Charley Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 barcode scanners?! i wish! Fruit shops here rnt very economically developed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Goya Posted February 10, 2004 Author Share Posted February 10, 2004 Oh! I thought you at least had barcode scanners. Where I live they do. God, not having barcode scanners must really suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charley Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 o yeah they have barcode scanners in like supermarkets and places like that...but not in the lil fruit shops and sandwich bars and cafes etc! I cringe weneva a person wiv a huge basket of fruit comes to the till...everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Girl Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Originally posted by Guybrush122 Orca: Dracula? I tried to read it, but epistolary novels don't do it for me. I lean towards more modern writers like good ol' Raymond Chandler or Philip K. Dick or Stephen King or George Orwell or Willie Shakespeare (old, but in a sense very modern)...well, you get the jist of it. To me, Dracula seemed to beat waaayyy around the bush. Though there were some creepy moments, that's for sure. It's been a while (and I always read it half-paying-attention, so forgive my memory) but that bit about the guy with the freaky designer drug problem and how he's all INJECTION! INJECTION! BLAAAHAHAH!.......that one got me good. At least, that's what I think it was. Now I gotta go and pull out the passage... But I like beating around the bush... WTF designer drug problem? what version did you read? Whatever. I've been out of reading for a while, but I'm coming back. Yes, Stephen is the King. A friend of mine lent me "From a Buick 8" and it is the first book I have read that made me physically sick (i just sorta gagged...this time...) Meh. I always feel bad for you check-out folks...even with barcodes... ANNOYING STORE STORY... Mother was angery cause I ripped a pillow case. So when a snow day came along, she said GO TO JCPENNY'S AND GET A PILLOW CASE. And I'm like umm...is that safe?Its snowing.. She said YES. Lucky for me, my dad happend to be working nights that day and had errands to run of his own. He was unable to enter JC Penny's, however, for his gender repels him from that place. I've never seen a male willingly enter JC Penny's. Cutting to the chase... I finally find the pillow-case and run to the checkout island-thing. There's one guy working there, and he looks half-stoned. And irratated. Then I see why... The lady in front of me has literaly, i swear to heaven, a pile of men's pants almost 3 feet tall. She had at least 20 pairs of mens cheap underwear and atleast 15 generic look-nice mens shirts. She explains it by saying she cleaned out her sons/husbands/brothers/deranged monkey's closet. I can only imagine the man's reaction... ....so anyway...minutes pass.... A twisting line snakes around the checkout island. The lady is smilin'...my argravation tank is threating to blow up...the checkout guy runs into trouble and goes upstairs for help. The pillowcase, in its plastic casing, suddenly feels very heavy. Then they open up a line for people who were only waiting 5 minutes...I hate it when they do that... The lady paid almost $800 and made three trips for her purchases. Jesus in heaven... I finally got out, pillow case, brain and all. I was in there for almost a half hour. My dad was all like WTF happened? I said get me home...NOW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muskawo Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 All your work storied have reminded me of some... Firstly, I work at a roadhouse/ pertrol station and it's really really big compared to most we have out here (I don't know what they're like in America.) From one end of the counter to the the other is more like a long hallway that a few steps. At one end is all the hot food and the console, at the other is the slurpie machine and the sandwich fridge (for some reason, at our work hardly anything is self serve. I guess it's cause things are less likely to be broken/ dirtied up, but it also menas everything takes a lot longer. So anyway, there is a console at the other end, but it is never turned on because we're too understaffed. It even says 'please use other console' on the front. But people still wait there. And then look at me up the other end. Then keep waiting. And all this time I'm hoping they'll work out that they have to come up my end, but they rarely do. SO I have to walk all the way down, ask them to come up the other end, then serve them. Then the will ask for something from the other end, making walk back down again, when I could have got it the first time. Another thing people do is point at what they want, instead of saying , "I'd like two pieces of the spicy chicken", they'll say, "can I have two of these" or "can I have some chicken" so I have to point to everything in there one by one as they say,"No, no , no , yeah, that". Sometimes they even get impatient if I don't guess fast enough! Another thing they do is ask for a sandwich, watch me walk all the way down, then when I get back ask for another, or say, "Oh, I wanted it on brown bread." Or they will ask for something we dont have madem like a salmon salad sanwich or something, and then get annoyed that they'll have to wait for it to be made. People will bring up about twenty things to be scanned, except put them on the long bit of bench on the wrong side of the console, so I will have to pick each thing up and scan it, wasting heaps more time cause I have to take about four steps for each item. ANd the person will just stand there, watching. They must realise what I am doing, but they never help by moving everything over to the other part of the bench. the reason I hate all this is because its often very busy where I work, and because we are low on staff, usually my job will be to not only put things through the scanner/register, but to make coffees, milkshakes, heat up rolls and cakes, make up things like hotdogs and roast pork rolls, make sandwiches, toast foccacias and sandwiches, wash dishes ect ect. SO all the time I'm wasting on silly customers leaves time for the line to get bigger, and less time for me to put orders together, which means we get more complaints which means I have to give out freebies and do refunds, wasting even more time. Woah. Giant rant, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Originally posted by Alien426 Don't you guys have barcode scanners? In Germany working at the checkout has to be one of the easiest and most boring jobs. Yes we do, but it's basically a problem of keeping the database up to date and making sure everythings in the right place. If an item of clothing is accidentally (or lazily) put under a half price sign and there are no other items of clothing like it under the sign and it's clearly not meant to be there, the customer still thinks it's half price. Even if it's womens clothing in the mens department! And so when they pay and get their receipt, they're like 'Hey! That designer leather jacket is meant to be 30p, I found it with all of those books saying 99% off!' That, or sometimes, we have a sale on an item, but head office forgets to update the database and so we overcharge them. But it's mostly their fault. If an item of clothing is in the wrong place, it's because someone will pick it up thinkinng they wanted it, go halfway round the store, find out they want something better and just leave the other item wherever they are instead of putting it back properly or handing it to one of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 Originally posted by Orca Wail But I like beating around the bush... Whatever. I've been out of reading for a while, but I'm coming back. Yes, Stephen is the King. A friend of mine lent me "From a Buick 8" and it is the first book I have read that made me physically sick (i just sorta gagged...this time... I find that, in beating around the bush, not much bush gets beaten. Actually, I've had A Buick 8 for a while now but haven't read it yet. Heard it was great. My favorites of Steve's is his collection of short stories: Everything's Eventual, and The Shining (typical, but seriously I was frightened for weeks). Annoying Story: I JUST banged my toe.... ....I'm serious, it freakin' hurts like metal clamps on Llama nipples. YYEECH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 Remember me bitching about people not hearing my witty remarks and jokes. Well it just took a new turn yesterday. I was with a group of people (girls) when we were talking about something and I said something witty and hilariously funny. And onlyone person heard it. but instead oflaughing and explaining to everyone else what i'd said, they fricking stole my joke and just said it as if it was their own! And then everyone laughed at them because it was so imaginative and funny. Now that's annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 That's horrible, Joshi. If anyone EVER did that to me....well....I'd be upset. Seriously, whoever did that deserves to rot in hell! ALL THINGS WITTY AND HILARIOUS CREATED BY JOSHI ARE NOW COPYRIGHTED BY JOSHI! Did you not explain to the group of people that it was your witty comment and not hers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoLuigi... Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 you know what's weird about the annoying things people do... you know how i said i hate it when people say "oops" for you? well, i was sitting next to someone today first period in english and she dropped her water bottle and i said oops. ...but i was going to pick it up for her, but she was already bending down to pick it up herself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Your pants couldn't've looked all that flattering, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Girl Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Originally posted by Guybrush122 ...metal clamps on Llama nipples... Theres an image not soon forgoten... ooooo, Das Mooole... @Joshi: That has happened to persoonees I know. Its annoying as hell, specially after because they tell you EVERYDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Originally posted by Orca Wail ooooo, Das Mooole... Mmmmmmmmmmmm, excretion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Flibble Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I have a 'friend' who will tell me the same joke / story until I laugh. Eventually I laugh out of pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I know someone like that. Except he always says the word "crazy" when he sees me. And I have to say it back because I don't wanna leave him hangin, BUT I NEED HIM TO STOP SOON OR I COLLAPSE OF EAR BLEED-ERY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Girl Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 excretion?wtf??? The same girl I described in my first post in this thread, the druggie, thinks her life story is the most interesting epic in the world. Guess what we heard for ten minutes in theology... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Her life story? It's her life story isn't it. Tell me I'm right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Flibble Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Tell us as well! [all together now, sing along if you know it] "Sit in your favourite chair, We'l sit all around, All around Orca Wail..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Mmmmmmmm, sea shanty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Flibble Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 It costs a little extra, but its worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Girl Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Originally posted by Mr Flibble Tell us as well! [all together now, sing along if you know it] "Sit in your favourite chair, We'l sit all around, All around Orca Wail..." a bonny-sea schanty, aye! *is reminded of jaws... Here is her life story....click there was something about watermelons, condoms, and sonces... Annoying thing #777...people who miss the point... I swas working on a Dark Man parodie, Dark Bag, starring my character, BagMan . A friend of mine, however thought it was *twitch* FAN FICTON. Everybody else got it, but he thought it swas FAN FICTION. This were his last words... so you liked DarkMan? pSSH. w/e... PS Sorry I don't have better pics of the bag dude. But here are two others... a naked bag... ...and a bag moment inspired by Life & Death... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Flibble Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Originally posted by Orca Wail Here is her life story....click good......god...... #778 - People who don't check their pm box every couple of days [At Least!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Girl Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 eeeEK! *checks PM box*... T_T you trick me! #779...teh 7334 (the Leet). Most people online are 7334, and say its easier, however, I find it makes multi-player games HARDER. poo 1 4r3 7h3 £337...w007!!!!!!!!!!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Ahhh Dark Man. Now that's a funny movie. If it'd been me, I would've just offed myself...I wouldn't have the will to live. #780....people who don't watch foreign films because of subtitles. "Ew! I hate subtitles! I hate reading! It's so boring!" ADAHBADLSAFH EAHOERIA J#IJ#A(SEJ AKSJFA DIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!! :burn1: #781 peeps who typ lyke dis cuz dey think it maeks dem getto, nd dey dont spel n e thing rite nd dey neva use pUnCtUaTiOn even if ure goin crAzY n u ask dem 2 stop but dey dont cuz dey no nothing....lolZ!! ROFLMAAODAOHDFOAKSJFO!!!11@!!1 omg, stfu~ do u sk8???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Girl Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Originally posted by Guybrush122 Ahhh Dark Man. Now that's a funny movie. If it'd been me, I would've just offed myself...I wouldn't have the will to live. I think I would go into a perpetual sugar high for the rest of my life...wait, what would be burned-- --never mind.... #780....people who don't watch foreign films because of subtitles. "Ew! I hate subtitles! I hate reading! It's so boring!" ADAHBADLSAFH EAHOERIA J#IJ#A(SEJ AKSJFA DIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!! Jesus, yes. I love the movie "Run Lola Run", but its German with English subtitles. But everybody HATE it...because of subtitles... #781...people who don't watch foreign films because they are foriegn films. Yes, young people, in the 21st century. Its sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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