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05-11-2009, 12:49 PM
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#26 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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working at starbucks and one of the most retarded question i've ever had was "do you sell coffee?"
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05-11-2009, 01:01 PM
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#27 | | 2 Wheel'd Mod
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I used to work at Tim Hortons and we always had this one guy who always ordered a "large double double no sugar."
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05-11-2009, 01:34 PM
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#28 | | Banned By Establishment
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I used to work at a telus mobility dealership. Had a lady come in
"my fone doesn't turn on"
"let me see if i can plug it in"
*plugs it in*
"see? it's working?"
"you have to plug these things in?"
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05-11-2009, 02:05 PM
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#29 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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At a presentation centre for a developer, there is a big sign that says "presentation centre" pointing to the doors of the building...through these glass doors, you can see another sign inside that says "presentation centre" pointing to the direction of the office inside the building. A lady calls the office to ask" is the presentation centre inside the building?"
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05-11-2009, 02:31 PM
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#30 | | Official Texas Ambassador
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1) Worked at a call centre in Surrey. It embodied all of the shitty things about call centres. People putting customers on hold to get a cup of coffee. Severely ESL and barely literate people who had no business doing customer service. Also, if you're working in the middle of the night and fall asleep at your desk? No big deal. We understand you're tired and will put you on leave until you feel like coming back. God forbid we fire you.
Also the crown jewel: If you ask for a supervisor you simply get put on hold and talk to another agent nearby to that customer service rep who isn't on a call. 
2) Porn store. Well, everybody knows that story
3) Watching the Superstore Meat Dept scrub down chicken with a stiff brush to get all the discolouration off so its ready to be sold the next day. It was past it's prime and I have no idea why they did this on a semi-regular basis. They're a big company and should be able to replace their product with ease.
I'd think it was a bullshit rumour if I hadn't seen it myself.
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05-11-2009, 02:42 PM
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#31 | | Banned By Establishment
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A lot of these are "you had to be there" kinda moments, or have worked there to have the effect lol...
like making crazy shit at mcdonalds etc...
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05-11-2009, 02:44 PM
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#32 | | RS controls my life!
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Originally Posted by lexluthor09  So working at my shop I've come to realize there are a lot of dumb people on the road. So many that it scares me...
I present to you the first in a series... feel free to contribute.
The lady came in, to ask if we could fix her flat tire. When we walked outside we told her, "what tire?"
She goes to respond, "what do you mean? is it fixable?"
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Was this in North Van? My girlfriend told me about this yesterday!
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05-11-2009, 02:49 PM
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#33 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by El Bastardo 1) Worked at a call centre in Surrey. It embodied all of the shitty things about call centres. People putting customers on hold to get a cup of coffee. Severely ESL and barely literate people who had no business doing customer service. Also, if you're working in the middle of the night and fall asleep at your desk? No big deal. We understand you're tired and will put you on leave until you feel like coming back. God forbid we fire you.
Also the crown jewel: If you ask for a supervisor you simply get put on hold and talk to another agent nearby to that customer service rep who isn't on a call. | haha, these are some of the things i do at my call centre, put customers on hold for no reason really
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05-11-2009, 02:50 PM
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#34 | | Waxin’ Punks
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Back in the day I worked at McD's and an EI ordered a Double Big Mac, no meat.
True story.
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05-11-2009, 03:03 PM
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#35 | | Glorious Gaming PC Master Race
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when i worked @ 7-11 i had a crack head come in and start cutting right on my Ice Cream freezers, then snort away.
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05-11-2009, 03:47 PM
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#36 | | Official Texas Ambassador
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Originally Posted by Turbo E when i worked @ 7-11 i had a crack head come in and start cutting right on my Ice Cream freezers, then snort away. | Similar, but less retarded/public:
A guy would come into the Petro Can I worked the night shift at (back in Courtenay, not here), make a b-line to the bathroom, and stay in there for at least half an hour. I always wondered what he was doing so one day after he came in and made a b-line for the john I walked toward the back of the store and listened to the door.
In retrospect this was kind of fucking retarded because, come on, what if the guy just had intestinal problems. Or like to  in semi-public bathrooms.
I heard him take the tank off of the back of the toilet, some clicking, then a noisy grotesque SNOOOOORRRRRT.
It turned my stomach. I started pounding on the door and told him to GTFO b/c the police were on their way. He ran out the back door only to return a few hours later to beg forgiveness.
I hate addicts.
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05-11-2009, 04:09 PM
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#37 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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Originally Posted by oHenry I used to work at Tim Hortons and we always had this one guy who always ordered a "large double double no sugar." | it beats saying "large coffee, 2 cream, no sugar"
dont u think "large dbl dbl no sugar" sounds so much smoother?
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Originally Posted by MajinHurricane I had some girl come into the busser station the other day trying to make out with every staff member and then pull down her pants and asked for someone to stick a dick in her (at least she shaved). | Quote:
Originally Posted by 1exotic Vtec doesn't kick in on Reverse. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma its like.. oh yeah oh yeah.. ohhhh yeah... OOoooOohh... why's it suddenly feel a bit better... ohhhh yeahh... ohhh...oh..fuck... it probably ripped. | | |
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05-11-2009, 04:55 PM
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#38 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by RX_Renesis it beats saying "large coffee, 2 cream, no sugar"
dont u think "large dbl dbl no sugar" sounds so much smoother? | Should be able to use other terminology...
Large Two and Zero
Large Double Nothing
Would Tim Horton's workers know what those would mean?
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05-11-2009, 05:03 PM
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#39 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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I had a lady come 3 times to get gas at our station. 3 times she hit the post with her car trying to pull up to the pumps. 3 times she did not get gas.
One time I got a call from a guy how had bought a pack of condoms on his credit card the night before and was afraid his wife would see it on his bill. He offered me $100 to reverse the charge.
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05-11-2009, 05:17 PM
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#40 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Originally Posted by True.True was this on sw marine dr???? i swear i saw her drive on her blown tire/steelie for like 15 blocks!!!! everyone was honking at her and she was unphazed | yup. she must've been on something because she seriously didn't know what was wrong. she even asked us after where her hubcap went. THAT was on her mind more than anything.
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05-11-2009, 05:35 PM
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#41 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Part 1: A woman wanted back-up sensor installed in her brand new car, BUT she wanted one that talked, like the navi's. We told her we didn't carry those, she insisted and made a HUGE deal out of it and so we went to an outside shop and bought it to install for her. (I work at a dealership, we don't do this kind of thing, but this woman is just sooo......I have no words)
Part 2: She actually marked in PEN where exactly she wanted the sensors to sit on her bumper. We told her there are standard measurements, they have to be so-far apart to work properly. If we put them where she wanted them, MAYBE half the sensors would actually work. Of course, she put up another fight and you know what, we put them where she wanted it. Guess what? THE SENSORS DIDN'T WORK! So what did we do? We REPLACED her bumper and she let us put the sensors where they needed to go.
Part 3: She had asked us to put the speaker RIGHT above the driver's seat belt because she had "hearing problems". We told her, usually the speaker is at the back, again, she insisted. So we installed the speaker RIGHT beside her ear as she asked. She came back the next day and furiously yelled at us "Jesus, could you guys make it any louder?! I swear I'm going to go deaf with that voice so loud in my ear!"
Please, someone beat my story.
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05-11-2009, 05:46 PM
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#42 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by JSALES haha, these are some of the things i do at my call centre, put customers on hold for no reason really | "You sound really hot, can I put you on hold a minute while I fap under my desk??" Quote:
Originally Posted by Nodnarb Back in the day I worked at McD's and an EI ordered a Double Big Mac, no meat.
True story. | I've heard some amazing ones from Starbucks baristas, but the best had to be the guy that ordered a "cappuccino, no foam". "You mean a latte, then..." "No, I want a cappuccino, but without foam."
On the other side of that equation, there's the time I went through the McD's drive-thru and ordered the crispy chicken sandwich "without tomato". Fortunately I was only about four blocks away when I opened the thing up and found a slice of tomato... and no chicken. Quote:
Originally Posted by Manic! I had a lady come 3 times to get gas at our station. 3 times she hit the post with her car trying to pull up to the pumps. 3 times she did not get gas. | I heard some doozy stories from ICBC adjusters and estimators when I was doing IT work for them. Best was at the Marine & Cambie claim center... if you've ever driven into the inspection bay at these places, you know at most of them there's a window where you first drive in where you tell someone why you're there, and then the bay opens out to the left and they direct you which lane to park in. Protecting that corner is a big yellow steel post. The adjuster this time was telling me about the woman who had parked in the first space, got her claim all dealt with (she'd been hit, accident deemed NOT her fault), got back in her car, threw it into reverse... and backed HARD right into that post.
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05-11-2009, 05:47 PM
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#43 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by PrincessPeiPei Please, someone beat my story. | That's pretty epic, but lexluthor's original post still beats all (so far) 
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05-11-2009, 06:02 PM
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#44 | | Witness protection
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Originally Posted by achiam Once at a Pharmacy I was working at, a 15 yr old hot brown girl talked to me about tampons, and she actually asked me to help her insert it. I was like holy fuck. | .... and then?  | |
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05-11-2009, 06:50 PM
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#45 | | Banned (ABWS)
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bestbuy computers department.
the stories write themselves.
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05-11-2009, 07:06 PM
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#46 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by Synaptik bestbuy computers department.
the stories write themselves. | Don't be a tease and share them.
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05-11-2009, 07:11 PM
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#47 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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couple years back a customer ordered a med-well char-broiled steak.
server to me: hey, the guy said the steak is awesome, but that the crust is a lil dry.
me: yeah, it's med-well.....
server goes back to the table and comes back to the kitchen
server: he's wondering if you can cook it wetter.
me: ..... what is wetter?
server: like...wet
me: he wants me to fucking boil/poach/steam his freakn steak?!?! I gave the server a side of water for him to dunk his steak into. no idea if she brought it to him
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05-11-2009, 07:27 PM
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#48 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul Should be able to use other terminology...
Large Two and Zero
Large Double Nothing
Would Tim Horton's workers know what those would mean?
It's like ordering a cheeseburger at McDonald's and holding the cheese. | i would think tim horton's people is not that bright...
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Originally Posted by MajinHurricane I had some girl come into the busser station the other day trying to make out with every staff member and then pull down her pants and asked for someone to stick a dick in her (at least she shaved). | Quote:
Originally Posted by 1exotic Vtec doesn't kick in on Reverse. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma its like.. oh yeah oh yeah.. ohhhh yeah... OOoooOohh... why's it suddenly feel a bit better... ohhhh yeahh... ohhh...oh..fuck... it probably ripped. | | |
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05-11-2009, 07:45 PM
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#49 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by nipples couple years back a customer ordered a med-well char-broiled steak.
server to me: hey, the guy said the steak is awesome, but that the crust is a lil dry.
me: yeah, it's med-well.....
server goes back to the table and comes back to the kitchen
server: he's wondering if you can cook it wetter.
me: ..... what is wetter?
server: like...wet
me: he wants me to fucking boil/poach/steam his freakn steak?!?! I gave the server a side of water for him to dunk his steak into. no idea if she brought it to him |
AHAHAHAH nice
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05-11-2009, 07:57 PM
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#50 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Synaptik bestbuy computers department.
the stories write themselves. | I was in Circuit City once (when there used to be one over on United) and saw some guy shopping for a new computer and haranguing the poor salesdroid over features: he wanted absolutely the latest, greatest, most up-to-date computer with all the newest standards so he wouldn't be obsolete in six months. He was looking for a computer with 14-pin USB and 16-pin firewire ports; he'd done his research on the internet and he knew what he was talking about, dammit.
The poor salesdroid didn't know what to do - the newest machines they had were only 4- and 6-pin, he'd never heard of 14-pin USB. I hadn't either, so I peeked over the guy's shoulder at the printed pages he was waving around as his shopping guide... and pointed out that the page he'd printed recommended a computer have at least 1 4-pin USB and 1 6-pin firewire...
Gotta love the informed consumer.
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