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Learn About Tricks Employees Use in Dealing with Customers
I once worked at a country club with some wealthy members.
The official unofficial policy of the club was “you never tell a member no.” Which meant that whatever a member might request, you just told them you were on it and got to work.
Problem was, a lot of the time I either had no idea how to fulfill their particular request or knew for a fact that it couldn’t happen. But since I wasn’t allowed to just tell them that, my main strategy involved hurrying off to “take care of it” and then just kind of wandering around until I could find someone else to pass it off to.
It wasn’t good. That job wasn’t good.
But I’m not alone in finding these work-arounds.
i once worked with someone who told customers “sorry, it’s my first day!” any time they messed up. for 2 years straight
— makayla (@makaylathinks) May 19, 2021
The OP here wasn’t alone either. Because the tweet replies came flooding in.
10. Check in the back
The back is not some magical place, I don’t know what customers think goes on there.
Best thing about retail work is when a customer asks you to check the back stock room and you go back there for a 10 minute break
— Sir Ron Ⓥ (@Skressed4Now) May 19, 2021
9. It didn’t meet our standards
And we’re ALL about standards.
Working at a restaurant we were always told that if the order didn’t get out in to say that the food didn’t meet the high standards we expect and so you made the cooks recook it
— Brandon Jensen (@redrockYfan) May 19, 2021
8. I AM the supervisor
I can be anything I set my mind to.
One time a client wanted a supervisor and this agent said to the client today is ur lucky day you are speaking to a supervisor. He got to be a supervisor right before we got retrenched
— Papa Tlotliso ®
(@supastardejay) May 20, 2021
7. I’m still learning English
That’s a clever one.
I’m Polynesian with an indigenous name. So whenever I mispronounce or misspell a word I say , “Sorry I’m still learning English.” They then think English is my second or third language and it’s my first.
— ‘lsi Mon (@ki676love) May 20, 2021
6. Sorry, can’t help ya
Shouldn’t they have been trained?
I once rejoined a company after taking a break to study for 2 years so no one knew that I was really new. I always told them that I just joined so wouldn’t be able to help. Best way to get out of work you don’t get paid for
— Milky
Cookie
Shooky (@shooky_fanbase) May 19, 2021
5. I’ve just started
Sometimes, it’s official policy.
I used to do this when I worked in a call centre lmao they actively encouraged us to say “sorry I’ve just started here” anytime we made a mistake or something was taking a while
— Alya Zayed (@alya_zayed) May 19, 2021
4. Keep the training sticker
Don’t ask me, find someone else.
I had the training sticker on my name tag for almost my entire job. My manager kept threatening to make me a new name tag. Wouldn’t let her do it
— Ramona Lee (@rome_raven) May 19, 2021
3. The new girl
Not just a show.
That’s the rule. Newest is always the “new girl” or “new guy” (and always gets the blame!) until the new newbie comes along.
— diana (@realpestilence) May 19, 2021
2. It’s my birthday
It’s perfect until you start to get regulars.
I once worked with a waitress who told all her tables, every night, that it was her birthday and she had to work a double shift. Genius.
— Anno Bonnano (@Prairieopolis) May 19, 2021
1. Blessings be upon you
Now that’s a grift.
Some waitress on reddit would wear a gold cross on Sundays and tell the church crowd she was so sad she had to miss church to work lol. Said it was the best they’d ever tip
— Mel (@lennoncurry) May 20, 2021
Maybe use some of those tips in your own life? Couldn’t hurt.
What white lies have you told at work?
Tell us in the comments.
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Employers Should Stop Doing These Things in their Job Listings
The anxiety of not knowing where your next paycheck is coming from is certainly not helped along by the fact that looking for a new job, for most of us, is a process that makes us feel like we’re taking crazy pills.
As we wade through various websites, filling out forms and trying to discern requirements, the tasks we’re asked to clear start to feel alien. Is this real life? Is this a real job?
People who find themselves hopelessly frustrated with these things will soon be on Reddit making their complaints known, and based on that, here are some things employers should maybe stop doing if they really want to land a good hire.
10. Use applicants as free marketing
Everybody can see through this.
Another company using job seekers’ desperation to do PR for free from recruitinghell
9. Use form letters that are obvious lies
Dude we literally never met.
So curious how this recruiter "enjoyed meeting me" during an interview they flaked on and didn’t apologize for missing? from recruitinghell
8. Try to hire beyond your means
So why did you talk to me?
Everybody requires security clearance, nobody got time to sponsor it. The usual. from recruitinghell
7. Be so picky
Beggars and choosers and all of that.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. from recruitinghell
6. Mislabel your listings
All you’re doing is wasting everybody’s time.
The location for the job posting is literally labeled "Remote"….but okay. from recruitinghell
5. Demand so much
Do you have any idea what a doctorate costs in America?
Huh?! Those qualifications, for that role, for THAT pay? from recruitinghell
4. Add extraneous responsibilities
As the list gets longer, the applicant gets more afraid.
3. Assume the worst
Resume gaps happen for all kinds of reasons, and laziness is far from the top one.
2. Just disappear
You realize that by the time you get back to them, they’ve moved on.
Recruiter ghosted me on a phone screen. Two weeks later this was the email. from recruitinghell
1. List non-jobs as jobs
“After three months of not paying you, we might decide to pay you. Lucky you.”
Then don’t list it as a full time job???? from recruitinghell
Let’s start with those, shall we?
What’s the worst job application experience you’ve had lately?
Tell us in the comments.
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