Sometimes older people are the worst.

[MX2]

So this older lady comes into the shop about some PC problems and asks when we can have her PC up and running smoothly again. I give her an estimate of 1-2 days because we are slightly backed up. Immediately I get "old lady" attitude....

"Well, I need this done right away, I don't have time to wait"

I explain to her that I understand, but we have other customers ahead of her and thats how service and repair works. She continues...

"I think you need to implement a new policy that caters to emergency situations"

I then proceed to explain that perhaps "The Geek Squad" would be her best bet in this situation and offer to put her on our business phone directly. As she exits...

"I am calling the BBB as soon as I get home and explain that your company is unwilling to help the elderly"

 

[akubi]

HAHAHAHA

 

[eigen]

Should have sodomized her.That will learn her.

 

[Juice Box]

haha...the BBB threat

 

[So]

Yeah, from my time in retail, I can say with 100% confidence that old women are the WORST customers.

20-30yo males are the best.

 

[bonkers325]

darn young'uns... *shakes fist*

 

[KoolAidKid]

I'm with you. Managing to eat, breathe, and clothe yourself for 70+ years is not sufficient to command my unquestioning respect.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: MX2times
So this older lady comes into the shop about some PC problems and asks when we can have her PC up and running smoothly again. I give her an estimate of 1-2 days because we are slightly backed up. Immediately I get "old lady" attitude....

"Well, I need this done right away, I don't have time to wait"

I explain to her that I understand, but we have other customers ahead of her and thats how service and repair works. She continues...

"I think you need to implement a new policy that caters to emergency situations"

I then proceed to explain that perhaps "The Geek Squad" would be her best bet in this situation and offer to put her on our business phone directly. As she exits...

"I am calling the BBB as soon as I get home and explain that your company is unwilling to help the elderly"

i do get sick of old bags thinking the world owes them. also, they usually have sh!tloads of money and still are screaming for their senior citizen discounts at every turn.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Should have asked her why it was such an emergency. I mean, come on. What the hell does some 80 yo woman need a computer for anyway?

 

[AdamSnow]

I've found older people to be nothing but friendly...

Must be the Canadian in 'm eh?

 

[TheNinja]

Be sure to mention that you do not take meatballs, sugar cookies, or any other baked goods as a form of payment.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Should have asked her why it was such an emergency. I mean, come on. What the hell does some 80 yo woman need a computer for anyway?

cybering :Q

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: MX2times
So this older lady comes into the shop about some PC problems and asks when we can have her PC up and running smoothly again. I give her an estimate of 1-2 days because we are slightly backed up. Immediately I get "old lady" attitude....

"Well, I need this done right away, I don't have time to wait"

I explain to her that I understand, but we have other customers ahead of her and thats how service and repair works. She continues...

"I think you need to implement a new policy that caters to emergency situations"

I then proceed to explain that perhaps "The Geek Squad" would be her best bet in this situation and offer to put her on our business phone directly. As she exits...

"I am calling the BBB as soon as I get home and explain that your company is unwilling to help the elderly"

i do get sick of old bags thinking the world owes them. also, they usually have sh!tloads of money and still are screaming for their senior citizen discounts at every turn.

Right on. Why offer senior citizen discounts anyway? Fixed imcome? Woopity fvkcing doo. Probably still make more than me. I think you should offer proof that society benefited from your existance before you can get your senior discount.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Should have asked her why it was such an emergency. I mean, come on. What the hell does some 80 yo woman need a computer for anyway?

cybering :Q

I've heard weirder things.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

idiots and assholes get old too

 

[sixone]

My aunt had to ask her father (my grandfather) to find a new dentist after he'd been seeing hers for some time. My grandfather was insisting that they give him a discount because they weren't filing insurance claims for him, then waiting for payment. He was paying cash up front, and thought that should get him a better rate than for people who make paperwork for the office staff. Apparently, he was quite insistent. I'm glad I wasn't there...

 

[OdiN]

I think your store should implement a new policy. What I do for my store...is if they want to be put ahead of everyone else - they pay for it. I charge 1.5 times as much as normal rates, put them at the front - and then they also usually end up paying an additional hours worth of labor than if they just would have let it sit there for a couple days.

 

[Kalbi]

i guess raping social security isn't enough

 

[meltdown75]

crabby old people are the most fun to bash

especially when they get all huffy and say things like, "well, i never!"

their milkshakes bring all the rants to the yard :thumbsup:

 

[zebano]

Heh that reminds me of my grandfather in law. He was sitting there watching basketball (Knicks) and out of nowhere comes "That Euwing is the best looking nxxxxr I've ever seen"

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
crabby old people are the most fun to bash

especially when they get all huffy and say things like, "well, i never!"

their milkshakes bring all the rants to the yard :thumbsup:

Oh fvck off! That just put the worst image in my mind. I hate you.

Edited for content.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: zebano
Heh that reminds me of my grandfather in law. He was sitting there watching basketball (Knicks) and out of nowhere comes "That Euwing is the best looking nxxxxr I've ever seen"

:laugh:

BAHAHAHAHH

some older folks aren't too shy about being racist either! some of the crap that comes out of their mouth is just sooooo old school that you have to laugh.

 

[purbeast0]

no ... you have your title wrong ... it should be

ALWAYS older people are the worst

I used to work at a grocery store ... worked there since I was 14 until I was 22, and the old people who come in there were some of the rudest people I have ever met in my life. i have so many stories about that place I could go on for days.

i honestly sometimes felt like i wished some of those people would keel over and die and never come back, because they are just so negative and have the worst, rudest attitudes i have seen in people.

but don't get me wrong, there were some VERY sweet older people as well.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: meltdown75
crabby old people are the most fun to bash

especially when they get all huffy and say things like, "well, i never!"

their milkshakes bring all the rants to the yard :thumbsup:

Oh fvcking God no! That just put the worst image in my mind. I hate you.

:brokenheart:

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: zebano
Heh that reminds me of my grandfather in law. He was sitting there watching basketball (Knicks) and out of nowhere comes "That Euwing is the best looking nxxxxr I've ever seen"

i have experienced that. my dads side of the family come from the woods of southern arkansas and when i was a kid we would go and visit and i would hear somthing like that shoot from the mouths of the old folk, you know the poeple born before 1900. It always made me pause and think on how they lived and looked at things.