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BigBallinStalin wrote:Did you mention to the lady that you were the guy delivering the steel and helping to unload it?
e.g. "Good afternoon, ma'am. Apologies for my disreputable/dirty appearance. I just delivered blah bah blahb lah, and the boss is waiting to hear from me. May I use your phone?"
And, at all times, one must remain diplomatic and sincerely smile.
Dukasaur wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:Did you mention to the lady that you were the guy delivering the steel and helping to unload it?
e.g. "Good afternoon, ma'am. Apologies for my disreputable/dirty appearance. I just delivered blah bah blahb lah, and the boss is waiting to hear from me. May I use your phone?"
And, at all times, one must remain diplomatic and sincerely smile.
I normally do, but sometimes cracks in the smile appear. With only eight minutes left I was probably a bit panicked and didn't have time to comport myself for full diplomatic deployment. I did convey all of that information, but probably not with the kind of charm that would have been possible if there was time to soften the ground with preliminary social banter. I was also totally flabbergasted by her initial salvo. I've never had someone hit me out of the blue with such a blatant discourtesy. It's one thing when you're in a bar fight and discourtesy is expected. It's quite something else when you walk into a customer's office with a perfectly normal and reasonable request.
TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Was the receptionist an owner or manager? I worked in retail for a few years, and we weren't allowed to let customers use the phone. It might not be fair to call her a cunt if she's just following orders. My 2 cents.
-TG
Dukasaur wrote:TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Was the receptionist an owner or manager? I worked in retail for a few years, and we weren't allowed to let customers use the phone. It might not be fair to call her a cunt if she's just following orders. My 2 cents.
-TG
I originally said "cunts" plural, meaning more than one person involved, but I've decided to play nice and edit it out, anyway.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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xeno wrote:This isn't the place to bitch about some singular experience you had with someone in the south. There's many nice people here but mostly racism and ignorance
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=241668&start=200#p5349880
saxitoxin wrote:xeno wrote:This isn't the place to bitch about some singular experience you had with someone in the south. There's many nice people here but mostly racism and ignorance
I thought Louisiana didn't think of itself as the south but like a quaint, French country village where 100,000 alligators escaped and everyone converted to Voodoo.
PLAYER57832 wrote:Next time, invest in a cheap track fone. (sp intentional). Saves grief for a variety of emergencies.
Napoleon Ier wrote:You people need to grow up to be honest.
riskllama wrote:Koolbak wins this thread.
Dukasaur wrote:So, I delivered to this company in Alabama today. Afterwards, I need to call my dispatcher to confirm delivery. Do you think they would let me use a phone? The receiver who unloaded me claimed there was no phone in the back. Blatant lie. What would they call an ambulance with if someone got injured. No such thing as a warehouse with no phone. But anyway, I can't call a customer a liar to his face, so I accept it at face value and go to the front office.
The receptionist bluntly tells me, in a very snotty tone, "we do not provide a public phone." Okay, I know she's thinking "who is this filthy pig?" That's what happens when you unload steel pipe -- you tend to get dirty. Steel mills are not clean places, and I didn't have time to change after unloading because it's almost the end of the day. I have eight minutes left to call the office before they close, and my time is ticking away.
Nope, you can't use our phone. I brought these people $26,000 of steel pipe, and they begrudge me a phone call. A free phone call, what's more, because it's a 1-800 number that costs them nothing.
I hit the road and look for a gas station with a phone booth. Phone booths are vanishing in the U.S., so I just pull in to a gas station at random and beg the clerk to use his phone. He's nicer than the people at the steel warehouse, and lets me use it. Too late. It's now 4:01 in Alabaman, 5:01 in Ontario. The office has closed, so now whatever miles I could have covered tonight will have to wait until the morning. All because some snotty cunts thought their phone was the equivalent of a sacred relic, not to be touched by working-class hands.
This is the famous Southern Hospitality? f*ck you! I hope their steel rusts into worthless dust! Filthy fucking selfish, selfish pricks.
Dukasaur wrote:So, I delivered to this company in Alabama today. Afterwards, I need to call my dispatcher to confirm delivery. Do you think they would let me use a phone? The receiver who unloaded me claimed there was no phone in the back. Blatant lie. What would they call an ambulance with if someone got injured. No such thing as a warehouse with no phone. But anyway, I can't call a customer a liar to his face, so I accept it at face value and go to the front office.
The receptionist bluntly tells me, in a very snotty tone, "we do not provide a public phone." Okay, I know she's thinking "who is this filthy pig?" That's what happens when you unload steel pipe -- you tend to get dirty. Steel mills are not clean places, and I didn't have time to change after unloading because it's almost the end of the day. I have eight minutes left to call the office before they close, and my time is ticking away.
Nope, you can't use our phone. I brought these people $26,000 of steel pipe, and they begrudge me a phone call. A free phone call, what's more, because it's a 1-800 number that costs them nothing.
I hit the road and look for a gas station with a phone booth. Phone booths are vanishing in the U.S., so I just pull in to a gas station at random and beg the clerk to use his phone. He's nicer than the people at the steel warehouse, and lets me use it. Too late. It's now 4:01 in Alabaman, 5:01 in Ontario. The office has closed, so now whatever miles I could have covered tonight will have to wait until the morning. All because some snotty cunts thought their phone was the equivalent of a sacred relic, not to be touched by working-class hands.
This is the famous Southern Hospitality? f*ck you! I hope their steel rusts into worthless dust! Filthy fucking selfish, selfish pricks.
KoolBak wrote:Are you an owner operator or an employee? If OO, then Dimey is right....if employee, get your damn employer to provide you with a cell phone; it's a necessity for a driver....need fuel / tires / breakdown / road issues / permits/ etc....come on!
Amazing story BTW....what idiots ;o(
isaiah40 wrote:I think it's because they consider you a Yankee!
I'm leased on with a Canadian company and a lot of their drivers who come down here have US phones. How, I don't know.
2dimes wrote:If not grab a net10 phone from almost any K-mart or 7-11 they come with time and will be less than $50 with a phone! You can go online and get a local phone number in your Canadian city and the wife can phone you, it will not cost extra long distance over the charge for phoning her and it just rings like normal. It will come with minutes and more minutes can just be bought at many gas stations and convieniance stores. 10 cents a minute anywhere in the US if you're late or break down, you can pull over and call the customer or home base.
Ace Rimmer wrote:I'm curious about where in Alabama. I'm in the Huntsville area.
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