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[cj003]

question for all the valets...say im at a restaurant. i always tipped when i got the car back after the meal. am i supposed to tip before???

 

[flipnkraut]

People are sheep:
"Well I bought this (insert apple product) because everyone said its so great and so awesome and it can't even do (insert something stupid)"
"So you bought a product without doing any research for yourself and only went off what someone else said? I have a huge awesome pile of elephant *+@# I need to sell you"

 

[flipnkraut]

Originally Posted by CJ003

question for all the valets...say im at a restaurant. i always tipped when i got the car back after the meal. am i supposed to tip before???

do you tip before you eat your meal at the restaurant?

 

[ii flash ii]

good thread I will come back with some UPS info if someone hasnt yet

 

[thunderchunk69]

Originally Posted by donpoppa

new era hats from streetwear companies are marked up it usually only cost $8 - 12 and stores charge upwards to $50

the special instructions on your online order rarely get read

come in the store during the last 10min dont be mad if your told your size is soldout even if the display is your size we wanna get off work.

%#+, custom mlb hats are like $17 wholesale, how the

are brand hats $8?

 

[chickhien]

Originally Posted by ImReallyDirkNowitzki

Originally Posted by shogun

Originally Posted by fatlighty

Originally Posted by Alchemist IQ

Best Buy-Computer Specialist
1. We sell restore cd for your comp, even though you can make your on. But we won't let you know how to make them.
2. If your really rude and come of as a cheap bum. I won't give you free anti-viruses that is mandatory with your purchase.
3. I will flirt with married women while there husband are in TV section. I've been successful 3 times on grabbing the #.
4. I've dropped plenty of laptops on the floor and act like nothing happen.
5. I expect any Asian customer that walks in, will never buy any kind of warranty. I Even made a bet with my co-workers if they can sell a warranty to any Asian customer i'll give them $20 its been 2 months no one hasn't won yet.
6. When someone ask me for a discount, I repeat what they say in a louder tone. Every one looks at the guy. Making him look like a cheap bastard.
7. I look at your shoes to see you got money.
8. I'm honest when i want to be honest, i lie when i want to lie.
9. Best Buy doesn't care about customer service, they only care about they can get to your money so they can capitalize and profit.

Ain’t That The Truth... 2 years At Bestbuy and I Never had an Asian Customer By A Warranty..

 

My dad's Asian and he bought the warranty for my laptop.  This was about 7 years ago.  I actually needed it since it crashed 3 years after i bought it.

i'm asian and i always buy warranties for laptops that cost more than $400. the reason being i have two really good friends who worked/works at best buy. one was in LP, the other is currently with geek squad. when both of them tell me to NOT buy warranties except for laptops, i listen. also there's a consumer reports study out there that backs this up. new motherboards for laptops cost about $15. warranties are for suckers (profit margins for best buy is above 70% on warranties).
  

 

[princetonchaney]

At Best Buy you can buy something with a reward zone card, ask for a gift reciept, immediately return the item at customer service, walk back and grab the same item, walk out the door, and return it to another best buy for a full cash refund within 5 hours...

 

[chicityk7]

eddiee21 wrote:

I know everyone does this, but please have some decency and put the items back where they belong. Don't leave the milk carton in the toys department to let it rot. And if you do, I have no problem of putting back that warm milk in the refrigerator and making you ungrateful customers buy it and feed it to your kids so they get sick.

  

 

[thunderchunk69]

Originally Posted by Food4Thgt

Originally Posted by Food4Thgt

Originally Posted by DT43

from my various past jobs and internships....

-don't print out those fake coupons online and try to use them at grocery stores. the cashiers are given a list of fraudulent coupons to look out for, and if anything looks suspicious they'll just reject it on sight.

-the food in the "organic" aisle is overpriced and honestly not that different from the normal food in most cases.

-medical insurance companies are OD greedy, they're basically the main cause for our health insurance problems.

-for engineers/architects... when you get to the workforce you wont really need to remember anything you learned in your first 2 years of college. or a lot that you learned in the last 2 years, for that matter. when you get hired, most companies will just assume you forgot everything and will put you up on what you actually need to know.

EXACTLY ...

Im a intern for USDA (HQ) IT department and really dont use much of what I learned in school...most problems we rely heavily on google ..

...

Argriculture is serious business....

smh, I should have cheated through college like my Indian friends

 

[rl treyce]

MRI scans are iodine free and do not use radiation

People that have medicare/medicaid don't really need it

Rich people get everything free, while the poor have to pay for everything

(NYU hospital)

 

[lalo1333]

Greeter/LP for "high-end store"
-everything you buy at full price, i get 50% off or greater
-everyone steals, no matter race/age/sex
-most customers are actually nice, its the really young(teen) or really old that are always d*ckheads
-most celebrities are cordial
-i was paid $17 an hour just to stand there and say hi
-don't walk through counting your money, i know you most likely didnt make it legitimately, plus you're paying retail
-i'm calling anyone out who has a book bag

 

[NewZ05]

Originally Posted by Princetonchaney

At Best Buy you can buy something with a reward zone card, ask for a gift reciept, immediately return the item at customer service, walk back and grab the same item, walk out the door, and return it to another best buy for a full cash refund within 5 hours...

 

[rapsteady1]

second year resident physician.

- When you describe your symptoms, we dont really listen, we observe. 

- Majority of people in the ER self diagnose themselves and blame us for their misdiagnosis



- **WE DO NOT FUNCTION LIKE HOUSE/SCRUBS.

 

[optimusprimeaphia]

Originally Posted by dont be a menace

Originally Posted by FallenGodofWar

Overnight Stock @ Safeway:
Not all Safeways are 24/7 and I understand you didn't know that BUT PLEASE after I say that we are closed, DO NOT BEG ME to come in the store to buy 1 item, use the bathroom or use the ATM. Unless you can guarantee that you will personally get me a new job and not rob me that door will not OPEN.

If you come into the store when it first opens (5am), Do not pay with a $100 bill if you just bought $20 worth of groceries. We just opened and the register doesn't have enough cash.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SAFE IS OR THE COMBINATION!!!

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SAFE IS OR THE COMBINATION!!!

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SAFE IS OR THE COMBINATION!!!

Don't be afraid to ask me where something is. More than likely, I will walk you to it and probably tell you which one is better.

Fresh Bread usually comes in on Tuesdays and Thursday around 6am-9am

If you want to come pass me, Just say excuse me and I'll glad step back or around. Sometimes I do not notice you. (I've been hit by an old lady with a cart before. She tried to squeeze thru a little space

)

Please check the dates on your milk. The Afternoon and Evening Clerks are super lazy and will just throw anything up

If you pick something up and change your mind, please try to put back as close to where you found it. (I've found a bag of fresh potatoes in the freeze more than once)

If you see a price tag up on the shelf and the register rings up differently, tell the cashier the tag said different, go get said tag, show him and he HAS to ring it up at that price.

The freezers are extra cold, don't make me search for your favorite ice cream in the back when it isn't on the shelf.

If its not on the shelf, more than likely its not in the back but it might be on the sky shelf.

No the soda machine doesn't work, buyer beware.

Sales usually last a week. Starting Wednesday and end the following Tuesday.

If something you want in the store isn't there, go to Customer Service, ask can they order said item...AND WE WILL ACTUALLY TRY TO!

Stop stealing. You think it doesn't hurt us but it does. They cut back our hours when it we really start losing profits and after while they will close the store.

lucky for you, your store ain't 24/7. which one you work at?

they put me on night crew too and manager expected me to get 2 1/2 aisles done and check. from 12am - 2am a lot of people come in buying random crap and liquor and the mad rush at 1:55. sucks even worse since i had to come up and for every single customer til someone came in at 4am. needless to say, i was off it after a month

and if you don't know where the safe is. it's at the booth.

and i agree with you that all they need to say is "excuse me" and i'll move out the way. i got people reaching over and around me and all they really need is to say two words. what's even worse is when i'm stacking something and they grab it right out of my hands acting like my hands are part of the shelf.

Where the hell do you live? I can't buy liquor past 11:30/45 PM

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Originally Posted by Ben Roethlisberger

If I'm out of my district and I catch you running a red light, or something petty like that, I wont pull you over.

Remember in Superbad how the cops turned the sirens on just to run those red lights? Yup, I do that every day. Matter of fact, it was 9:50 last night and the closest McDonalds was exactly 10 minutes away and it just so happened to close at 10:00. Better believe I turned on those sirens and ran every light just to get my Milkshake.

99% of the time, If a cop pulls you over for speeding or any other type of traffic violation and you give us a sob story, we will let you off the hook. Throw in some tears just for good measure though.

No matter what you heard, there is no quota that a police officer need's to reach at the end of the month. I know Officers in my station that haven't given a ticket out in 5 years.


Gamestop - You dont ever have to reserve any game. We ALWAYS get way more then the actual pre-ordered amount.

how did you go from Gamestop to super cop just like that

Originally Posted by ku JHAWX

Stop aiming at the range cart when I'm picking the range, you're wasting your money and it scares the living daylights out of me.

I'm sorry

Originally Posted by Princetonchaney

At Best Buy you can buy something with a reward zone card, ask for a gift reciept, immediately return the item at customer service, walk back and grab the same item, walk out the door, and return it to another best buy for a full cash refund within 5 hours...

 

[sportz4life10]

when you go to the pool and have to pay for a guest...that money goes straight to the staff.

don't go #2 at a pool bathroom. the same brush that is used to clean the toilets is used for chlorine, dirt, spit and anything you can imagine that needs to be cleaned at a pool

 

[DonRafa]

Originally Posted by ualreadyknow23

Originally Posted by rafsjays

Just curious, are tips hotel employees' only means of income?  I've always wondered what's considered acceptable when tipping people like valets and bellmen.  Couple dollars, $5, $10?  Like I stayed in an Omni hotel in Houston last week for me and my wife's anniversary.  One night, early check-in, relax and get away from the house type deal.  I saw no use in using the hotel's valet service as that was an extra $20 plus the tip AND the parking lot was literally 50ft from the hotel entrance.  I only had ONE small suitcase that ole dude at the front wanted to carry up to the room and I was like "Nah I'm good homie, I got it."  I mean I don't know how to respond to all this extra service, I always feel like I can just do it myself.  I don't need no nother man tryna open my car door for me soon as I pull up to the hotel.

  I have the same problem with bathroom men at the club.

Help me gain a better understanding of tipping at luxury hotels.  Should I just LET everybody do their job just for the sake of tipping?  I'll gladly tip but I just feel like letting the bellman carry up a 5 pound rolling suitcase to the room is LAZY.  AND letting him do it just for the sake of tipping him is kinda crazy.  Ya'll school me on this so I don't look like the cheapo the next time I stay somewhere nice.  Should I just budget tips into the stay next time?

- Preciate it.  

Taking care of your own car and bag are absolutely fine. Not sure how it works at the Omni, but at the Ritz its called aggressive hospitality and its the staffs job to ask if you need any help to make sure you are well taken care of. In fact they actually tried telling us that we should just go up and take bags out of peoples hands as we ask if they need help. I gave management a big

. But in your situation a polite no thank you is fine.

If a bellmen does help you with your bags $2 per bag is a decent tip. If you have more than 5 bags $10 is enough unless you have a ridiculous amount of stuff.
I would say my average tip is anywhere from $5-10.

For a valet its not necessary to tip them when they park the car (most people dont). But its always nice because the person who is parking your car is probably not the same person who will pull your car out. My average tips as a valet were $3-5.

No tips is not the only means of income for employees, but it is a gesture of appreciation for good service. If the service is bad, dont tip. If I screw up, I am not expecting a tip and will probably even refuse one if offered. So, no tipping is not mandatory, but if you tip well, they will make sure that you are well taken care of. A few bucks can go along way.
Just last night I checked in a couple on their anniversary, they were very nice and tipped well, so I decided to take care of them. I brought them up a tray of chocolate covered strawberries on me (normally $40).



Also for those of you who stay at Ritz Carltons. Each and every single Ritz Carlton employee is empowered to spend up to $2000 per guest to make sure that their stay is absolutely perfect.

Again, tipping goes a long way.

 

[doosta45]

manager at uhaul
-please, please clean the truck/trailer when you bring it back. theres been plenty of times where i waived gas charges because a customer cleaned the back of the truck.
-we can change the price of miles, trucks, etc
-be nice or become a regular and we will give you a new truck/trailer. my store had manufacturing where they assembled the trucks/trailors so we got first dibs on the new trucks/trailors. theres been plenty of times where ive given the nice customer the new truck. and the customer that acted like a b the horrible truck
-the end/beginning of the month is busiest time, dont expect to walk into a store the day of and get anything larger than a 10' truck
-its not our machine the reason why your card was declined, if you aint got 70min its not going through.
-dont just park the trucks anywhere
-dont come in 5minutes before we close
-tip/say thank you if we fix your shotty wiring job on your truck
-overall just be nice. theres been plenty of times where the regular comes in with food and their rental is free/reduced greatly

macys (fashion jewerly)
-be nice, i got a stack full of coupons under the register. or ill give you back your 'one time use' coupon
-you can use a coupon on everything. and speaking with a manager will not get the coupon to work
-please put the jewerly/purses/clothes back where you found it. at the end of the night we have to clean that up
-be nice and ill tell you of upcoming sales on watches, or when we will get more gshocks in.
-if you buying clothes dont bring it to jewerly especially if it doesnt have the proper tags. we have to walk to that section to remove the sensor or get the proper price

utility service
-no we cant turn your gas back on same day. theres about 15-20 dudes servicing about 750k people.
-water is a necessity, gas is a luxury
-you can still shower, cook, etc without gas
-please clean your house before we come over to turn on your gas
-keep your deliquent under 50$ and you wont get a shutoff notice
-add a mailing address and we will give you an extra 10days after your scheduled turn off date
-your chilidren are not emergencies. and speaking with a sup will not get your gas on sooner.
-dont have your cousin, bf, gf, mom, dad, etc call in after we told you, you have an outstanding balance at your old address. we make notes on the accounts.
-be nice

telephone surveyors
-just take the survery, we dont want to be on the phone as much as you. if you take it, we wont call you again and they normally take less than 5minutes
-politely say that you want to be put on the do not call list. be a b, and we will scedule to call you later that day or the next day
-we have your phone number, address, etc. i have seen people hang up with a customer, walk to the break room and call them from their cell phone
-these surveys actually help the company.


overall, being nice gets you a long way.

 

[sneakher]

Detailer-Kevin Mitchell R.I.P. (Washington ********) rode dirty all the time ashtray wise.  Bruce Smith always had a box of bullets under his seat (He had a stalker case in Buffalo).  Skip Hicks (at this time was paid) had to be ran down several times to pay a $250 detail on his Escalade. 

 

[fraij da 5 11]

-Stop aiming at the range cart when I'm picking the range, you're wasting your money and it scares the living daylights out of me.

Dude I swear I buzzed the range cart with a LASER beam one day... dude ducked down and it went over the cart by about a foot.

Only really did it once

 

[ualreadyknow23]

Originally Posted by rafsjays

Originally Posted by ualreadyknow23

Originally Posted by rafsjays

Taking care of your own car and bag are absolutely fine. Not sure how it works at the Omni, but at the Ritz its called aggressive hospitality and its the staffs job to ask if you need any help to make sure you are well taken care of. In fact they actually tried telling us that we should just go up and take bags out of peoples hands as we ask if they need help. I gave management a big

. But in your situation a polite no thank you is fine.

If a bellmen does help you with your bags $2 per bag is a decent tip. If you have more than 5 bags $10 is enough unless you have a ridiculous amount of stuff.
I would say my average tip is anywhere from $5-10.

For a valet its not necessary to tip them when they park the car (most people dont). But its always nice because the person who is parking your car is probably not the same person who will pull your car out. My average tips as a valet were $3-5.

No tips is not the only means of income for employees, but it is a gesture of appreciation for good service. If the service is bad, dont tip. If I screw up, I am not expecting a tip and will probably even refuse one if offered. So, no tipping is not mandatory, but if you tip well, they will make sure that you are well taken care of. A few bucks can go along way.
Just last night I checked in a couple on their anniversary, they were very nice and tipped well, so I decided to take care of them. I brought them up a tray of chocolate covered strawberries on me (normally $40).



Also for those of you who stay at Ritz Carltons. Each and every single Ritz Carlton employee is empowered to spend up to $2000 per guest to make sure that their stay is absolutely perfect.

Again, tipping goes a long way.

Ok that's wassup.  See I was always under the impression that at luxury hotels, rich people tip like $10-$20 for everything and everytime someone does something for them, so I always feel cheap when I chunk my lil $5 tip.  I guess that 5 goes a long way though.



- Preciate it.

 

[theraygunz]

-Pimps don't actually walk around looking and talking like Don Juan
-Pimpin' is a 24 hour a day job

-Most pimps have 1-2 "girls"

-Many people in advertising blow trees

-Southern rappers usually smell like Kush

 

[theraygunz]

-Pimps don't actually walk around looking and talking like Don Juan
-Pimpin' is a 24 hour a day job

-Most pimps have 1-2 "girls"

-Many people in advertising blow trees

-Southern rappers usually smell like Kush

 

[theraygunz]

-Pimps don't actually walk around looking and talking like Don Juan
-Pimpin' is a 24 hour a day job

-Most pimps have 1-2 "girls"

-Many people in advertising blow trees

-Southern rappers usually smell like Kush

 

[theraygunz]

-Pimps don't actually walk around looking and talking like Don Juan
-Pimpin' is a 24 hour a day job

-Most pimps have 1-2 "girls"

-Many people in advertising blow trees

-Southern rappers usually smell like Kush