Fandom Forecast: Heavy Thunderstorms over Brony Documentary

fandom-forecast:

With the digital release of ‘Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony’ on January 19th came a expected downpour of mixed reactions within the MLP fandom on Tumblr, also known as Tumblrpon; some of which were crucially scathing. While some people praised of the animation…

fuckyeahretailrobin: [Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “EITHER HANDS YOU MONEY TOO SOON.”Bottom Text: “OR TAKES FOREVER LOOKING FOR IT.”] There’s a certain flow to paying for something. You hand over products to be scanned or tell your cashier what you got, the cashier enters this into the register and tells you your total, and then you hand over the money. The timing is apparently extremely difficult. Either I get customers shoving a credit card in my face before I have a chance to touch my register, or they spend ages checking every pocket and crevice for their money (bonus points if they manage to do both by pushing a card at me, then realize it’s actually their driver’s license or something).
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fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “EITHER HANDS YOU MONEY TOO SOON.”

Bottom Text: “OR TAKES FOREVER LOOKING FOR IT.”]

There’s a certain flow to paying for something. You hand over products to be scanned or tell your cashier what you got, the cashier enters this into the register and tells you your total, and then you hand over the money.

The timing is apparently extremely difficult. Either I get customers shoving a credit card in my face before I have a chance to touch my register, or they spend ages checking every pocket and crevice for their money (bonus points if they manage to do both by pushing a card at me, then realize it’s actually their driver’s license or something).

fuckyeahretailrobin: [Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET.”Bottom Text: “I’M A PERSON TOO.”] am I just being pushy when I ask that some customers recognize I’m just as human as them and I have feelings too? Sometimes basic human decency seems like it’s too much to ask of some people.
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fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET.”

Bottom Text: “I’M A PERSON TOO.”]

am I just being pushy when I ask that some customers recognize I’m just as human as them and I have feelings too? Sometimes basic human decency seems like it’s too much to ask of some people.

fuckyeahretailrobin: [Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “WHERE ARE.”Bottom Text: “ALL OF THE PENS.”] When customers have to sign the hardcopy, and for some reason, all of your pens got up and walked away.
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fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “WHERE ARE.”

Bottom Text: “ALL OF THE PENS.”]

When customers have to sign the hardcopy, and for some reason, all of your pens got up and walked away.

fuckyeahretailrobin: Okay, so there’s are pros and cons to situations involving Robins who are currently/have previously worked for your company.The good side is that these people already know what’s annoying and what isn’t, and will go out of their way to make sure their visit runs smoothly.The bad side is that sometimes you get smart-ass know-it-all’s who will stand there and tell you all the things you are “doing wrong” (which, really, you’re just doing the same job in a different way), while constantly saying something along the lines of “I’ve worked here before, so I know”.
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fuckyeahretailrobin:

Okay, so there’s are pros and cons to situations involving Robins who are currently/have previously worked for your company.

The good side is that these people already know what’s annoying and what isn’t, and will go out of their way to make sure their visit runs smoothly.

The bad side is that sometimes you get smart-ass know-it-all’s who will stand there and tell you all the things you are “doing wrong” (which, really, you’re just doing the same job in a different way), while constantly saying something along the lines of “I’ve worked here before, so I know”.