(10-04-2010, 05:57 PM)Luinbariel link Wrote: I think I made someone's day just that much harder.


Even though I fixed it, I feel really damn bad for what I did in the first place.


A lady came into work today asking if I was Alex, my boss. I said no but asked about what was going on and she told me the story of how she'd been dealing with my boss for the last two weeks over a spoon that was missing from an expensive cutlery set she'd bought. The lady had just had heart surgery not long ago and was obviously still not feeling well.

No one had told me about any replacement spoon or anything, and so when the lady asked me to look for it and I couldn't find it, she got really upset. I couldn't call my boss about it because she was unreachable in meetings all day and my co-worker was either out of sight or on a break, and there was nothing I could find. I couldn't let her take one from a full set (especially since she supposedly had one ordered or had some other arrangement with my boss) and I couldn't get permission to do anything.

She was really upset and really uncomfortable, obviously, and had gone through all that trouble to get to us over a shitty teaspoon that I couldn't even give her. I had to take down her name and number AGAIN to give to my boss. The woman even insisted on giving me money to give my boss for shipping, because Alex had supposedly told her it had to "come out of her own pocket".


Minutes later my co worker shows up and I ask her about it. "Oh, it's right over here" she says. Hiding BEHIND the printer where I couldn't see it. I felt so fucking BAD for ruining that lady's day. I called the cell number she left, got her son, explained what had happened and apologized profusely.


Just as I was leaving the store I actually saw her still in the mall so I grabbed the spoon and the money and ran it over to her. She was really happy that I found it but I felt so bad, she was only still in the mall because she had to sit down after talking with me. I just about cried over the whole thing.



In the end, she still got it but I still feel like an ass hole. I should have been just that much more so she could have rested easier.

(10-04-2010, 07:32 PM)Tortilla link Wrote: Tomorrow I have tests in AP US History, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, German II, and AP English III. Then a 2 hour marching band practice followed by showing up late to crew for another hour and a half.
I hate everything.

(10-04-2010, 08:03 PM)Duck link Wrote: [quote author=Tortilla link=topic=3709.msg177009#msg177009 date=1286238734]
Tomorrow I have tests in AP US History, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, German II, and AP English III. Then a 2 hour marching band practice followed by showing up late to crew for another hour and a half.
I hate everything.

(10-04-2010, 09:08 PM)KorJax link Wrote: Lol AP classes.

protip: colleges don't really care. the only possible benefit is not needing to take developmental/introductory classes (which you can test out of anyways, and it doesn't save as much time as you think it would).

(10-04-2010, 06:39 PM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: [quote author=Luinbariel link=topic=3709.msg176989#msg176989 date=1286233029]
I think I made someone's day just that much harder.


Even though I fixed it, I feel really damn bad for what I did in the first place.


A lady came into work today asking if I was Alex, my boss. I said no but asked about what was going on and she told me the story of how she'd been dealing with my boss for the last two weeks over a spoon that was missing from an expensive cutlery set she'd bought. The lady had just had heart surgery not long ago and was obviously still not feeling well.

No one had told me about any replacement spoon or anything, and so when the lady asked me to look for it and I couldn't find it, she got really upset. I couldn't call my boss about it because she was unreachable in meetings all day and my co-worker was either out of sight or on a break, and there was nothing I could find. I couldn't let her take one from a full set (especially since she supposedly had one ordered or had some other arrangement with my boss) and I couldn't get permission to do anything.

She was really upset and really uncomfortable, obviously, and had gone through all that trouble to get to us over a shitty teaspoon that I couldn't even give her. I had to take down her name and number AGAIN to give to my boss. The woman even insisted on giving me money to give my boss for shipping, because Alex had supposedly told her it had to "come out of her own pocket".


Minutes later my co worker shows up and I ask her about it. "Oh, it's right over here" she says. Hiding BEHIND the printer where I couldn't see it. I felt so fucking BAD for ruining that lady's day. I called the cell number she left, got her son, explained what had happened and apologized profusely.


Just as I was leaving the store I actually saw her still in the mall so I grabbed the spoon and the money and ran it over to her. She was really happy that I found it but I felt so bad, she was only still in the mall because she had to sit down after talking with me. I just about cried over the whole thing.



In the end, she still got it but I still feel like an ass hole. I should have been just that much more so she could have rested easier.

(10-04-2010, 10:27 PM)KorJax link Wrote: Though the lady doing all this shit over a fucking teaspoon when she just had surgery means she's about as mature/bright as a lightpost, so eh.