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Let me guess: the crazy bitch broke into her son’s apartment, snooped, and found things she didn’t like.
Game Store Hell: How Dare You Sell The Work Of The Devil To My Son!
From u/Cometophobia, TalesFromRetail Last year I got a job at a store that sells video games, which I absolutely love. Important note, I'm a twenty year old girl and my manager is an older woman, but the other six people who work at the store are men. An older woman, in her late 40s or maybe ...
Why is it always the people who are the rudest are the ones who accuse the retail slave of being rude?
Tech Support Hell: I Am Not A Robot, Sir
From Anonymous, Rinkworks Tech Support: "Thank you for calling. May I have your phone number beginning with area code first, please?" There was a pregnant pause, then a series of touch tones. Tech Support: "Hello? I need your phone number, please." More touch tones. Tech Support: "Hi, can you...
Parents: It’s. Ok. To. Tell. Your. Kids. No!
Entitled People Hell: "Give My Son Your Purse!"
From RHUer I come into work for my afternoon shift through the front of the store. Things aren't looking too bad customer wise... aaand I jinxed it with that thought. A kid comes sprinting straight up to me who is, give or take, about six years old. His eyes are all on my purse which, I'll ad...
This reminds me of a bit Ron White did:
He was married to a super-rich woman and his brother-in-law was a massive prick who would not.stop.talking. about the glories of Mercedes-Benz cars. So, to rub it in his face, Ron shows off his new tour van that has a pull-out couch that can be opened with a press of a button.
BIL: I can't believe you didn't buy a Mercedes Benz
Ron: They don't make a van
(BIL starts babbling on about the three-inch wipers on that keep his headlights clean in a rainstorm.)
Ron: I have a place to fuck your sister.
The punchline is that he doesn't know why her family never liked him.
Automotive Hell: The Weak Connection
From 36055512, Tales It’s Monday morning, and I’m in my usual bad mood. Dishonest Used Car Dealership has a new pile of broken Mercedes-Benzes that need attention, and, as usual, the local Mercedes dealership is being a bunch of sh!theads about getting us parts. They started making the OM616 ...
He was trying to scare the Op's business into eating the cost of the repair, no doubt.
Automotive Hell: The Aerial Maneuver
From 36055512, Tales “C’mon, f*ckface, let’s go for a test drive.” Felonious Monk and I had been going back-and-forth for more than a week about one particular VR6 Jetta in the inventory at Dishonest Used Car Dealership that had a clunk in its front suspension. He’d fix it, I’d test drive it,...
I suspect it will end with the father snapping or the manager getting fired after too many complaints about him from the HR people.
Barista Hell: Toxic Manager Dumps On Retail Slave Part 2
From Bumpkins0, TalesFromYourBarista Well things have just gone from bad to worse. My manager is starting to lose his grip, so much so that he has begun to run to his dad (the owner) about every little thing that is going wrong and some major shit just went down this passed week. Give you a l...
Pro tip to scammers:
Overreacting to being questioned is usually a dead giveaway that you’re up to something.
Tales From The Front Desk: Stopping A Scammer
From AlastarYaboy, Tales From The Front Desk Had a recent run-in with a very irate, if I had to guess by his voice, Indian man. He was calling my hotel about 1:30 am, on a weekday, asking if a Smita Patel (not real name) was staying there. I politely informed him that I cannot confirm if a gu...
Five bucks says manager there was no pubes in the coffee and the HR gal knew it.
Toxic Managers: No I Didn't, But Now I Wish I Had
From banebringer, AskReddit Worked at a cell phone sales job a few years back. We'd recently gotten a new up and coming manager at our store and he had a head full of steam. One day, he got on our cases about not attaching enough data services to phone sales and told us we were NOT allowed to...
Five bucks says the bride and groom realized they’d spent too much money on the wedding and reception, realized their mistake when they saw their credit card bill, and came up with these bullshit excuses to recoup their losses.
Bridezillas: Three Stories
From Crdude21, AskReddit I am an assistant GM at two wedding venues! I have probably seen over 500 weddings in the last 7 years... Bride cried from the moment she got there to the moment she left. I never knew someone could physically produce this many tears. Over what? Anything and everythin...
My father used to say about people like this, “where did you get your license, a Cracker Jack box?”
Dumbass Customers: People who leave you speechless...
From munchkickin, Tales From Retail: I had a customer the other day that just left both the owner and I speechless for awhile. I'll be me, my boss will be B and she will be SL for snobby lady. She comes in with a snotty look to her face and looks at us. SL: Why aren't your pumps giving me g...
I saw someone try to pull that shit in a Winn Dixie but with a cartful of beer.
UK Supermarket Manager Catches His First Shoplifter
From BigSmokesFastFood, Tales From Retail: I'm a manager in a UK supermarket. Yesterday I'm working down the crisps (chips) aisle and see some guy who stinks of cigs and booze pick up a few big multipacks of crisps and just dump them in his trolley. This was a big red flag for me as I've see...
I used to live a couple of cities away from this Outback! I used to take trips to the stores around that place on my bike. That curbside service got *a lot* of work during lunch.
Outback Steakhouse Fires Waitress After she Complained on Facebook that a church group left no tip on a $735 carry-out order
From Daily Mail: An Outback Steakhouse server has been fired after complaining on Facebook that a church group left her no tip on a $735 carry-out order. Tamlynn Yoder, 25, said she spent most of her shift on Wednesday putting together the 75-item order for Christ Fellowship at the Outback ...
Not used to hearing “no”, eh?
Rubbish Returns: Piggy Demands Old Dirty Clothes Be Returned at Full Price
From _Pebcak_, Tales From Retail: I was a keyholder on this fateful morning, and the store manager was actually in the back organizing our shoe stock. As a keyholder I'm able to do 90% of what a manager can, just not open/close the store. This lady comes in with a huge bag full of clothes f...
There’s a podcast I listen to regularly called Sawbones that does basically medical history, but also occasionally delves into health-related things, like why you should vaccinate your kids. The co-hosts had to do one recently basically explaining from a medical standpoint why you shouldn’t eat Tide Pods, and delved into the health risks of other YouTube challenges, such as the Cinnamon Challenge.
Dollar Store Moves Tide Pods From Shelves
From MrStula: My local dollar store has literally taken away the tide pods bc of people eating them.
This is nothing! I went to a school that had a *huge* number of students from third world countries. I assume that a great deal of my classmates had been using the water in the toilets to take bird baths, because they had to put up signs in English, Spanish, and Kreyol telling the students not to do that.
Bathroom Signage: Do People Need More Reasons To Not Drink Out Of A Urinal?
--Lord_Mandible
Also, I have to wonder why she isn’t the owner of the florist shop, and if that has anything to do with her being batshit crazy.
Coworker Hell: Mary-Lou
From Ilunibi, AskReddit When I was the AGM of a really rinky-dink hotel, the owners had a disagreement about who would be the GM after the previous one rage-quit. One owner hired an veteran with previous hospitality experience, an impressive resume, and really good business sense who was an a...
Just a hunch, but I think I know why she was fired from the Christian bookstore.
Coworker Hell: Mary-Lou
From Ilunibi, AskReddit When I was the AGM of a really rinky-dink hotel, the owners had a disagreement about who would be the GM after the previous one rage-quit. One owner hired an veteran with previous hospitality experience, an impressive resume, and really good business sense who was an a...
What I want to know is, why they just didn’t make *Maggie* the supervisor?
Coworker Hell: Maggie
From RHUer I worked at a Starbucks. After 1.5 years of solid barista work, I got promoted to shift supervisor, so I had to move to a different store. I arrived on my first day there (just orientation to introduce me to everyone and take a couple online trainings), I reached out my hand to mee...
I’m surprised nobody laced their lunch with Ex-Lax or chili peppers to get back at her.
Coworker Hell: The Eating Thief
From RHUer I had one coworker who would steal food from everybody. Oh, and we worked at a childcare facility. So when I say "stole food from everybody," I mean yes, everybody. She raided children's lunchboxes while they were in the coat/backpack room. She raided employees lunches in our separ...
I was hoping you’d say someone boobie trapped their food with Ex-Lax or hot peppers. Drat!
Coworker Hell: N.A.T. Coworker Makes A Big Mistake
From whileIminTherapy, AskReddit We had a guy who constantly stole food from other cubes, even cased file cabinets and made mental notes of what goodies lie in store for him when we went to the bathroom or on lunch or whatever. Then he stole a pregnant woman's pizza. He ate the pizza, in plai...
At least she didn’t accuse her of stealing her stuff, then putting it back.
Retail Hell Memories From a Fitting Room: Customer accuses me of stealing her personal clothing
From MangoNerd, Tales From Retail: This happened a few years ago but I was reminded about it recently. I used to work at a low-price big-chain clothing store in a rich suburb, so we had a lot of entitled customers. On this particular day, I was working the fitting room. Our way of running th...
I suspect drugs were involved in this decision.
Crazy Coworkers: "You Did The Work, But I Want The Tips!"
From RHUer I work at a restaurant, waiting tables. My coworker goes in the bathroom and doesn't come out for an hour. I took all of the tables for his section while he was gone, somehow managing to keep up with them PLUS my own section. I'm busting ass, and somehow pulling it off. Customers w...
I’d say anger management issues, and a bit of racism.
Crazy Coworkers: Teach Silently!
From rhetoricjams, AskReddit I taught in a "common area" class which had offices stemming from it. It was an ESoL (English Speakers of Other Languages) class. It involved a lot of participation, discussion, scripts, and repeating after the teacher. I would bring my guitar and we would practic...
Just one question: did the arrest have something to do with violence against women?
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...
I imagine places like that charge more for larger orders. I know that a single doughnut at Dunkin Doughnuts is about less than a dollar, but a box of a dozen is something like $10.
Retail Hell Memories: Customer knows the non existent owner
From RiskyDriver, Tales From Retail: I worked at a small town bakery names Andrae's bakery for a few years after high school. Andrae's is a last name, the shop is co owned by a couple. So anyways, this customer came in and placed an order for 300 cookies for a holiday party. She arranged to ...
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