I find that I work in a terribly boring place, yet it can sometimes produced some amusing anecdotes. I thought I would share some with you.
More on the recent Desales graduates:
[between one guy and one girl]
Guy: Dude, are you seriously reading Harry Potter right now?
Girl: Omg yesss, it's sooo good.
Guy: You are seriously the biggest dork ever. You are such a geek. It's kind of cute though.
Girl: Omg I know but I still love it. I don't like, go around telling people I love it though.
Guy: Yeah, people would think you're so weird.
Girl: Omg I know. Amy thinks its like the weirdest thing ever. She keeps calling me a freak whenever she sees me reading it.
Guy: Dude, I read the first three books and they're like, just so repetitive.
Girl: No, you TOTALLY have to read the last ones. They're SO much better.
Guy: Oh really? So I should like, read those?
Girl: Yeah, totally. I have them if you want to borrow them!!
Guy: [thinks is the funniest thing he's ever heard] Haha, okay. Do you like the books or movies better?
Girl: Omg, the books for sure.
Guy: Dude, yeah, Daniel Radcliffe is like, such an over-actor. He's so retarded. The movies are terrible. [slight exaggeration, but okay.]
I have found that their favorite words tend to be 'freak' (as in, 'omg you're such a freak!'), 'retarded' and 'gay'... clearly signs of their maturity level.
They also complain about how stupid customer service is, and how much it sucks, and how hard it is. They complain to the people who have been here for like 4+ years. Clearly they are going to get absolutely NO sympathy from us. Like... please. You just started. Shut up.
Another gem between a different guy and a different girl:
Girl: What are you doing tonight?
Guy: Going ouuuuut I can't wait [keep in mind that he's probably 20, tops]
Girl: Oh yeah? Are you drinking tonight?
Guy: A better question is will I be able to BREATHE tonight!! [chuckles to himself at the joke he just made]
Girl: What do you like to drink?
Guy: Um... beer?
Girl: Oh like what?
Guy: Bud light, Nati, whatever.
Girl: Ohh okay. So like is that the cheap stuff?
Guy: I mean, yeah. I used to drink Absolut like all the time because that stuff gets you fucked up but it's too expensive to drink all the time.
Girl: I like rum.
Oh my.
And then there's the customers:
Me: Okay ma'am, could I have you look in the bottom, right-hand corner of your order form? There should be a code in a box. Could you read that to me?
Woman: [long pause] ... do I have to unfold the order form?
Me: [equally long pause] ... yes. You would need to unfold the order form, if it's folded up. Otherwise you would not be able to see the order form, including the code.
Woman: [paper rustling] Oh, okay. I see the code now.
Or there's the similar conversation:
Me: Do you have your order form with you?
Customer: Yes.
Me: Could you read me the code that's located in the bottom right-hand corner of that order form?
Customer: I don't have the order form.
Me: ..... You just said you had the order form.
Customer: No, I just have the catalog.
Me: ... So you DON'T have the order form?
Customer: THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID.
These are legitimate conversations that I have had MORE than once. Oh my gosh. Why do these people exist slash reproduce slash let their children go to school?
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh love it. i'm 23 and re reading Harry Potter. Yes. I'm on book 6. OMG IM SUCHA FREAK.
ReplyDeleteMy coworkers and I had a long conversation about what we used to drink when we were younger. Popov etc. haha fun times.