From Dan's Blog!

sometimes you just gotta look at people and say:

HUUUUUUUUUUH?!?!

When working at the bookstore it's important to remember that you're at a COMMUNITY COLLEGE! For some reason, I forget that. Don't know why...but I do. I had a bunch of reminders today!! Let me tell you!

1. A Man came up to me with his SFA voucher. I put him in the system for $250. He has his books and I ring him up. The total is well over $250, and I tell him. "Alright. Financial Aid will only pay for $250 worth. You're going to have to pay the difference, or but what you can afford." Without missing a beat the man says: "They didn't tell me I had a limit on it!!" (Now, you can only imagine how he sounded...dumb!) I take the sheet of paper he handed me and point where it says AMOUNT. "It says $250...." Well, after that he goes, "Oh. I guess they did tell me..." (LOL! duh!) He makes a remark about how expensive the books are -which they REALLY are!! =[ - and the woman he was with says "Welcome to College!" in a way that would make you spit milk out of your nose! (lol!)
2. The Second encounter I had was with a guy who first dealt with amy, then meaghan, asking the same questions he asked me...(you more had to be there for this one!) He waits in line for the register (where I'm at...after recieving the answers he was about to ask from both amy & meaghan) and when he steps up, he asks me: "Are there any used books here?" (Now, I know he's already asked that question, and I know he already recieved an answer. So I told him, "Not at the registers, no. Most likely there aren't any used books, all the classes are using new editions. But, if we do have used books they'ld be located on the shelves with the other books." (If you know the layout of the store, than you will understand why I'm freaking out about this one! ) After I say that to him, he asks: "Where are the shelves?" (ARE YOU EFFIN' KIDDING ME?!) I wanted to look at him and say, I hope you're joking....but Ididn't. I calmly pointed to where the books are and I said, "The shelves are located over there, they have books on top of them. You might be able to find a used book where all the other books are. " This is where I sounded like a dick...but I was being completely sincere when I said," If a book has a used sticker on it, It means it's used!" (DUH!)

SERIOUSLY! I go to school with these people!!

Those were the only two that stuck out in my mind today. The rest of the day it was WICKED busy, off and on. But for the most part everyone was REALLY pleasant. It's weird, when there isn't RUSH people are jerks...When there is RUSH, people are just INSANELY dumb!

well, that's my work ventilation for now... >:O

MORAL OF THE STORY:

don't be dumb!