Saturday, June 12, 2010
Not All Customers Suck
11:39 PM
I post about some of the more sucky and stupid customers, but I never mention how great it is working at my store, and some of the customers that totally make my day/afternoon/evening.
First of all this is the first place I've worked where I adore all of my co workers. I understand that having to work with people you don't get along with is something everyone has to do, I know I've had my share of co worker sucks with other jobs, but at this *Video Store* it's honestly a pleasure to come into work and shoot the breeze with everyone. I have a boss who's so nice and friendly, a general manager who's a laugh riot and treats everyone like an equal unlike some managers I've had to deal with at other jobs, and all my co workers do their job to the best of their abilities and are just really great friendly people.
The customers, although I get my share of crazies and special snowflakes they are actually for the most part really nice and friendly. I get to talk movies with people all the time, I can recommend flicks or advise people to run far far away from certain movies (Meet the Spartans). You get to know a lot of the regular families and individuals that come in, get to know their tastes in films and help find flicks they might enjoy.
I'll end with a customer awesome instead of a suck. This actually happened at my old *Video Store* store AGES ago lol but it makes me smile to this day. I had a regular customer come in one day, I'll call her L, and through general small talk I mentioned it was my birthday in a couple of days which was a big deal because I was turning 21 and way really excited about it, so L wished my happy birthday and we chatted a bit more about this and that, one of the things we discussed was that I collect cute pens. The next day I had only just started my shift when L came back into the store with a small present wrapped in purple wrapping with an adorable little white bow on the top (I was stunned she remembered my fav colour was purple), inside was the cutest pen shaped like a glossy pink lipstick and wrote in fluro pink.
I still have that pen, I carry it with me everywhere and every time I see it I smile and it helps me get through any particularly tough days.
First of all this is the first place I've worked where I adore all of my co workers. I understand that having to work with people you don't get along with is something everyone has to do, I know I've had my share of co worker sucks with other jobs, but at this *Video Store* it's honestly a pleasure to come into work and shoot the breeze with everyone. I have a boss who's so nice and friendly, a general manager who's a laugh riot and treats everyone like an equal unlike some managers I've had to deal with at other jobs, and all my co workers do their job to the best of their abilities and are just really great friendly people.
The customers, although I get my share of crazies and special snowflakes they are actually for the most part really nice and friendly. I get to talk movies with people all the time, I can recommend flicks or advise people to run far far away from certain movies (Meet the Spartans). You get to know a lot of the regular families and individuals that come in, get to know their tastes in films and help find flicks they might enjoy.
I'll end with a customer awesome instead of a suck. This actually happened at my old *Video Store* store AGES ago lol but it makes me smile to this day. I had a regular customer come in one day, I'll call her L, and through general small talk I mentioned it was my birthday in a couple of days which was a big deal because I was turning 21 and way really excited about it, so L wished my happy birthday and we chatted a bit more about this and that, one of the things we discussed was that I collect cute pens. The next day I had only just started my shift when L came back into the store with a small present wrapped in purple wrapping with an adorable little white bow on the top (I was stunned she remembered my fav colour was purple), inside was the cutest pen shaped like a glossy pink lipstick and wrote in fluro pink.
I still have that pen, I carry it with me everywhere and every time I see it I smile and it helps me get through any particularly tough days.
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- Grace C
- I love movies, and for over 5 years I worked at a video store somewhere in the depths of Auckland so I could be close to my precious movies & rent those bitches for free! However, I have since moved on. But even after moving on from the store I still have a load of video store stories of crazy customers and random happenings to talk about!!
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