Have A Great Day?

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:19 pm

I had a customer try to rile me up from the moment she arrived. I made it through the entire exchange without responding in anger. When she got what she came for (physically, not emotionally) I wished for her to "Have a great day" when she left.

She flipped her lid. Practically screamed "You SHOULDN'T say things you DON'T mean!!" then over her shoulder on the way out "People WILL figure you out!"

Did one of you send her?

haha.

Weird thing is that, out of all the times I say that in a day, I actually did want to wish her day to improve. I was hoping that my refusal to be riled would help her lighten up.

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:24 pm

Should have added that ten minutes later the next person who came along asked me for the same thing (his parcel at the post office) and I asked "I dunno, are you gonna yell at me?" He said "I wasn't planning on it," and we both had a jolly good time with him never finding out why I asked.

Post by **spot** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:35 pm

You get far too much excitement, I've no idea how you manage to attract it.

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:47 pm

And it's not even Christmas yet.

I love my job. There's is usually a good story to tell every day.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:54 pm

It's those volatile Canadians. Gotta watch'em. :yh_wink

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:10 pm

The pharmacy has its own circus going on right next to us. People and their meds! At least it's not the downtown location that offers methadone.

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:11 pm

Accountable;1401181 wrote: It's those volatile Canadians. Gotta watch'em. :yh_wink

I know! We're frickin' psycho. You don't want to mess with us. We say things like "Have a great day" and don't always mean it.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:06 am

'Have a nice day' has been adopted over here, McDonalds were the first ones to start it over here and for some reason the saying has been rolled out across most retailers now. It's cringe making, none of them mean it, they just have to say it because apparently it's good customer relations :wah:.

What would be good is if they could just have some personality and tailor greetings and farewells to the customers, mix them up a bit so it doesn't sound so fake.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:04 am

Sometimes I've heard, "Have a blessed day."

:-2:wah:

Post by **spot** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:22 am

Or "Be careful out there, it's a Saturday".

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:49 am

hehe. I'm going to use that at least once today.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:54 am

chuckle. Ever wondered if you were inadvertently living in a sitcom?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:57 am

Clodhopper;1401488 wrote: chuckle. Ever wondered if you were inadvertently living in a sitcom?

Darn! We're too late.

Steve Carell’s post-‘Office’ life: A new NBC comedy

NBC says the single-camera comedy is "a sweet and nostalgic take on the period of Carell's early life as a U.S. Post Office mail carrier and centers on a small-town post office frequented by a quirky but tight-knit group of local twentysomethings."

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:11 pm

Accountable;1401496 wrote: Darn! We're too late.

Steve Carell’s post-‘Office’ life: A new NBC comedy

Sounds like Friends in period costume. Wouldn't we be going for a slightly edgier market? I may be overstating a bit for the sake of empahsis, but I was thinking rather than:

Customer (enters PO): I'd like to send this parcel.

Koan : Certainly dear. My, what a beautiful dress that is...etc etc

This would be rather more:

Customer (enters PO): I'd like to send this parcel.

Koan: Die, worm! (Customer is vapourised by lightning bolt).

Post by **spot** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:25 pm

Clodhopper;1401616 wrote: Koan: Die, worm! (Customer is vapourised by lightning bolt).She has more in common with Ming the Merciless than does the average 21st century spacefarer, I'm surprised more people don't realize it.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:54 pm

Oh, got it from Flash did I?Perhaps more,

Koan (whips out plasma rifle): Eat plasma megadeath, alien bug eyed fiend! (Customer is vaporised by plasma bolt) Next!

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:34 pm

I'm considering Ming for my Halloween costume this year.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:15 am

The trouble with Ming is that you can be confused with Fu Manchu without a lot of expensive props (spaceships, armies, that sort of thing). Why not go more General Kala?

...think I'll leave now before I get myself into even more trouble...)