The Vent and Rant Thread

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

on Wednesdays there is a fast food place a few blocks away that has a Wednesday Combo Special (I won't mention any names).

Whopper? not-listening again...

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

A: Yes, I'd like today's special, no cheese, with iced tea, to go.

When I worked at one of those places people used to come up and order:

I want a cheeseburger and a coke, no fries no apple pie.

Ok...

My supervisor used to get mad when I didn't suggestive sell.

What, you want me to piss the customers off? The point of suggestive sell, as I was told, was to help the customers in case they forgot to order something (yes and to sell more of course). Because some people do forget to order a drink or fries. But, if they specifically told me they don't want an apple pie, I am not going to ask them if they want an apple pie....two seconds later. They will think I am a mindless moron.

BOb

[Nate the great]

A POX UPON EVERYONE WHO USES FEDEX GROUND!




I CURSE THEE UNTO THE LAST GENERATION! MAY ALL

YOUR DESCENDANTS LOOK LIKE THE COMIC BOOK GUY

FROM THE SIMPSON'S!

[desertgrandma]

The comic book guy from the Simpsons?

thats pretty harsh! Tell us whats going on..........

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

A POX UPON EVERYONE WHO USES FEDEX GROUND!




I CURSE THEE UNTO THE LAST GENERATION! MAY ALL

YOUR DESCENDANTS LOOK LIKE THE COMIC BOOK GUY

FROM THE SIMPSON'S!

I agree.

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Ok... this was funny people. You know, where do most readers have reset buttons? On the backside... you have to poke a paper clip in the hole to press it.

BOb

I thought it was hilarious BOb. I've been trying to think of a comeback via the PRS700 stylus route, that has a built-in prick that you unscrew! Where would you insert that? Where would you get another one if you lost it?

Are WE losing it BOb? WDE.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

The comic book guy from the Simpsons?

thats pretty harsh! Tell us whats going on..........

Fedex Ground is a waste of the shipping cost. Fedex is different from UPS and the USPS in that Ground is the second tier service. Fedex has a second set of delivery trucks for Fedex Ground. UPS uses the same truck whether the package is shipped Air or Ground. Ditto for the Post Office.

At UPS, a Ground customer is handled by the same customer service rep as any other shipping method. At Fedex, they have an entirely separate department for Ground. A request for a returned call will be ignored for 4 or 5 days.


USPS Priority Mail usually costs only a little more and arrives much faster. I keep telling and telling people to stop using Fedex Ground. NO ONE LISTENS!

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I'd hate to know where you poke the paper clip to reset.

BOb

I'll never tell ....

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I'll never tell ....

where have you been??? I've had to deal with this site alone all night!!!

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

where have you been??? I've had to deal with this site alone all night!!!

Was that a rant or a boast?

BOb

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Was that a rant or a boast?

BOb

It was a "HOLY MOLY"!!

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Fedex Ground is a waste of the shipping cost. Fedex is different from UPS and the USPS in that Ground is the second tier service. Fedex has a second set of delivery trucks for Fedex Ground. UPS uses the same truck whether the package is shipped Air or Ground. Ditto for the Post Office.

At UPS, a Ground customer is handled by the same customer service rep as any other shipping method. At Fedex, they have an entirely separate department for Ground. A request for a returned call will be ignored for 4 or 5 days.


USPS Priority Mail usually costs only a little more and arrives much faster. I keep telling and telling people to stop using Fedex Ground. NO ONE LISTENS!

I worked at a mom-and-pop shipping center once. We took for Fed Ex, Fed Ex Ground, and UPS. Fed Ex Ground is a completely different animal. The paperwork was (at that time) horrific, compared to the other two. And the support for Fed Ex Ground for even us, as a ship center, was awful.

[ravenne]

I´m trying to speak to someone of the German telekom (common communication carrier). And, of course, a nice female voice of a machine was answering my phone call. It goes like "Are you a business client? Please answer yes or no". Problem is: I can´t. Well, I try to, but apparently my voice sounds that strange today (it´s still the flu), that this woman (the machine, of course) won´t understand me, not even a simple one-word-answer. She makes me repeat it over and over again ("I´m sorry, I didn´t understand you. Are you a..."). After about 10 times this stupid switch-bitch-machine tells me I should try again later and kicks me out!!! My colleague is lying on the floor laughing, because my voice sounds so "old", like a "grandfather after four packs of cigarettes". I had no cigarettes, I swear, and I´m neither male nor that old - and even if I had or was, would that be a reason to ignore me, you stupid machine, you, grrrr. I asked my colleague to do this phone call for me, but he refused, because it´s so much fun (!!!) to listen to me. Pardon me??!! Men and machines - I hate you both today

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Scenario:

I get lazy sometimes, and on Wednesdays there is a fast food place a few blocks away that has a Wednesday Combo Special (I won't mention any names). I know the food's not that nutritious and has some fat but here the story goes as I walk up to the counter....

Q: Can I help you?

<snip>

A: Here's my debit card (YOU FARKIN ROTE FOR BRAINS MORON I say silently in my head)

That reminds me of a stand-up comedian here...


On the furniture department the sales of pillows was not going too well. That was because this shop had them only in two colours, while the other shop across the street had them in ten different colours. Instead of ordering extra colours, that first shop created a salescourse, titles "Do and think towards the customer".,

First, Do towards the customer: "Good afternoon."
Then Think towards the customer. The customer probably wants to buy something, so you ask him: "How can I help you?"
The customer will say something like "I am looking for a pillow".
You, as salesperson explains that he has the choice out of 2 different colours, the customer makes his choice and leaves the building, satisfied.

Reality:
"Do you sell pillows?"
"Good afternoon."
"Yeah, good afternoon, do you sell pillows?"
"How can I help you?"
"Do you sell pillows?"
"Ehhh.."
"Well, do you or don't you sell pillows?"
"Well, we do have them, but we never sell them."
"And why is that?"
"We have the choice of two colours, while that other shop has ten different colours."
"Is that other shop far from here?"
"No, just across the street".
And again a satisfied customer leaves the building.

The morale of that story, maybe you should deviate from your sales pitch!

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by ravenne

I´m trying to speak to someone of the German telekom (common communication carrier). And, of course, a nice female voice of a machine was answering my phone call. It goes like "Are you a business client? Please answer yes or no". Problem is: I can´t. Well, I try to, but apparently my voice sounds that strange today (it´s still the flu), that this woman (the machine, of course) won´t understand me, not even a simple one-word-answer. She makes me repeat it over and over again ("I´m sorry, I didn´t understand you. Are you a..."). After about 10 times this stupid switch-bitch-machine tells me I should try again later and kicks me out!!! My colleague is lying on the floor laughing, because my voice sounds so "old", like a "grandfather after four packs of cigarettes". I had no cigarettes, I swear, and I´m neither male nor that old - and even if I had or was, would that be a reason to ignore me, you stupid machine, you, grrrr. I asked my colleague to do this phone call for me, but he refused, because it´s so much fun (!!!) to listen to me. Pardon me??!! Men and machines - I hate you both today

Don't you have those nice talking computers there that ask you to enter a number?

I had to activate my CC yesterday, and for security reasons I also had to answer the question whether I was male or female... Just by pressing one or two...