Friday afternoon at a gas station. You were buying cigarettes. Guy in front of you had trouble paying by debit, the clerk said “debit is down” and directed him to the ATM. I, behind you, commented to her “Are you going to pay that for us, because that machine costs us $3 to use?” (‘You’ as in representing the owners, not her personally). You turned around and looked at me as you left (as in, “got to see the bitch”), and then were actually waiting for me in your little blue car when I exited the store. Were you thinking you were going to have to run me over for not paying or something? Wow, you like drama. Watch many reality TV shows? —Tired of Being Nickel-and-Dimed
This article appears in Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2012.
Maybe he thought that a loud-mouth, smartass, who gets a wide-on from taunting clerks who can’t answer back deserved a little corrective “bumper therapy”
Is there really cash machines that cost $3 to use???
By the way, OB, you are a real B, with your sarcastic remarks. I would have wanted to shoot you a look of judgement and disgust, too. Actually I am, right now.-_-
Kontee If it’s not your bank machine they’ll charge you $1.50 – for the inconvenience, I guess (?)
And then your own bank will hit you for another $1.50 – for disloyalty(?)
And that my friends is why bankers come sandwiched somewhere between insurance adjusters and phys-ed teachers in the lower circles of Hell.
lowest of the low, being rude to clerks who cannot fight back.
the person may be a member of the MYOB police, not the comment police.
That’s good to know, Ivan, thanks. Holy Crap, it’s highway robbery. That’s nuts, but not nuts enough for me to ever take it out on the clerk, who has zero control over any of this.
those fucking atm’s will suck every cent they can from you o.p., and the banks get their cut too. depending on machine, it can cost anywhere from a buck fifty, to two bucks. and then, that is if the fucking thing will work at all.
i have come across a few that won’t read the chip on the cards now. and that gets me so pissed off, that i would lov to have the maker of that machine, by the throat.
and by the way o.p., those reality shows on t.v. aren’t real at all, they are all scripted, and run the course from the funny,to the obscene.
So from your poorly-constructed and tumbling narritive, i get the sense that you made a nasty comment toward the clerk who is not only NOT RESPONSIBLE for the machine going down but CAN’T FIX IT when it DOES go down?
And you threw an insult at him.
Yes you ARE a bitch and if you really can’t see how he’s completely NOT responsible for the machine going down, you’re also a moron.
How do you know that they were waiting for you? Maybe they just had to get some things organized before they drove away (get a smoke out, light it up, turn on the radio, buckle up, etc). You think too highly of yourself, not everything that everybody does is always about you.
hmmm… One dislike on most of the comments. OP strikes again!!
In all fairness, I work at a retail store with an unreliable debit system. We re-imburse the fee that the debit customers had to pay to get cash from the atm outside of the store. Its no ones fault (aside from the shitty debit company), especially not the customer’s (for once haha!) and I think its perfectly reaonable to ask the company for re-imbursement for the inconvenience.
Pope is right on about the service charge. I had this happen to me on occasions. So I find the most convenient way to purchase things without the banking system gouging me with fees. Although the banks charge a fart and burp fee. So I’m screwed.
I’m sorry, I read this bitch, re-read it, read it again, re-read it and I still can’t make any sense of it.
So you were standing behind some guy who was buying cigarettes who was standing behind some person who was having trouble with the debit machine, so you were third in line. The clerk tells the first in line “debit’s down” and directs him to the ATM. You, OP, tell the clerk that you hope that “you” as in the service station not the clerk personally, should pay the inevitable service charges associated with debit. Then, if I’m not mistaken, the second in line (Mr. Cigarettes) shoots you a dirty look after paying for his smokes. The old “got to see the bitch” look, whatever the hell that is.
Not only that, Mr. Cigarettes is waiting outside in his car waiting to run you over because he didn’t think you paid for your merchandise.
What on earth would make him homicidal over your comment about debit fees not even directed at him? What made him think you didn’t pay for your stuff?
So many questions OP, not enough answers.
RSVPS
: Pope Ivan the Semi-Lucid (12/05, 2:11PM)
Always remember that old saying, “Those who can’t do, teach, and those who can’t teach, teach phys-ed.”
: troondon formosus (9:48PM)
“The old ‘got to see the bitch’ look, whatever the hell that is.”
The reference is to an old lady who was fourth in line and not mentioned in the narrative.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Roger that, Professor. >: )
“Those who can’t do, teach, and those who can’t teach, teach phys-ed.”
Actually, this is the way the saying goes 😉
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troodon I read it a bunch of times too and didn’t get it at all. This person just wanted to complain about something and that’s the best they could come up with.
Being snarky with the poor front line employee who has the authority to do jack fuck all is just being a bully, OB. Either ask to speak with their supervisor or the store’s manager if you actually want to be respectful and reasonable about your complaint. But, I have a feeling you were just c-unting for the sake of c-unting.
And if you can’t get the manager or supervisor to refund your service charges, write an email to head office. I had a store manager who refused to give me a price that was listed on a product because the wrong product was put on the shelf. I sent a pleasant, but assertive email to their head office and they sent me a $10 gift card and spoke to the store manager who called and apologized. I wasn’t a douche bagel like you seemed to be, and I got what I wanted. Fancy that!
ah the threat of a letter….
oh what wonders do they ever work.
Mommy dearest was great at getting her way with them.
PK: Wow whatcha gonna do with all that money????? WOW assertive lady gets a 10 dollar gift card!! Don’t go spending it in on place k????? hahahah
PK that must have been a real challenge for you giving up being a douchebag for an hour or so. How’d ya manage that?
I’m with Troodon, I read this bitch over and over and I can’t make out what the hell OB was trying to say.
Regardless, if you were being an asshole to the clerk, then you’re a douche!
Fuck sakes. Everything is “bullying” today. It’s sickening how people can’t stand up for themselves.