"WOW" customer of the day

At my work, when a customer is checking out a movie we ask for their last name, then their first name and then instead of a membership card they get to create a.. membership "code number" that they have to enter before I can check the movie out to them. Unless the customers are regulars they NEVER remember their pin number (and it drives me absolutely insane) so then I have to see their id, then they have to create a new one which takes forever.. blah blah..

Let this be a warning to you dang customers: if you don't remember your pin, I automatically HATE you

Anyway, a customer just came in and couldn't remember his number..

Our conversation:

Me: "Ok, now enter your secret code."
Him: "I don't remember it"
Me: "Ok, well do you wanna just try and guess?"
..he then smashes his hand onto the keypad..
Me: "Wow, are you serious?"
Him: "Haha I told you I don't remember it."
..I look at him like he's the dumbest person I've ever met
Me: "So I'm assuming you want to create a new one then?"

And he thinks him hitting the keypad is funny too, and if it were a different customer/different scenario it probably would be, but when HE did it he got on my bad side. Then because I was looking at him like he was a piece of poo the rest of the time I was checking the movie out to him it got extremely awkward. Not so much for me, but for him. I don't think I'll be seeing that customer back again anytime soon.




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French Kiss

I just saw Timothy Hutton outside.

YES, I'm one of those girls who freaks out over celebrities.

NO, I'm not ashamed.

Working in the Pearl District does have its ups! When tv shows and movies are in town most of the celebrities stay in this area. Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser are in town filming Crowley. If I see Harrison Ford.. I'm not sure I'd be able to contain myself. I scare myself sometimes.


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I'm a homewrecker!?

I've hit a new low.

I am utterly convinced that I have broken up a couple, a couple which I absolutely adore no less. There's this twosome that comes in on a regular basis, we always chat.. the guy loves horror movies (like me!) and the woman is from Bosnia so she's just automatically funny just because she has no idea what's going on.. (or what the word scrapbook means.) So, anyway, I've seen the guy come in without the girl.. but the girl came in like a week and a half ago, alone, for the first time. She said she was on her way to the gym and saw that I was working so she thought she'd pop in for a quick chat..

Well we ended up talking for about 30 minutes.. mostly just random things.. but then I started asking her about her relationship.. how long her and said boyfriend had been going out.. aaaaand.. I JOKINGLY said "Well you better tell him to put a ring on your finger or you're outta here!" She acted kinda funny when I said that but I didn't really think anything of it..

Then yesterday the boyfriend comes in, he's normal.. we talk.. then when I'm ringing him up I say "you're girlfriend came in the other day and we chatted for a bit."

That's when things got awkward.

Convo..

Him: Girlfriend? It must have been a while ago then..
Me: Huh?
Looong awkward pause..
Me: Omg, did you guys break up?
Looong awkward pause..
Me: Sorry! I didn't know.. yeah I guess it wasn't "just the other day"
Him: Must have been like a week and a half ago
Me: Ya.. that sounds about right..
Him: Well, bye..

Right when he leaves my manager proceeds to laugh until he cries.

It's all my fault! I know I broke them up, that's too big of a coincidence! I told her that they should be married by now, she realized I was right (like I always am) and so she gave him an ultimatum.. you can guess how the rest went..

I'm going to hell. (For this and various other reasons.)

All you single ladies can thank me later.



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This means war!

So, now not only do I have to battle with my co worker over what collage I can put up, he has now bombarded me with a desktop background strife.


I leave work Friday night and have this saved as the background..

Reasonable, I say!

Then I come into work this morning and find this monstrosity!

Of all people, Denise Richards!? Oh the horror


It's on buddy



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Update: Now it's Tara Reid

Update: Now it's Kirk Cameron

The Fear

People seriously ask me.. "Do you have to have a membership to rent here?"

Seriously.

Are you effing kidding me?!?! I would like you to PLEASE, tell me one video store where you DON'T have to have a membership to rent a movie. Actually! Please tell me one place that you've been where you check something out and you don't have to be a member. You have to be a member at the dang library and all that shit is free! You think we're just going to trust you with our movies?!? Do you think we're going to just ask you for some collateral in return?! Are you fucking retarded?!??! I'm amazed at how many people actually ask me this. I just don't get it, and I fear I never will.

Oh, the other question I constantly get.. "Soo, are these movies all alphabetical or how does this all work out?" Have you ever been out of your shit hole apartment before?? EVERYTHING is always alphabetical! EVERYWHERE, EVERYTHING. How else would you even organize anything? By shape? Come on man! Use your head.

You are the bane of my existence

Damn you! Damn you I say!


UPDATE: Within the past 22 hours of my last post (only 4 of which I've been at work) 3 people have asked me if they needed a membership to rent.


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