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Old 06-10-2013, 11:46 PM
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And there's another reason I think it should be mandatory everyone work a year in retail or food service.

The amount of rudeness I and people I know in the same business is insane. There's no excuse.

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I did 8 1/2 years of retail between HS and college. I can tell you that "professionalism" is overrated. The few times I had a customer talk to me that way, I asked them to leave and calmly stated that if they didn't, I was calling the police.

Never let anyone talk to you that way. If your management is worth working for, they'll have your back with someone like that.
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Old 06-11-2013, 12:17 AM
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I would re-share this, but I think she's already had her 15 minutes of fame. What a jerk.
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Old 06-11-2013, 12:21 AM
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I did 8 1/2 years of retail between HS and college. I can tell you that "professionalism" is overrated. The few times I had a customer talk to me that way, I asked them to leave and calmly stated that if they didn't, I was calling the police.
I'm actually surprised the police weren't called in this case. I would have thought this girl was unstable, and I would have definitely called the police.. or at least threatened to do so.

This is an 8 minute video. It's not as if she walked in, complained, received a free donut and coffee and walked back out.

I'd like to think that I'd even make that phone call if I was just one of the customers in the store.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not blaming anyone who was working at DD that day. I just think that in such a situation, getting the police involved (or at least threatening to do so) wouldn't be completely irrational.

Someone who's that crazed over a receipt needs help. I can't tell if she's seriously mentally unstable or just a b*tch. I've seen both working in retail.
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Old 06-12-2013, 08:34 PM
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I did 8 1/2 years of retail between HS and college. I can tell you that "professionalism" is overrated. The few times I had a customer talk to me that way, I asked them to leave and calmly stated that if they didn't, I was calling the police.

Never let anyone talk to you that way. If your management is worth working for, they'll have your back with someone like that.
This. One thing Starbucks and Nordstrom both tell their employees is that they have a right to be treated with respect. They do not expect employees to put up with abusive customers.
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Old 06-12-2013, 11:54 PM
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Oh, ok.....

You can shove that emoticon up your tight ass.

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Ooh. Temper, temper! Something tells me Mizeree I2K might be the one person in the world on the crazy bitch customer's side.
LOL y'all already know how I am.
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Old 06-13-2013, 12:28 AM
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This. One thing Starbucks and Nordstrom both tell their employees is that they have a right to be treated with respect. They do not expect employees to put up with abusive customers.

The university I used to work for has a special extension to which abusive callers can be transferred. After asking the caller to stop shouting/swearing/etc, the employees can transfer them to the line if the behavior persists. That extension offers a recorded message saying that university employees are not required to entertain abusive callers and asks the caller to phone back when they are ready to speak in a polite manner.


The extension was X-4355........................
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Old 06-13-2013, 06:39 AM
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Old 06-13-2013, 09:22 AM
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The university I used to work for has a special extension to which abusive callers can be transferred. After asking the caller to stop shouting/swearing/etc, the employees can transfer them to the line if the behavior persists. That extension offers a recorded message saying that university employees are not required to entertain abusive callers and asks the caller to phone back when they are ready to speak in a polite manner.


The extension was X-4355........................
That's awesome. My company needs that. When patients get irate on the phone with me (not often, but it's happened a few times) I tell them "I'm going to hang up now." I just don't listen to it.
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