i walk out of that store every time, shaking my head, going "why, oh god, why are they this incompetent?" should you ever special order or custom order an item, the store will NOT refund it, exchange it, or credit you in any form, even if the product arrives damaged, non functional, or is simply the wrong thing all together. how rediculous is that? hell, most stores dont bat an eye at the product if you flash a receipt. not this place. even if the Pope walks in, blesses it, and sprinkles holy water on the receipt; "its yours" sigh. its just disgusting. the back story is some woman was quite upset that the 400 some dollar air conditioner she ordered didnt work... it pumps out warm, black, oil scented air. with receipt. paid for by store charge account. she comes in today, then gets abruptly told "sorry, but its yours" how the hell do you say that? if someone walked up, gave me 400 dollars, id bend over backwards to keep them happy. not this place. but then again, this is also the store that decides.. if a competetor is RETAILING an item for less than they do, they will go and physically buy out all of the competetor's stock. yes. now what the hell sense does that make? instead of letting the competetor get hosed on that deal, you walk over, pay retail price [which is far higher than your cost] and double the stock you sell at twice the cost.... what sense does any of this make? seriously... i wonder how this place stays in business with brilliance like this.

ofcourse, pointing a specific problems is like mopping the decks on the Titanic. we had to sit through a rediculous department meeting tonight. i walked away from it with fewer braincells than when i walked in. regardless. 2 of them sat and made fun of me the whole time, asking me why i didnt wear my sunglasses this time [at 10pm], or how much of a fag i must be because my shirt was tucked in, plus the somethingerothers about living at home, something about being a college graduate selling toilet seats, then something about how the cashiers were complaining that not only was it bad enough i was ugly, but then i started talking to them. i didnt say anything. why argue. so what. even if i would, obviously its just me against 7 people then; and it only makes them start it up everytime i see them. ive been called alot of things worse than that. but i also believe that i probably deserved it when i was called those things. at this point, im just sitting through the same boring meeting they are, not saying anything. it dawned on me that these are people that spent 15 years working for the same company to become a 2nd assistant department head. or worse. they watch nascar. they listen to new age country music. they all drive "street" pick up trucks. and most of them are married or well on the way to it. thats fine. im also the new person. thats fine. im fat. thats fine. sure, im ugly too. thats fine. yeah, im always going to be single. thats fine. but fucking step back off the college graduate remarks. in the worst way, that was the only thing i wanted to defend myself about. because even if everything else is true; this is the one thing i worked my ass off to do. i didnt work my ass off to be the new guy at some stupid redneck lumber yard, or to be 50 pounds over weight, or practice really hard to end up lonely... i didnt put in effort to be pathetic with women, or to find a kind of music i like that everyone else hates... but i sure as hell put in the effort to get where i am. i didnt flunk out of a community college and end up selling toilets. and thats the only thing i really took offense to. maybe i should have said something. but instead i just sat there grinding my knife into the side of the desk while they all jerked around. i just wanted to go home. i opened the store. worked a full day for one 10 minute break. then had to kill 4 hours until i could come back and sit through all of this shit again tonight. what a night. what a great place to work at.