been drinking, though pretty contained. I had brought them a second round of drinks.

They began to flirt, which I was used to it, though it got a little too far when "c*nt" was used. One of the men stood up and got a little too close for comfort. I kicked him in the nuts.

It turned into a big huff, but it turned out fine. The odd part about it is that group still comes very frequently.

Not a too interesting story, but hey, it was fun kicking him. I just wish I could do that to my boss.

 

[X-Chick]

One of my superiors called me a racist after I sent out an e-mail for a movie night I was having showing "The Prestige". I cited the amazing twist at the end as being the best I'd seen and wrote in parantheses afterward "eat dirt M. Knight Shyamalan!". She responded in an e-mail with "I don't know how your humor works, but to slam the indian director is a big assumption on your part that all of us work that way."

I was like... "Buh?" and immediately e-mailed her back and told her I was disappointed she knew me so little to think that I was actually capable of being racist. I also explained to her the whole reasoning behind the statement which she wasn't interested in hearing.

This woman is the classic hyper-sensitive minority who thinks that everyone is out to get her. Grrrr.

That is the stupidest thing ever.

My favorite customer related annoyance is when people call from the parking lot ask which mall entrance is closest to us or where exactly the store is located. We get at least 10 of these a week. I'm like "wtf? walk your lazy ass down the mall until you find it. its not that hard and its not that far, but thanks for wasting my time."

 

[Fran]

Dunham's Sports is a great place to work at!

 

[nosebleed.]

I was working a late night shift (which I normally don't do, but several of the girls were sick).

A group of men had been drinking, though pretty contained. I had brought them a second round of drinks.

They began to flirt, which I was used to it, though it got a little too far when "c*nt" was used. One of the men stood up and got a little too close for comfort. I kicked him in the nuts.

Very justified kick to the juelz...I think that's the first time I've gone on record condoning it.

It turned into a big huff, but it turned out fine. The odd part about it is that group still comes very frequently.

I take it they don't mess with you anymore?

 

[Babs Gordon]

Nope she's African-Cuban. Not even Indian. Just generally hyper sensitive for all minorities I guess. I was outraged.

 

[Deep Thinkin'!]

[/color] Very justified kick to the juelz...I think that's the first time I've gone on record condoning it.

I take it they don't mess with you anymore?

No, but he remembers. I walked by him when he was alone one time and asked him how his two little buddies down-under were doing. (They had been saying something about australia when the whole thing had gone down) He just smirked at me.

Fear the midget!

 

[Abaddon]

Alright, this is sorta funny to me, but that's probably because work is pretty mundane.


First a little background. There's this lady I work with, who's a few decades my senior. When I started she would always say hello to me and we'd greet each other briefly. She'd ask how I was doing, and when I asked her she'd always answer in this weird chipper tone, which after a while became clear it was insincere. After a while I didn't see her as often and when I did she seemed to avoid me just so she wouldn't have to say hello because as I figure, it would inevitably lead to me asking how she was doing, and for her to have to lie. She never seemed friendly to any of the work in her office, and it's hard to read her sometimes because she always has this expression on her face like she's smelling something foul.

Anyway, eventually she went back to initiating out greetings and saying hello and all that, though she's made more attempts at small talk with me. One such attempt was today. She asked how school was going and I sorta told her alright, and she gave me a "yeah?" sorta look and all I kinda mumbled something with uncertainty. Anyway, she throws her head back and gives this curt, faux, laugh. The kind of hearty one people pretend the rich give. It was weird and awkward. But yeah, carry on.

 

[nosebleed.]

Reminds me of a Dave Chappelle joke. He's talking about, "Don't you hate it when fake people make you sound fake". He then pretends to answer a phone and the person on the other line in a real fake high pitched chipper tone says, "Hiiii, how are you doing" and instinctively Dave answers back with the same tone without realizing it, "I'm fiiine".

Guess you have to hear it to appreciate it.

 

[Abaddon]

haha, I just don't get the insincerity. It's not necessary at all.

 

[nosebleed.]

ALSO reminds me of the flight attendant in Meet the Parents. The one who makes Focker step back from boarding the aircraft because they're not boarding his row...even though he's the only one there. Such a fake personality.

I do have someone who just started working in my office kind of like that though. She creates conversation about personal life and asks questions about my family...then the next day she creates the same damn conversation like she forgot she talked to me about it. Now when someone opens up to me and tells me about their kids and what they do in their family time, I usually remember what they tell me...is it customary to forget that info? Do I just pay too much attention?

 

[Abaddon]

you should switch up the story on her and see if she notices.

 

[nosebleed.]

It probably won't..because I've had other people tell me the same stories over and over again as if they forgot they told me in the first place. I tell them, "Yeah man, you've told me about how when you were a kid you set your brother on fire...ha ha ha". She is probably the same personality type.

 

[Abaddon]

or maybe youre psychic

 

[Honey Vibe]

Don't even get me started. I hate my job. The jewelry business isn't exactly booming in ****ing April so I get to waste time with ****ing spoiled brats while they play pretend with jewelry they want the boyfriends they don't have to buy them. And I have to put up with my dick manager who is the dorkiest and most arrogant little prick I've ever met.

I'm sorry X-Chick Make plans to leave that job. Seriously. Don't waste life on a place you hate.

 

[AndThePickles]

One of my jobs is being a writing consultant at my university's Writing Center, and I always hate how a heap of students come in at the same time because they wait until the last minute to write their essays. This happened recently, and I think if I have to go over another crappy paper about "The Yellow Wallpaper" I'm gonna rip it to pieces.

 

[Honey Vibe]

One of my superiors called me a racist after I sent out an e-mail for a movie night I was having showing "The Prestige". I cited the amazing twist at the end as being the best I'd seen and wrote in parantheses afterward "eat dirt M. Knight Shyamalan!". She responded in an e-mail with "I don't know how your humor works, but to slam the indian director is a big assumption on your part that all of us work that way."

I was like... "Buh?" and immediately e-mailed her back and told her I was disappointed she knew me so little to think that I was actually capable of being racist. I also explained to her the whole reasoning behind the statement which she wasn't interested in hearing.

This woman is the classic hyper-sensitive minority who thinks that everyone is out to get her. Grrrr.

Babs, she meant that "eat dirt Shyamalan" isn't humorous -- it comes off harsh and inappropriate. It took your credibility down a few notches. Maybe you meant "take that, Shyamalan" or "eat your heart out, Shyamalan". In any case, she never called you a racist at all.

That aside, her comment was pretty dry and harsh too. What's with this lady? She couldn't have told you that kindly? Maybe she's going through something right now.

 

[Babs Gordon]

You have to understand that our school staff is incredibly small, she knows me (or I thought she did) quite well, and we are always being cheeky and funny in our non-school e-mails. And as someone who has literally eaten dirt, "eating dirt" as a figure of speech, especially for someone in the public eye really isn't that big a deal. It was a cheeky jab and I would have said the complete opposite were M Knight's latest twist the best. (I happen to own all of his movies). The general consensus among our very small staff is that her response was completely inappropriate. She was essentially branding me a racist because I know *damn* well she would not have responded like that if I had said "eat dirt, Christopher Nolan!". It's pretty transparent. She's lucky she didn't reply all, considering she's our disciplinarian and dean of students. We shouldn't have someone so emotionally reactive in that position.

 

[rdh007]

I think her use of the word "Indian" indicates that she, at the very least, thinks race had something to do with your comments. At the most she thinks you capable of being a racist and therefore needs to be set aright.

Oh, and Nolan > Shyamalan

 

[Babs Gordon]

If I had said "eat dirt, Indian directors everywhere!" she'd have been within her rights. Why do some people instantly assume race is in play just because a negative (AND joking on top of that) comment was made about someone who is not white?

 

[kainedamo]

Nope she's African-Cuban. Not even Indian. Just generally hyper sensitive for all minorities I guess. I was outraged.

I hate when people are overly-sensitive about that kind of thing. What did she even think you meant?? It obviously wasn't racial in the slightest.

 

[kainedamo]

Talking of overly sensitive people, I was on a chatroom talking to people and stuff. The chatroom is part of a messageboard I joined like 2 months ago. So, someone was saying something about how easy they are when drunk, some guy said "I like my women drunk". I said "I like my women on rohypnol". Obviously a joke, right?

A girl starts *****ing about how my joke is highly inappropriate (this is a site for over 18s, by the way). Ridiculously saying that someone had slipped her a drug awhile back, and in her words, "You might aswell say you're going to try to rape me!" or something. My comment was in no way directed towards this girl! She wasn't even involved in the conversation! Why make it personal?? I apologized immediately, even though I thought she was being ridiculous. I said "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean any offense".

A couple of days later, I get a message from the admin saying "Two members have complained about you, consider yourself warned".

What the ****??

 

[X-Chick]

I'm sorry X-Chick Make plans to leave that job. Seriously. Don't waste life on a place you hate.

I'm only working there while I'm in college, but I might start looking for something new. But I really love the rest of my co-workers, just not the manager or the job itself.

If I had said "eat dirt, Indian directors everywhere!" she'd have been within her rights. Why do some people instantly assume race is in play just because a negative (AND joking on top of that) comment was made about someone who is not white?

Because unfortunately, there are so many racists out there and racism is such a big thing.

 

[kainedamo]

I worked in a cinema for two years, and I have many tales of stupidity from customers.

You're not allowed to smoke in the cinema at all. Not in the foyee, the corridors, nowhere. So, I saw this guy walking down the corridor smoking. There are very clear no smoking signs on the walls. I go up to the guy (I'm by myself) and say to him very politely "I'm very sorry sir, but you can't smoke here". This guy was a big guy. Probably 6'5, big arms and stuff, and he had his tart of a girlfriend beside him. He leans right into my face and says "Well I'm smoking, so TOUGH!" with a big smirk on his face. He begins walking off, and I'm thinking "Oh, no way you think you can just get away with talking like that to me". I said "Sir, you can't talk to me like that. You can't smoke here. Put out the cigarette". I can't remember very clearly what was said next, because he got very aggressive very quickly. My adrenaline was pumping, and even just after it I had trouble remembering exactly what he said.

He pretty much got red in the face, started shouting at me, and hunched over and clenched his fist, as if he were gonna hit me. I dunno what he actually said - "I'll kick your **** in!" he probably said. Seriously, thats how quickly he turned nasty. I stood my ground, and said "If you touch me the security will be up here. I think you should just leave the cinema". From him, more angry ranting, more behaving like he's gonna hit me any second. At one point he started walking off, and went through the doors to the foyee to leave. As he left, I leaned around the corner and shouted "*******". LOL. No way was I gonna say that to his face. He was a very big guy.

I've noticed this from some people. Big, angry guys think they can talk to you like **** just because they're big, angry guys.