Still attracting the crazies... (RL)

[thistlechaser]

I didn't get to have lunch today, work was too bad. This was fine, as I wasn't feeling well anyway. But, coming home, I knew I had to have dinner so I stopped for a sandwich. Being the antisocial person that I am, I'd rather eat in my car than in the shop. Besides, it was a lovely day out.

So there I was, driver's side window down, enjoying the cool breeze while listening to NPR and eating, when a car pulled in next to me. Slightly annoying, as the entire lot was open. (Then I had to laugh at myself, since that's what the insane FUCK YOU FUCK YOU ASSHOLE woman from last week was so angry over.) But, instead of cursing him out, I just kept my eyes straight ahead and continued to eat.

Then he started talking to me. He had backed his car in, so we were open window to open window.

Him: "Yo yo! Valentine's day is coming! What do you think my girlfriend would like?"

Me: *glances cautiously over, he couldn't be talking to me, right? He was...* "Um, I don't know her..." Go away, go away, go away and let me eat in peace.

Him: "Guess! Give me some ideas! You know I used to work here, right? *points at the shop*"

Me: "Um, flowers?"

Him: "YEAH!"

And he went on to tell me his plans about getting a bunch of roses, putting them all along the way to his bathroom, filling up the tub with bubblebath, and way more details than I wanted to know (just romantic stuff). Then he told me about his relationship, how long they had been together, all that. Finally I just stuffed the rest of my sandwich in the bag, wished him luck, and left.

Please, people! I need to be willing to leave home to go to work! Stop it! No more insane people for the rest of the month, I'm putting my foot down here.

Comments

[kelen.livejournal.com]

Omg.. it was TOTALLY crazy day for me too. @.@ Did someone put the full moon out when we weren't looking.

There was the lady who had food stamps, but due to a coupon she used, had to bay four cents in tax. FOUR CENTS. She called the home office to complain that I expected her to pay said four cents.

The lady who ranted that the tuna cans were 'puffy' and there for no good. Never mind the three year expiration date. She went through every can, and kept trying to insist that one kind was on sale, even though it wasn't.

The girl who wanted eggs, so I asked how many. She said 8-12.. individual eggs. I blinked, then asked how many cartons she wanted.

The woman who had HORRIBLE teeth, and was buying donuts and lots of soda, who claimed she couldn't have candy because it was bad for her teeth.

Sharon, one of our two legitimate crazies was in too.

And I'm totally forgetting something. There was at least one more. :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* That's horrible! Though the soda/donut woman was amusing (in a sad sort of way).

Hope tomorrow's better for both of us!

[kelen.livejournal.com]

I have tomorrow off, therefor it will be better. ;) By default. *hugs on you!*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh! Good then! *snugs*

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

Wow, you don't even specialize when it comes to drawing the nuts- you attract them equally from both ends of the spectrum!

Now, wouldn't it have been great if the super-friendly guy had pulled up next to fuckyou!lady? :D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! Now that would have been an amusing scene. I almost bet he would have talked her down and made her more calm.

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

Just be glad you don't work with the public. ;) I've shared many stories of working with my patrons.

One story I haven't shared is of a recent person trying to use someone else's ID, which as should be, is against policy. I'm supposed to call security any time someone tries it, but when I catch people I typically give them warning the first time.

He came in, and gave me the ID. I scanned it. This guy is a regular, and the person who gave him the card hadn't signed a form. I asked to see the card back. He asked me why, and I told him I just wanted to check something. He asked what, and I told him that I didn't think that was his ID. He claimed it was, and I told him that if it was really his, then there shouldn't be a problem for me to look at it. He confessed it wasn't his, I told him not to do it again and he got the card's owner to check one out.

The next day, he came in with another person's ID again, who didn't have a form on file either. I went through the same bit I did the previous day, though he tried a bit longer to tell me that it was really his. After he finally admitted it, I told him that if he tried it one more time, I would call security on him.

Turns out he had received a fine. He paid it that next day.

Cut to a few weeks later, which was Monday. This happens to be the first day of the new term. This term is particularly nasty because it's one of the two terms that have the highest new enrollment (My boss said to me on my first year that it was people who made new year resolutions to go back to school and get a degree.). It's almost the end of my day. I'm exhausted, stressed, and lacking Xanax. A guy checks out a laptop for him, which is fine as long as he realize he's responsible.

Unfortunately, the laptop I gave them was low on battery. He brought it up and asked for another one, I asked for his ID and he went to get his friend's ID. Coincidentally, I had found that we had his driver's license in our lost and found, which I had taken down to security earlier. I checked out the laptop to him using his friend's ID because I stopped caring for the day. I also said "Did you lose your driver's license?" and he said yeah, and asked how I knew it was his, and asked if it was because I recognized his face.

My reply was "I know what your name is. You should consider yourself lucky that I don't have the energy to care right now. Do NOT press your luck."

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

I think that my reply was longer than your post. O_o

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I do work with the public. Luckily my customer base is all rocket scientist-type folks (really! NASA scientists!). The ... "lowest" type of customer I'd ever run into would be a college professor, maybe a rare TA. Both of those are really uncommon though. Our software is extremely expensive (think the price of multiple nice cars for one person to be licensed to use it for one year), so we don't get a lot of run of the mill folks. This reduces the crazies! Though unfortunately there are still some... (And, because the software is so expensive, we get a lot more entitled folks.)

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

Ah, I always thought you worked backline. =) My mistake! Though it's always possible for a smart person to be an idiot in one area. Unfortunately, as even you stated, the higher up in the social food chain someone is, the more entitled they feel. ;) Not always the case though, some rich people could be humble, and I need not remind you of your encounter with the entitled person with food stamps.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Both actually. I do QA work and support. I wish it were just QA stuff! Though i always tell people I'll do whatever they want me to, so long as it helps keep me from getting laid off. :P

[shannonrita.livejournal.com]

You want no more insane people in your life, yet you joined Merry Band!!! Poor poor you...*mourns*

*Goes back to stalking your journal* I know you've got recipes in here...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Merry folks are good insane though! Not bad!

http://thistle-chaser.livejournal.com/tag/cooking might help! :)

[shannonrita.livejournal.com]

XD Yeah, we are. Well, depending on who you ask. lol

And ooooh....I keep forgetting about tags in personal journals. ALSO!

join alt_factory if ya like. It's the blog for MBOM and our sister Alliance guild. You can post recipes there. *Stares at you pointedly*

And I really like that icon. It's cute!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I forgot to join there!

ani_mama made my icon. She's the bestest!