Members mystofpric Posted February 27, 2009 Members Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Perhaps iha or one of his co-workers could offer a little something here. I, being a high school educated idiot, would guess that your skills aren't holding you down!Well i agree that it is hard to find a job starting out, but it is all in how you sell yourself. If you come across as unskilled and untested then that is how prospective employers will see you. Walk in confident and be like i get excellent grades, I was in this and that club and I know cpr. You can pretty much get any job you want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eminatic Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 well as of right now the only language that i can fluently converse in is American Sign Language...and that's fading fast because i never use it. i used to know Spanish but i have not used it for several years so i wouldn't really say i speak it anymore. and Sign Language isn't really a useful language because well...deaf people can still read. i know that if i dropped out of school right now i could probably get a better job but then i'd be kind of stuck when i got older. the problem is that im only available like 2-3 days a week while im in school...and they are not business days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mystofpric Posted February 27, 2009 Members Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 well as of right now the only language that i can fluently converse in is American Sign Language...and that's fading fast because i never use it. i used to know Spanish but i have not used it for several years so i wouldn't really say i speak it anymore. and Sign Language isn't really a useful language because well...deaf people can still read. i know that if i dropped out of school right now i could probably get a better job but then i'd be kind of stuck when i got older. the problem is that im only available like 2-3 days a week while im in school...and they are not business days.Yeah but hun what I'm saying is that restraurant and casinos (your in vegas hun!)are open 24/7 plus you really gotta stretch yourself to find different jobs. Some places only need someone to do say, filing, and can have you work only a few hours a day or a week because they don't need any thing more. Yeah teh economy duck but ther are jobs out there you just have to be creative and a little bold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chloegirl Posted February 28, 2009 Members Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Aaah, the stupid factor of the public in general.....stand and watch them spend 30 minutes trying to scan their own groceries on a self-check out.....Even lab rats will eventually get the learning curve and figure out the pattern of a maze or task but most of these people are so dense that no matter how many times they lock up the machine, are told about the timing/weighing issue, or hear the message "please place item in the bagging area" they still can't do it! Makes you wish there was one of those trap doors in floor like in the old cartoons....3 strikes and they fall thru the floor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pappyld04 Posted February 28, 2009 Members Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 You know Em, I have often foud the best time for seeking a new job to be on non-business days as you guys call them. Look at the bail out thread and you can see all kinds of truth in a boss eating, sleeping, breathing, the business. There is no job out here that I cannot do. Don't believe me, just ask my profile page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eminatic Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Aaah, the stupid factor of the public in general.....stand and watch them spend 30 minutes trying to scan their own groceries on a self-check out.....Even lab rats will eventually get the learning curve and figure out the pattern of a maze or task but most of these people are so dense that no matter how many times they lock up the machine, are told about the timing/weighing issue, or hear the message "please place item in the bagging area" they still can't do it! Makes you wish there was one of those trap doors in floor like in the old cartoons....3 strikes and they fall thru the floor! lol! yeah and as long as we're talking about figuring out money i can tell you from the retail side that i also deal with an ALARMING number of people (of ALL ages, i might add) who don't know basic math on a daily basis. customers who constantly insist that "you over charged me!" "this was supposed to be on sale!!" no, i did NOT over charge you, and that IS the sale price. it ticks me off too when i try to be nice and add an extra discount on top of the sale price, then when they get their ticket they start bitching that i charged too much. we have a large novelty calculator at our counter and i LITERALLY HAVE TO GET OUT THE CALCULATOR AND GO THROUGH AND ADD EACH ITEM ONE BY ONE so that these stupid customers will stop whining and insisting that i rang something up wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pappyld04 Posted March 1, 2009 Members Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 That's one of the reasons I think everyone should get some kind of retail experience. Not only good for the math skills, but effective communication also! Excellent point Em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panab Posted April 29, 2009 Members Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Next tome your bill comes out to an odd amount such as $10.61, give them a penny or 0.11 and watch the fun begin!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHA!!!!That's evil. I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sunday Posted April 29, 2009 Members Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 please keep in mind that in regards to customer service workers, it is not necessarily because we are stupid. i am not lying when i say customer service is the most soul crushing, dehumanizing and depressing work there is. try to imagine standing in the same spot all day, doing some monotonous repetitive task over and over and over and over for 8 hours barely able to eat, get a drink of water or go to the bathroom. most clerks are just not there mentally, in an attempt to survive the day. when i was a cashier i have had friends come to my register and rung them up and bagged their stuff without ever even recognizing them. when 99.9% of transactions are the same 8 hours a day 5+ days a week and you are zoning out just trying to live through the day of course we are not prepared for that one customer that wants something different or the one time the register goes down. the day is such a depressing life draining pattern that even the most basic arithmetic applications seem like a hazy fog.You need a hug girl - a BIG one before I tell you what I have to say...Every customer is different. YOU are the constant in this equation. There are customers who are total dicks and won't be anything else, and there are customers who can be kind and friendly if you show them you are open to it. It sounds like you expect to get crapped on and that's what you get. Happiness isn't a big thing that comes along and hits you on the head. It comes in little pieces that are easy to miss. If you aren't looking for it you'll never recognize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eminatic Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 You need a hug girl - a BIG one before I tell you what I have to say...Every customer is different. YOU are the constant in this equation. There are customers who are total dicks and won't be anything else, and there are customers who can be kind and friendly if you show them you are open to it. It sounds like you expect to get crapped on and that's what you get. Happiness isn't a big thing that comes along and hits you on the head. It comes in little pieces that are easy to miss. If you aren't looking for it you'll never recognize it.i expect to get crapped on for a good reason. i tried giving a damn and being nice for YEARS and still got crapped on anyway. keep getting it day in and day out and you reach a point where you don't even see the point in trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 12GAUGE Posted July 14, 2009 Members Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 I saw this at my lawyers office recently. I told the secretary that the billing clerk had been making a mistake on the 10% interest. She was looking up the billing and come up with the idea that she would not know. Is $50 month even half-assed correct on an 1800 bill? Homey don;t think so. I tried to tell the ignorant bitch that most 5th graders can do that math! She played stupid, very well I might add. I think he needs a new secretary.Jees Louise Pappy 10% of $1800 is $180. Ya just move the decimal point over 1 notch. The other prob is harder to figure I need paper 4 that but ballparking it it would be about 3.3-3.5%. Someone needs remedial math. When I was in 6th or 7th grade I got sent to summer school cuz I was having trouble with story problems and fractions. Well I aced the summer school cuz the kids I was in class with didn't know as much as I did so we never got to where I was having trouble so I got like A's. I would think your attorney needs BOTH a new secretary AND a billing clerk.Next time you go back pull out a tape measure and see if they can read that and get the right answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pappyld04 Posted July 22, 2009 Members Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Jees Louise Pappy 10% of $1800 is $180. Ya just move the decimal point over 1 notch. The other prob is harder to figure I need paper 4 that but ballparking it it would be about 3.3-3.5%. Someone needs remedial math. When I was in 6th or 7th grade I got sent to summer school cuz I was having trouble with story problems and fractions. Well I aced the summer school cuz the kids I was in class with didn't know as much as I did so we never got to where I was having trouble so I got like A's. I would think your attorney needs BOTH a new secretary AND a billing clerk.Next time you go back pull out a tape measure and see if they can read that and get the right answer.This new math must be some tricky shit! My mom taught me that little trick when I was in 3-4 grade! I've always had an easy time with math. That particular girl and the girl doing the billing need to be run off! They are both too ignorant to deal with the public! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Smile4Me Posted December 5, 2009 Members Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 What an interesting post from everyone! I'm no math genius, and I personally work in retail as-we-speak, at everyone's favorite office supplies store (can you guess where, lol!) It never even fases me when I get the ever-popular penny or 11 cents scenario, it's simple math. I don't think it's that these people lack intelligence whatsoever, that is what pure monotony does to the mind. Especially for a person who is otherwise educated above the standard HS diploma. For people that have spent a long time getting their education, a day in the life of a customer service rep is a day in hell, and leaves you feeling under-appreciated and down right abused! Not to remind everyone, but the economy in my kneck of the woods leaves little to be desired! Retail is just "one of those" types of industries, you're either good for it, or you're not. I'm not afraid to admit that I took this job out of desperation. No, it wasn't the job I wanted to have (nor the one I'll keep for very long), especially after spending thousands of dollars in student loans, not to mention hours and hours every night for a couple of years, zoning out to books and writing paper after paper! My pay is below the poverty level (guaranteed)....if dear Hubby wasn't around to bring home the bacon, we'd be eating Top Ramen every night! I personally think it should be unlawful to pay someone less than it takes to survive, but retailers do it all the time, while they mark their prices up a good 75 to 100 percent. And they can't pay better....pfffft There are a lot of things to despise about retail, so I definitely agree with Eminatic in many ways. It doesn't help that here where I live and work, people are ruthless. It seems that only the people that have a low tolerance for stupidity (like me!) are the ones that are surrounded by idiots on a daily basis. I definitely think the bad apples outweigh the genuinely nice people in a service intense environment. People are naturally selfish creatures....so it doesn't matter that your line is 20 people long, all 4 lines on your phone is ringing off the hook, (while none of the other associates seem to hear it) they want to be helped immediately and will have a cow if they don't! I've worked for several different retailers...and I've also worked as a waitress for over a year. The public in general, are assholes, it's just the way the cookie crumbles. And I'm one of the sweetest darn cashier's/waitresses you'd ever have the pleasure of meeting! All and all, let's face it, if you're depressed, so mindfucked from the monotony that you can't do basic math, would rather cut your feet off at the ankles than stand on your feet again (knowing you're aches are for nothing more than the federal minimum of allowable pay in your pocket) all after an 8hr day at work, it's pretty darn tough to get out of the bed with a great optimism in how you approach your job. Ohh, how fun, I get to take on another mind-numbing day of being insulted, ridiculed, degraded, and emotionally abused..... If you can do that happily, then you need to market your happy drugs, because your ship has come in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 12GAUGE Posted December 11, 2009 Members Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 my major is linguistics and i hope to be able to leave to a non-english speaking country once i graduate....but it just seems like its taking forever to get there...----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I don't know where in AMERICA you live. Must be some magical mystical place. WOW I wouldn't mind moving there.I live less than 100 miles from British Columbia.One out of three people in my area is a mexecan. NONE OF THEM SPEAKS ENGLISH!!!And if that wasn't bad enough out current dick-tater is a MUSLIM. . .WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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