I got demoted after only 3 days back on the job :(
 

I went back to my crappy department supervisor job at Barnes & Noble on Thursday, so I could get some extra cash.

On Saturday, my 3rd day back, I was in charge of crowd control. I was near the back of the store, directing people onto the line and making sure nobody cut in where the line broke so people could pass.

They gave me a traffic wand, like this
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to make directing people easier.

So, some dude cuts into the line, and I tell him to get in the back. He says he was in the line the whole time, I tell him to get to the back again. He says "F--- Off", and then I say "If you don't get off the f-----g line, I'm going to shove this thing up your f-----g ass and throw you out of the f-----g store."

Thats when the Assistant Store Manager put her hand on my shoulder and asked me to come into the back with her.

Now I'm a [censored] cashier. I think I may have anger issues.

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I think you may need a college degree [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I will have one at the end of January (god willing)

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Awesome story.

What made you abandon the noble profession of eating stacks of butter for money and go work for the Man though?

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You are an idiot.

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Tony,

Awesome. I hope you burn the place down or something.

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Awesome story.

What made you abandon the noble profession of eating stacks of butter for money and go work for the Man though?

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Nice.

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I would have promoted you

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diablo,
this is my favorite scene in harold and kumar. vnh

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turnip,

I wasn't really making a movie reference there, but if I were, it would have been to Office Space. I do like that Harold and Kumar a lot, though.

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Dr. S: Butter eating wasn't as lucrative as it seemed at the time.

Diablo: It's a huge brick building with high ceilings, I don't think a fire would spread well.

River: I totally assumed she was taking me to the back to congratulate me. Oh well.

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Diablo: It's a huge brick building with high ceilings, I don't think a fire would spread well.

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Full of PAPER!!! I think it would burn fine.

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I would have told him to leave the store. Then again, because people still believe that the customer is always right, you probably would have gotten in trouble for that anyways.

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I was in a position to tell him to leave, however I should have told him nicely to leave, then radioed (sp?) for security if he didn't. The issue was the 3 f-bombs and sodomy threat screamed on the crowded sales floor.

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Its seems like a stupid idea to put a huge, angry butter eating maniac on cashier. I'd keep him on crowd control or fire him or give him a bj.

I guess your best bet at this job is to just stand there and look at the babes. If someone budges, look away.

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Nothing sucks like being the guy in charge of taking all the blame but given no power.

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Yeah, I gotta go with Acme on this one, it's full of paper...

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I'm still trying to imagine someone directing me with a traffic wand inside a retail store.

Sounds quite hilarious actually.

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You need to bang that chick from MySpace to relieve some tension.

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I'd keep him on crowd control or fire him or give him a bj.

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wtf?

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It's a huge brick building with high ceilings, I don't think a fire would spread well

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so it's safe to assume you aren't getting your degree in fire engineering?

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It's a huge brick building with high ceilings, I don't think a fire would spread well

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so it's safe to assume you aren't getting your degree in fire engineering?

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LMAO

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i think the issue would be that, yes the books burn. but the paper won't last long. and the brick wall and high celings would prevent the building from actually going dowin in flames.

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i think absolute has an opening.

edit to add: id hate to hear how you talk to grandmas

bwana

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It's a huge brick building with high ceilings, I don't think a fire would spread well

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so it's safe to assume you aren't getting your degree in fire engineering?

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apparently not. Common sense would tell me that open space and non-flamable materials would be non-condusive to a fire, I could be wrong.

Anyway, books don't burn very easily, there isn't a lot of oxygen between the pages.

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Is fire engineering the driving of fire engines?

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Is fire engineering the driving of fire engines?

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It's how to build fires, duh!

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It's a huge brick building with high ceilings, I don't think a fire would spread well

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so it's safe to assume you aren't getting your degree in fire engineering?

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apparently not. Common sense would tell me that open space and non-flamable materials would be non-condusive to a fire, I could be wrong.

Anyway, books don't burn very easily, there isn't a lot of oxygen between the pages.

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Don't lie. You either just looked all that [censored] up, or you saw it in the Barnes & Noble training video. Am I right?

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wha?

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wha?

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Thank you. Good night. I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

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no tipping posts

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oot

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woot

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at least you didn't actually stick the wand up his ass.

that probably would have got you fired.

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at least you didn't actually stick the wand up his ass.

that probably would have got you fired.

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or been recruited by the NYPD

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I'm still trying to imagine someone directing me with a traffic wand inside a retail store.

Sounds quite hilarious actually.

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Yeah, I heard a lot of "Did you get lost on the way to the airport?" and [censored] like that from losers who think they're funny.

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I'm still trying to imagine someone directing me with a traffic wand inside a retail store.

Sounds quite hilarious actually.

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Yeah, I heard a lot of "Did you get lost on the way to the airport?" and [censored] like that from losers who think they're funny.

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I think the moral of this story is....

No, can't do it. Too easy.

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wha?

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Thank you. Good night. I'll be here all week. Don't forget to quote Ace Ventura excessively.

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FYP

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I love funny posts like this

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and then I say "If you don't get off the f-----g line, I'm going to shove this thing up your f-----g ass and throw you out of the f-----g store."

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TP,

I call bull[censored], but I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

Diablo,

I still think 75% of your posts in your new posting style are passive-aggressive-sarcastic, but I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

Cautiously Optimistic,
CE