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Topic: Now I know what it feels like to deal with customers. :P
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-06-2003 10:29:24 PM
I've never had a job that deals with customers before, but one of my friends asked me to fill in for him at the on-campus pizza-hut (he offered me free food in pay, since they couldn't officially pay a non-hiree ) So he gives me all of the important information and stuff and I got to work.

before I go any further I should point out that because this is an on-campus restaurant, the pan-pizza's are the most common type of pizza sold, and they don't have anything over a medium size. And, the special kinds of pizzas only come in pan-size.

So, about an hour a guy comes in to order a pizza.

Him: I want to order a medium size pizza.
Me: Ok Sir, what kind of pizza?
Him: medium size.
Me: Ok Sir, what do you wan't on your pizza.
Him: BBQ Beef
Me: I'm sorry Sir, but we don't have those in medium size.
Him: what?
Me: All of our specials, like the BBQ beef, meat lovers, and Chicken club are only in Pan-pizza style Sir. If you want a medium pizza you'll have to order something else.
Him: Ok, can I have a Chicken Club?
Me: All right sir, it's in the second slot down, third slot to the right.
Him: I want a medium sized one though...


Aarrgh! I never realized some people can be so stupid.

Jeremiah 48:6: Flee! Save yourselves! Be like a wild ass in the desert!

"How can you ever hope to know the Beloved
Without becoming in every cell the Lover?
And when you are the Lover at last, you don't care.
Whatever you know or don't - only Love is real."

Evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb. - Dark Helmet

Maradon!
posted 04-06-2003 10:50:00 PM
Not everybody is horribly stupid, but when you run into someone who is, you remember them more than anyone else.

Did I ever tell you the one about the guy and his "muddy" button?

KaLourin
Illanae's Stooge!
posted 04-06-2003 10:50:44 PM
quote:
Maradon XP got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:

Did I ever tell you the one about the guy and his "muddy" button?

I wish to know more.

*clicks the yes button*

Dont make me slap you so hard your bucket spins around, and around,and stops sideways,thus confusing you, and making you run about London wearing your bucket, a g-string, and carrying a stick,smacking the ground while yelling "MAGICALLY DELICIOUS! MAGICALLY FUCKING DELICIOUS!"- {Tal} to Mortious
Hebrew 9:3- 'And the Lord said unto me, "Dude, there isn't a K in covenant."' - Snoota

This beer drops trou and fucks your mouth with pure hoppy goodness. - Karnaj
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-06-2003 10:52:43 PM
Yes Maradon, Do tell. All though these stories can be extremely annoying when they are actually happening, they are funny afterward.

EDIT-No, I haven't heard the story. I know that not everyone is stupid. Otherwise that would include me, since I eat there sometimes too. I did have one very helpful customer who made my day. Pleases and Thank Yous are surprisingly good.

[ 04-06-2003: Message edited by: vertue ]

Jeremiah 48:6: Flee! Save yourselves! Be like a wild ass in the desert!

"How can you ever hope to know the Beloved
Without becoming in every cell the Lover?
And when you are the Lover at last, you don't care.
Whatever you know or don't - only Love is real."

Evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb. - Dark Helmet

`Doc
Cold in an Alley
posted 04-06-2003 11:04:54 PM
You have to turn it around on them. This follows the end of the dialog you posted.

Customer: I want a medium sized one though...
You: That is the medium size.
Customer: Then I want a large/small.
You: That's the large/small.
Customer: You said it's a medium!
You: Call it what you want, that's the only size it comes.

Any further objections by the customer should be met with a finger pointing at the rack, and repetition of, "That's the only size it comes."

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vertue
Pancake
posted 04-06-2003 11:11:57 PM
quote:
From the book of Ford Prefect, chapter 3, verse 16:
You have to turn it around on them. This follows the end of the dialog you posted.

Customer: I want a medium sized one though...
You: That is the medium size.
Customer: Then I want a large/small.
You: That's the large/small.
Customer: You said it's a medium!
You: Call it what you want, that's the only size it comes.

Any further objections by the customer should be met with a finger pointing at the rack, and repetition of, "That's the only size it comes."


Holy Shit! I like that. I'll have to remember that, lol.

Jeremiah 48:6: Flee! Save yourselves! Be like a wild ass in the desert!

"How can you ever hope to know the Beloved
Without becoming in every cell the Lover?
And when you are the Lover at last, you don't care.
Whatever you know or don't - only Love is real."

Evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb. - Dark Helmet

Maradon!
posted 04-06-2003 11:20:05 PM
Ok check it

Me: "Thanks for calling yadda yadda"

Customer: "Thars no sound and there's muddy on the screen!"

Me: "..."

Customer: "..."

Me: "Oooooh kay no audio, and your picture is distoreted sir? Muddy on your screen?"

Customer: "ayuh I can't hear nothin"

Me: "...Oh, ok."

*insert 30 minutes of exhaustive troubleshooting for audio & video loss*

Customer: "No no no still muddy on tha screen!"

Me: "Sir, WHAT do you mean by MUDDY!?"

Customer: "M-U-T-E, MUDDY!!"

Me: "..."

Customer: "..."

Me: "press the muddy button on your remote control."

Customer: "THAR IT GO!!"

Me: *vomits in his garbage can*

OtakuPenguin
Peels like a tangerine, but is juicy like an orange.
posted 04-06-2003 11:21:24 PM
...rofl
..:: This Is The Sound Of Settling ::..
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-06-2003 11:24:40 PM
quote:
Maradon XP wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Ok check it

Me: "Thanks for calling yadda yadda"

Customer: "Thars no sound and there's muddy on the screen!"

Me: "..."

Customer: "..."

Me: "Oooooh kay no audio, and your picture is distoreted sir? Muddy on your screen?"

Customer: "ayuh I can't hear nothin"

Me: "...Oh, ok."

*insert 30 minutes of exhaustive troubleshooting for audio & video loss*

Customer: "No no no still muddy on tha screen!"

Me: "Sir, WHAT do you mean by MUDDY!?"

Customer: "M-U-T-E, MUDDY!!"

Me: "..."

Customer: "..."

Me: "press the muddy button on your remote control."

Customer: "THAR IT GO!!"

Me: *vomits in his garbage can*


ROFLMAO!!

Muddy

I laughed, I cried, I Karnajed. lol.

Everyone in the Comp lab is now looking at me funny.

Jeremiah 48:6: Flee! Save yourselves! Be like a wild ass in the desert!

"How can you ever hope to know the Beloved
Without becoming in every cell the Lover?
And when you are the Lover at last, you don't care.
Whatever you know or don't - only Love is real."

Evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb. - Dark Helmet

Callalron
Hires people with hooks
posted 04-07-2003 01:02:42 AM
Stupidity is like a really strong perfume. A little goes a long way.
Callalron
"When mankind finally discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people are going to be upset that it isn't them."
"If you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish he'll just go out and buy an ugly hat. But if you talk to a starving man about fish, then you've become a consultant."--Dogbert
Arvek, 41 Bounty Hunter
Vrook Lamar server
Khyron
Hello, my mushy friend...
posted 04-07-2003 01:08:55 AM
Me : "Thank you for calling MSN. Blah blah blah. How can I help you?"

Customer : "Yes, I have wipe-ed my screen and now I am starting over fresh. Can you help me get the internet to work again?"

Me : "I'm sorry, could you rephrase that?"

Customer : "I put in disc, it run and the screen went black, then I put the computer back in."

Me : "... Ah, wait, do you mean you reinstalled everything on your computer?"

Customer : "Yes! I reinstall. Now internet gone. Help me get internet back?"

Me : "No problem. Just put in your MSN 8 CD, and click install."

Customer : "Click MSN."

Me : "No, click Install."

Customer : "MSN Install?"

Me : "Yes, click on that."

Customer : "I don't see that, I see MSN 8. I click that, okay?"

Me : "No, wait, did you put the CD in?"

Customer : "Yes, CD in."

Me : "And does it say INSTALL on the screen? I-N-S-T-A-L-L?"

Customer : "Yes, MSN 8. I click MSN 8 butterfly, yes?"

It went on for 10 more minutes before I gave up, asked for someone who speaks better english, and actually managed to get the customer to click on INSTALL.

Not my funniest... but it actually happened TODAY.

You want my funniest... I have a couple that were just PAINFUL... physically painful to talk to these idiots...

[ 04-07-2003: Message edited by: Khyron ]

Death of Rats
Pancake
posted 04-07-2003 02:09:08 AM
Happened today...

Me:Hello, how can i help you?

Customer: Yes, I want a sandwich.

Me: Ok, what type of sandwich would you like?

Customer: I don't know.

Me: ok, we have our signature sandwichs up here or you can build your own.

Customer:...

Me:...

Customer:I want a sandwich.

Me: ummm, ok, Do you want to make your own then?

Customer: ok.

Me: What meat and chease would you like on your sandwich.

Customer: I don't know, you pick it out, and put what you want on it.

Me: ummm, ok. I fix the sandwich.

Customer : Did you put turkey on it?

Me: nooo, i put ham.

Customer:I wanted turkey

Me:Thinks to my selfWhere's my wiffle bat?

[ 04-07-2003: Message edited by: Death of Rats ]

A particularly crafty sea lion is befuddling the Army Corps of Engineers, who have come to believe the 1,000-pound mammal is either from hell -- or from Harvard.
Densetsu
NOT DRYSART
posted 04-07-2003 02:31:31 AM
quote:
Death of Rats had this to say about Duck Tales:
Happened today...

Me:Hello, how can i help you?

Customer: Yes, I want a sandwich.

Me: Ok, what type of sandwich would you like?

Customer: I don't know.

Me: ok, we have our signature sandwichs up here or you can build your own.

Customer:...

Me:...

Customer:I want a sandwich.

Me: ummm, ok, Do you want to make your own then?

Customer: ok.

Me: What meat and chease would you like on your sandwich.

Customer: I don't know, you pick it out, and put what you want on it.

Me: ummm, ok. I fix the sandwich.

Customer : Did you put turkey on it?

Me: nooo, i put ham.

Customer:I wanted turkey

Me:Thinks to my selfWhere's my wiffle bat?


You made two mistakes.

1. It's spelled c-h-e-e-s-e.

2. Never, EVER make a sandwich for a customer if they ask you to put what YOU want on it. Tell them that you will be ready to make it for them when they have decided what they DO want, and that they can take their time deciding.

I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl, we ate lobster, drank piña coladas. At sunset, we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over, and over?
Steven Steve
posted 04-07-2003 02:40:01 AM
You don't understand. You have to cater to the customer's wan'ts and needs.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Comrade Snoota
Communist
Da, Tovarisch!
posted 04-07-2003 02:45:47 AM
quote:
Fazum'Zen Fastfist probably says this to all the girls:
You don't understand. You have to cater to the customer's wan'ts and needs.

I had this customer stop me while I was walking the other day and demand I get him a new sandwich, because he didn't like his and wanted a completely different type. After politely pointing out someone who could help him, he says to me, "Well, I'm sorry I tried to make you do your JOB," and then mumbled off, the only words I caught were something about me being lazy.

To which I replied, "Actually, my current job is to take out the garbage that is leaking all over the floor over there. Still want me to go fetch you a sandwich? The sink is way in the back, too, and my ass has been itching all day."

He didn't come back.

You smell that? Do you smell that? ...Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory.
Steven Steve
posted 04-07-2003 02:49:30 AM
How unfortunate

<overuse of evil smiley>

"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Comrade Snoota
Communist
Da, Tovarisch!
posted 04-07-2003 02:50:15 AM
You smell that? Do you smell that? ...Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory.
Death of Rats
Pancake
posted 04-07-2003 02:52:05 AM
I asked the lady several times what she wanted, but she kept telling me for me to decide, she wouldnt tell me what she wanted. Its not like i was trying to skip out of making a sandwich, i woulld havegladly made what ever sandwich she wanted, but she wouldnt tell me so i had to guess.

[ 04-07-2003: Message edited by: Death of Rats ]

A particularly crafty sea lion is befuddling the Army Corps of Engineers, who have come to believe the 1,000-pound mammal is either from hell -- or from Harvard.
Steven Steve
posted 04-07-2003 02:53:38 AM
If they ask you to decide, pick the most expensive thing.
"Absolutely NOTHING [will stop me from buying Diablo III]. I will buy it regardless of what they do."
- Grawbad, Battle.net forums

"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums

Death of Rats
Pancake
posted 04-07-2003 02:57:32 AM
quote:
Fazum'Zen Fastfist had this to say about Optimus Prime:
If they ask you to decide, pick the most expensive thing.

I just picked out what i though tasted the best.

A particularly crafty sea lion is befuddling the Army Corps of Engineers, who have come to believe the 1,000-pound mammal is either from hell -- or from Harvard.
Densetsu
NOT DRYSART
posted 04-07-2003 02:58:31 AM
quote:
Death of Rats spewed forth this undeniable truth:
I asked the lady several times what she wanted, but she kept telling me for me to decide, she wouldnt tell me what she wanted. Its not like i was trying to skip out of making a sandwich, i woulld havegladly made what ever sandwich she wanted, but she wouldnt tell me so i had to guess.

I suppose you didn't actually read my post. I'm not surprised.

I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl, we ate lobster, drank piña coladas. At sunset, we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over, and over?
Death of Rats
Pancake
posted 04-07-2003 03:04:51 AM
quote:
Densetsu enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
I suppose you didn't actually read my post. I'm not surprised.

sorry, just happened to miss it, your right, but unfortantly, i just found that out to late today.

A particularly crafty sea lion is befuddling the Army Corps of Engineers, who have come to believe the 1,000-pound mammal is either from hell -- or from Harvard.
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