I need to vent!

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I quite like the 'I-no-speak-English' game too.

[Golden Phoenix]

I quite like the 'I-no-speak-English' game too.

I'm to white for that and I can't pull off a good enough European accent

Got an Asian friend who was born here that will play it. Usually throws in as many "o-harro-prease" as he can

[GoktimusPrime]

I knew a white guy who would play that game.

One time I was walking next to him and someone offered him some religious pamphlet, and he just looked at the guy and said - in a full Anglo-Australian accent, "Sorry mate, I don't speak English" then when the guy got confused and tried to point out that he was speaking English, he got all mad and said, "LISTEN MATE, I TOLD YA I DON'T SPEAK ANY BLOODY ENGLISH, NOW STOP BEING A RACIST!" and walked off in a huff... then after we were out of that guy's sight he just cracked up laughing.

[BigPenney]

Woke up this morning with a sore throat, blocked sinuses, an infection in both ears AND conjunctivitis.

I knew a white guy who would play that game.

One time I was walking next to him and someone offered him some religious pamphlet, and he just looked at the guy and said - in a full Anglo-Australian accent, "Sorry mate, I don't speak English" then when the guy got confused and tried to point out that he was speaking English, he got all mad and said, "LISTEN MATE, I TOLD YA I DON'T SPEAK ANY BLOODY ENGLISH, NOW STOP BEING A RACIST!" and walked off in a huff... then after we were out of that guy's sight he just cracked up laughing.

Sound similar to something one of my friends did once.
We were walking through a shopping mall and someone tried to offer her some pamphlets. She just looked at them straight in the eye, looking very serious, and then waved her hand and said "These are not the droids you are looking for", and then walked away.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I have learnt that people are stupid. My missus works at a petrol station as well. She deals with idiots all the time.

I did 10 years at perol station(s). Nice job, shame about the customers though. Petrol is a grudge purchase, so many people object to paying for it in the start. Then they usually buy on the way to/from work and allow no time so they will be running late. Then they object to having to wait as everyone else is doing the same. I found the nice people were being drowned out by the prats.

Soul destroying job and I wold do practically any other job to avoid working in one again.

The things that made me laugh though was:
1. Why when customer forgets their wallet, is it MY problem/fault?
2. Apparently I have personal control over the price of the fuel (this was at the tme when Perth's fuel went from 60c/l to 80c/l) and I put it up just before each individual customer came in.

This one was GOLD. Cust. 'bought' 2 disposable cameras from my sevo. 3 weeks later, they return saying they want a refund. I asked why, as we don't refund for the heck of it. Were they broken? Couldn't tell as they were still in packet.
'Why should I refund?' I ask. Because they can buy a real camera at Big W for the same price. I told them we don't price match and perhaps, if Big W opened on a Sunday (when the date of the receipt was) we might price match, but that was unlikely.

Cust: Blah blah blah, rant, rave and a bit of swearing. After the swearing I questioned whether they actually bought the cameras at all. They waggled reciept (which had been through the washing machine at me) More swearing and threats to call consumer affairs.

"why did you buy 3 disposable cameras anyway as you had mentioned that you weren't going anywhere."

more raving and carrying on. Eventually I said that I was not gonna refund the cameras (well I had been saying it the whole time, just this time more definite) and they should leave before I call the police as I didn't appreciate their behaviour to my staff and other customers. They asked to speak to the manager. I told them they were (I loved that one). Evantually they left.

One other time I had an ex-staff member threaten to bash me and run me down in the street if they saw me. Then they would come back to the site and wonder why I would't let their pump work...

I could go on and on, but I won't. To summarise, console operators at servos are generally nice people. Be good to them as buttweeds give them a lot of hassle they don't deserve.

[1AZRAEL1]

I could go on and on, but I won't. To summarise, console operators at servos are generally nice people. Be good to them as buttweeds give them a lot of hassle they don't deserve.

Exactly. They are only doing their job. Whenever someone complains about the price, she just tells them to call up price office and complain, they are the ones that make the changes. Unfortunately, they are the ones on the front line that have to deal with unruly people. And I do feel sorry for them. Hence why I am nice to people behind counters. Even at Maccas when they forget something in my meal, or give me something wrong.

[Bartrim]

When people used to complain to my brother about petrol prices he used to offer a smart arse explanation like...

"Of course I set the price that high. Do you have an idea how much it costs to insure a Ferrari?" or " Well those trips to Bermuda every year don't pay for themselves"

[GoktimusPrime]

I can sympathise with servo console operators -- I worked as a console op one summer (after finishing high school and before uni started), so I know about stuff like how they don't set petrol prices. But sometimes when I ask them question about the prices, some operators get overdefensive and just don't want a bar of what I'm asking, because they're automatically assuming that I'm assuming that they set the prices... which isn't true. So I often can't get straight answers about fuel prices from console operators because they probably do cop a lot of stupid questions and abuse from other people. :/

[Skullcruncher]

Finally got a AU Post matchcode on an item I purchased from ebay germany over a month ago. I paid for express post and when I rang up Australia Post today they said its being sent by sea mail - up to 3 more months to wait

[kaiden]

Finally got a AU Post matchcode on an item I purchased from ebay germany over a month ago. I paid for express post and when I rang up Australia Post today they said its being sent by sea mail - up to 3 more months to wait

what a bastard. you should get that in writing or electronic mail and make a refund claim with paypal. because if you wait too long paypal wont do shit in your favour.