Triple Bogey
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There was this woman selling charity scratch cards at our shop today. A very good cause, disabled children. She obviously loves her job. She said 'good morning, have you had a nice day ?' to every customer. She was incredibly enthusiastic, very upbeat, friendly, trying to sell her scratch cards and get donations for those kids.
I admit she was very OTT and because we were in the shop all day, we would hear her speech to the customers over and over again and it did become annoying after a while but all the staff seemed to hate her. Behind her back of course. They made fun of her, mimicking her voice and what she said to the customers. They laughed at her, swore about her, one woman said she acted like did because she was a 'virgin' ?, it was non stop and quite horrible.
When I was on the till, I got talking to her. She was on commission only, had come from another city and this was her first job. Some customers were nice but some were very rude yet it didn't stop her enthusiasm. Some wouldn't even answer her greetings, while some would find any excuse to walk away once she started talking.
Anyway at the end of my shift, everybody was in the back laughing at her and I said I felt sorry for her so I was going to buy one of her scratch cards. People asked me why so I said she had a great attitude and it wasn't an easy job to do and most of the customers had been horrible. What I didn't say was I hate it when people get picked on. I hate people picking on the weakest link. She probably is a lovely person but because she is different to everybody else she get laughed at or ignored. (The manager never spoke to her all day !)
So I bought a scratch card from her. It was £10 and gave her a hug and said 'take care'
Just thought I would share this. I do feel sorry for the underdog, the odd one out. People are cruel sometimes.
I admit she was very OTT and because we were in the shop all day, we would hear her speech to the customers over and over again and it did become annoying after a while but all the staff seemed to hate her. Behind her back of course. They made fun of her, mimicking her voice and what she said to the customers. They laughed at her, swore about her, one woman said she acted like did because she was a 'virgin' ?, it was non stop and quite horrible.
When I was on the till, I got talking to her. She was on commission only, had come from another city and this was her first job. Some customers were nice but some were very rude yet it didn't stop her enthusiasm. Some wouldn't even answer her greetings, while some would find any excuse to walk away once she started talking.
Anyway at the end of my shift, everybody was in the back laughing at her and I said I felt sorry for her so I was going to buy one of her scratch cards. People asked me why so I said she had a great attitude and it wasn't an easy job to do and most of the customers had been horrible. What I didn't say was I hate it when people get picked on. I hate people picking on the weakest link. She probably is a lovely person but because she is different to everybody else she get laughed at or ignored. (The manager never spoke to her all day !)
So I bought a scratch card from her. It was £10 and gave her a hug and said 'take care'
Just thought I would share this. I do feel sorry for the underdog, the odd one out. People are cruel sometimes.