you would think I would go crazy.

[gfrancie]

Another true story of my job.

This jittery guy comes in, he brings three gun magazines to the counter. He is having problems coming up with the cash to pay for the magazines. He asks me if I have some quarters to help him out. He manages to come up with the twenty seven dollars.
He then proceeds to pan-handle everyone in my line for bus change.

Should I be concerned?


Oh and I spilled salad dressing on myself during lunch.
I was doing really well today.

Yet I remained cheerful, which is quite a feat, considering I couldn't sleep last night.

More tea please.

Comments

[photosexual.livejournal.com]

And people wonder why I like downtown. The 'burbs never have twitchy gun magazine buyin' pan-handlers show up! Maybe it's time for me to get a job in the public sector of customer service while I have the downtime! I'd be fired so fast. I could never hold back my thoughts when the public behaves like that though. I'd be all " Hey, look. if you're a few quarters short, that's ok. Let me make you a deal. See, I figure if you can't pay for the whole magazine, you can't have the whole magazine. Maybe if I were to tear out the photo of that sexy Glock-9 on page 17, and say, the Smith & Wesson .45 on page 52, and the ending page of that article on "muzzle velocity of the saturday night special when fired through ferrets as silencers" so you only got to read the first 2/3 of the article, then maybe you can pay me what you have, and we can call it good. Ok?"

And the management would tell me to go home.

You hiring?

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Or they would promote you.

I like your approach.

[cogshiftingman.livejournal.com]

I think I would insist on wearing my brown corduroys if I had your job.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Nah, that would be too easy.
I take great delight in wearing my own half-invented version of Haute Couture. Another coworker and I always come to work with fantastic clothes on.
It kind of makes the work a little less dull.

Life becomes dull when you resort to nothing but khaki's and safe knit tops.

But when you show up in a bright red skirt, a strange top and a lot of sarcasm you tend to have more fun with your customers.

[cogshiftingman.livejournal.com]

You realise that I look at the people who work in Borders in a completely different way, now? I think: "perhaps that one is like gfrancie: better mind my Ps and Qs".

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Exactly.
We are people, often with dirty thoughts.