If ever there was the stereotypical Saturday at F-Off, yesterday was it. One lost and clueless customer after another, needing it right away and not willing to spend any money. After working my shift, I'm just mentally and physically drained and really lose any hope for humanity.

I salute those of you who do this day after day.

i just noticed that wasn't any new chatter on here for a few days. i have been working crazy overtime here at my center. i'm third shift and we are understaffed. we are open 5 nights a week 24 hours. i am working about 10 hours a day lately. i'm not complaining the o.t. is great. my center is really quiet at night. just some customer can be very trying. our center also has a new scm. i like him so far. i am getting along with him nicely. so i don't have any problems or concerns right now.

so how is everyone else? i check here every few days to see what is going on with everyone else. i enjoy hearing what is going on outside of my little center. hope all is well. here is for no bad news.

My job at the Fright Farm ended on Saturday, Halloween. This is a bummer, but I have come away with a new group of friends at school, who also worked on the farm and car pooled with me! Whoda thunk it?? A new group of friends, and a crush. He was one of the actors at tha haunt, and he's a WONDERFUL, sweet, creative, artist type guy...who, if things go my way, I get to currupt (he's only 20. I know! bAd Shan!!!)...ooo...and he's TALLER than me by a whole inch!

Anyway, things are much better in my brains these days.

Just had a quick minute to catch up, but now it's back to work before my boss catches me slacking off ;P

I know it's been discussed, but I was just reading this thread over on the CustomersSuck forum and it reminded me of 2 different experiences with customers and store hours fun.

When I was promoted to the assistant manager position at a spoke I began opening the store on the usual guys day off.  The store opened at 7am, and I'd get to the store around 6:15, so I could wake up and eat some breakfast at the DPW before I punched in, etc (yes, these were the old days).  I'm eating a bagel, reading the news, and this guy is banging on the door, so I go up to it and he says "The usual guy opens when he's ready, around 6:30", to which I replied "Oh, I'm sorry, we open at 7, I'll have to make sure he doesn't open early from now on".  Ha Ha Ha

And the other one was a classic.  The store I worked in was open Sundays from 9-6.  Except this was the 4th of July, and the town we were in literally shuts down for a huge parade.  Even one of the supermarkets close all day so the town can use the store parking lot.  So we were closed.  The DM knew about it, it was a known part of doing business in that town.  We had the usual sign on the door when the store is closing for a holiday, nearest location (8 Miles away),  blah blah blah.  A customer complained that we were closed.  My manager got one of those "Customer Escalation" emails they get when a customer bitches to FredEx.   We had to prove to corporate that we were told to close!   And they were the ones who sent out the spreadsheet that all managers get with holiday closing, etc.  So basically, they took a customer complaint, and then made US prove that we were SUPPOSED to be closed. 

Similar to the time that another store I worked in was open on new years day because nobody bothered to tell me, as manager, that the spreadsheet was incorrect, and we were supposed to be closed.  We didn't make a dime that day.  Seriously.  

Aah, what a screwey company I used to work for.

Happy Halloween everyone! I'll be spending it in hell (seems appropriate somehow).

I think this needs a revival.
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