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badwolfdancer
Oakwood, IL
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I cant tell you how many times I have told a customer to reboot their printer, and they tell me they refuse to do it because thats below their pay grade. I have had to send out techs to press a damn button.
Tech Support Hell: Printers Are Evil
From sambeaux45, TalesFromTechSupport Hopefully, you guys don't mind me jumping around in time. I'm afraid I don't remember stories in chronological order. For the first few stories, we are at the bank. Eventually, I will post stories from my other jobs. The following three mini stories all h...
oh god i hate that.
"Your ticket says your register is down. What exactly is it doing?"
"It doesn't work."
"Okay, well, can I get a little more information about how it doesn't work?"
"It just doesn't work. Send someone to fix it."
*head desk*
Tech Support Hell: "It's In The Basement"
From G3istbot I used to do tech support for a Quick Service Restaurant, an operation that ran 24 hours for most, and required overnight support, which I part of (since the small group, I served as a 1st level tech, 2nd level tech, pseudo-manager, call monitor, etc.) This guy calls up, and all...
ahhhhh so sad! what a cliff hanger!
Automotive Hell: The Fire (Part 1)
From 36055512, Tales A flatbed tow truck pulled into Dishonest Used Car Dealership early on a drizzling grey Wednesday morning. On the back was an orange Volvo C70 cabrio, or more accurately, what remained of one. From the firewall forward the paint was charred an ashy grey and what was once ...
This guy is such a great writer. I cannot get enough of his stories!
Automotive Hell: Short Stories
From 36055512, Tales The Key Box I was in my office at Dishonest Used Car Dealership one lazy Friday when my cell phone lit up with the caller ID for Rom. Why he almost always called my cell instead of my desk phone is a mystery for the ages, but I picked up. “Service, this is 36055512.” Rom:...
This can't possibly be real can it???
Crappy Design: Fingers. Of Course It Looks Like... Fingers...
--jobbermedic
Looks like a Rolaids chew to me.
Forbidden candy vs allowed candy
From LeFrogKid
She sounds like she doesn't get invited to too many parties...
The Entitlement Complex: Let Us Begin With The Peanuts' "Wah Wah Wah" Horn Noises
So she's complaining that they give her too much food, too many options, and whipped cream on their desserts? Is it really so hard to say 'no whipped cream on my cheesecake?' I'm confused as to why any of this is a problem. --Entitlement is still a Disease
I once got a 0 because he didnt like the way the system wanted him to put in the ticket. rated me bad for no reason :(
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...
I grew up Christian (not anymore) but I loved Veggie Tales. I sometimes still get those stupid songs in my head. I was like 10 though, so it was in my age range lol
Religious Freaks: "Veggie Tales, And I'll Pray For You!"
From Puppies In Prada Religious Freak sighted! Donation door time. Things are moving along, when an elderly lady and her husband come to the door. She has stuff to donate. K. Cool. What'cha got? Okay, some clothes, misc housewares. And then she pulls out a little wall clock with some... er......
I gotta admit, i stared for a long time looking for the ObviousPlant logo....
Happy Passover! Which Plague do you want to be?
Wishing all of our Jewish RHUers a Happy Passover! Pesach Sameach! If you're not Jewish and don't know what Passover is, but interested to find out, Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik does a fun job of explaining it:
i SWEAR we had the same customer. We had a lady we called "Honey Sweetie Baby" cause she would start every sentence with one of those words, would be overly touchy, and kept coming in cause her birds kept dying. then she had fish and they kept dying. such a sweet lady but so freaking strange.
Pet Store Hell: Dead Bird Lady And Her Various Insane Delusions
From Confessions of A Pet Store Employee Way back in the winter, probably January or February, we went through this period of a few weeks where this crazy woman kept bringing us dead lovebirds, wanting someone to sex them for her. Seriously. The first time she did it, she made a beeline for ...
I worked at a pet store and people mispronounced "African Cichlid" all the time.
real conversation that happened:
Customer: "Hey, I was wondering if I could get one of them African Childs"
Me: "Oh yes, the African CICHLIDS are right here"
Customer: "Oh thank you, i just love them African Childs..."
Dumbass Customers: Potato Latkes, Potato Lattes
From Sarah Barton, kitchenette I worked at a fancy organic deli in Colorado, and we usually had latkes in the case. Ninety percent of customers (and employees) pronounced it “lot-key”, but that wasn’t the worst of it. Two customers stand out in my memory for their unique interpretations (keep...
Youre the best kind of people. I hated talking to people who are like "i dont care, ill put it in a bowl, its just a fish". Like, nooooooo! its still living!!!
Pet Store Hell: "Well If I Have To Take Proper Care Of Them, Then I Don't Want Them"
From midnitebrz, Tales From the Pet Shop: To start out, I don’t work at a pet store but work at a big department store that sells some fish. I like fish and have read over the little factoids a couple of times, trying to decide on fish for myself. I know that the fish bowls are terrible, bu...
Ive almost done this, but caught it last second. I was cleaning cages in our Isolation room and put the hamsters in temporary tanks, well, i couldnt find one to save my life so i just thought he had gotten out. luckily before i dumped the bedding in the trash i saw he had just dug a hole in the bedding and moved exactly where i wasnt looking every time. those are sneaky little buggers.
Pet Store Hell: A Cautionary Tale: Count Your Animals!
From cachaka, Tales From the Pet Shop: This just happened an hour ago and I'm glad things turned out the way it did. I'm not sure about other stores but we've had instances where animals go missing for one reason or the other; someone sold the animal and didn't update the record, the animal ...
Ugh, i worked at a pet store and people would do this all the time. one time i was the only pet care person with a ton of people waiting. one lady wanted feeder fish and didnt like waiting so she grabbed a bag and a net and sat on the ground and started attempting to scoop them herself. i was like, uh, no, dont do that....
Pet Store Hell: "I Didn't Want To Wait"
From RedactedByElves, Tales From The Pet Shop: So, the setup: I’d bagged a fish for a customer, wandered off, and then was called back to the fish wall to re-bag as the bag was leaking. All in all, I was not away from the fish wall for more than 2 minutes. When I returned to double bag the f...
its a Polyamorous special!
Valentine's Day Sidewalk Signage For Cheaters
From NorthernTaker
my ex's brother and his wife raised their kid this way. every birthday, she gets a present too. every board game, they let her win or give her advantages. if she wants to play a game on the tv, she gets to. doesnt matter if her dad is in the middle of watching a football game.
i swear, that kid is gonna get a hell of a lesson once she leaves the nest.
Server Hell: Some people have entitlement seeping out of their pores
From Not_A_Kitten, Tales From Retail: I waited on a large birthday party last night. The birthday girl, a 63 year old lady, was the light and life of that shift. We made a big to-do out of it: gave her the free cake of course (with a special happy birthday message written on the plate in cho...
Oh, wow, it took me a minute to see that!
St. Valentine... Patron Saint of.... shoplifting?
From ProudAccident
As a former Petsmart Employee, yes the grooming conditions are horrible. This groomer was also waaaaaaaaay out of line. But, just remember, this one dumbass does not represent the company as a whole. I know at my old store the Groomers were wonderfully caring. Usually reading store specific reviews and asking local opinions help when looking for a groomer.
PetSmart Groomer Fired After Customer Films Video of Her Roughly Grabbing Hold of Dog's Ear
From Daily Mail: A dog groomer has been fired after a customer secretly filmed her hitting and yanking a tiny puppy. The distressing footage shows the PetSmart worker handling the dog roughly as she clips and combs her coat during the $45 grooming service. Horrified owner Brooke Vowers said ...
At least they're fresh....
Signage Slip-ups: Uh, Okay Then
--mmcmemerson
Step 1.
Cut a hole in a box.
Dog Christmas Costume Fail
From steph_sheridan: This is a real dog costume I found on Amazon called "Dog Carrying Gift Box with Santa".
now im really curious as to what he did that would warrant 10 men taking him away! thats insane!
Crazy Coworkers: Instinctive Terror, And Federal Agents
From RHUer Okay this is like the crowning glory of everything I have encountered in my life. This takes place in an office type setting, rather than retail. One of my coworkers was.... well, terrifying. The instant your eyes rested on him, you knew he was a serious threat to you, without bein...
These "challenges" are so immature. They always make my heart break. What monster wants to make their kids cry on purpose???
The 7th Annual "Hey Jimmy Kimmel, I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy."
If that was my local thrift store i would buy all of them.... theres some cool ass shoes in there!
Meanwhile at The Thrift Store: Gaga's Shoes?
From HisDomina206: Pretty sure some of Lady Gaga's shoes got donated to my local Goodwill.
I too work for this place. but I work for the Service Desk. Sometimes stories like these make me thank my lucky stars i dont work in retail any more!
Price Scammers: But in was in the $10 spot!!!
From CaptainonanOpenBoat I've been working retail for a while now, and am used to dealing with a little bit of crazy. The type of store I work in can be a little more personal than big box stores, I won't say the name, but it's at the corner of unhappy and a bit crazy. Anyways... I'm working...
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