Complaints

[cliffdweller]

Are you one of those people that complains about bad service? I never used to be, but as I get older, rude behavior just doesn't cut it anymore. I'm finding that it's more and more difficult to let piss poor attitudes roll off my back. If you do complain, how bad does the service have to be in order to prompt you to do so? In what kinds of instances have you complained? How frequently do you complain? Do you feel bad about it later?

[gldstwmn]

Are you one of those people that complains about bad service? I never used to be, but as I get older, rude behavior just doesn't cut it anymore. I'm finding that it's more and more difficult to let piss poor attitudes roll off my back. If you do complain, how bad does the service have to be in order to prompt you to do so? In what kinds of instances have you complained? How frequently do you complain? Do you feel bad about it later?

I used to let things slide. But I work hard for my money and things are so damn expensive now that if I'm going to pay a lot for something, I certainly don't expect **** serivce on top of it. What I've found effective is that a lot of the stores have websites that ask for your feedback. Any time I have an exceptional experience (good or bad) I let them know.
Yesterday, I'm in Home Depot and I'm looking for something. There are these two sales women standing at the end of the aisle shooting the breeze. So I decide to go ask them for help but before I can get in shouting distance of them, they see me coming and take off. WTF? :distress: I press on anyway and find one of them at a door with one of those code locks and she is having trouble opening it and trying to make her escape. I said "Excuse me" and she whirls around and says "I'll be with you in a minute." I just shook my head and walked off and found someone else to help me.
A few weeks ago, I was at Circuit City looking for a new memory card for my digital camera. I go over to the section where they are but I'm not sure which one I should use. The little booklet that they have there is confusing as hell. So there is this sales guy standing right behind me helping some friends of his and they are just casually shooting the breeze. He could have easily helped me but chose to ignore me instead. Best part: The guy's friend is standing there in a pair of athletic shorts doing some kind of cheerleader semi split. His feet are blocking the aisle where I and other customers are trying to walk. He sees me and others but doesn't move an inch. The worst thing is that I realize he's just standing there in his semi-split letting his balls air out in public. Gag. So again, I go find someone else to help me. This guy is no rocket scientist either. I have a few simple questions about the card and the guy responds with "Uh, I can't remember." I fished this guy out of the computer department, no less. :shocked: So when I got home, I took their little survey and gave them a few good paragraphs. I haven't heard anything back, though. :lol:

[strandinthewind]

I tend to let the people in charge know if something is not up to snuff. I find that most of the time, they are happy to hear it, esp. when it is proffered in a nice way, which, granted, is hard to do sometimes. I do find, though, that if I am a total ass about something, I usually regret my behaviour afterward.

[cliffdweller]

I used to let things slide. But I work hard for my money and things are so damn expensive now that if I'm going to pay a lot for something, I certainly don't expect **** serivce on top of it. What I've found effective is that a lot of the stores have websites that ask for your feedback. Any time I have an exceptional experience (good or bad) I let them know.
Yesterday, I'm in Home Depot and I'm looking for something. There are these two sales women standing at the end of the aisle shooting the breeze. So I decide to go ask them for help but before I can get in shouting distance of them, they see me coming and take off. WTF? :distress: I press on anyway and find one of them at a door with one of those code locks and she is having trouble opening it and trying to make her escape. I said "Excuse me" and she whirls around and says "I'll be with you in a minute." I just shook my head and walked off and found someone else to help me.
A few weeks ago, I was at Circuit City looking for a new memory card for my digital camera. I go over to the section where they are but I'm not sure which one I should use. The little booklet that they have there is confusing as hell. So there is this sales guy standing right behind me helping some friends of his and they are just casually shooting the breeze. He could have easily helped me but chose to ignore me instead. Best part: The guy's friend is standing there in a pair of athletic shorts doing some kind of cheerleader semi split. His feet are blocking the aisle where I and other customers are trying to walk. He sees me and others but doesn't move an inch. The worst thing is that I realize he's just standing there in his semi-split letting his balls air out in public. Gag. So again, I go find someone else to help me. This guy is no rocket scientist either. I have a few simple questions about the card and the guy responds with "Uh, I can't remember." I fished this guy out of the computer department, no less. :shocked: So when I got home, I took their little survey and gave them a few good paragraphs. I haven't heard anything back, though. :lol:

"Air his balls in public" --- rich :laugh:

Yeah, I'm just sick of piss poor service. I was at a smoothie stand this morning on campus and had THE WORST treatment from one of the employees who decided that she'd like to give me as much attitude as possible for forgetting to bring my credit card with me. **** happens you know? I ran back to my office to get it, apologized profusely for forgetting it and the employee (upon my return) decided to berrate and harrass me for making her wait 5 minutes! I complained to the division of housing and food here on campus (this isn't my first encounter with their bad behavior either), I wonder if I'll even get a response!

[wondergirl9847]

I despise walking into a store and having to deal with little 15 year olds who don't know crap about the products. I went into Best Buy to look at the cameras last year and had to deal with some guy who didn't have a clue about anything. Yeah, thanks for your help. :rolleyes:

If you don't like people and don't like dealing with them (I am one of those. LOL), then don't work in retail! Try to learn all you can about the products you are selling for frick sake. I'm sorry, but we've gone downhill so fast in regards to service and quality of product. It's really sad. :(

[David]

I tend to let the people in charge know if something is not up to snuff. I find that most of the time, they are happy to hear it, esp. when it is proffered in a nice way, which, granted, is hard to do sometimes.That's what I always do: ask immediately for the manager. I tell the manager that I was just about to buy something expensive but because I got no help, I decided to buy the item from a competitor.

Even though it's often inconvenient for me, I leave when assistance is poor or nil. I never make a scene & keep it completely polite. But people are under the grossly mistaken notion that suffering rude treatment in silence is the polite thing to do.

[strandinthewind]

"Air his balls in public" --- rich :laugh:

IT WAS NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

. . . I wonder if I'll even get a response!

I sometimes put in a complaint that I am not seeking anything for free or any kind of compensation. For example, a friend and I were in Bergdoff Goodman a few months ago and she wanted to buy a coat. We were looking for a certain designer. No one would give us the time of day though most of the depts were empty. When anyone could be bothered, they merely pointed the way.

So, I wrote to BG and said that I had been shopping there since like 1980 and this was the first time I had ever been treated like that and that was a shame because I sort of grew up in that store, etc. I clearly indicated I was not seeking anything in the way of compensation for the rudeness - I just wanted them to know. Well, the manager sent me a handwritten page long note about how people like me who go there everytime I am in NYC are their bread and butter customers and that she was implementing these new steps so that no one is ignored again. She also thanked me for taking the time out to let her know of the problems and, under protest, sent me two coupons for a free lunch in their fab cafe. She made a point to say this was not a compensation, but advertisement, which was punctuated by a smiley face.

So, sugar draws more than salt I guess.

[DrummerDeanna]

I never used to complain either - but nowadays if I get bad service or rude treatment I do bring it to the attention of management.

AND many times I get something in return (so not why I do it) like a free soda or something :p

But I really have to be pushed to complain against a person.

It's sad to me that nowadays it seems bad service is the norm whereas good service is hard to find. So when I get really good service - I try to bring that to management's attention as well.

[HomerMcvie]

Sometimes filling out the online complaint forms will do you no good though.:distress:
Kohls, six months ago.
Pick out a pair of shoes.
Go to checkout.
Wait in line for about ten minutes. There's only ONE register open on that end of the store. The associate WAS paging for help, repeatedly. Nobody came though.
Finally, a few customers said, "let's go to the registers at the other end of the store".
We get down there, where there are two registers open.
I wait there, close to another ten minutes.
I get to the register, and guess what happens?

The other register needs a price check, so this STUPID bi*ch tells me, "I'm closing my register now, because she needs a price check".
I informed her (nicely) that I'd waited in TWO lines for 20 minutes total, and NOW she's CLOSING her register, when I'm finally up to it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

"Sorry. She needs a price check, so I'm closing".

Me> "yeah, well you can keep these god damned shoes"!

Madder than hell, I go online at home, and fill out their complaint form. The store manager finally emails me. Never admits any mistake on their part, only that, "I spoke with the associate concerning this matter".
No "sorry".
Nothing to make any reparations.
Nothing.

Kohls is the best place on my side of town, for clothing and shoes. As a result of this incident, and the UNsatisfactory way in which they dealt with it, they will NEVER get another dime of my money!
Rant off!:sorry:

[estranged4life]

for assistance, I know exactly what I am looking for when I enter a store...Why bother with a hassle of asking, and receiving poor customer service?

[gldstwmn]

Madder than hell, I go online at home, and fill out their complaint form. The store manager finally emails me. Never admits any mistake on their part, only that, "I spoke with the associate concerning this matter".
No "sorry".
Nothing to make any reparations.
Nothing.

Kohls is the best place on my side of town, for clothing and shoes. As a result of this incident, and the UNsatisfactory way in which they dealt with it, they will NEVER get another dime of my money!
Rant off!:sorry:

If you saved that email, I would find out who the regional manager is and forward it to him saying exactly what you have said here. They should have at least offered you an apology.

[jannieC]

As a former restauarant manager, I do complain. But I do it really nicely and I do it because I know that manager would want to know that they have a slack-ass working for them. :)

Once, when I was in Walmart, they issued a code-whatever (can't think of what it is called) but they described the little boy who was missing and gave his name out over the intercom! So, really, a freak could have walked up to him (based on his description), said his name and grabbed him out of there! I called the manager from my cell phone later in the day and explained how upset I was over the whole thing. He didn't really give me a satisfactory answer, so I emailed their corporate offices and got a phone call from some upper management person. He agreed with me that it was handled totally incorrectly (they didn't even block the exits/entrances like they were supposed to), and that he was scheduling a training class for all managers and employees of that particular Walmart! Go me!:wavey:

P.S The little boy was fine, btw.

[HomerMcvie]

If you saved that email, I would find out who the regional manager is and forward it to him saying exactly what you have said here. They should have at least offered you an apology.
And not that I was seeking compensation, but a coupon or SOMETHING would've made me feel a little more forgiving about them wasting time.

Either admit your guilt, and offer an apology, or make it up to me. Your choice!
They chose neither.
I no longer choose them.

[The Tower]

Since I've worked in customer service for the last 20 years, I really know what it's like to deal with jerkwad, asshole customers. With that said, I never complain about poor service, ever.

If I receive poor service or attitude or any of that crap, I just leave the store and never shop there ever again. I don't give management the opportunity to recover my business, because if they actually cared, the poor service/attitude wouldn't have existed in the first place.

Case in point: Home Depot. I went there one time. Horrible service. Never went back. I always shop at my local hardware store for all that stuff now. When I walk in the store, an associate walks up to me (without asking) and says, "Can I help you find something?". They always get my business and I tell them why.

When I get good service, I always communicate it- when I get bad service, I just leave.

Same thing with restaurants. If I get poor service or if the food is crappy, I never go back there again. I only go good restaurants. And I always tip 20%.

[cliffdweller]

And not that I was seeking compensation, but a coupon or SOMETHING would've made me feel a little more forgiving about them wasting time.

You know, I wasn't even thinking about this after what happened in my episode this morning. I was just fuming at the dehumanization and rudeness of the employee and wanted their boss to know about it. But now that you mention it, I wouldn't mind a free smoothie!

And yeah, I know it was only a smoothie, but it's the principal of the thing dammit :laugh: and also, I'm sick of the constant rudeness over there.

[cliffdweller]

Case in point: Home Depot.

Home Depot seems to be the bane of everyone's existence! I'll be sure to avoid it like the plague.

[goldie]

Yep. I politely express my complaint when I receive poor service or if I feel something should be brought to a manager's attention. Poor service just is not acceptable to me anymore. Just last week, I had to inform the manager at Quiznos that the chips on display were OUTDATED. That was the 2nd Quiznos in town where I have seen this and reported it.

I also reported very poor customer service at a hospital registration desk once. I received so many thanks from administration ... even a thank you note. Of course, if I have to go back, I will probably get poisoned by someone there, but I am ok with taking risks!! :p

[strandinthewind]

. . . Of course, if I have to go back, I will probably get poisoned by someone there, but I am ok with taking risks!! :p

Well, why does "HALF O' CHIQUAPIN PARISH'LL GIVE THEIR EYE-TEETH TO TAKE A WHACK O' OUISER!" pop into my head :p :p

Also - to totally hijack for a second!!!


Memorable Quotes from
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Clairee: I've just been to the dedication of the new children's park.
Truvy: Yeah, how did that go?
Clairee: Janice Van Meter got hit with a baseball. It was fabulous.
Truvy: Was she hurt?
Clairee: I doubt it. She got hit in the head.

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Truvy: In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight.

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Truvy: Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marchin' across your face.

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Shelby: Pink is my signature color.

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[Referring to her daughter's many pink wedding decorations]
M'Lynn: That sanctuary looks like it's been hosed down with Pepto-Bismol.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: I am just about at the end of my rope with you.
Drum: Well, then why don't you tie a noose and slip it 'round your head?

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Truvy: I kind of like hiring somebody with a past.
Clairee: She can't be more than eighteen. She hasn't had time to have a past.
Truvy: Oh get with it, Clairee. This is the eighties. If you can achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free. And I don't see movies 'cause they're trash, and they got nothin' but naked people in 'em! And I don't read books, 'cause if they're any good, they're gonna make 'em into a miniseries.

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Clairee Belcher: All gay men have track lightin'. And all gay men are named Mark, Rick, or Steve.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: I'm not crazy, M'Lynn, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years!

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Ouiser Boudreaux: This is it, I've found it, I'm in hell.

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Drum: Ouiser, can we call a truce long enough for me to get a piece of cake?
[Ouiser slices him the tail piece of an armadillo cake]
Drum: Aww, thanks Ouiser. Nothin' like a good piece of ass.

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Annelle: I think we should pray.
Sammy: I'd rather eat dirt!

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Annelle: Sammy Wayne Desoto, what is this in my Frigidaire?
Sammy: Beer.
Annelle: I don't care what you do with your refrigerator, but you will not keep liquor in mine.
[dumps the beer out in the yard]
Sammy: Oh, Annelle, for Christ's sake!
Annelle: Who? Who did you say?
Sammy: Christ, Christ, Christ!
Annelle: Are you speaking of our Lord? Is that whose name you're taking in vain?
Sammy: That's the one.
Annelle: Well, I'm sorry, Sammy. But I am not about to spend the next fifty years of my life with someone I'm not gonna run into in the hereafter.
Sammy: Oh, Annelle, goddammit!
Annelle: I think we should pray.
Sammy: Oh, I'd rather eat dirt!

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Nancy Beth Marmillion: That Jackson is one big hangin' man!
Shelby: [annoyed] Yes, I know.

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[about the new mayor's wife dancing]
Clairee Belcher: Looks like two pigs fightin' under a blanket.

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Truvy: When it comes to pain and suffering, she's right up there with Elizabeth Taylor.

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Shelby: Well, we went skinny dipping and we did things that frightened the fish.

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Annelle: Miss Truvy, I promise that my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair.

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Shelby: Truvy, you know what you need in here? You need a radio, takes the pressure off of everyone feeling they have to talk so much.
Truvy: I had one once, but I threw it up against the wall when I couldn't figure out where the batteries went. I know now I was suffering from pre-menstrual syndrome.

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Shelby: I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.

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Truvy: There's so much static electricity in this room, I pick up everything but boys and money.

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Clairee Belcher: Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!

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Truvy: I'm just screamin' at my husband; I can do that any time!

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Clairee Belcher: They were both high. They'd been smokin' everything but their shoes.

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Truvy: Oh, Sammy's so confused he don't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: The only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than God.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: I'm not as sweet as I used to be.

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Truvy: I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence.

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Clairee Belcher: I love ya more than my luggage.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: You are a pig from hell.

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Annelle: [quietly] That wasn't a very Christian thing to do.
Clairee: Oh Annelle, lighten up.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: You are too twisted for color TV!

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Ouiser Boudreaux: I'm not crazy, I've just been a very bad mood for the last 40 years!

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Clairee Belcher: That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.

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Clairee Belcher: The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: My God, you look different. Have you shrunk?

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[Sammy is wearing an Easter bunny contume]
Annelle: We'll talk about uncomfortable when you're nine months pregnant!

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Ouiser Boudreaux: Yes, Annelle, I pray! Well, I do! There, I said it, I hope you're satisfied.
Annelle: I suspected this all along!
Ouiser Boudreaux: Oh! Well don't you expect me to come to one of your churches or one of those tent-revivals with all those Bible-beaters doin' God-only-knows-what! They'd probably make me eat a live chicken!
Annelle: Not on your first visit!
Clairee Belcher: Very good, Annelle! You've spoken like a true smart-ass!

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Truvy: Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.

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Truvy: Smile! It increases your face value.

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Clairee Belcher: You know, you would be a much more contented, pleasant person if you would find ways to occupy your time.
Ouiser Boudreaux: I'm pleasant. Damn it! I saw Drum Eatenton at the Piggly Wiggly this morning, and I smiled at the son of a bitch 'fore I could help myself.

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Clairee Belcher: Ouiser could never stay mad at me; she worships the quicksand I walk on.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: Drum, eat **** and die.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: You are evil, and you must be destroyed.
Clairee Belcher: Mother Nature's taking care of that faster than you could.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: Annelle, take your Bible and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

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Truvy: Oh, honey, God don't care which church you go, long as you show up!

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Ouiser Boudreaux: Clairee, this is just a gesture. We're not feedin' Drum until the end of time.
Clairee Belcher: Drum loves pork and beans. Eats 'em with everything.
Ouiser Boudreaux: Well, that explains a lot.

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Annelle: We are in the house of the Lord!
Clairee Belcher: A lot she cares. Ousier's never done a religious thing in her life.
Ouiser Boudreaux: Now that is not true. When I was in school, a bunch of my friends and I would dress up as nuns and go bar-hoppin'.

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Ouiser Boudreaux: A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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Truvy: You are playin' hard to get!
Clairee Belcher: At her age, she should be playin' beat the clock.

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Clairee Belcher: Ouiser, I'd recognize this penmanship anywhere. You have the handwritin' of a serial killer.

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Sammy: Oh, Annelle, for Christ's sake!
Annelle: Who?
Sammy: Christ.
Annelle: Who did you say?
Sammy: Christ, Christ, Christ!
Annelle: Is that our Lord whose name you're taking in vain?
Sammy: That's the one.

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Clairee: Ouiser, you sound almost chipper what happened today you run over a small child or something?

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Clairee Belcher: The older you get, the sillier you get.
Ouiser Boudreaux: Yeah, well the older you get, the uglier you get.

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Clairee: And I can also report that a mysterious car is parked in her driveway at least once a week...
Ouiser Boudreaux: There. My secrets out. I'm having an affair with a Mercedes Benz!

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Annelle: That is one ugly dog. What kind of dog is that?
Clairee: If it had hair, it'd be a Saint Bernard.

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Truvy: Well, these thighs haven't gone out of the house without lycra on them sice I was 14.
Clairee: You were brought up right.

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Truvy: There is no such thing as natural beauty.

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M'Lynn: Shelby, the boys bought the car around.
Shelby: What did they do to it?
M'Lynn: Well, let me put it this way... If you and Jackson want to practice safe sex, you're all set!

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Truvy: I don't like her. I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.

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Tommy Eatenton: [at same time as his brother] Hello Miz Ouiser
Jonathan Eatenton: Hello Miz Ouiser.
Ouiser Boudreaux: [Makes a face] Ugh! Leave me alone!

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M'Lynn: Oh Ouiser, Drum would NEVER point a gun at a lady!
Ouiser Boudreaux: Oh! He's a real gentleman! I bet he takes the dishes out of the sink before he PEES in it!

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Annelle: [stands up after praying] Amen.
M'Lynn: [looking confused at Truvy] Was she just praying?
Truvy: [rolling eyes, frustrated] Yes.
M'Lynn: Why?
Truvy: Maybe she's praying for Marshall and Drew and Belle. Maybe she's praying for us because we're gossiping. Maybe she's praying because the elastic is shot in her pantyhose! Who knows! She prays a the drop of a hat these days.

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Truvy: Louie brought his new girlfriend over, and the nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly.

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M'Lynn: [crying] I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine.
[screaming]
M'Lynn: I'm fine! I can jog all the way to Texas and back, but my daughter can't! She never could! Oh God! I am so mad I don't know what to do! I wanna know why! I wanna know *why* Shelby's life is over! I wanna know how that baby will *ever* know how wonderful his mother was! Will he *ever* know what she went through for him! Oh *God* I wanna know *why*? *Why*? Lord, I wish I could understand!
[In a firm tone]
M'Lynn: No! No! No! It's not supposed to happen this way! I'm supposed to go first. I've always been ready to go first! I-I don't think I can take this! I-I don't think I can take this! I-I just wanna *hit* somebody 'til they feel as bad as I do! I just wanna *hit* something! I wanna *hit it hard*!
[continues sobbing]
Clairee: *Here*!
[Grabs Ouiser by the shoulder and positions her in front of M'Lynn]
Clairee: *Hit this*! Go ahead M'Lynn, *slap her*!
Ouiser Boudreaux: [Taken aback and confused] Are you crazy?
Clairee: *Hit her*!
Ouiser Boudreaux: *Are you high, Clairee*?
Ouiser Boudreaux: [In a frightened tone] Clairee, have you lost your mind?
Clairee: We'll sell t-shirts sayin' "I SLAPPED OUISER BOUDREAUX!" Hit her!
Annelle: [in a scared tone] Ms. Clairee, enoough!
Clairee: Ouiser, this is your chance to do something for your fellow man! Knock her lights out, M'Lynn!
Ouiser Boudreaux: [snatches away] Let go o' me!
Clairee: M'LYNN, YOU JUST MISSED THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME! HALF O' CHIQUAPIN PARISH'LL GIVE THEIR EYE-TEETH TO TAKE A WHACK O' OUISER!

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M'Lynn: I find it amusing. Men are supposed to be made out of steel or something. I just sat there. I just held Shelby's hand. There was no noise, no tremble, just peace. Oh god. I realize as a woman how lucky I am. I was there when that wonderful creature drifted into my life and I was there when she drifted out. It was the most precious moment of my life.

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Annelle: Does your dress have to go over your head?
M'Lynn: No
Annelle: OH! Thank God!

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Shelby: [to Annelle] Relax! You can't screw up her hair. Just tease it and make it look like a brown football helmet.

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Truvy: What are your colors, Shelby?
Shelby: My colors are "blush" and "bashful."
M'Lynn: Her colors are "pink" and pink."
Shelby: My colors are "blush" and "bashful" Mama!
M'Lynn: How precious is this weddin' gonna get, I ask you?

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Clairee Belcher: [discussing the color of the football uniforms] ... But I love the top - such a vibrant purple. Bob, would you call this color "grape" or "aubergine'?
Clairee Belcher: SHUT UP!
Clairee Belcher: What?
Ouiser Boudreaux: You're makin' a fool outta yourself, Clairee.
Clairee Belcher: I am not.
Ouiser Boudreaux: This is football. All people care about are touchdowns and injuries. They don't give a damn about that grape ****.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098384/quotes

[DrummerDeanna]

Jesus!

Now that's my favorite movie of all-time - but why didnt you just go ahead and post the whole script?? ;)

Also - my favorite line has to be Clairee's "you know what they say, if you can't say anything nice about anybody come sit by me!"

Ah my life's motto :p

[skcin]

Love that movie. I can't tell you how often this line has entered my head:

Truvy: Well, these thighs haven't gone out of the house without lycra on them sice I was 14.
Clairee: You were brought up right.

[DrummerDeanna]

Love that movie. I can't tell you how often this line has entered my head:

Truvy: Well, these thighs haven't gone out of the house without lycra on them sice I was 14.
Clairee: You were brought up right.


:laugh: Mine too ...although lately I hear the line "looks like two pigs fightin' undah a blanket"

[cliffdweller]

I love the exchanges between Ouiser and Clairee :laugh:.

[strandinthewind]

I love the exchanges between Ouiser and Clairee :laugh:.

You realize that is going to be us in 20 years :eek: Now which one is Ouiser and which one Clairee :eek:

[cliffdweller]

You realize that is going to be us in 20 years :eek: Now which one is Ouiser and which one Clairee :eek:


Uh, I am SO Ouiser! Although I do love it in Shelby's funeral scene when M'Lynn says, "I'm so mad I want to just hit something!" and Clairee shouts, "If you wanna hit something, hit Ouiser!" and shoves Ouiser out there in front of M'Lynn. That whole scene is just hysterical!

[strandinthewind]

Uh, I am SO Ouiser! Although I do love it in Shelby's funeral scene when M'Lynn says, "I'm so mad I want to just hit something!" and Clairee shouts, "If you wanna hit something, hit Ouiser!" and shoves Ouiser out there in front of M'Lynn. That whole scene is just hysterical!

I know --- that is what popped into my head about Jazzy and the hospital staff!

[DrummerDeanna]

Uh, I am SO Ouiser! Although I do love it in Shelby's funeral scene when M'Lynn says, "I'm so mad I want to just hit something!" and Clairee shouts, "If you wanna hit something, hit Ouiser!" and shoves Ouiser out there in front of M'Lynn. That whole scene is just hysterical!


Ahem. She says "HERE...hit this...Go on M'Lynn...whack her!"

:p

Seriously? Best. Movie. Ever.

I wanna be someone.. can I be the wild version of Anelle? :p

[ryan8472]

I almost complained at a restaurant last night, but then I realized I was in McDonalds. :lol:

I was standing at the counter for 7 minutes (I counted!) and wasnt served. The dude working there told me "Hold on one second" so I was like whatever. And then he went to tend to the grease fries and never came back. So I walked out. :p

[cliffdweller]

Ahem. She says "HERE...hit this...Go on M'Lynn...whack her!"

:laugh: "Hit this." Now THAT is greatness!

[strandinthewind]

Ahem. She says "HERE...hit this...Go on M'Lynn...whack her!"

:p

Seriously? Best. Movie. Ever.

I wanna be someone.. can I be the wild version of Anelle? :p

Yes~~~~~

I was drinking and smoooooookin :laugh:

NOBAAWWDDYYYY MMMUUUUUUUVVVVVVEEEEEE --- -NNOOOBBBAAWWWDDYYYYYY MOOOOOOOVVVVEEEEEE

[HomerMcvie]

But now that you mention it, I wouldn't mind a free smoothie!

And yeah, I know it was only a smoothie, but it's the principal of the thing dammit :laugh:
Exactly. Even "$5 off your next purchase", would've been MONEY WELL SPENT, on their part. Instead, they chose the "we're really not sorry" route, and-not that they care-, but they've already lost a few hundred from me!
If you treat me like ****, you'd better make it up to me, or I'll take my money elsewhere! Period.

Another example, I WAS a NTN trivia addict. My favorite pub(and the only place that has trivia) put in plasma screens at their front bar, back in Feb, then hear that NTN will burn an image onto the plasma, soooo, NO trivia at the bar(WHERE my buddies sit). Either sit in the restaurant part(in a booth), or back in the dance part, where you couldn't think if you had to, because it's sooo loud!(note- my buddies aren't going to move, trivia or not):shocked: .
They promised a couple of regular TV screens at the front bar for trivia, BACK IN FEB!, when they installed the plasma, but, nada.....

So, I love this place, but f*ck em, right? I adhere strictly to this policy:

The only vote you give me is with my wallet.

Boy, I'm feeling bitchy now!:lol:

[gldstwmn]

Home Depot seems to be the bane of everyone's existence! I'll be sure to avoid it like the plague.

Yeah. I should have gone to Lowe's. It's right across the street.

[DavidMn]

My favorite story along these lines is one time a few years back I was in this little corner store and I was in line behind a very annoying woman who was being waited on. The guy was smoking behind the counter, which I dont happen to think is appropriate, but this lady was really mean to him. She said to put out the F***IN cigarette or she was gonna call the cops. SHe told the guy she wanted to see the owner right away, and he proceeded to tell her he was the owner and blew a huge puff of somke right in her face!:laugh: She ran screaming out the door and I had my laugh for the day.

[DrummerDeanna]

My favorite story along these lines is one time a few years back I was in this little corner store and I was in line behind a very annoying woman who was being waited on. The guy was smoking behind the counter, which I dont happen to think is appropriate, but this lady was really mean to him. She said to put out the F***IN cigarette or she was gonna call the cops. SHe told the guy she wanted to see the owner right away, and he proceeded to tell her he was the owner and blew a huge puff of somke right in her face!:laugh: She ran screaming out the door and I had my laugh for the day.


yeah - see I've been in some places with the assiest of customers - sometimes people do deserve ****ty service :laugh:

But if the person giving the service turns around and treats ME ****ty for no reason -then I take issue...

[DavidMn]

yeah - see I've been in some places with the assiest of customers - sometimes people do deserve ****ty service :laugh:

But if the person giving the service turns around and treats ME ****ty for no reason -then I take issue...I certainly concur with you there. I'm not one that usually will go out of my way to complain, but sometimes it's neccesary.