Another day at the office.
I happen to work in a shop that, shock-horror, isn't self-service. You have to walk up to the counter, wail your miseries at me for five minutes and then I go grab whatever you need.

So one summer, in strolls a customer. Clearly thinking that he is the supreme being of all that is correct within the universe, he proceeds to rattle off his list of twenty items like a machine gun. This helps no-one, so we ask him to repeat his list in three item increments so I can gather them and my colleague can create his receipt on our computer.

Clearly incensed at having to do things our way (so we don't get quantities, codes and measurements mixed up and he gets the correct order) he becomes snotty and makes several rude remarks about us. We grin and bear his barbs, overcharge him for his troubles and tell him to get out.

A few minutes later a traffic warden strolls past our doorway followed by hurried cries of 'excuse me!' in a familiar voice. Lo and behold, the dimwitted moron hadn't read the parking restrictions properly and had forgot to obtain his hour's free parking permit, leading to a satisfying £60 parking fine.

Lovely.
(ElectricMonk is falling awake on, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 0:39, 3 replies)

Lovely stuff
*click*
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 1:33, closed)

I work in a call centre and get crap like that all day, 8 digit account numbers given in 3 seconds, with not even a "hello can I give you my account number?"
Many customers don't have English as a first language then spell a very long name very quickly in accents that can be hard to understand. Apparently it's my fault I don't get 20 letters right first time.
(Mong goose, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 8:33, closed)

I think call centre workers find me patronising.
Because I give each digit separately with a slight pause in between -- I just wish I could let them know I'm not being sarky I am simply trying to be clear.
Though I would rather be though patronising and get things done than mess around trying to be understood.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 20:28, closed)