"Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. " - Mark Twain
I would say that I am pretty good at tolerating people. I'll listen to people ramble... I'll bite my tounge when people say idiotic things, and I am certainly not one to throw a hissy fit everytime someone makes me mad. I also usually get over things pretty quickly. I don't let rude people ruin my day; however, working at Walmart has given me a taste of just how dumb people can be.
EXAMPLE ONE: Man walks up to my register looking for a pond filter. I politely tell him that we don't have any in Lawn and Garden and that the hardware department might carry them.
About 3 seconds later, a woman (his wife) comes at me from the opposite angle asking for a fountain filter. Now, keep in mind that I am trying to ring out another coustomer.... So, I politely tell the woman that the only filters in Lawn and Garden are for swimming pools.
Woman: Well, You had them last year.
Man: Can't you call an associate.
Me: I can see if someone else is around who might know where you can find them, but we don't have any back here.
Man: Nevermind!
Okay, so that should have been the end of it. Nope! 5 minutes later, the man and woman walk back with an assistant manager. She came in and asked me and a co worker where the fountain filters were. I just stood there, and my coworker backed up my story that we dont carry them this year. Finally, the man and woman decided to calm themselves down and checked out... but here is what makes me mad about this situation:
- First of all, I genuinely hate it when coustomers act like I am stupid. If I don't know the answer to their question, I ask someone else. If I do know, I tell them what I know.
-Secondly- What did they go tell the manager... that I wouldn't help them? Uhhhh.... thats just not okay with me.
- Finally, after it was all said and done. They both simply go through my line as if they didn't just act like pigs in front of a whole line of people. I had a lot of mean things to say, but I just smiled polietly, even though it took every ounce of christianity in my body not to give them a piece of my mind.
EXAMPLE TWO: I've worked with some difficult people in my life, but this time around I have a coworker who I just can't stand. This girl started working about a week after I did, but she seems to think she owns the place. She always tries to boss me... for example, she will be standing 3 feet away from the register, and a coustomer will come "STACY YOU HAVE A COUSTOMER" ... now here is what annoys me about that... first of all, I constantly am checking to see if I have coustomers, and when she yells like this, it makes me look bad. Also, she is perfectably capable of, and responsible for running the register. Its not MY job, it is everyones. I'm not sure why I am always the one getting pulled away from my work to ring people out.
Another annoying thing this girl does... is inturrepting. One day in particular.... I came into work 2 hours before her and had already restocked everything and was about half way through straightening the shelves. I tried to tell her that she didn't need to stock things, but she kept saying things like "Okay after we are done with this, we can start pulling things." After about five unsuccessful attempts to tell her, I went ahead and let boss lady check every item to see if we needed more. I think out of the whole department, she only had to refill one or two things, because a coustomer had been there after I had already stocked it... she basically wasted two hours of her time... shoulda listened dontcha think?
EXAMPLE THREE: Okay so, anyone who knows me, knows that every year I look forward to my families big trip to Geneva on the Lake, so getting a new job brought about the stress of having to beg for that week off. Now, when I found out that a girl who started the same time I did has already taken a weeks vacation, I assumed that I would have no problems doing the same. Especially since I made up an elaborate story about why I needed that week off.
At Walmart, if you want to take time off, you simply go into the computer and punch in the days you need to be gone. On May 22nd, a month ago, I went in and requested July 24th-the 31st off. Every few days I go in to see if it's been accepted yet and every day I get greeted with PENDNG. So, I did the responsible thing and went and talked to someone in personel about it.
Several trips later and it still says pending. I'm gonna have to start being mean. I know they really want to ruin my vacation, but thats just not gonna happen.
Anyways, I have to get up in a few hours to deal with this wonderful group of people, so I need my sleep. Hope everyone is having a great summer!
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