entitled people

[gh0st]

i hate people who think they are entitled to my spreading my butt cheeks of dignity to be pumbled mercilessly by their phallus of self righteousness.

i was cashiering for a bit today and im shutting my register down, so i kindly ask this tard of an old man to put my little closed sign at the end of the register ("please"). he obliges and awhile later he mutters angerly "youre welcome". i ignore it because he's old and probably lives in the dumpster behind the store.

he gives me a 20 or something for like a 9.67 purchase and so i give him his change. what does he say?

"youre welcome."

you know, the mocking tone people use when they expect you to say thank you.

why the **** would i thank him when im giving him money?

OH THANK YOU KIND SIR FOR YOUR PATRONAGE. I AM SO HAPPY YOU CAME HERE AT 11:10 AT NIGHT, TEN MINUTES AFTER THE STORE CLOSES.

ps im tired and couldnt decide which forum. i guess im like a pidgeon, naturally attracted to the politics forum.

 

[Death.Trap]

He was probably angry that you didn't say thank you for him putting the sign up. Just carried over.

 

[Is This Tea]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_entitlement
Yeah the culture of entitlement really blows. However, I would have said "thank you" to the guy in the first place because I like and am therefore curtious to other human beings but, if I was in his position I wouldn’t have pressed the issue by asking for your praise. Mom, dad, look at what I’m doing… I moved the sign by myself!

 

[Death.Trap]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_entitlement
Yeah the culture of entitlement really blows. I would have said "thank you" to the guy in the first place because I like and am therefore curtious to other human beings but, if I was in his position I wouldn’t have pressed the issue by asking for your praise. Mom, dad, look at what I’m doing… I moved the sign by myself!

It's really just common courtesy to just say "thanks" when someone does something for you. Not like it hurts you to say it.

 

[Is This Tea]

"On the moon we have advanced beyond rules and manors."

 

[gick]

That sort of shit happens all the time when you work retail (or anything that involves contact with the public). The amount of stories I have about the ****s who come into the restaurant I work at.....

 

[15357]

My advice: Work in a job where you get to beat up people.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Well, it is polite to say thank you (not for the money thing, though).

But...that's what you get working in retail. Twats.

 

[ríomhaire]

I work in a shop and I (almost) always say thank you when I give someone their change

 

[RoyaleWithCheese]

I guess this is an explosive situation, you're obviously not very happy with your job and/or not capable of doing it like they expect you to. So suck it up or get antoher job is my advice.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Welcome to the exciting world of Capitalism!

In Capitalism, people don't enjoy acting Social without recompense, regardless of how you may Dictate to them.

:shh:

 

[Parlez]

i hate people who think they are entitled to my spreading my butt cheeks of dignity to be pumbled mercilessly by their phallus of self righteousness.

ROFL! But I know what you are talking about. I work at Ace Hardware and when I first started working there they put me as a cashier. :frown: so I got plenty of those people thinking they are soooo much better than everyone. I was so happy when my boss told me I could walk around and help people in the store.

 

[Ennui]

the old gh0st is back! yay!

i feel you. customers are sometimes huge assholes. some dude put his bag of trash on the counter (the guy was obviously on cocaine, believe me, we know him and his friend) and told my manager to "take care of his trash". my manager just about leapt over the counter and punched him in the face.

 

[CptStern]

as a cashier you're kinda on the bottom rung of the workforce pecking order, pretty much everyone is above you so act accordingly ..genuflecting will suffice ..frankly I'm surprised you can function at all in a retail setting (or in the real world for that matter) ..that is unless it's a gun store or a White Power Gift Shoppe™ :naughty:

 

[A True Canadian]

OH THANK YOU KIND SIR FOR YOUR PATRONAGE. I AM SO HAPPY YOU CAME HERE AT 11:10 AT NIGHT, TEN MINUTES AFTER THE STORE CLOSES.

Is the "closed register" sign really needed at closing time?

 

[gh0st]

as a cashier you're kinda on the bottom rung of the workforce pecking order, pretty much everyone is above you so act accordingly ..genuflecting will suffice ..frankly I'm surprised you can function at all in a retail setting (or in the real world for that matter) ..that is unless it's a gun store or a White Power Gift Shoppe™ :naughty:

im a PIC (person-in-charge). so im a hybrid manager and cashier. hence i get more than my fair share of wise ass customers. i've learned the most effective way to insult and or infuriate someone is not to just outright call them a dumbass as some of my coworkers have done, but to belittle them and make them look stupid.

i have the advantage by knowing procedure like the back of my hand so i always know whats happening. my favorite is canceling the pinpad after they've swiped their card and put their pIN in so they have to get their card out and do it again... and again... HAHAAHA. every small victory is a victory nonetheless...

i looked at a chart and my store has some of the worst customer service of all our rivals in this area. because they hire people like me who cant handle being subservient to some homeless wretch and who arent afraid to just out and say it.

I guess this is an explosive situation, you're obviously not very happy with your job and/or not capable of doing it like they expect you to. So suck it up or get antoher job is my advice.

oh i like my job a lot. i make decent money and the work is reasonably hard. 80% of the people i meet are pretty good. and im not complaining about my job, just a certain demographic.

its the old people asking for paper plastic and criticizing my bagging etc. plus the repetitive nature of my work.

 

[CptStern]

im a PIC (person-in-charge). so im a hybrid manager and cashier.

all people see is "cashier"

hence i get more than my fair share of wise ass customers. i've learned the most effective way to insult and or infuriate someone is not to just outright call them a dumbass as some of my coworkers have done, but to belittle them and make them look stupid.

i have the advantage by knowing procedure like the back of my hand so i always know whats happening. my favorite is canceling the pinpad after they've swiped their card and put their pIN in so they have to get their card out and do it again... and again... HAHAAHA. every small victory is a victory nonetheless...

immature but I effective I guess

i looked at a chart and my store has some of the worst customer service of all our rivals in this area. because they hire people like me who cant handle being subservient to some homeless wretch and who arent afraid to just out and say it.

you should be thankful you have a job at all ..if you cant handle a relatively stress free job in retail you should probably get out of customer service

 

[VictimOfScience]

I hope people are nice to me when I am that age...:|

 

[gh0st]

all people see is "cashier"

no! i wear a special vest which entitles me to respect
l

 

[Ennui]

gh0st you get paid to deal with assholes, so maybe you should suck it up or get a new job

 

[CptStern]

no! i wear a special vest which entitles me to respect
l

unless you're selling Porsches or condos people look down on retail employees ..I think it's a combination of not wanting to be bothered ("may I help you?" ..NO **** off), and the fact that it's a service industry ("I'm the customer, I'm always right") ..the only time I've ever seen a customer service job where the person working has all the control is bartender "what? you called me barkeep?..you're cut off, no booze for you" ..I've done it many many times ..be surprised how people treat you afterwards

 

[Revisedsoul]

i got a prick of a customer today.

selling computers, and we have a deal where you get a free pritner, router, flash drive and a couple other goodies. i told this customer this, and got mad saying that he didnt need another ****ign printer. so i told him he didnt have to take the package. and then went on a rant saying how im lying to him and that if he doesnt take the package he has to pay more for the computer, which i insisted was untrue. and went on how i was lying and that hes been around long enough to know the truth that everybody does that, then completly go the otherway saying that our competirors dont and that he should go there, so in the rudest way possible without swearing i told him, go shop else were then. and he had a startled face, like a deer in the headlights, not expecting me to tell him to **** off.

great thing about it, my manager came up and said i did a great job.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

"i looked at a chart and my store has some of the worst customer service of all our rivals in this area. because they hire people like me who cant handle being subservient to some homeless wretch and who arent afraid to just out and say it."

Before now, I'd honestly never pegged you as a member of the liberal elite.

The above quote is, after all, the exact complaint that - in the current conservative worldview - is typical of the vast swarms of latte-drinking blue state homosexuals who are alleged to hold such disdain for the "idiotic" lower classes.

As would be, presumably, your petty sacrifices of morality and tradition, in exchange for subversive social change and the almighty dollar.

How odd.


Further details in What's The Matter With Kansas? by Thomas Frank.

 

[gh0st]

ok if 1 is dumb, and 10 is smart, please translate that to about a 4 or 5...

 

[Absinthe]

I actually have that book, but haven't gotten around to reading it.

 

[CptStern]

ok if 1 is dumb, and 10 is smart, please translate that to about a 4 or 5...

lol, he's saying

"oi! for a conservative you sure do sound like a liberal, guv'na!"



..without the crappy british accent of course

 

[Mechagodzilla]

He doesn't sound like a real liberal, but identical to the current conservative stereotype of how liberals supposedly act.

The book I cited details how the first- or second-most effective conservative rallying point (AKA "values") is largely the unfounded belief that liberals constitute a race of snooty amoral upperclassmen who are constantly trying to attack the lower classes and therefore America in general.

This, confusingly, gets working-class folks (such as yourself) to vote for the party with the biggest support of corporations that do their damnedest to exploit working-class folks (such as yourself).

So, to summarize this down to a "6" on your scale:

American conservatives have taken the worst aspects of thier own philosophy and then scapegoated them onto fictional "liberals".
Thus, much of the things that you undoubtedly hate about "liberals" are actually key traits of the conservative party.

So, I am merely commenting that your personal class war at the quick-e-mart here comes across as an odd - but typical - exercise in self-destruction.

On the social ladder, "manager/cashier" isn't really that much higher than "old man living in a dumpster".
Yet ya hate the old man and show unwavering political support for the richest 1% of the country.

 

[gh0st]

On the social ladder, "manager/cashier" isn't really that much higher than "old man living in a dumpster".
Yet ya hate the old man and show unwavering political support for the richest 1% of the country.

find me a homeless man living in a dumpster who makes 15.91 an hour, goes to university full time, and lives in a middle class neighborhood, all of which my wages afford. well, except university but thats another issue.

i dont hate him, i hate his (typically) self righteous demeanor. nor do i have unwavering support to the top 1%. think of me as steven colbert on crack in fact, the only reason i act conservative on these forums is to oppose cptstern cause so few other people bother. that shows how important he is to me

and less funny.

 

[Is This Tea]

I have to be unwaveringly honest here and say that, “Stephen Colbert on crack really is an already accurate description of how I see you.” But that’s a good thing.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

$15.91 per hour is the exact average hourly wage of the american worker - circa 1979.* The average is slightly higher now.

Your current income (ignoring the university fees) would put you a bit lower than the yellow line on this chart:

http://www.rationalrevolution.net/images/aftertaxinc2000.gif

Regardless of the stern-bashing, I'm sure you still voted for Bush. Meaning that you threw your economic support behind that red line up there near the top, and not the yellow line down near the bottom.

*(adjusted to 2001 dollars for inflation)

 

[gh0st]

Regardless of the stern-bashing, I'm sure you still voted for Bush. Meaning that you threw your economic support behind that red line up there near the top, and not the yellow line down near the bottom.

i've never voted. i was too young to vote for anything in 2000 and in 2004. i can vote in 2006 though.

there would be far more than simple economics involved with who i would vote for, though.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Right, I forgot that you were in highschool still.

It's good not to focus on purely economics, but what other good reason is there to vote conservative?

 

[Tr0n]

Right, I forgot that you were in highschool still.

He is? I thought he was going to uni.

 

[Geogaddi]

$15.91 per hour is the exact average hourly wage of the american worker - circa 1979.* The average is slightly higher now.

Your current income (ignoring the university fees) would put you a bit lower than the yellow line on this chart:

http://www.rationalrevolution.net/images/aftertaxinc2000.gif

Regardless of the stern-bashing, I'm sure you still voted for Bush. Meaning that you threw your economic support behind that red line up there near the top, and not the yellow line down near the bottom.

*(adjusted to 2001 dollars for inflation)

That chart looks like it was made in MSPaint

 

[Mechagodzilla]

He is? I thought he was going to uni.

Ok, up until recently/whatever.

The point is that today's conservatism is only good if you're rich and/or religious, and then it's only good for you and no-one else.