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October 20, 2009

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Megan

Damn customers and their declining payment methods!
"where's my tv?" It ain't your TV, lady, until you've paid for it...which you seem to be unable to do. Eeevil.

Kristi

I had a similar experience working at Michael's one day. A lady came in wanting to see a couple of fake potted trees we had which of course were on the absolute highest shelf in the store, shelves that were so high that there was only one ladder in the entire store that could reach them, a lovely half-rusted and shaky number painted a pleasant robin's egg blue.

So after getting the ladder to where I needed it I climb up to the top shelf to lug down these two fake trees that she wanted to compare. This is where I discovered that both trees were about 50 pound each, and let me tell you it is not a fun experience having to use both hands to carry down a 50 pound tree down a steep, rickety ladder, with branches making it nearly impossible to see two inches in front of your face, let alone the next step down. Being only 5'3 and 125 pounds, I'm surprised I managed to carry one of the trees down, let alone two.

Of course, once I get to the bottom the woman looks the trees over and can't decide which one she likes more. After sometime she tells me that she's going to go and finish the rest of her shopping, them come back and pick the tree she liked best.

Of course she never did. I think after watching me struggle to carry these damn trees down she wanted to spare me having to hear her say she didn't like either tree. I left those damn things on the floor for the rest of the night, praying to god that someone else would take the initiative and put them back. No one did, so guess who had to lug them back up?

Jit

Oh, no, poor Kristi!! That's not only annoying, it's WAY dangerous. Augh...

Megan

I always had able bodied male customers wanting me to drag a whole frickin piece of furniture to the front for them :-/

Jit

Usually we do too, but there were literally two males covering ten different departments. I didn't really see a choice.

Spritzy

Oh Kristi...that story about the trees has brought back a old, haunted and repressed memory of mine of a simmilar nature. What is it you ask? Well I'll send it in soon. Stay tuned! Same Bat-time! Same Bat-channel!

CrustyCusty

Murder imminent?
There really should be a law that allows justifiable homicide.

Jit

Spritzy - meeee iiiis waaants tooo knoooow!
CrustyCusty - Like in London, where murder is okay if it's a crime of passion?

N/A

Don't you know that retail slaves have super powers and can lift any size of box because that's what they're paid for? Thankfully I never had to lift anything that bulky working in a grocery store but there were boxes up to 70lbs. Ordinarily I could lift them but while pregnant I was restricted to lifting 25lbs; doctors orders and my awesome manager would have had a fit if she'd seen me trying to life more. I only had one customer pitch a fit at me about it surprisingly enough. She asked for a case of a product which weighed about 35, maybe 40lbs. I had to tell her I'd go grab someone else to lift it for her and she started bitching. I briefly explained that I wasn't able to lift more then 25lbs and she started in on the "you shouldn't be working here if you can't do your job" crap. I briefly considered shoving her in the compactor but instead I just said "I'll just go find someone who isn't pregnant to lift that for you." Yeah, she apologized after that little guilt trip :-)

Burger Bitch

o_o

I bow to thee for not pushing the TV on top of them.

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"In fact there was inflation—asset-price inflation, the assets being houses and common stock, and at times oil and other commodities.

Manipulation of commodities prices? See Mr. Buffett and silver. A bit more involved than interest rates and money supply, no?"

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Thanks for your comments, Stephen! Yeah, I've considered all these things,
and did try to talk to him about it. But he shied away from telling me any
good reasons soooo..... I'll really never know! But it's entertaining now
(not back then!) to ruminate on reasons why. Thanks for your added thoughts!
;)

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