Thursday Special ~ Sometimes being nice is difficult.
A very loud, scruffy, cigarette smoking woman walked into Asda with her two children, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance.
A member of the Customer Service Team (CST) said pleasantly, ‘Good morning, and welcome to Asda. Nice children you have there. Are they twins? ‘The woman stopped yelling long enough to say, ‘No way, they are not! The oldest one’s 9 and the other one’s 7. Why the hell would you think they’re twins? Are you blind, or just stupid?’
‘I’m neither blind nor stupid’ replied the CS person. ‘I just couldn’t believe someone would sleep with you twice. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Asda.
steph said,
July 17, 2008 at 11:21 am
I like it! GM
Thanks for the chuckle!
As they say in Tesco… “every little helps”
Geri Atric said,
July 17, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I think I bumped into this same woman in a restaurant last week. ‘British behaving badly’? No, just tourist season upon us again and (some) people ‘flipping completely out’ once away from home….!
Andrew Gribben said,
July 17, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Thats great, I’ll have to remember that one, although I’m not sure what’s worse fake OTT niceness or the usual lack of interest you find in shop staff these days.
Andrew
chrisb said,
July 17, 2008 at 12:41 pm
LOL very funny.
Grannymar said,
July 17, 2008 at 12:54 pm
@Steph - A chuckle a day, makes us work rest and play! (Sorry Mars.)
@Geri - Some of them don’t even need to leave home.
@Andrew - I hope you don’t use it to your customers!
@ ChrisB -
Gary's Camino said,
July 17, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Brilliant!
Am also new to your blog, and am loving it!
Andrew Gribben said,
July 17, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’m always nice to my customers no matter how annoying they are, because I get to vent about them online afterwards
Grannymar said,
July 17, 2008 at 1:16 pm
@Gary - Welcome on board. I wish you well on your road to Santiago de Compostela.
@Andrew - That is one good thing about blogging, so long as you change the names!
Baino said,
July 17, 2008 at 1:54 pm
A guy walks into a shop. “You got one of them Marshall Hiwatt AC30 amplificatior thingies and a Gobson StratoBlaster geetar with a Fried Rose tremulo?”, The shop assistant politely retorted, “You’re a drummer, aren’t you?”, “Duh, yeah. How’d you know?”
“This is a travel agency.”
And you thought all ‘those’ jokes were about blondes (don’t tell DrummerBoy)
Nancy said,
July 17, 2008 at 2:33 pm
That’s a good one, Baino! I love it… Your story was great,too Grannymar….
Grannymar said,
July 17, 2008 at 3:07 pm
@Baino - I like it!
@Nancy - How is the painting going?
stwidgie said,
July 17, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Great!
I remember years ago hearing a woman tell a child, as they came out of a supermarket, “You’re a sack of garbage!”
Why didn’t I intervene?
TheChrisD said,
July 17, 2008 at 3:30 pm
That kinda sounded like me in customer service - only without the niceties.
Nancy said,
July 17, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Grannymar,
Almost done. The floor man was here this morning at 7 A.M. to install new kitchen flooring. He finished half of the job and has now gone out for lunch.
Something funny happened today. Roy and I went to McDonald’s for breakfast because we couldn’t use our kitchen and as we sat in the restaurant I looked out at the Drive in window and saw a woman giving her whole order into the trash can.
Suddenly, she realized and pulled her car up to the proper ordering place but she was flustered because she knew the whole place had seen her do it. I tried not to laugh but it was too funny. I looked for the Candid Camera….
steph said,
July 17, 2008 at 4:54 pm
@ Nancy
ROFLOL!
That’s hilarious! You should try breakfast there more often… for the entertainment factor if nothing else.
Grannymar said,
July 17, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Nancy
Did she put her cash in the trash can? She will pay attention in future.
Darlene said,
July 17, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Oh, that’s too funny. I love the quick thinking of the CS person and his/her reply is a classic. I usually think of those comebacks in the middle of the night under the heading, “I wish I’d said that.”
Darren said,
July 17, 2008 at 7:27 pm
lmao - very good!
Darlene said,
July 17, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Nancy, I would love to have seen the woman talking to the trash can. That would make my day to know that I am not the only one who does embarrassing things.
Grannymar said,
July 17, 2008 at 7:43 pm
My mind is in going walkabout today!
@stwidgie - years ago I might have walked past when I heard abuse. Nowadays I am more inclined to say something.
@Chris D - I am sure you would not forget the niceties.
@Darlene - Welcome to the party. I often have those ‘I wish’ moments too. Nancy always has a good story.
@Darren -
Nancy said,
July 17, 2008 at 7:47 pm
There’s an idea for you GM. Darlene has made me think of embarrassing moments we have all had.
Maybe you could ask your commenters what their most embarrassing moment was…… Could be fun!
Grannymar said,
July 17, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Nancy
Thank you for the idea, would I have to give my embarrassing moment?
It might happen sooner than you think!
Darlene said,
July 17, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Thank you for the welcome, Darren. Nancy, my embarrassing moments are definitely not for publication ; ^ ).
kenju said,
July 17, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I’ve known people like that!!
Magpie11 said,
July 17, 2008 at 10:59 pm
I know that woman…tried to teach her kids once!
Question…LOL seems to change its meaning from day to day..why?
As we’re telling stories:
A friend of mine tells this one..he plays banjo…
Went to the bank and left my car parked outside. My lovely John Grey banjo on the back seat.
Came out and saw that some mean b****** had smashed the rear window.
Went to look !
Mean B******* isn’t the right description…
He had blooming well left me another banjo!
Have also heard same story about a) a Guaneri Viola and
b) a Bodhran
Grannymar said,
July 17, 2008 at 11:15 pm
@Judy - Alas we all do
@Magpie - Sometimes the parents need more correction than the children!
Jefferson Davis said,
July 18, 2008 at 1:39 am
I love this one!
Lette said,
July 20, 2008 at 4:18 pm
hhahahahahah just goes to prove that theres no need to be nice to a person like that, brilliant
Grannymar said,
July 20, 2008 at 5:12 pm
@JD - But you would never say anything like that.
@Lette - I just feel sorry for them.