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I'm not sure I agree the truck driver is in the wrong. The motel advertised truck parking and it appears the parking allotted was deficient.
This reminds me of a time I took a motel room late one night, though only 45 minutes from home, rather than driving all the way home, because I was too tired to continue. The "implied warranty" of a motel room is that it is suitable for sleeping in. Well the room itself was fine, but the garbage truck arriving at 5 AM outside my room, shattering my sleep, rendered it UNfit for sleeping. The motel offered me a discount, which I refused, and the chain refunded my money.
I paid for a place to sleep, and the motel's incompetent scheduling of garbage collection rendered it unfit for that purpose. I have no qualms about this outcome.
The Entitlement Complex: I Damaged My Truck. You Have To Pay For It!
This idiot wants Motel 6 to pay for the damage he did to his truck while trying to park it. Update: Motel 6 denied his claim. --Entitlement is still a Disease
Just double their pay. That'll make them happy. (Mannequins aren't note for their math prowess.)
Just Another Fed Up Mannequin Monday
From u/Poopchute_Hurricane: I think the mannequins at our store are unionizing.
And that's what happens when delivery companies (USPS, UPS, etc.) get door-less delivery trucks.
Looks like USPS owes this guy a lunch.
Delivery Surprise: Dogs Enjoy Mail Carrier's Lunch
From u/EviscerationNation: A note left by a delivery man whose lunch was stolen and eaten by a couple of puppers.
Look for the pregnant lady with morning sickness. Take heart: You didn't have to clean up her puke!
Customer Rejects: Only Need One Stack
Speaking from long experience, this bit about getting into an ordinary check-out line to make a return is a fairly new thing -- maybe this past decade only. Formerly, if you tried that, they'd end up ringing your item up as a purchase...
Retail Hell Memories: "You mean I have to WAIT IN LINE?"
From u/sjlwood, Tales From Retail: Working the return counter one day. The end of the counter faced the entrance to the store, so sometimes customers would come right up to the counter and not see the line. Once informed they would gladly go get in line, usually. Guest comes in and there is ...
Either way you read it, it's a dead end...
Signage Slip-Ups: "Methodist" Does Not Abbreviate Well
I sympathize completely with not wanting to touch other people's sweat. However, I must point out that boob sweat is scarcely different from any other sweat. (There is some difference. Milk is just fancy sweat, after all.) You really are much more likely to catch something nasty from touching a person's hands than from touching their boob sweat.
Crazy People Encounters: Sweaty Boob Crystals
From u/Savannargh, TalesFromRetail Lots of women wear bras. I'd say a majority of women wear them to support their boobs and to look/feel nice. There's a small minority who also seem to view their bras as magical extra pockets in which they can store money, their license, their credit cards, ...
Aw, come on. The daughter should at LEAST be named Justine!
Justin explains the name behind his Nut Butter
--u/GGeoffK
I largely gave up on movie theaters 20+ years ago when I went to a movie and couldn't get in because of on-line ticket purchasers. (When I checked the movie times there was NO mention of on-line ticket sales.) Wasted a 20-min round trip and never got to see the movie. I have lots of VHS and DVD's now.
Movie Theater Hell: Moviegoers Are Masochists
From Throwaway-05-2017, TalesFromTheTheatre I’ve lost all sympathy for customers. Here’s your typical problematic theatregoer: They arrive. Box office line is ridiculously long. After waiting for what feels like an eternity, the movie they wanna watch is either sold out or the remaining seats...
I second that: "let us cherish the small gift that is eyesight!"
I volunteer with a craft group, teaching the craft. We REQUIRE everybody to wear safety glasses. I've heard every excuse, but I just put my foot down. Recently I (good humoredly) read one fellow the riot act because his glasses had slipped down his nose. "If they're not in front of your eyeballs, they do you no good."
It's like other recent posts of folks disregarding their safety.
Meanwhile at Costco
From vmedell88: The woman pushing the cart is blind. The man right next to her repeats every single thing he sees; What’s on sale, the brands and styles. I heard her say while choosing bath towels “ Please get me two white ones, I love the color white”... let us cherish the small gift that i...
I WONDERED where all the English majors got jobs...
Customer Complaints: The Perfect Way To Respond
--JRickinson
Do I pass if I only spill it on my pajamas?
Sidewalk Signage: Adulthood 101
That's a feature! It's pre-sweat!
It's like jeans with bleached-out parts and holes just as if you were actually homeless.
Crappy Design: Sweaty Shirt
From DumbleDwarf_: My friend’s shirt looks like he’s sweating heavily
I have to agree with Carhop -- Don't sanitize history. It's just wrong.
Bad Ads: All Of The Swear Words At This Ad. All Of Them.
--comicvine.com
Back in the 80's it was a real challenge to find a computer's power button. Since the power supply was usually in the rear, the power button was either in the rear or in the rear of one side -- three places to look. Of course, it was different on each device! Those computers were ungainly and sometimes it was impossible to get behind them, so you had to do this by feel.
Then some genius decided to use a rod from a button in the front to push a power button on the power supply mounted in the back -- finally you could see the power button.
Of course, this was when computers and stereos and so forth were typically beige or silver in color. Then some "genius" decided to make them all black. I've never understood how they expect the user to see black-on-black...
Tales From Tech Support: No Power Button
From Floofyboy Tales From Tech Support : User: "Hello, my computer is completely frozen, i can't do anything" me: "Ok well please turn it off with the power button" User: "There is no power button on my computer" me: "That's not really possible. What's the computer model. I can send you a p...
Well, naturally, after killing himself he'd only be eating the dog's brain...
Spam Mail Sunday: In That Order? Sounds Difficult. Please Proceed With A Demonstration.
--(source)
That sign is incomplete. It should also let you know the ice is gluten-free.
Fun-To-Mental: Diet ice?
From Money644
Your store should change its policies and call 911, asking for child protective services instead.
Bad Parents: Free Range Kids
From sowasteland, Tales From Retail: At my store, we have a policy that children 12 and under must have an adult with them. If we see a child unattended in the store, we simply tell them that they need to be with a parent. We have good reasons for this. Parents leave their kids unattended in...
This woman is disturbed, possibly with a true mental condition (paranoia, schizophrenia???).
I know a person something like this who is VERY fortunate to have been able to remain in his parent's home after they died. Had he been entirely on his own he would have lost the house. A relative intervened. But the person is simply not able to live on his own and his relatives -- none of whom can really afford it -- are constantly having to come to bat for him.
His closest relatives (in blood and distance) has largely given up on him because they can't deal with the time and expense anymore. Whenever there's a problem now, the police get called. They then call in protective services and the person ends up in the hospital or nursing home -- till some "expert" decides, once again, that he's competent to live on his own. (He's not.)
This all started back in the 1970's when the left wing advocated for release of people from horrible institutions while the right wing jumped on the chance to reduce funding to such institutions. The thought was that community-based care was better (and I agree), BUT to be better it has to be funded, and the funds have never been there.
The "funny" part is that (in my state, at least) one can get himself institutionalized INSTANTLY if he merely suggests that he might suicide. Short of THAT extreme, he might not even be able to get food help.
Tales From The Front Desk: You'll Get No Sympathy From Me, Part 2
From shippingmyworld, Tales From The Front Desk Sally has earned some sympathy. She checks out tomorrow because she doesn't have the money to stay at our hotel any longer. Nobody will rent to her because she has the eviction on her renters history. Plus, she told another hotel employee that s...
Sounds like something retail slaves should start getting used to.
The up side of this is that maybe you won't have to leave your post and show people where things are -- at least if there are sufficient signs around (e.g., aisle numbers) to let people know where they should look. (I note that when you look for something on line at a Big Orange Box location, it will tell you where to find it by aisle and bay numbers.)
Lazy Customers: Lost in the Produce Dept
From TheVantagePoint, Tales From Retail: I work at the customer service desk in a grocery store on the west-coast of Canada. It is not a very large store and only takes about 20 seconds to walk from one end to the other. Part of my job is answering the store phone, usually I’m just transfe...
"We were understand as 2 people called in sick..."
Did spell check strike again?
Monstrous Customers: CUSTOMER. NOT. HAPPY.
From th3s0ap, Tales From Retail: I work in a large Australian grocery store as just a team member, one day when I was working in the self-checkouts, helping when people double scan, making sure people don't just not scan certain items, sometimes check bags, etc; this one guy we'll call RM fo...
First of all, NEVER pay the $20. Let the company come after you for it.
If and when they do, escalate. Start by contacting your ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE. (In the US, the governing law could be Federal or State -- contact your representative at the appropriate level.) Ask them for assistance. NAME your employer and give full details of the controversy. Mention that you think your employer is in violation of the law.
Then stand back and watch for fireworks when the Labor Department (or whatever) contacts your employer.
Tales From The Front Desk: You Have To Pay
From AviGABS, Tales From The Front Desk It was said from day one when I started that if the cash floats, front or back, are short, that the employee who found the shortage must make up for it with their own money. At first I didn't really pay attention to this because shortages are usually no...
OTOH, the customer DOES have to watch what the clerk does. I once paid for a piece of furniture but (due to the supplier's error) had to reverse the charge. The clerk incompetently processed it as a duplicate payment and expected me to sign the receipt. Fortunately the manager intervened and I got my refund with little trouble.
Thrift Store Hell: "But Other Stores Do It Differently!"
From Puppies In Prada For the most part, we don't do returns. You buy it, you're stuck with it. There are only two exceptions: electronics, which net you store credit if you bring them back within 72 hours, or a cashier mistake, which we will give back in the form that you paid with. Also of ...
I agree with TechTyger. As much as I sympathize with retail "slaves", I have NO intention of giving super-special (i.e., "10" on a scale of 10 or "5" on a scale of 5) ratings for ordinary service. Management is fucking you, not me.
And if the survey doesn't distinguish the service from the clerk from other complaints the customer might legitimately have, then Management is doubly fucking you. Don't blame the customer.
Survey Hell: I know we failed you but all 0's?!
From tigress666, Tales From Retail: Ok, this is a small gripe. Our store emails random people asking for surveys (and yes, unless we get a 5 it doesn't count). So these people go through my line and were upset we didn't have a cheaper version of a product (one I agree with them but I have no...
Just a silly typo. What they meant to prind was, "We couldn't a done it without your support"
English is Hard: I think it's the English department that needs support
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