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WWWP · 09-29-2022, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SGR

One of my pet peeves is people who call with no specific point that they wanted to relay (work or not), no piece of information that they wanted to share with me that's driving the call. Not to mention people who call with some information they wanted to share briefly but after that's been relayed its "So how you been?" and "How's work treating you?" and "Did you hear the news about..." and the worst of all, "You wont believe what happened to my dog Fido the other day...." - my go to technique when I'm done is to ask them: "Is there anything else? Not to be rude, but I really gotta take a crap" - works every time.

Omg it’s almost like friends and family are interested in your life and missed hearing your voice, the horror!!!!

Saying no and being blunt are lost communicative arts - I implore all to try “I have to go now” or “I can only chat for a couple minutes,” or even “now is not a good time.” Granny knows when you’re just appeasing her.

SGR · 09-29-2022, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

Omg it’s almost like friends and family are interested in your life and missed hearing your voice, the horror!!!!

I'm fine with that, and I don't mind talking about it in person, I just hate doing it over the phone. I'm always more interested/engaged in talking with other people about their lives rather than talking about my own, again, not over the phone though.

Trollheart · 09-29-2022, 02:05 PM

All right, if we're going to get into this: people who walk along lost in their own world while jabbering on their mobile, or even worse, LOOKING at it. They can walk into you. They can walk over you. They can walk out into traffic. Possibly the rudest though is the one who goes up to the counter, talking loudly on the phone and then signals (coffee, over here, or whatever) without stopping talking. I mean, what the **** happened to "hold on a minute, I have to pay for this" at the very least? But no: you'll get arrogant ****ers who will come in, on the phone, and do what they have to do and then leave, still on the phone, without breaking their conversation, or sometimes even looking up. I imagine Batty dealt with a lot of these ignorant ****ers. I want to take the phone out of their hand and smash it against the wall, then hand it back to them as if nothing had happened. Welcome to the real world, ****er!

SGR · 09-29-2022, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

All right, if we're going to get into this: people who walk along lost in their own world while jabbering on their mobile, or even worse, LOOKING at it. They can walk into you. They can walk over you. They can walk out into traffic. Possibly the rudest though is the one who goes up to the counter, talking loudly on the phone and then signals (coffee, over here, or whatever) without stopping talking. I mean, what the **** happened to "hold on a minute, I have to pay for this" at the very least? But no: you'll get arrogant ****ers who will come in, on the phone, and do what they have to do and then leave, still on the phone, without breaking their conversation, or sometimes even looking up. I imagine Batty dealt with a lot of these ignorant ****ers. I want to take the phone out of their hand and smash it against the wall, then hand it back to them as if nothing had happened. Welcome to the real world, ****er!

The Batlord · 09-29-2022, 02:13 PM

The phone thing wasn't usually bad when I used to work a register. My biggest pet peeve was always the women who'd wait before finishing a whole ass order before plopping their purse on the counter and rifling through it for five minutes when they could have been doing that the whole time. And bitch wallets always got a half a pound of change they gotta pick through cause god knows it isn't 2022 where everyone else pays with a card in two seconds.

rubber soul · 09-29-2022, 02:48 PM

Yeah, that was pretty annoying even in my days as a supermarket cashier.

Trollheart · 09-29-2022, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I hate when people go "hold on I got the change" and start sorting through **** for 17 cents

Which is worse though? That or, at opening time, "got change for a fifty?" Relate to taxis too. If that's all I got I always let the driver know before I get in. If he's got a problem with it or hasn't got the change I get the next one.

WWWP · 09-29-2022, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Yeah, that was pretty annoying even in my days as a supermarket cashier.

For me too because I could never figure out the math and I’d get anxiety sweats

music_collector · 09-29-2022, 08:30 PM

Over here, it's usually seniors fishing for change.

Regarding phones, I don't get the person who holds the end of the phone to their mouth, while using speaker. Hold the damn thing up to your ear too. I'm pretty sure that was the intent of the designers.

The Batlord · 09-29-2022, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

For me too because I could never figure out the math and I’d get anxiety sweats

Oh god when they hand you a twenty, you hit the twenty button on your screen, it tells you the correct change, and THEN they start fishing around for change. **** off, you penny pinching ****.

09-29-2022, 02:05 PM	#76263 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	All right, if we're going to get into this: people who walk along lost in their own world while jabbering on their mobile, or even worse, LOOKING at it. They can walk into you. They can walk over you. They can walk out into traffic. Possibly the rudest though is the one who goes up to the counter, talking loudly on the phone and then signals (coffee, over here, or whatever) without stopping talking. I mean, what the ** happened to "hold on a minute, I have to pay for this" at the very least? But no: you'll get arrogant ers who will come in, on the phone, and do what they have to do and then leave, still on the phone, without breaking their conversation, or sometimes even looking up. I imagine Batty dealt with a lot of these ignorant ers. I want to take the phone out of their hand and smash it against the wall, then hand it back to them as if nothing had happened. Welcome to the real world, *er! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

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09-29-2022, 08:30 PM	#76269 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	Over here, it's usually seniors fishing for change. Regarding phones, I don't get the person who holds the end of the phone to their mouth, while using speaker. Hold the damn thing up to your ear too. I'm pretty sure that was the intent of the designers.