9.12.2012

wednesday at work

I really tried not to write another post about how frustrated I get when customers ask me stupid things. But now I need to get it out, get it aallllll out. Okay, first of all, these two little teeny boppers came in 15 minutes late to see a movie they had to come see "for school," so obviously they don't give a hoot about it. One of the girls asks me, "do you guys have slushies heerrrrr?" and I'm like, "no," so then she looks to her friend and goes, "worst place everrrrrrr!!"

Then, this lady comes in with her husband (I presume), and while she's buying the tickets for them, she goes, "I have a question to ask you, and I'm hoping you can help me." I'm like, "okayyy....." She goes, "I have a babysitter at home, and I'm wondering if I can see half the film now and then come back to see the other half tomorrow?" I'm like, "uhhh....that's not really something we do...." and she's all like, "I know, that's why I'm asking you for a huge favor, you can just give me a lil coupon or something to see the other half tomorrow, babysitters are expensive these days, blah blah..." I was just like, "go talk to my manager, I have no power to do anything." WHO THE HELL ASKS THAT!?!?

Okay then, this girl comes in and wants to buy a ticket for Moonrise Kingdom. We have a very strict policy where we need to ask for a proof of age if you want the under-25 discount. So I ask her, like I asked the 300 other people I already served today, and she's like, "I don't have any ID on me...but I am under 25..." (this is a classic case, ladies and gentlemen, of stupidity, that I often encounter. read: who walks around without ID?) So I'm like, "Look, I can't give you the discount without the proof of age, it's just the policy," but then the friend she was with who is OVER 25 (ie. doesn't qualify for the discount) takes out HIS STUDENT CARD to PROVE THAT SHE IS A STUDENT. DO YOU GUYS GET IT!?!? NO?? ME NEITHER!!!! Apparently, this dude thought that by showing me HIS student card, that somehow it would prove that THE GIRL was ALSO A STUDENT and therefore UNDER 25 and therefore ENTITLED TO THE DISCOUNT. I was like, "that doesn't prove anything..." but then I was just like,  ugh, get out of my face I can't even look at you/deal with this anymore.

Why God?