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Lowest common denominator... Edgar 03-20-2008
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Posted by Edgar on March 20, 2008, 1:44 pm
I thought this site was great, gave me a few laughs:

http://notalwaysright.com/

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Posted by Troppo on March 23, 2008, 4:24 pm

> "Edgar"> wrote
>>I thought this site was great, gave me a few laughs:
>>
>> http://notalwaysright.com/
>
> At Walmart the otherday when we were buying our TV the girl told us
> they have one in the backroom but it was up high and she couldn't get
> it down.

> [snip]

> So we milled about for about 20-30 mins til it became available.
> It was on a pallet jack and she took it right out to my truck, which I
> pulled up to the apron, cause she said I wasn't allowed to use the
> pallet jack.
> If its not a braindead idiot at the counter its corporate goofy
> laws/rules/whatever to prevent frivilous lawsuits.

Yeah, well, not sure I'm comfortable with most people (including me)
handling fork-lifts, pallet jacks etc. Personally I try to avoid picking up
anything heavier than money. (Bad back - too much work on stone masonry and
years leaning over a drawing board.)

Corporate goofy has a positive side in my workplace. If you have a fleet
vehicle, you are only allowed to change a flat tyre if you've had
'training' from a fleet mechanic. Without training, you have to ring them
on a mobile or call on the two-way so they come and change it. So - no
takers for the tyre change training :-)
They had the same rule for filling the tank - but that only lasted a couple
of days ...


Posted by RicodJour on March 23, 2008, 9:34 pm
> "Edgar"> wrote
>
> >I thought this site was great, gave me a few laughs:
>
> >http://notalwaysright.com/
>
> Didja notice that almost all of those complaints were at *those* places and
> they were all one sided, even embellished in favor of the writer.
> We all been to *those* places and we all know how reliable the people at the
> counters are.
> Its easy to quickly become a frustrated customer.
> I try to avoid those places.
>
> At Walmart the otherday when we were buying our TV the girl told us they
> have one in the backroom but it was up high and she couldn't get it down.
> I told her I could come back there and help and she laughed, almost
> belittlingly. (is that a word??)
> Then she told me that customers aren't allowed in the backroom and the only
> employees allowed to remove stuff from top shelves have to be *licensed*.
> And the only person on duty that had a license was on his lunch break.
> Uh, OK.
> So we milled about for about 20-30 mins til it became available.
> It was on a pallet jack and she took it right out to my truck, which I
> pulled up to the apron, cause she said I wasn't allowed to use the pallet
> jack.
> If its not a braindead idiot at the counter its corporate goofy
> laws/rules/whatever to prevent frivilous lawsuits.

You were in a union, weren't you?

R

Posted by Edgar on March 24, 2008, 12:40 pm
> "Edgar"> wrote
>>I thought this site was great, gave me a few laughs:
>>
>> http://notalwaysright.com/
>
> Didja notice that almost all of those complaints were at *those* places
> and they were all one sided, even embellished in favor of the writer.
> We all been to *those* places and we all know how reliable the people at
> the counters are.
> Its easy to quickly become a frustrated customer.
> I try to avoid those places.


No doubt there are as many stories of customers as there are of workers.
This one was the side of the stupid customers, and I believe most of them.
If you want to see how stupid workers and companies can be, check out
http://consumerist.com/ and you'll get the other half. There they even help
you fight back, giving out list of CEO numbers and email addresses, and
other useful information to get your problems resolved. There is no
shortage of the "lowest common denominator".

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