Has everyone just completely lost their MIND?
From the moment I walked into work today, customers were just wicked. A poor old man who had a stroke at some time in his life bitched me out for over five whole minutes because of our high prices and the fact that the debit machine asks the question, "Amount Ok? Yes or no?" Really, sir? REeeeally? This is what you called me to bitch at me about? High prices? He's been a loyal customer for 30 years and raised three kids by coming to our location and our company USED to be based on morals so now he doesn't shop with us because our prices are too high (he now goes to Wal-Mart--I guess if your lack of morals has a cheaper price it's okay).... He's blowing spittle from his crooked mouth while he complains at me. Yadda yadda. What.evvvvvver. "Oh, I'm sorry you feel that way sir..." is what I say to let them know I have better things to worry about, like the fact that they won't let me fire someone I know is CLEARLY stealing from us and who I have caught red-handed. Or about the fact that we just fired two GOOD people for STUPID shit...people who could have had a career with our company but who someone else had it out for so they had to just go. Or the fact that I have to listen to the menial little things that bother my boss about the way business is handled these days. Or the fact that I have to work TEN ten-hour days until my next day off. Or the fact that when my boss asks me to do something that takes at least 30 minutes he calls me in five and asks me what I'm up to. Well, I'm doing what you asked me to do! Yeah, well, I'm going to need you to meet me in the back. Now? Or after I finish? Well, go ahead and meet me now. Or does the customer even think to worry about the fact that my ten-hour shifts usually turn into twelve because my boss won't let me get anything done? No. He just doesn't like the debit machine. Well sir, that's for the people who get cash back. It reminds them that they still have the option to get cash back one last time before finalizing the transaction.
People are crazy. And they're getting dumber and dumber. I'm not sure if the old people are the stupid ones or is it the latest generation of idiots coming through the ranks. I actually had to coach the closing cashier NOT to close her lane prior to the last customer leaving. Who else is going to check them out? DUH. You can't leave before the last customer, dummy. Oh, and my favorite one lately is the person who swept the entire store the other day left the huge pile of dust and debris just in a pile near the time clock. Um, you do realize you're supposed to get rid of that pile by sweeping it into a dust pan and putting it in the trash, right? Oh. I didn't know that. Yeahhhhh.
Space cadet zombies!
I also caught a guy trying to steal a cooked rotisserie chicken in the bathroom the other day. And yes, because its retail is lower than $10, I cannot call the cops. I had to fain like I would have him arrested if he came back, so I made a copy of his ID. His hands were shaking like a leaf.
And I'm tired of almost getting run over every time I'm a pedestrian in a pedestrian-crossing area. Hello drivers? WTF! Don't hit me. And don't rev up your engine when you pass me by. They would try to kill me I did the same to some old lady or whomever. I was in the mall a few months ago with my friend who has a baby in a stroller. People were so damn rude! It's like the stroller is in their way, or something! Lady with a baby, people! Get over yourself. GOD!
Oh yeah, and don't think that your favorite in-town fabric store that carries all the good lines of fabric like Amy Butler and Joel Dewberry and Michael Miller will stay in business, either. No. That would actually give you a glimmer of hope in this dim, shit-filled, going-to-hell-quickly kind of world we're living in these days. I just found out mine's closing. Great.
Bah humbug!