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Where's the ice in JD or in cola?
There isn't any. So why add it?
I know why bars add it, its because ice in infinitely cheaper for them than actually pouring me a measure of the drink I ordered. I order a half pint of cola in a pub, I expect a half pint of liquid, not a half pint glass full of ice.
In the same vane, I hate bar staff who don't know how to pour a pint properly. All it does is create more work for them- if the head is too big I will make them pour it again.
"FUCK OFF AND BUY THEM IN SUPERDRUG THEN."
Ahhhhh. That one's been hauting me for 10 years.
I've actually gotton into the habit of telling customers cheaper places to go I am so sacked!
i said 2 and a half last time 'cause he said did i want 2 or 3.
how could i forget!!
fucks me RIGHT off.
the other week a lady was taking all things out of her basket and putting them on a random shelf. there was a pizza among them so i got someone to take them off and put it back before it went off. grr i wish you hadn't said anything it's annoying me now! she could've just said to the person behind the till 'sorry i don't want these anymore'. prick twat poo head. :mad:
same here!
or they rant about how shit tesco is..err go to morrisons then.:thumb:
The worst customeres at Evans where the ones who would try a top that was two sizes too small on (espically if we didnt have their size) and would then accuse ME if putting the wrong labels in and that it must be a manufacting error. No its not you just need a larger size you fat rude cow.
And BT annoy me because I can never get through to speak to someone. Customer services are nearly allways really helpful, but the telephone system in crap.
If there's a problem, simply explain calmly what it is without resorting to blaming people. Usually, it can be sorted out there and then. If it's something more serious, don't bother those behind the tills. Ask to see a supervisor or one of the managers straight away and they can deal with it for you. Above all, just stay calm. If you start shouting, the chances of you getting a refund/exchange/anything else you want just disappear right out of the window.
Doing something all the time doesn't mean that you do it well.
I've seen plenty of bar staff pull a shit pint. I'm fairly sure that the customers don't order a half pint of head.
Of course if you want a decent beer though you'd probably go to an old man's pub where the staff do more than flick a plastic nozzle.
Totally, when I worked at the bingo there used to be this nasty old man who came up to the bar and moaned (and quite often swore) about his pint every single time, even though there was fuck all wrong with it.
One afternoon I actually refused to give him another one, supervisor came out and backed me up, ditto the manager, he walked out in disgust and was never seen or heard from again :thumb:
Shitty customers are like anything though, you need them to appreciate the good ones :yes:
I drink real ale, and know exactly how it should be poured and how big the head should be. And with hand pull you need some skill- a well-trained monkey could pour lager. I haven't done hand pull for a living so I wouldn't tell someone that I could do it better, but I can taste and see when it's been done badly.
Dude, most people don't know how to cut a man's leg off but, if they come round from anaesthetic with two legs and only one arm, you can be damned sure that they know that the surgeon has fucked up.
And people who are all snobby about their drinks but blatently don't have a clue. The main one at the moment is, "oh that Magners cider's the best." Really? Or is that just the last advert you saw on TV, because you sure as hell hadn't heard of it a few months ago. And I remember my parent's telling me that I only wanted a certain pair of trainers for the name. It's amazing how these things turn around, isn't it. That's not annoying customers though, just amusing.
It's best when they talk deliberately loudly to whoever they're shopping with making sure you hear them, saying they'll just HAVE to go to Asda or Tesco as it's cheaper/better/etc.
It really baffles me, because I'm quite sure they just do it so I know they're going elsewhere with their business. When clearly, I'd actually be very happy if they fucked off elsewhere because then they won't empty the shelf I just filled. :thumb:
On the drinks issue, I think I'm evidence that you can't please all of the people all of the time - I get annoyed if I'm not offered ice. What really pisses me off (and I appreciate why it happens on a busy Saturday night in a club, but still) is getting a drink - especially shots - in a warm glass. Ugh.
I've never experienced more vile, abusive customers than when I worked in the customer cafe at our place. They're just a hundred thousand times nastier and pickier than any other customer I think I've ever come across. And I'll never, ever understand customers that hurl a load of abuse at you, talk to you like a complete idiot then send their meal back for a replacement. :no: Don't mess with the person that's gonna take your meal round the back where you can't see them, people. It's really not a good idea.
I could go on forever here.
People who take the newspaper below the one on the top of the pile. The one on the top was the one underneath 2 minutes ago for fuck sake, and now the papers are a mess and the supplements I spent an hour putting in this morning are all over the fuckin place.
And people who want to swap there paper cuz it's a bit creased, or even worse, THEY put THERE milk on it and now it's wet with condensation. You're only gonna throw it away tomoro!
And people who moan about there change looking a bit crummy, so can I swap it. You're only gonna spend it again. It's not like I sold you you're wedding ring looking all used.
And people who give me 10 and 20 pound notes for the sun or 20p of sweets. They must be purposely trying to piss me off.
Grrrr. Well it's nice to have a good moan. They're are plenty more things that annoy me but I'm not gonna go on forever.
it's just the same as someone paying for a newspaper with their debit/credit card.
makes no difference.
As for taking money out of the cash machine, I do understand what you're saying. It's just that constantly having to give people change for a twenty is bloody annoying. Still, some things don't amaze me. Some people used to say "sorry I've got no change" when paying for a paper with a pound coin!
It's when they give you attitude about it that used to bug me.
"Do you have anything smaller at all?"
"No! And give me the change in pound coins, so I can play the machines"
"How about no, you senile old bat? Fuck off and use the change machine instead of bleeding away my pound coins
Could just about deal with it on a Tuesday afternoon, but on a Saturday night when you were on your own on the bar, had a queue of about twenty and the nearest pound coins were on the other side of the building?
So glad I'm out of there now :crazyeyes
I get really embarrased, I apologised to the guy today when I bought a bottle of water with a tenner before I even gave him the note
I always apologise when I haven't got any change too!
The thing that annoys me about change is when you can see they have got enough, they just won't hand it over. I often ask people if they have any change even if we're not short, and you'd be amazed how many actually have a decent amount of change once they start looking for it :yes: