Saturday, 5 May 2007

Saturday Sound Off II

I was working this morning and a customer said to me...



"Cheer up, it might never happen"
That must be the most annoying phrase in the history of the world. Mostly, I would like to reply... Fuck Off.


But I have a pleasant disposition,

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

i have never heard that phrase, thank god we don't have that here. I love the mosvie office space, and i think if you haven't seen it, you should. the main character is constantly being verbally attacked by perky people saying stupud shit and when he's grumpy about it, they keep responding "looks like someone's got a case of the mondays."

just because some people aren't perky doesn't mean they have to rub it in with inane bullshit, you know. Anyway, can you tell i only got 3 hours of sleep?
jilly

Anonymous said...

A case of the mondays sounds like the US version of "cheer up..."

Why did you not sleep? Lots of things swimming around in your head?

Anonymous said...

how tin the name of god did you ever get a job on the help desk of a major supermarket ,its like putting herod in charge of a creche

Roger said...

"But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Anonymous said...

When I went for the interview, a really great (Welsh) woman interviewed me. She said, you know, I would love you to work on Customer Services. She said "I can imagine you telling people they can't have their money back 'cos they've worn those shoes".

And that is exactly what I do. I am also a greeter. I hand out leaflets and magazines and baskets and say good evening. Obviously, I glare a lot too.

Anonymous said...

"Sic Semper Tyrranis...The South is Avenged!"

Anonymous said...

I can imagine you saying you can't have your money back because you've worn those shoes even though they wore them once and the heel fell off , just because they don't wear an I heart dickens t shirt.I am still laughing at the thought of you greeting people

Anonymous said...

"I am still laughing at the thought of you greeting people"

The best part of the greeters job is to catch shoplifters. I love it when people hang things on the back of the trolley and think I won't notice. And then they pretend to have a row with their husband, saying things like..."Oh, but I thought YOU had already paid for them" blah blah blah.

Pesky Little Critters.

Anonymous said...

...and if you havent got an "I Heart Dickens" T-Shirt...

Ya ain't comin' in.

Anonymous said...

maybe you should train as a store detective you don't have to be nice at all in the job and you are so tiny you can hide behind the kids clothes and spy

Anonymous said...

ps do you keep your pleasant disposition in a box?

The Broards said...

First of all, the new picture of you is quite lovely.

Walking around work I've had people say "Smile!" I, too, thought the proper response to that is a good "Fuck Off, Toad!" but I've never responded that way.

I think demanding a person to "smile" is rude. I'd never demand an ugly person to "BE BEAUTIFUL!" or someone in the workplace to "BE SEXY!" , so I prefer you not demand that I smile when I don't find anything worth smiling about

Anonymous said...

Now, I have this image of Clank as Colonel Peacock stuck in my head.

Would an I heart Wilkie Collins shirt do? I don't think I could wear a Dickens shirt. . .

Anonymous said...

i can't sleep because fire ants are slowly chewing my leg off, or so it feels like. i'm told sciatica goes away when the baby comes out so not to worry (snort). that's the same as your smile comment. telling someone in pain that they should not be sad or upset about being in pain should be outlawed.

the greeters at the walmart near me are either older than moses or mentally retarded. they just hand out stickers and say hi.

i think work is a great place to be grumpy, it's work, not vacation.

jilly

Meme said...

the greeters at the walmart near me are either older than moses or mentally retarded. they just hand out stickers and say hi. >>>>>>>>>
I'm saying nothing

Anonymous said...

Firstly, I am not metnayll rearted.

Secondly, I am only 40.

Thirdly, Emma, how logical you are! But yes, Fuck Off toad is easier.

Lastly, Rosa, I heart Wilkie Collins is perfectly acceptable. After all, Wilkie was best friends with Charlie, and The Moonstone is an excellent book, I really enjoyed it...Especailly Gabriels character. Mrs Weasley tells me to read the Woman in White, but there are so many books and so little time.

The Broards said...

"Firstly, I am not metnayll rearted."

Clanks, you made me laugh out loud

Anonymous said...

The Woman in White is on my bedtable...

Meme said...

can count fosco be far behind her?