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[john lewis hawk]

Go here to read GCom's latest tale about comic book store life.

[nietoperz]

Guys like that customer used to burn me up when I worked in music retail!

[Daniel]

Good article. That guy is, well, mentally troubled.

[nietoperz]

Good article. That guy is, well, mentally troubled.

If you ever work in retail, you'll discover how commonplace this type of thing really is!

[Daniel]

If you ever work in retail, you'll discover how commonplace this type of thing really is!

I kinda want to work in retail so I can see these people.

[zombiemichaeljackson]

Guys like that customer used to burn me up when I worked in music retail!

I always *loved* it when people would try bring in some CD with scratches, fingerprints, and smudges all over it and try to exchange it for something brand new because they 'just bought it at your other store and it's broken.' Or switching the sales stickers, that's always fun.

[nietoperz]

I kinda want to work in retail so I can see these people.

I honestly believe that everyone should at some point work in a service industry, at least for a time. It's a real eye-opener.

[Daniel]

I honestly believe that everyone should at some point work in a service industry, at least for a time. It's a real eye-opener.

I might get a job at a restaurant in late August bringing food to tables.

[nietoperz]

I always *loved* it when people would try bring in some CD with scratches, fingerprints, and smudges all over it and try to exchange it for something brand new because they 'just bought it at your other store and it's broken.' Or switching the sales stickers, that's always fun.

Oh, I loved saying no to those types. Best one ever was this couple (man and woman) who came in half an hour before closing and reduced a sales clerk to tears. No way were they getting what they wanted, which was a refund on something that they hadn't even bought in the country, let alone at our store.

They were screaming at me, calling me names, right up in my face until I said, 'Look: it's my job to stand here and argue with you, but I have to tell you that we close in fifteen minutes. At that point security will escort you from the premises so you may as well just cut your losses and leave now."

So the guy says: "I'm leaving. I'm gonna go and fuck your mother!" To which I say, "Well sir, I've met your girlfriend: I really don't blame you." The look on his face was just fucking priceless!

[john lewis hawk]

Oh, I loved saying no to those types. Best one ever was this couple (man and woman) who came in half an hour before closing and reduced a sales clerk to tears. No way were they getting what they wanted, which was a refund on something that they hadn't even bought in the country, let alone at our store.

They were screaming at me, calling me names, right up in my face until I said, 'Look: it's my job to stand here and argue with you, but I have to tell you that we close in fifteen minutes. At that point security will escort you from the premises so you may as well just cut your losses and leave now."

So the guy says: "I'm leaving. I'm gonna go and fuck your mother!" To which I say, "Well sir, I've met your girlfriend: I really don't blame you." The look on his face was just fucking priceless!

Awesome.

[zombiemichaeljackson]

Oh, I loved saying no to those types. Best one ever was this couple (man and woman) who came in half an hour before closing and reduced a sales clerk to tears. No way were they getting what they wanted, which was a refund on something that they hadn't even bought in the country, let alone at our store.

They were screaming at me, calling me names, right up in my face until I said, 'Look: it's my job to stand here and argue with you, but I have to tell you that we close in fifteen minutes. At that point security will escort you from the premises so you may as well just cut your losses and leave now."

So the guy says: "I'm leaving. I'm gonna go and fuck your mother!" To which I say, "Well sir, I've met your girlfriend: I really don't blame you." The look on his face was just fucking priceless!

The sales clerks of the world thank you.

[jza1218]

Go here to read GCom's latest tale about comic book store life.

Haha...Gcom...you have my sympathies.

If it were me, I would have told him to fuck off long ago

[Zenguru]

I kinda want to work in retail so I can see these people.

Retail can be good or bad, but it's generally a rewarding learning experience. Fast food, however, is pure hell. Do not put yourself through that. Not if you have any other choice. Take it from one who knows.

[Zenguru]

Good article. That guy is, well, mentally troubled.

And he's far from the only guy like that GCom gets in the store at times. Downtown has several aimless wanderers who have since been banned from the store.

There was one guy who loved hugging pretty girls. This guy was short, dumpy, had a tiny head, wore coke bottle glasses, could not speak coherently, and had hygiene problems. He's gotten himself beat up a few times over this and other things.

[jza1218]

And he's far from the only guy like that GCom gets in the store at times. Downtown has several aimless wanderers who have since been banned from the store.

There was one guy who loved hugging pretty girls. This guy was short, dumpy, had a tiny head, wore coke bottle glasses, could not speak coherently, and had hygiene problems. He's gotten himself beat up a few times over this and other things.

Hey! My glasses are awesome!