Excerising ones justification for prickness

[Joshmo]

Not often do I get this chance in public cuz I really dont look for an opportunity - honestly, cuz all I wanna do is be left alone and do my thing without being bugged by humanity by stupid shit.....but when it presents itself, I cant resist

I go to see "Descent" at AMC and catch the 10:15 am show for $4!

It was on a Sunday and counting me and the chick I was with there were all of 7 people in the theater. This is how I like humanity - SCARCE with only the amount needed to operate the ticket booth and run the projector. :D

Anyway - I'm in a decent mood seeing as how empty the lot was had given me a semi woody knowing no people would be up my ass...I go to the ticket booth and as I do my transaction, the girl in the booth points to a fucking box of some weird "Choco - European Wafer" bars and hits me up at the fucking BOX OFFICE OUTSIDE THE THEATER IN THE HALL TO MAKE A FOOD PURCHASE!

Convo went down like this:

Girl: Would you like to buy a Choco Euro bar for a dollar?
Me: (STUNNED, as this NEVER has happened in my ENTIRE movie going life) HUH?

Girl: Would ya like a choc euro bar for a dollar?
Me: (Recovering my composure and decidng to fuck with her instead of getting angry) Um, no, but I'll buy one for .50 cents - (see, this is how I am a prick when nonsense comes my way)


Girl: HUH?

Me: .50 cents, I'll buy one for .50 cents - as a matter of fact, make it TWO

Girl: Um, sir, I said they were a dollar...

Me: Um, miss, you asked me if I'd LIKE to buy one FOR a "dollar"...I dont, What I WOULD "LIKE" is to only pay .50 cents for one...actually TWO - can you break a $100 bill?

Girl: Huh? I dont get it....

Me: Well I do and thats all that counts - by the way, is this for the theater or are you bugging patrons to buy these for YOU?

Girl: Huh?

Chick I am with: Lets go, you can be such a prick sometimes
:D

I should have followed up by complaining to mngt, but if this was AMC's bullshit, they obviously wouldnt acknowledge the lesson I would have tried to teach them, and I cant stand letting lower life forms piss me off....and if it was the girls, ...I may be a prick in fucking with people, but I wasnt in the mood to possibly cost someone their job..

But I am shocked at this...they lower their ticket prices and now try to sell ya crap before you even have the chance to enter and walk passed their overpriced concession counter and laugh at the people spending $3 for a small coke that cost .89cents for a 2 LITER in the store....:rolleyes:

I may go again this Sunday and if I get asked to buy any fucking choco bars, I will cause some shit with mngt - maybe I'll go alone and leave the chick at home, cuz all she'll do is get embarrassed.

[The Postmaster General]

I'm not sure if you're a prick for the reasons you think you're a prick.

[bob]

That's the strangest reaction to a yes or no question I've ever heard.

Also, it's worth pointing out that the Choco Euro bars were probably some sort of charity deal....they do it at theatres around here, too.

Y'know, charity...for all those other lower life forms....

[Cronos]

thats one of the funniest rants ive seen in a while

[Badbird]

I've seen thos choco-thingy bars as well, but only at the concession stand.

I'd say this was more of a douche move than a prick move. Like when people come up to my box office (at an art house theater playing Inconvenient Truth or some art shit) and they think their the first one's to go "Two for Superman Returns. "

Ha ha ha.

(By the way, I'm not calling you a douche or a prick. I wouldn't define what you did as a "prick move" either.)

[inglourious basterd]

By her clueless, apathetic reactions and the fact that she openly doing it at the box office, isn't it possible that it was for a charity of some sort and that she was doing it because it was her job to ask? What seems unusual, though, is the fact that she didn't slip the words "for charity" in her upselling.

Perhaps she asked you in an irritating or pushy way that would cause you to become upset. Pushy sellers that are commission based are pretty annoying; however it seems doubtful that this was the case. But, honestly, I have no idea how this alone can make you pissed.

To be honest, your story doesn't really make her look incompetent as much as it makes you seem unreasonably hot-tempered and condescending.

[Scorpio24]

Wow you're such a cool guy. Out there on you're own in the wilderness. These silly small people getting your way.


You're rant doesn't surprise me. In fact in a strange way it's kind of expected.


I get tired of this shit.

[Joshmo]

1. NO she didnt say anything about charity
2. Glad ya expected that of me - cuz you're right on the money about the kind of guy I have the potential to be....

If ya get tired of this shit - oh well I hardly post rants so I dont fucking care what ya get tired of.

:o

[RustyRazor]

Originally posted by Joshmo
1. NO she didnt say anything about charity
2. Glad ya expected that of me - cuz you're right on the money about the kind of guy I have the potential to be....

If ya get tired of this shit - oh well I hardly post rants so I dont fucking care what ya get tired of.

:o

So I guess you wouldn't want to buy any Snuggly Nut Crunchies that I'm selling to help inebriated Hollywood entertainers?

You can get three bars for $3.00
Two bars for $1.50 each
or just one bar for $4.00 with a signature from the pickled star of your choice!

Can I put you down for one?

[bigred760]

I hate it when people come up to me to try to sell me shit - like cookies (that includes girl scouts) or whatever. I've never done it, but the second I read:

Girl: Would you like to buy a Choco Euro bar for a dollar?,

I thought of the exact same response you gave her. The EXACT!!! Great minds think alike, as far as I'm concerned, but I probably wouldn't have the inclination to actually go through it. I'd just say "No thanks" and keep going. I applaud you for going through with it. Her going "Huh?" every time just means that she's not the fastest boat in the fleet; that or she didn't really care about what she was doing.

[jaw2929]

Originally posted by RustyRazor
So I guess you wouldn't want to buy any Snuggly Nut Crunchies that I'm selling to help inebriated Hollywood entertainers?

You can get three bars for $3.00
Two bars for $1.50 each
or just one bar for $4.00 with a signature from the pickled star of your choice!

Can I put you down for one?

Thanks for the laugh Rusty, lol! :D

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by bigred760
I hate it when people come up to me to try to sell me shit - like cookies (that includes girl scouts) or whatever. I've never done it, but the second I read:

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I thought of the exact same response you gave her. The EXACT!!! Great minds think alike, as far as I'm concerned, but I probably wouldn't have the inclination to actually go through it. I'd just say "No thanks" and keep going. I applaud you for going through with it. Her going "Huh?" every time just means that she's not the fastest boat in the fleet; that or she didn't really care about what she was doing.

As someone who has to deal with people on the phones for my (summer) job (I work at a surveying/market research company and we do a lot of random surveys for different companies though mainly the Associated Press), I feel sorry for the girl. I think it's pretty obvious it was her job to ask people if they wanted to buy a chocolate bar and I gotta say, how hard is it for a person to just be polite, say "No thanks" and just continue on?

Just like with surveys, sometimes I can't believe how rude people can be. Yes, it can be annoying to pick up the phone and get someone wanting to do a survey on there but is it really that difficult to just say "Not interested" or easier yet, just hang up! But no, some people actually feel the urge or sadistic need to fuck around with the person on the phone or get all pissy...or do something like the above example...when I've asked for "females in the 18-24 age group who would be willing to participate in our survey", I've had an asshole actually call me discriminatory and then he got my name and didn't believe it was my name...when I told him I was calling from Ottawa, Ontario (he asked), he again started ranting and asking me for the actual exact address of our unit (it's in a mall and I don't know the exact address off the top of my head) and then of course he decided to ask for the phone number of the company as well except every time I started to give it to him he'd interrupt me and accuse me of lying - the number starts with 1-800 and he of course claimed I was lying again and that there aren't any 1-800 numbers in Canada (the guy was from the U.S.).

My point is, it's someone's job to do this stuff - basically, don't shoot the messenger. And how does it affect you to just hang up or say not interested or in this case, just say no thanks and be done with it and continue on your way?

I mean, how would the girl respond. I've done that before on the phones when someone tried to fuck around - I'd just be like...uhhh...(though in my case, I'm not supposed to deviate from the exact survey script on the screen and a few select blurbs and they monitor you occasionally, randomly, so when that kind of thing happens, it's hard to think up what I actually CAN say without getting a bad monitoring form)...the point is, she clearly knows that Joshmo is trying to fuck around with her and she didn't know how to respond to that without getting fired.

I mean, c'mon, this is basically like the whole upsizing stuff at fast food chains...it has nothing to do with the person who has to do it but rather the company so why fuck around with someone and ruin part of their day by being an asshole?

[The Postmaster General]

I think it's kind of like walking behind an elderly person, and getting frustrated because they are moving too slow. Then you eventually pass them, and as you do, you fart in their direction. And then you go on Joblo.com and brag about it.

[echo_bravo]

How exactly were you justified in acting like a prick? Like some other people said...couldnt you of said "no thanks"? It doesnt seem like the girl was being rude.

[Robot]

If you would have done this jokingly and stopped after you said you would like to buy it for .50 I doubt anyone would have a problem. The fact that you kept going at her and mocking her near the end of the conversation is a problem.

My local theater has the chocolate bars setting on the counter with a little $1.00 sign above it. I've been asked once if I wanted to try one and I declined. It's not really that big of a deal...of course I still try to maintain some form of manners in public.

[Raoul Duke]

"OWNED" was the first word that appeared in your head after that whole tirade, right?

[jaw2929]

Originally posted by JCPhoenix
As someone who has to deal with people on the phones for my (summer) job (I work at a surveying/market research company and we do a lot of random surveys for different companies though mainly the Associated Press), I feel sorry for the girl. I think it's pretty obvious it was her job to ask people if they wanted to buy a chocolate bar and I gotta say, how hard is it for a person to just be polite, say "No thanks" and just continue on?

Just like with surveys, sometimes I can't believe how rude people can be. Yes, it can be annoying to pick up the phone and get someone wanting to do a survey on there but is it really that difficult to just say "Not interested" or easier yet, just hang up! But no, some people actually feel the urge or sadistic need to fuck around with the person on the phone or get all pissy...or do something like the above example...when I've asked for "females in the 18-24 age group who would be willing to participate in our survey", I've had an asshole actually call me discriminatory and then he got my name and didn't believe it was my name...when I told him I was calling from Ottawa, Ontario (he asked), he again started ranting and asking me for the actual exact address of our unit (it's in a mall and I don't know the exact address off the top of my head) and then of course he decided to ask for the phone number of the company as well except every time I started to give it to him he'd interrupt me and accuse me of lying - the number starts with 1-800 and he of course claimed I was lying again and that there aren't any 1-800 numbers in Canada (the guy was from the U.S.).

My point is, it's someone's job to do this stuff - basically, don't shoot the messenger. And how does it affect you to just hang up or say not interested or in this case, just say no thanks and be done with it and continue on your way?

I mean, how would the girl respond. I've done that before on the phones when someone tried to fuck around - I'd just be like...uhhh...(though in my case, I'm not supposed to deviate from the exact survey script on the screen and a few select blurbs and they monitor you occasionally, randomly, so when that kind of thing happens, it's hard to think up what I actually CAN say without getting a bad monitoring form)...the point is, she clearly knows that Joshmo is trying to fuck around with her and she didn't know how to respond to that without getting fired.

I mean, c'mon, this is basically like the whole upsizing stuff at fast food chains...it has nothing to do with the person who has to do it but rather the company so why fuck around with someone and ruin part of their day by being an asshole?

Hey JC, if I were you I'd find a new job... Not so ya wouldn't haveta deal with the assholes (that's a bonus) but because the telemarketing industry (sales and surveys) is one that is a dying industry.... With the whole national "do not call" list out there, as well as caller ID's, etc. it's not going to be around a whole helluva lot longer... Especially NOW that they've got automated robots messages and shit, replacing the actual people calls....

I used to be a telemarketer.... The job itself sucked ass, people don't like to be fucking harassed in person or on the phone.... So I agree with Joshmo on this whole thing, I think it's hilarious what he did... Did he HAVE to be a fuckin' douche to the girl? Not at all.... But it's funny that he was... Not only that, but I've had TONS of fucking pan-handling bums (different animal than sales, I know) come up and harass me for money... At least once - twice a week (I live in a shitty area).... But I don't waste my time or energy even acknowledging them... I don't owe them a fucking thing, so as far as I'm concerned they're non-existant.

I just can't believe they've got fucking sales people pushing their shit on people at movie theatre's... It's not surprising, but more annoying than anything.

[William Munny]

Every time I buy a ticket at my local theater I'm asked if I would like to donate a dollar to their Stars of Hope charity campaign. Sometimes I give a dollar, sometimes I don't.

When I don't, I drop a simple, "No thanks." It works a hell of a lot better than harassing the theater employee and then bragging about it on Joblo.com.

[TheDeadWalk]

If it were up to me, I would have designated movie theater ticket lines in accordance with candy bar varieties.

Chick is taking two seconds out of a non-busy day to offer you a candy bar for only a dollar in an establishment where you have to pay around four bucks for a Nestle goddamn Crunch. If this were a busy day, I'd still be happy, because she just saved me twenty minutes in the back of the snack bar line while old people and kids can't figure out what the fuck they want.

The way managers are getting anymore, some of them don't take kind to piddly shit like this and will tell you to fuckin stay at home and see what's on pay-per-view or go to another theater that cares. I'm seeing this more and more from managers in the food industry, and it's starting to trickle down into other services. They'll just wind up telling people with trivial shit to get lost. Managers won't miss customers like that, because they know they'll probably come back in on Tuesday and bitch because the lady serving popcorn had to re-ask a second time if you wanted butter because by the time she got your bag filled she forgot, and now you want her fired.

[LordSimen]

Yup, nothing more prick like than harassing an employee for doing her job. Great job on that one, buddy!

Next time I catch you at your work I'll be sure to be an ass to you as well. :)

[Joshmo]

Then you'd get your ass fired cause I'm a manager in my chosen field

and ASS - uming I was dealing with a charity when I wasnt shows how intellectually lazy some of you are for not reading the part where I said it wasnt a charity.

nuff said..

[jaw2929]

Joshmo manager or not, how could you fire Lord Simen if he comes to your work and is a prick to you? He doesn't work for you, so your point doesn't make any sense....

[TheDeadWalk]

Originally posted by Joshmo
Then you'd get your ass fired cause I'm a manager in my chosen field

and ASS - uming I was dealing with a charity when I wasnt shows how intellectually lazy some of you are for not reading the part where I said it wasnt a charity.

nuff said..


Nobody cares if it was for a fucking charity. You got offered a candy bar for a dollar.

I'm sure there are support groups somewhere for this. It's probably called "Shit out of proportion anonymous".

[MisterChristian]

Then you'd get your ass fired cause I'm a manager in my chosen field

I always quote Clerks when I read things like this:

Randal Graves: So your argument is that title dictates behavior?

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
Joshmo manager or not, how could you fire Lord Simen if he comes to your work and is a prick to you? He doesn't work for you, so your point doesn't make any sense....


I heard it came down from corporate. You better be cool, or we'll all be out on our asses.

[echo_bravo]

I wasnt shows how intellectually lazy some of you are for not reading the part where I said it wasnt a charity.

haha you are funny

[inglourious basterd]

Originally posted by Joshmo
Then you'd get your ass fired cause I'm a manager in my chosen field

and ASS - uming I was dealing with a charity when I wasnt shows how intellectually lazy some of you are for not reading the part where I said it wasnt a charity.

nuff said..

I just got back from Snakes on a Plane at an AMC Theater. They were selling 'european chocolate wafers" for $1 with purchase of any condiment in order to support the Will Rogers Institute, an organization having to do with pulmonary disease. If you went to an AMC, then it was likely the same deal -- except, in your case, they didn't require purchase of another condiment.

The apathetic employee should have mentioned something about charity; however, I doubt that you would have cared.

http://www.wrinstitute.org/education/psa/wri_tradition-generic_dsl..mov

[darchangel]

I'm going to have to agree with what virtually everyone else has said...I worked at a theater for a year and a half, and whenever we got a charity fundraiser thing (like the paper balloons, candy, whatever), we were threatened with termination by corporate office if a checker comes through the line and we didn't ask if you want the shit they're peddling.

It doesn't matter that she didn't say it was for charity; why be a prick about it?

The fact that you didn't want one is fine; hassling the chick and being a general jerk to her for doing her job isn't fine. If you had come up to my box office and said shit like that to me, I probably would have carded you to go into a PG-13 film.

But then, that's how I roll. :cool:




~darchangel~

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
Hey JC, if I were you I'd find a new job... Not so ya wouldn't haveta deal with the assholes (that's a bonus) but because the telemarketing industry (sales and surveys) is one that is a dying industry.... With the whole national "do not call" list out there, as well as caller ID's, etc. it's not going to be around a whole helluva lot longer... Especially NOW that they've got automated robots messages and shit, replacing the actual people calls....

Oh don't worry, I don't plan on working there for much longer...in fact, I got two more shifts probably and then I'm goin back to T.O. for university. I just got the job again cause I was lazy and didn't wanna get off my ass to look for another job. For sure next summer I'll be looking for a better job...hopefully movie-related.

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
I used to be a telemarketer.... The job itself sucked ass, people don't like to be fucking harassed in person or on the phone.... So I agree with Joshmo on this whole thing, I think it's hilarious what he did... Did he HAVE to be a fuckin' douche to the girl? Not at all.... But it's funny that he was... Not only that, but I've had TONS of fucking pan-handling bums (different animal than sales, I know) come up and harass me for money... At least once - twice a week (I live in a shitty area).... But I don't waste my time or energy even acknowledging them... I don't owe them a fucking thing, so as far as I'm concerned they're non-existant.

I just can't believe they've got fucking sales people pushing their shit on people at movie theatre's... It's not surprising, but more annoying than anything.

But that's the thing - about the bums - just like with over the phones, if you just ignore them or be on your way then its all good. I don't care for example when people hang up on me and don't answer. And some people get mad and hang up and even that's (just) passable to me. Of course it's not gonna help my mood but at least I can see how people can be pissed by that. But it's when people try to fuck around with you on purpose that it annoys me. It's like they have nothing better to do with their lives - if they think its a waste of time, then move on. It just boggles the mind that they don't move on and decide to waste several minutes of my time (and theirs) getting themself off by screwing around with the person on the phone.

Oh and on a side note, you never really realize how many racist people there still are out there until you get on the phones...when people think they're anonymous, they'll spout the most racist shit I've heard...one guy in Newmarket (when I asked him what issues he felt were the most important in his community) replied that he felt "we should send all the Pakis packing". I called Texas the other day and the two people who answered the phone just out of the blue said "We hate n_____s"...it amazes me that there's still this kind of shit out there.

[Ki'esha Foxx]

Originally posted by William Munny
Every time I buy a ticket at my local theater I'm asked if I would like to donate a dollar to their Stars of Hope charity campaign. Sometimes I give a dollar, sometimes I don't.

When I don't, I drop a simple, "No thanks." It works a hell of a lot better than harassing the theater employee and then bragging about it on Joblo.com.

Do you live in Virginia, or just near a Regal Cinemas theater? My theater does that every time I go up to buy a drink or something (because I'm really thirsty and can't sneak in a soda from the convience store next door) and I always tell them, "I just spent my last $6 on my ticket, so not this time. Maybe next time." They never remember my face, and the employees at my theater don't give a shit about anything really, so they don't make a scene about it.

And yeah, Joshmo you didn't need to be a douche to the girl who's probably getting paid nothing to try and sell her shit. But I will admit that your rant did make me smile. :D