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flgirl · 06-25-2008, 05:54 PM

Can I just say that sometimes I hate clients. I had a woman go off on me tonight...seems to be a pattern for me...LOL...then she calls back and apologizes...I actually asked someone if there was something about me that I was not seeing...I am a complete and total professional at work, so I want the feedback...I talked to my executive director about the crap from yesterday, and she said I could not have done anything different. So I guess that is good.

tommyk · 06-25-2008, 06:21 PM

Sounds to me like you were given a 'test' and you passed it.

I work for myself and I know that clients who don't particularly like a situation vent it out on me, because I have to listen, even though everyone knows it isn't my fault.

gravity · 06-25-2008, 06:26 PM

I am learning to not let other peoples issues bother me. I try to do my best and if someone is being an ass, well, I just don't care. Takes practice and patience though.

flgirl · 06-25-2008, 06:27 PM

This woman is a challenge, I know. I am just really glad that I did not totally f*ck it up...Her phone call was actually pretty funny. Too bad it came at the end of the day from hell...LOL

flgirl · 06-25-2008, 06:40 PM

Jeep,

I love my job and have been lucky to have it. It just makes me laugh that I thought I had issues (and do) and these people have even more...welcome to SRQ...

Toomutch · 06-25-2008, 06:41 PM

Jeeplady-

I had to laugh at your post whenever my husband and I eat something that tastes bad we say it tastes like 9 kinds of @ss. Only conversing with eachother of couse.
This got me thinking how gross would @ss taste- let alone 9 kinds.

Flgirl- those kinds of days do suck- when it seems as if you are tested all day and night.

**51anna** · 06-25-2008, 06:44 PM

Hi Flgirl,

It does sound like you were being tested today and you did great.

I used to let things like that really get to me and I made it 'all about me'. Now, it is so much easier to deal with other people's anger.

flgirl · 06-25-2008, 06:44 PM

Well the good news is that I am doing well. Guess that is all I can ask for.

Toomutch · 06-25-2008, 06:55 PM

lol jl

flgirl · 06-25-2008, 07:03 PM

Too funny

serenityqueen · 06-25-2008, 07:32 PM

Oh, jeeplady, thanks for the laughs.

flgirl, I hope you aren't upset that I am assisting in the highjacking of your thread, but jeeplady's cropdusting made me think about a lunch the girls and I had together awhile back after the women's noon meeting.

When we got to the restaurant, all of the servers looked "normal" except one. . . and of course, this particular one waited on us. She had hair that had been bleached so many times it looked like cotton candy. Her multiple facial piercings weren't very appetizing, especially the small nose ring she had in. But what really took the cake was her tongue ring. She had one of those huge silver balls in her tongue and she kept flicking it across her teeth as she spoke. I wanted to just tell her that we all noticed it so stop it! We made it through ordering without laughing hysterically, then. . . our food arrived. As she set the huge tray on the folding stand thingy, she suddenly turned her head away from the food and began to have a sneezing fit. We were all very grateful that our food was not sprayed with snot . . until she turned towards us. She had a booger hanging off of the nose ring! We all froze in horror as she reached for our plates, one at a time, asking, "Now, who had, (flick the tongue piercing, watch the booger sway back and forth from her nose ring) french dip?" We're waiting for this monster booger to drop on one of our plates! As each one of us got our food, we'd breath a sigh of relief, grateful that we didn't get the bonus booger. After she set the final plate of food down, the booger dropped on table. That was it! We all broke out in hysterical laughter. And Stephanie, poor Stephanie, when she laughs hard, she snorts and farts at the same time. When she began her signature "snort farting" as we call it, our server looked at her, put down our checks right next to monster booger and said,"Now, that's just rude."

We each left her a dollar tip . . . and I got the little kleenex packet out of my purse and set it on top of the small pile of ones.

We now refer to this particular restaurant as Monster Booger.

Sorry guys, I just had to . . . if any of you have ever went to lunch after a particularly deep women's meeting, you'd understand.

God Bless, and guhzentight! lol
Judy

flgirl · 06-25-2008, 08:00 PM

ok guess not

ananda · 06-25-2008, 08:31 PM

any one ever seen "fight club" a server's fantasy come real!

SoBearish · 06-26-2008, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flgirl

Well the good news is that I am doing well. Guess that is all I can ask for.

That is great to hear Flgirl

06-25-2008, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
flgirl Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 447	Bad day Can I just say that sometimes I hate clients. I had a woman go off on me tonight...seems to be a pattern for me...LOL...then she calls back and apologizes...I actually asked someone if there was something about me that I was not seeing...I am a complete and total professional at work, so I want the feedback...I talked to my executive director about the crap from yesterday, and she said I could not have done anything different. So I guess that is good.
	__________________ The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

06-25-2008, 06:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
tommyk Hopeshot! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 976	Sounds to me like you were given a 'test' and you passed it. I work for myself and I know that clients who don't particularly like a situation vent it out on me, because I have to listen, even though everyone knows it isn't my fault.
	__________________ ...got God? Tough love = the truth. Don't shoot the messenger. Carry the message...!

06-25-2008, 06:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
flgirl Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 447	This woman is a challenge, I know. I am just really glad that I did not totally f*ck it up...Her phone call was actually pretty funny. Too bad it came at the end of the day from hell...LOL
	__________________ The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

06-25-2008, 06:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
flgirl Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 447	Jeep, I love my job and have been lucky to have it. It just makes me laugh that I thought I had issues (and do) and these people have even more...welcome to SRQ...
	__________________ The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

06-25-2008, 06:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Toomutch with a new light in my eyes Join Date: May 2007 Location: A very busy place Posts: 1,844	Jeeplady- I had to laugh at your post whenever my husband and I eat something that tastes bad we say it tastes like 9 kinds of @ss. Only conversing with eachother of couse. This got me thinking how gross would @ss taste- let alone 9 kinds. Flgirl- those kinds of days do suck- when it seems as if you are tested all day and night.
	__________________ “Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower”

06-25-2008, 06:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
gravity where the light is Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,164	I am learning to not let other peoples issues bother me. I try to do my best and if someone is being an ass, well, I just don't care. Takes practice and patience though.

06-25-2008, 06:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
51anna Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 10,593	Hi Flgirl, It does sound like you were being tested today and you did great. I used to let things like that really get to me and I made it 'all about me'. Now, it is so much easier to deal with other people's anger.
	__________________ Anna "I don't know what the future is holding in store I don't know where Im going, Im not sure where Ive been Theres a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the living, I don't need to see the end." John Denver

06-25-2008, 06:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
flgirl Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 447	Well the good news is that I am doing well. Guess that is all I can ask for.
	__________________ The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

06-25-2008, 06:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
Toomutch with a new light in my eyes Join Date: May 2007 Location: A very busy place Posts: 1,844	lol jl
	__________________ “Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower”

06-25-2008, 07:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
flgirl Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 447	Too funny
	__________________ The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

06-25-2008, 07:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
serenityqueen Attitude of Gratitude Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 1,211	Oh, jeeplady, thanks for the laughs. flgirl, I hope you aren't upset that I am assisting in the highjacking of your thread, but jeeplady's cropdusting made me think about a lunch the girls and I had together awhile back after the women's noon meeting. When we got to the restaurant, all of the servers looked "normal" except one. . . and of course, this particular one waited on us. She had hair that had been bleached so many times it looked like cotton candy. Her multiple facial piercings weren't very appetizing, especially the small nose ring she had in. But what really took the cake was her tongue ring. She had one of those huge silver balls in her tongue and she kept flicking it across her teeth as she spoke. I wanted to just tell her that we all noticed it so stop it! We made it through ordering without laughing hysterically, then. . . our food arrived. As she set the huge tray on the folding stand thingy, she suddenly turned her head away from the food and began to have a sneezing fit. We were all very grateful that our food was not sprayed with snot . . until she turned towards us. She had a booger hanging off of the nose ring! We all froze in horror as she reached for our plates, one at a time, asking, "Now, who had, (flick the tongue piercing, watch the booger sway back and forth from her nose ring) french dip?" We're waiting for this monster booger to drop on one of our plates! As each one of us got our food, we'd breath a sigh of relief, grateful that we didn't get the bonus booger. After she set the final plate of food down, the booger dropped on table. That was it! We all broke out in hysterical laughter. And Stephanie, poor Stephanie, when she laughs hard, she snorts and farts at the same time. When she began her signature "snort farting" as we call it, our server looked at her, put down our checks right next to monster booger and said,"Now, that's just rude." We each left her a dollar tip . . . and I got the little kleenex packet out of my purse and set it on top of the small pile of ones. We now refer to this particular restaurant as Monster Booger. Sorry guys, I just had to . . . if any of you have ever went to lunch after a particularly deep women's meeting, you'd understand. God Bless, and guhzentight! lol Judy
	__________________ *"It's Great to be the Queen!"*

06-25-2008, 08:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
flgirl Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 447	ok guess not
	__________________ The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

06-25-2008, 08:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
ananda Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere Left of Left Posts: 4,693	any one ever seen "fight club" a server's fantasy come real!

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