ohsociety (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ohsociety) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} customers_suck,@ 2005-07-05 20:11:00 |
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Background: Arcade boy with patience of steel here.
I suppose todays story of high idiocy is not so much a sucky customer, but considering it happened in the store and it was her money that was being spent. (Part of it) This is the tale of the biggest asshole parent I have ever seen... And the sweetest child.
So this woman comes in yapping on her cell phone with this little boy, around 7ish. She gives him a few bucks and leaves. That pisses me off first of all, because I am not a damn babysitter. So the little boy goes over and plays some racing games and such and when he runs out of money he goes and sits patiently at the entrance to the store.
Two hours later, the mom is still not back and the kid has been sitting there doing nothing for the last hour and a half. I feel bad for the boy, so I grab him some candy out of the redemption center and go take it to him. I notice he has a bag from the gamestore next door, so I ask him about it. He gladly tells me all about his birthday and how he used his money to buy himself a game he had been wanting for a long time. He then asks me how you win the stuffed animals behind the counter, because there is a tweety bird back there and his mom loves tweety. I tell him about the games that play tickets, and walk him around the store showing him. He is sad because he doesnt have any money left to win his mom something, then he tells me he will be right back. Ok, so I figured he was going to the bathroom or something.
A few minutes later he comes back and puts some money in the change machine. "Ah, got your mom to give you some more eh?"
"No, I returned my game so I could win my mom a big tweety. She works too much and is always upset, so I want to make her happy."
So the kid plays the ticket games for the next hour or so, and when he is all done he doesnt have enough for the tweety but I give it to him anyway. (Along with a bunch of candy) The kid and I chat for another twenty minutes or so until his mom shows up still yapping on her cell phone. She glares at me and screams "GET AWAY FROM MY BOY!!!!" Then she grabs his arm and drags him out of the store.
Once outside the boy tried to give her the tweety, but her response? "I dont care honey, cant you see that mommy is busy now? Take it back or something." The boy didnt say anything, but as they were walking down the mall hallway (Yes, I was watching. I couldnt help myself) he just dropped it in the garbage can along with his candy, and his mom never even noticed.
I wanted to murder that lady. That scene made me, a grown asshole of a man, cry for a good hour or so in the back office. When that kid comes back to the store (They come in once a week or so) I am going to go buy that game for him.
In good news, my manager quit today and I am next in line for promotion. Wooooooo $10/hr raise!
I suppose todays story of high idiocy is not so much a sucky customer, but considering it happened in the store and it was her money that was being spent. (Part of it) This is the tale of the biggest asshole parent I have ever seen... And the sweetest child.
So this woman comes in yapping on her cell phone with this little boy, around 7ish. She gives him a few bucks and leaves. That pisses me off first of all, because I am not a damn babysitter. So the little boy goes over and plays some racing games and such and when he runs out of money he goes and sits patiently at the entrance to the store.
Two hours later, the mom is still not back and the kid has been sitting there doing nothing for the last hour and a half. I feel bad for the boy, so I grab him some candy out of the redemption center and go take it to him. I notice he has a bag from the gamestore next door, so I ask him about it. He gladly tells me all about his birthday and how he used his money to buy himself a game he had been wanting for a long time. He then asks me how you win the stuffed animals behind the counter, because there is a tweety bird back there and his mom loves tweety. I tell him about the games that play tickets, and walk him around the store showing him. He is sad because he doesnt have any money left to win his mom something, then he tells me he will be right back. Ok, so I figured he was going to the bathroom or something.
A few minutes later he comes back and puts some money in the change machine. "Ah, got your mom to give you some more eh?"
"No, I returned my game so I could win my mom a big tweety. She works too much and is always upset, so I want to make her happy."
So the kid plays the ticket games for the next hour or so, and when he is all done he doesnt have enough for the tweety but I give it to him anyway. (Along with a bunch of candy) The kid and I chat for another twenty minutes or so until his mom shows up still yapping on her cell phone. She glares at me and screams "GET AWAY FROM MY BOY!!!!" Then she grabs his arm and drags him out of the store.
Once outside the boy tried to give her the tweety, but her response? "I dont care honey, cant you see that mommy is busy now? Take it back or something." The boy didnt say anything, but as they were walking down the mall hallway (Yes, I was watching. I couldnt help myself) he just dropped it in the garbage can along with his candy, and his mom never even noticed.
I wanted to murder that lady. That scene made me, a grown asshole of a man, cry for a good hour or so in the back office. When that kid comes back to the store (They come in once a week or so) I am going to go buy that game for him.
In good news, my manager quit today and I am next in line for promotion. Wooooooo $10/hr raise!
