Alrighty, today it's time for a full-blown rant. If you want to get a feel for what's coming up, take a moment to use the complimentary search bar to the right to look for my 'Free' rant. This particular scenario is slightly similar, and the hatred is definitely on the same level.
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~I've had people say this to me before, but it was usually for a legitimate reason. Either, the line was long, a customer was being a severe pain, or the desk was a mess with baskets of returns. The phrase that I'm referring to, of course is, "I would hate your job." On this particular Tuesday, I had a customer tell me this completely out of the blue. It wasn't busy, I hadn't had a problematic return for a while, and the desk area was cleaned up nicely. Did she really have to ruin one of the small, easy-going windows of time that I get during the day with that horrid phrase? How do they even expect me to reply to that? Do they want me to bubble over with glee, give them a big smile and say:
"Ohmigosh! How could you!? It's so awesome working up here! I get to meet some of the most interesting people. Like you, for example, who feel the need to shove my face in the fact that I have one of the least enjoyable jobs in the store. Now you should probably leave, hun, before I rip this monitor off the desk and wing it at your head, **giggle.**"
Really, guys I need an answer. Why would you tell someone this other than to be just plain mean? Hell, why would you tell someone this specifically to be plain mean? If I'm in some random store and inclined to believe that an employee really doesn't like their job, the last thing I was to do is rub their nose in it. That isn't just me speaking from personal experience, either because I've never felt to need to do that even before I became a customer service representative. Odds are, if its a menial job you think you might hate, they probably already do. So take that particular combination of words out of your vocabulary and...
"Ohmigosh! How could you!? It's so awesome working up here! I get to meet some of the most interesting people. Like you, for example, who feel the need to shove my face in the fact that I have one of the least enjoyable jobs in the store. Now you should probably leave, hun, before I rip this monitor off the desk and wing it at your head, **giggle.**"
Really, guys I need an answer. Why would you tell someone this other than to be just plain mean? Hell, why would you tell someone this specifically to be plain mean? If I'm in some random store and inclined to believe that an employee really doesn't like their job, the last thing I was to do is rub their nose in it. That isn't just me speaking from personal experience, either because I've never felt to need to do that even before I became a customer service representative. Odds are, if its a menial job you think you might hate, they probably already do. So take that particular combination of words out of your vocabulary and...
DON'T SAY IT!
4 comments:
It's a little off topic but I just wanted to let you know that I am telling a lot of people to come read your blog. You'll be popular before you know it! Oh and I also loaded up your blog at Best Buy on one of their laptops and then walked away. Next time, I'll do it on all of them and maybe get more people to read! :D
I think I got it.......these people are just plain dumb! Really, why, for heaven's sake, would they say that. Maybe a small advice, which you probably will not follow :-) : When a person says that again to you, look her/him in the eyes and then look next to her/him and say: Next! And give her/him the stuff back, say it has to go back in line again and there he/she can think about its' behavior :-D
Thank you, Holly, you're the best ^_^.
Ellen you have no idea how much I wish I could do that to customers. Unfortunately, I don't think my supervisors wouldn't like all the complaints that would get me >.>
i've definitely got this a few times in my retail experience. this blog made me laugh and nod my head in agreement. :)
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