Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Ticked off.

As a sales assistant, i do not wish to annoy customers by following them around. I know how uncomfortable and uneasy a customer would feel-heck we're all customers at a lot of points in our life-and that, i do not want.
I respect a customer. I give her/him space. I respond immediately to a customer's request or call.

Just because i don't wish to follow ______'s 'style' of interacting with a customer-following the customer around even when their body language(folded arms, tightly pursed lips and withering stare/glare)-doesn't give that mofo the right to openly shout at me in the midst of a crowded store, right in front of all the customers.

Seriously, just how blatantly and lamentably intolerant of another's preference can you get?!!!
I was bloody mortified and ticked off, as you can imagine. All i could do was to turn and give him a glare of scorn and extreme disapproval.
It's one thing to 'teach' a co-worker but quite another to yell at her.

And even before this happened guess what? My nice co-worker responded to his moan of 'ahhh why tmr you not working' with 'But you have Grace?'. His response was to shake his head and gave her this stare AND then the f..ker went on to say "I don't want."
Right, may i add, in my vicinity.
My initial reaction was to go "Ah. Alright, once i know his character and the best way of dealing with him, i'll know how to deal with other such people in life."
Knowledge is power, after all.

When i first met him, he told me what to do, how to interact with a customer, etc.
Yes, this is to be expected and it is good that he told me what to do, cause he had no prior knowledge of my experience gleaned from Robinsons.
But this is what i found most ridiculous about it:

1) He sees me doing thing and he then tells me! to do what i was doing.
Seriously. I was tidying the hangers, folding rumpled clothes etc when he turned around, saw me doing what i was doing and he went "Grace when no customers fold the clothes."
No shit f..ktard, do i look like i'm planting daisies to you? Do i look like i'm juggling 7 mangosteens while singing Bohemian Rhapsody? No, i was doing what i knew i should have been doing.

2) I'll be tidying, or doing something(while no customers were around)with my back to the entrance when in steps customers and he goes "Grace when customer step in must call!"
Do i look like i've eyes on the back of my head? A sixth sense, maybe? He must surely be so benevolent, helping this 'pathetic little co-worker'.
The highlight of this show of stark ridiculousness was when i addressed a customer at normal-voice level -as i always do-and what did the f..ktard say? "I never hear you call customer."
WA LAO EH USE YOUR PAY AND GET AN EAR OPERATION LAH.
Seriously?!
Haven't you heard enough of my incessant yakking to know how loudly i speak?!
Alright then, maybe next time i'll bring a microphone, tape the rounded end to a loudspeaker and roar at a customer "HI WELCOME!!!". That would surely do, wouldn't it?
Retarded little bastard.

3) He firmly tells me to refold clothes that are already perfectly folded.
What is this, Training to Be a Neurotic Housewife 101?! Or maybe 'Unleashing your Inner Nut 101'.
I'll be all 'Ah, so boring!', which is usually a pretext to resume chattering on about inane stuff(usually rubbish) , which helps me get to know the other person better, and he'll tell me "Fold Clothes."
First time he told me that i laughed and told him 'Haha fold what, so neat already!' and smiled. He just walked off.
Second time, he actually said "Never fold clothes." to the other co-worker and came up behind me and Flapped the shirt he wanted to fold super loudly.
Like a housewife flapping a sheet at a recalcitrant bird who wants her bread. You get the picture.

So, yeah. This was what led up to everything.
But honestly, i really have no idea if i accidently did something to set him off or whether he's just one rude, stubborn, intolerant asshole.
I've thought about it.
Could have pissed him off when:

1) I laughed at him when he kept on asking me to intro pretty girls to him. I laughed, but i couldn't help it! He is good looking-though i wonder how he looks like behind those super thick big contact lenses-and here he is, asking me to intro him 3/4 times. I laughed and jokingly asked him "Your parents want you to marry soon and have grand kids ah? Hahaha!". He pestered me no more afterwards.

2) I obstinately refrained from following customers around even when they clearly did not want help. I don't want to be one of those annoying, insensitive, disrespectful sales assistants who don't give their customers some peace when all they want to do is get some retail therapy.
Disrespectful: When you don't accede to the customer's wish for privacy and peace in which to shop; when you bug the hell out of them when they've clearly stated millions of times that they do not need help.

3) I didn't fold the clothes as he told me to.
No but seriously, he's just telling me to do something ridiculous. Fold all the already neatly folded clothes in the store?
It's like you're doing CIP on a beach with him, and you tell him how utterly sian you are of picking up crap and he tells you to count every grain of sand on the beach.
Then when you refuse he immediately throws a temper tantrum and shouts at you.
That's how bloody ridiculous the situation is.

I've got to bear with this ridiculous little bitch for one more month.
Gods bless me.

What's more-introduce my pretty friends to him?
No bloody way in hell; they're far too good for him. He doesn't deserve angels like them!
He's at the grand age of 26 while all my friends are at 19, may i add. The only 26 year old friend i have is R. and she's attached. And no bloody way in hell would i even let her get close to scum like that if i can help it.

Working with a bloody ridiculous arsehole like that...my pay will really be 'Hard Earned money'.
I wanted to give him a nickname based on 'Bloody Ridiculous Arsehole' but i realised, once you put the first capital letters together you get 'B.R.A', so...guess i'll just call him F..ktard.


But anyway, on to happier things.
On the bright side, i got commended by a customer today! I smiled at her, did what i usually do at Robinsons and after she made her purchase, walked around and examined the stock some more while i tended to another customer.
After the customer had left, she asked me 'Are you still waiting for your exam results?'. Wah happy eh, i'm 19 but still look 16! :D 
I told her it was the Poly hols and she said "You're very well-mannered, very sweet. Keep up the good work." and gave me the thumbs up.
Haha, so cute! I thanked her and she walked away.
:)) Seriously, this is ammo for me. Imma show that F..ktard who's the better one around here and beat him to the dust with my method, who gives a shit if he shouts at me more.
At most i'll just sue him for workplace harassment lor.
HAHAHA.

Bullies don't stop; rather, they continue when you decide to be the 'bigger person' and step aside/ignore them. Learnt this the hard way.
Gracey's gonna kick her some ass these few months!
WAHAHAHA.

Alright i think all that standing and anger has rendered me quite a bit mad.
Gonna quickly game now and get lots of sleep! I feel a sore throat coming on. ):

Nights y'all!


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