Today, my assistant manager was arguing with a customer. I interjected letting the customer know that "we want everything to be copacetic." After the customer left, I received a write up for using "big words." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at work, we had an extremely rude customer who started cussing at us, and my coworker started cussing back. I jumped on the register to quickly bring down the line, and apologized to everyone for the scene. A secret shopper was in the line and claimed that I was rude. I got written up. FML
Today, I was working when I delivered the standard "Hello, how are you?" to a customer. He took the opportunity to tell me about his deceased wife, his estranged children, and his anal tearing. After a while, I tried to help someone else, and he complained to my manager. I was written up. FML
Today, I had to call a coworker to the office via the store intercom. The damn thing didn't turn off properly and everyone heard me say, "I hate that asshole. Just be where your dumb ass should be." I realized my mistake a few seconds before my manager stormed in and threatened to fire me. FML
Today, I got written up by my line manager for being too friendly to customers. I work in retail, my job is to be friendly. FML
Today, my boss came around to my way of thinking. He called our customers a "bunch of assholes" and to kick them out if they gave me trouble. When a lady began yelling at me for "setting the damn prices too high" I told her to leave. My boss soon bitched me out for being unprofessional. FML
Today, my supervisor was in a leadership meeting pulling random calls for quality. Mine was chosen. He got excited and told them my stats and how I put him to shame with how I drive my team, that I'm the best and this call is going to be amazing. I was then written up for arguing with a customer. FML
Today, at work a lady asked for a burrito, large coke, and hot sauce. While repeating back the order, the words got stuck and I accidentally said large cock. I got written up for being inappropriate. FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML
Today, I got written up for insulting a customer last week, who then rang up to complain about my bad attitude. I was on vacation all last week. My boss doesn't believe me. FML
Today, a customer yelled at me so furiously that she sprayed my face with spittle. I had to stand there, smiling and politely explaining that I needed to see a receipt before I could give her a refund. When she finally gave up and left, my boss bitched me out for "provoking the customer". FML
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Top comments
wisericky 12
thats like talking in an other language to us simple foke
happyhak 5
Ha ha ha! Sounds like his vocabulary isn't as sophisticated as yours!
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Comments (140)
Zebidee 9
It's because you say things like 'vocabulary' when you really mean 'talking words'.
valalvax 13
inb4 people pretend they knew exactly what copacetic meant... wait maybe not
procrastibating 0
80 why you soooo... gay
moholy 1
The problem's more in the hippie slang than the fact that it's four syllables.
Alleged_Cranium 7
I agree, I find that it is most often used my pretentious college girls who wreak of patchouli.
Pedo_Panda 0
i dont get it.
ak7477 9
RWJ for the win ^_^
Lotem_KW 3
happens to me ALL THE TIME >.>
Zacharydoud2011 0
Cromulent FTW win! Whoever understands this, I hope it embiggens your spirit today!
digressions 13
Indeed, this cromulent word would embiggen even the smallest man!
sadistmonkey 19
I'm going to have to go with YDI. "Copacetic" is an obscure word and you should have known that it was an obscure word. You are talking to a customer, not taking the GREs. It isn't about dumbing down your vocabulary. It's about knowing the appropriate situations to use certain words so that you don't sound like a pretentious ass. Knowing the register of the word you are using and knowing what register to use when is as important as knowing what the word means. Also, I like how people here automatically assume that those who don't use the word "copacetic" are those who use texting language.
ctlnaaia71 8
this is for tencentsakiss: i work at a large international bank, and assistant managers cannot write anybody up. i would contact hr and report the boss wanna be.