So who are you all ???? - Page 7

tim'ema · 09-29-2006, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sara

............Tim'ema I do the same thing too! Well wih the spacing part.

My first real job was a florist, then a museum person/ babysitter/ sometimes I work at clothes shop, but I loved the Florist and Museum best.

Glad I'm not the only one! LOL!! Working with the public probably does it too. I've been in retail for 20 years and I find I often have to "pace" what I say...people just don't listen anymore!

AT

"How long can I keep this?"
"Everything in the store rents for 5 days, ma'am."
"So, 5 days?"
"Yes, everything rents for 5 days."
"Even new titles?"
"Everything."
"Even games?"
"Everything.
Rents.
For.
5.
Days."
"So, I can get anything here and keep it 5 days?"
"Well, you could ma'am..but since I HAVE TO KILL YOU NOW..."

~~sigh!~~

AT

Sara · 09-29-2006, 04:23 PM

Oh- TELL ME ABOUT IT!

Lol

This lady who looked like she smoked 80 a day came in to shop, threw herself over the counter drunk, and asked if we sold daffodils. I said no, anyways, she then decided she needed toilet and I had to explain sooo many times she wasn't allowed into the back.

Then another time at the museum, this school was visiting. The teachers actually lost their kids. She said " Have you seen _______ or _______ I lost them" I radioed then and next thing I know she started shouting at me. Asking me over and over if I'd seen them. Then ontop of that, she lost em cause she was too busy having a cuppa outside and a fag!

tim'ema · 09-30-2006, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sara

... next thing I know she started shouting at me. Asking me over and over if I'd seen them. Then ontop of that, she lost em cause she was too busy having a cuppa outside and a fag!

~~sighs and hangs head in exhasperation~~

Sara, Sara, Sara - Don't you know that if you're wearing a nametag, that every dumb and irresponsible thing done by the public is YOUR FAULT? LOL!!
I had a lady yelling at me and slamming her hand on my counter saying that even though she returned the product late (which she repeatedly ACKNOWLEDGED) she shouldn't have to pay anything because it wasn't her fault!
I was ITCHING to say, "Whose fault was it, then? Did a masked terrorist hold your movie hostage? Did I subliminally trick you? Is it a BIG CONSPIRACY?"

I hate it when people are angry at themselves for something and then realize with joy and wonderment that they can yell and scream at the clerk in the uniform as much as they want because said clerk is not allowed to respond! YAY!
~~fumes~~

I would apologize for the thread hijack, but in a strange way - this reveals more about who I am than most things would ! LOL!!

AT

Yshka · 09-30-2006, 03:46 PM

I love this thread lol, I hadn't been paying attention to it lately, but reading all of your comments just makes me totally wonder what all of you sound like. I was on the phone the other day with a friend of mine who doesnt speak Dutch, and when speaking English she said to me I sounded Irish

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I just tend to take on a sort of accent'ish thing when I speak English, maybe that is because I had an Irish english teacher in last years of primary school (is this the right word, anyway, the one that comes before highschool)?? I seem to mix this with both American and Brittish pronunciation.. It's weird.

Friends say I'm good a doing accents, I can at least pull off some foreign accents while speaking English, confuses people which can be fun since I don't seem to look really Dutch..

People say I have a different accent in Dutch as well. As opposed to speaking Dutch with our Brabant dialect, like anyone else in Brabant does, I seem to not really have a soft G all the time.. I seem to be good at imitating Limburg accent though lol. I mix my Dutch with English and a few French words which I just feel sound better than Dutch equivalents.

About the speaking in public, I think I do the same thing as Tim'ema described, but I sort of feel like my voice is fake or something when I do speak in public.. Doesn't seem like me. My voice in real life is also slightly lower than when I'm actually in front of a lot of people..

Sara and Tim'ema, OMG!! People can get so annoying just by not listening. Unfortunately there's not much we can do about it, seems to be like the customer is always right...

Sara · 09-30-2006, 08:35 PM

As long as the customer isn't loosing their school kids they're not necessarily wrong... I suppose

I do sound Yorkshire but if you're not Yorkshire I try and speak proper so people undersand me. I'm quite good at it cause of working with people. Anyone who talks Yorkshire I can say 'love' and stuff.

Otherwise it's 'Thanks' and that's it pretty much. They don't really want to talk much though, so it's all reyt.

tim'ema · 10-01-2006, 06:14 AM

hmmmmm...

If I can find my microphone - perhaps I can record a sampling of my voice and post it!

AT

Sara · 10-01-2006, 09:02 AM

That's a good idea, lol.

Btw- 100 posts for you now!

tim'ema · 10-01-2006, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Sara

That's a good idea, lol.

Btw- 100 posts for you now!

Wow! Thanks! I hadn't even noticed!

AT

09-29-2006, 04:23 PM	#62 (permalink)
Sara V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wales/Yorkshire Posts: 1,160	Oh- TELL ME ABOUT IT! Lol This lady who looked like she smoked 80 a day came in to shop, threw herself over the counter drunk, and asked if we sold daffodils. I said no, anyways, she then decided she needed toilet and I had to explain sooo many times she wasn't allowed into the back. Then another time at the museum, this school was visiting. The teachers actually lost their kids. She said " Have you seen _______ or _______ I lost them" I radioed then and next thing I know she started shouting at me. Asking me over and over if I'd seen them. Then ontop of that, she lost em cause she was too busy having a cuppa outside and a fag! __________________ With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, now shake your bum.... :P

09-30-2006, 03:46 PM	#64 (permalink)
Yshka Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,250	I love this thread lol, I hadn't been paying attention to it lately, but reading all of your comments just makes me totally wonder what all of you sound like. I was on the phone the other day with a friend of mine who doesnt speak Dutch, and when speaking English she said to me I sounded Irish . I just tend to take on a sort of accent'ish thing when I speak English, maybe that is because I had an Irish english teacher in last years of primary school (is this the right word, anyway, the one that comes before highschool)?? I seem to mix this with both American and Brittish pronunciation.. It's weird. Friends say I'm good a doing accents, I can at least pull off some foreign accents while speaking English, confuses people which can be fun since I don't seem to look really Dutch.. People say I have a different accent in Dutch as well. As opposed to speaking Dutch with our Brabant dialect, like anyone else in Brabant does, I seem to not really have a soft G all the time.. I seem to be good at imitating Limburg accent though lol. I mix my Dutch with English and a few French words which I just feel sound better than Dutch equivalents. About the speaking in public, I think I do the same thing as Tim'ema described, but I sort of feel like my voice is fake or something when I do speak in public.. Doesn't seem like me. My voice in real life is also slightly lower than when I'm actually in front of a lot of people.. Sara and Tim'ema, OMG!! People can get so annoying just by not listening. Unfortunately there's not much we can do about it, seems to be like the customer is always right... Last edited by Yshka; 09-30-2006 at 03:50 PM.

09-30-2006, 08:35 PM	#65 (permalink)
Sara V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wales/Yorkshire Posts: 1,160	As long as the customer isn't loosing their school kids they're not necessarily wrong... I suppose I do sound Yorkshire but if you're not Yorkshire I try and speak proper so people undersand me. I'm quite good at it cause of working with people. Anyone who talks Yorkshire I can say 'love' and stuff. Otherwise it's 'Thanks' and that's it pretty much. They don't really want to talk much though, so it's all reyt. __________________ With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, now shake your bum.... :P

10-01-2006, 06:14 AM	#66 (permalink)
tim'ema Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Western Canada Posts: 141	hmmmmm... If I can find my microphone - perhaps I can record a sampling of my voice and post it! AT __________________ My FructMal site My Blog

10-01-2006, 09:02 AM	#67 (permalink)
Sara V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wales/Yorkshire Posts: 1,160	That's a good idea, lol. Btw- 100 posts for you now! __________________ With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, now shake your bum.... :P