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Signing [4th July 2008|07:26] customers_suck [measured_doses] I need to rant. I'm sure it wasn't even all that horrible but last night I nearly went off on a customer over 'it'. The lady who does our signage usually puts signs ABOVE the product for sale instead of on the same shelf. I think she does this in hopes that the customer's eye will be more drawn to the sign. The problem is most customers don't READ the sign and think it's for the product whose shelf it's inevitably hanging on. Granted it's not the best practice for putting up signs but it's not as if she's putting the sign down the aisle completely, it just takes a moment to realize what's going on. SO! Last night I get this customer. She buys toilet paper. And then she leans over, "Oh wait! That's supposed to be 7.99." The supervisor was with me and she immediately tottled off to find out if indeed the paper was supposed to be 7.99. Problem with this supervisor? She ALWAYS rewards the customers inability to read. While she's gone I smile at the customer, "We have to check. Sometimes the sign is above instead of right on the shelf." The customer smiles right back, "Yes, well, even if it is I get the signed price now." "The sign clearly states what product it's for, it's just slightly above instead of right on the shelf." "It doesn't matter! If it's on the shelf above instead of on the shelf I get the price that's marked on the sign." At that point I wanted to tell her that the store shouldn't get punished because she couldn't read but I held my tongue because A: the supervisor was returning and B: I didn't want a confrontation and this woman was reeking confrontational. "Oh it's signed wrong!" The supervisor yelled. So I corrected the mistake and gave the woman the product for 7.99. I wished her a good evening while handing her the receipt and she assured me she'd have a 'fine' evening. When she left the supervisor returned. I asked her; Was it signed wrong? Nope! Wasn't signed wrong. The sign was simply slightly above instead of directly upon. I don't know if there's some LAW that states signs must be directly upon instead of above but I do know that when signs used to be directly on the shelves that customers thought it was for the products below. Bottom line, customers will do ANYTHING to save a dollar and I suspect most of the time they're pretending to misunderstand the signs just to save a wee tiny bit of money. All I have to say is that it's a damned good thing I'm not a supervisor because when I'm in a bad mood I don't put up with that shit. And I have, on occasion, when supervisors weren't around, refused to give a customer a .50C coupon they read wrong (which I know the supervisors would have awarded them and given our accountant a headache for it), taken a customer DIRECTLY to a sign they misread - which was also signed correctly as in on the proper shelf, and other such things which piss customers off but piss me off anymore. HAHA. I don't know. I suspect if I wasn't at the end of the week it wouldn't bug me so much but sometimes I just want to scream at greedy little customers. waffle at me

WANTED: Lolita Outfits to buy or patterns [4th July 2008|23:38] cosplay [raaa_men] I'm wanting to cosplay misa in an upcoming convention and trying to find lolita styled outfits my price range is about up to about $100 (shipped to australia). this is my price range as i'm thinking of getting a dress of ebay and they cost about that much. http://cgi.ebay.com/LOLITA-COSPLAY-COSTUME-MADE-BLACK-HOME-MAID-DRESS-B_W0QQitemZ320269834269QQihZ011QQcategoryZ63861QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 http://cgi.ebay.com/JAPANESE-GOTHIC-LOLITA-PUNK-PLAID-DRESS-SET-BLACK_W0QQitemZ320264460701QQihZ011QQcategoryZ63861QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262 i really like the style of the second one. if you're selling lolita styled costumes or know a place that sells about that price range please tell me ^___^" i'm also willing to try and sew a lolita outfit (nothing too complicated though >___>) so i'm interested in patterns too waffle at me

Commission request and dodgy timescales [4th July 2008|11:56] cosplay [caz_chan] [ mood | melancholy ] Hello! I have recently been let down badly by a seller on eBay on a Super Sailor Neptune costume and now find myself stuck - I have all the accessories and wig but no costume. I am willing to pay (within reason of course) for a commission. The only issue is I am on a tight timescale - I NEED the costume before the start of August (Aug 1st would be my deadline) as the upcoming con will be the following week. I am happy to provide reference pictures and pay extra for speedy delivery (I live in the UK if this helps in figuring out postal times) if anyone is interested in taking this commission up. I can be contacted here or via my email -  caz_chan@hotmail.com Thanks for reading and look forward to hearing from yourselves! x-posted waffle at me

[4th July 2008|03:02] customers_suck [kaisers_minion] Remembered WTF for you guys, brought up by a similar happening yesterday. I'm not working this summer, but I'm in a work-study program at my school, a very nice private Christian college. Now, I realize a lot of devout Christians have very firm beliefs on certain issues, but there's better ways to express your opinions than this person did. So I'm happily refilling the salad bar, a job I love because it generally means I don't have to talk to people. One person, though, said he liked my necklace. =D (Relevant side note: it's a dragon. I collect dragons; statues, jewelry, etc. but the necklace is the only jewelry I'm allowed to wear at work.) The person after him goes, 'oh, can I see?' So I show her. She takes a long look, expression slowly shifting to a glare. Her: "Oh. I didn't know they let Satanists come here." (Very disgusted tone of voice) Me: (...bzuh?) "I... I'm sorry, what?" Her: "That's a sign of the devil. The Beast." Me: "Um. It's just a mythical anima-" Her: "I bet you're a lesbian, too. And you're pro-abortion, aren't you." (yes, she said pro-abortion, not pro-choice) Me: "Excuse me, I'm Christian-" Her: "If you were a good person you'd know better than to worship beasts like that. They really need to be more careful about who they let attend." She stalks away, leaving me and a couple other people standing shocked. Definite WTF, because while I've met preachy people of various religions, most people I've met at my school are really really sweet and have no problem with my dragons. This person was just... gah. It was like she was trying to be as awful as possible. 28 waffles|waffle at me

Shit-stains on an Otherwise Enjoyable Work Day [4th July 2008|04:21] coworkers_suck [silvremeralddas] [ mood | infuriated ] YOU. BITCH. I DON'T LIKE YOU. ( Cut for ramblesnarling and some very choice words. ) waffle at me

The end of Zim week!! D: [4th July 2008|02:41] marysues [flufflenecharka] Story Or Series Title: Invader Zina Lands Fandom: Invader Zim Culprit Author's Name: Invader Zina Full Name (plus titles if any): Invader Zina Full Species(es): Alien Sue of Doom Hair Color (include adjectives): Brown, ponytailed Eye Color (include adjectives): Green Unusual Markings/Colorations: Actually has a coherent backstory. Does that count? Special Possessions (if any): A SIR named COZ. Annoying Origin: The mind of an author who admits this is a self insert. Annoying Connections To Canon Characters: After helping Zim out with, well, all his massively destructive moments, she gets banned from Irk. (Yeah, an Irken Invader with an ACTUAL reason to be on Earth that makes sense. I was amazed, too.) Annoying Special Abilities: Warps canon. Other Annoying Traits: Is a self insert. The author admits it, has an AIM under the character's name, and modeled the character's physical appearance after herself. I also had to edit the formatting a bit to make it readable on LJ. Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/262456/1/Invader_Zina_Lands Note: After several days of posting the Sues at the end of the day, I decided to post this one early. It's the end of Zim week, so I figured I owed you all some punctuality. Please include a small sample of the worst of this story: ( With all that said, it's not nearly as bad as you'd think. ) 1 waffle|waffle at me

[4th July 2008|03:06] customers_suck [thinkessa] Dear Old  Obnoxious Man-- I am not your server. You were NOT sat in my section and that means to ME, I don't need to do SHIT for you, except tolerate your presence in the same building as me. When you barked at me for a glass of water, I told you that I would go get Barbara (your server) for you. I know to you, that wasn't good enough. I'm pretty sure you haven't been trapped in the desert for three weeks and you will survive for two more minutes. And if that wasn't enough, being RUDE as shit to your 8 month pregnant waitress, when your salad got cold halfway through you eating it, is NOT HER FAULT. She doesn't cook the chicken and she she doesn't grow the lettuce either. You complained your chicken was cold and your lettuce was 'wilty' and warm. Well sir, you ordered the chicken ceasar salad. Next time we'll make sure to put a RAW peice of chicken on a bed of FRESH GREENS for you. Douchbag! And by the way, it was bad enough having to explain to you that i am NOT YOUR SERVER, but why did you come up to me (while I was NO WHERE NEAR YOUR TABLE) just to tell me you don't enjoy my haircut? I could care less your opinion about my hair. You, however, are balding and about 50 years my senior. Your wife is wearing a gold pants suit, with a matching gold hat. FAKE GOLD mind you. And when you asked me what I would do if you took siccors to my bangs, I really wanted to tell you I'd stab you in the neck with them, however, I refrained because my job means more to me that your CRAZINESS! I did feel better however, after you bitched to me for 5 minutes about my hair, (again, none of your buiness) and I told you "Well, sir, I'm glad that its my hair and not yours" and walked away. I should have told you to go fuck yourself, you lunatic crazy ass fuck!! Some advice? Join hair club for men. AND STOP GOING OUT IN PUBLIC. Your wife is probably crazy as well, like you, if not she would have been mortified beyond belief of your obnoxious actions. Please call your doctor, he needs to up your meds. Sincerely,  CHILI's STAFF P.S.  We all had a good laugh because of you tonite. Oh yeah, and we spit in your re-made salad, you stupid fuck 54 waffles|waffle at me

cell phone suck [4th July 2008|00:13] customers_suck [biirdiie] [ mood | awake ] [ music | The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go ] I work for a wireless carrier and in my store we have our wonderfully talented technicians that fix phones within about an hour, 7 days a week! how convenient! although the store closes at 9 our tech bench closes at 6. we always take phones in after cut off time... but mostly until about 6:30 or 7pm. then we tell people they will have to come back during tech hours for phone repairs. people get a little frustrated which is completely understandable, but they understand and just come back the next day or whatever. anyways on this particular night i was the manager on duty (im just a supervisor most of the time). we were slammed allllll day and when we shut the doors at 9pm we still had about 4 parties in the store. one was a man who was working with my coworker and he was very happy and cheerful. another was a couple across the room being helped by another associate. then there was my customer who was also a happy little guy asking about changing plans. and sitting down was the 50-ish bitch lady from hell and her teenage son. at 9:05 the overhead lights in the store turn off automatically. when this happened i made a joke out loud and said, "alright everyone go home now!" and everyone laughed. then i hear the lady sitting down say, "NOT UNTIL MY PHONE IS FIXED!" her son put his head down and pulled his hood over his face. cue script! ( cut for length ) shit, i would PAY HER to leave my company and never do business with us again! it seems as if grown people act like bigger babies than any children i know. 6 waffles|waffle at me

[4th July 2008|00:25] silenthill [the_disillusion] It's been awhile since I've posted here. Here's an epic theory. In fact it is so epic, that it is the truth. Forget everything else you know, because it's wrong. ( Read more... ) 1 waffle|waffle at me

all i have to say is... [4th July 2008|01:59] seiry wall-e and supercrew. that is all. 1 waffle|waffle at me

Mod Note [3rd July 2008|22:57] customers_suck [zinnea] There is a new mod post in cs_comlink that will help explain the rules and standards of customers_suck. It's a little wordy, I'm afraid, but please do go check it out and feel free to leave your feedback there. Post is here. Thanks!

[4th July 2008|00:52] the_labyrinth [so_pseudogoth] Title: "Something Borrowed" (Part Three) Author: Manda (so_pseudogoth) Warning: Jareth/Toby. No slash in this chapter, just a kiss. Summary: I used two prompts to inspire this piece, I hope it's okay. I have cool aspirations for where it's going, I think. I used: What has this city done to you?/ Has it taken the innocence out of you/ and turned you into someone I never knew? Ellis Paul You belong with me, not swallowed in the sea / Yeah, you belong with me Coldplay (Done for a challenge on only_forever.) Author's Note: I don't own Labyrinth or anything/anyone affiliated with it, and receive no money for my writing in this genre. I do, however, have a very healthy respect for Bowie's crotch-bulge and for the Bog of Eternal Stench. Concrit and reviews more than welcome. The first two parts can be found at only_forever. ( Part three. ) waffle at me

ORIGINisation XIII [4th July 2008|01:44] kingdom_hearts [zed_azrael] There are two things that I have with me, that, for the sake of my own organisation--HAHA, a pun! *shot*--I will stick the details of through a link. But, to be brief... Which worlds do you think the Organisation members came from? (Please reply on my journal through the link below. It just makes it easier for me.) Furthermore, would anyone be interested in an Organisation XIII-focused challenge pertaining to the members' origins? [ ORIGINisation XIII ] waffle at me

moar? [3rd July 2008|23:26] customers_suck [spoofmaster] I feel like I'm flooding this community with my amusement park suckage...I've been trying to keep it fairly quiet, but this is my third post about it. Tell me if it's getting to be too much. ( First, a vocabulary lesson for guests ) Today was a rough day, but a good deal of that was due to suckage of coworkers (especially if you count amusement park rides as coworkers). I'm not going to go into details, since it wouldn't be on topic, but I think they had a new person in dispatch, since they were supremely unhelpful today, and the ride I was operating kept faulting out mid-cycle (which just means that it cuts the power a la emergency stop, and I have to use one of the switches to jog it back down to where I can unload the guests). That got fixed an hour or two into my shift, but six cars (out of eighteen) were out of service, and that's always a source of wank. And yeah, I get that it's annoying that we can't do full loads, but no, I don't think it's "rude" that the locked-down cars won't open (I actually had a woman say that to me). What I think would be rude is if I somehow managed to open and load one of those cars and thereby caused the ride to fault out when the wonky car's failsafe went off. ( Notes on line-cutting ) And finally, turnstiles. They do serve a purpose, I promise. If you happen to be watching a ride operator around the change of the hour, you'll notice that they go look at a little counter on the turnstile, write down what it says, and call it in. Let's see...so the turnstile keeps a count? That just might mean.... Don't squeeze around the side of my turnstile. Don't hop my turnstile. Don't play with my turnstile while you're waiting for the next ride cycle. How would you feel if I came into whatever store you work in, walked into the back room, and randomly started tearing up inventory sheets? When I call my turnstile number in, I want it to show how many people I've been able to get on the ride that hour, like it's supposed to. SO STOP SCREWING IT UP. 5 waffles|waffle at me

Comic [1138] "FMP: cold carry" [4th July 2008|05:16] megatokyocomic http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/1138 Full Megatokyo Panic comic 1138 [read...] [permalink] waffle at me

Watermelon WTF Facts [3rd July 2008|22:51] customers_suck [wolfscythe] Working at a grocery store and peddling fruit and veggies: Older regular (OR) approaches. Script format works best. OR: You should have signs up on your watermelons. I saw it on the news. Me: (Thinking another salmonella scare or something of the like) What did you see on the news? OR: Apparently the rind of the watermelon is more potent than viagra! Me: (Unable to formulate an appropriate response) uhhh... OR: Oh well, guess I'll just have to wait till I get myself a girlfriend... (Stares intently at me) Me: ...... Well...Good luck with that! (Leave in a timely manner) I don't know if that that was truly on some news station or if it was a new creative way of flirting with the younger ladies. 10 waffles|waffle at me

Average Sue, for IZ... [3rd July 2008|22:38] marysues [flufflenecharka] Dear any author who has been linked here, the anon. person who gave you a link is not me. They are actually a speshul and unik troll!!1one who is so original and wonderful that they've been doing the same thing for half a week. This is a deseperate attempt of theirs to get attention becuz dey r a speshul snoflake dat da wurld doesnt undastand!!1!!1! Ignore them, and hopefully they'll be a good little emo and kill themselves while listening to Evanescence. They are not me - note that they never sign in and are thus just trying to find their own identity or whatever gawffic twolls do now a days when they realize they aren't funny. They're trying to get revenge against me or something. Because, you know, after two psychotic stalker trolls who used to send me insult filled emails and flame all my fics, someone pretending to be me for three sentences? Awful. Horrible revenge, really. Oh, the horror. The pain. Too bad Suethors in this fandom don't follow the links or care. :P EDIT: The troll tried ro pretend to be me anyway. Lol. Story Or Series Title: Beauty and a Beast Fandom: Invader Zim Culprit Author's Name: OroGirl21 Full Name (plus titles if any): Maya Full Species(es): Believer!Sue Hair Color (include adjectives): Not mentioned. Eye Color (include adjectives): Not mentioned. Unusual Markings/Colorations: None. Special Possessions (if any): Black jacket, red shirt with an Irken insignia, black skirt. (What a rare, gawffic color scheme!) Annoying Origin: The bowels of mediocrity. Annoying Connections To Canon Characters: A unique rejected outsider (just like all the other Sues) she believes in aliens and is fascinated by the Irken race, and realizes who Zim is (just like all the other Sues). Dib thinks she's an alien because of her shirt, she kicks his butt, and she and Zim start to talk, at which point she does your typical Sue reveal of 'I know what you are'. Zim, in a brief moment of IC, panics and rushes off while screaming about her wanting Irken technology. Annoying Special Abilities: Is a genius with mad hacking skillz. Other Annoying Traits: None. Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4181100/1/Beauty_and_a_Beast Please include a small sample of the worst of this story: ( So typical, when I have my Zim sues journal up and going, this is going to be my example of an average Zim sue. ) 2 waffles|waffle at me

[3rd July 2008|23:27] customers_suck [lana_revan_star] A few minor sucks that I had after my lunch break today. Dear creepy stalker guy,     Yes, I do have long curly hair.  Thank you for complimenting me on it.  However, do not continue to stare at me while breathing heavily and then ask if you can touch it.  I don't care if it's soft and you like curly hair, it's mine and you are creeping me the hell out.  If my very large and protective boyfriend were here, he would kill you.  Please leave me alone while I, now very quickly, finish ringing up your items. No love and much freaking out, Cashier drone. Dear big-boobed teenagers,     I see that you have large breasts as evidenced by the 36DDs you are buying.  Yes, I know mine are smaller since they're only a 34A.  I really don't care.  Don't sit there snickering and saying things like, "I bet you wish you could wear bras that large."  I really don't want to.  I'm small and perfectly happy with my proportionate chest and the knowledge that while yours will give you back problems and most likely sag to your knees, my back will feel wonderful while my breasts stay above my navel. Much annoyance, Cashier drone. Dear queen of bitches,     What did I do to you to deserve such rude behavior?  All I said to you was hello in the happiest manner possible.  I did not deserve the reply of "I don't need to talk to you, just ring up my items."  Not only that, but you proceeded to glare at me the whole time.  Here's a tip, be nice to your cashier.  She'll be more willing to help you out and to point out any free items or discounts you may be missing out on and to do it with a smile on her face. Much anger, Cashier drone. 24 waffles|waffle at me

[3rd July 2008|23:42] silenthill [blujeankitty] pyramid head fanart! microsoft paint + mouse... ( mmm! ) hehe. :3 oh, & hi. i'm new! 5 waffles|waffle at me

Children of the night [3rd July 2008|23:21] mathaeis [ mood | stressed ] [ music | Tech N9ne - Psycho Bitch II ] Rissy and I are trying to not get to sleep at 6am every night, but damn is it hard. First we stayed up all night to get to sleep at a normal time, which of course screwed over that entire day as we drug ourselves on. The next day was great. We got up at 8 and got a lot of stuff done. But last night we didn't get to be until 2, and then slept until noon. I was groggy until like 7pm, and then I started feeling sick, possibly from the bad combination of food I ate. I'm just hoping that we will actually be tired some time in the next hour or so. After all - Nerdapalooza is tomorrow. At least I don't have to perform until the next day. Chris said he was feeling out of it as well. Two groggy men would not help the MagiTek hype effort, heh. I'm really excited to see Captain Dan. I mean, the entire thing is going to be pretty epic, all things considered, but I freaking love that man. Speaking of music, I got the new Tech N9ne album this Tuesday (double CD, 32 tracks, 9.99 at Best Buy), and I didn't really like any of it at first. Boy am I glad that for whatever reason I was deaf or retarded. This album is amazing and then some. I hope one day I am be such a great rapper. :D I've gotten Rissy addicted to FFTA2. I fear I won't be able to play it any more now, lest I steal it back while she is sleeping. Oh well, this will hopefully mean that she will enjoy the original that much more when I have her try that. waffle at me

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