Blame Karena

[mangoprophetess]

I was talking to Karena yesterday (well, Wednesday), bitching about how much I just hate people (not a new subject, I know). I'm NOT cut out for dealing with the public. She said she wanted me to list complaints and grievances concerning working in retail.

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[mangoprophetess]

Interpol are a good band to need to listen to, though. I've done well. And it's not my fault that your brain exploded; it's Q Magazine's. Silly British people. :)

[mangoprophetess]

How about "Eliza was from Cheapside and she's always Cockney"?

[ex_wellread]

I've done retail when I was young. It's very demeaning.

Number 5 made me laugh. Tell your customers you are not the "Elephant Woman". "I am not an animal, I am a human being!" :^)

[mangoprophetess]

Working retail makes you an extreme misanthrope. But it can sharpen your wit to a nice cutting edge, so I guess the trade off isn't *so* bad. And you have no idea how amused I am at the thought of the Elephant Man making lattes for spoiled rich people. :D

[ex_wellread]

Imagine the elephant man scratching himself while making a latte. Then giving it to the customer while his finger is over the rim.

[mangoprophetess]

And they would be completely disgusted, but wouldn't say anything. Because he could be a complete jackass and just say, "Oh, it's because I look the way I do, isn't it? You're so caught up on my *disgusting* appearance that you have to insinuate that I can't do my job either, is that it? You Fascist, you!"

[cryptor_00]

ah the wonders of slinging coffee at barneys. My personal favorite way of getting back at people in a retail position is to be sarcastically nice to assholes. It really pisses em off, and they can't do a damn thing since it seems to everyone else that you are being nice. hehe.

[mangoprophetess]

I'm successful with that tactic about half of the time. The other half of the time, my face gets red and I want to stab people's eyes out with the pitcher thermometers. ;)