Dumb people never cease in their ability to piss me off.

I hate retail. I will never work in a retail store again. This is mainly because I don’t like people. I have a valid reason for this, I’ve spent most of my life working in places like RadioShack, and Shoe Carnival. I now do Tech Support for Hilton Hotels. I work at the HQ so I don’t have to deal with customers directly, but unfortunately, I still have to deal with them. Don’t get me wrong, some people are okay and for those of you who are, do not let me misdirect my anger. Let me share some experiences with you:

[Note: These are not mine, but are very similar. These were some I found elsewhere on the internet.]

Got a call in today about a purse. She wanted to know how much it would weigh if you “filled it”
“Well, it depends on what you put in it. If you carry around a purse full of marshmallows, it’ll weigh less than a purse full of bricks” and I laugh, making it a joke. There’s silence.
“Why would it weigh different?”
“Hm?”
“Well, it’s still full, it would weigh the same.”
“Um…”

A customer approaches me today and asks if I’m a manager.
“There’s too many people in this store!”
“Yes, we do get a lot of customers on weekends during the holiday season.”
She stares at me for a moment, “Well, what are you going to do?”
“About… what?”
“All these people! There’s too many.”
I sort of stare at her confused, and she gets angry and flounces away.

One of the things I hated most were kids, running up and down aisles. I had a remedy for this. I would have strategically placed shoe boxes throughout my section. Once I would see a kid start running I would bend down like I’m trying to pick up the box, and then “accidentally” kick it out in front of me. Almost everytime it was a sure hit. Dealing with customers directly sucks where I live…because I live in Memphis. It’s not that I’m trying to say anything bad about the people here, but most of my customers are idiots. I’m not going to sugar coat it. They are dumb. No IQ. Well okay, maybe like a 25. But no higher. So because of their IQ and the area they live in. If they have a southern accent they will be two things: 1) They will not be smart (as mentioned above.) And 2) They will smell bad. This is linked with number one, in that they were to dumb to get a  decent job so they are stuck with their John Deere for the rest of their lives. Seriously. How hard is it to take a shower before you go in public? You would definitely look smarter. Sure shortly after that you would open your mouth and remove what hope you may have had. So like I said I don’t deal directly with the customer anymore. It’s now over the phone. Which allows people to express their stupidity in different ways. I do have a mute button which has probably saved my job a couple of times.