I have to get this off my chest before I bite a chunk out of somebody. Maybe some of you here can relate.
I work at the only convenience store for a 25 mile radius. I often do the work of two or three people for long stretches of time. I am efficient, polite and friendly. So why is it Mr. regular customer/waste of a good abortion, that you have to inform me to “smile” every time you come into the store, hmmm? The first time you told me I said “excuse me”? The second time you told me I said “why”? (you should have been getting the picture by now). The third time you told me I flat out said “no” (you really are dense, aren’t you?). The last time you asked me
I said " I do not obey upon command like a trained animal" (i.e.; I just hit you over the head with the worlds biggest clue by four).
Oh, and do you have to smile that smug, patronizing smile every time you command me? What am I to you? Some chunk of feminine meat that must adhere to your supremely fucked up idea of what women should do? Why don’t you take your condescending, sexist, insolent attitude and suck it right back up your buns!
There. I feel better now. Thank you for letting me dump. I’ll have a drink now.
Do we know everything? Maybe the person is just a genuinely nice happy go lucky kinda person. I often tell people to smile and cheer up even if I don’t know them. Does that make me have a condescending, sexist, insolent attitude? So chill the fuck out and maybe you should smile it’ll do wonders to wipe that assholish look off your face.
Assholish? You have pictoral proof of this? Maybe you should read the post better, or did I strike a nerve? I greet and smile to or at every blessed customer moments after they walk in the door. The majority of customers have an ‘assholish’ look on their faces. The customer I referred to in the OP obviously thinks I should have a continual submissive simpering grin on my face. FYI, if people are smiling and happy, I’m smiling and happy back. If people are rude and negative I’m at the very least neutral. If people are trying to yank my chain, I call them on it. This worthless impaction yanked my chain. I called him on it. Understand now?
Strike a nerve? I think not. Hell I happen to deal with upset shitty people every hour at my job. I don’t get pissed and start accusing people of things if I don’t knwo them.
Ah so the customer told you he wanted you to have a continual sumbersive grin? Saying smile or something along those lines are some peoples ways of saying hello or greeting you. I am most pissed with this line
How in the hell do you know anything about this guy huh?
Coming in a close second is
I see so now you are the supreme judger of life? Damn I pissed you off I better watch out hope you don’t wish me dead next.
Those two lines of yours alone make me think your an asshole.
Okay, shell, do you work the overnight shift? I did when I was younger, at a convenience store/ gas station, and if all you get if some dumb bastard insisting you smile, consider yourself lucky. I’ve had robbery attempts (drunken fools who say “gimme all your cash or I’ll beat you up”) sixteen-year-old kids who get upset and violent when I don’t accept their fake ID and won’t sell them cigarettes (a Polaroid shot stuck to a photocopy of a birth certificate, for example) and numerous imbeciles who can’t read (BIG sign on the pump that says quite clearly that between 11pm and 6am you have to prepay for all gas purchases - I mean, this sign was frickin’ HUGE!!!)
I feel your pain, mind you. The mornings sucked the worse, having just been up overnight dealing with nothing but drunks and weirdos, then having some asshole insist i SMILE at him… I do not miss that job one iota, and to all my brothers and sisters still working the overnight shift at our convenience stores, I salute you!
BTW shell, I’m hoisting a nice, cold, Alexander Keith’s in toast to you right now…
Ah, bless you Donnie. Obviously you have the skinny on convenience store hell. 90% of the customers are good eggs, it’s the other 10% …
Oh. And Dippityshit? Why don’t you stroll down to your local biker bar, waltz in and ask all the nice boys there to smile. Tell the bartender as well (yeah, I’ve done that too). They may impress you with the real meaning of asshole. Your own. In graphic technicolor.
WOW Dippityshit! I bet it took you a while to come up with that one :rolleyes: So now you are stereotyping bikers eh? Yeah your a fucking genius stereotype everyone why don’t you?
Oh and you couldn’t argue any of those other points that I made against you? It’s ok I’m sure your head is hurting now. I got the kind of response that I expected from you. You can diss but you can’t take it can ya?
Whoa! Am I gonna have to send you kids to separate corners?
Dipp, my man, have you ever worked in a convenience store? Like shell sez, 90% of your customers kick ass, but that 10% can ruin your whole day.
You say that you got pissed off with the fact that shell got offended by a customer asking her to smile. This ain’t regular retail, like at the mall: The only people who would even mention such a thing at a convenience store are just doing it to be nasty, like those idiots who go to McDonald’s and order Smiles because they’re on the menu for free. Or are looking to get you naked (this applies to EVERYONE, male and female).
It really is unlike any other work experience on this planet. I’ve done everything, from retail, to manufacturing, to marketing, to tech support, to waste disposal in my time, and I have to say, the amount of assholes you have to deal with while working in a convenience store is really above and beyond anything else.
Meanwhile, shell, if indeed Dipp has never worked in the hell we know all too well, we should give him the benefit of the doubt. In any other job, someone saying “hey, smile!” would indeed be a friendly greeting, and not to be taken in any other way. But the convenience store world is a unique one. The biker bar stuff was a bit out of line…
And besides, this is the BBQ Pit. Feel free to blast away about a shitty day…
I’ve never worked in a shell store but I’ve worked in fast food and I currently work on a College Campus where yes 90% of the kids are nice but the other 10% compare nothing to what you’ll ever know. I’ve had students come in drunk and bitch, I’ve had people yell, I’ve had all kinds of shit happen to me at this job. If I saw someone everyday and they said smile I’d probably just crack a cheezy grin and laugh at the fact at least they remember you from the other times they’ve been there. No need to be an asshole about it all.
My main beef is with the comments about her stereotyping and saying someone was a waste of a good abortion. She retracts those statements and I’ll stop.
I can’t fucking stand it when some chump tells me to smile. Even when I’m not frowning but just looking normal. Who the hell are they to insist that I smile? What am I supposed to do, constantly smile? You know, people who are always smiling and happy go lucky are demented and annoying. Also, Dippity, you’re sure defensive about this. Let me guess, you’re one of those “smile” guys. My brother is always telling people to “smile” and I’ve told him a million times how annoying it is. I have a theory that he mainly does it to flirt with chicks, but they never buy it; at least the smart ones don’t. Anyway, that’s all I have to say about that.
I have a normally sullen kind of expression on me. It’s not on purpose. It’s not that I’m always in a bad mood. It’s just the way I am. I hate it when people tell me to smile! It drives me nuts! I can’t smile on command! (Yes, I’m terrible about getting my picture taken.)
You want to say hi to me? Great! I’ll do my best to smile and say Hi back. But don’t think you’ve run across some cute sad little puppy that you need to cheer up.
“Life can’t be that bad! Come on! Smile!”
Well actually the place where I hide the bodies is completly full. I’ve tried hacking them up, but now I’ve got arms and legs sticking out all over the place. I don’t know what I’m going to do with you… but I’ll think of something.
Disclaimer: I’m not posting this to say “Yeah, yeah, we’ve seen this before, ya bloody newbie!” Just thought you might be interested in knowing you are not alone.
