Bad attitudes in shops

cantdecide

I walked into a motor factor the other day and approached the counter. Two guys at the counter; one on the phone and the other is flicking through the parts books etc.

He looks up and I say "Hi, I'm looking for some spade connectors' [completely common place standard parts and any decent outfit and almost all crap ones will have them].

He says "wha'?" and looks at me like I have two heads.

I say "You know- electrical spade connectors".

He says "Naw, we don't have anything like that".

I just knew that they were in there somewhere and he was being lazy and unashamedly talking through his lower orifice. I was about to start persisting but I just turned around and walked away from him.

Kylo Ren

My cats breath smells like cat food.

AnonoBoy

Ranting and Raving, Cries of Customers thread is the place for you my friend.

kneemos

Willy Nilly must have been a disorganised sort of fella.

cantdecide

If he doesn't want his job, I know a few guys who'd take it.

DEFTLEFTHAND

You should never answer a customers question with, Wha? I'd be furious if I were his boss.

Celly Smunt

That's the general attitude turning up at motorfactors or mechanics,the hole idea is to act the same way and you'll get a lot further.

im invisible

got any sky hooks OP, or a glass hammer?

recylingbin

There's always one guy in a group that doesn't do anecdotes.
I'm afraid that you are that person in your group, op.

cantdecide

im invisible wrote: »

got any sky hooks OP, or a glass hammer?

Made of, or for use with glass- which is called a rubber glazing mallet...

Lando Griffin

Usually shops like this are running their inventory down for stock taking and possibly sold out if them with people buying them as presents and the like.
Maybe for once he was correct.

mikom

cantdecide wrote: »

I say "Hi, I'm looking for some spade connectors ".

Racist.

Osborne

im invisible wrote: »

got any sky hooks OP, or a glass hammer?

I've always wanted a chocolate tea pot.

Lando Griffin

Osborne wrote: »

I've always wanted a chocolate tea pot.

Or a long stand.

cantdecide

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Usually shops like this are running their inventory down for stock taking and possibly sold out if them with people buying them as presents and the like.

I'd be pretty peeved if someone gave me a couple of these as a present.

suave.4u

cantdecide wrote: »

I walked into a motor factor the other day and approached the counter. Two guys at the counter; one on the phone and the other is flicking through the parts books etc.

He looks up and I say "Hi, I'm looking for some spade connectors' [completely common place standard parts and any decent outfit and almost all crap ones will have them].

He says "wha'?" and looks at me like I have two heads.

I say "You know- electrical spade connectors".

He says "Naw, we don't have anything like that".

I just knew that they were in there somewhere and he was being lazy and unashamedly talking through his lower orifice. I was about to start persisting but I just turned around and walked away from him.

To be blunt: This is what happens if the employee doesn't have a stake in the company. He just works for his hours,no caring whether the company makes a profit or not.

Teyla Emmagan

So, a motor factor is a kinda shop that does car parts then?!

Back around 1999 I went into PC World and asked one of the guys if they had an ISA modem. His answer? "I don't ****ing know."

Celly Smunt

Karsini wrote: »

Back around 1999 I went into PC World and asked one of the guys if they had an ISA modem. His answer? "I don't ****ing know."

half their staff are slaves on work experience i'd say that's the problem there.

Corruptedmorals

suave.4u wrote: »

To be blunt: This is what happens if the employee doesn't have a stake in the company. He just works for his hours,no caring whether the company makes a profit or not.

Bull****. Most people have common decency. I have only ever worked for large department stores and have never once been unpleasant or deliberately unhelpful. The majority are the same.

Immaculate Pasta

Are you sure it was definitely a shop OP?

fkt

I asked for a can of coke in a Chinese in London once(with my takeaway food) and he told me 'it's £1.10'... 'yeah that's fine', 'you'll get it for 87p across the road'.

castletownman

I used to work in a rural shop and this young lad used to come in everyday after school for some sweets. Now he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and had trouble equating how much sweets he could buy with his pocket money. Everyday without fail he'd keep asking me "How much are them?. Drove me beserk

demanufactured

castletownman wrote: »

I used to work in a rural shop and this young lad used to come in everyday after school for some sweets. Now he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and had trouble equating how much sweets he could buy with his pocket money. Everyday without fail he'd keep asking me "How much are them?. Drove me beserk

I suppose you gave him a few fags to smoke.

Duckworth_Luas

castletownman wrote: »

I used to work in a rural shop and this young lad used to come in everyday after school for some sweets. Now he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and had trouble equating how much sweets he could buy with his pocket money. Everyday without fail he'd keep asking me "How much are them?. Drove me beserk

Is dis him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEwVpWFyy3M

cantdecide

castletownman wrote: »

I used to work in a rural shop and this young lad used to come in everyday after school for some sweets. Now he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and had trouble equating how much sweets he could buy with his pocket money. Everyday without fail he'd keep asking me "How much are them?. Drove me beserk

I found some old cctv footage online here from your old shop here

EDIT: fcuk you DL!!

Defiler Of The Coffin

Reminds of a time I was out foreign and I tried to buy a bottle of Coke in a hardware store. Man was I embarassed.

mattjack

Osborne wrote: »

I've always wanted a chocolate tea pot.

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Or a long stand.

Or Strawberry Lilets.. many's an apprentice been sent but none turned up with the goods.

Martyn1989

Karsini wrote: »

Back around 1999 I went into PC World and asked one of the guys if they had an ISA modem. His answer? "I don't ****ing know."

That is pretty funny though.

I know a guy who worked in a supermarket, his mate made him a name tag that said 'Dickhead' and he wore it for a while.

His proudest moment was when some middle aged woman came up to him while he was stacking shelves and said 'Would it kill you to work faster?' and he replied 'Would it kill you to be polite?'. Everyone's wrong in that situation but its still funny.

Just a point on the OP, you don't know for sure they actually had what you where looking for you are only speculating. I know you think they definatly should have had it but you don't know for sure

DanWall

I went in to a hi fi shop years ago looking for stereo system, the output measurement then was RMS (Route Mean Square) of the signal, the young salesman told me “Recommended Speakers”

im invisible

fkt wrote: »

I asked for a can of coke in a Chinese in London once(with my takeaway food) and he told me 'it's £1.10'... 'yeah that's fine', 'you'll get it for 87p across the road'.

cantdecide

Martyn1989 wrote: »

Just a point on the OP, you don't know for sure they actually had what you where looking for you are only speculating. I know you think they definatly should have had it but you don't know for sure

In fairness, it would be like walking into a chipper and asking if they do onion rings. Maybe they don't have them but ffs, to not know what they are given the nature of their business and give you attitude while they're at it...

Martyn1989

cantdecide wrote: »

In fairness, it would be like walking into a chipper and asking if they do onion rings. Maybe they don't have them but ffs, to not know what they are given the nature of their business and give you attitude while they're at it...

Every chipper dosn't do onion rings. Its only perceived attitude, maybe OP is a well known troublemaker and his money was no good there.

Ficheall

I've found that any bad attitudes in shops far more often come from the customers than from the staff.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

mattjack wrote: »

Or Strawberry Lilets.. many's an apprentice been sent but none turned up with the goods.

Go get me some biscuit cable.

And the chalkline charger...

Scruffles

Osborne wrote: »

I've always wanted a chocolate tea pot.

cant get one of those without some chocolate knickers.
imagine on a hot day someone wearing them and they melt staining through their clothes, must taste a bit funny if they have been in them for a while to,might get the ma a pair for christmas.

Martyn1989

Scruffles wrote: »

cant get one of those without some chocolate knickers.
imagine on a hot day someone wearing them and they melt staining through their clothes, must taste a bit funny if they have been in them for a while to,might get the ma a pair for christmas.

They don't wash well either