Stupid. That is the point of this blog. I encounter stupid people every day. I just don't write about them every day. But these stupid people are not always the customers of the Widgets or Gizmos. Sometimes, more often then I'd like, they are my co-workers. These are the people that are in jobs that they should never have gotten in the first place. And then when their probation was up, they weren't fired, they were retained. Now I and my other co-workers must deal with the internal stupids.
For example; I work with this older guy - he's gotta be 60 something - and he just can't remember how to do the job. There are fees you have to remember, documents you have to fill out properly and details you have to pay attention to. This guy can't seem to do that. No matter how many times you tell him something. And I'm fairly new at my job - I've been there 3 years - and he's been there slightly longer then me. I have the fees down cold, can write up the document in no time, but this guy can't. He forgot to charge two different people fees in the same day. For things that we sell EVERYDAY!!! How can you forget the fees for these things. I just don't know!
For example at my work, one of the Widgets we sell is a snow park pass. Now this kid comes in today - and by kid I mean 20 something - with quite a tale. He claims he bought the pass a week or two ago and one day as he was driving down the road, his window down, it flew out. He didn't buy it from us, you can buy them in about a million locations, but now hes coming t us. He wants to know if we will just give him a new one. You know replace the one he lost, since he still has his receipt. Now I liked the kids gumption and it gave me a chuckle.... but really?!?! Who the hell would walk into a store and ask for a free pass on something they didn't even buy there and something that is technically goverment owned. That particular inventory is closely controlled. My thought is "Absolutely not, but I'll sell you a new one."
No... my co-worker decides to take this kids receipt and go to the manager and see if we can give him a new one. Really?!? You gotta ask something like that?!? How do we know he lost it? How do we know he even bought one and didn't just bring in his buddy's receipt to try and pull a fast one? How do we know that's really what this receipt is for? Because it's not specific and it's for $7 more then we charge. Anyway... the boss tells him no. Obviously. So anyway I'll give props to the kid for his effort and just shake my head at my co-worker. See stupid really is all around!
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