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posted on December 03, 2008 at 10:02AM Inappropriate?
Many years ago at Montgomery Ward a woman's poodle crapped on the floor in appliances. We gave her a shopping bag to pick it up and then told a very young assistant store manager that this woman had placed something in her bag without paying ...still lol'ing at the look on his face when checking that bag. She was a good sport too.
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posted on December 03, 2008 at 10:17AM
 
k that trumps any story i can think of off the top of my head tho i could think of a couple managers ida like to have seen be the one to check that bag lol
posted on December 03, 2008 at 11:06AM
 
That is a funny story... and good thing she was a good sport about it!
posted on December 03, 2008 at 11:51AM
 

That wasn't very nice, though. I'd be mad if someone did that to me. Isn't it strange that a dog would be in the store?

posted on December 03, 2008 at 07:45PM
 
In response to michelina's post from December 03 2008 11:51AM
michelina said…

That wasn't very nice, though. I'd be mad if someone did that to me. Isn't it strange that a dog would be in the store?

na people bring those little yappy dogs in all the time claiming they are emotional support dogs
posted on December 03, 2008 at 11:08PM
 
Then there was the night when we all paged the Operations Manager simultaneously to a dozen different departments.
posted on December 04, 2008 at 06:57AM
 
I once worked at a Circuit City in the Customer Service Department and I had this elderly lady come in with a dinosaur of a cordless phone. It was so old! She said that she wanted to return it. Of course, she didn't have her receipt or the box and she even admitted that she wasn't sure that she had bought it from us but she demanded that we give her her money back. When I told her that we couldn't take the phone back, she threw it at me and it shattered into a million pieces after hitting the wall. I looked at her for a minute and said "Well, now we definately won't be taking it back because it appears to be broken." She screamed at me "Throw the thing in the trash then!" and stomped out of the store. We all had a good laugh over that!
posted on December 04, 2008 at 08:52AM
 
Ever sent the new kid in tools to find a left-handed hammer? Or tell the new Lawn & Garden "know-it-all" that the crankcase drain on a snowthrower is the belt adjuster? (the worst that can happen is some oil would come out, Mickey, and by the way, we'd have put the little dog's terd in the department ash tray but it was probably full)... those were the dayyys
posted on December 04, 2008 at 10:21AM
 
In response to madgolfer's post from December 04 2008 08:52AM
madgolfer said…
Ever sent the new kid in tools to find a left-handed hammer? Or tell the new Lawn & Garden "know-it-all" that the crankcase drain on a snowthrower is the belt adjuster? (the worst that can happen is some oil would come out, Mickey, and by the way, we'd have put the little dog's terd in the department ash tray but it was probably full)... those were the dayyys
my uncle worked at a resturant and used to send the new hot shot college educated managers to the basement( that they didnt have) for the bacon weight.
posted on December 04, 2008 at 01:10PM
 

What do you guys do on April Fool's Day? :)

posted on December 04, 2008 at 04:30PM
 

I was the recipient of an inside store joke one year while in college and believe it or not--it was at a K-Mart!!  I just realized that! 

My brother and I lived on Signal Mtn. in Tennessee and at the foot of the mtn. was a small strip mall with a K-Mart.  I shopped there all the time because of the convenience and my brother and I got very familiar with the staff.

My fiance' is coming to visit me during the holidays and wants me to have my picture taken with Santa.  Huh?  I'll do it with my girlfriends 'cause it's cute and sentimental but not by myself.  My brother says, "humor me, come-on go get the picture."  So, we're off to get pictures taken.  I don't like to be touched by strangers so sitting on Santa's lap isn't too comfortable for me.  But this Santa starts talking all sexy and cute with me. Then he starts tickling me--I'm not ticklish so instead of laughing I'm starting to well up with fear.  Santa gets a little more "friendly" and when I try to light off his lap he pulls me to him and gives me a kiss!  Okay, I'm not an aggressive person either so slapping him is out of the question.  I scream at the top of my lungs for my brother to come save me.  He is in fits of laughter until he realizes that I am really upset.  Then Santa stands up, pulls me to him and hugs me and whispers, "Gigi, I am sorry.  I thought you would find this funny."  Off comes the beard and hat and there is my fiance' grinning from ear to ear. 

I never did laugh about that incident and now I cringe when I see Santa in dept. stores; especially if they are walking around instead of being perched on their seat.  And by the way, I didn't marry that guy either!

I love pranks but that was too much for me.  I share this because the staff at K-Mart thought it would be okay since they knew me.  No one knew it would upset me like it did.  For everyone else it was a well thought out plan and everyone got a good laugh at my expense.  ~Gigi 

posted on December 04, 2008 at 04:37PM
 
In response to michelina's post from December 04 2008 01:10PM

Wait for a coworker to go into the restroom.  Take a thing of baby powder in and slide it toward the bathroom stall and then jump on it!  The boom will scare the mess out of someone and then there is a cloud of white and refreshing smoke everywhere.  The person in the stall starts gagging and while they are still in there you make you're escape.  You know who the victim is when they come out covered in a sheet of dusty white powder!

   

posted on December 04, 2008 at 07:41PM
 
In response to michelina's post from December 04 2008 01:10PM
michelina said…

What do you guys do on April Fool's Day? :)

oh forge emails from corprate about Operation Fewer Flushes nothing big
posted on December 04, 2008 at 09:13PM
 
In response to michelina's post from December 04 2008 01:10PM

We post a sign in the office that says, "Due to recent budget cuts we are forced to cut back on some expenses.  So, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off."  It gets our clients every time!!

I actually did this one to a coworker: I took the mouthpiece out of her phone and then ran the phone line all around her desk legs and then put the phone in her drawer.  The first time it rang she went to pick it up and couldn't find it.  She had to follow the sound.  It was funny watching her run her fingers along the phone line, crawl around and under the desk to get to the phone.  By then it quit ringing.  She put it back in its place but didn't know what else I had done.  The phone rings again and she answers it not knowing the caller can't hear her because the mouthpiece is gone.  The caller keeps saying hello, hello, and my coworker keeps saying, is anyone there--Gigi, is this you...It was hilarious because she could hear the caller but they couldn't hear her.       

posted on December 04, 2008 at 09:15PM
 
In response to goodole312's post from December 04 2008 07:41PM
I like that idea. I think I'll print up some those signs and get ready ;+)  ~Gigi
posted on December 04, 2008 at 11:49PM
 
In response to michelina's post from December 04 2008 01:10PM

What do you guys do on April Fool's Day? :)

OK...who told you about that picture ?

posted on December 09, 2008 at 02:31PM
 
When the manager goes out of the store somewhere and when he comes back and asks "How'd things go?",  you tell him everything was fine after the cops and fire dept. left!  The initial look on his face is priceless.
posted on December 09, 2008 at 08:12PM
 
In response to VickiVC's post from December 09 2008 02:31PM
VickiVC said…
When the manager goes out of the store somewhere and when he comes back and asks "How'd things go?",  you tell him everything was fine after the cops and fire dept. left!  The initial look on his face is priceless.
oh i used to just tell mine id leave a marker where the building used to be when ever he was leaving
posted on December 09, 2008 at 09:37PM
 
In response to GigiandAdonai's post from December 04 2008 04:37PM

Hmm, I'm not sure about that one considering how the global political climate is these days? 

posted on December 09, 2008 at 09:51PM
 
hmmm ok gigi but part of it was the guys are suppose to uh "go" behind the dumpster
posted on December 23, 2008 at 11:55PM
 
tom says to his wife.tina. baby.i. would love to go on a vacation.tina says to tom.to.tom says to any place.so tina.stops by the store.to spend.her last 50cent.on a 4  digit lotto ticket.and she won.tina comes running.in the house.to tom.and say baby,baby i. just hit the lotto. come and pack.all of your bags.tom says to tina. ok. but wear are we going.( jamaca) ( aruba) or what. tina says no i. dont know wear you are going. but you are getting out of hear.  ( ha,ha,ha,ha,ha) just a little joke.i, thought i. would share .( romantic darryl ) email me at.  darryl.fleet@yahoo.com
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