Yeah. I see you’ve never worked in a service job. You deal with that day in and day out, along with the snide looks, expressions of outright hate, and ignorant comments for years and you see if you think it’s anything but abuse.
By the time I quit if I didn’t lock the door and you came up to me I’d slap the taste out of your mouth. Which is, of course, why I quit.
She should blame them. The shop is closed. Period. Customers don’t have a god-given right to open shops at 3 pm. If they don’t like it, they can shop at some other place. The reasons why the shop is closed is completely irrelevant. The behavior of a customer banging on the door after the shop is closed is equally assholic at 3 pm and 11 pm.
Besides, if the shop closed at 5 pm, they would come at 5:10 pm. That’s because they know the shop close at 3 pm and because they’re late that they turn up at 3:10 pm., in all likehood.
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I just think that the OP’s ire is a bit misplaced (against customers), instead of agianst her admittedly “asshole” boss, where it belongs.
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She mentioned her boss reasonning (the shop doesn’t make enough money to justify openiong it for more than 6 hours), and it’s perfectly sensible. The number of customers is limited. If it was open for 8 hours, there wouldn’t be significantly more customers, they whould just come in at a different time.
And anyway, even if his reasons were completely idiotic, he would still have every right to close the shop whenever he wants. It’s not the emergency service or the local police station. The opening hours are posted. Customers insisting upon entering after 3 pm are morons.
To clarify, I’m not angry at every customer who happens to come in after closing time. I’ll get some people who are in a rush, didn’t check their watch, didn’t have time to read the signs. I’ll mention that I’ve closed, and they’ll say something like, “Really? Ok, sorry…” and take off. I have no problem with that. It’s the people who come in half an hour after closing, see that I’m sitting there eating my lunch, and whine that they really need something right now, and no matter how politely I tell them I can’t open back up, they roll their eyes at me, or give me dirty looks. It’s those people who piss me off.
If, let’s say, I did take a customer after closing, I would get in trouble. A record of every transaction I make is electronically routed to accounting. They would see it, ask why I was making a sale after closing, and would have to tell my boss, who would in turn give me shit for not following the rules.
“knock knock”
Are you open yet?
You’re too kind. My sign will say "I ticked off D_Odds once. Just once."
Are they open?
No. However, every time I’ve ever visited a retail or service establishment, it’s certainly been necessary to do so within the hours posted outside. They’re running a business. They don’t have some moral responsibility to be open longer hours if they don’t wish to. Nor does the OP have any say in the matter.
So, what I’m getting here is Updike has never had a service job?
I can see her in there. I KNOW she can hear my knocking.
bitch.
:rolleyes:
And she’s eating her damn lunch. I need a ruler, and I need it NOW! I am a serious art student. Can’t you tell by my blue hair??
i hated idiot customers.
however at least SOMEONE has the right idea in dealing with them
knock on the glass with your keys.
What kind of crummy art teachers can’t teach people how to draw a straight line without using a ruler?
I love the Gord! Fear him!
Forgot to mention, my favorite words of Gord are chapters 1-3 of the Book of Victory.
I loved it when we were painting the store I work at. Everything covered with sheets and tarps, racks off the walls, clothes heaped in the dressing rooms…
“Hey, are you guys open?”
Well, that would be where you and Airman are wrong. I’ve had a service job for the last 20+ years. Your point being?
Listen, you Floozy , I really do sympathize. Some of us teachers had to practically strike to get duty free lunch “hours” (twenty-five minutes). And certainly you shouldn’t do anything that would get you in trouble with your boss.
But most of your customers don’t realize how complicated store regulations are. Have you ever tried explaining to them that sirens go off and clowns pop out of the ceiling and a gorilla comes out of the hidden folding doors and uses a sledge hammer to bop you on the head?
Give us a chance to empathize.
Also, give me half your sandwich and I’ll leave you alone.
It’s the nice, big, bright signs you posted everywhere that I like especially, Floozy. It seems that the few shops around here that actually post their hours, have them printed in eensy little numbers, usually in light yellow on white cardboard. They leave all their lights on, too. It is not funny to make people fight for a parking spot on a crowded street, feed the meter, and then walk half a mile, only to find they’re closed. Mr. Shop Guy-- I reserve the right to leave finger prints all over the glass if you’re closed during the hours you’re supposed to be open. Just so you know.
Back when I waited tables, we had to resort to cleaning up in the dark because so many people were obnoxious about closing times. I can still prep a table with my eyes closed, which isn’t a terribly useful skill, though a great trick at parties.