The Drop in Centre

[kbois]

49 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a good day all .. it will soon be August and i will start counting down to when i will give my notice.  This last week has been particularly awful.  Every customer i had was from some Hell i do not want to get to in my life. More proof, leaving this job is right. Hopefully i live until the end of August.

You’ll make it tim. One idiot assh Karen um, day at a time. We've had a rash of break-ins and two stolen cars at the park this week and now the residents are chattering about getting a gate at the entrance. We've already been through this a couple of years ago and they were told it's not possible. The county won't allow it as we don't have enough road frontage. I have a better solution. Lock your cars and don't leave the keys in them people!! I swear, the stupidity astounds me. Both cars that were stolen were unlocked and the keys were in them. Just.... NO. 

Hang in there, only a few more weeks!

[Reader1810]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

Hopefully i live until the end of August.

You will, yes you will. I’m sure of that! Just keep telling yourself, no more cray, annoying, disgruntled or rude people as of closing time August 31. 

I hope you’re going to celebrate in some fashion your first day of freedom. 

I am truly happy for you, tim.  

[Kitt]

2 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a good day all .. it will soon be August and i will start counting down to when i will give my notice.  This last week has been particularly awful.  Every customer i had was from some Hell i do not want to get to in my life. More proof, leaving this job is right. Hopefully i live until the end of August.

You will.  Just focus on being home with your men!

 

Had a GOOD call today.  Pony I brought to the equine clinic a month ago is ready to come home. Of course, daddy called while I was in the dentist chair!

[rickproehl]

On 7/23/2023 at 10:47 PM, Page Scrawler said:

Work on Monday. Laundry and grocery shopping on Tuesday. Work again on Thursday and Friday. Might take my kid to see a movie on Saturday. 

Hi Page Scrawler nice to see you again

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, rickproehl said:

Hi Page Scrawler nice to see you again

Hey, Rick!  *waves*  It's been a while since we've talked, but I'm still around. 

[rickproehl]

3 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a good day all .. it will soon be August and i will start counting down to when i will give my notice.  This last week has been particularly awful.  Every customer i had was from some Hell i do not want to get to in my life. More proof, leaving this job is right. Hopefully i live until the end of August.

tim take care August 31 will come soon enough for you. 

[rickproehl]

Excuse me Good Sirs and DiC friends.

this is my week to work in the office i like working from home. 

this past week was helping my brother in law he tore out his knee and he had to have surgery. so it my chance to drive him to the Doctors office and surgery. He is better but still unable to drive.

getting ready for heat wave of 100 f here for the next few days. the joys of summer weather.

Stay cool

Have a Good Week

[Kitt]

Oh lovely! County Faire starts today, horses move onto the showgrounds tomorrow, ( senior ranger agreed with me that horses and 1st night fireworks were NOT a good combo), and now the weather geeks are talking a heat wave, high 90's, high humidity, and heat indexes well over an hundred. Hope the power grid at the park will support the huge fans the horses will need!

[Mikiesboy]

8 hours ago, kbois said:

You’ll make it tim. One idiot assh Karen um, day at a time. We've had a rash of break-ins and two stolen cars at the park this week and now the residents are chattering about getting a gate at the entrance. We've already been through this a couple of years ago and they were told it's not possible. The county won't allow it as we don't have enough road frontage. I have a better solution. Lock your cars and don't leave the keys in them people!! I swear, the stupidity astounds me. Both cars that were stolen were unlocked and the keys were in them. Just.... NO. 

Hang in there, only a few more weeks!

omg..lol.. idiots.  i'm sure if we got together we could write a book!  Michael sometime reads idiotic things customer's ask from some online site He likes. Example: From a waiter: Customer: I want a virgin screwdriver Waiter: Sure I'll bring you an orange juice  Customer: I dont want an orange juice. I want a virgin screwdriver!! Waiter: i put the order in and they charged her $7.95 for a glass of orange juice. 

Or.. What cheese is in the mozzarella sticks?

Or.. what kind of meat do you put in your chicken wings ..  hahahaa

[Mikiesboy]

7 hours ago, Reader1810 said:

You will, yes you will. I’m sure of that! Just keep telling yourself, no more cray, annoying, disgruntled or rude people as of closing time August 31. 

I hope you’re going to celebrate in some fashion your first day of freedom. 

I am truly happy for you, tim.  

thanks... i am looking forward to that ...  no celebration plans.. not yet anyway

[Kitt]

3 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

omg..lol.. idiots.  i'm sure if we got together we could write a book!  Michael sometime reads idiotic things customer's ask from some online site He likes. Example: From a waiter: Customer: I want a virgin screwdriver Waiter: Sure I'll bring you an orange juice  Customer: I dont want an orange juice. I want a virgin screwdriver!! Waiter: i put the order in and they charged her $7.95 for a glass of orange juice. 

Or.. What cheese is in the mozzarella sticks?

Or.. what kind of meat do you put in your chicken wings ..  hahahaa

The really frightening thing is those examples probably were real, not made up in some  writers mind

[Mikiesboy]

6 hours ago, Kitt said:

You will.  Just focus on being home with your men!

 

Had a GOOD call today.  Pony I brought to the equine clinic a month ago is ready to come home. Of course, daddy called while I was in the dentist chair!

okay i will  .. not a real chore that one

 

Awwwww Pony is okay!  That's good news. 

I've always been fascinated by horses.  I've been watching this guy on You Tube. He's really amazing with them. He learned a lot of his stuff while in the USA from various horsemen.

 

[Mikiesboy]

3 hours ago, Kitt said:

Oh lovely! County Faire starts today, horses move onto the showgrounds tomorrow, ( senior ranger agreed with me that horses and 1st night fireworks were NOT a good combo), and now the weather geeks are talking a heat wave, high 90's, high humidity, and heat indexes well over an hundred. Hope the power grid at the park will support the huge fans the horses will need!

Supposed to be a stinker for the next few days. 

[Reader1810]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

thanks... i am looking forward to that ...  no celebration plans.. not yet anyway

It’s still early. Mike and Dan have time. Just saying… 

[kbois]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

omg..lol.. idiots.  i'm sure if we got together we could write a book!  Michael sometime reads idiotic things customer's ask from some online site He likes. Example: From a waiter: Customer: I want a virgin screwdriver Waiter: Sure I'll bring you an orange juice  Customer: I dont want an orange juice. I want a virgin screwdriver!! Waiter: i put the order in and they charged her $7.95 for a glass of orange juice. 

Or.. What cheese is in the mozzarella sticks?

Or.. what kind of meat do you put in your chicken wings ..  hahahaa

I think @Wayne Gray is already keeping a running list of some of my more memorable tales of idiots of yore. I guess we'll have to bring him on board. Over 30 years in customer service in some way, shape, or form and the stories are endless. There's nothing I won't believe anymore. The more off the wall, the more likely it is to be true. 

 

[Page Scrawler]

2 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Michael sometime reads idiotic things customer's ask from some online site He likes.

An order that I prepared a few weeks ago: A customer wanted a Ceasar salad with

1. Balsamic dressing in place of Ceasar dressing

2. No croutons

3. No cheese

4. No lemon wedge

So, basically: A pile of wet lettuce on a plate.

[Wayne Gray]

1 minute ago, Page Scrawler said:

An order that I prepared a few weeks ago: A customer wanted a Ceasar salad with

1. Balsamic dressing in place of Ceasar dressing

2. No croutons

3. No cheese

4. No lemon wedge

So, basically: A pile of wet lettuce on a plate.

YUCK!

[spyke]

5 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

An order that I prepared a few weeks ago: A customer wanted a Ceasar salad with

1. Balsamic dressing in place of Ceasar dressing

2. No croutons

3. No cheese

4. No lemon wedge

So, basically: A pile of wet lettuce on a plate.

Did you upcharge for substitutions or special order? 🤣

[Page Scrawler]

Someone once ordered a salad that was mixed greens with bacon, sausage, and Prosciutto, dressed with Ranch. We couldn't do the sausage, because it would need to be warmed in the pizza oven first, and the pizza crew had too many orders to accommodate. 

[Page Scrawler]

5 minutes ago, spyke said:

Did you upcharge for substitutions or special order? 🤣

I wish! But no, we only upcharge when someone orders "extra" of something.

[chris191070]

9 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

An order that I prepared a few weeks ago: A customer wanted a Ceasar salad with

1. Balsamic dressing in place of Ceasar dressing

2. No croutons

3. No cheese

4. No lemon wedge

So, basically: A pile of wet lettuce on a plate.

That's disgusting. I would have refused to do it.

[chris191070]

Thank you tim for writing such a wonderful story in the Secret Author.

Edited July 27, 2023 by chris191070

[chris191070]

@kbois thanks for an amazing story in the Secret Author.

The only one I guessed correctly.

[kbois]

1 hour ago, chris191070 said:

@kbois thanks for an amazing story in the Secret Author.

The only one I guessed correctly.

Thanks Chris. I didn't try to change my writing style for this story. It was written for a reason, not to try out something new. I actually didn't want to write the story. I had to. I'm glad you got one right!

[Mikiesboy]

16 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Thank you tim for writing such a wonderful story in the Secret Author.

Thanks for reading it and your wonderful comments.  You know you're a treasure around here, i hope. xoxo