I have 20 minutes before I have to leave for work, and I have absolutely nothing today – well, nothing that I can get down in that time, anyway. So…a bit of rambling I think…
I was called into the shop yesterday (I rarely go out there), because one of the sales assistants was in the middle of a rather heated debate with an elderly customer. I asked the assistant what the problem was, but the elderly woman got in first.
“She says the payment hasn’t gone through, and it has.”
I looked at the printout, and at the word typed at the top.
“I’m sorry, the card has been declined.”
“No it hasn’t. I paid my bill. I have money in there.”
At this point she is picking up her item from the counter and trying to shove it into her bag. I stopped her, and showed her the printout, whereupon she told me, quite bluntly, that I hadn’t seen what had happened. So, being the nice girl I am, I asked her to tell me.
“I put my pin number in the machine, and it went ‘bleep bleep’.
“Uh huh.”
“So it’s gone through. I heard it go ‘bleep bleep’ and you didn’t. You’ve got my money and I’m going.”
WTF?
I tried to explain to her that the ‘bleep bleep’ is a noise the machine always makes while it is contacting her account. She wasn’t having any of it.
“Look. I always pay by card. It always goes ‘bleep bleep’, and they always let me go. That money has left my account and now it’s in yours. I’m going.”
On and on and on it went, whereupon I told her we would try again. The second time, it went through. I thought she’d be happy. But oh no. She wanted a refund because she was convinced it went through twice. Before she left, she took my name and the phone number of head office, and told us she would never be shopping there again because we’d stolen from her.
“I know what a bloody bleep bleep means, you stupid woman,” she said, walking out the door.
That cracked me up. Of course she knows – she must have been about 126 years old. Don’t you just love the oldies?
19 days till Christmas, and I haven’t done a single thing. Haven’t even bought a card. Which is probably a good thing, because looking around town yesterday, all the cards, paper, decorations, selection boxes and God knows what else, are all less than half price. I don’t know why we don’t have Christmas Day on the 27th. it would make so much more sense. Actually, a couple of years ago, Rob bought me two really pretty lingerie sets. I had to take them back (I think he was hoping my tits were actually bigger than they are), and I walked out of there with five sets for the same price. I think I may get him to buy the wrong size every year.
Yeah, I know, dull as hell, but I have to go.
Have a happy Wednesday everyone. x
I think it should be legal to hit upside the head five customers per fiscal quarter….
A lot of them are idiots and need a good smacking.
Ah, Christmas shoppers……..gotta love them
Happy Wednesday to you
Oh I am ROFLMAO! The ‘oldies’ can brighten any slow boring day…you gotta love them.
I also commented on your Monday Memory… please read it sweetie.
You’ve done nothing about Christmas yet?
I’m actully completely done.
Totally.
Does that make me better than you?
Yes.
Yes it does.
Steve~
If it makes you feel better I don’t have a single thing for Xmas either.
happy Wensday. beep beep
The seniors were bleeping years before we ever had a bleeping gleam in our eyes….
So one should trust their bleeping expertise, no?
(and you’ll forgive me if I pause a moment in a reverie of contemplation of lingerie shopping for you…..woncha?)
Dull? I love this story! And yes, I love the oldies. I actually think this one was pretty cute — of course I didn’t have to deal with her. You dealt with her so nicely. I can see the two of you right now. How sweet!
But it did give me a really good idea. I can go around and make a “bleep bleep” noise wherever I go. Maybe I’ll got lots of free stuff that way!
Don’t knock yourself! I enjoyed this entry. I loved the comment about the lingerie. The markups on it are so outrageous that you can always get good deals if you look around, particularly after Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
Put elderly people and computers together, and you have the elements of a funny story! Oh, wait a minute, my kids think I’m elderly! And I’m still trying to figure out whether to switch my blog to Beta . . .
Hope you have a great day at work, and come back with more stories!
Oh the joys of working with the general public…..looking around….yeah…cubicle life ain’t so bad after all….
I enjoyed the story. I actually try and bribe my kids that if they wait until the 27th, they will get tons more than on the 25th. Never works. So second solution? A shit load of gift cards.
LOL……gotta love stubborn customers…..:)
You’ve been tagged btw lass.:)
Christmas is coming? SHIT!
You know, the holidays are supposed to bring out the best in people, but that just doesn’t happen in the grand scheme of things, does it? Hugs!
Savage – Ahh, she couldn’t help it really, she was just too old. But had she been 50 years younger…I’d have wrapped her round the bloody counter!
Kristen – You had me in stitches today!
Kitty – Thanks for your comment yetserday…I did reply. x
atl lg – Hmmm. You see, that would drive me nuts. Been there, done that…I need to be OUT there!
Cherrie – You? Elderly? Lol. If you are, then you redefine the meaning of it! x
Dan – I love old people. I could talk to them for hours, (and often do.) Actually, I may have a post coming up about that soon
Ted – You are well and truly forgiven. I’d love to see what you’d pick out!
Arthur – Hi! Beep Beep back at ya!
Erika – That makes me feel heaps better! Thanks
Steven – No. No it doesn’t. You cannot assume you are better than me because you’ve finished your xmas shopping early. I bet you didn’t even buy anything, did you? I bet Tami does all of it. I bet you even make her buy her own. And I also bet that after she’s bought it, you laugh at it. AND I bet when you open all your presents, you hate them. Yeah. That’s what I think, so there.
justmee – It actually makes far more sense to give gift cards, but I would be gutted if I had nothing at all to open! I love Christmas too much, I think!
ZZ Man – They do make the day a bit more interesting I suppose!
GE – It doesn’t happen very much anywhere lately, does it. Hope you and the boys are settling in ok. Hugs x
She probably assumes “bleep bleep” means “working”. The annoying woman has probably been on a life support machine for the past 40 years.
Hmmmm….what would a (presumably normal (and presumably red-blooded (and presumably heterosexual))) buy to adorn you, were he given the chance?
My, my, my….that image may keep me up for awhile.
Or at least awake.
I certainly have a couple of ideas!
Darfuria – At least that long….
Ted – Please do share….. x
Um.
Think sheer. Think itty bitty baaaaarely there thong.
Think woody.
Oops.