beware! the world is full of FRUITLOOPS!
This is a cautionary tale. Check out this weirdo that came into work today: I can now look back at the incident and laugh at the absurdity of it all but at the time it was very frustrating.
A lady drives in to work and parks her car in our driveway and proceeds to lock her keys in the car. After informing us of her mistake she calmly takes a seat while we endeavour to get her car open for her and all the while we are trying to compensate for lost business because of the traffic that she is causing to turn away because they can no longer enter our premises. After about 15-20 of no luck and many customers that turned away we called a automobile breakdown service on her behalf so we can get her car open and get it moved.
Here is the kicker:
This lady refused to let the auto club open her vehicle and get her keys out unless we paid for the service call! WTF right? I though this was a joke and started looking around for a camera. It didn’t take me long to realise that she was serious. Her reasoning was that she made a special trip just to purchase something from our business and in the course of doing so, made an error in our driveway. If we did not offer that service or perhaps did not have a driveway then maybe she would not have locked her keys in, so therefore we are liable to pay any service call that may arise.
I responded with "That’s rediculous!" to which she was then totally flabberghasted that I could not see the logic of her arguement. To her, The fact that we should pay for her stupidity seemed like a perfectly reasonable request and she was dumbfounded that I seemed reluctant to pay.
Hello? What planet do you live on lady? I think it might be one of your own fantasy worlds!
This lady continued to argue for about another 40 mins until I had had enough of all the lost business and threatened to hook my truck up to her car and skulldrag it off the driveway so our customers could enter. At this point she relented and agreed to pay the service call but "would be taking the matter further and would definately be writing letters and requesting reimbursments from the owners of the company"
Anyway, although this has nothing to do with training it got me thinking of that song "Flagpole sitta" and the line "been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding- the cretins cloning and feeding…"
This may sound harsh, but come on… This is one person that should not be allowed to breed. Sorry.
Just wanted to know if any of you guys out there knew anyone like that.
My mind is still blown from the whole experience! but i hope it at least brought a smile to your day 
September 27, 2008 at 6:11 am
Hello there. I agree there a lot of crazies in the world. I seriously think most of them live in my area. LOL.
I work at the front office of a newspaper company, believe me there are days you want to shake them around a bit. LOl.
Great story.
September 27, 2008 at 6:15 am
That’s one of those stories I’m hearing all too often these days, and frankly, I get so worked up over them. I get so frustrated that so many people are selfish, insane, egotistical, diluted etc, etc. Everybody wants everything for themselves, but is not willing to take any of the responsibility!! People with little money looking for every little lawsuit. Obese people wanting to lose weight while eating out and sitting on the couch. It’s getting out of hand.
Though I haven’t seen it, this reminds me of how the movie "Idiocracy" was described to me. Only stupid people are breeding.
Thanks for the opportunity to vent HAHAHA!!
October 14, 2008 at 2:03 am
I hate rudeness in every way!
Walked past a lady & her young son the other day when getting in the shopping.
As I passed I said to the young lad
“ excuse me” even though there was enough room to pass, polite as example.
She snaps @ me a corrects
“ excuse me PLEASE”, now what do you do?
She has now set a bad example for him,
do I mirror her & set a male equivalent? No
In saying excuse me I am apologising for the brief inconvenience of making way, but in saying “PLEASE” I am what? apologising for my existence!
Sorry I exist sometimes 4 myself & others, ignorance would be bliss