Let it out

By MrTandy - 16/09/2011 02:38 - United States

Today, I was working when I delivered the standard "Hello, how are you?" to a customer. He took the opportunity to tell me about his deceased wife, his estranged children, and his anal tearing. After a while, I tried to help someone else, and he complained to my manager. I was written up. FML
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ollie179 21

*sob* and my poor wife *sob* *sob* and my children are gone and... NEXT PLEASE!

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smartloser 0

Right fyl not fhl (fhislife), you had to listen to him, he actually has those problems. the getting written up does suck though

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Afonya 2

You will always get some wierd or crazy person soo.. Just listen to them and move on.

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sklorange 5

Dude, you don't just walk away from a guy who's experienced anal tearing. On a more serious note, it sounds like he was playin' ya. I mean, who admits to having anal tearing to strangers?

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yamatelle 19

Anal tearing? Did he accomplish this by shoving an instrument up his ass? People seem to be shoving musical instruments anywhere these days.

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yamatelle 19

I don't know. Are you from Penistone?

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yamatelle 19

It could be worse. You could be working as a 9-1-1 operator and I swear, from the stories I hear, people call for the stupidest things. For example: Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency? Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich. Dispatcher: Excuse me? Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher: Was anything else taken? Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it! Always try to look at the bright side, OP.

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ICaughtFire 4

Similar things happened to me when I worked at a T-Mobile call center. I would have people calling for the stupidest reasons, and fairly often, people would accidentally dial "611" when they meant to dial "911".

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Vash_41288 10

I also worked for Tmobile tech 2 support and I got a strange man yelling that he needed assistance and that his wife was not breathing, I kept telling him I could not help and to please dial 911 but he was hysterical, I tried calming him down and nothing worked my supervisor walked over, picked up my headset and just said the dead air script and hung up like it was nothing. I felt bad for the guy though hope he was ok.

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leadman1989 15

9-1-1 what's your emergency? -I'm stuck in a chair. ??? Is it a wheel chair? - Oh yeah I can't walk. Thanks. 9-1-1 what's your emergency? -The sun has burned out it's the end of times god help us all. It's just night time ma'am. - what? But... but my children I wanted to spare them the pain of living through the eternal darkness. O.o what is your address ma'ma? - "dial tone"

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ICaughtFire 4

@34 I had a call once where it sounded like a woman was being beat. All I could hear was a female screaming "stop, please, etc.," and a man that sounded angry. Out broke my heart because there was nothing I could do to help.

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ICaughtFire 4

I meant @32, sorry. It*

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a_nutritionist 10

@32 your boss did the only right thing. he wasnt listening, and by hanging up he would be forced to dial again anyway.

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dd809 9

I feel your pain. Yesterday one of my customers told me in great detail about her diarrhea.

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Neukmijnleven 9

YDI for asking "how are you?". What else did you expect than the customer answering your question?

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FMLollie 7

Because it's polite and most people say "I'm good thanks" even if their not.

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pink_o_holic 3

My best friend works at Kroger, and she told me that when the cashier says, "hello, how are you?" they're not doing it to be polite, it's mandatory.

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Rabidkid 14

It is mandatory, I just ask how is it going today and walk away :)

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EvilDave 13

It is not polite to ask if you don't care and only want to hear "Fine". It is rude.

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Petunia888 13

22- you've never experienced the purgatory that is retail, have you? You ask, not because you really wanna know, but because it gives customers a false impression that you care, which in turn, brings in more business. Good responses: I'm fine, I'm ok, I'm good, I'm doing well, I'm alright. Bad responses: excessive detail about problems that it is not in our job description to solve.

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a_nutritionist 10

even saying "my life is terrible" is fine. youre allowed to tell people youre not doing well, youre not allowed to just burden them with your problems, especially when they dont know you personally. i often will tell someone that my day has been shit if its true, i dont just go on about every little thing that went wrong.

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ekb294 4

Written up?? That's so unfair! I feel your pain I get life stories all the time it's like we have counsellor stamped on our foreheads

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leadman1989 15

I and a coworker had this guy with giant anal warts on his face (ok so they were just creepy boils) throw a product because we couldn't tell him EVERY detail about it on the spot. We were trying our best and being as nice as possible but he just FLIPPED out we were like WTF? Our bosses saw everything they ran over to see if we were cool and then kicked him out. Just saying you get a few people who aren't quit right. But FYL for getting written up that's not fair. :(

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mandislee 0

You must work in a hotel too. Story of my life... Everyday.

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