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thoughts as they come... with a rant about custimers at work
15 years ago
so, I've been thinking a bit lately and I've got some things I want to say, but I never remember them when I can wright them down. so, I'll just type as things come to mind.
I want to start with this. I seem to think that things should work they way that I see as the best way. I can't seem to help it. now, don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that everything is my way, or that it should be. I'm talking about things that are widely done a way that is inefficient. for example, I think that people that work at government jobs that are based around helping people should make helping people the main concern, as opposed to saving as much money for themselves as possible, like they seem to do now.
(as a warning, there is no correlation between one thought to the next.)
singing: words that are spoken with sounds held out, usually to some rheumatic sounds made from instruments. this doesn't include rap... this also doesn't include screaming and yelling the words. nor does it include a monologue to the beat of music. I also think that music should be about the words in it. I have heard songs that have a great beat, but I hate the words. I know that a lot of people don't agree with this, but this is what I think.
also, it seems to me that most songs are selfish in nature. this bugs me...
judging people: you should have to get some sort of license to be taken seriously when judging someone. too many people don't know what's going on and they start talking about the person and ends up making things horrible for that person, when that person doesn't deserve how people treat him/her. I like to think I'm a good judge of a person, but that is because I haven't been wrong for several years, despite me giving people a more then fair opportunity to prove me wrong before I act upon my thought about the person.
age/maturity: they are not the same!!! experience may come with age, but maturity can more then make up for it. if people would act mature, we would have a lot fewer problems in this world. also, just because someone is young, doesn't mean that they know less. I remember when I was young and would argue with adults on this or that issue, and they would throw out anything I said because I was younger then them, when in fact I was right in many of the arguments. and what's worse is when a person puts people down who are only a couple years younger then them. it's ridiculous, and it shows the maturity level, or in this can, lack there of.
on a different note, lets address the people that cause problems at my work,(a gas station) and how they can avoid these problems.
-never leave your wallet in your pants at home unless you plan to leave the house with that same set of clothes.
-never leave the house without your wallet.
-keep at least two forms of payment with you if your primary one is plastic.
-always have your ID with you. (is it that hard to bring your driver's license with you?
-don't be mad when asked for an ID, most places require that the employees card anyone who looks like they might be under 30.
-don't come into the store with a group of friends for one person to buy alcohol or tobacco.
-don't come into the store with your bf/gf to buy alcohol or tobacco when your bf/gf is under age.
-don't come to the store drunk and expect to buy alcohol. any other items are ok, in fact I find that drunk people help lighten the mood, as long as they aren't the aggressive type.
-don't be upset at the cashier when they are out of something. it is not their fault.
-do not get upset when they are out of coffee. chances are that they know and they are waiting for everyone to clear the store so they can actually get to work on it.
-never assume that the employees stand at the register all day. they are just required to be there when costumers are in the store to make transactions quicker.
-don't threaten to tell the manager, chances are that the manager would agree with the employee. this is because the customer usually doesn't know the situation.
-don't take off without paying because you didn't like something, and then come back and expect to be treated with respect.
-be nice to graveyard, they are tired, and they don't want to deal with your stuff.
-don't come into the store after 2 and expect to buy alcohol
-don't argue that it's not passed 2 yet because of your watch. they go by the clock on the wall, or on the register.
-don't try to bribe the employee to sell alcohol after 2. there are cameras, and you will either be turned down, of cause the employee to get fired. (all things related to alcohol are taken very seriously.)
-if you can't figure out the pump, check to see that the employee is busy before barging in and asking for help. if they are busy, try asking another customer at the pumps. they figured it out.
-your jokes have all been told before... all of them... and most of them weren't funny the first time.
-if there are a lot of customers behind you, don't start small talk. if you really need to have a small conversations then finish the transaction and start a conversation with one of the other customers, or wait until the other customers are done.
-if you want to prepay for gas, don't cut in line. you are not more important then the 5 customers that were in the store lined up to buy their product. if you are in a hurry, you should have brought a credit card, or left earlier.
-if you choose to pump and then pay, please have your wallet with you, or your purse in the passenger side of the car to insure that we know you aren't getting in your car to drive off.
-try to avoid arriving during shift change. at the stores I work at, this would include 7am-8am, 3pm-4pm, and 10pm-11pm. if you do, you will have to wait until the shift change is complete, which takes about 15mins.
-don't buy something for under $40 and pay for it with a $100 bill. this is a pain to do, especially during graveyard when we are not allowed to have much money in the register. we are supposed to have $50 max, and in $5's and $1's.
-during graveyard shift, $20's are annoying. since we don't have any $10's.
-if you bring in a $20, $50, or $100, we will check to make sure it is real. do not get annoyed at this. we have no way of knowing that you just got it from the bank across the street. even if we see you just walk out of it, you may have had a fake on you and walked in there and out to make it look that way.
-don't argue with policy. the cameras make it hard to get away with anything. don't ask the employee to make an exception.
-if you are carded for alcohol or tobacco, please take the card out of the holder.
-if we ask for an ID, one must be presented for the transaction to be completed. once we ask, we can't back down.
-never buy just condoms. if you do, it is really embarrassing, and brings a new meaning when we say "have a good one" as you are walking out the door. if you buy it with several snacks, it usually goes unnoticed.
-it doesn't matter how drunk you are, don't tell me how this or that employee makes you hard... (yes, people have told me this)
-don't buy porn if kids are in the store
-if you buy porn, don't talk to the employee about what is in it...
-if you buy porn, wait until you are out of the store, and in your car before opening it. no one wants to walk up to a store and see people looking at porn in plain sight.
-don't talk to people underage in, or right outside the store and then come in and buy alcohol or tobacco.
-before you press the "request assistance" key, check to make sure that their are more then one employee on duty, or that the store doesn't have customers in it. we cannot leave the till with customers in the store.
-leave your "dog" out side. it doesn't matter if it fits in your purse that go with your shoes. it's a dog, and you don't need it in the store. if you do need it, for an assistance dog, that is allowed.
-don't ask to use the telephone if there are more then one or two other customers in the store.
-don't talk about illegal activity in or outside the store, even if you are joking.
-if you wish to see the manager, they never work graveyard! come in after 8am. usually they take the morning shift.
wow that was long. I think I'll cut it short here. also, if anyone reads this whole thing, thanks. if not, and you just read parts of it, thanks anyway. if you get offended by something, ask about it and I may be able to explain it better as to not offend you. if you still are offended, oh well. I'm not here to please people.
I want to start with this. I seem to think that things should work they way that I see as the best way. I can't seem to help it. now, don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that everything is my way, or that it should be. I'm talking about things that are widely done a way that is inefficient. for example, I think that people that work at government jobs that are based around helping people should make helping people the main concern, as opposed to saving as much money for themselves as possible, like they seem to do now.
(as a warning, there is no correlation between one thought to the next.)
singing: words that are spoken with sounds held out, usually to some rheumatic sounds made from instruments. this doesn't include rap... this also doesn't include screaming and yelling the words. nor does it include a monologue to the beat of music. I also think that music should be about the words in it. I have heard songs that have a great beat, but I hate the words. I know that a lot of people don't agree with this, but this is what I think.
also, it seems to me that most songs are selfish in nature. this bugs me...
judging people: you should have to get some sort of license to be taken seriously when judging someone. too many people don't know what's going on and they start talking about the person and ends up making things horrible for that person, when that person doesn't deserve how people treat him/her. I like to think I'm a good judge of a person, but that is because I haven't been wrong for several years, despite me giving people a more then fair opportunity to prove me wrong before I act upon my thought about the person.
age/maturity: they are not the same!!! experience may come with age, but maturity can more then make up for it. if people would act mature, we would have a lot fewer problems in this world. also, just because someone is young, doesn't mean that they know less. I remember when I was young and would argue with adults on this or that issue, and they would throw out anything I said because I was younger then them, when in fact I was right in many of the arguments. and what's worse is when a person puts people down who are only a couple years younger then them. it's ridiculous, and it shows the maturity level, or in this can, lack there of.
on a different note, lets address the people that cause problems at my work,(a gas station) and how they can avoid these problems.
-never leave your wallet in your pants at home unless you plan to leave the house with that same set of clothes.
-never leave the house without your wallet.
-keep at least two forms of payment with you if your primary one is plastic.
-always have your ID with you. (is it that hard to bring your driver's license with you?
-don't be mad when asked for an ID, most places require that the employees card anyone who looks like they might be under 30.
-don't come into the store with a group of friends for one person to buy alcohol or tobacco.
-don't come into the store with your bf/gf to buy alcohol or tobacco when your bf/gf is under age.
-don't come to the store drunk and expect to buy alcohol. any other items are ok, in fact I find that drunk people help lighten the mood, as long as they aren't the aggressive type.
-don't be upset at the cashier when they are out of something. it is not their fault.
-do not get upset when they are out of coffee. chances are that they know and they are waiting for everyone to clear the store so they can actually get to work on it.
-never assume that the employees stand at the register all day. they are just required to be there when costumers are in the store to make transactions quicker.
-don't threaten to tell the manager, chances are that the manager would agree with the employee. this is because the customer usually doesn't know the situation.
-don't take off without paying because you didn't like something, and then come back and expect to be treated with respect.
-be nice to graveyard, they are tired, and they don't want to deal with your stuff.
-don't come into the store after 2 and expect to buy alcohol
-don't argue that it's not passed 2 yet because of your watch. they go by the clock on the wall, or on the register.
-don't try to bribe the employee to sell alcohol after 2. there are cameras, and you will either be turned down, of cause the employee to get fired. (all things related to alcohol are taken very seriously.)
-if you can't figure out the pump, check to see that the employee is busy before barging in and asking for help. if they are busy, try asking another customer at the pumps. they figured it out.
-your jokes have all been told before... all of them... and most of them weren't funny the first time.
-if there are a lot of customers behind you, don't start small talk. if you really need to have a small conversations then finish the transaction and start a conversation with one of the other customers, or wait until the other customers are done.
-if you want to prepay for gas, don't cut in line. you are not more important then the 5 customers that were in the store lined up to buy their product. if you are in a hurry, you should have brought a credit card, or left earlier.
-if you choose to pump and then pay, please have your wallet with you, or your purse in the passenger side of the car to insure that we know you aren't getting in your car to drive off.
-try to avoid arriving during shift change. at the stores I work at, this would include 7am-8am, 3pm-4pm, and 10pm-11pm. if you do, you will have to wait until the shift change is complete, which takes about 15mins.
-don't buy something for under $40 and pay for it with a $100 bill. this is a pain to do, especially during graveyard when we are not allowed to have much money in the register. we are supposed to have $50 max, and in $5's and $1's.
-during graveyard shift, $20's are annoying. since we don't have any $10's.
-if you bring in a $20, $50, or $100, we will check to make sure it is real. do not get annoyed at this. we have no way of knowing that you just got it from the bank across the street. even if we see you just walk out of it, you may have had a fake on you and walked in there and out to make it look that way.
-don't argue with policy. the cameras make it hard to get away with anything. don't ask the employee to make an exception.
-if you are carded for alcohol or tobacco, please take the card out of the holder.
-if we ask for an ID, one must be presented for the transaction to be completed. once we ask, we can't back down.
-never buy just condoms. if you do, it is really embarrassing, and brings a new meaning when we say "have a good one" as you are walking out the door. if you buy it with several snacks, it usually goes unnoticed.
-it doesn't matter how drunk you are, don't tell me how this or that employee makes you hard... (yes, people have told me this)
-don't buy porn if kids are in the store
-if you buy porn, don't talk to the employee about what is in it...
-if you buy porn, wait until you are out of the store, and in your car before opening it. no one wants to walk up to a store and see people looking at porn in plain sight.
-don't talk to people underage in, or right outside the store and then come in and buy alcohol or tobacco.
-before you press the "request assistance" key, check to make sure that their are more then one employee on duty, or that the store doesn't have customers in it. we cannot leave the till with customers in the store.
-leave your "dog" out side. it doesn't matter if it fits in your purse that go with your shoes. it's a dog, and you don't need it in the store. if you do need it, for an assistance dog, that is allowed.
-don't ask to use the telephone if there are more then one or two other customers in the store.
-don't talk about illegal activity in or outside the store, even if you are joking.
-if you wish to see the manager, they never work graveyard! come in after 8am. usually they take the morning shift.
wow that was long. I think I'll cut it short here. also, if anyone reads this whole thing, thanks. if not, and you just read parts of it, thanks anyway. if you get offended by something, ask about it and I may be able to explain it better as to not offend you. if you still are offended, oh well. I'm not here to please people.
