Talk About Tennis 2.0

JazzNU wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:48 am

Sigh

Every dot represents one or more tennis courts in the municipality.

Blockbuster: what an incredible phenomena. I wonder if the same graph would be repeated for Blackberry phones, which I would say would be most likely.
Of course, too much work but Blockbuster was also international. We had one close to home until about two years ago. Then it became a Burger King.
Another company that maybe went that way, in a smaller scale, could be Tower Records. They were eliminated by Amazon, of course.

A little over the top... but 100% right.

Ponchi it's not over the top at all. Anyone who has worked retail or held a job where you have to interact with the general public - from bus driver to the person you call to talk about your utility bill to the person at your local fast food joint or supermarket knows this is just the tip of the iceberg. I think everyone should work retail once in their life so they know that they never, ever want to go back there if they don't have to.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:07 pm Ponchi it's not over the top at all. Anyone who has worked retail or held a job where you have to interact with the general public - from bus driver to the person you call to talk about your utility bill to the person at your local fast food joint or supermarket knows this is just the tip of the iceberg. I think everyone should work retail once in their life so they know that they never, ever want to go back there if they don't have to.

Preach! One of the most educational jobs I ever had in my life was as a server. Especially on Sundays when the church folks showed up. It was so bad on Sundays I refused to accept Sunday shifts.

Even to this day, I am amazed at the fact that customer service folks I talk to on the phone are shocked and pleasantly surprised when I treat them with respect.

Unfortunately not over the top. You don't even have to work retail to know this really, you can easily hear at least 3 of these if you go enough stores in a single day, like head to a mall and it'll happen in a span of just a couple of hours. Customers are awful. When I thank whoever helps me and tell them to have a good day, the look of appreciation on their faces makes it clear they haven't heard that too often that day, which is a damn shame, such a simple thing.

Hard to choose my favorite part. I think it's "the manager doesn't know what's going on - haven't you ever worked anywhere before?" But I also just love "When does it end, Diane?"

JazzNU wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:24 pm Unfortunately not over the top. You don't even have to work retail to know this really, you can easily hear at least 3 of these if you go enough stores in a single day, like head to a mall and it'll happen in a span of just a couple of hours. Customers are awful. When I thank whoever helps me and tell them to have a good day, the look of appreciation on their faces makes it clear they haven't heard that too often that day, which is a damn shame, such a simple thing.

Hard to choose my favorite part. I think it's "the manager doesn't know what's going on - haven't you ever worked anywhere before?" But I also just love "When does it end, Diane?"

That was my favorite one too.

Though an impressive run, as I've seen pointed out, the dog should be disqualified. You can't switch lanes like that.

Yes, it almost Mary Deckered the leader

I just got this. They didn't really see it but their eyes and minds registered "incoming". I thought the person dropped milk.

That COVID shield really saved the clerk. Why is only one of these people masked?

This AITA has made it to Yahoo news.

I confess I have never heard of an Apology Dinner. I like the idea though.