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chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

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chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

yeah I eat rear end posted:

I'd be hesitant to ever use it, because I doubt your managers "backing" will protect you much if someone from corporate found out/witnessed it.

Yeah, the "corporate" part should trigger a bullshit alarm before the story even starts. There's not a single corporation in the world that will allow its cashiers (at one location) to freely tell customers to gently caress off and ban them for life over being an rear end in a top hat.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

WaltherFeng posted:

Real story:

A customer demanded to speak to my boss because he was unhappy we turned down his insurance application. He also used very demeaning and threatening language

My boss said to me "No, I won't return his call. We aren't going to reward that sort of behaviour"

The end.

I do the same thing. If someone starts screaming at my staff I get on the call and tell them they have exactly one shot to calm down and be respectful, or I end the call. If they don't immediately cool their jets, I hang up the phone. I've revoked phone privileges from a few people for repeatedly harassing or disrespecting staff members and given everyone permission to immediately refuse a call from them if they try to call again.

One guy got so bad that I told him I would refund him his money and ban him from doing business if he kept his poo poo up. He had a hyperventilating, screaming, crying tantrum on the phone because he misread our website and didn't meet the requirements for a certification and we wouldn't give it to him until he did.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

One of the best ways to engender loyalty in your staff is to be fiercely protective of them. Too many places treat the customer as god and staff as disposable, but you quickly realize that (unless you have a very small or niche business) there will always be more customers to replace the bad ones you lost. It's better to have good staff who trust you than as many customers as possible, especially as they'll gain experience and you'll end up with a very competent crew who knows you have their back.

I forgot to mention, I did throw one of our board members out of the building. He tried starting a fight with me in the lobby over a (possibly intentional) misreading of things and I opened the door and told him to leave. He was so offended that he quit the board the next day, which everyone was extremely happy with.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

Hey do you wanna come work as a manager at one of my jobs?

I am unfortunately too busy forming my own company, as the owner is a lunatic boomer who's self-sabotaging because he's finding out accreditation standards will keep him from being a dictator.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

In real life, punching Nazis is always cool and good.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Good thing he went down the entire aisle telling every single person on the flight (including the flight attendants) that they had to sit still and let him run off first because he’s the most important passenger.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/atdanwhite/status/1232779178170355714?s=21

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Walton Simons posted:

June is not getting hate mail from leftie loonies again.



Tag yourself I'm "sefl rogering effergy."

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/kittynouveau/status/1239621148767371264?s=21

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Master Twig posted:

Found this on Facebook.



poo poo, I had school closed for a while in 2004 because of the hurricanes. This isn't going to "define a generation." They're kids. They see it as a free vacation.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

computer angel posted:

Were schools closed during SARS? I'm too young to remember the response to that.

I think this is the first non-isolated closure in the modern school system.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Her first non-porn job at 18. Was she doing porn underage?

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/haon182/status/1251417436370468865

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Skwirl posted:

Not that surprising. Plenty of places in Seattle with more than one Starbucks in eyesight.

At least with Starbucks it makes sense because those places tend to get huge lines, so opening multiple stores helps spread the market out to a more reasonable pace. We've had a few fast food locations near downtown Orlando close recently because they were opening up down the main drag from each other, but never had the business to justify having multiple locations within a 4 minute drive. People would just go to whatever was closest if they wanted Steak n' Shake and ignore the other unless they were on the other end of the road, which caused them to cannibalize sales from each other.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhteI7H7C4c

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/katethegeminiii/status/1285818030493249536?s=21

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

pseudorandom posted:

Quora seems to be rich in answers that are filled with STDH :redflag:s

The only untrue part about that last one is the sergeant had the rookie fired for undoing the retention on his holster instead of immediately drawing his own gun and firing upon hearing the noise.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

What loving restaurant has a text line straight to the owner to harass them?

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

After it was announced that Gaiman and Palmer were splitting, he made a reference to her having borderline personality disorder. Her wacky and abusive behavior doesn't surprise me.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1383119591090577416

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Sarah Z did a video on those Tumblr stories. Turns out the vast majority can be traced back to a single Reddit troll making fake posts for anti-SJW posters to mock.

https://youtu.be/BiU7aGZ-o68

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

John Murdoch posted:

Metal...bullets??

To the tune of “Sweating Bullets”

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

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Apr 24, 2014

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Apr 24, 2014

venus de lmao posted:

if you can *fit* that in a lock, it's a lovely lock

lovely locks are extremely common!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5jzHw3lXCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJaca6MgrA0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uje4pxfSlI

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

3D Megadoodoo posted:

If you can pick a lock with a rake, it's a lovely lock anyway.

Masterlock!

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Ironically, one of the hardest locks for him to open ended up being a newspaper vending machine lock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kWBZz7dFxw

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

I saw that posted unironically on Facebook and just went "Yeah, I'd laugh at you being that loving bad at teaching."

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chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

I’ve encountered just as dumb.

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