No you're not more special than anyone else, moron...

The BBQ Pit
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As someone who has worked similar shit jobs (Pizza Hut, grocery store, and the like) in the past, there’s some things I’ve clarified before.

First of all, how does she have a problem with saying Sonic doesn’t suck? It does. Now, if they’d reduce their sodas from 98% ice to 80% like the rest of the world, that would go a long ways toward rectifying that. If they’d start doing free refills like the rest of the planet, that’d be nice, too.

Second, a Sonic in a mall? I thought the whole deal with Sonic in the first place was them being an Olde Tyme drive-up kind of place. That’s just weird.

Third, I think Sonic is more Southern than Mid-Western. The reason being that I’m from Milwaukee, and the first I ever saw them was when I moved to Mississippi. And from what others have said, all the other states have been mentioned.

Fourth, and most importantly, who cares? I don’t mean IDBB’s problems, because, well, assholes are everywhere. I’m thinking more along the lines of coupons.

Three coworkers and I each bought these Domino’s charity cards for Autistic Children (blah blah). They were like $9, and when you buy a pizza you can get a second one free. It’s supposed to be good for 25 uses, and they’re supposed to use a hole punch to take out a number on every single pizza. I use it every time I order from Dominos and, as a sad and lonely bachelor with a decent income and very modest cooking skills, I order pizza A LOT. In the 8 months I’ve had it, I’ve had it punched two times. Count 'em. Two.

When I worked at Pizza Hut, we never actually asked anyone for the coupon. As a matter of fact, the drivers frequently didn’t even know (or care) if someone had used a coupon order when placing the order.

And when I worked at a Kohl’s grocery store (after the evil A&P buyout)…let’s just say I was everyone’s favorite cashier. I was the second fastest, beaten out only by Mark The Coke Fiend who had a remarkable resemblance to Luke Skywalker, and EVERY coupon came off your order. When they instituted the cross-checking system and started rejecting coupons that didn’t match what someone had actually bought, well, that’s what the generic coupon button is for.

I was making $6.00 an hour. You think I’m going to spend my time arguing about coupons with someone I don’t like about something I don’t care about? Fuck that.

-Joe

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This is exactly why IDBB’s manager actually checks the drawer for correct coupons. Every $1 off she gives is $1 less that the store earns, may as well force her to actually have a valid coupon before giving the discount.

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If the guy comes in all the time, and you know him (by sight, not personally), why not just give him a couple of coupons to shut him up?? My boss’s ex was a Sonic manager and he was always bringing us “surplus” coupons that she brought home.

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Sure, but then it should be his smiling face that’s dealing with Mr. Yeller, don’t you think?

-Joe

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That’s as may be. The OP reeked of pissiness, snottiness, and bad attitude. An establishment where I am an everyday customer that did that to me would no longer have me as a customer. Just sayin’, that’s all.

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Too damn bad. You’re an idiot. Stores cannot give a coupon discount without a coupon. If we could, then everyone and their grandmother would claim they “forgot” their coupons. If I had done that at my job, I would have been fired.

You need the coupon to get a discount. If you don’t have it, you don’t get it.

Try it sometime at any store-and see how many give you the discount.

Dumbass

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You know Guinastasia, when I first started reading this board, I don’t remember you being such a fucking asshole. Live and learn.

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I would like to apologize to IDBB for being so nasty to her in this thread. When the first thread I linked to was being discussed I was upset by the way someone who is obviously an intelligent and caring person seemed to be giving up on herself. I hate to see anyone just give up and not try to get out of a situation that obviously makes them unhappy. However that is none of my business, and I should have kept my mouth shut. I hope IDBB can forgive me because I do think she is a good person, and I am sorry for upsetting her.

Guinastasia please chill a little bit.

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Absolutely! That’s what a manager is there for.

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Hmmm. I think I agree with Guinastasia’s point, although I don’t think I’d have phrased it quite the same way.

If I forget my coupon, then I pretty much say to myself, “You dummy.” and suck up that $1.00 savings (if it even IS a dollar)until next time when I DO remember it. I don’t think I’d ever try to demand the savings without the actual coupon, not even in my regular grocery store that I frequent religiously. I’m quite certain they’d point and laugh, loudly. I would be all too deserving, and I would still patronize the store. They didnt do a THING wrong in asking for the proof.

To paraphrase the OP: What makes ME so special, indeed?

OTOH I love it when Pizza Hut doesnt take the coupon and I can keep “re-using” it. That’s what keeps me a customer of theirs. Sonic should take a lesson.

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You have a point. I don’t wholly agree with it, though. For manufacturer’s coupons, OK, I’ll buy it. We’re talking about coupons issued by Sonic here.

And I’ve gone in the grocery store and had the clerk scan their own savings card because I’d forgotten mine; I’ve asked for and received the ‘buy one, get one free’ at restaurants when I didn’t have the coupon; I’ve gone into Foley’s without my 10% off coupon and still gotten the discount. Maybe it’s because I ask politely, maybe because I’m a regular, maybe it’s the types of establishments I choose to spend my money at, maybe all of these. I assure you though, if I asked, and was treated the way IDBB treated her customer, I would not return.

If I am a regular at a store or restaurant, and I spend a ton of money there with good frequency, they better remember me. I had BETTER be special to them. YMMV.

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OTOH, thisyearsmodel, if the guy frequents the establishment on a daily or subdaily basis, what does it matter if he forgot the coupons? If he had remembered them he wouldn’t be getting the discount the next time he went there, seeings how he had already used his coupon. I doubt Sonic gives him coupons every freakin’ day.

And while most people on these boards know I’m no fan of IDBB, I fail to see where she was rude and snotty to this customer. She didn’t raise her voice and she didn’t cave in. If you consider that rude and snotty, then the additude problem is most likely with you, methinks.

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Okay, maybe I phrased it a bit harshly, but there’s nothing I HATE more than when people would come in and demand special treatment because they “shop there ALL the time, therefore the rules don’t apply to me/I should get something special.”

If I can’t do it, I can’t do it. And I don’t think she treated him “snotty”-she was merely doing her job.

I have told people outright-“That is against the rules, and if I do it, I will lose my job.” If they persist, I ask them if they would like to pay off my college loans for me. That usually shut them up.

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[hijack]

Our store is one of only a handful because apparently the company wants to capitalize on it’s good name and is venturing into a ‘new’ market.[/hijack]

Guin–thank you for standing up for me. I wasn’t snotty, rude or anything. I just refused to cave into what the guy wanted. And it’s not like we don’t hand out TONS of these coupons to anybody who asks for them. Other mall employees will come up, order food and when we hand it out more often than not, they will get a handful of these coupons with their food because we are nice that way. A lot of mall tenants in our mall don’t give employee discounts, we do (10%).
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