ok i know wal mart's not a theme park but

[imissRBT]

UGH these people are starting to drive me crazy. i work overnight at wal mart so with as few customers as i get u'd think i'd have relatively no problems, right? WRONG! i've been having SOOOOO many...most recently around 6 this morning a kid who maybe appeared to be 19 or 20 comes and just buys some sharpies...they are and age restricted item to 18 and over and when i asked him for his id he said he didn't have it. i apologized and said i could not sell it to him. so he proceeds tio vent on totally unrelated things saying studff like "do i look like i'm 12?" or asking me "oh yeah like you never drunk when you were younger or used stuff that was restriceted" (by the way...when i was younger? uhh HELLO i'm 18! and no i don't drink thank you very much beside it being completely irrevelevent) so finally when he realized that i was indeed NOT going to sell it to im becuae it's policy to card anyone who looks under 27 he called someone (a mid aged guy don't think it was his dad cuz the older guy was white and the kid hispanic) and HE starts going off on me saying USE SOME COMMON SENSE you aren't even qualified to fdo your job. i told him i would be more than happy to sell the item to HIM but not to the younger man because he didn't have an id and then the guy goes where's the sign whose rule is that....i YET AGAIN explaned i don't make the rules but am obligated to follow them and he asked me to call a manager so i did but the guy never talked to him anyway...
GOD why when people do dumb things like not carry an id with them when they are buying something that may or may not be an age restricted item do they blame ME and say that i don't have common sense and am not qualified to do my job??? so making exceptions for people against company policy is what i'm SUPPOSED to do? uhhh yeah..THAT'S using common sense alright....UGGGGH

[wheelieman]

You should have asked him if he drove there tonight, if he says yes, then say "well, I am going to have to call the police because you are driving without a license". I know you cant really do that, but it would be great if you could!

Dave

[imissRBT]

yeah i know really. it's like apparently it's stupid to ask someone for an id when the register and the LAW prompts u too but walking around without an id and or drivers liscense is totally smart....

[pixiedust]

You should have asked him if he drove there tonight, if he says yes, then say "well, I am going to have to call the police because you are driving without a license". I know you cant really do that, but it would be great if you could!

Dave
What are you talking about? We do that all the time. :D

"What is that sir? You are refusing to pay the money that you owe for parking in downtown disney all day? AND you're being a complete moron to us, and rude at that? Well we could always bill you later.. if I could just see your driver's license to get your information. WHAT? You don't have your license? Well in that case I could always call APD out here to speak to you about the situation."

[hulkcoaster]

Sharpies are age restricted?

[Zazu]

Sharpies are age restricted?
Yeah, now that they can't buy glue or paint, them younguns will sniff most anything.

Reminds me of a kid I knew in high school. Tried to sniff Elmers and ended up gluing his upper lip to his nose.... http://mitglied.lycos.de/galaxystrike/smilies/22.gif

[sistercoyote]

I have to admit, it surprised me that sharpies were age restricted.

Then again, I was also appalled at a Wal*mart recently when they asked me to confirm that no one under 17 would be watching the movie I was buying.

The movie? Feardotcom. I had Strange Days, too, but only Feardotcom apparently triggered their age restriction...stupid.

:roll:

[CujoSR]

I have to admit, it surprised me that sharpies were age restricted.

Then again, I was also appalled at a Wal*mart recently when they asked me to confirm that no one under 17 would be watching the movie I was buying.

The movie? Feardotcom. I had Strange Days, too, but only Feardotcom apparently triggered their age restriction...stupid.

:roll:What? That was just a stupid ASSociate. That is not policy. as for the age restriction prompt on the register it will only do it once. after the first R rated movie or other age restricted item is cleared it will not ask again.

[Thatguy]

thanks cujo, I was aghast at the question. glad to hear it was just an employee gone wrong.

[imissRBT]

yeah sharpies are age restricted..maybe it's a dumb rule but it's still a rule...and yeah that r rated movie thing is not true u don't have to conifrm that no one under 17 would be watching it.....u just have to be 17 or older to buy it

[hulkcoaster]

^So hows your health insurance, i hear it sucks and was just wondering what it really was like?

[imissRBT]

well i am just getting switched to full time..not sure how that's gonna change it...but right now i have a crappy program called starbridge which supposedly doesn't really cover much and takes like 25 bucks out of all my paychecks...(i could a bought like 30 burritos with that money) but yeah the health insurance pretty much does suck....

[nitro-junkie]

Just read a book called "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America", and there are a couple of GREAT chapters about Wal-Mart that feels totally universal to the theme park world as well.

Quick summary: writer goes "undercover" working various minimum wage jobs around the country trying to see if the wage will pay for an above-poverty level way of life (hint:they don't). But what also stuck with me was all the dumb-@$$es out there, and greasy, shifty assistant managers. And by dumb-@$$es, I'm putting them down for their lack of common sense and basic level of respect for their fellow humans, not their lack of formal education.

And yeah, out here on the road, Wal-Mart has amused me many times in many places.

[Seussgirl]

Walmart's not a theme park?! :eek:
Depends on what time of the day you go! :p:

[PirateJohn]

I have to admit, it surprised me that sharpies were age restricted.

Then again, I was also appalled at a Wal*mart recently when they asked me to confirm that no one under 17 would be watching the movie I was buying.

The movie? Feardotcom. I had Strange Days, too, but only Feardotcom apparently triggered their age restriction...stupid.

:roll:I recently had to get someone come and verify my age at the self-checkout aisle for a PG movie.


And, quite frankly, I'd have to say that buying Strange Days probably qualifies you for a "Here's Your Sign" in itself... I saw that movie in the theater and wanted my money back.

[LostMalfoy]

Along with that movie thing, if it's an R movie, it really depends on the maturity level of the viewer, and the opinion of the supervising adult (in most cases a parent). A lot of times, movies are given an R rating for dumb reasons. I own a few that are given that rating for mild gore and action sequences...I mean, come on.

Sorry to get off topic, but I had to say something. Lol