Retail Balls Award: Mean Old Lady Gets Told At Women's Clothing Store

A new RHUer named OverIt! gets a Retail Balls Award for her parting words to an mean old crusty:

Today has still left me speechless and that is after a couple of glasses of wine after work. Please allow me to share.

Nameless women's clothing store in a resort town, catering to older ladies. Good price point, loyal custys, etc. Today - in walks Satan in disguise as an old lady. I am actually in a good mood today (yeah, I'm burned out) and ask the demon in disguise, "hi, how are you today". Of course she can't answer with anything other than "do you have any shorts on sale?" 

In a very pleasant voice I tell her she just missed them coming in and show her to our sale rack.

"Any mediums?" she hisses.

"No, sorry, looks like just smalls and larges." I reply, still being nice as I have no idea what I am dealing with.

"THANKS FOR NOTHING!" she shouts.

Really?

My jaw just went slack.

But I am done with these evil things resembling humans.

"Excuse me? Excuse me? Maam? Maam?" I was still trying as I was going to show her another sale rack at the back of the store with sale shorts. But she keeps her back to me and scurries to another part of the store.

Okay, whatever crazy old bitch. A few minutes later I see her at the sale rack that I was trying to tell her about. Once more I try to kill her with kindness.

Me - "Oh, good, I was going to show you...."Interrupting crazy old bitch "I JUST WANT TO LOOK ON MY OWN!"

Me - "Well, I am just trying to do my job and tell you about the additional sav......"

Crazy ass bitch then glares at me and throws a pair of shorts, on the hanger, at me and storms out. 

Guess what you fucking crazy old bag - I am over it!!! I followed her out yelling at her, "That is so dis-respectable, you do not treat another human being like that. That is not acceptable behavior and I will not allow it in my store!"

At this point we are at the front door and she turns to me and says, "Go to hell!"

Seriously! I can't make this shit up. So, on the sidewalk in front of many pedestrians I yelled, "Don't you curse at me you OLD WOMAN!"

I returned to cheers in my store from other customers.

Really, what could make someone so fucking unhappy? It felt damn good to tell her off and I hope she actually complains....I have many ways of making you life a miserable hell old bitch and I would love to have your name and address. Thousands of magazine subscriptions can be a mother fucker to get rid of!!!

Thanks - I feel better already. OverIt trying to change the world one crusty at a time! Oh, disclaimer, I have nothing against old people. I generally love them and 90% of my customers are sweethearts.

--OverIt!

Comments

[The Last Archimedean]

All of us should be allowed to be snippish to arseholes, while we treat the good customers with 100% sweetness and light. It would send a powerful message, be nice to us and we'll be nice to you.

[Queer Geek]

No slave deserves this from any custy! I applaud you!

[DrugStore Diva]

Only good custys get good service

[Aunty]

Woo! -hi5- or -brohoof- whichever you prefer.

[NC Tony]

I personally would have gone with "old bag" or "old bat" but that's just me.

[bellflowermoonfish]

I'd have said "mean old bitch" in the cadence of my grandma, but that would've negated the whole "don't you curse at me" argument. LOL. Since I'm going to end up homeless regardless of how hard I work, I have less and less concern for whom I piss off and if I do go boom at my new job, there's a couple people in my cross-hairs.

[Bob Jones]

Did you notice the old hag of a customer walking like she just got off horseback? Cause it sounds like she has a stick surgically implanted up her backside..

[Aashi]

Hi Ken,At what point do you see that error? As soon as you try to log in? I'm not sure why it's coming up extclay if the table names are correct, although there's always the possibility for some obscure bug that I haven't noticed any effects from