slow service

[Big Casino]

I went into the shop today as you do. Didnt really buy all that much, i had 6 items in my basket which isnt alot. I was in poundland just for the sake of putting it out there.
I went up to pay and the queues were fairly short. Theres 8 tills and only 2 people were serving. Theres only maybe 4 people in front of myself but it took forever to get down to me. When i got to the til she asked me if i needed a bag?? Well yeah of course im gunna need a bag. Its not gunna fit in mypocket now is it =p? Which is exactly what i said to her.
Neer have i seen a girl move this slow in my life. Each item was slowwwwwwwwwly removed from the basket, scanned and then slowwwwwwly put in the bag. By this time the queues were fairly long. So finally after everything scanned she pauses and turns round to ask her friend what time shes having her break at? Eventually i pay and finally get the fuck outta there.

Point is, that shit is ridiculous. One of my number one hates is slow fucking shop workers. Now im not asking for them to be firing everything in as fast as they can all guns blazing but its not too much to ask for service at a swift pace. Any moron could see that people were getting impatient. Youd think they would look at the queues and say.
Right. This place is gettin busy, il pick up the pace a little to try and get the queus down a bit. In a shop like poundland its not like they even have to count out shitty bits of change. All they do is hand you back pound coins or notes. Simple.
I notice aswell it alwyas tends to be the same stores. Ive never been in a NISA store where the service is anything other than slow. Theyre like snails on valium, im not even kidding.

 

[The Witch]

Hmm, at least it's not people chucking big cans of soda on top of your delicate veggies or fruits. Having slow workers in a shop is quite annoying, but slow and steady is better then fast and ruined.

 

[Big Casino]

Cali this isnt a spam thread

Seriously though a pace like that isnt steady. This is why all shops should have self service imo. You can just go up to the til scan everything through yourself and get it done nice and quickly. These workers gotta remember aswell that theres older people in the queue. they dont wanna be waitin with a heavy basket. All because some person 1/3 theyre age is a lazy bastard. It gets on my nerves.

 

[Harlequin]

That's why you save the sarcasm for afterwards. Workers can be such cunts

also, never pull that stunt when people make you food

 

[Marquis of Granby]

askin about breaks when youre serving a customer...professional

a lot of the teenage ones just sit there like zombies with a right face on them. fair enough if you dont like the job but if you act like a prick you're not gonna have a job for much longer. its just stupid, they sit on their arses pretty much all day and youd think you were askin the world just to be served ie for them to do their job. having said that you also get folk who just have the attitude and not the deadslowandstopitus, they just throw your stuff and your change at you. thats just as bad and probly annoys me more. theres no need to be rude to folk.

 

[Bambi]

its not so much the slowness of them for me, seeing as ive only really had that issue once and was just thinking for fuck sake, hurry it up, but its when youre in a massive long queue for years and theres only 2 people serving when it's clearly busy

Banks are the worst for that. Though its made worse by the cunts infront of you pissing about when they get the the cashier taking about 10 fucking minutes a piece

 

[Marquis of Granby]

its not so much the slowness of them for me, seeing as ive only really had that issue once and was just thinking for fuck sake, hurry it up, but its when youre in a massive long queue for years and theres only 2 people serving when it's clearly busy

Banks are the worst for that. Though its made worse by the cunts infront of you pissing about when they get the the cashier taking about 10 fucking minutes a piece

this is like bus queues. you'll get someone whos at the front, been there forever and a day. and they still stop to rummage through their bags for change or whatever when the bus finally comes. its annoying. especially if you're on the bus and runnin late

im so impatient i even get annoyed when theres hoardes of old folk at EVERY single fuckin stop. all with their stupid cards that take forever to register on the machine thingie. most of the time i say to myself "relax jim they cant help it" not that i dont already know that before i get annoyed...im just impatient. but at the same time it annoys me how just about every driver ive seen holds a carry on when a wheelchair user wants to get on the bus. like its such a big deal to put the ramp down FOR A FUCKING DISABLED PERSON. gettin off your throne. so annoying

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

I'm not really all that bothered by slow service unless it starts to become unreasonable. For example, if I'm at a restaurant and I order a big meal because I feel like being a fatass, I'm okay with waiting a while. However, if I order a sammich and it takes 30 minutes for it to come out, then I start to have a problem. I just wanted a sammich, it's not like I ordered you to go kill a fucking cow to get the meat fresh.

I don't like slow grocery bag boys... they suck. Back when I had to bag groceries, I hauled fucking ass. I know what that shit feels like to have to stand in line for ages and all you want to do is go home because its 101 degrees outside and you're feeling like you're already standing in the middle of the devil's taint. Shit sucks. So I hurried my ass up. Yeah, I did just package your porkchops in the same bag as your bleach, but at least your ass got home quick.

Though when I go and get groceries now, I hate it because we have this slow as shit bag boy that takes ages. The person scanning the groceries is long fucking done and this bag boy right motherfucking here is slower than a shit on taco night. Fuck that.

 

[Bambi]

i cant belive people are employed to even do that

are folk incapable of throwing their own groceries in bags?

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

When i got to the til she asked me if i needed a bag?? Well yeah of course im gunna need a bag. Its not gunna fit in mypocket now is it =p? Which is exactly what i said to her.

I never do that sort of thing before I'm served. XD It makes it easier for them to be such assholes about serving you properly. >.<

I don't remember getting any real slow service from the actual store. But what I hate the most is that I work in a shopping centre and whenever I'm on my 30 minute break I always encounter a million old people or humungous Kiwi families who have to feed their whole brood right when I want to just grab a quick bite to eat.

They really need a line just for people who work. It's not fair I have to wait for some dole bludging loser who keeps procreating and has nothing better to do then feed his kids Macca's every day with my tax money. <_<

Whenever I've been on the register I've always been very effecient because I don't want the next customer to be pissed off at me for taking a fucking age.

I'm surprised at how some people behind the counter don't care about holding customers up with their lazy attitude and then when the customer does have a go at them they act all surprised, like they had no idea that they were doing such a shit job. >.<

 

[Big Casino]

this is like bus queues. you'll get someone whos at the front, been there forever and a day. and they still stop to rummage through their bags for change or whatever when the bus finally comes. its annoying. especially if you're on the bus and runnin late
annoying

That is soemthing that annoys me even more. ITs just irritating as fuck when they board the bus and start raking through all theyre pockets for theyre pass or change/whatever. Whenever im waiting for a bus the money is alwyas in my hand or my all day pass is in my johnny pocket which is taken out as soon as i see the bus coming. Theres no excuse to be fannying about like that. Its a bit off topic but i immedietly related as soon as i read this haha.
The same can be said for people who stand in a wue for fast food for ages then when they get asked what they want the go hmmm well oooh what do you have?
ugh -.-
And the girl had it coming Kandy though i wasnt impolite when i said it, came across in more of a cheeky way. I hate when you practically have to beg for a bag. If someone has a basket of shopping of course theyre gunna need a bag(s). Dont ask silly questions like that and you wont get sarcastic answers.

 

[Ewan]

I usually consider myself a patient person (unless it's my laptop being a knob or if it's Ezio jumping off a roof when I clearly didn't want him to... ) but I get really pissed off when I get slow service in a night club.

I went to one place that was rammed, the entire bar was full of people trying to push in. This bar stretches across the entire room and they've only got 4 people serving and I'm like wtf is this shit? Plus, the people behind the bar don't even have the awareness to see who's been waiting ages and just try and have banter with the good looking girls rather than do their job.
Even one more person serving would make a huge difference. There's no excuse IMO for someone to wait for 30 minutes to get served when they know it's a student night and it's going to be busy.

Or maybe I'm being unreasonable.

And 30 minutes for stupid drink prices as well. £3 VKs. Not that I was drinking them. sad3

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

i cant belive people are employed to even do that

are folk incapable of throwing their own groceries in bags?

This is America, woman. We can't be asked to get up to turn the TV on or go check our own mail because we're a bunch of lardasses.

Though, in all seriousness, if they forced people to bag their own groceries, there would be an outcry of lazy fucks and the employees that bagged them. Back when I bagged groceries, I could make $200 in a day from tips alone. I was bankin' like a boss. Though, I would never want that job back, some teenagers would be rather pissed.

And America has some angsty as fuck teenagers.

 

[Marquis of Granby]

I usually consider myself a patient person (unless it's my laptop being a knob or if it's Ezio jumping off a roof when I clearly didn't want him to... ) but I get really pissed off when I get slow service in a night club.

I went to one place that was rammed, the entire bar was full of people trying to push in. This bar stretches across the entire room and they've only got 4 people serving and I'm like wtf is this shit? Plus, the people behind the bar don't even have the awareness to see who's been waiting ages and just try and have banter with the good looking girls rather than do their job.
Even one more person serving would make a huge difference. There's no excuse IMO for someone to wait for 30 minutes to get served when they know it's a student night and it's going to be busy.

Or maybe I'm being unreasonable.

And 30 minutes for stupid drink prices as well. £3 VKs. Not that I was drinking them. sad3

you cant be polite in bars and clubs, you just have to push your way in, lean in towards them and then scream in their lug. its the only way to get served.

as for employing people to pack bags. il tell you a story about that toasters. in scotland (at least, probably all of britain) we have charities, schools, cadets etc who do this sort of thing to raise money but its not a job. this is just the height of laziness.

 

[Donald Trump]

I find people who complain to be the most annoying. Cunts that won't shut the fuck up, it's okay if they have a legitimate grievance, they feel like they're getting ripped off etc etc. That doesn't bother me, but when someone's just made a mistake or they're complaining about some bullshit thing eg there was a brochure in their basket then they just make me and I want to bash them. But I just stand there and wait.

 

[Bambi]

thats absolutely ridiculous, we get asked if we 'would like help with our packing' but the majority of people just say no, id feel a right twat stood there having my shit packed for me when i can just throw it all in myself

I dont think anyone could have cause to complain about having their shit packed to slow, chances are you are stood right next to the little fucker doing it and could just launch your own shit in your bags

I cant belive I didnt think about the slow service at bars, weatherspoons is notoriously bad for making you wait for ages, even when its not busy, by tghe time youve got served you sober up

Ive got pretty good at getting served fairly quickly though now, it just doesnt work 'waiting patiently' If I see even the slightest opening im in there and at the bar leaning over and trying to catch a staffers attention

Though there have been times ive been waiting for so long ive considered just thinking fuck this am off somewhere else

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

To each his own then. It's a commonly accepted practice here that's been around for ages. And if you're going to get a job doing it, at least be able to do it quickly. By your logic, we might as well not bitch about slow service anywhere.

I might as well start pouring my own beer at bars, setting up the film roll myself when I want to watch a movie at the theater, and tits forbid I start getting my own popcorn from the machine when I order it, or have to start putting my own fucking butter on it.

And odds are, I do help; provided that they're elderly or they really are going slow. But they have a damned job to do. They were hired on for the soul purpose of sacking groceries. Ergo, they should be the ones doing it.

Also, I'm a lazy cunt. Odds are I didn't want to go to the store in the first fucking place, I just had to out of general necessity. Either way, I'm bound to bitch about something, and seeing as how the thread title is "slow service" and not "let's take pity for the fools that got landed with a shitty job", I'm pretty sure I'm just going to bitch about slow service.

But if you want to try to convince 98% of North America to sack their own groceries, be my guest. I didn't come here to debate the finer points on shitty jobs and the otherwise shitty people that make other people take shitty jobs to do otherwise trivial things. I just wanted to bitch about slow service. Mission accomplished.

Speaking of slow service, I don't enjoy it when I order a burger for lunch and wait 25 fucking minutes but the asshats next to me order a huge ass seafood platter that gets handed to them within 5 minutes of them ordering it. Fuck that.

 

[Bambi]

No need to get your knickers in a twist love, I just had no idea people were employed for that sort of thing and am amazed by it

Also, serving your own beer/getting your own popcorn is no where near a good comparison - though being able to do it myself would be brilliant. and faster. youre stood in the queue for popcorn for that lonfg that the movie is already over

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

Wasn't angry or anything, I was just Saiyan. Though, I just assumed it was a common thing everywhere, myself. I've seen people bagging groceries since I was a kid, so it was kind of surprising to find that having people sack your groceries isn't around everywhere.

 

[Bambi]

Seriously I was like, whut? Id probably be fucked if i ever went over the pond, Id assume the bag packer was trying to steal my food, then Id kick up a fuss at having to tip whenever i go to the bar or for food, if im feeling overly generous, or had exc eptional service, fair enough, but theres no way id tip just because it was expected of me. Fuck that

But thats a whole nother topic I suppose

Actually, no its not, i can turn this back round!

From what I gather, and i could be wrong, youre expected to tip, so what if you wasnthappy with the service because it was shit slow and took half an hour jut to get your vodka and lemonade, would you still be expected to give them a tip!?