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PurpleKush
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im an asshole
#5663158 - 05/23/06 06:48 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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apparently. im kind of quiet, kinda introverted like a lot of people. i just want to take care of my shit and go about my business, but i always feel like everyone's pulling my focus in different directions. i dont mean to be a dick, but sometimes i just dont have anything to say to people.
this one jackass called to file a claim yesterday (i work at an insurance company) and i took his claim like i would anyone else's. at the end of the call he's like "are you having a bad day? why couldn't you be nicer?" i wanted to tell him that from now on, id hold him by the balls every time he took a step and to grow the fuck up and just handle his shit without needing his hand held, but i cant talk back like that.
anyways... am i an asshole or are there just a lot of pussies that need to be coddled their whole lives?
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Seuss
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> are you having a bad day?
Yes, I am at work.
> why couldn't you be nicer
Company policy.
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goobler
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nice to meet you Mr. Hole
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KingSpade
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You are not alone my friend. Most people are just little sissies whose parents should have never boned.
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PurpleKush
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Re: im an asshole [Re: KingSpade]
#5663246 - 05/23/06 08:00 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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FUCKIN A THESE PUSSIES WONT QUIT CALLING
my last conversation verbatim
"claims, this is jerry, may i help you?" "hello?" "yes sir?" "..." "can i help you sir?" "..." "sir?" "how you do?" (this guy cant speak english for shit) "excuse me?" "how are you doing, how you do?" "im allright, is there something i can help you with sir?" "..." "sir?" "you sound like you dont want to talk to me" "......is there something i can help you with?"
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
i hate people. and this job.
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Trav
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I would rather someone be nice to me when I'm calling to make a claim then to have some guy give me an attitude. I wouldn't mention it to you though, I would just figure you were some asshole. I'm not a pussy who needs to be coddled either, I just like some common courtesy when dealing with people.
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loopin20
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Re: im an asshole [Re: Trav]
#5663278 - 05/23/06 08:18 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've told customer service reps and the like that they are acting like assholes before. I mean, look, I'm paying for something and I call to get help and the guy/lady who answers the phone acts like a shit to me. And if I've been in an accident or my shit got messed up I'm probably not feeling to fucking happy myself. So, I'd like some fucking courtesy. This happened to me with State Farm after hurricane Rita. My house was all fucked up and I call to get some info on my claim and the bitch acts impatient with me. I wanted to fucking beat the bitch, but since I couldn't I just said: "Why are you being a bitch?"
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PurpleKush
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Re: im an asshole [Re: loopin20]
#5663299 - 05/23/06 08:27 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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well what else am i supposed to say? i mean, seriously, i try to be courteous but i want to get to the point at the same time because im sure theyve got other shit to do than sit on the phone all day. problem is, people call here and act mad at me personally for something i dont even have control over. i didnt cause the damn hail storm.
am i supposed to offer to blow them or something?
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Sihaya
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I think... like others have said... that when it comes to being in a customer service industry, you have to be nice (whatever that means).
The thing is, if you have this kind of attitude, chances are that anything you're going to say is going to sound bitchy. I think you need to actually want to be nice to these people or else it's not going to happen. I say this because you seem like the kind of person who can't fake anything well.
Socially though... I think your introverted, "suck-it-up" attitude is just fine as long as you have friends that get you.
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loopin20
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Acting like an asshole usually leads to me feeling like an asshole, which isn't really what I want to be.
Do whatever.
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PurpleKush
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Re: im an asshole [Re: loopin20]
#5663321 - 05/23/06 08:39 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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i think i just need a new job. i dont think im well suited for this one. im pretty sure other aspects of my life would be a lot more enjoyable if i didn't dread coming in everyday. then maybe i wouldn't have the tendency to be so asshole-ish.
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Pirate_Patrick
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I am an asshole I admit. It seems like getting straight to the point and just trying to get things done automaticly means your an asshole. Oh well.
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MadSeasonAbove
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Thats the kind of work you have to put up with in that business. You have 2 options: Deal with it or quit.
If some incompetent fuck was giving me trouble, whether it be an attitude or whatever, while I called for a claim, I would immediately ask for their supervisor. Don't be childish, shutup and do your job.
I hate it when people do this. It seems like everyone in the customer service industry has a chip on their shoulder, like they are owed something. Hey, you're the one who decided to work there. If you don't like dealing with people, go work at a morgue, or the local dump.
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Sadomasochrist
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That's nothing
I'm twice as introverted as you are AND I make assumptions about people's sexuality
Some guy almost called the cops on me one time because I thought he was gay and asked him to fuck
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Corporal Kielbasa

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Your that ASSHOLE that charges me extra because my car is red and i am between the ages of such n such.............
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PurpleKush
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nah, im homeowner's insurance.
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Azen
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I have the same personality type as you. I tried doing phone technical support for AOL for 6 months and hated every minute of it. I finally found a job that doesn't require me to deal with stupid people, actually no one but my co-workers. Well, a few of them are stupid. Find a job that fits your personality friend.
Azen
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goobler
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Re: im an asshole [Re: Azen]
#5663878 - 05/23/06 11:30 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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may I suggest
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Roadkill
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Quote:
PurpleKush said:
i think i just need a new job. i dont think im well suited for this one. im pretty sure other aspects of my life would be a lot more enjoyable if i didn't dread coming in everyday. then maybe i wouldn't have the tendency to be so asshole-ish.
no doubt!~
If you don't enjoy your job...
you should find one that you do enjoy!~
Maybe dealing with the public isn't your thing.
good luck!~
tc
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Harmonic_Order
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Re: im an asshole [Re: Roadkill]
#5664055 - 05/23/06 12:00 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I dunno, I think ya could stand to show a bit of pity, especially considering your job. I like it when people speak with kindness to me, and I think I ought to do the same whenever possible. Your description of yourself sounds like me, actually. I spend my work hours pouring myself out for people i don't know, "bending over backwards" to make a space where they can feel welcome, soothing their jangled nerves, relieving chronic pain etc. When I get off work, I have the most exquisite sensitivity to people's selfishness and bad attitudes. I usually withdraw from people personally so that I have the luxury of shotgunning their political and racial prejudices rhetorically. But my friends do mostly consider me crazy... does that answer your question?
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PurpleKush
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i think ive just come to the conclusion that im bored with this job, because i actually do enjoy helping people, but im always irritated with boredom and it makes me not the nicest guy in the world. but theres a better paying opening in the same company and i wont have to sit on the phones all damn day like i do now. so im going to apply for that. if i dont get it, i guess ill find something else.
as far as being an asshole goes... i think i just have ultra-incredible mood swings. not sure why, but i can be euphoric one moment and pissed in the next 5 seconds. i think someone to talk to like a counselor or psychiatrist would be good for me. i tend to think faster than i can keep up with and talking things through helps me sort things out a lot.
i get bored.
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quillini
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I worked in an insurance agency for about a year and a half, and it was shit. I can totally fucking identify with you man. One question: do you have a chick? I ask this because when I worked insurance it was because that was the best way to stay where I was and be close to my girl. I'm not saying I regret it, because it was a good relationship and all, but I will never never never never do insurance again, or any customer service, answering-the-phones kind of job. One girl was worth it, but I have learned my lesson.
If there's no immediate reason why you should stay with this shithole job, then I say find another one. Methinks you are missing out on life; at least that's what I've found from my experience. I was 19 and 20 when I was doing insurance, and no one that age has any business subjecting themselves to that kind of lobotomizing bullshit. Hell, I've worked as a waiter, a Wal-Mart cashier, and now I do yardwork (I'm also doing college now), and my worst day now beats the shit out of my best day then. Well, actually Wal-Mart was even worse. Fuck Wal-Mart. That said, you have to dig pretty deep to find a job worse than insurance.
If you're still young and free of obligations, you should get the fuck out of this situation. You'll regret it if you don't.
In the meantime, when customers get bitchy over rate increases, remind them that your own rates went up as well, and blame in on 9/11. That's what I did.
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eligal
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Customer service people should generally be able to fake happiness when talking to the customer. If you cant do that then youre not in the right job me thinks. Im in the same boat, Im way introverted. I would never accept a job at a phone thingy, and when ever I apply at some store or whatever somewhere I always mention that the one thing I wont do is cashier.
My advice, like everyone else here, is that you need to find a better job that is more to your likings. 
but I gotta ask, how does a part time job for a college kid pay at an insurance company? What do they do? filing? Cause theres an insurance company around here (my insurance) and they said they were hiring, and I need a job... But I have no idea what I would be doing there.
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PurpleKush
Rational Lunatic


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Re: im an asshole [Re: eligal]
#5664327 - 05/23/06 01:00 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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well, ALL i do is answer phones, and they don't always ring. the rest of the time i fuck around on the shroomery. im here through a temp agency, i get 10.50/hour. and i only work 8-3, so it's just enough to get by at this point.
but fuck. its 3. im going home to smoke some much needed pot and then im going to walk my dog on this beautiful day.
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