Haha
Was reading a discussion board, and thought this was hilarious:
Most of the "bad" service I get when I go shopping is the high-pressure sales tactics that the employees are actually forced to do, so I can't really hold it against them. (I'll write an angry letter to management or corporate once in a while if it's really bad, but I won't chew out an employee for doing what their greedy bosses tell them.)
Basically, I hate walking into a store and feeling like I'm about to do epic battle with the salesperson:
Hero: "I'm on a quest for an MP3 player for my sister's birthday."
Orc: "Then what you want is this Ultimate Premium Mythryl iPod with over 9,000 gigabytes of memory! And this week it's only eleventy-billion gold pieces!"
Hero: "No, actually, this 4 GB one in your ad here for 100 gp will do just fine."
Orc: [Scoffs] "Fine then. But you'll want to add on our ultra enchanted extended warranty! Sure it costs almost as much as the MP3 player itself, but you'll have the piece of mind knowing that if a dragon eats it, you can contact our customer service wizards, and if you answer the sphinx's riddle correctly, they might send you a gift card for the cost of your purchase!"
Hero: "No thanks, that's alright, I'll just take the MP3 player."
Orc: [Sweating] "But... but... Piece of mind!... Dragons!... If you fail to purchase our extended warranty, you'll be doomed! DOOMED I tell you!"
Hero: [Leaves and just orders the MP3 player from Amazon]
Most of the "bad" service I get when I go shopping is the high-pressure sales tactics that the employees are actually forced to do, so I can't really hold it against them. (I'll write an angry letter to management or corporate once in a while if it's really bad, but I won't chew out an employee for doing what their greedy bosses tell them.)
Basically, I hate walking into a store and feeling like I'm about to do epic battle with the salesperson:
Hero: "I'm on a quest for an MP3 player for my sister's birthday."
Orc: "Then what you want is this Ultimate Premium Mythryl iPod with over 9,000 gigabytes of memory! And this week it's only eleventy-billion gold pieces!"
Hero: "No, actually, this 4 GB one in your ad here for 100 gp will do just fine."
Orc: [Scoffs] "Fine then. But you'll want to add on our ultra enchanted extended warranty! Sure it costs almost as much as the MP3 player itself, but you'll have the piece of mind knowing that if a dragon eats it, you can contact our customer service wizards, and if you answer the sphinx's riddle correctly, they might send you a gift card for the cost of your purchase!"
Hero: "No thanks, that's alright, I'll just take the MP3 player."
Orc: [Sweating] "But... but... Piece of mind!... Dragons!... If you fail to purchase our extended warranty, you'll be doomed! DOOMED I tell you!"
Hero: [Leaves and just orders the MP3 player from Amazon]