I work at a walk in clinic/family practice. It makes things very hectic that we take appointments and walkins. We warn you when you walkin that the appointments come first and there will be a wait. Sometimes it's as small as 10 minutes, or as long as 3 hours. We don't know. We can guess and keep you updated, it is not our fault that you have to wait.

With that being said - lady. I don't care who you are, you had no right to yell at me and get in my face for 10 minutes about having to wait. I'd like to point out 4 VERY important things to you.

1 ) The waiting room was FULL when you walked in. (literally full.. people were waiting in their cars)
2 ) Its FLU SEASON.
3 ) It's our first day with the H1N1 vaccine.
4 ) You came in 3 hours after the doctor started - there was already 15 walkins ahead of you!

That generally is going to equal some sort of an unholy long wait. YOU KNEW THIS. STOP FREAKING YELLING AT ME AND BADGERING ME EVERY FIVE MINUTES! Everytime you come up to badger me, thats minutes out of my day that are very valuable when we are this busy!

I am a very sympathetic person, but I stopped feeling sorry for you the second time you yelled in my face.

So I moved provinces about six months ago, and finally got around to switching my health insurance coverage. Just for backstory, health care in Canada is covered by the provincial government. Getting covered is free, all you need to do is prove that you are who you say you are, and  that you live in the province that's paying for your health care, and then they give you a card and you can get sick with impunity! Pretty simple.

Since I'm not a total idiot, I carefully reviewed the required materials on the OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) website before going to the service counter, and went armed with my passport, birth certificate, and a piece of mail with my address on it. This proved too complicated for the woman in front of me, who was trying to renew her teenage daughter's health card. Cue broken record!

Receptionist: And do you have a document that proves that your daughter lives in Ontario?
Stupid Mom: Yes, I have my driver's license.
R: No, I mean something that proves your daughter lives in Ontario.
SM: She lives with me! (She got irritated super quickly.)
R: I'm sure she does, but since she's over 16, we need a document proving that she lives in Ontario. Like a report card, or something like that.
SM: But she doesn't GET her report cards until JANUARY.
R: Well, you could bring in her June report cards.
SM: This is ridiculous. My driver's license isn't enough?
R: No. Because your daughter is over 16, we need something with her name and address on it to prove she lives in Ontario.
SM: You must be kidding. (Just to prove that the apple doesn't fall far, at this point the daughter started sighing and rolling her eyes.) So you're saying we have to come back?
R: Yes, you'll have to come back with a document proving your daughter lives in Ontario.
SM: But she's a student! What am I supposed to do, just pull her out of school?
R: Well, we're open until 7 on Thursdays.
SM: I can't believe this. We seriously need to come back?
R: Yes. With a document proving your daughter's address.
SM: But she's in high school! I can't bring her back during the day!
R: As I just told you, we're open until 7 on Thursdays, and we're open until 5 every weekday. School ends at 3:30, right? So you can come back anytime between 3:30 and 5.
SM: This is ridiculous. I can't believe we have to come back.

Finally Stupid Mom and her Annoying Daughter huffed away. From the receptionist's beleaguered patience, I could tell she has to go through this conversation a few times a day...poor woman. It's amazing how snarky people get when all they need to do is spend five minutes to be prepared!

more photos here.

a different shot of shinya .
a set, and another set.
a single shot of kyo, and another.
a single shot of die.

x-posted to direngrey_daily

I work at Volde*Mart as a FE cashier.

First, the WTF as it is short and not-so-sweet. It was an exercise in TMI. Not horrible, but that's why it's a WTF, not a suck. I'm checking two women out, one of the last purchases of my day today and one has a bustier. Now, I know the bustiers we sell are crap. They don't have any of the good structuring materials and the stitching comes undone pretty quickly from the tension.
I'm commenting on them, on how pretty they are, because while they may be crap, they were pretty crap. Then I'm ringing up her condoms. I don't snicker, or wonder, or etc. at condoms because I prefer not to think about it, though I admit to a mental snort of amusement if condoms go with a couple of pregnancy tests.
In fact, I continued conversing with her about the pretty bustiers. But then she interjects and goes 'Oh, yeah, I'm a Trojan girl ;D' complete with a shameless grin and I'm like '......... ew'. Not out loud of course, as I'm still employed and like to stay that way, but I was going 'I don't need to know that. Seriously.' in my head while just giving a bit of the laugh and going back to the bustier conversation. Once they were long gone, the woman behind those two was like '... you are not a priest, this is not confessional. They do not need to tell you that'. I was like 'Seriously.'

The Suck/WTF/thing goes under a cut, because it's gross imagery.

( Follow me this way )

( And now, our feature presentation )

"Hello, Mr. Ordered Truck Decals? Yes, this is Me with The Best Darn Little Sign Shop Ever. I'm calling about the box truck you left for me to install decals on."

"Oh, yes, is it ready already?"

"Well, it would be. I'm about halfway done but it's started to rain. Doesn't look like it's going to let up any time soon, so it might be another day or two."

"You don't have a garage you can pull into?"

"I'm afraid not. Wish I did, though, it'd solve a lot of problems."

"Well, you should."

(doing my damnedest not to be wiseass here) "Well, I, er, don't."

"You're supposed to have that truck done today."

"I can't do anything out there with it raining, I'm really sorry, sir."

"You should have someplace to pull vehicles inside."

"I'm sorry, but I really don't."

"You should." *click*

OH GOLLY YOU GUYS
A GARAGE JUST APPEARED OUTSIDE
IT'S MADE OF CANDY AND HAPPY THOUGHTS

I work in a book store in a mall. We will be closing in January. In fact, we will be closing almost two years to the day after the music store in the mall -- where I used to work -- closed. Now, I admit I may be being a tad oversensitive to some things, but:

I appreciate comments about how much it sucks that we're closing. I appreciate your concern about us booksellers finding other jobs in this economy. I don't appreciate you getting mad that I won't tell you what jobs, if any, my coworkers have lined up. That's their business, and your desire to find out where they'll be working after January is bordering on the stalky.

I don't mind you asking if we'll be having a clearance sale. I do mind you getting mad or expressing disbelief when I tell you that our parent company hasn't told us yet what sort of, if any, clearance we will be having. I really, really mind if you demand clearance sale prices now because you're been such a good customer, especially if I've never seen you before.

I love you for mentioning other places locally that are hiring. I have considerably less love for you suggesting that one of my female coworkers will only be able to get a job as a stripper. My love for you approaches zero when you start to mention specific clubs and go on in some detail how hot she would be. Again, you're getting stalkery. Stop it. (Nothing against strippers here -- I just know the coworker in question wouldn't want to do that as a job for her own personal reasons.)

Please, a little tact goes such a long way . . .

Reporting from a Harley-Davidson dealership. I'm just going to give you a run down on how NOT to act in my dealership.


Now, we're polite and accommodating with our customers, but we are encouraged to NOT just blow over if they're being rude or abusive with us, that's right, I get to have a backbone, we're not subservient. Just thought I'd mention that so I don't get and "OMG BAD_SERVICE!" because I wasn't exactly being perky and happy.


( AMERICA! F**K YEA! )

( Rockers )

( :O )

Taiwan band F.I.R. last night stepped foot in Macau performing for the first time, vocalist Faye's singing didn't let fans down, also sexy as ever, the hotness level caused the audience's temperature level to rise. In regards to Real's marriage, the awaited bride gave the decision all to fate.

"F.I.R.'s Tenth Planet Macau Concert 09" concluded with a lot of cheering last night. As the first time performing in Macau, F.I.R. was touched saying, "They are the best audience, singing together with the audience was the most touching scene." Upon the end of the show, fans rushed to the front of the stage to be closer with their idol. Faye says, "Seeing them rushing out, I couldn't hold myself! (Not afraid of danger?) It's okay, just a bit, seeing them made me excited, but it was worth it, because I can see all their expressions."

New album release next month
Asking about Real and Faye's marriage, the teacher immediately came out defending saying the two are playful in nature, as for Faye, she says it depends on both fate and timing. During the performance, Faye showing off her long legs frankly said it's just not enough, "Spent a lot of time preparing and want to perform even more or it would be such a waste. We couldn't sing all of the songs we wanted to sing unfortunately." Real claimed, "It has been two years since we released an album, but good things should can not be rushed. Fans can't wait where today is only the warm up. December 25th will the date of our new album release!"

Rock version of "ShangHai Tang"
Real exposed the next stop will be Hong Kong, and will also start to prepare for their second concert. He continues, "There's a chance we will do the two shows together, which will be a new challenge." They had previously challenged themselves in Hong Kong singing Cantonese songs in which they didn't believe they did too well. However, the teacher indicated that they would still try, "Can try singing rock version of "Chu Liu Xiang" and "Shang Hai Tang", (A collaboration with Hong Kong artists?) If its with bands, we hope we can work with Beyond or Grasshoppers."

Source: orientaldaily.on.cc
Translated by tdrama*addict @ http://asianfanatics.net


Happy about the new album, finally.

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Hey guys~ Spotlight's over and we now have 1023 watchers and 944 actual members.  I hope to see the activity increase around here.  Don't be shy, new people!  And thanks again to everyone that got us into the spotlight in the first place.  It was obviously a good thing.

And just another reminder, I do need a mod.  At this time, for post-approval purposes, because right now it's just me. :(  The application process is fairly simple and is outlined below.

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2.If you meet that criteria, then next is to be a semi-active member. It won't do me any good if you don't hang out around here a lot. Plus, it will give me an idea if you have the judgment to approve posts. Not that we've had many rejections. Maybe one? lol.  An addendum to this is if you're new here, but an active member in another big community or already a mod somewhere.  Just mention this and I'll go check it out.
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I answer phones at a place that sells vehicles. These 2 calls were from 2 different people..

Me: Hi! This is [Dealership]. How may I direct your call?
Customer: Yes, I need directions to you.
Me: Ok. Where you coming from?
Customer: The south.
Me: Ok! Just take [This Highway] north and...
Customer: Get off on [Wrong St]?!
Me: No.. get off on [Right St]...
Customer: I can come from [Different Highway].
Me: Yes, you can. Then, you will want to...
Customer: Get off on [Wrong St]?!?!
Me: No.. actually merge onto [Yet another Highway]..
Customer: Ok. So, I'll just take [This Highway] to [Yet another Highway].
Me: No.. if you are going to take [This Highway], get off on [Right St] and turn left.
Customer: Ok ok.. let me write this down. [This Highway] south..
Me: Actually, you will want to go north.. if you are coming from the south..
Customer: Ok, [This Highway] north. Get off on [Wrong St]..
Me: o.0... Nope. [Right St]. And turn left.
Customer: Ok. Left and then..?
Me: A right on [Next St] and we are right there!
Customer: Ok.. [N-E-X-T St]?
Me: Yes...
Customer: Ok!
*She repeats directions.. and I hold my breath until I hear she repeated them correctly*
Customer: Thanks! *hang up*
Me: ...welcome... -.-"



Me: Hi! This is [Dealership]. How may I direct your call?
Customer: Is your address [blahblahblah]?
Me: Yes.
Customer: You are located 22 miles from me?!
Me: Um...
Customer: I put directions in my GPS and it says you are 22 miles from me. But I'm only located [4 miles down the road]?
Me: I'm not sure why it's saying that. We are only 4 miles up the road from you.
Customer: Ok.. so I can just get on [This Highway]?
Me: Yes, then just turn left and a right on [Next St] and we are right there!
Customer: [N-E-X-T St]??
Me: Yes... at the bottom of the hill.
Customer: ok! *hangs up*

Geez.. would you drive into a lake if the GPS told you to?!