Comments on: Don't Know Whether To Laugh or Cry http://www.brainhandles.com/success/job-hunting/dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry Whatever's tugging at my brain handles Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: BEMiller http://www.brainhandles.com/success/job-hunting/dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/comment-page-1#comment-8625 BEMiller Thu, 28 May 2009 19:35:19 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2093#comment-8625 Never been a contractor or vendor. But I've worked in retail. This made me laugh until I got tired of hearing the people. Then I turned it off! Ah... being able to shut it off was soo nice. Every so often I do run into customers who want to know if something can be discounted because it's damaged. Some places can't sell the merchandise, others can. Where I work now they will, but only a manager can make such a deal. NOT ME! I have no such authority. So I find myself, with a polite friendliness, telling the customer I don't have the authority to discount the item, they have to go to the customer service and ask for the manager. Or I can call the manager on my walkie to meet with them. Find myself saying this ten times over sometimes. And some folks think it's bad that I say I have no problem faking politeness. I fake politeness at my work all the time! I'm sure the manager doesn't want me to say "Argh! You stupid excuse for a human! Are you that stupid that you can't understand me!" I will say that I cut foreigners a bit more slack. English is a screwy language, and if they have trouble understanding, it maybe that a language thing. Never been a contractor or vendor. But I've worked in retail. This made me laugh until I got tired of hearing the people. Then I turned it off!

Ah... being able to shut it off was soo nice.

Every so often I do run into customers who want to know if something can be discounted because it's damaged. Some places can't sell the merchandise, others can. Where I work now they will, but only a manager can make such a deal. NOT ME! I have no such authority.

So I find myself, with a polite friendliness, telling the customer I don't have the authority to discount the item, they have to go to the customer service and ask for the manager. Or I can call the manager on my walkie to meet with them. Find myself saying this ten times over sometimes.

And some folks think it's bad that I say I have no problem faking politeness. I fake politeness at my work all the time! I'm sure the manager doesn't want me to say "Argh! You stupid excuse for a human! Are you that stupid that you can't understand me!"

I will say that I cut foreigners a bit more slack. English is a screwy language, and if they have trouble understanding, it maybe that a language thing.

]]> By: Winnie http://www.brainhandles.com/success/job-hunting/dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/comment-page-1#comment-8623 Winnie Thu, 28 May 2009 11:55:02 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2093#comment-8623 This was a very creative, well-done way to address something that I've certainly never had done to me, but I've seen people try to do. Thanks for sharing it! This was a very creative, well-done way to address something that I've certainly never had done to me, but I've seen people try to do. Thanks for sharing it!

]]> By: Va? http://www.brainhandles.com/success/job-hunting/dont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry/comment-page-1#comment-8621 Va? Thu, 28 May 2009 06:19:43 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2093#comment-8621 Nice!!! I laughed my ass off. When I worked as a freelance coder I bump into this kind of sh!t all the time. Nice!!!

I laughed my ass off. When I worked as a freelance coder I bump into this kind of sh!t all the time.

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