Shops and SupermarketsI used to work in a supermarket where the girl on the deli counter cut off the top of her finger in the meat slicer, but was made to finish her shift before going to hospital. You can now pay £100 to shoot zombies in the store's empty shell, haunted by poor dead nine-finger deli girl. Tell us your tales of the old retail experience, from either side of the counter
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 May 2012, 13:50)
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A spontaneous strike (a pearoast, but a fond memory)A McDonald's restaurant used to be located in the basement of a Las Vegas Strip casino. It was about 1986, and the place has long since been erased to make room for casino expansion.
At the time, Las Vegas was suffering a severe labor shortage and it was very difficult to staff the graveyard shifts of low-paying fast-food restaurants, like McDonald's. Thus, apart from the shift manager, this restaurant was staffed entirely by the slow, the lame, the halt, the mentally-deficient.
I was trying to get some food down there around midnight when hundreds of glitterati were suddenly-released at the end of a "Cher" concert. Hundreds suddenly came crowding downstairs for food, and met slow service. Frustrated, they began mocking the staff. I remember one fellow who was dressed like a pimp, moaning with crooked arms, and limping to the laughter of his friends.
Their feelings injured, the staff balked, and service ground to a complete halt. An ugly standoff ensued, as the mentally-deficient blinked back tears, crossed their arms in defiance, and let their supposed-betters (supposed bettors to casino management) stew away unserved on the escalators. There was lots of shouting and even an air of menace, but the staff had the upper hand. No one got served that midnight!
Be kind to the staff!
(, Tue 15 May 2012, 0:34, 1 reply)
Excellent story.
I hate arrogance and rudeness..
(, Tue 15 May 2012, 8:05, closed)
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