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dickkead		2007-10-17 05:56:59 AM

That was a pretty funny story.

/I wonder what the kid was actually drinking it for

Froman Abe Froman		2007-10-17 06:03:29 AM

he probably thought it was malt liquor

MorrisBird		2007-10-17 06:10:48 AM

Great story! Once in a while the clerks win.

HollandRivers		2007-10-17 06:14:14 AM

That was great!

Earguy		2007-10-17 06:18:03 AM

I never knew that Tolstoy was a clerk.

In general, I don't like unions, but this was a case where it was good that they're there.

DammitIForgotMyLogin		2007-10-17 06:19:15 AM

Ah, what a truly fun story.

SpinStopper		2007-10-17 06:25:17 AM

Heh. The sad life of a convenience store clerk ;)

log_jammin		2007-10-17 06:27:53 AM

As for the legal case for being forced out of work due to hostile working conditions and the hundred-and-one violations of my worker's rights, that has now been settled. I REALLY can't say anything about that.

CHA CHING!

log_jammin		2007-10-17 06:29:27 AM

And I have to add....That story is one great example of why unions are your friends

MorrisBird		2007-10-17 06:33:14 AM

log_jammin: .That story is one great example of why unions are your friends

And female lawyers. ;)

log_jammin		2007-10-17 06:40:37 AM

MorrisBird: And female lawyers. ;)

well that goes with out saying

goletaal		2007-10-17 07:07:39 AM

A new hero for everyone who has ever worked in retail.

sakanagai		2007-10-17 07:13:50 AM

Wow. I guess stubbornness really does pay off sometimes.

benlonghair		2007-10-17 07:19:15 AM

That was well worth the 15 mins of work time i just took to read it.

Excellent story. Would read again.

beve		2007-10-17 07:26:22 AM

It's (slightly) old, but it's majestic.

hertz2much		2007-10-17 07:30:57 AM

I never thought I would spend 20 min reading about vinegar. Good job.

gunsmack		2007-10-17 07:36:50 AM

Clerk deserves the HERO tag

ultrachronic		2007-10-17 07:39:51 AM

That was awesome to read.

The mother of Vinegar Boy was an asshat.

Kyosuke		2007-10-17 07:54:50 AM

Preface: I've worked in retail for 30 years.

This idiot clerk should have just pulled his head out of his ass, crossed his fingers behind his back, and apologized to the woman. But no, he had to go whining to his union about it.

Crazy customers aren't worth all of this shiat. Pretend to apologize to them and get on with your life.

This clerk is going to be a clerk (or less) all his life. Loser.

DammitIForgotMyLogin		2007-10-17 08:00:00 AM

Kyosuke: This idiot clerk should have just pulled his head out of his ass, crossed his fingers behind his back, and apologized to the woman. But no, he had to go whining to his union about it.

Perhaps you missed the bit near the end when he points out that apologising for the incident could have opened the door to the crazy lady suing the company.

But even beyond that, why the fark should he have to apologise when he did absolutely nothing wrong? Fark that for a laugh.

Kyosuke		2007-10-17 08:07:40 AM

DammitIForgotMyLogin: Perhaps you missed the bit near the end when he points out that apologising for the incident could have opened the door to the crazy lady suing the company.

And she gets laughed out of court. Wooo.

DammitIForgotMyLogin: But even beyond that, why the fark should he have to apologise when he did absolutely nothing wrong?

Because it gets the idiot customer out of your life with the least amount of stress and stupidity. Look at all the money and time spent because of one stupid clerk's ego. Ultimately, the customer won this anyway, only she got the company and union to spend thousands of dollars and tons of time on it.

I was kind of on the clerk's side until he brought the union into it.

Phil Moskowitz		2007-10-17 08:09:37 AM

Kyosuke

Not exactly a principled person, are you?

keylock71		2007-10-17 08:16:34 AM

Kyosuke

That's some stupid shiat you're slinging , right there.

Why should he admit wrong doing? To make life easier? That's absolutely ridiculous.

It's also fairly spineless and demostrates that you will lie when it's convienent, and if that's how you approach your work, you seem like you'd be a pretty piss poor employee to me.

DammitIForgotMyLogin		2007-10-17 08:19:10 AM

Kyosuke: And she gets laughed out of court. Wooo.

Except that, if they followed your philosophy, they'd just cave and pay her off to get it over with the least amount of stress and stupidity.

But I guess you always take the easy way out of any problems you incur in your life?

KellyLockhart		2007-10-17 08:39:12 AM

I kept waiting for the line, "I wasn't even supposed to be in that day," but, alas, was disappointed.

That was my only disappointement, though - this was a great story about someone standing up for themselves and not falling trap to the idiotic "apologize and it will go away" mentality.

If he had apologized, the mother could have had the tapes played in court, which would have been seen as an admission of guilt and she would have indeed won her case. This way, the clerk did the correct thing, uncovered an incompetent and possibly criminal manager, an incompetent supervisor, and bettered his own position in life by his honesty.

We need more people like this who don't have a problem being "just a clerk" and take pride in their job.

timmy_the_tooth		2007-10-17 09:07:17 AM

Some odd things about this story:

This is a reprint from last year on the web site TF is linking to.

It first bubbled up in 2005.

Almost no one questions this story even though it seems like serious shennanigans.

Why is there no evidence? It's been around now for two years and not one news source has picked it up.

How can the guy who's not allowed to talk about what happened (because he insinuates he got a big settlement) talk about what happened? He even admits to misconduct and lying. That seems suspicious to me. If I'd just gotten a settlement, the last thing I'd do to jeopardize that would be post a long story that could easily be traced back to me.

This is fake.

timmy_the_tooth		2007-10-17 09:10:40 AM

Kyosuke: Preface: I've worked in retail for 30 years.

Kyosuke: This clerk is going to be a clerk (or less) all his life. Loser.

he he

yeah, the guy in the story is a loser who will work in retail his whole life.

Chuck Wagon		2007-10-17 09:20:01 AM

timmy_the_tooth: Some odd things about this story:

This is a reprint from last year on the web site TF is linking to.

It first bubbled up in 2005.

Almost no one questions this story even though it seems like serious shennanigans.

Why is there no evidence? It's been around now for two years and not one news source has picked it up.

How can the guy who's not allowed to talk about what happened (because he insinuates he got a big settlement) talk about what happened? He even admits to misconduct and lying. That seems suspicious to me. If I'd just gotten a settlement, the last thing I'd do to jeopardize that would be post a long story that could easily be traced back to me.

This is fake.

It is a great story, but you're right. There is alot about this story that doesn't make sense.

jennyz		2007-10-17 09:21:27 AM

Farked :(

gregory311		2007-10-17 09:21:51 AM

link farked

wpmulligan		2007-10-17 09:22:03 AM

The lark seems to be finked.

talllankyguy		2007-10-17 09:23:15 AM

Poor site.......poor poor site

/we killed it

farkingatwork		2007-10-17 09:24:39 AM

Kyosuke: DammitIForgotMyLogin: Perhaps you missed the bit near the end when he points out that apologising for the incident could have opened the door to the crazy lady suing the company.

And she gets laughed out of court. Wooo.

DammitIForgotMyLogin: But even beyond that, why the fark should he have to apologise when he did absolutely nothing wrong?

Because it gets the idiot customer out of your life with the least amount of stress and stupidity. Look at all the money and time spent because of one stupid clerk's ego. Ultimately, the customer won this anyway, only she got the company and union to spend thousands of dollars and tons of time on it.

I was kind of on the clerk's side until he brought the union into it.

Simple Summary: Not all of us are pussies like you, Kyo.

hitmanric		2007-10-17 09:25:52 AM

Hmmm....link goes to http://Customerssuck.com/.

Ya I'm sure I can expect a truly unbiased article here.

/didn't rtfa - farked?
//unions suck
///some customers suck more

LurkinFarker		2007-10-17 09:25:59 AM

Kyosuke

So why don't you tell us what happened when you drank half a bottle of vinegar?

D-D-D-Dave		2007-10-17 09:27:16 AM

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww farked!

Ed Finnerty		2007-10-17 09:27:17 AM

wpmulligan: The lark seems to be finked.

Yup.

ChicagoJohn		2007-10-17 09:27:30 AM

Link farked.

redcard		2007-10-17 09:28:36 AM

For those wondering why the person didn't just cross his fingers and apologize?

When I was going through college, I worked at a drug store that had a simple rule. The cashiers could never admit wrongdoing by the store.. on anything. You did it, and you were canned.

Maybe his store had a similar rule.

/If the story is true.
//Which, it probably isn't.

benlonghair		2007-10-17 09:29:39 AM

D-D-D-Dave: awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww farked!

Which is unfortunate, because I was planning on filling my time at work today reading the site.

Damn. Back to the WoW forums, I guess.

goletaal		2007-10-17 09:29:40 AM

Kyosuke: Preface: I've worked in retail for 30 years.

This idiot clerk should have just pulled his head out of his ass, crossed his fingers behind his back, and apologized to the woman. But no, he had to go whining to his union about it.

Crazy customers aren't worth all of this shiat. Pretend to apologize to them and get on with your life.

This clerk is going to be a clerk (or less) all his life. Loser.

This, folks, is what 30 years in retail will do to you.

NightOwl2255		2007-10-17 09:29:42 AM

The clerk should have looked her in the eye, and reached over and pull her across the counter and beat her into a bloody mass. Then drag her out back, dig a hole and toss her still twitching body in, then drop a deuce on her head, cover her up and salt the ground so nothing ever grows there again.

Or do what her did.

Which ever.

lajimi		2007-10-17 09:30:02 AM

Farked first, fast.....Five minutes sooner on the home of the ALL AMERICANS!

m0ondoggy		2007-10-17 09:30:09 AM

Anyone mind cutting and pasting the story?

rebelyell2006		2007-10-17 09:30:56 AM

I don't know if anybody noticed this, but the link seems to be farked.

S-Bizzy		2007-10-17 09:31:15 AM

Has anyone mentioned that the link is fxbrd?

maq0r		2007-10-17 09:31:49 AM

fark fark farked.

Anyone can copy/paste?

BTing		2007-10-17 09:32:26 AM

D-D-D-Dave

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ~~farked~~ peaches!

FTFM (me)

Love that sketch.

cyrus_hunter		2007-10-17 09:33:57 AM

This reminds me of the vinegar drinking competitions we used to see in college over who would get the last chicken wing. Absolutely disgusting to see, the belches were like evil escaping from the deepest pits of Hell, and it was priceless to see their faces when we pooled enough to get another plate (after the drink-off).

/malt usually did better than normal
//still disgusting