Second story. I used to work in retail...menswear specifically ( as well as other things ). I more often than not managed to strike up a good friendly relationship with customers. Including the ones in this story. The couple I'm referring to were recently married...both in their mid twenties...a really nice couple. So they became regular customers. Now since the guy had to travel a fair bit he needed good quality clothing that was reasonably fashionable but also conservative in style...which was exactly the style we had...it was also very good quality at a decent price. So good was our relationship we became good friends not just client / saleman...to the extent that when they turned up one time it was immediately obvious she was expecting. My instant reaction was to look at them...then point...and say 'It wasn't me '!...to which they both burst out laughing. Not long after the baby (a little girl ) was born they brought her up to the shop I worked in to show her off to me...and I became an unofficial 'Uncle' :-) Well...a few years go by...and now we have a new manager...who was a total W*** stain ! A nasty piece of work all round...he was a bully ( didn't work on me lol....we'd had run in's before ). So...my 'friends' turn up one day with my 'niece'....who had ( I was told later ) been told where they were going...to see 'Uncle' at work...and she was excited at the thought. So they walk in and little one spots me, breaks away from her parents and runs at me crying out 'Uncle...Uncle'. I was just finishing dealing with another customer and said. 'Please do excuse me...but I REALLY need to see this little lady before she knocks everybody flying'. He laughed and said 'go ahead'. So little one reaches me with her arms held up for me to pick her up, I bend down to scoop her up and give her a hug...Mum and Dad come over with huge grins on their faces...right up until the manager came over and started to berate me for 1/ leaving a customer. and 2/ Behaving in a manner that 'he' considered 'Inappropriate'. You could see the hackles rise on both of my friends, that turned to anger when the manager told me that one of the other salesmen would be taking over. My friends instantly said if that was going to be the case they were leaving and would be contacting H/O with a complaint...and would not be back at this branch again. On average my friends would spend somewhere in the region of £800.00 to a £1000.00...each visit...and that would be 2 or 3 times a year. So he lost a regular good spending customer...and I left about two months later to work for a large store in Oxford Street ( they Sell Fridges ). Oh...btw...I attended 'Little one's wedding some years later...as her 'Uncle' :-)
if I was the other customer, upon seeing that crap happening, I would add in an additional report to H/O. There's no reason to berate an employee in front of a customer over a matter like this. Of course, I think he was looking for reasons to fire you because you didn't bend to his pathetic ego.
My Was-husband would purposely dress horrible when shopping for big ticket items. He said it meant he would get salesperson that was more educated and experienced. Worked like a charm every time
For the 3rd story when the boss screamed "did you report me" I would've responded with "no I didn't, but now thats a good idea" and hang up and immediately report
Hope the Salesman lost his job over it, since the Couple he ditched OP for also didn't get what they wanted from him. Karma is a dish best served ice cold.
When I go to the pawn shop, which I've been a customer of for many, many, years I get decent treatment on any given day. However, if I take the time to slap on some extra makeup, dress up in business professional clothes and go in, I get treated better, get a better price on purchases or a better offer amount on my pawn. It's judgemental, it's discrimination, it's unfair and it doesn't even seem intentionally or even consciously done. I think it's just in our nature to make assumptions and pass judgement based on what we can see our and our previous experiences, unfortunately.
@@JadenYukifan28I'm so confused, what is the ice cold part of a karma? Is it the same as revenge that's best served cold? Is this a new generational thing?
@@JadenYukifan28 gotcha. I just thought I was too old to have heard it yet. I'm one of those that will never refer to a pound sign # as a "hash tag" and anyone that I know has permission to shoot me if they ever hear me casually refer to man's best friend as a "doggo".
On the last story I wonder how much the Karen's heart dropped if/when she saw an email request come in that not only included her name several time passive aggressively but also that ever person, and department with a hospital domain email address including her bosses got that same email and she'd be questioned about the whole thing at best or lose her position at worst.
yep, I believe next time she'll have to give information through phone, she'll be extra precise, just to be sure her colleagues, her boss, her boss' boss, the director of the hospital and the directors of the other hospitals recieve an email saying "hey I followed karen's info am I adressing to the right person about this topic ?"
Not to mention the half dozen or so Government Ministers that got it too... I'm sure THAT didn't help her Blood Pressure when she noticed them... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
See that last story is hard. In our country unless a person is specified you can’t give out personal health info to anyone as it’s a violation I HIPPA laws. People have been sued for giving personal info to the wrong person.
@@traceej4685 I've had family members call for info on a patient & I just say, "Due to HIPPA, I can't give you any info including whether or not this person is our patient or not. If a person is a patient *they always have to designate another person* as being able to receive info. Sorry." & I hang up.
The last story - what OP did is called "turboing". Basically, politely bother the chain of command all the way to the top. A friendly inquiry "what's up with that email?" from the minister will turn into "holy shit, get off our behinds, that person must be important!" at the department level and get stuff moving at the highest non-emergency priority. This is what happened here, and will happen in just about every bureaucracy in the world.
Yup, and the same can be said for most any insurance company. A polite request for clarification with the appropriate insurance commissioner’s office will make the insurance company in question move mountains to get the situation resolved.
New homes being built and the concrete trucks were washing into the storm sewer. My roommate and I work construction and knew that would be an issue so we called the Company and the concrete company told them to stop doing it. They laughed at us. We emailed the mayor and the home builder made the construction manager ring our door to apologize to us in person
When I worked at the DSS many years ago, if an enquiry came in from an MP, it was immediately handled as Top Priority and management got things done as fast as possible to resolve.
Mustang officers in the US Navy call them depth charges, because they're dropped from the top of the command chain down. By the time it reaches the staff officer who should have handled it, several higher ranking officers are demanding results.
@@Josh_the_jester Years ago I had a pink shirt that I wore with a deep red tie. Looked Great on me! My dad started calling me all sorts of names because I wore it? I Just told him to fk off and mind his own biz.
When my wife was pregnant, we went to the gendering ultrasound. The nurse asked us what we hoped for and we told her a girl since we had my stepson already. The ultrasound tech actually said "Whoa! That's a boy alright. Big boy! Yeah, this is only a girl if she has 3 legs. Sorry guys."
Last story: Something with similar results happened to me at my doctor's practice. They misunderstood a message from my pharmacist and accused me of getting two of the same script on the same day from the same pharmacy! Yeah, right! Like that would even happen! I got my doc to finally talk to my pharmacist and it turned out both the nurse and doc had called in the script and the pharmacist only wanted to know which script they wanted him to honor. How they got me 'double-dipping' out of the message is beyond me, but, they had sent me a certified letter discharging me from the practice. When it came out that THEY were the ones who screwed up, they rolled out the red carpet for me! It was pathetic! Yeah, I found another doc.
I went to my doctor for an inhaler. Called up wheezing like a mofo..... got a new nurse who made me promise that I wasn't a junky. Demanded to know what I wanted from them. TO BREATHE She shut the F up and gave me an appointment 30 minutes out.
Ya’ll remember when Dark Fluff’s background was a beer, he had a different pfp & different looking sheep along with us slightly bullying Stevo? I do. Good times.
The story about the salesman that judged the guy that was wearing just plain clothes and didn't look like he could afford the washing machine reminds me of a story that happened in my hometown where a multi-millionaire wanted to buy a half-million-dollar house and when he met with the realtor he was wearing a t-shirt and jeans and the realtor laughed at him and said stop wasting my time when I know you can't afford this house so he called the real estate company and asked for another realtor and he paid for the house outright and wanted to make sure the previous realtor got zero Commission
I buy, sell and invest in small businesses and do the same with houses. I am at the point in my life where I can buy a million dollar house and say “Cash Offer” at the end of my bids. I have to dress in the whole suit and tie affaire every day. When I am not working I dress for comfort. Usually a sweat suit. I walked into a local custom car shop and said that I wanted to order a car. The salesmen in the office work off commission. When I walked in I was greeted by a guy that said to me “no we are not hiring”. I replied “no I am here to order a car”. This guy replies “listen we aren’t a dealership and our cars are way too expensive for someone like you”. I got a little annoyed and was about to pull out my Amex black card but another guy goes I can help you over here. He took my order. A fully customized, fully loaded Jeep Compass with a hell of a sound-system and custom paint and interior. It totaled over $200,000 for the whole thing. This includes them buying the car and customizing it for me. At the end the guy goes “We will only start working when paid in full but you will have to be paid up in 12 months.” I said “ that won’t be a problem” and pulled out my Amex Black card. And the guy that blew me off nearly had a stroke and got up and walked out. The guy that was helping me said “dumb ass needs to stop judging people by the way they dress. Once you said you wanted to order a car I knew you must have money.” I said “you get guys like me all the time?” He said “I have been working here for 25 years. The richest people that come in here tell me the same thing. That when they aren’t making money they dress for comfort”. That first guy missed out on a massive commission from me.
@@seldonwright4345 *As well as: unfair business practices, abusing worker's rights, lobbying, paying their workers shit, tax cuts by doing "charity" that tend to have interesting individuals in charge, etc. etc. etc.*
When I was out to buy a new car, many salesmen were avoiding me because I often dress poorly; "I like my hobbo style". Then, there was that guy who was super nice and helpful, plus I loved the car, so I bought it. He wanted to give me payment plans and all the stuff, and was surprised when I answered: "Nah, I'll pay cash, also make it the sport version with all options." Dressing poorly is an amazing filter against stupidity.
My best customers at our pet store looked like complete hillbillies with a single tooth between them, but they knew everything about their semi exotic pets and did everything for them.
@@OzoneGrif My former SIL’s dad was a very successful restauranteur who, after he retired, started a small landscaping company. He had gotten off of a job one afternoon and stopped by the car dealership to get a new car for home. He had pulled up wearing his work jeans and driving the dirty, older truck, and the salesman just treated him like some poor hick. After several minutes of this, he asked for the guy’s manager and told him that he had been willing to pay cash for a top-quality car that day, but instead was leaving for a competitor’s dealership instead, all because of his salesman’s attitude.
Story 2: My grandma used to tell a story about when she was a car saleswoman. This guy wandered onto her lot, dressed like he was homeless and nobody else wanted to take him around. So Grandma went out to greet him. The guy was looking for a car (for his daughter I think), but seemed to only be going through the motions. But my Grandma stuck with him and he finally settled on a car. And she asked if he needed to discuss financing. And the homeless looking dude says "well, I'll pay cash", produces this roll of bills and starts peeling off hundreds. At this point, the other salesmen start tripping over each other trying to claim that it was their turn and claim half the commission. Story 5: The email is on the website. OK, message received. *email bombs hospital. ROFL
Dude, the richest person in an expensive chain restaurant usually isn't the one wearing the nicest clothes, but the shabbiest. Why? Because they can easily afford the meal and treat the place as if it were a lower tier joint.
Story 1 - Fun fact: Pink being "girly" is relatively recent, roughly only the last 50 or so years, and it's believed to have primarily been a result of marketing campaigns. Before that, neither colour was particularly associated with a gender on a wide scale, with some places having boys in pink because it was a "strong, masculine" colour while blue for girls as it was a "calmer, feminine" shade, while other places did the opposite. In fact, it was only towards the end of the 1800's that coloured clothes became common place for very young children - before that, they were more commonly dressed in white dresses until they were roughly 5-6, regardless of gender.
Yep. We did a switch, from pink being masculine to pink being girly. I wish they hadn't, because now we have pink tool boxes and other "masculine" things that have to be "feminized," because otherwise a woman won't wield them, or something. Sorry, but a hammer is a hammer. I don't need it to be a particular color. Pink has just spread all over the place, with genderization, and it's SO annoying to me.
@@StoutShako not just that, but before Gen X there was generational marketing, after that they retrofitted Baby Boomers, and the Silent Generation just to flog goods to certain age groups, even though in reality most people in all generations are generally the same when it comes to what they want in life.
@@svgamer7160 I've heard that it was because pink is a derivative of red, a color commonly worn by soldiers. At the time it was seen as the 'manliest' occupation one could have.
Washer Story: Thats like the motto for the area where I live, we have a lot of OLD OLD money around here. One guy whose probably the richest dude in the whole area drives around town in the most beat up rust bucket pickup youve ever seen and rocks a no shirt overalls look basically all year. Clothes do not show an accurate pictures of people's wealth.
That man is probably concerned with having a reliable vehicle over a flashy one. Some of those old pickups will drive until the wheels rust off, and keep right on driving after you weld them back on.
Also, if you're driving a car that makes you look poor, I'm guessing people aren't as likely to break in? I haven't been broken into in enough different cars that I could say for sure, but it makes sense to me.
That washer story reminds me of the scene in "Pretty Woman" where Vivian had to get a nice dress. She walks into a store and was rebuffed. She came back later with several large shopping bags "You work on commission, right? Big mistake!"
OP & the wash machine salesman: I once went into a fru-fru dept store to buy some Paloma Picasso Perfume. The sales lady was dressed to the hilt & all dolled up with makeup & jewelry. She treated me like garbage because I was dressed in a tank top, shorts, Birkenstocks & was wearing no makeup. At one point she started to walk away from me because she thought I couldn't afford the large bottle of Perfume. I said, "I wasn't finished yet but I can get someone else standing on that side of the counter to complete my transaction & get a commission". That comment knocked the sneering look off her face & she came back to me with a "hello, how may I help you" attitude. BTW- 40 years ago a bottle of Paloma Picasso Perfume cost $150.
I get this all the time because of my White Cane. Last time was at our local, which is about 3 to 3 1/2 hrs away, Pandora Store, as I wanted to see if they had more traditional Charms for my Mom for Mother’s Day. I was there at the counter for about a good 5 to 10 minutes & was completely ignored!! I’ve told everyone since not to bother giving them busimess. I’ve also heard stories like mine from Family & Friends who were there to see what kind of stuff they had & were treated like they weren’t worth the Staff’s time. Then they wonder why that Store doesn’t have much traffic....Hmmm.....
That woman is totally insane, first she acts on behalf of others without permission, and then she gets mad on behalf of others. It's like she has no life ^^
My friend got fired from his 15+ year employer for going on his honeymoon. He went into the office his first day back and was fired on the spot. It turned out great that he got out when he did. The founder had passed the business onto his daughter and she ran it right into the ground and all 3 locations were gone within a year! He ended up with a job with better hours and a HUGE income increase! He's been there ever since and loves it. I also must add that he worked his ass off starting as a fry cook and getting to district manager before he was let go.
I can't imagine having an employee for 15 years and being too petty to not grant them their honeymoon vacation. The ONLY reason I can see is that this company desperately wants people to leave the place on their own to not have to pay compensation.
@Azet Doodsengel Is that not against the law? One of the jobs that I walked off of, gave me a written warning for being in the hospital with kidney stones. It was a pleasure to quit that place.
@@FriedrichHerschel I'm pretty sure the daughter was just trying to cut back expenses. She spent money faster than they could make it. She fired all high paying employees and then realized she was screwed. Sucks, though. That place had really good food too and now they don't exist.
Technically it's the 4th (timestamps are wrong) and boss would've probably gotten away with running illegal software, if he'd just kept his big fat mouth shut
I remember when my wife and I had our first child. Her family had nothing but grandsons and well out popped the first granddaughter on her side. I called my late FIL and said I have someone here who wants to meet you. Her name is Caroline. My FIL said over the phone if you're lying to me you're a dead man. He was down at the hospital the next morning the day after he finished chemo for his cancer. He managed to survive 4 more years after being given less than 6 months way back before my daughter was born.
Started watching these, and sounds like my uncle. My cousins are kinda like me, kinda going on alone but the youngest. He got married and when my uncle became a grandpa he lived a bit longer because of it.
This is why baby showers are a weird idea. Living in the UK I don't know anyone who's had one. If you can't afford to get clothes etc for a baby you can't afford a baby.
2nd Story: I know of 2 people who are multimillionaires, they got there by (in part) by careful spending, and continue to do so. They buy from high quality clothing, but still cargo pants & cargo shirts since they still work out in the field at job sites, and have use for all of those pockets! I almost ROFLMAO when one of them came in, dirty and sweaty from the day's work and wanted to buy an expensive large screen TV and sound system for the "big game" and got snubbed by the first salesperson... I watched as he calmly called the store's owner (franchise) who was working up front and asked him to come on back so he could buy what he wanted.... Needless to say, after the sale, the owner took the clerk to the break room and had "a heart to heart" "discussion" with him!!!
Wait List Story: I suspect OP was placed on the Priority list since they really, Really, REALLY didn't want another E-Mail Cluster-bomb from him... After all, his first Cluster-Bomb only hit 300ish Inboxes...HOW MANY INBOXES WOULD HIS NEXT ONE LAND IN? 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
Not only that but it also landed in several LOCAL Government Emails. Imagine if they went to the equivalent of US State or even Federal equivalents next
My grandfather was a car salesman and while alive, LOVED to tell the story of one of his favorite customers. The guy drove onto the lot in a beat down truck and wandered around in dirty jeans and t-shirt. None of the salesmen wanted to give him the time of day. My grandfather walked up to him and after some pleasantries, sold the guy a brand new truck. The guy was a farmer, and would drive his trucks "until the wheels fell off" but every few years, he'd buy a brand new one. Each time he demanded my grandfather and paid cash.
On the story on the guy buying a washing machine, Back in 2001, I got a job as a rookie Salesperson for a car dealership in USA. We underwent training, and one of the things that was emphasized was to treat everyone the same, no matter how they looked. This did pay off as a few times I got customers that looked like they were slumming came in and bought a vehicle from me. (One was a FBI agent with an immaculate credit score,) To this day, it still surprises me to hear stories of Salespeople dropping customers when they see someone that looks rich come in.
@@blancfan1 my ex mil did something similar. I made a couple of hundred bucks because her family preferred to believe her over evidence proving her wrong.
Re: the last story/shoulder injury As a public servant the last thing you want to hear is that there has been a complaint made about you to the minister that oversees your department. I have had three, all complaints by people that expected that i was there personal servant & slave because i work for the government, so they were easily dispensed with. When you get a ministerial you basically stop what you are doing, clear your days itinerary if need be and resolve the complaint that day. Also the ministerial comes from the top down, the minister doesn't contact you, he contacts senior management in your department and this is then sent down the chain of management, hence it gets a priority response that day. So OP's complaint was like a hand-grenade with the pin pulled out, nobody wanted to be holding it when it exploded, Karen would have been in a world of hurt, and to prevent management being scrutinized or asked any difficult questions they decided to prioritize it, as that makes the problem go away. FOOTNOTE: one of my ministerial's occurred because i wouldn't let a couple leave a crime scene until the police were satisfied that they understood the chain of events and had spoken to any people they felt were relevant to a stabbing (injured person left the scene and was transferred to hospital by private vehicle), i had located the knife driven into a picnic table, and it was at that point i called in Police as we had the location that the stabbing had occurred at and we knew that there would be witness in the people that were near to the table, but apparently for this couple that was inconvenient to them and they had to leave now, followed by a dummy spit when i explained the police instruction... they complained, i forwarded my situation report, the police report, and a timeline of events, apparently there story wasn't supported by my documentation & the Police report (so, yeah they lied there asses of)
I mean, he *could* transition, but I'm genuinely surprised MIL would be ok with that (people usually aren't). I know the chances of this happening are extremely low, but I hope MIL doesn't try to convince the kid he's a girl.
My brother works security for the local college. The dean once turned up in a half buttoned Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and flip flops with his hair all over the place. He apparently has a barn for his 50 rescued cats and always makes sure they get medical care no matter the cost, or the chance of survival.
You call around to find out who reported your crime so that you know who the rat is the next time you commit a crime. On that note, I'm kind of happy he's accusing someone he's already fire, that way the rat remains undetected and able to report him again.
Story 3 reminds me of a MC story where a farmer goes to a dealership in his farmhand fatuges and was pretty much ignored he even tried to get their attention, he leaves and 2 hours later he returned in a suit-and-tie and nearly every salesman goes to him trying to make a sale, and calls them out in front of the customer of their classiest hypocrisy, and how they ignored him for an hour and 30 minutes
Omgs. Story one is awesome. Mostly because I'm a trans woman and feel these people that get bent on gender need to just chill. Men in skirts are supper hot. Just let people be people. Besides, no baby has the first clue or care. They are happy to be loved and nothing else. And before anyone gose off, I have 2 with my ex, a boy and girl and they both identify themselfs as they where born. And yes, they enjoy having 3 mom's and 1 dad.
Baby clothes story: Why waste the clothes, the kid isn't going to care as long as he's warm and comfortable. As for the color pink, it was once considered a masculine color. Go look at some of the old John Wayne westerns and check out the color of the shirts he wears. They are a washed out PINK! Think anyone got away with calling John Wayne a sissy?
Story 2 reminds me of when my dad went to a new housing development with my youngest sister. He was in his work clothes: dirty shirt, old jeans, steel-toed boots. They wouldn't even give him the time of day when at the time, the houses were well within his means and he was seriously considering getting one. He left and is still in the house I grew up in.
shudder. why anyone would want that is beyond me. But I wouldn't say 1.73 (~5ft 6.4inch) meters is short. I just looked that up because I was curious about if he really was short, I had a vague idea it was a myth.
@@ammalyrical5646 and she had a habit of proclaiming “If I can’t pronounce your name, I’m not hiring you.” We had an entire two years before i left that she had an inch stack of applications and zero new hires; it took our downtown office HR department to take those apps and put people in the job. All because she was too stupid to have faith in anyone to run the shop as an assistant manager (we only had her - GM - and two other shift managers so she would have the excuse of “I can’t even get time off for myself, I’m not worrying about your needs.” (Twice that was said to me, and twice i went over her head to get the time off i needed.). And her “I don’t have the heart to care” when a co worker came in asking for a friday afternoon off to go,with her fiance to her fiance’s father’s funeral.
Having had a similar “communication”, or lack of, issue while in hospital in the US, the last story makes me extremely angry for the patients who don’t have the mean, or persistent wife, like OP and I had, to escalate. People touting socialized medicine have never encountered the bureaucracy that guarantees employment of people like Karen, and whomever closed and slow walked OP’s care.
I’ve lived in countries with socialised medicine all my life. I’ve never had a problem with paperwork. I have heard from American friends that have had a lot of paperwork when they’ve had health problems.They’ve had to argue with insurance companies etc. I’ve been in hospitals several times. I just had to make sure the doctor discharged me before leaving the hospital.
Yeah the US system has got to be one of the worst in the world. I feel for those Americans that have to wait so long for such simple things and then get charged so much for it on top of that. I keep up hopes that the US with stop being a third world country soon.
In the UK just recently I have been phoned by the hospital with appointments. I was once in the A&E in a London hospital when a nurse told me that my wife had phoned and been told how I was. I didn't let on we had been divorced for about 20 years.
Yeah I have nobody to advocate for me and it really sucks it's very difficult to advocate for myself being in chronic pain and having difficulty breathing I can't even finish a complete sentence without having to stop to take breaths and then everybody gets frustrated with me and they don't want to help me. Also being in chronic pain and not sleeping very well I have difficulty with memory I have to write everything down and people get frustrated when I ask them to repeat themselves either because they're going too fast in general or too fast for me to write down the notes because I can't remember. Also the frustrating thing is that I have all these difficulties and have all these problems but even though everyone around me including the doctors can see what I'm going through I still can't get the help that I need.
Story 1 = One of my SIL's was born on April 1. I jokingly told her that her mom's doctor said to her, "April Fools, it's a girl." She told me that is exactly what happened since he told her mom that the ultrasound said it was going to be a Boy! Story 2 = I met a man who had multiple successful businesses. He realized as he was working in his garden that he forgot to get a gift for his wife. He went to Jacobsons store (went out of business) and no one would help him. Then he showed 3 $100 bills. Then several people wanted to help him. He told them that he would NEVER shop there again. He also told me that he went to get a loan from his bank. The person who handled his account was on vacation and the person who "helped" him told him that he could not give a loan without any collateral. When the person came back from vacation the man closed his accounts and his mother closed her accounts (big money also) and the bank went out of business.
Story 2: same thing with my grandfathers boss from way back, his boss would dress in overalls, looked like a farmer, was frugal with money and so down to earth that NOBODY except those who knew him would know that he was LOADED. This was back in the late 70's early 80's.
Always ask for a formal apology, it's true it will rarely resolve anything but you get to live with the knowledge they had to take time out of their day to do activity they hate and you're the cause
That exact thing happened to me, but with a car. I gave the biggest smile & the bird finger to him & the other sales person(a lady)was laughing at him.
I have only given out two types of marriage advice: 1. Don't 2. Take the money you were going to spend on the wedding and use it to move as far away from both sets of inlaws as you possibly can.
I had a similar experience to the second guy. I went into a jewelry store wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and ready to pay up to $1000 for a pearl necklace. The sales person was dismissive and rude so I walked out. Just as I opened the door, I told him that I was planning to spend $1000 up front and he just "attituded" himself out of a $100 commission.
I was friends with one of the most powerful women in banking in the US. She was worth many millions. Jeans, t-shirt, pickup truck…you’d never know it. She had money, but money didn’t have her. I miss her. R.I.P. Kathy
I once worked for a hotel, the reservations manager, ( who thought she was my boss) was a man hating old spinster who almost single handedly was in the process of driving the establishment out of business ( she should have retired years before as she was in her eighties) after working there for two years I was invited to attend a friend's wedding in Texas, so I went to her to request some vacation time she looked at me with total disdain, and in her nastiest tone she said " you don't get a vacation here" the very next day the HR manager came to me with the vacation schedule in his hand, asking me when I wanted to take my vacation, as I had 4 weeks on the books, so I gave him the dates that would cover my friends wedding, plus the time I had coming, the day came for my departure and my dad took me to the airport I caught my flight, and all was well,my dad no sooner got home, then the phone rang, it was the miserable old witch, demanding to know where I was, and why I wasn't at work,my dad replied that I was somewhere over Missouri and on vacation, and hung up on my return, she lit into me, telling me I had no right to go on vacation, and she was going to Hr and get me fired! But she was in for quite a surprise, while I was gone, my mother, ( who was in charge of executive travel, for the biggest company in town) had called to make reservations for a large party of execs, and wound up getting a cold shoulder from her, so she payed, the owner of the hotel a little visit, ( the hotel was only a block from her office) and informed him that in the future, her company would be doing business with the other hotel in town, and their reasons for doing so, when she went to try and get me fired, that was the last straw, and it was her who got fired!
Stoory #2 My neighbors across the street had a house just like mine (but different trim.) They were nice, t-shirts & jeans people and not flashy. One day, I noticed TWO identical new cars in their driveway ( different colors.) Tony was out there, lovingly wiping a bumper. I smiled and waved, saying, "Nice rides!" He laughed, saying he got an amazing deal for paying cash in full for both! That was the day I realized that a millionaire will usually look like the average dude.
My wife is just like OP's wife in that last story...don't dismiss her, you will regret it. She's the sweetest, nicest person until someone she cares about is in pain...
Regarding the washing machine story it reminded me of a story I was told a few years ago. If it is true or not I dunno. We had a car dealership in my hometown that was famous for ignoring people that wasn't dressed fancy. If you didn't arrive in a suit, they would just sit in their office. This person came in to the car dealership. Dressed in buisness casual. Shirt and jeans. Started looking at different cars, looking at prices. No salesman came to ask if they needed help or just windowshopping. After 40minutes, the costumer started to leave and a salesman screamed across the floor. "Did you need anything?" in a very disrespecting voice. "I had planned to buy 3 brand new cars for my company and 1 used car for private use. But now I will leave and go to your competitor". Even if they look like they can't afford anything, don't judge a book by the cover! Or you might loose out on a big sale.
story 1: the MIL deserves what she got due to her lack of listening. Story 2: the lazy manager got exactly what he deserved for pawning his work on someone else. Story 3: I have run into way many sale people like the guy in this story. Story 3: seriously the dude was just asking for it. Story 5: brilliant, just brilliant.
The story about the salesman that ditched the 'homeless looking guy' reminded me of a story I heard once when I was in Austin, TX. A guy walked into a Cadillac dealership dressed in a tee shirt and cutoffs. He was asking about some of the models and was given the newest salesman to talk to, as they figured it was just someone that wanted to test drive some Cadillac's and couldn't afford one. The salesman treated him like trash and so the guy left. He went back to his office at Dell Computers (for those that don't know, Dell's home office is in Roundrock, TX, a 'stones throw' north of Austin). He phoned the dealership and introduced himself. The story goes, after introducing himself (Michael Dell) on the phone, he had no trouble speaking to the owner of the dealership, who after kissing much rearage worked out a nice deal for Mr. Dell.
Second story even dedicated people need some time off and they’re getting on A honeymoon . Do you your job like you’re supposed to instead of making someone else do it. Glad that manager was fired.
Use to work with a trans man, and he told me a story about how his mom went to a psychic when she was pregnant, and the psychic told her she was gonna have a boy. Well he came out as she and his mom thought the psychic was scam, until he transitioned in his early 20's.
As a trans man, that's freaking hilarious. My mom's oby/gen told her initially that I'd probably be a boy, then that changed as I developed further. 20 years later, turns out the first opinion was correct.
When my husband's ex-wife was carrying his youngest, the Dr said it was a boy. They were quite surprised when she delivered a girl. Husband had to think up a girl name since they only had boy's names picked out. 21 years later, it's a boy. And changed his name to the one Dad had originally picked out.
Story 2: my SO and I dealt with the same kind of thing. We had gone to a local furniture store to look for a coffee table. We knew the style we wanted when we headed there. My SO was dressed casually, as was I. When we first got there, we initially looked at other styles in case we found something else we liked. One salesperson came to us, asking the usual questions: How are you?, How can I help you? We told her that we had been looking at a specific table online and was wondering if they had it in stock. She looked at us rather skeptically and said “I’ll go see what I can find out.” After she left, we found the table we had been looking for, at the price we expected: $600. We patiently waited for her to come back. After almost 20 minutes, I wandered over towards a different section and spied the salesperson chatting with her co-workers. I had had enough. I confronted her and asked for a business with her name on it. As she gave it to me, I informed her that I would be sending an email to head office regarding her behaviour towards us, as we were prepared to spend close to $1000 in the store. But she lost out on that commission. We did send that email but never heard a thing back about her. We have never stepped foot in that store since.
1st: Both my (68, male) children are daughters. When I escorted my wife in her 1st pregnancy, in her 8th month to her mother's home so they could give her expert attention during the last days + delivery + 1st month of the baby (our parents lived in the same city), my uncle decided to call family for a religious rite (fire + chanting by priests). At the end after the priest blessed us all esp the mother and fetus, and uncle grandly told us we were going to have a healthy baby boy. I didn't bother to tell this entitled male Karen that the ultra sound had already proved to us that the fetus WAS A GIRL!
The second/thumbnail story was what I did to negotiate for a raise. When turned down, I quit, especially since I had already found a better paying job, but I wanted to see if I could negotiate without having to change jobs. My former boss reacted the same way, so I quit and they got angry at me yet fired for screwing up in not finding a replacement for me.
At least grandma acknowledged the baby was a boy after he was born. My grandpa told everyone I was a boy for days after I was born. He got over it once he got to hold me, but I’ve often wondered what the heck his friends all thought when he had to backtrack on having a grandson rather than granddaughter. 😂😂😂
This couldn't have been more timely! I am dealing with a situation with a medical care provider, Karen. In this case though Karen averted barriers in place for my health and safety. Totally disregarding notices in my files. It wasn't the first time someone has done something similar. It is the *third time* this particular Karen has done the exact same thing wrong. I needed a reminder that this happens to a lot. Being angry about it is okay. Spreading the consequences is a valid tactic to increase motivation for meaningful change. 😏👍
First story believe the mother who is about to give birth not the grandmother, and then to get upset when they’re just using the clothes that people bought for them just because you’re an elder doesn’t mean you deserve respect you earn that, and this whole thing about the belly shape all that matters is a healthy baby not the sex. This mother-in-law definitely overstepped.
My grandpa, before he passed away, kept insisting I was gonna be a boy. Even after seeing the ultrasounds he kept calling me 'Otis' and even had a onesie custom stitched with the name on it. Everyone knew he was joking and all had good laughs about it. Even he was just trying to make my moms pregnancy more relaxing for her. So yeah. There's a difference between 'in denial' and 'just making a joke'. My mom still has that and even dressed me in it for pictures when I was born, since my grandpa passed a month before I popped out. Almost an exact month too.
My husband and I purposely dress down when we don't want sales people to bother us. Barely anyone approaches us. When we want attention, we dress nice and are practically bombarded.
yea, what i learned from hospital service, you need to find their actual complaint address in their website instead of complaining in person, or by phone..i did that back when my wife got an emergency situation. The result? the head of costumer service came down straight to us to offer an apology, then gave us some gift bags on the day my wife got discharged
Final story: this whole on call runaround would never happen to my dad, I don't know what that man does, but he always gets his way, especially with customer service, he knew what his options were, he knew his rights, and he can smell BS from Mars, he's gotten put on hold for hours, blocked basically every sleazy trick in the book to try and screw you over, but my dad is like "wanna play checkers, let's play chess"
"Undiagnosed ADHD" that's just a fancy way of saying "self-diagnosed", which is often innaccurate and can often offend people who *actually* have such things. Never say with 100% certainty that you have something like that, unless a professional diagnosis says so; those people are *trained* to tell the difference, and regular people aren't.
in the second story if you are a manager and you don't do your job and someone else basically does your job for you don't tell them that they need to reconsider the place at this company because if they leave you are screwed
As a veteran, I can truly relate to the last story. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that CSR’s are required to protect private information, but when the person calling is authorized they aren’t to block said information or worse deny individual information from the member themselves. That nonsense right there is why folks get cussed at every time.
The Washer Story: From where I come from there's this rich guy who would simply dress in his undershirt and shorts when you meet him on the street (think "The Beast" from "Kung-Fu Hustle"). I've also been to this place where I've met this man in his undershirt and shorts lazily lounging on a rocking chair, thinking he's just an ordinary local--he was the town mayor. And, oh: that reminds me of my parents when they bought a van. The salespeople in the dealership won't even attend to them, just because they dressed in simple clothes. Well, to their surprise, they bought the van cash (which they don't like because they earn more commission through installment basis). We only went back there once before transferring the care of our new van to the newly opened dealership closer to home.
I went into a local appliance store when I moved to my current city because I left my appliances at my old flat that I was letting and renting a flat here, unfurnished. All the male salesmen ignored me because I was a woman alone. The lone female asked if she could help. I thanked her and got a washing machine, fridge-freezer, microwave and vac. This was around 30 years ago so £1,000 worth of goods, roughly. As we were sorting out the paperwork the men kept passing by looking at what was going on and kicking themselves that they had lost the best sale of the week. I hope she got a fat bonus because she was helpful and did not mess me around.
Story 2) Looking poor equals poor service. Case in point: Clabber Girl Baking Powder Indianapolis Speedway What do those two things have in common? Tony Hulman Jr. He owned both for years including several Coke a Cola bottling plants And a few radio and TV stations in Indiana and Florida. Tony Hulman Jr lived in Terre Haute Indiana. He dressed in well cared for but worn everyday clothes not expensive suits just what any blue collar man of the times wore. He drove a Chevy for years, in the 60s both he and his car could be found at one local diner or another. He was visually no different than any other average man.
My wife and I went to a major store to pick out a dining room set. We are a mixed race couple. At the store we found what we wanted, not their top set but up there. Two white salespersons saw us and just ignored us as we weren’t dressed nicely. The third salesperson, a black man, came over and helped us. I pointed out his colleagues and mentioned that they just list their bonus. He didn’t say anything which was quite professional. We paid in cash and shook hands. I think we had the best salesperson.
last story is actually pretty horrible situation. nearly two years no updates to the situation. Just trying to confirm that he is on the list to get his issue fixed fully resolved in a month.
Like the hospital story. I had been on a waiting list for knee surgery for 3 years with an email sent from the hospital annually to say do you want to stay on the list. Reaffirming every time. At this time I saw my gynaecologist who recommended a hysterectomy at the same hospital. I asked how long it would take until it was done and he said 3 months and I went sure and explained that I had been waiting over 3 years for knee surgery. He said that’s not right. Less than a week later he got a call for my knee surgery.
If I had reported a company for illegal use of software, first , it would be 100% triune and provable, and second, damn right I would tell them I did it when they asked.
Lmao, that manager "if you think you can take 3 weeks of vacation, you need to reconsider your position" XD I straight up would have replied with "if you think you're more important than my honeymoon and my wife, you need to consider looking for my replacement" before quitting. It would have been the perfect comeback.
Salesperson judging looks. Years ago I was working VERY LATE in the yard on Valentine's Day, when I decided I wanted a gift for myself. Instead of cleaning up, I just grabbed my purse and went to ZALES dirty as hell because it was almost closing time. I didn't have my card, but the young white Salesperson looked up my info and saw I had NO BALANCE and $3000.00 to buy. I went crazy picking out things. THEN she spotted a cute looking white couple come in looking at wedding rings. SHE DITCHED ME and said to WAIT as she was taking care of them. I asked someone else if they worked on commissions, and was told yes. BUT IF I purchased that night, SHE would get the sale. I said I'll come back later. Feb 15th, I dressed to the nines to go to work, to stop by AFTER work. Good for me BAD FOR HER, as she did NOT recognize me, but the Black lady from the night before did, saying WOW you clean up nicely. I asked to speak to the manager and told them about V DAY exchange, he went to speak to her and she said I DON'T CARE! Needless to say that was her LAST day, and the black lady got the commission abd I purchased EVERYTHING that I saw the night before. I totally didn't feel bad she lost her job. A dirty woman SHOPPING ALONE on Valentine's Day with a $3000.00 limit should be treated with respect, BECAUSE she is shopping for herself dirty or not.... I hope she learned her lesson NOT to judge a book by the cover as the NICELY DRESSED white couple looking at wedding rings purchased NOTHING! I think they didn't buy because I mentioned that I was there first and they saw her brush me off and told me to wait. SHE lost 2 sales commissions that day.
When my husband and I were engaged, we went to the Shane Co to look at rings. We were wearing the clothes we were painting in, so we looked obviously not the greatest. The woman attempting to help us told us she would not be showing us anything over 500$ and refused to listen to us when we told her we'd rather see more. We were there maybe 45 seconds when we just looked at each other and walked out.
Almost 20 years ago the technician told my daughter she was having a girl. Long story short, my grandson had lots of pink. He liked pink until some other kid teased him about it in preschool.
Story 2 was legit so relatable for me. That's legit how the HR and everyone higher then the leader of the specified area (something similar to a department head) at Amazon acted. I got fired after being sent home sick and what not at the peak of the Covid issues cause I 'missed too many days' and I emailed the email that they said to reply to urgently within 24-48 hours and I sent several emails, as a follow up to both main HR and the actual site HR... and low and behold not a single person actually read my darn email cause next thing I knew was fired. But no worries since they were 'gracious enough' to hire me back. Buuut on the downside, I lost out on the entire season of Peak and a lot of money that I was planning on putting towards my University transfer the following Summer. I was actually one of the really fast workers in my area and it was honestly one of the few things I was proud of. But this shows they don't care who they are or what they've done for the company. Of course there are numerous other stories, but this one took the icing of the cake since it effectively allowed them to legally not have to pay me for the entire month of peak. Since they said it'd take 3 days to fix it and get me reinstated and next thing I knew, a month had passed. Yup, I ain't going there again and they lost my respect. 🤷
My mom kept saying I was going to have girls and was picking out girl names for my unborn child. I kept telling her I was have a boy and to stop. When my son was born my mom was sadden. She did the same thing again with my second pregnancy. And with my sisters pregnancy. She said we need to keep trying for a girl. Well, sadly to say for her she didn’t get her granddaughter. She has all grandsons
When I carried our 3 kids, we didn't care what gender they would be. Didn't even ask the doctor, the way my husband and I figured it, even though we did want to have kids, getting pregnant is still kind of a surprise, so why shouldn't the gender be a surprise? And oh gosh the excitement and anticipation after giving birth was amazing! The doctors and nurses were happy enough to participate too. So is the baby healthy? Yes, baby is perfectly fine and healthy. Am I ok? Yes you are doing just fine. OK then, lets see them! Oh wow, I had a girl!. 2 girls and a boy, never knew which they were till they were born. We just picked 2 names for each, and asked for gender neutral stuff for the showers. Family thought it was great fun too, and some of our relatives even started doing this.
My parents did this. It had one small bonus, when I came out as Trans I simply asked what names they had chosen for if the doctors said it was a girl instead, because those where the names I was supposed to have all along.
@@PerfectInzanity82 That's a really nice way to include them in such an important part of you. Honestly hadn't thought of something like that before, but that's a great idea.
I won a couple of hundred dollars for a bet with my ex in-laws because of my ex mil telling her family that my wife and I were having a girl. 3 months before he was born, we showed her and most of her family the ultrasound pic of a boy in his mom's belly. They all said that those pictures were wrong. They said that we were just seeing part of the umbilical cord. So I made a bet with anyone who was up for it (mil was the first taker) over whether or not we were having a girl or boy. 3 months later, at about 5 am on my birthday no less, I was woke up by my wife and a wet bed. Almost 6 hours later, I was paid by everyone who lost the bet, including mother in law. Her reason for claiming that we were having a girl even with contradictory proof? Because the women in her family always alternated girl,boy,girl with each birth. Except that her middle daughter had 6 girls 😂😂
Second story.
I used to work in retail...menswear specifically ( as well as other things ). I more often than not managed to strike up a good friendly relationship with customers. Including the ones in this story.
The couple I'm referring to were recently married...both in their mid twenties...a really nice couple.
So they became regular customers.
Now since the guy had to travel a fair bit he needed good quality clothing that was reasonably fashionable but also conservative in style...which was exactly the style we had...it was also very good quality at a decent price. So good was our relationship we became good friends not just client / saleman...to the extent that when they turned up one time it was immediately obvious she was expecting. My instant reaction was to look at them...then point...and say 'It wasn't me '!...to which they both burst out laughing.
Not long after the baby (a little girl ) was born they brought her up to the shop I worked in to show her off to me...and I became an unofficial 'Uncle' :-)
Well...a few years go by...and now we have a new manager...who was a total W*** stain !
A nasty piece of work all round...he was a bully ( didn't work on me lol....we'd had run in's before ).
So...my 'friends' turn up one day with my 'niece'....who had ( I was told later ) been told where they were going...to see 'Uncle' at work...and she was excited at the thought.
So they walk in and little one spots me, breaks away from her parents and runs at me crying out 'Uncle...Uncle'. I was just finishing dealing with another customer and said. 'Please do excuse me...but I REALLY need to see this little lady before she knocks everybody flying'. He laughed and said 'go ahead'.
So little one reaches me with her arms held up for me to pick her up, I bend down to scoop her up and give her a hug...Mum and Dad come over with huge grins on their faces...right up until the manager came over and started to berate me for 1/ leaving a customer. and 2/ Behaving in a manner that 'he' considered 'Inappropriate'.
You could see the hackles rise on both of my friends, that turned to anger when the manager told me that one of the other salesmen would be taking over. My friends instantly said if that was going to be the case they were leaving and would be contacting H/O with a complaint...and would not be back at this branch again.
On average my friends would spend somewhere in the region of £800.00 to a £1000.00...each visit...and that would be 2 or 3 times a year.
So he lost a regular good spending customer...and I left about two months later to work for a large store in Oxford Street ( they Sell Fridges ).
Oh...btw...I attended 'Little one's wedding some years later...as her 'Uncle' :-)
Well That report May have stopped him getting his bonuses lol
Thats awesome, and wholesome to be that close to friends like that. Im in the same boot with a few friends that we're practically family
if I was the other customer, upon seeing that crap happening, I would add in an additional report to H/O. There's no reason to berate an employee in front of a customer over a matter like this. Of course, I think he was looking for reasons to fire you because you didn't bend to his pathetic ego.
My Was-husband would purposely dress horrible when shopping for big ticket items. He said it meant he would get salesperson that was more educated and experienced. Worked like a charm every time
I love the term was-husband and I will use that for every ex I have
I will have to keep that in mind.
I always say ‘practice wife’.
@@arrozconmgtow5026 love it!
Wasband
For the 3rd story when the boss screamed "did you report me" I would've responded with "no I didn't, but now thats a good idea" and hang up and immediately report
My thoughts exactly, No I hadn't thought about it but now you mention it and I have this conversation recorded, why not? Have fun.
"Why would I report you for something I didn't know about?"
But, yes, after that I would find the right places to report everything I suspected.
Guy in dirty, ragged clothes is interested in a washing machine and the salesman snubs him? Sounds like he’s real bad at his job.
Hope the Salesman lost his job over it, since the Couple he ditched OP for also didn't get what they wanted from him. Karma is a dish best served ice cold.
When I go to the pawn shop, which I've been a customer of for many, many, years I get decent treatment on any given day. However, if I take the time to slap on some extra makeup, dress up in business professional clothes and go in, I get treated better, get a better price on purchases or a better offer amount on my pawn. It's judgemental, it's discrimination, it's unfair and it doesn't even seem intentionally or even consciously done. I think it's just in our nature to make assumptions and pass judgement based on what we can see our and our previous experiences, unfortunately.
@@JadenYukifan28I'm so confused, what is the ice cold part of a karma? Is it the same as revenge that's best served cold? Is this a new generational thing?
@@TheWickkit Well it's my variation of the phrase.
@@JadenYukifan28 gotcha. I just thought I was too old to have heard it yet. I'm one of those that will never refer to a pound sign # as a "hash tag" and anyone that I know has permission to shoot me if they ever hear me casually refer to man's best friend as a "doggo".
On the last story I wonder how much the Karen's heart dropped if/when she saw an email request come in that not only included her name several time passive aggressively but also that ever person, and department with a hospital domain email address including her bosses got that same email and she'd be questioned about the whole thing at best or lose her position at worst.
yep, I believe next time she'll have to give information through phone, she'll be extra precise, just to be sure her colleagues, her boss, her boss' boss, the director of the hospital and the directors of the other hospitals recieve an email saying "hey I followed karen's info am I adressing to the right person about this topic ?"
Not to mention the half dozen or so Government Ministers that got it too...
I'm sure THAT didn't help her Blood Pressure when she noticed them...
😄😁😆😅😂🤣
See that last story is hard. In our country unless a person is specified you can’t give out personal health info to anyone as it’s a violation I HIPPA laws. People have been sued for giving personal info to the wrong person.
@@traceej4685 True, but the public email address of the correct department is not PHI.
@@traceej4685 I've had family members call for info on a patient & I just say, "Due to HIPPA, I can't give you any info including whether or not this person is our patient or not. If a person is a patient *they always have to designate another person* as being able to receive info. Sorry." & I hang up.
The last story - what OP did is called "turboing". Basically, politely bother the chain of command all the way to the top. A friendly inquiry "what's up with that email?" from the minister will turn into "holy shit, get off our behinds, that person must be important!" at the department level and get stuff moving at the highest non-emergency priority.
This is what happened here, and will happen in just about every bureaucracy in the world.
Yup, and the same can be said for most any insurance company. A polite request for clarification with the appropriate insurance commissioner’s office will make the insurance company in question move mountains to get the situation resolved.
New homes being built and the concrete trucks were washing into the storm sewer. My roommate and I work construction and knew that would be an issue so we called the Company and the concrete company told them to stop doing it. They laughed at us. We emailed the mayor and the home builder made the construction manager ring our door to apologize to us in person
"turboing" ahahaha TIL !!
Thank you for that term, good sir/maam 😄
When I worked at the DSS many years ago, if an enquiry came in from an MP, it was immediately handled as Top Priority and management got things done as fast as possible to resolve.
Mustang officers in the US Navy call them depth charges, because they're dropped from the top of the command chain down. By the time it reaches the staff officer who should have handled it, several higher ranking officers are demanding results.
"Just wait to see how the dresses fit". HOOOOOJ Kudos to that couple that reacted like that
Yeah, that's some master trolling right there. lmao.
Sounds like when former president Harry S Truman grew up.
Real men wear pink
@@Josh_the_jester Years ago I had a pink shirt that I wore with a deep red tie. Looked Great on me! My dad started calling me all sorts of names because I wore it? I Just told him to fk off and mind his own biz.
@@parsnip2699 Parent that thinks like that? Gonna raise great kids!
When my wife was pregnant, we went to the gendering ultrasound. The nurse asked us what we hoped for and we told her a girl since we had my stepson already. The ultrasound tech actually said "Whoa! That's a boy alright. Big boy! Yeah, this is only a girl if she has 3 legs. Sorry guys."
It could be a girl .. with tail. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@gorilladisco9108 aren't tails are usually on the back? He is very much a boy lol. Seeing as he is 4 now, we are pretty sure of it.
@@francescofranchino7097 How dare you assume his gender!? JK lol
@@zanyraccoon6361 oh he has enough sign language to express gender. He says he is a boy. Also jk. The twig and berries make him a boy!
Perfect time for a dad joke.
Last story: Something with similar results happened to me at my doctor's practice. They misunderstood a message from my pharmacist and accused me of getting two of the same script on the same day from the same pharmacy! Yeah, right! Like that would even happen! I got my doc to finally talk to my pharmacist and it turned out both the nurse and doc had called in the script and the pharmacist only wanted to know which script they wanted him to honor.
How they got me 'double-dipping' out of the message is beyond me, but, they had sent me a certified letter discharging me from the practice. When it came out that THEY were the ones who screwed up, they rolled out the red carpet for me! It was pathetic! Yeah, I found another doc.
I went to my doctor for an inhaler. Called up wheezing like a mofo..... got a new nurse who made me promise that I wasn't a junky. Demanded to know what I wanted from them.
TO BREATHE
She shut the F up and gave me an appointment 30 minutes out.
Ya’ll remember when Dark Fluff’s background was a beer, he had a different pfp & different looking sheep along with us slightly bullying Stevo? I do. Good times.
@@_JiminyCricket_ agreed
I do remember and miss the old sheep.
I ‘member!
That wasn't a beer, it was carbonated piss.
I’ve always thought that Dark Fluff looks like Mr. Hankey (the Christmas poo) from South Park!
The story about the salesman that judged the guy that was wearing just plain clothes and didn't look like he could afford the washing machine reminds me of a story that happened in my hometown where a multi-millionaire wanted to buy a half-million-dollar house and when he met with the realtor he was wearing a t-shirt and jeans and the realtor laughed at him and said stop wasting my time when I know you can't afford this house so he called the real estate company and asked for another realtor and he paid for the house outright and wanted to make sure the previous realtor got zero Commission
I buy, sell and invest in small businesses and do the same with houses. I am at the point in my life where I can buy a million dollar house and say “Cash Offer” at the end of my bids. I have to dress in the whole suit and tie affaire every day. When I am not working I dress for comfort. Usually a sweat suit. I walked into a local custom car shop and said that I wanted to order a car. The salesmen in the office work off commission. When I walked in I was greeted by a guy that said to me “no we are not hiring”. I replied “no I am here to order a car”. This guy replies “listen we aren’t a dealership and our cars are way too expensive for someone like you”. I got a little annoyed and was about to pull out my Amex black card but another guy goes I can help you over here. He took my order. A fully customized, fully loaded Jeep Compass with a hell of a sound-system and custom paint and interior. It totaled over $200,000 for the whole thing. This includes them buying the car and customizing it for me. At the end the guy goes “We will only start working when paid in full but you will have to be paid up in 12 months.” I said “ that won’t be a problem” and pulled out my Amex Black card. And the guy that blew me off nearly had a stroke and got up and walked out. The guy that was helping me said “dumb ass needs to stop judging people by the way they dress. Once you said you wanted to order a car I knew you must have money.” I said “you get guys like me all the time?” He said “I have been working here for 25 years. The richest people that come in here tell me the same thing. That when they aren’t making money they dress for comfort”. That first guy missed out on a massive commission from me.
@@rjgaynor8 Assuming that he got 10% commission that means the first sales guy's snobbish attitude cost him £20,000. Might teach himsome manners.
Not only that, but rich people actually tend to be even stingier with their money.
How do you think they keep it for generations?
@@seldonwright4345 *As well as: unfair business practices, abusing worker's rights, lobbying, paying their workers shit, tax cuts by doing "charity" that tend to have interesting individuals in charge, etc. etc. etc.*
Story 2: "If you can't do my Job, uh I mean, Your Job then Quit"
OP: ok then, Bye
When I worked in retail, the number one rule was, "Don't judge a book by it's cover. Rich people wear blue jeans and tee shirts, too".
Or tatty old comfy clothing too. Yeah we all got THAT clothing set lol
That's 100% correct. Rich people will never wear flashy or expensive clothes outside of events, gatherings or formal dinners.
When I was out to buy a new car, many salesmen were avoiding me because I often dress poorly; "I like my hobbo style".
Then, there was that guy who was super nice and helpful, plus I loved the car, so I bought it. He wanted to give me payment plans and all the stuff, and was surprised when I answered: "Nah, I'll pay cash, also make it the sport version with all options."
Dressing poorly is an amazing filter against stupidity.
My best customers at our pet store looked like complete hillbillies with a single tooth between them, but they knew everything about their semi exotic pets and did everything for them.
@@OzoneGrif My former SIL’s dad was a very successful restauranteur who, after he retired, started a small landscaping company. He had gotten off of a job one afternoon and stopped by the car dealership to get a new car for home. He had pulled up wearing his work jeans and driving the dirty, older truck, and the salesman just treated him like some poor hick. After several minutes of this, he asked for the guy’s manager and told him that he had been willing to pay cash for a top-quality car that day, but instead was leaving for a competitor’s dealership instead, all because of his salesman’s attitude.
Story 2: My grandma used to tell a story about when she was a car saleswoman. This guy wandered onto her lot, dressed like he was homeless and nobody else wanted to take him around. So Grandma went out to greet him. The guy was looking for a car (for his daughter I think), but seemed to only be going through the motions. But my Grandma stuck with him and he finally settled on a car. And she asked if he needed to discuss financing. And the homeless looking dude says "well, I'll pay cash", produces this roll of bills and starts peeling off hundreds. At this point, the other salesmen start tripping over each other trying to claim that it was their turn and claim half the commission.
Story 5: The email is on the website. OK, message received. *email bombs hospital. ROFL
Dude, the richest person in an expensive chain restaurant usually isn't the one wearing the nicest clothes, but the shabbiest. Why? Because they can easily afford the meal and treat the place as if it were a lower tier joint.
Story 1 - Fun fact: Pink being "girly" is relatively recent, roughly only the last 50 or so years, and it's believed to have primarily been a result of marketing campaigns. Before that, neither colour was particularly associated with a gender on a wide scale, with some places having boys in pink because it was a "strong, masculine" colour while blue for girls as it was a "calmer, feminine" shade, while other places did the opposite. In fact, it was only towards the end of the 1800's that coloured clothes became common place for very young children - before that, they were more commonly dressed in white dresses until they were roughly 5-6, regardless of gender.
Yep. We did a switch, from pink being masculine to pink being girly. I wish they hadn't, because now we have pink tool boxes and other "masculine" things that have to be "feminized," because otherwise a woman won't wield them, or something. Sorry, but a hammer is a hammer. I don't need it to be a particular color.
Pink has just spread all over the place, with genderization, and it's SO annoying to me.
Yup. This is what people mean when they say "gender is a social construct". It really is!
@@StoutShako not just that, but before Gen X there was generational marketing, after that they retrofitted Baby Boomers, and the Silent Generation just to flog goods to certain age groups, even though in reality most people in all generations are generally the same when it comes to what they want in life.
I read somewhere that pink was more manly because red fabric used to be rare and was reserved for kings.
@@svgamer7160 I've heard that it was because pink is a derivative of red, a color commonly worn by soldiers. At the time it was seen as the 'manliest' occupation one could have.
Washer Story: Thats like the motto for the area where I live, we have a lot of OLD OLD money around here. One guy whose probably the richest dude in the whole area drives around town in the most beat up rust bucket pickup youve ever seen and rocks a no shirt overalls look basically all year. Clothes do not show an accurate pictures of people's wealth.
Usually the people who dress up super nice to show off their wealth, dont have a ton of cash or liquidity. Most of it is locked up in hard assets.
That man is probably concerned with having a reliable vehicle over a flashy one.
Some of those old pickups will drive until the wheels rust off, and keep right on driving after you weld them back on.
Also, if you're driving a car that makes you look poor, I'm guessing people aren't as likely to break in? I haven't been broken into in enough different cars that I could say for sure, but it makes sense to me.
That washer story reminds me of the scene in "Pretty Woman" where Vivian had to get a nice dress. She walks into a store and was rebuffed. She came back later with several large shopping bags "You work on commission, right? Big mistake!"
That reference was the first thing I thought of when he read that story.
OP & the wash machine salesman: I once went into a fru-fru dept store to buy some Paloma Picasso Perfume. The sales lady was dressed to the hilt & all dolled up with makeup & jewelry. She treated me like garbage because I was dressed in a tank top, shorts, Birkenstocks & was wearing no makeup. At one point she started to walk away from me because she thought I couldn't afford the large bottle of Perfume. I said, "I wasn't finished yet but I can get someone else standing on that side of the counter to complete my transaction & get a commission". That comment knocked the sneering look off her face & she came back to me with a "hello, how may I help you" attitude. BTW- 40 years ago a bottle of Paloma Picasso Perfume cost $150.
I get this all the time because of my White Cane. Last time was at our local, which is about 3 to 3 1/2 hrs away, Pandora Store, as I wanted to see if they had more traditional Charms for my Mom for Mother’s Day. I was there at the counter for about a good 5 to 10 minutes & was completely ignored!! I’ve told everyone since not to bother giving them busimess. I’ve also heard stories like mine from Family & Friends who were there to see what kind of stuff they had & were treated like they weren’t worth the Staff’s time.
Then they wonder why that Store doesn’t have much traffic....Hmmm.....
Adjusted for inflation that's nearly $500 today
I love that OP in the first story isn't letting the clothing go to waste! She's got a super healthy attitude towards sex and gender.
Definately 100% agreed! Not the parents fault anyone else screwed up the gender
That woman is totally insane, first she acts on behalf of others without permission, and then she gets mad on behalf of others.
It's like she has no life ^^
If the parents don’t want their grandson wearing girls clothing, then THEY should replace them all since it was all their fault!
For every visit to grandma, I would dress the boy with a nice pink skirt. JUST to annoy that idiotic grandma.
The mother in law is clearly insane but dragging the kid into the pettiness is really toxic too
My friend got fired from his 15+ year employer for going on his honeymoon. He went into the office his first day back and was fired on the spot. It turned out great that he got out when he did. The founder had passed the business onto his daughter and she ran it right into the ground and all 3 locations were gone within a year! He ended up with a job with better hours and a HUGE income increase! He's been there ever since and loves it. I also must add that he worked his ass off starting as a fry cook and getting to district manager before he was let go.
I can't imagine having an employee for 15 years and being too petty to not grant them their honeymoon vacation.
The ONLY reason I can see is that this company desperately wants people to leave the place on their own to not have to pay compensation.
I have never been fired, but I walked off of 3 jobs in my life. In every instance, my life was improved as a result. I am retired now, and I love it.
@Azet Doodsengel Is that not against the law? One of the jobs that I walked off of, gave me a written warning for being in the hospital with kidney stones. It was a pleasure to quit that place.
@@FriedrichHerschel I'm pretty sure the daughter was just trying to cut back expenses. She spent money faster than they could make it. She fired all high paying employees and then realized she was screwed. Sucks, though. That place had really good food too and now they don't exist.
@Azet Doodsengel Did you life take a turn for the better after putting that toxic place behind you?
Third story: This boss is the kind of idiots that treats someone bad and then they become sworn enemies. He deserved to be reported more than one.
Technically it's the 4th (timestamps are wrong) and boss would've probably gotten away with running illegal software, if he'd just kept his big fat mouth shut
Third story is the one with the sales clerk, and I like it because it is like some of the don't-judge-a-book-by-its-cover videos on Dhar Mann.
I remember when my wife and I had our first child. Her family had nothing but grandsons and well out popped the first granddaughter on her side. I called my late FIL and said I have someone here who wants to meet you. Her name is Caroline. My FIL said over the phone if you're lying to me you're a dead man. He was down at the hospital the next morning the day after he finished chemo for his cancer. He managed to survive 4 more years after being given less than 6 months way back before my daughter was born.
Started watching these, and sounds like my uncle. My cousins are kinda like me, kinda going on alone but the youngest. He got married and when my uncle became a grandpa he lived a bit longer because of it.
The ultrasound tech told us she was 75% sure we were having a girl with our 4th. Two days after the very pink baby shower, our 4th boy was born. 🤣
I'm sure he looks Great in pink 🤣
@FromDeyaWithLove boys can hide things lol
I'm a guy, they were not sure what I was they said it's 50/50 because I was turned in a way that made the ultrasound shadowy and undetermined
This is why baby showers are a weird idea. Living in the UK I don't know anyone who's had one. If you can't afford to get clothes etc for a baby you can't afford a baby.
First story: The belly shape shit is about as accurate as phrenology AFAIK.
Yeah let's toss a coin and if it come us tails 6 out of 10 times it's a boy. Sometimes you just look at the screen with a jawdrop of disbelief.
@@_JiminyCricket_ Frightening the lengths people will go to be awful to one another, innit?
@@_JiminyCricket_ Yep definately.
@@_JiminyCricket_ Yeah read you headsbumps and predict your future. ummm ok?
@@stoopingfalcon891 The actual history of it is a LOT darker than that.
2nd Story: I know of 2 people who are multimillionaires, they got there by (in part) by careful spending, and continue to do so. They buy from high quality clothing, but still cargo pants & cargo shirts since they still work out in the field at job sites, and have use for all of those pockets! I almost ROFLMAO when one of them came in, dirty and sweaty from the day's work and wanted to buy an expensive large screen TV and sound system for the "big game" and got snubbed by the first salesperson... I watched as he calmly called the store's owner (franchise) who was working up front and asked him to come on back so he could buy what he wanted.... Needless to say, after the sale, the owner took the clerk to the break room and had "a heart to heart" "discussion" with him!!!
Wait List Story: I suspect OP was placed on the Priority list since they really, Really, REALLY didn't want another E-Mail Cluster-bomb from him...
After all, his first Cluster-Bomb only hit 300ish Inboxes...HOW MANY INBOXES WOULD HIS NEXT ONE LAND IN?
😄😁😆😅😂🤣
I was hoping we would get a count of how many emails Karen received that were forwarded to her.
Not only that but it also landed in several LOCAL Government Emails. Imagine if they went to the equivalent of US State or even Federal equivalents next
My grandfather was a car salesman and while alive, LOVED to tell the story of one of his favorite customers. The guy drove onto the lot in a beat down truck and wandered around in dirty jeans and t-shirt. None of the salesmen wanted to give him the time of day. My grandfather walked up to him and after some pleasantries, sold the guy a brand new truck. The guy was a farmer, and would drive his trucks "until the wheels fell off" but every few years, he'd buy a brand new one. Each time he demanded my grandfather and paid cash.
On the story on the guy buying a washing machine, Back in 2001, I got a job as a rookie Salesperson for a car dealership in USA. We underwent training, and one of the things that was emphasized was to treat everyone the same, no matter how they looked. This did pay off as a few times I got customers that looked like they were slumming came in and bought a vehicle from me. (One was a FBI agent with an immaculate credit score,) To this day, it still surprises me to hear stories of Salespeople dropping customers when they see someone that looks rich come in.
Story 1, why would people believe the MIL over the parents it just doesn't make sense.
@@_JiminyCricket_ I'd just block the narc and not feed their ego at all.
Just ignore them.
Most likely a fake story.
@@blancfan1 Why do you say that?
@@blancfan1 i wouldn’t say it’s a fake story… there’s people crazier, and some people are stupid enough to believe those ‘crazies’. Sadly it happens…
@@blancfan1 my ex mil did something similar. I made a couple of hundred bucks because her family preferred to believe her over evidence proving her wrong.
Rich people not looking rich? I believe the term is "Poor shouts while wealth whispers."
The first story. Is anyone else getting A Christmas Story pink bunny outfit vibe?
I am.
Re: the last story/shoulder injury
As a public servant the last thing you want to hear is that there has been a complaint made about you to the minister that oversees your department.
I have had three, all complaints by people that expected that i was there personal servant & slave because i work for the government, so they were easily dispensed with. When you get a ministerial you basically stop what you are doing, clear your days itinerary if need be and resolve the complaint that day. Also the ministerial comes from the top down, the minister doesn't contact you, he contacts senior management in your department and this is then sent down the chain of management, hence it gets a priority response that day.
So OP's complaint was like a hand-grenade with the pin pulled out, nobody wanted to be holding it when it exploded, Karen would have been in a world of hurt, and to prevent management being scrutinized or asked any difficult questions they decided to prioritize it, as that makes the problem go away.
FOOTNOTE: one of my ministerial's occurred because i wouldn't let a couple leave a crime scene until the police were satisfied that they understood the chain of events and had spoken to any people they felt were relevant to a stabbing (injured person left the scene and was transferred to hospital by private vehicle), i had located the knife driven into a picnic table, and it was at that point i called in Police as we had the location that the stabbing had occurred at and we knew that there would be witness in the people that were near to the table, but apparently for this couple that was inconvenient to them and they had to leave now, followed by a dummy spit when i explained the police instruction... they complained, i forwarded my situation report, the police report, and a timeline of events, apparently there story wasn't supported by my documentation & the Police report (so, yeah they lied there asses of)
I mean, he *could* transition, but I'm genuinely surprised MIL would be ok with that (people usually aren't). I know the chances of this happening are extremely low, but I hope MIL doesn't try to convince the kid he's a girl.
My brother works security for the local college. The dean once turned up in a half buttoned Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and flip flops with his hair all over the place. He apparently has a barn for his 50 rescued cats and always makes sure they get medical care no matter the cost, or the chance of survival.
You call around to find out who reported your crime so that you know who the rat is the next time you commit a crime.
On that note, I'm kind of happy he's accusing someone he's already fire, that way the rat remains undetected and able to report him again.
Story 3 reminds me of a MC story where a farmer goes to a dealership in his farmhand fatuges and was pretty much ignored he even tried to get their attention, he leaves and 2 hours later he returned in a suit-and-tie and nearly every salesman goes to him trying to make a sale, and calls them out in front of the customer of their classiest hypocrisy, and how they ignored him for an hour and 30 minutes
Omgs. Story one is awesome. Mostly because I'm a trans woman and feel these people that get bent on gender need to just chill. Men in skirts are supper hot. Just let people be people. Besides, no baby has the first clue or care. They are happy to be loved and nothing else. And before anyone gose off, I have 2 with my ex, a boy and girl and they both identify themselfs as they where born. And yes, they enjoy having 3 mom's and 1 dad.
That is called a kilt. It is traditional Scottish garb. And ay, it does look good, especially when there is a strong wind and ye can see the wee lad.
Baby clothes story: Why waste the clothes, the kid isn't going to care as long as he's warm and comfortable. As for the color pink, it was once considered a masculine color. Go look at some of the old John Wayne westerns and check out the color of the shirts he wears. They are a washed out PINK! Think anyone got away with calling John Wayne a sissy?
The couple he left me for left without buying anything... I can hear that slap all the over here in Scotland.
That last story was the absolute Best! I agree wholeheartedly! I wish I were a fly on the wall as well when Karen received he comeuppance!
Story 2 reminds me of when my dad went to a new housing development with my youngest sister. He was in his work clothes: dirty shirt, old jeans, steel-toed boots. They wouldn't even give him the time of day when at the time, the houses were well within his means and he was seriously considering getting one. He left and is still in the house I grew up in.
The title: i just left a five year job like that. My boss wanted to family tree herself to that short dark haired german guy from the 1930s.
shudder. why anyone would want that is beyond me.
But I wouldn't say 1.73 (~5ft 6.4inch) meters is short. I just looked that up because I was curious about if he really was short, I had a vague idea it was a myth.
@@ammalyrical5646 For a European man North of the Alps, anything below 1.8m is short...
@@SonsOfLorgar currently sure, but the H man was born in the 1800s. He was around the average height for a man a the time.
@@ammalyrical5646 and she had a habit of proclaiming “If I can’t pronounce your name, I’m not hiring you.” We had an entire two years before i left that she had an inch stack of applications and zero new hires; it took our downtown office HR department to take those apps and put people in the job. All because she was too stupid to have faith in anyone to run the shop as an assistant manager (we only had her - GM - and two other shift managers so she would have the excuse of “I can’t even get time off for myself, I’m not worrying about your needs.” (Twice that was said to me, and twice i went over her head to get the time off i needed.). And her “I don’t have the heart to care” when a co worker came in asking for a friday afternoon off to go,with her fiance to her fiance’s father’s funeral.
Having had a similar “communication”, or lack of, issue while in hospital in the US, the last story makes me extremely angry for the patients who don’t have the mean, or persistent wife, like OP and I had, to escalate. People touting socialized medicine have never encountered the bureaucracy that guarantees employment of people like Karen, and whomever closed and slow walked OP’s care.
I’ve lived in countries with socialised medicine all my life. I’ve never had a problem with paperwork. I have heard from American friends that have had a lot of paperwork when they’ve had health problems.They’ve had to argue with insurance companies etc. I’ve been in hospitals several times. I just had to make sure the doctor discharged me before leaving the hospital.
Yeah the US system has got to be one of the worst in the world. I feel for those Americans that have to wait so long for such simple things and then get charged so much for it on top of that. I keep up hopes that the US with stop being a third world country soon.
@@Ishlacorrin most US citizens dont think that they are in a 3rd world Country but ya something needs to be done soon.
In the UK just recently I have been phoned by the hospital with appointments.
I was once in the A&E in a London hospital when a nurse told me that my wife had phoned and been told how I was. I didn't let on we had been divorced for about 20 years.
Yeah I have nobody to advocate for me and it really sucks it's very difficult to advocate for myself being in chronic pain and having difficulty breathing I can't even finish a complete sentence without having to stop to take breaths and then everybody gets frustrated with me and they don't want to help me.
Also being in chronic pain and not sleeping very well I have difficulty with memory I have to write everything down and people get frustrated when I ask them to repeat themselves either because they're going too fast in general or too fast for me to write down the notes because I can't remember.
Also the frustrating thing is that I have all these difficulties and have all these problems but even though everyone around me including the doctors can see what I'm going through I still can't get the help that I need.
Story 1 = One of my SIL's was born on April 1. I jokingly told her that her mom's doctor said to her, "April Fools, it's a girl." She told me that is exactly what happened since he told her mom that the ultrasound said it was going to be a Boy!
Story 2 = I met a man who had multiple successful businesses. He realized as he was working in his garden that he forgot to get a gift for his wife. He went to Jacobsons store (went out of business) and no one would help him. Then he showed 3 $100 bills. Then several people wanted to help him. He told them that he would NEVER shop there again. He also told me that he went to get a loan from his bank. The person who handled his account was on vacation and the person who "helped" him told him that he could not give a loan without any collateral. When the person came back from vacation the man closed his accounts and his mother closed her accounts (big money also) and the bank went out of business.
Story 2: same thing with my grandfathers boss from way back, his boss would dress in overalls, looked like a farmer, was frugal with money and so down to earth that NOBODY except those who knew him would know that he was LOADED. This was back in the late 70's early 80's.
Always ask for a formal apology, it's true it will rarely resolve anything but you get to live with the knowledge they had to take time out of their day to do activity they hate and you're the cause
That exact thing happened to me, but with a car.
I gave the biggest smile & the bird finger to him
& the other sales person(a lady)was laughing at him.
I have only given out two types of marriage advice:
1. Don't
2. Take the money you were going to spend on the wedding and use it to move as far away from both sets of inlaws as you possibly can.
I had a similar experience to the second guy. I went into a jewelry store wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and ready to pay up to $1000 for a pearl necklace. The sales person was dismissive and rude so I walked out. Just as I opened the door, I told him that I was planning to spend $1000 up front and he just "attituded" himself out of a $100 commission.
I was friends with one of the most powerful women in banking in the US. She was worth many millions. Jeans, t-shirt, pickup truck…you’d never know it.
She had money, but money didn’t have her. I miss her. R.I.P. Kathy
I once worked for a hotel, the reservations manager, ( who thought she was my boss) was a man hating old spinster who almost single handedly was in the process of driving the establishment out of business ( she should have retired years before as she was in her eighties) after working there for two years I was invited to attend a friend's wedding in Texas, so I went to her to request some vacation time she looked at me with total disdain, and in her nastiest tone she said " you don't get a vacation here" the very next day the HR manager came to me with the vacation schedule in his hand, asking me when I wanted to take my vacation, as I had 4 weeks on the books, so I gave him the dates that would cover my friends wedding, plus the time I had coming, the day came for my departure and my dad took me to the airport I caught my flight, and all was well,my dad no sooner got home, then the phone rang, it was the miserable old witch, demanding to know where I was, and why I wasn't at work,my dad replied that I was somewhere over Missouri and on vacation, and hung up on my return, she lit into me, telling me I had no right to go on vacation, and she was going to Hr and get me fired! But she was in for quite a surprise, while I was gone, my mother, ( who was in charge of executive travel, for the biggest company in town) had called to make reservations for a large party of execs, and wound up getting a cold shoulder from her, so she payed, the owner of the hotel a little visit, ( the hotel was only a block from her office) and informed him that in the future, her company would be doing business with the other hotel in town, and their reasons for doing so, when she went to try and get me fired, that was the last straw, and it was her who got fired!
Stoory #2 My neighbors across the street had a house just like mine (but different trim.) They were nice, t-shirts & jeans people and not flashy. One day, I noticed TWO identical new cars in their driveway ( different colors.) Tony was out there, lovingly wiping a bumper. I smiled and waved, saying, "Nice rides!" He laughed, saying he got an amazing deal for paying cash in full for both! That was the day I realized that a millionaire will usually look like the average dude.
If your family refused to believe YOU about YOUR baby's gender you need to ditch all of them. That is just disturbing.
Speaking to a psychic? Yeah well I prefer to call them psychos.
My wife is just like OP's wife in that last story...don't dismiss her, you will regret it. She's the sweetest, nicest person until someone she cares about is in pain...
That reminded me of when I was car shopping. The salesman talked to my boyfriend instead of me, ignoring me. So, I left.
Regarding the washing machine story it reminded me of a story I was told a few years ago. If it is true or not I dunno.
We had a car dealership in my hometown that was famous for ignoring people that wasn't dressed fancy. If you didn't arrive in a suit, they would just sit in their office.
This person came in to the car dealership. Dressed in buisness casual. Shirt and jeans. Started looking at different cars, looking at prices. No salesman came to ask if they needed help or just windowshopping. After 40minutes, the costumer started to leave and a salesman screamed across the floor. "Did you need anything?" in a very disrespecting voice. "I had planned to buy 3 brand new cars for my company and 1 used car for private use. But now I will leave and go to your competitor".
Even if they look like they can't afford anything, don't judge a book by the cover! Or you might loose out on a big sale.
story 1: the MIL deserves what she got due to her lack of listening. Story 2: the lazy manager got exactly what he deserved for pawning his work on someone else. Story 3: I have run into way many sale people like the guy in this story. Story 3: seriously the dude was just asking for it. Story 5: brilliant, just brilliant.
The story about the salesman that ditched the 'homeless looking guy' reminded me of a story I heard once when I was in Austin, TX. A guy walked into a Cadillac dealership dressed in a tee shirt and cutoffs. He was asking about some of the models and was given the newest salesman to talk to, as they figured it was just someone that wanted to test drive some Cadillac's and couldn't afford one. The salesman treated him like trash and so the guy left. He went back to his office at Dell Computers (for those that don't know, Dell's home office is in Roundrock, TX, a 'stones throw' north of Austin). He phoned the dealership and introduced himself. The story goes, after introducing himself (Michael Dell) on the phone, he had no trouble speaking to the owner of the dealership, who after kissing much rearage worked out a nice deal for Mr. Dell.
Second story even dedicated people need some time off and they’re getting on A honeymoon . Do you your job like you’re supposed to instead of making someone else do it.
Glad that manager was fired.
Use to work with a trans man, and he told me a story about how his mom went to a psychic when she was pregnant, and the psychic told her she was gonna have a boy. Well he came out as she and his mom thought the psychic was scam, until he transitioned in his early 20's.
As a trans man, that's freaking hilarious. My mom's oby/gen told her initially that I'd probably be a boy, then that changed as I developed further. 20 years later, turns out the first opinion was correct.
I've heard this kinda thing before lol, it must be great to hear
When my husband's ex-wife was carrying his youngest, the Dr said it was a boy. They were quite surprised when she delivered a girl. Husband had to think up a girl name since they only had boy's names picked out. 21 years later, it's a boy. And changed his name to the one Dad had originally picked out.
Story 2: my SO and I dealt with the same kind of thing. We had gone to a local furniture store to look for a coffee table. We knew the style we wanted when we headed there. My SO was dressed casually, as was I. When we first got there, we initially looked at other styles in case we found something else we liked. One salesperson came to us, asking the usual questions: How are you?, How can I help you? We told her that we had been looking at a specific table online and was wondering if they had it in stock. She looked at us rather skeptically and said “I’ll go see what I can find out.” After she left, we found the table we had been looking for, at the price we expected: $600. We patiently waited for her to come back. After almost 20 minutes, I wandered over towards a different section and spied the salesperson chatting with her co-workers. I had had enough. I confronted her and asked for a business with her name on it. As she gave it to me, I informed her that I would be sending an email to head office regarding her behaviour towards us, as we were prepared to spend close to $1000 in the store. But she lost out on that commission. We did send that email but never heard a thing back about her. We have never stepped foot in that store since.
1st: Both my (68, male) children are daughters. When I escorted my wife in her 1st pregnancy, in her 8th month to her mother's home so they could give her expert attention during the last days + delivery + 1st month of the baby (our parents lived in the same city), my uncle decided to call family for a religious rite (fire + chanting by priests). At the end after the priest blessed us all esp the mother and fetus, and uncle grandly told us we were going to have a healthy baby boy.
I didn't bother to tell this entitled male Karen that the ultra sound had already proved to us that the fetus WAS A GIRL!
Love the voice. You make the stories more enticing. It's like watching television without the picture. Awesome.
The second/thumbnail story was what I did to negotiate for a raise. When turned down, I quit, especially since I had already found a better paying job, but I wanted to see if I could negotiate without having to change jobs. My former boss reacted the same way, so I quit and they got angry at me yet fired for screwing up in not finding a replacement for me.
At least grandma acknowledged the baby was a boy after he was born. My grandpa told everyone I was a boy for days after I was born. He got over it once he got to hold me, but I’ve often wondered what the heck his friends all thought when he had to backtrack on having a grandson rather than granddaughter. 😂😂😂
This couldn't have been more timely!
I am dealing with a situation with a medical care provider, Karen. In this case though Karen averted barriers in place for my health and safety. Totally disregarding notices in my files. It wasn't the first time someone has done something similar. It is the *third time* this particular Karen has done the exact same thing wrong.
I needed a reminder that this happens to a lot. Being angry about it is okay. Spreading the consequences is a valid tactic to increase motivation for meaningful change. 😏👍
First story believe the mother who is about to give birth not the grandmother, and then to get upset when they’re just using the clothes that people bought for them just because you’re an elder doesn’t mean you deserve respect you earn that, and this whole thing about the belly shape all that matters is a healthy baby not the sex.
This mother-in-law definitely overstepped.
My grandpa, before he passed away, kept insisting I was gonna be a boy. Even after seeing the ultrasounds he kept calling me 'Otis' and even had a onesie custom stitched with the name on it. Everyone knew he was joking and all had good laughs about it. Even he was just trying to make my moms pregnancy more relaxing for her. So yeah. There's a difference between 'in denial' and 'just making a joke'. My mom still has that and even dressed me in it for pictures when I was born, since my grandpa passed a month before I popped out. Almost an exact month too.
My husband and I purposely dress down when we don't want sales people to bother us. Barely anyone approaches us. When we want attention, we dress nice and are practically bombarded.
yea, what i learned from hospital service, you need to find their actual complaint address in their website instead of complaining in person, or by phone..i did that back when my wife got an emergency situation. The result? the head of costumer service came down straight to us to offer an apology, then gave us some gift bags on the day my wife got discharged
Final story: this whole on call runaround would never happen to my dad, I don't know what that man does, but he always gets his way, especially with customer service, he knew what his options were, he knew his rights, and he can smell BS from Mars, he's gotten put on hold for hours, blocked basically every sleazy trick in the book to try and screw you over, but my dad is like "wanna play checkers, let's play chess"
For me, it's not _Wanna play checkers? Let's play chess._ It's _Wanna play checkers? Let's play gungi._
"Undiagnosed ADHD" that's just a fancy way of saying "self-diagnosed", which is often innaccurate and can often offend people who *actually* have such things.
Never say with 100% certainty that you have something like that, unless a professional diagnosis says so; those people are *trained* to tell the difference, and regular people aren't.
"Undiagnosed ADHD" that's just a fancy way of saying "self-diagnosed"
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Or "not yet diagnosed" (when the story was taking place).
@@knrdvmmlbkkn Hasty reply then, my apologies.
@@greyrifterrellik5837"Hasty reply then, my apologies."
No worries. Things like that happen.
in the second story if you are a manager and you don't do your job and someone else basically does your job for you don't tell them that they need to reconsider the place at this company because if they leave you are screwed
As a veteran, I can truly relate to the last story. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that CSR’s are required to protect private information, but when the person calling is authorized they aren’t to block said information or worse deny individual information from the member themselves. That nonsense right there is why folks get cussed at every time.
The Washer Story: From where I come from there's this rich guy who would simply dress in his undershirt and shorts when you meet him on the street (think "The Beast" from "Kung-Fu Hustle"). I've also been to this place where I've met this man in his undershirt and shorts lazily lounging on a rocking chair, thinking he's just an ordinary local--he was the town mayor.
And, oh: that reminds me of my parents when they bought a van. The salespeople in the dealership won't even attend to them, just because they dressed in simple clothes. Well, to their surprise, they bought the van cash (which they don't like because they earn more commission through installment basis). We only went back there once before transferring the care of our new van to the newly opened dealership closer to home.
Loved the last story, way to go OP 🤣🤣
I went into a local appliance store when I moved to my current city because I left my appliances at my old flat that I was letting and renting a flat here, unfurnished. All the male salesmen ignored me because I was a woman alone. The lone female asked if she could help. I thanked her and got a washing machine, fridge-freezer, microwave and vac. This was around 30 years ago so £1,000 worth of goods, roughly. As we were sorting out the paperwork the men kept passing by looking at what was going on and kicking themselves that they had lost the best sale of the week. I hope she got a fat bonus because she was helpful and did not mess me around.
Well, at least the psychic didn't claim their baby was switched to a boy by the hospital by mistake.
Story 2) Looking poor equals poor service.
Case in point:
Clabber Girl Baking Powder
Indianapolis Speedway
What do those two things have in common?
Tony Hulman Jr.
He owned both for years including several Coke a Cola bottling plants
And a few radio and TV stations in Indiana and Florida.
Tony Hulman Jr lived in Terre Haute Indiana. He dressed in well cared for but worn everyday clothes not expensive suits just what any blue collar man of the times wore. He drove a Chevy for years, in the 60s both he and his car could be found at one local diner or another. He was visually no different than any other average man.
You can't hide when the entire hospital knows what you did.
My wife and I went to a major store to pick out a dining room set. We are a mixed race couple. At the store we found what we wanted, not their top set but up there. Two white salespersons saw us and just ignored us as we weren’t dressed nicely. The third salesperson, a black man, came over and helped us. I pointed out his colleagues and mentioned that they just list their bonus. He didn’t say anything which was quite professional. We paid in cash and shook hands. I think we had the best salesperson.
last story is actually pretty horrible situation. nearly two years no updates to the situation. Just trying to confirm that he is on the list to get his issue fixed fully resolved in a month.
Like the hospital story. I had been on a waiting list for knee surgery for 3 years with an email sent from the hospital annually to say do you want to stay on the list. Reaffirming every time. At this time I saw my gynaecologist who recommended a hysterectomy at the same hospital. I asked how long it would take until it was done and he said 3 months and I went sure and explained that I had been waiting over 3 years for knee surgery. He said that’s not right. Less than a week later he got a call for my knee surgery.
If I had reported a company for illegal use of software, first , it would be 100% triune and provable, and second, damn right I would tell them I did it when they asked.
For thay guy that never gets a vacation, id wait until theres a really chaotic day and leave everyone else to do my shit without saying anything
Lmao, that manager "if you think you can take 3 weeks of vacation, you need to reconsider your position" XD I straight up would have replied with "if you think you're more important than my honeymoon and my wife, you need to consider looking for my replacement" before quitting. It would have been the perfect comeback.
Salesperson judging looks. Years ago I was working VERY LATE in the yard on Valentine's Day, when I decided I wanted a gift for myself. Instead of cleaning up, I just grabbed my purse and went to ZALES dirty as hell because it was almost closing time. I didn't have my card, but the young white Salesperson looked up my info and saw I had NO BALANCE and $3000.00 to buy. I went crazy picking out things. THEN she spotted a cute looking white couple come in looking at wedding rings. SHE DITCHED ME and said to WAIT as she was taking care of them.
I asked someone else if they worked on commissions, and was told yes. BUT IF I purchased that night, SHE would get the sale. I said I'll come back later.
Feb 15th, I dressed to the nines to go to work, to stop by AFTER work.
Good for me BAD FOR HER, as she did NOT recognize me, but the Black lady from the night before did, saying WOW you clean up nicely.
I asked to speak to the manager and told them about V DAY exchange, he went to speak to her and she said I DON'T CARE!
Needless to say that was her LAST day, and the black lady got the commission abd I purchased EVERYTHING that I saw the night before.
I totally didn't feel bad she lost her job.
A dirty woman SHOPPING ALONE on Valentine's Day with a $3000.00 limit should be treated with respect, BECAUSE she is shopping for herself dirty or not....
I hope she learned her lesson NOT to judge a book by the cover as the NICELY DRESSED white couple looking at wedding rings purchased NOTHING! I think they didn't buy because I mentioned that I was there first and they saw her brush me off and told me to wait.
SHE lost 2 sales commissions that day.
When my husband and I were engaged, we went to the Shane Co to look at rings. We were wearing the clothes we were painting in, so we looked obviously not the greatest. The woman attempting to help us told us she would not be showing us anything over 500$ and refused to listen to us when we told her we'd rather see more. We were there maybe 45 seconds when we just looked at each other and walked out.
Story 5: That is how a team works. 😂 Sounds like a great marriage. ❤
Almost 20 years ago the technician told my daughter she was having a girl. Long story short, my grandson had lots of pink. He liked pink until some other kid teased him about it in preschool.
Story One: What, and waste all of the lovely baby clothes you bought us? That would be even more childish, and also rude.
Story 2 was legit so relatable for me. That's legit how the HR and everyone higher then the leader of the specified area (something similar to a department head) at Amazon acted. I got fired after being sent home sick and what not at the peak of the Covid issues cause I 'missed too many days' and I emailed the email that they said to reply to urgently within 24-48 hours and I sent several emails, as a follow up to both main HR and the actual site HR... and low and behold not a single person actually read my darn email cause next thing I knew was fired. But no worries since they were 'gracious enough' to hire me back. Buuut on the downside, I lost out on the entire season of Peak and a lot of money that I was planning on putting towards my University transfer the following Summer. I was actually one of the really fast workers in my area and it was honestly one of the few things I was proud of. But this shows they don't care who they are or what they've done for the company. Of course there are numerous other stories, but this one took the icing of the cake since it effectively allowed them to legally not have to pay me for the entire month of peak. Since they said it'd take 3 days to fix it and get me reinstated and next thing I knew, a month had passed. Yup, I ain't going there again and they lost my respect. 🤷
Final story: The moment I heard '768 email addresses', I cackled like a lunatic.
My mom kept saying I was going to have girls and was picking out girl names for my unborn child. I kept telling her I was have a boy and to stop. When my son was born my mom was sadden. She did the same thing again with my second pregnancy. And with my sisters pregnancy. She said we need to keep trying for a girl. Well, sadly to say for her she didn’t get her granddaughter. She has all grandsons
It's nice to know that the mom is progressive enough to love her gram kids regardless of how they grow up
I would have made her still say sorry so she KNOWS to never pull that shit again
When I carried our 3 kids, we didn't care what gender they would be. Didn't even ask the doctor, the way my husband and I figured it, even though we did want to have kids, getting pregnant is still kind of a surprise, so why shouldn't the gender be a surprise? And oh gosh the excitement and anticipation after giving birth was amazing! The doctors and nurses were happy enough to participate too.
So is the baby healthy? Yes, baby is perfectly fine and healthy. Am I ok? Yes you are doing just fine. OK then, lets see them! Oh wow, I had a girl!.
2 girls and a boy, never knew which they were till they were born. We just picked 2 names for each, and asked for gender neutral stuff for the showers. Family thought it was great fun too, and some of our relatives even started doing this.
My parents did this. It had one small bonus, when I came out as Trans I simply asked what names they had chosen for if the doctors said it was a girl instead, because those where the names I was supposed to have all along.
@@PerfectInzanity82 That's a really nice way to include them in such an important part of you. Honestly hadn't thought of something like that before, but that's a great idea.
I won a couple of hundred dollars for a bet with my ex in-laws because of my ex mil telling her family that my wife and I were having a girl. 3 months before he was born, we showed her and most of her family the ultrasound pic of a boy in his mom's belly. They all said that those pictures were wrong. They said that we were just seeing part of the umbilical cord. So I made a bet with anyone who was up for it (mil was the first taker) over whether or not we were having a girl or boy. 3 months later, at about 5 am on my birthday no less, I was woke up by my wife and a wet bed. Almost 6 hours later, I was paid by everyone who lost the bet, including mother in law. Her reason for claiming that we were having a girl even with contradictory proof? Because the women in her family always alternated girl,boy,girl with each birth. Except that her middle daughter had 6 girls 😂😂