Kingsly said:
Are you gonna go over there and choke a b****?
So many people apply to work at Apple stores, and they give the job to someone like that.
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The most ridiculous thing you've ever heard from an employee
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Are you gonna go over there and choke a b****?
So many people apply to work at Apple stores, and they give the job to someone like that.
runninmac said:
That's true where I work. I eat there every day for lunch and I'd be amazed if they could keep an employee for more than two weeks.
I once had a cashier at Burger King call the manager because I payed for something with a $2 bill (long story) and she "didn't have any slots for it in the drawer"
Once while I was waiting behind a middle-aged Hispanic man at McDonalds:
Cashier: "Would you like to try a value meal?"
Man: *silence with confused look* -- his English skills were clearly not the best
Cashier: *louder* "Would you like to try a value meal??"
Man: *silence*
Cashier: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY A VALUE MEAL???"
Me: "Excuse me, he's not deaf, he's Hispanic"
Once while I was waiting behind a middle-aged Hispanic man at McDonalds:
Cashier: "Would you like to try a value meal?"
Man: *silence with confused look* -- his English skills were clearly not the best
Cashier: *louder* "Would you like to try a value meal??"
Man: *silence*
Cashier: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY A VALUE MEAL???"
Me: "Excuse me, he's not deaf, he's Hispanic"
One time I realized my car was leaking oil. I eventually realized it was an oil filter put on incorrectly. I brought it to a gas station/auto shop to buy some oil.
The lady INSISTED that standard cars take 2 quarts of oil. I was like no, they take 4 - 4.5. She kept denying it, so I said no thank you for the help, bought some oil, and put it in myself without getting it checked out for leaks.
The lady INSISTED that standard cars take 2 quarts of oil. I was like no, they take 4 - 4.5. She kept denying it, so I said no thank you for the help, bought some oil, and put it in myself without getting it checked out for leaks.
Leareth said:He left the unit shortly after.
Said we were too strict.
I think his problem was more ego less discipline, can't be a macho man when you are taking orders from a girl who can beat you 9 times out of 10.
Figures. Guess that he must still be living with a stone age mindset.
Never lived in Cedar. Went to BYU, my roommate's little brother went to SUU. Other than the scenery, weather, and the handful of mildly attractive girls, I can't think of anything good about the town itself. If you are in town during the festival, I'd go once. The performances are apparently some of the best in the country.mrwildguitar said:
I take it you want to head back to CA ASAP? At the risk of coming off paternalistic, I'd consider the Y or the U. They'll be a whole lot cheaper and they have a lot of good programs. The Y has gotten a lot of big donations for their engineering programs, the U has a good CS program (by brother-in-law is a prof there), both have pretty good social science programs, and I really think the college girls tend to be naturally more attractive in UT than in CA (CA girls are cute, but I think the UT look better when both are sans makeup) - but the uglies are also more ugly (can I say that here
)If there is one thing I fear, it is a really tough woman. I still start to freak out when I hear a voice or see a woman from behind who resembles Sonia [I can't remember her last name]. But, it's Sonia with a short "o." I don't think I ever dropped for 20 faster, even faster than when the SFC from hell would tell me to.leareth said:
yg17 said:
West County. I did not know they have one in Galleria. May be I should check it out the next time I am in St. Louis.
This is what responce I got when I applied for a job on seek.com.au
Hi,
Congratulations on your work to date.
We don't have a position open at the moment. However, if you're happy to
take the risk to show us your value by working for nothing for a month, then we'll set you up here within the team.
Please be aware that we don't do much if any 3D.
Best regards,
Peter
--
Peter D. McNamara
BA LLB (Melb) MBA (Wharton)
Director
Liquid Vision Pty. Ltd.
Interactive marketing agency
Now how's that for a cheap arsed company director?
Hi,
Congratulations on your work to date.
We don't have a position open at the moment. However, if you're happy to
take the risk to show us your value by working for nothing for a month, then we'll set you up here within the team.
Please be aware that we don't do much if any 3D.
Best regards,
Peter
--
Peter D. McNamara
BA LLB (Melb) MBA (Wharton)
Director
Liquid Vision Pty. Ltd.
Interactive marketing agency
Now how's that for a cheap arsed company director?
3 Comp USA employees (1 week ago):
Me: "Where's the iPod shuffle's at?"
Employee:"We don't carry those anymore"
Me:"why?"
Employee:"Apple stopped making those and makes the 1 GB nano instead"
Me:"that's not true, Apple has not end of lifed the shuffle"
Employee fetches other employees to back her up...
While I was working at CompUSA, we were selling out every single shipment of iPod shuffles every week during the holiday season.
She might have just gotten confused because they were always out of stock. Still stupid though.
This comes from two nights ago.
My mom was on the phone disputing some extra charges from DirecTV which turned out to be false and we have also been having some trouble with our POS DirecTV-brand box. So the lady fixed the billing and then my mom talked to service. PRODUCT service. My mom told the lady we were having some trouble with our search feature on the box. She had NO clue what the search was or what it did. My mom had to explain it THREE times and she still had no clue, nor about recent searches.
I'm sorry, I thought product service was supposed know these things?
My mom was on the phone disputing some extra charges from DirecTV which turned out to be false and we have also been having some trouble with our POS DirecTV-brand box. So the lady fixed the billing and then my mom talked to service. PRODUCT service. My mom told the lady we were having some trouble with our search feature on the box. She had NO clue what the search was or what it did. My mom had to explain it THREE times and she still had no clue, nor about recent searches.
I'm sorry, I thought product service was supposed know these things?
This was from a while ago, so I might not have remembered it exactly...but it went something like this.
At McDonald's, I believe the McChicken used to have tomato, lettuce, and mayo. So anyways...
My friend asks for a McChicken with only lettuce.
He gets:
A McChicken with only the lettuce (Bun, lettuce, no chicken).
At McDonald's, I believe the McChicken used to have tomato, lettuce, and mayo. So anyways...
My friend asks for a McChicken with only lettuce.
He gets:
A McChicken with only the lettuce (Bun, lettuce, no chicken).
Similarly, I know someone who only likes ketchup on his hamburgers, so he always orders a "hamburger, ketchup only." One time at McDonald's he got exactly that: ketchup smeared between two buns.This was from a while ago, so I might not have remembered it exactly...but it went something like this.
At McDonald's, I believe the McChicken used to have tomato, lettuce, and mayo. So anyways...
My friend asks for a McChicken with only lettuce.
He gets:
A McChicken with only the lettuce (Bun, lettuce, no chicken).
Similarly, I know someone who only likes ketchup on his hamburgers, so he always orders a "hamburger, ketchup only." One time at McDonald's he got exactly that: ketchup smeared between two buns.
LOL!!!! omg I can't stop lauging...
At an agency I'm sometimes freelancing at works this secretary. He always asks me computer questions since he knows I'm quite computer savvy. You won't believe these are for real, but they are!!!!
"Do you have a moment? How do I get text from a mail to word?"
"How do I quit powerpoint?"
"How do I connect to the server again?" (He asked me this 6 times, with some weeks in between every time. There is an automator action I made for him named "nameoftheagency server" right next to the word icon in his dock.)
"Do you have a moment? How do I get text from a mail to word?"
"How do I quit powerpoint?"
"How do I connect to the server again?" (He asked me this 6 times, with some weeks in between every time. There is an automator action I made for him named "nameoftheagency server" right next to the word icon in his dock.)
When we were on holiday in America a few years ago (I think we were in South Dakota at this point) we were having breakfast and the waitress asked my mum what she'd like to drink.
"Tom-ah-to juice, please"
"Sorry, what?"
"Tom-ah-to juice"
"I'm not sure what you're asking for"
"Tom-ah-toes! Those red things, round, squidgy"
"I don't think we have that..."
(Dad chimes in) "Tom-ay-to juice?"
"Oh! Right! Sure!"
Seriously, surely everyone knows that we say it differently? I mean, I can't imagine anyone over here not understanding "tomayto"
edit: I used to work with a lot of idiots at Halfords. One of the 3 people they hired to replace me thought he was a fitting god and went to fit a headlight bulb in car I knew we couldn't do (some sort of Audi) and managed to push the bulb THROUGH the hole that holds it in place (which is smaller than the bulb, I still don't understand how he did it). Instead of telling the customer, he simply put another bulb in the right place and sent them on their way. Of course, the bulb that was rattling around in the headlight smashed the new bulb and the lens, so we had to pay for a new one.
Another person managed to shatter a windscreen fitting new wipers. He lifted the wiper arms up to remove the blades, but left them up as he got the new ones out the box. He brushed against the arm and the spring sent it slamming down onto the window of a 6 month old Mercedes.
"Tom-ah-to juice, please"
"Sorry, what?"
"Tom-ah-to juice"
"I'm not sure what you're asking for"
"Tom-ah-toes! Those red things, round, squidgy"
"I don't think we have that..."
(Dad chimes in) "Tom-ay-to juice?"
"Oh! Right! Sure!"
Seriously, surely everyone knows that we say it differently? I mean, I can't imagine anyone over here not understanding "tomayto"
edit: I used to work with a lot of idiots at Halfords. One of the 3 people they hired to replace me thought he was a fitting god and went to fit a headlight bulb in car I knew we couldn't do (some sort of Audi) and managed to push the bulb THROUGH the hole that holds it in place (which is smaller than the bulb, I still don't understand how he did it). Instead of telling the customer, he simply put another bulb in the right place and sent them on their way. Of course, the bulb that was rattling around in the headlight smashed the new bulb and the lens, so we had to pay for a new one.
Another person managed to shatter a windscreen fitting new wipers. He lifted the wiper arms up to remove the blades, but left them up as he got the new ones out the box. He brushed against the arm and the spring sent it slamming down onto the window of a 6 month old Mercedes.
At Minneapolis airport check-in, USA, catching a Sun Country flight to New York. Conversation was roughly thus:
Check-in lady: Hi, booking number and ID please.
me: Here you go
Lady: Hmm, This isnt Federal ID.
me: No, its a British passport.
Lady: Sorry, but we can only accept Federal ID.
Me: Er, I'm not a US citizen. And why wont a UK passport do for a domestic flight? It was fine for getting me into the country. Goo on, let me on the plane!
Lady: (checks with her supervisor) oh OK then.
Not a bad experience as it was sorted out quickly, but it was an example of an unthinking employee not thinking.
Check-in lady: Hi, booking number and ID please.
me: Here you go
Lady: Hmm, This isnt Federal ID.
me: No, its a British passport.
Lady: Sorry, but we can only accept Federal ID.
Me: Er, I'm not a US citizen. And why wont a UK passport do for a domestic flight? It was fine for getting me into the country. Goo on, let me on the plane!
Lady: (checks with her supervisor) oh OK then.
Not a bad experience as it was sorted out quickly, but it was an example of an unthinking employee not thinking.
I tried to use a $2 bill one time (also a long story) and the lady told me "Your trying to pull a fast one aren't you buster". She laughed and said "Haven't you heard the expression queer as a $2 bill"? Then she paraded the bill around the shop to show everyone and eventually handed it back to me. I just laughed and gave her a $5.
I'm a developer and early on in my career I used to build Screen Applications. We had one that was pretty big (100+ screens) and displayed different sets based on your login. We had a bug buried somewhere deep in the code and it would crash the application like once every 9 months. It was one of those urban legend type things that nobody could find. One day, of course it happens and I track down the user pretty quickly and run up to ask her what she was doing when it died. She responded "I don't know... I just push the buttons", I'm like OK, I'm not here to yell at you, I just need to find the problem. She responds "I... I... really don't know I just push the buttons on here *points to keyboard* and hit F6". I was like OK, slow down *which means completely stop breathing for her*, which screen were you on when you pressed F6? She responds "I don't know". I ask her do you use a lot of screens? "No, only this one" and she proceeds to show me. I'm thinking all along, hmmm when did we start a mentally challenged program? She then tells me proudly that she's been working with this system for 7 years!
OK, long winded I'm sorry.
Back in the day when CD-Rs where $5 each for the higher quality ones, (and a 2x CD burner was SMOKIN' FAST!), I saw an ad for Future Shop saying they had the Verbatim ones I was so fond of on sale for $2.50 each (when purchased in a 5 pack)! Having bought many of this exact kind before, I knew that two 5 packs come in a little box (and a bunch of little boxes get shipped in a bigger cardboard box). So I wandered into the store, knowing exactly where the glass case they kept them locked up in was (did I mention this was a long time ago?). Notice some employee follow me from the audio department... Great, some leech looking for commission. Fine, if he opens the glass case for me, at least he is doing something to earn it.
Wait... What's this? A big cardboard box with a bunch of little boxes sitting on the floor just outside of the glass case?! Great! No need to even talk to a sales guy...
I went in to buy 25 blanks... So as I'm picking up the first box of 10, I hear the guy that followed me "Can I help you?"..
Me: "Nope, I'm fine, just grabbin' some CD-Rs"
Him: "Memorex, huh?"
Me: "Nope, verbatim"
Him: "I'm pretty sure they're memorex"
At this point, I'm even less inclined to let him have any commission, not even knowing what product I'm taking. At this point, I have my two boxes of ten, and now I just need to open a 3rd box, and take out the clear shrinkwrapped 5 pack, which you can clearly see the word Verbatim on. Doing so, I point the front right at him, "Nope! Verbatim!"
Walking towards the cashier with my armfull of CD-Rs, I hear "I can ring ya through over here"
Me: "Nah, don't worry about it, I'll just go to the cashier"
Him: "It doesn't take any longer"
Me: "Its ok, don't worry about it"
At this point, I'm already in the software section, and he yells loud enough for the whole store to hear, "We work on commission you know!"
So I yell back at the same volume "Ya, I know!"
I had the biggest grin on my face as I went to the cashier, until I left the store.
And one buddy of mine saw the sales guy stomp his foot and storm off back to his department.
Wait... What's this? A big cardboard box with a bunch of little boxes sitting on the floor just outside of the glass case?! Great! No need to even talk to a sales guy...
I went in to buy 25 blanks... So as I'm picking up the first box of 10, I hear the guy that followed me "Can I help you?"..
Me: "Nope, I'm fine, just grabbin' some CD-Rs"
Him: "Memorex, huh?"
Me: "Nope, verbatim"
Him: "I'm pretty sure they're memorex"
At this point, I'm even less inclined to let him have any commission, not even knowing what product I'm taking. At this point, I have my two boxes of ten, and now I just need to open a 3rd box, and take out the clear shrinkwrapped 5 pack, which you can clearly see the word Verbatim on. Doing so, I point the front right at him, "Nope! Verbatim!"
Walking towards the cashier with my armfull of CD-Rs, I hear "I can ring ya through over here"
Me: "Nah, don't worry about it, I'll just go to the cashier"
Him: "It doesn't take any longer"
Me: "Its ok, don't worry about it"
At this point, I'm already in the software section, and he yells loud enough for the whole store to hear, "We work on commission you know!"
So I yell back at the same volume "Ya, I know!"
I had the biggest grin on my face as I went to the cashier, until I left the store.
And one buddy of mine saw the sales guy stomp his foot and storm off back to his department.
A few years ago my wife and I hired some movers to get our belongings from one apartment to another in the same complex. (It was an upgrade move and I couldn't do it all by myself). When everything is done, the supervisor is totalling up what i owe them for their time and labour. His math skills are considerably lacking and I and one of his helpers are trying to tell him the total he is ginving me is about $40.00 short. he yells at us both and says he's the one in charge and knows what he is doing. So I shut up, pay what I'm told and tip the helpers what I would have paid him. I shake my head as I walk away....
FLMAO!!! Dude I almost spewed on my monitor reading this. You made my day & it just got started.
BTW, have you got a Timmie (Tim Horton's) store in your area - much better coffee; although in the city of Hamilton ON (birthplace of Mr Tim Horton of NHL fame long passed away) ppl lineup for 30mins for coffee at 6am. I wonder if crack is in that coffee
Mmmm, I lust after that illicit Canadian drug.
And I want one of those baguettes garden vegetables sandwiches, too, please. 
December last year
Me: Do you have any Rucksacks?
Shop: What's a Rocksack?
Me: No a Rucksack
Shop: Rocksack?
..... after spelling it out R U C K S A C K, I realize this may not be a well used term in Canada, even though she's still thinking it's a R O C K S A C K.
Me: Do you have any BACKPACKS?
Shop: Oh yeah, this way...
Bloody colonials...
I've never heard of a Rucksack... it's different when you're using a term that not everyone knows.
The fact that she still said Rocksack even after you spelled R U C K S A C K made her dumb.
A chap I worked with once (From Dublin) told the boss:
"I slightly broke a window"
The boss quickly replied:
"How the F*** do you slightly break a window?" !!!!!!
FJ
"I slightly broke a window"
The boss quickly replied:
"How the F*** do you slightly break a window?" !!!!!!
FJ