the wal-mart incident

[Tommyknocker]

If you were fundamentally opposed to them. I see you edited your post for grammar, but did you edit for style? The reason I asked is this statement sticks out like a burning cross on my lawn:

I'm late, so I'm like F*&k it. I say "You people are all the same" (thinking -dumb ass, $5/hr laborers that can make your day difficult)

Giving you the benefit of the doubt (I'm being overly generous here) and say you have reached point of perfection where very few people have reached (Christ, King, Schweitzer, Ghandi, Theresa, Shabazz, etc), you still have one huge beam in your eye to contend with. If you think you are better than some people simply because you make more than they do, you, my esteemed colleague, are a snob, plain and simple.

The reason being the kindest people I have ever met in my travels lived in third world countries and make considerably less than 5 dollars an hour, while curmudgeons tend to be well-heeled. Of course there are exceptions here and there, but they are few and far between in my experiences.

You do not have to answer if you do not want to. I baited you, and put you in an awkward position from "square one". I got a little bored reading your "experience to help all mankind".

Whooaaa! I'll concede. Gettin' a little too heavy for me. Thanks for showing me the light.I can start mending my ways and working on my writing style.

Okay, even though you were already in the shark tank with "ol Mark the Shark", and I smelled blood in the water, the wife wants to go shopping, so I'll let you out -- this time.

[Will Hay]

Tommyknocker, you want to get out of that whicker chair on the porch once in a while, you sound as bored to tears with your life as they come.
Will

[Abbadon]

From my point of view you both need to buy some manners, you and the cashier.

Try being more patient the next time with people, the old saying "The customer is always right" is not valid, sometimes the customer is not right.

[jeex]

i was patient while waiting at the cash register.. i'm not the type of person to turn the other cheek.. if someone does/says something, i will confront them about it.. like i said, i dont take shit from anyone, espeically when i dont deserve it.

i kinda get the feeling you yourself are a cashier, or someone in a related field.

[Cobra]

Agreed. That cashier is being paid to deal with jeex, so she damn well should have done. With courtesy.

It was a glaring complaint. I think he has every right to say what he did and if it ever happened to me, I'd confront the cashier and give her hell for it. She was being paid to deal with jeex, and jeex was paying her wages. She should damn well serve his needs - on demand - as a member of staff.

I say this from the viewpoint of a cashier (and customer services supervisor), and I would expect to lose my job over that if I ever did what she did. Jeex let her off lightly.

Cobra

[Abbadon]

Well, I am not a cashier per say, but I deal with people all the time, the so called customers. Just because I am an employee, getting paid to serve people, does not mean I have to be nice all the time. If I were a woman, maybe I am having my period ( and feel irritated). I am a human being, I have to wait on many individuals everyday, slaves, sorry, humans get exhausted sometimes.

shortly after that the police officers wanted to keep questioning me.. probably because i was being an ******* to them

I kinda get the feeling you yourself are not an easy going person.

[Cobra]

Being tired is no excuse for not being civil to others. Even when I am very unhappy to be in work, or when I'm not well (been ill since Friday, still worked) I am still at least civil to others.

I don't want some super-happy employee serving me. I don't even want to talk sometimes. What I expect is for them to operate the till - that's their job. If they don't like it, tough. They can always quit, if that makes them happy.

Cobra

EDIT:

I kinda get the feeling you yourself are not an easy going person.

Spot on, mate. Jeex doesn't take kindly to others who mess with him.

(Edited many times because I kept forgetting stuff or making mistakes...)

[jeex]

as i said earlier in the this thread "do unto others, as they do unto you"..

the lady started off being rude (ignoring me), so i reacted rudley to her with my "right..." comment.. i was going to leave it at that.. but then she did the whole forgery pen thing.. i've NEVER seen/heard of/fathomed anyone checking ONE dollar bills.. then i made my comment.. for me, the situation was over.. we had our little squabble, and it was over.. but she wanted to one-up me.. i dont know what was going on in her life to cause her to want to take such an extreme action..

i dont always expect people that are working while i'm dealing with them to be nice to me, but i do expect the to NOT BE RUDE.. if they're rude to me, i'm rude right back to them.. if she had apologized, or been nice after the initial incident, i would have been nice right back, but she decided to take the alternate route..

like cobra said, its her job, she knows its her job, she should do her job.. no one is forcing her to work there, if she doesnt like dealing with the public, she can get a factory job.. i understand she's human, but customers shouldnt be targets for her to take out her anger.

and y'know what? i am an easy going guy, but i'm not going to go easy if you're an *******, or some other variant.

some people are content with taking things how they are, taking shit.. i'm not, its just the way i am. of course at times my actions will lead me to problems that could have been averted had i taken it.. but there have been numerous times that my reaction to a situation completely diffused it.. i'm fine with how things are..

there are different people, and they handle situations differently.. i'm sure the majority of people would have just taken the rudeness/abuse, but not i, not from someone i dont know..

if you were walking down the street and someone spit on you, would you take it? the majority of you wouldnt, but some of you would.. when people are rude to you, they're spitting on you in a way.. but most people accept it and try to get over it.. i know there are some of you that will say i'm immature..

i usually take a quick analysis of everyday situations and decide how going to re/act in those situations.. i of course have my bad days, but i dont take it out on other people that are undeserving..

i hope this clears things up.. but i'm sure as usual, it will only bring up more questions.

[Capmaster]

What works for me and keeps me out of those situations is to assume they're friendly and treat them nice right from the start.

I'll go up and if the cashier is wearing a name tag I'll say "Good Morning Alicia" or something like that. Or I'll just give them a nice smile and say "And how are you today?". It works wonders when you're nice to them. I've found that smiles and nice treatment are infectious.

[indolikaa]

I'll go up and if the cashier is wearing a name tag I'll say "Good Morning Alicia" or something like that. Or I'll just give them a nice smile and say "And how are you today?". It works wonders when you're nice to them. I've found that smiles and nice treatment are infectious.

That's a pathetic cover story. I've used better methods to pickup women.


Then again, you probably talk to your 'other' women the same way, don't you?

"Good Morning, Charlotte. How are you today? I'm going to take this cover plate off and work on your PAL circuits today, would that be okay with you? Oh don't fret, when we're all done I'm going to recharge your tritium reserve and you'll feel as fresh as ever."

:P

(Capmaster, that artillery shot with the smoke ring? You gott stop sending me this stuff. I just got the interior walls replaced and now there's a big-ol' hole in my desk where the keyboard used to be! )

[Capmaster]

I posted what I say to them. I didn't mention that I lay "willie" on the counter at the same time. Not sure if the smile I get back is admiration or a suppressed giggle

(Capmaster, that artillery shot with the smoke ring? You gott stop sending me this stuff. I just got the interior walls replaced and now there's a big-ol' hole in my desk where the keyboard used to be! )

Braggart. I'll bet you can only tip the desk up a bit .....

Wait, wait ....I just remembered. In a PM you mentioned you were doing drywalling this weekend. You really DID take out the interior walls. What a stud !!!

[shoozleboy]

while on the subject of Wal-Mart - as quoted from the Channel27 ABC website in Harrisburg, PA:

Some Wal-Mart Customers May Have Been Overcharged

Harrisburg, PA - Did you shop at Wal-Mart last Wednesday? If you did, you may have been overcharged. A computer glitch caused more than 800,000 debit and credit card transactions to be double or triple billed. Most of the excess charges have been fixed but some charges may not show up until Tuesday. If you have questions, you can call 1-888-893-0626

actual artice: http://www.abc27.com/news/stories/0404/137331.html

Jeex paid cash, so he's in the clear - everyone else better check those statements!!

[VinnySem]

The moral of the story is--- quit ******* smoking.



"You know, you really shouldn't smoke it's a dirty habit." "Yeah but so is wiping my ass but no one is banning that." - A.D.C.

[Capmaster]

The moral of the story is--- quit ******* smoking.



"You know, you really shouldn't smoke it's a dirty habit." "Yeah but so is wiping my ass but no one is banning that." - A.D.C.

Great ....another self-righteous militant non-smoker. That's so "late-'80s" :P

I always wonder how many of these vocal anti-smokers go home and beat their wives, drink until they're half-blind and get behind the wheel, screw their cats, masturbate uncontrollably, or have fecal obsessions (Will?)

[indolikaa]

The moral of the story is--- quit ******* smoking.



"You know, you really shouldn't smoke it's a dirty habit." "Yeah but so is wiping my ass but no one is banning that." - A.D.C.

Great ....another self-righteous militant non-smoker. That's so "late-'80s" :P

I always wonder how many of these vocal anti-smokers go home and beat their wives, drink until they're half-blind and get behind the wheel, screw their cats, masturbate uncontrollably, or have fecal obsessions (Will?)

...or fornicate with vinyl goats, for that matter...

[Capmaster]

The moral of the story is--- quit ******* smoking.



"You know, you really shouldn't smoke it's a dirty habit." "Yeah but so is wiping my ass but no one is banning that." - A.D.C.

Great ....another self-righteous militant non-smoker. That's so "late-'80s" :P

I always wonder how many of these vocal anti-smokers go home and beat their wives, drink until they're half-blind and get behind the wheel, screw their cats, masturbate uncontrollably, or have fecal obsessions (Will?)

...or fornicate with vinyl goats, for that matter...

No, we were talking about bad habits

[flaninacupboard]

You guys are nuts

Fag smokin', goat humpin', gun totin', nuke lovin' mother fuckers.


Go on, one of you adopy it for your sig

[Capmaster]

You guys are nuts

Fag smokin', goat humpin', gun totin', nuke lovin' mother fuckers.


Go on, one of you adopy it for your sig

Done. Thanks for the great sig suggestion

Edit:
Naaahhhhh. Too obnoxious. Back to a simple sig.

[thayne]

I'd sue them, no doubt about it. Call a lawyer and tell him your story... Easy money!

[indolikaa]

You guys are nuts

Fag smokin', goat humpin', gun totin', nuke lovin' mother fuckers.


Go on, one of you adopy it for your sig

If I thought I could get away with it, I WOULD!

I was going to devolve from "The Peacekeeper" to "Resident *******" but the jury is still out on that one. Then agian, if Will Hay "shits the bed" I don't see why I can't clarify my own standing...

Hey, wait a minute! I'm not the one looking for the anatomically-correct inflatable goat! :P

[b1tchm4gn3t]

this would be rather offensive..........

[b1tchm4gn3t]

lets try it YET again........

[northcat_8]

I would have demanded my 4 cents change.

Good for you Jeex, bastards always trying to screw folks over.

As far as the cop situation went...I wouldn't have went that way necessarily but hey, who knows, sometimes you just gotta do what you feel like doing.

flaninacupboard

Fag smokin', goat humpin', gun totin', nuke lovin' mother fuckers.

You forgot clown lovin' (Capmaster) but he's a gun tot'er too, so that makes him a gun totin' clown lovin' MerFer. Holy cow, if he could just run into a mother, who happens to be a clown, with a .40 caliber on her hip and a M1 carbine on her shoulder wearing gun powder perfume he would be

And yes we are all aware of smurf, capmaster and indolikaa's sexual dysfuntions...they are getting help for their issues...it's a sad set of circumstances

[Capmaster]

Holy cow, if he could just run into a mother, who happens to be a clown, with a .40 caliber on her hip and a M1 carbine on her shoulder wearing gun powder perfume he would be....

That kind of talk is going to make me completely forget about vinyl sheep 8)

[indolikaa]

And yes we are all aware of smurf, capmaster and indolikaa's sexual dysfuntions...they are getting help for their issues...it's a sad set of circumstances

Help? HELP? You call sending Liza Minelli to my house help?

[northcat_8]

Help? HELP? You call sending Liza Minelli to my house help?

Hey you are just going to have to bite the bullet and take one for the team. Besides...you've probably done worse and bragged about it...

[Capmaster]

And yes we are all aware of smurf, capmaster and indolikaa's sexual dysfuntions...they are getting help for their issues...it's a sad set of circumstances

Help? HELP? You call sending Liza Minelli to my house help?

Be glad, it could have been Rosie O'Donnell ....if anyone could drive you to vinly sheep ......

Besides...you've probably done worse and bragged about it.

I know I have ....

[northcat_8]

Be glad, it could have been Rosie O'Donnell ....if anyone could drive you to vinly sheep ......

Hmmm....Rosie O'Donnell or a Vinyl sheep.....







I'm going to have to with the Vinyl sheep

[Capmaster]

Be glad, it could have been Rosie O'Donnell ....if anyone could drive you to vinly sheep ......

Hmmm....Rosie O'Donnell or a Vinyl sheep.....







I'm going to have to with the Vinyl sheep

Or ....Rosie O'Donnell or a vinyl Lisa Minnelli?
Hell, I think I'd prefer a vinyl Rosie O'Donnell over the real Rosie .....but therein lies the root of my problem ........

[indolikaa]

Besides...you've probably done worse and bragged about it...

True...

Or ....Rosie O'Donnell or a vinyl Lisa Minnelli?

Rosie O'Donnell? Liza Minelli?

If they were the last two women on Earth and there were no sheep...

ARE THERE SHEEP?!