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Originally posted by V-Tail:
One of the Ace stores that I dealt with was owned by a man, managed by a woman. The female manager had a sign on her desk: "Do you want to speak with the man in charge, or the woman who knows what she's doing?" Very true.

To be fair, I do know a few of those gals as well and wouldn't hesitate to give them a call if need be. But, in my experience with most hardware stores, the odds are with me.

This problem didn't just start recently.

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

It really shouldn't take four phone calls to one store over a 15 minutes to confirm that they have 15 cases of distilled water.

I'm close and when I mean close, it's the proverbial C hair away.
Just about a half an hour ago almost sent me over the edge dealing with a new temp.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by selogic:

Little Caesars pizza itself would be a deal breaker for me. I think I'd just as soon eat the cardboard box it comes in.

Cardboard? It’s good for you,go ahead, Doc says I need more FIBER in my diet.
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It really shouldn't take four phone calls to one store over a 15 minutes to confirm that they have 15 cases of distilled water.

And then !

While unloading those 15 cases at home ,
You find out that four of those cases are NOT distilled but spring water.


I blame the suits

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Ordering food today:

Me - I’ll take a mushroom and Swiss burger.

Order taker - Do you want cheese on that?

Me - Yes

Order taker - American or cheddar?

Me - Do you have Swiss?

Order taker yelling to the kitchen - Do we have Swiss cheese?

Cook - Yes

Me - I’d like Swiss then.

I would have at least said something like "That is what the Swiss is - Swiss cheese."

I do like a mushroom-Swiss burger, too.

At McDonald's it is all I can do, when they ask me "Do you want anything else?," to not say, "That is why I stopped talking - my order is complete, and I have ordered everything I want."

I know they are trained to do this. Maybe it is upselling and maybe it is that they have learned that many people are idiots and forget to order a drink, but it drives me crazy.

My friend Rick was born on December 31 so we usually get together that evening for a combined birthday/New Year's party. A few years back his wife ordered a cake from Wal*Mart over the telephone and picked it up without looking at it. When we unboxed it that evening this is what was written on it, verbatim:

Happy Birthday Rick!
Below That
Happy New Year!

We still laugh about it.

An apocryphal but plausible story:

Marc orders a coffee at Starbucks.
Server: "What name on the order?"
Marc: "Marc, with a C."
Marc gets his order and the label says "Cark."