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Rules for Fae (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16725859

Rule

Alt text: a text post that reads: Work in retail long enough, and you'll eventually realize the rules for dealing with Customers are exactly the same as dealing with the Fae:

Avoid eye contact.

Never reveal your full name.

Accept nothing They offer you.

Never verbally agree or disagree with anything They might happen to say.

To apologize is to acknowledge a debt owed.

Under no circumstances are you ever to thank Them.

Remember that They are incapable of reading signs in human languages.

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[–] neo@lemy.lol 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm trying to come up with a dialogue that follows these rules, but it gets weird fast.

You ghoulishly sloush around the aisles, avoiding eye contact at all cost, but still a customer talks to you:

C: "Hi, excuse me. I'm looking for tomatoes."

You: "We are out for today."

C: "Oh, that's unfortunate."

You: "" (still avoiding eye contact)

C: "Well, how about I come back tomorrow?"

You: "There will be a new shipment of tomatoes by tomorrow."

C: "Okay, great! Then I just come back tomorrow?"

You: "If you come back tomorrow, there will be a new shipment of tomatoes."

C: "Are you alright?"

Avoiding eye contact, you silently slither away.

[–] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Uh-huh. What's wrong with that? Seems perfect.

[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Describes my typical retail experience, i wouldn't call that weird at all :D

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I mean, that might be true if you don't have any customer service skills. I did my time in food service, retail, and hospitality and I was good at my job because I broke pretty much every one of those rules.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No amount of soft skills will get people to read signs though

[–] neo@lemy.lol 2 points 5 months ago

I haven't read your post, but you are obviously wrong!

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

The key is to know which rules to break with which customer though. That's the hard part.

[–] Reznik@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

This is the reason why retail is dying.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Is that a US thing? Not here atleast.

[–] azrendelmare@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 months ago

It is a US thing, although exaggerated for comedy. At least when I was in retail, I did several of those things.