What a ding dong doozy of a day!

This was a ding dong doozy of a day!

Before I start off, I'm going to list some names of important people here.

• Stephanie, Stacy, Evan, Ethan and Jaime, are all friends of mine. These are their real names. As for the following people, I will be giving the rest fake names for privacy purposes!

Eric = A crush I had in 2015, the same person from this post. Link
Scott (Scottie)= The crush I have in this post.
I have had a crush on two guys named Eric, and they were hot. So why not rename this crush Eric for now. I think Scott is a hot name as well, that's why I'm choosing it as a fake name.

So there's this guy at work, "Scottie". I've been crushing on for three months, problem is, he doesn't talk much. I have no idea if he's gay, straight, bi, asexual.. etc... He's a cashier, and has some feminine mannerisms. It's like he does project runway poses, as he waits for the customer to make their purchase. That's the only possible sign he might be gay, but we're also in a society where straight guys are starting to get in touch with their feminine side as well.
I had come up with a solution on how to find out if he's gay, or not. I ask him if he has ever considered becoming a model, then say, not only are you hot, but you have the look! If, by chance he goes "You think I'm hot?", I could say, hell yeah, if I didn't think you were straight, I'd go for you. This way, it's a compliment, and it doesn't go too far. So my entire day at work, was me thinking about this, getting ready for action. Problem is, he's a cashier, so I can't just tell him that, and not like I'm going to ask him this in front of other people, customers, associates.. etc.. So I had to get him at a time where he was alone, like if he's going on break etc....

However, my mission failed when Jaime told me, he asked the Scottie if he was gay. Scottie replied "PSH no, are you?", the Jaime said he's "very gay". But the problem is, Jaime, is not very reliable. He even told me he wanted to trick me by saying that Scottie was gay (So I could make a fool of myself, which I wouldn't have, because I'm not that assertive!) So I asked my home-girl Stephanie, if what Jaime said was true. (She was there when Jaime asked the question) She said he asked Scottie, if he was going to see a movie on Friday. So, either Stephanie didn't hear when Jaime asked, or he never asked at all, and was being an ass. So, my friend Stacy, and I have been trying to figure out if my crush is gay! She's like, If I see him, I'll ask him if he's gay, and I'll say one of the guys was interested.. etc.. She said "I didn't want him thinking this old broad wants him". So Stacy and I are talking about this, she says  "I'll ask him when I see him".
Later on, she  was talking to Stephanie, and tells her to ask my crush, what he's getting his girlfriend for christmas... etc.. Later on, I'm in the break room, and Scottie is talking to an employee in the break room. When my crush left, I turned to the guy, I was like, do you know him? As they seemed more than just saying hi. He was like, oh yeah, my girlfriend knows him. I  thought, I have an inside source now, maybe I can find out myself? So I ask the guy, can I ask you a question? Do you know if he's straight? The guy goes, "It's okay to ask that, but you know what, I never thought about it, I don't know. I was like got damnit, right where I started! Meanwhile, 5 years ago, I would never have had the balls to ask someone I barely know, if another person is gay or straight. lol
As I'm on my break, Stacy comes in, and she's getting mad at me. She says "He thinks I'm some weird old lady, and giving me weird looks!" I had no idea what she was talking about. Eventually, she told me that she was talking to Stephanie, asking her if Scottie is gay. Well apparently, when Scottie was going to the break room, Stacy and Stephanie were talking to each other, asking if my crush was gay. They think he heard them, hence the funny looks. Stacy's like, god dammit, now he thinks I'm some old lady that wants him! Do you mind if I ask him if he's gay, and just say, you were interested, and wanted to know, that's all. I was like, that's fine, I don't mind if he knows I find him attractive.

Well, a week later we found out. Stephanie asked him what he was going to get his girlfriend for Christmas, and he said that he had been single for a while, and just got a girlfriend recently. So I never got to say that good model line, because I kept missing him on his breaks! It's hard to talk to a cashier in private...

My heart after crushing on another guy who ends up being straight!

It makes me wonder why do I only seem to find straight men attractive, but why do I like guys that conceal their personal lives? The guy from two years ago, "Eric" was a friendly person, we had similar interests. However, I didn't know what he liked, until one of my friends told me he mentioned his girlfriend (Two months later!). Which was really strange, as I seemed to have been the only one that didn't know he had a girlfriend.
This time, the guy was very shy, so I didn't know much about him. Better yet, mostly everyone at work knows almost nothing about him.

 Here's where it gets weird...

The guy I liked from two years ago, was named "Eric". The guy I liked this time is named "Scott". Eric's facebook name was "Eric Scott".

It gets even more strange.

When I was into Eric, my friend Evan, who I worked with. Liked one of the girls at work as well, so we both liked someone at the same time. Coincidentally, our crushes, didn't like us back.
This time around, with Scott, I'm friends with a guy named Ethan, who also liked a girl at work. Ethan is 8 years younger than the girl at work that he likes, while I'm 8 years older than the guy I liked. Ethan gave up on the girl he liked, and basically that's what I was thinking of doing too.
Also, Evan and Ethan both work/ed in the men's department, and are/were back up cashiers.

When they say history repeats itself, they aren't kidding!

If this is supposed to mean something in the supernatural world, I have no idea what the universe is saying!

Follow the rest of my Crush Arc

• Don't Block The VENTilation • So Much Wasted Time • Ding Dong Doozy Of A Day! •

Retail Stories: You won't believe how rude they were to me!

I have too many Nasty Customer stories, and not enough soap! What. Anyways, here's the next one, because I'm a mess and have no time for anything anymore!
I think the funniest thing about retail, is that these crazy customers have no idea that retail associates all over the world talk smack about them after they leave!

HEY YOU, YEAH, YOU!  

I had a guy who was calling out for me, but I didn't realize it. Later on, I was talking to an employee and the man was screaming for me, and I came over and he said "CAN YOU HEAR?"! I said I don't' have good hearing. (Which is true, I've had hearing problems since I was like 4) The guy was obnoxious, he wanted a shoe horn, which we didn't have. I said, we have the little socks you can try on, but he specifically wanted the shoe horn! He also called it something else, but I forgot what it was.
At the end, the guy actually said thank you to me, which I was shocked. He came in the next day, but wasn't an obnoxious turd.

I only get the finest fabrics in my exact size, KNAVE! 

So this old hag comes up to me, and asks if we have a coat in a larger size. I look into the computer to see if we have it, and we don't. So I find the lady, and I tell her this is the only size we have it in. I ask her, do you still want this coat? She goes, "NO STUPID! IT'S not my size!" I immediately walked away, because if I had to talk to this bitch again, I was going to go off on her. Usually, when the size isn't right, especially for a coat, the customer will take it anyways, because they really like the item.
Later on, one of my coworkers rang her up. I asked him if she was a bitch to him, and he said she looked like she didn't want to be there.

Oh I'm just a grill, living in a lonely world...

So this lady wanted a price on a dog bed, and the price was actually right there on the tag that tells you how to wash/care for it. So I was like whatever, this lady is clearly as dumb as a block of wood. I noticed she had a shirt on that said "Company Name" bar and grill, which is the place my sister used to work at 2 years ago. So ten minutes later, I get called up for a price, It's the dog bed lady! She wanted to know the price for another dog bed, she was also getting the other one that had a price. So I go and get a price and I got something similar, same size to use as the price. I go up and she starts screaming at me, she's screaming, that's not the same bed!! That's a different bed! You're trying to rip me off! (I didn't even show her the price yet! ) I told her, what we do is we get something similar, and I even said that this was the lowest price for dog beds (12.99). She was screaming, and she said she didn't want it anymore. So I was like whatever, and walked away as I muttered bitch under my breath. My sister was coming in soon, so I wanted to ask her who she is. Apparently a crazy Spanish lady with a pony tail, and glasses isn't descriptive enough... She said there's two restaurants so she may not know the lady. I thought of going there so I can be an ass to that bitch, unless she just wears the shirt for kicks. My friend Tina rung her up, and said the lady was weird, and she kept telling Tina to take off items that she didn't even ring up yet! lol

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Sassy female characters in Video Games

Lily from Everwing

What I really enjoy from Video Games, are female characters who are strong, sassy, and don't care about what others think about them. They're the kind that can go through an army without a scratch on them, then as they turn around to all the sorry chumps they have defeated, they just say something along the lines of

"It's not my fault you were defeated, you were just in the way!" "Maybe you, should get a better hobby!"

 or 

 "You over there! The 80's called, they want their hairdo back!".

"Get to close to the sun, and you're gonna burn!" - Ashe, Overwatch.

Not an ounce of the "Clucks" can be given, these characters just do what they want, and I love them for it. Nothing will get in their way, and at this point in time they do what they want, when they want, and that's all that really matters.

Lily, from Everwing

In game picture

"A wise, investment." "Out of my way!" "Perfection!" "This, can't, be! (When defeated)"

Lily is that stereotypical RPG type character that doubles your money when you play as her. What can I say, she's a busy girl, and all she cares about, is the money hunny. Sometimes, that's all you can do. Lily is not there to humor your feelings, she's got things to do, places to be, and bitches to shank! Now that I think of it, she's more arrogant, than sassy. But I like her sense of putting her needs first (Always remember, self care first!).

Sombra, from Overwatch.

"Where's the fun in playing fair?!"  "I'd love to stay and chat, but, I'm not going to!" "You Trying to be scary?" "You're just a glitch in the system"

Sombra is one of the best hackers in the Overwatch universe, and has one of the most powerful , and underrated abilities in the game. (She can hack an enemy, and temporarily disable their special abilities).

Sombra is on a mission, she's discovered a big dark secret. Whoever is behind this secret, found out, and tried to get rid of her. Due to these events, she had to become someone else, something else....(Batman!)
She has joined the forces of the criminal organization Talon, but what are her real motives for joining? (As of 2019, it's heavily hinted that Sombra may in fact be a double agent. Working for the bad guys, but secretly, may be working for the good guys.)

Sombra is rather playful in her interactions with other characters, but she also is incredibly sassy! Which is why she's my favorite Overwatch character. 

Retail Stories: Nasty Customers PT 2

The reason why I post so many retail stories is because, I don't got a lick O' time to do things anymore, or the energy for it. Retail stories are easy because I've already complained to my friends about what unfathomable heathens I've had to deal with at work, so I already wrote the essay in advanced. Once I get a normal 9-5 job, I'd probably have more time for this blog! Also it's three minutes before September, and I've been slacking on blogs lately. I want to at-least post one post a month.

Picture by Me.

Here's my current Anime recommendations!

Monochrome Factor, Nabari No Ou, Servamp and Nanbaka. Shiki, as well, but only if you have no soul....(That one is gruesome!)

Nasty Customers PT 2

Crazy not so bag lady

Picture it, Christmas time in 2014. There was a long line of like 10-20 people, and only 2-3 cashiers. I went to get more shopping bags to use. This lady on line yells at me for refilling the bags! I was thinking to myself, if I get this beach, she is not getting any bags! Like it makes no sense to me, how am I going to ring people up if I don't have bags?!

Can you hear me now? 

I was in my department, and this lady was talking three aisles down. I brushed it off because I didn't know she was talking to me, and thought she was talking to a friend. Keep in mind, she was a million aisles away, how would I have known she was talking to me. She comes over and says, "Can you hear?!". I told her I have hearing problems. Instead of attempting to talk to me at a normal distance, she decided she wanted to talk to me all the way from Narnia, why doesn't she actually come up to me like a normal person??
She should know it's rude to talk to someone so far away, especially since she did not say excuse me.. How do I know you're not just talking to someone else? At least have the common courtesy to come over to me at talking distance.

Clap your hands if you're a cuckoo bird!

Another time I was doing an item return, and when I scanned both the receipt and the item, the computer said the item's number didn't match. I told the customer that the item was a different number, and asked if she had any other receipts. She started to flip out on me! She was screaming, and she said, THAT HAS TO BE THE RECEIPT!! THIS RECEIPT AND THE SHIRT WERE PURCHASED AT THE SAME TIME!!! I said that the sku numbers do not match, I showed her that the receipt numbers ended with, for example, 97, but the shirt was 89. So obviously the numbers were wrong. But because the items on the receipt and the shirt were both 16.99$, she didn't realize the numbers might not match up, to her it was the same. She screams, "THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, EVERY TIME I COME HERE THE NUMBERS NEVER MATCH!!!"
I was like OH geez, my lucky day, I get a psycho today. I asked if maybe if she did the purchase on her card, which we could look up to see if she bought it with the card. Spoiler alert, it wasn't. Then I asked for her phone number, which would also record the purchase, however it wasn't there either. Then she started screaming at me again about how she always comes here, and this always happens. I told her to her face, I've been there for four years and I've never seen this happen! (Chances are, this lady is at fault, and is just being a beach to get her way). She wanted a manager, so I went over to the two supervisors, and asked them which one of them wanted to deal with the psycho. The customer that one of them was ringing up, thought it was funny I said that. One supervisor said she already had three people yell at her, so the other one went. We ended up just returning the item from the receipt and that we would do it this one time. The funniest thing however, is that this would have been easier to deal with if she wasn't a psycho. If she wasn't acting like a nut, I would have probably just returned it easily without asking for the supervisor. But she had to act like a psychopath who belongs in a mental facility!

Is it possible that people are just really stupid, and crazy, because I think they are...

I generally save my stories, and post them for a rainy day. I have plenty more to come! The last two happened a year ago already, the first one was like 3 years ago.. wow! 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Anime Review: Trickster

Trickster is an anime everyone seems to absolutely hate, and for some reason have to comment on how much they hate this anime, when they're on episode 20. (Whyareyoustillwatchingitthen?!!??!?!?)

Trickster has two main protagonists, Hanasaki, and Kobayashi.

Hanasaki, is a part of the Boys Detective Agency. Which is a group that does tasks such as finding a cat, or finding a cheater, etc...

One of their goals is to find, and catch a mysterious villain known as "20 Faces".
20 faces loves thrills, and never gets his own hands dirty. He has a mysterious tie to the leader of the Boys Detective group, Akechi.

When Hanasaki & Kobayashi meet, Kobayashi jumps off of a building, and remains unharmed. He has a strange power that makes him immortal, due to a strange "fog". (Although, to me, it always looked like some kind of wind magic, but it's called a fog... Whatever!)

All Kobayashi wants, is to die! But due to his powers, he can't. Hanasaki makes a deal with him, if he joins the Boys Detective Club, he'll find a way to kill Kobayashi!
The second half of the anime gets more serious, and one of the characters go through their own crisis. There is plenty of character development for Kobayashi, and Hanaski. Some characters also get more limelight, such as episode 14, which stars a minor character.

The ending of the anime is also not what you would expect, which I think is a nice touch.

I greatly enjoyed this anime, and just like how I enjoyed Shangri-La, and Saint October, I seem to be the only person to like this anime as well. I watched the show on Crunchyroll, and all anyone could say in the comments, was how they're so done with this anime, and they're done with these characters.. and I'd be like, I'm so done with you, why are you here whining?!

Trickster is a fun anime that starts off episodic, it has a city adventure kind of vibe to it. The story gets deeper near the end of the first "Season", Some major character development happens after episode 12, and the characters, and the story start to get fleshed out. We also meet Hanasaki's long lost spiritual twin in the second half of the show (I swear, they're like the same person, it's so funny).
Trickster is the city-based, action/adventure, anime with a slight shounen-ai vibe, that I was looking for!

Retail Stories: This was strange, even for me..

I've had my fair of strange customers in retail, here's a few stories.

Sipping too much of the cuckoo juice!

A customer once asked me, "Do you have any luggage that is not made with chemicals that can cause cancer, and birth defects in California?"

First off, I really don't know. I put stuff out, and clean up messes made by the other customers.  I don't have any time to specifically read labels on the products, as I have a million other things to do than find the answer to a question I've only been asked once in almost 5 years. (That's not even an exaggeration)  Second of all, it's just a warning, it specifically says "CAN CAUSE", not that it will. It just wants you to be careful, it doesn't necessarily mean it will cause anything. The only thing it was causing me is a headache!

You're cuckoo, and you don't know it? Unfortunately...

One lady asked if I worked at the store, I said yes. I thought she wanted to actually ask me a question, but all she wanted to do was talk about how excited she was... She was so happy that we had twin sheets in white. She was complaining about the next door competitor who didn't have twin sheets, or didn't have just white sheets.
She talked about how its so hard to find Twin sheets that are in white, because people like her (Who had to be 40-50.) Sleep in a twin bed.. (What, I'm half her age and I sleep in a full!) She was complaining about how all of the twin sheets are college oriented (Wonder why..),  and how there aren't white sheets because "people don't want to wash their sheets, because the colored ones won't stain" (What). She was so happy to find a white twin sheet.. ( I really thought she was like, lowkey racist too.)
10 minutes after I got away from this nut, she finds me again, and asks me if we had white sheets in either Polyester or Cotton ( I don't remember). The sheet we had was one of the two, but she wanted the other one. I said that's all we had, we don't really get twin sheets.
SO AFTER ALL OF THAT OBNOXIOUS WHINING ABOUT WHITE TWIN SHEETS, there was still a problem, which really isn't a big deal! (Unless she had some kind of allergy, which wasn't the case.)

This lady seriously needed to get over herself. First off, she should have a Queen sized bed, because they're comfy, and you'll have room for all of your pillows. Especially since she had a twin sized bed, she was definitely a crazy cat lady. If she had a queen bed, she can fit like 10 of her cats.
Also, maybe people like color sheets, not because they're lazy... but because, I don't know, maybe they like colors better?! I'd go for red sheets, over white, any day! I mean, it is the most amazing, devastatingly beautiful color in the world, but of course! :P

So, I've made of list of things she needs to do.

• Queen Sized bed for Pillow Fort, and all the cats she probably has!
• Any kind of sheets, because who cares, and colors are pretty to look at!

Drama Queen from California

I was not here to witness this event, but a lady found a notebook, that had a religious phrase on it. The phrase was incorrect, and said it was "Philippians verse 29", when apparently Philippians only goes to 24 verses. She cut in line, and annoyed other customers. She had an associate call up a manager, because the book had the wrong verse in it. She kept complaining about how the verse is wrong, and was very over-dramatic about it. The lady wanted to complain about how it was wrong, and wanted to talk to corporate about it, as well as the company that made the book. When she looked in the book, for details from who made it, she saw that it was from Los Angeles, which is apparently where she's from. She knows the company who made it, and she was shocked to find out that they had something wrong on their product. The quote was something like "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me", and it said Philippians 29.

I don't understand why this lady would think that the manager, or corporate could do anything about a book being incorrect. The store just orders stuff to sell, It's not like they make the books themselves! The manager was so over it, and just shooed her away. lol

The funny thing is, my store is a discount store, and we get stuff all the time that is wrong. If furniture is damaged, we get it, if a candle is melted lop sided, we get it. The store gets plenty of rejects, and it's very possible, that's why we got it. It's amazing how this lady caused a ruckus over a simple mistake.

The company that made it, is called Bridge Port Products.

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Youtubers to check out! Dk1Games

Today I am posting about a youtuber, who does let's plays! His name is Joseph Birdsong, also known as "DK1Games", on youtube. He's a blogger, youtuber, and a podcaster (Is that even a word?).  He used to post funny videos online, but has put on a new cape, and does gaming videos instead. His gaming videos are very fun to watch, and he's quite the character! He has a plethora of tasteful words, and catchphrases. Such as "He's dead as a door-nail", or "He's coming to nibble at my biscuits!", and plenty of others. I also really like his naming system for crazy characters, like "Crazy McSusan", or "Becky with the bad hair", also known as "Crazy McBecky". Which I've also used as a colorful way to talk about distasteful people. Just today at work, I said to my friend Tina, Becky with the bad hair is coming this way, I better go!
He's lot's of fun to watch, and the games he plays are very interesting! I've shown some of my friends his videos, and they like that he is more happy, and upbeat, where other let's players are brooding. He's really cool, and deserves more attention!

Check out his Bayonetta series so far! It's a great series that needs more love! Bayonetta, is totally the secret gay icon of 2017, just like babadook!

He's done plenty of other series too, such as Tomb Raider, Bratz, Monster High, Resident Evil 7, and plenty more!

Check him out!

Click here!

Things that only apply to me...

There are plenty of things that I've noticed I seem to be the only person in the world, that likes said thing. Everyone else seems to hate them/ not agree with it.. So here's a list of things, that "apparently", only apply to me..

Picture by me

Animals

• I love dogs, and I don't like cats due to traumatic experiences in my childhood. Like I am literally afraid of cats. My friend has a cat, and one time he moved his paw, and I screamed, because I'm so afraid of them attacking me for no reason. Yet, everyone else in the world loves cats, and if you don't like cats, you're yelled at, and ostracized! (I've been called an idiot, as well as "There being something wrong with me", just for expressing my dislike of cats online.) See Reasons Why I'm a Dog Person

Anime

• I prefer more unknown anime, over popular ones, as I find they tend to be more interesting than popular shows with 55 thousand episodes. (Bleach, Naruto, Dragonball, One Piece .. etc..)
• I did no love Sword Art Online. See my Review as to why.
• I love unknown anime like Saint October, Shangri-La and Trickster. Where as everyone hates them.

Food

That everyone else seems to hates but me!

• Tomatoes
• Candy Corn.
• Cranberry Sauce

Food - I don't like

Alcohol -

Kids

 I don't like kids.
Internet

• I prefer using the search engine Bing, over Google, but everyone else hates Bing!

See Why I like Bing.

Men

• I'm like the only person that thinks George Eads is attractive. (Although, as I've gotten older, I find less actors attractive, and more people IRL attractive.
• Everyone wants to date a young guy in his early 20's, I'd prefer to date someone older in his late 30's!

Other

• Unlike most people, I am good with names, but not faces. Apparently humans are supposed to be good with faces, and not names. This makes me question why it is, I'm so bad with faces? Names are easy, but the only way for me to remember someone's face is if I'm around them for long periods of time. If I'm working in a store, and a customer asks me a question where I have to leave them, and come back. I will come back, not knowing who it was that wanted help! The funniest part is when, I need a co-workers help, I'll tell them they were wearing pink, and blue, but they were wearing black, and white dots! I can't remember people's faces until I'm around them! But I have yet to meet anyone that is good with names like me, and It's also ironic considering I'm an artist!

• I like having work on Sundays because, when I was younger and used to watch cable television, there would never be any TV shows on Sundays. Back then Sundays always dragged on to me, they were just always boring! As an adult, even though I just watch shows online now. Sundays are still very boring, and a drag on. Since I work retail, I do work Sundays, but it's weird when I'm off on one, because it's just such a dull day for me. Everyone else loves being off on Sundays..... Bleh!

• Despite being a male in his twenties, I get hot flashes! However, I only get them on my face, and usually only around spring/summer... I have no idea why it happens... I should probably find out why... (Years later I realized this was a sign that I was eating too much sugar)

Video Games

• I'm one of the few people on the planet that absolutely hates Final Fantasy VII!
• I seem to be the only person to like the characters Quina, and Hope, in the Final Fantasy games.
• Poshul, a talking pink dog in the game Chrono Cross, is one of my favorite characters of all time! I even have a collectible of her. But everyone hates her!
• I'm a Sombra main in Overwatch, and everyone hates her because she takes actual skill to use... (And I OOP)
• I enjoy plenty of Video Games that no one likes, or have heard of.. such as the Suikoden Games, Kya Dark Lineage, Beyond Good & Evil, Malice, Sould Nomad & The World Eaters, Sly Cooper... etc.

Weather

• 90% of my friends love winter, and hate Summer. I absolutely love summer! I hate cold weather, 60 degrees is too cold to me.. I can't take it! But what drives me nuts is, everyone around me likes winter! Meeting someone that likes summer, is an oddity for me. I want more summer lovers in my life, is that a hard thing to ask?
See Why I love Summer!

Is it any good?

If you asks what grinds my gears, one thing I could tell you, is when someone asks if something is "Any good"

Examples.:

 1."I've never played 'Name of Game', is it any good?"

 2. "Oh, I've always wanted to see that show! Is it any good?"

The reason why these kinds of questions drive me nuts is because... *Drum roll please*

EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT!

We all have different tastes, and opinions! So when someone asks me if something is good, I can only tell them. I don't know your personal tastes, or opinion, that's for you to decide. I personally Like-Dislike it, but you may not.

We all have different opinions, so all because I like something, doesn't mean you will. This question drives me up the wall.. especially when it's on a Question and Answer site. It's like, you're literally a random person that I know from a hole in the wall, how would I possibly know what your tastes are? I may love it, but you could hate it. Although the best case scenario is to say what it's similar to, and see if they like the media you're affiliating it with.

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I personally have many favorite characters in video games that everyone hates, I also love Anime, and Video Games, that no one's ever even heard of before! (And will probably hate anyways, because most of the population likes popular things. Poor 'Saint October')

There could be a time when someone asks if something is any good, and everyone says it's bad. But the irony is that, the person asking the question could have enjoyed the subject in question. You just never know!

In my opinion, the only time it's acceptable to ask someone if "It's any good", is when you have a very similar taste in Video Games, Tv shows, Books.. etc.. 

I have a close friend whom we agree on most stuff, and we watch many of the same shows. So when he recommends something to me, 99% of the time, I end up liking the show (Like when he recommended Shadow-Hunters to me) There was one show he recommended, that I couldn't get into (*Cough* The Magicians *Cough*).. There was also a time where I told him about a show, that he wasn't too thrilled of! (Mainly because the one girl on the show was annoying to him, and they constantly say "anal" on that show! "It's a British series called Crashing".)

So even then, there are still differences in opinion! But most of the stuff he tells me about, I like.

The fact of the matter is, you can't ask someone if something is any good, everyone has their own opinion. We're all going to agree, and disagree on different things. Not to mention, there are plenty of websites with show/game/other, sites that show user ratings. Such as Anime-Planet, or Gamespot. If everyone loved it, or hated it, it'll show.

The best way around this is to do your own research, find out what it's about, and see if you like the plot, the characters, and the art style. You can always give a show a spin, or read an excerpt from a book/comic, and for games, you can always watch a let's play, and see if you like it. 

This was a little rant & rave that I wanted to share.

Retail Stories: I still can't believe she did that!?

Despite all of the nasty customers I've had to deal with in retail, I've dealt with a few nasty employees as well! (Although I've by far, dealt with way more nasty customers than employees.) The following is a list of three employees that I had the unfortunate circumstances of working with, although the last one is not someone I worked with, but someone that worked in one of the stores nearby! (So, similar situation, they're an employee).

For privacy, the names are changed. 

I don't know what the F*CK I'm doing!

Devaine - Was a nut, she was one of the new hires of spring 2014. She was rude, crude, and one time she told a customer "I don't know what the F*CK I'm doing!". She was a loony-toon to the max!
This was back when I took the bus, and one time she got on the same bus as me, and gave the bus driver a nasty look. He turned around and was like "Huh?". (This is also the same bus driver from my  Bus drivers are crazy! Story.)
Apparently she had some family problems, but it doesn't excuse the fact that she was nuts! It's pretty frightening that Devaine lived so close to me! (Sorry for the short story, I try not to remember trash!)

JUST DO IT! Y THO? 

Rayne Of Terror - To this day, Rayne is the one manager at the retail job I had. That I can honestly say, I hated with a passion for a long time. As of 2019, I'm over it, I haven't seen this psycho for 4 years, who she? Dunno.

 If I saw this beach on the street, I'd ignore her, because crusty old hags like her don't deserve my time. I got better things to do HENNY.

 I've never had a manager at that store, that was so rude, and for no reason. Thank goodness they fired her after a month, and replaced her with, a full time employee!

Her story was actually pleasant at first. 

She came from another store to give us a helping hand. At first, she was so nice and friendly, I thought she was really cool. First mistake

Eventually after one of our managers got promoted to another store, she joined the team!

(Insert yay?)

I didn't have a problem with her at first, she was pretty cool and chill. But I had been hearing from other people, that she wasn't so nice.  She didn't like the one manager that everyone loved, so she would deliberately screw up the other manager's work, she'd make it so it would look like the other manager didn't do anything! Another associate told me that she had whispered to herself that, "She hated everyone here". The once nice, and interesting manager, was becoming the spawn of satan.

The time that ruined everything for me, was when I had to work on my birthday! (It was the weekend before Christmas, and you can't take off the Saturday before Christmas, and of course it was my 25th birthday!! Go figure!) Everything was going well, and she even wished me a happy birthday.

 It all turned sour later. 

I was the Full Time Home Department associate. When she was at the old store, she was the Home and Kids dept. manager. But coming to my store, they needed to fill the spot for the Womens, and Mens departments.
She was the new womens, and mens dept manager. That didn't stop her from flying over on her broom, and telling home and kids associates what to do, even though that wasn't her job anymore!

On my birthday she asked me to do something, I mentioned that corporate said not to do that. She turned to me, and gave me an attitude "JUST DO IT!". I literally wanted to cry, It was my birthday, she knew it was my birthday. All I did was say that I didn't think corporate wanted that, because I was literally told that corporate didn't want us to do that. But she had to act like a bitch, and from then on, I did not like her. I also started to notice that she was just a miserable, rude piece of trash that belonged in the dumpster!

Another time, I was stuck on register, and I picked up the phone. The person on the phone wanted the manager Mindy, so I went on the loudspeaker asking for Mindy. After a while, Mindy didn't pick up, so I made the page one more time. Rayne came over, and she (In front of customers), asks me if I had seen Mindy, I said no. So she yells at me, "IF YOU DON'T SEE HER, WELL THEN SHE'S NOT HERE!". Immediately after, the male manager in the back called me on my register, and said the same thing! (One of the many reasons why I don't like him either, even if he's nice to me now, he will also be featured in this Nasty Employees bit in the future that I have planned.) I was ringing a customer at the time, and I wanted to cry because of how mean they were, but I couldn't do that in front of the customer! It made no sense to me why both managers were so nasty to me, especially after something so dumb, why does it bother them so much that I made a page for a manager I didn't even know wasn't in. I'm not a mind reader!

But here's the thing..

All because I haven't seen someone, doesn't mean they aren't there. I've had many occurrences where I'd see a manager, or another co-worker, and I had no idea they were even in that day! Maybe Mindy was there, and I just didn't see her yet, it was all in the realm of possibility. Plus, there was a long line, so it's not like I could have checked to see if she was there either. There were never any cashiers at that store, so there were plenty of times where I didn't know who was in, since I was stuck up front.

The funny thing was, I found out why they transferred her from another store to mine. At the store she originated from, money started disappearing from the safe, and they thought it was her! Oddly enough, money did not disappear from our safe. So she either caught on that they were onto her, or it wasn't her. She ended up getting let go, because she wasn't very good at her job. (Who knew!)
We were all glad she was gone! I just wish I could say one last thing to her! She was an ass!
The biggest twist of fate, was months later.. the guy that I liked, that came from the same store, was actually hired by her! How weird and funny is that!

Pizza For You, But Not Me!

Pizza Place Employee - Before we get on with this story, the strip mall that my store is located in does a discount for stores in the strip mall. Anyone that works for a store in the strip mall gets 10% off at other stores in the strip mall. So if you go into the bagel store, or pizza place, you can say you work at "name" store and they'll give you 10% off your purchase. Since my store is a part of a corporation that has over 600 stores, corporate does not want to be involved with this idea, and so only the employees can do it if they're willing to, and hopefully don't get in trouble for it from corporate! The higher ups knew that employees, supervisors and managers were allowing people from other stores/food places in the malls to get the 10% off. This upset corporate and they started cracking down, and getting mad at everyone, so from then on if anyone did give 10%, they'd get into trouble for it.

I started ringing up this woman, no idea what her name was, but we'll call her "Lainey Reyes". She asked me if an employee was in, we'll call them Dent. I said that Dent was not in, she told me that Dent had given her an employee discount card to use in the store. But she lost hers, so she wanted to know if he was in, so he could give her a discount. Since I knew she worked at the pizza place, I genuinely wanted to help her out and give her a discount. So I asked the manager who was also ringing, she said that she couldn't use her card because corporate was watching her and she would get into trouble, she asked me to ask someone else. So I asked the cashier next to me, if she could let me use her card to do the discount. She said that she wouldn't, because we're not allowed to do that anymore, and that she doesn't want to get into trouble. I told the pizza lady that I wasn't allowed to, and she was right there when the one employee said we'd get into trouble for it. So instead of being understanding, the lady got mad, and was like.... This is not fair, I see you going to the pizza store all of the time, maybe I won't let you have a 10% discount! She was so rude and getting all mad at me, for something that I could not control. Like it's not my fault that the store is a corporation, and has stricter policies, where as the pizza place is a family chain with two locations, and is lenient where they don't mind things like that. So she was getting all mad at me, and just being rude, and unpleasant. Like, you see me trying to help you! Then when the cashier next to me literally says she'll get into trouble, you still whine about it, and take it out on me?!
Then the supervisor came over, and gave her the discount. The lady went on her way afterwards.

But you'd think that being in a customer service business as well, that she'd be more understanding, and nicer about it. But nope, she was as rude as the rest of the clientele they get in the store.
After that, I did not go to the pizza place for months. I was worried I was going to get her, and she would be rude to me. Fortunately, I never saw her ugly face again, and have yet to see it! I'm assuming she doesn't work there anymore, and if she doesn't, I'm not surprised! Rotten people go nowhere but down! 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Why this day was one of the wildest ones to date!

These events occurred on November 16th, 2016. Is the date important? Not really...

Just another day in retail...

I had one heck of a wacky Wednesday! I was ringing, and an associate needed help with a price for shoes. I went off register to help her get a price. These two ladies on line get rude, and yell at us "Is someone buying those shoes?! I said yes, and walked away. The associate said to me, it's not our fault we're understaffed. (I just thought it was weird that this associate needed my help, since she's been here for like 8 years but whatever, we're not going to judge.) I got a price for the lady with the shoes, and I ended up ringing her up later, and the lady DIDNT BUY THEM!! Like seriously I had to get off register when there was a line, get yelled at by a random person on line, just for this BUTT not to buy them! The lady had someone with her, and they were annoying too. They wanted me to wrap every single fragile item with like wads of paper wrap. Usually, I give them a sheet, and that will do the job. Meanwhile, half of the time, these people return fragile stuff, and we end up throwing the paper out, it's just a waste of paper!

The Tape lady!! 

 Later, I was in our Christmas section, and we have all of this gift type stuff. It'll be like a mug or a bucket, and goodies of candy wrapped around plastic. So I was all up in there, and this lady is like "Do you work here?" I was like yes. She asked if we had scotch tape. I said no, I've never seen that here before. So then she makes a remark about all the gift stuff. Something like, "What about all this then?!" I guess she thinks that someone taped these baskets etc. But these gift baskets are all shipped already wrapped. Second, it's a twisty tie that they use to keep the plastic wrapping together, and last of all, just say tape! It's all the same, brand shouldn't matter! (It drives me crazy when people ask for a specific brand in that manner.).

Trees are people too

There was another person who came up to me, and she asks where the Christmas tree skirts are, I said they're right there, as I point. You want to know where they were?? RIGHT NEXT TO HER!! Like seriously??! Customers asking where something is just for it to be right in front of their face happens, way too frequently!

Double Trouble!
These random two people come up to me, all they say are "7 Twin?! 7 Twin?!". I was like huh?? I said, like a mattress or a comforter? They go 7 TWIN?! 7 TWIN?!. I asked them what the product was, and they said a tray or something like that. I just said that if we have it, it'll be over there. Then I went to register to tell a cashier about these strange people, and they were already on line ( this was like a 3-5 minutes after). I had to take her in the little room next to the registers to tell her what happened. They had an accent, so I'm wondering if they were saying something else.

There was one time, when this employee from another store called, I could not tell what she was saying, so I said we didn't have what she was looking for. Which she seemed confused, I guess in the system it said we had a few... I'm not good with social confrontation. I'll just keep asking what they said, they'll just get mad at me...

Grandma?! Is that you?

This little old lady asks me a question, she had a round storage container and it's 9.99. She complains about how the two pack and the three pack are also 9.99, and that there must be a mistake. At first I thought maybe it was a different company or size, but it wasn't. In fact, the three pack was the same color and size as the one she wanted. I told her, it's like when a vending machine has a tiny bag of chips for a dollar, and the grocery stores have giant bags for 2, it's how they make more money. But she was not having it, I told her I can't do anything. So I told the supervisors up front to watch out for her, if she tries anything funny!

I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes! 

Then, this one lady asked me if we had bath rugs, I said yes, they're in the aisle over there. A minute later she goes, "down this aisle?" I said no, the other one, just like the sign says, and then she found it. It really confuses me how it's so hard for people to find things in stores that aren't large (My store is big, but it's not that big, it's like a big box, and you can see the other side of the store from a distance. Macy's, on the other hand, is a maze, and I'd understand that one.) People really do not look at signs, even if they're incredibly big. There are times when, at the registers, a customer will ask if there is a separate line for returns, and purchases.. I'll tell them, it's all the same, just like the sign says. The sign that says purchases and returns, is literally like 6 feet tall, and these people do not even notice it RIGHT NEXT TO THEM! I swear, some people would not be able to get themselves out of a cardboard box. It worries me sometimes, that these people are on the roads driving! 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Retail Stories: Why couldn't they get it together?

This is the 8th edition of Retail Stories, this is the edition of people that just need to get it together. When I thought my life was a mess, I sure didn't know of these people! *Audience Laughter*.

Can You Put This On Hold?

There was this one lady on the phone, she asked me if we still had these ugly outdoor cushions (Or at least, I think I thought they were ugly? I either thought they were pretty, or ugly, I don't exactly remember.. I want to say they were red, and white stripes.. but I might be thinking of something else). She asked me to put them on hold for her, which I did. My store can only hold items until the end of the night, if they aren't picked up, the item goes back on the floor. By the next day, they were still there, and she hadn't picked them up yet. She called the store again, asking to put them on hold, so we just kept them on hold. She kept doing this everyday, she would ask me, or someone else to put those outdoor chair cushions on hold, but she'd never come to pick them up! Finally, the supervisor got a hold of her. She told the lady, if she doesn't pick them up that day, they were going back on the floor. The lady said she'd come and get them, but she never did! Those stupid cushions sat there for a long time too! Months later, when they were still there, I even thought, "Those are the cushions that lady said she'd buy, but never did!".  She really sounded like she wanted them, but instead she was just playing musical chairs!

I'm..IN...IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!! ♥ (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻  ♥

This isn't a Valentine's day post, but conveniently this is posted on V-Day, and this could be the closest thing to a V-Day post you'll get right now. This was coincidental, as I didn't know when I was going to  make this post. I just happen to have the day off, and in the mood to write!

There's this one weird lady that would frequent the store, I haven't seen her for at-least half a year. But every time she'd come in, or even call the store. She'd ask if this one guy Jaime was in, because she was super obsessed, and "in love with him". Here we have a woman, who has to be in her forties, and she's obsessing over someone that could be her kid. Now, I'm all for age differences, but to just obsess and stalk some kid that works in a store, is bonafide CRAZY!

She also has no problem talking about her dirty laundry. One time, she admitted to an associate that she had to shove toilet paper up her "HOO-HA" because she's on her period. Well... isn't that a lovely tale....

Marsha Marsha Marsha!

There was a lady caught on camera, who walked straight into the window! Instead of walking into the front door that opens, she walked right into the glass window in the middle of the doors that don't open. The result of doing so, was that she broke her nose. The security dude showed me the video, and it was pretty funny. Although, apparently I think she sued, which makes no sense because it's her fault she's an idiot and can't read the big stickers that say ENTER AND EXIT..

Ain't Got No Time Fo' Dat!

This one lady took about 2-5 minutes, to ruffle through all of her change. Took so much time to count it, that by the time she was done searching through her bag, and COUNTED the money. A moderately sized line formed, and I had to call other people up to help ring...
If it were me, I'd be worried that I was wasting everyone's time! Also, I'd just use a card, it's easier/quicker.

 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Retail Stories: Why didn't these people stop?

This is the 7th edition of Retail Stories! This edition is about people, who just need to

STAAAAHP!
These people need to just quit already while they're ahead!!

Size Matters!

I was once notified by an employee, that she saw an obese woman trying on bras that were waaaay too small for her. The employee was extremely grossed out.

How much are you?

One time when I was ringing, I called the next person over. It was a girl and her friends? As she's walking towards the register, she shouts, "I want to buy you!". I said that I wasn't cheap.
Part of the cashiers job at my store, is to ask for a phone number at the end of the transaction. The  phone number is used as a code, so if the person loses their receipt, we can look up the purchase through the number. After ringing her up, I ask for her phone number for return purposes... At this time I knew she was going to say something, but we get in trouble if we don't ask for phone numbers. So I wasn't going to not ask for it, and I was new. She told me her phone number, and afterwards, she said I could keep it for personal reasons. I truly didn't know what to say, I thought I should just say that "Sorry, I like the pole, not the hole", but that's a bit crude. A few days later, I was hanging out with my friends, and my friend Victor said I should have said this. *Victor points finger* "I would tear that up, but unfortunately, you have the wrong parts. Now, if you have a brother, bring him over!" Never a dull moment when Victor is around!

Under My Umbrella-Ella Ay Ay

This one is actually a bit on the negative side...
 
I had already clocked out, and I was waiting for my ride as my car had broken down. I went to check if my ride was at the door. As I was walking to the door, a lady had stopped me. She asked if I worked there. I said I do, but I'm off the clock. So I just keep walking away, and then she gets rude and was like, I GUESS YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE UMBRELLAS ARE!? I just screamed, they're over there! *Points* And she was like OK I GET IT! Or something, and I yelled, I'm not getting paid for this!!!
20 minutes later, I realized that I had pointed to where the umbrellas used to be. Since I'm never working that area, I work on the other side of the store. I'm used to where the umbrellas were a year ago...
I went to buy something and I saw her on line, so I waited for her to leave first before I went to purchase something.
There was another instance where I said I was off the clock, but told them where the thing was they were looking for, and they said,  "Oh that's ok, I just wanted to know where something was!".
But people don't seem to understand, if I'm not getting paid to help you, I don't want to help you. I really doubt these people would want me to ask questions about their job when they're not getting paid! Like unless you want to give me 10 dollars right now, don't ask me when I'm off the clock.
So now, I just tell them that I don't work there. It's like no matter what you say to customers, they're always going to give you trouble!
But also another reason why you don't ask people questions about a department they don't even know much about, they'll unknowingly give you the wrong information! Especially if they're used to an old layout that they remember.
One time, someone asked my friend Rebecca if we had lunch bags, she said we didn't have them. She worked in the womens dept, which was on the complete opposite of where the lunch bags were. So she had no idea we had them! That customer asked the wrong person, and got the wrong answer. Which is also why I don't get people who ask questions in stores, it's not hard to look, but at the same time, someone might not know everything!

My favorite is when you have a jacket on, you have your bags and they still stop you, and ask you questions. Clearly, I am not working right now....

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.