I have never walked out of a movie but I came damn close today - RANT

[pr_capone]

Went with the missus to see Indiana Jones.

What a worthless pile of elephant shit.

The first 10 minutes of the movie had both of us thinking that it *MUST* have been some sort of dream sequence or Prof. Jones doing a movie about his exploits or some such.

No... it was actually part of the movie.

Dialog was terrible, every cliche you have ever heard of is used in the film, the CGI was BLEH, and the script must have been originally written as fan fucking fiction.

After the movie, I went to the counter and asked for my money back.... got it too.

We stayed only because we thought that there was no possible way a movie by Lucas, Spielberg, and Ford would suck that hard. We were WRONG.

[Gonzo]

How disappointing, I was really looking forward to seeing this too.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by GonzoRox88

Part of my problem with the issue we're discussing is I think management in most larger companies are far too soft nowadays.

Like when I worked at Home Depot, our manager always tried to right wrong's that weren't their problem. A customer would order a pallet of ceramic tile, and we'd tell them it would be at the store in like 3-5 days, then we'd call them repeatedly and leave messages telling them their tile was in.

After they'd let the tile they purchased sit in the back room for a month or in some cases nearly six months, they'd come in and finally demand their tile after numerous phone calls. And given that the back room wasn't to be used as storage, and the customer was informed prompt pick-up was expected, the tile might get moved around and messed up a bit.

Then the customer would bitch and bitch about 3 broken tiles on a pallet with 25 boxes. And our weak management would give them a refund for the broken tile, and sometimes shave a percentage off of the entire sale for their "troubles".

Sometimes the customer isn't always right.

Most times the customer isn't right.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

How disappointing, I was really looking forward to seeing this too.

I think I might be the only man in America who doesn't really care for the Indiana Jones franchise, or George Lucas.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by milkman

Most times the customer isn't right.

This is true. I fucking hated working retail. I once had a guy come in and hand me a list of materials his father-in-law had wrote up for him.

It was standard lumber, 4x4s, 2x4s, etc. I had loaded about 15-20 boards on the cart before I asked him what project he was working on. He said his father-in-law and him were building a deck. I then realized he might have wanted treated lumber, so I said, "Okay, did you want treated lumber then?".

"Is there a difference?" he replied.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by GonzoRox88

This is true. I fucking hated working retail. I once had a guy come in and hand me a list of materials his father-in-law had wrote up for him.

It was standard lumber, 4x4s, 2x4s, etc. I had loaded about 15-20 boards on the cart before I asked him what project he was working on. He said his father-in-law and him were building a deck. I then realized he might have wanted treated lumber, so I said, "Okay, did you want treated lumber then?".

"Is there a difference?" he replied.

Well, that really isn't a customer wrong/right issue.

That's just an uneducated customer that wasn't given clear instruction by the man running the project.

Not all of us are handy, so we wouldn't know to ask for treated lumber.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by milkman

Well, that really isn't a customer wrong/right issue.

That's just an uneducated customer that wasn't given clear instruction by the man running the project.

Not all of us are handy, so we wouldn't know to ask for treated lumber.

I suppose that's a valid take on the issue.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by GonzoRox88

I suppose that's a valid take on the issue.

Hmmm? On that note, it's about time to treat the wood on my ATV trailer bed, what would be the best product to use? I was thinking about removing the factory wood and welding in a steel bed, but with the price of gas, screw that. The wood is still in good shape but needs to be treated.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by GonzoRox88

I suppose that's a valid take on the issue.

In my job, even I have to deal with stupid customers.

I was delivering to a K-Mart a few weeks ago, and the warehouse people dropped a pallett right in front of the door.

I told them that wasn't a good place to drop it, and the receiver told me that another worker was moving it right now.

That other worker moved it approximately 5 feet, dropped it and started to offload it.

This after he heard the exchange between the receiver and myself.

That pissed me off, because it was still in my way, but I waited patiently for him to complete his task.

About halfway through, he stops what he's doing and starts talking to a girl about some bar in Santa Barbara.

I said "Uh...buddy".

He looks at me with this look of bewilderment, and says "What?"

That was it.

I said "Get the **** out of the way you ****ing dumbass".

A week later the store manager had me kicked out of the store.

[XXXshogunXXX]

yes..people are stupid. There's really nothing you can do about it. You'll do nothing but frustrate yourself when you think about it... nowadays, I kinda try to look the other way.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by XXXshogunXXX

yes..people are stupid. There's really nothing you can do about it. You'll do nothing but frustrate yourself when you think about it... nowadays, I kinda try to look the other way.

That's kind of hard to do when you run into stupidity on a daily basis.

[Nzoner]

I've got family in town for the holiday and was wanting to go to a movie tonight,damn drive-in has romantic comedy and Indiana is taking up 3 focking screens at the local indoor plus romantic comedies etc. I want to see 21 or a good drama but hell no unless I want to drive to KC.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

I disagree. I have never before asked for a refund after viewing a movie. Had it been anyone else other than Lucas, Spielberg, and Ford... we would have walked out in the first 15 minutes.

If I am not satisfied with the product presented, why in the hell should I not get my money back?

So, you're the guy that eats an entire steak and then returns it because it wasn't cooked correctly?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by GonzoRox88

This is true. I fucking hated working retail. I once had a guy come in and hand me a list of materials his father-in-law had wrote up for him.

It was standard lumber, 4x4s, 2x4s, etc. I had loaded about 15-20 boards on the cart before I asked him what project he was working on. He said his father-in-law and him were building a deck. I then realized he might have wanted treated lumber, so I said, "Okay, did you want treated lumber then?".

"Is there a difference?" he replied.

There's a difference?

Er, I mean, what an idiot.

[blueballs]

Don't complain about the BJ until she swallows

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by GonzoRox88

So you went and demanded your money back for a service you recieved?

It doesn't matter if the movie was fantastic or terrible, you viewed it, it's kind of out of line to demand your money back...

I disagree wholeheartedly. You expect a certain quality of service when you purchase. If you don't receive that quality, you shouldn't have to pay. JMO.