I love working in a cigar shop, it’s a blast. However, sometimes I wish it was not so “relaxed” for lack of a better term. My case and point is we have a lot of customers who come in and hang out for hours on end and have become quite territorial. They make new customers feel unwelcome and they almost always horde the televisions and make a large mess.
Today one of our customers (not a big spender or anything, usually purchases 1 or 2 sub $10 sticks) was watching the Military channel when I was informed by another customer that the NBA Playoffs were on. I changed it to the playoffs. He says to me “What the fuck? I was watching something”. I informed him that it’s the owners rule that sports takes precedence when other T.V. is on. He then throws his hands down in a rage, tells me “This is BULLSHIT” and storms outside. Mature, I know.
I could understand his anger if this was a private club and he paid good money to be able to sit here and watch T.V., however this is not a private club and he is simply a “guest” in our home. I don’t understand why some people get so bent out of shape. This is not their home, if they want to sit and watch whatever they want, they should do it at their house.
I want adults to act like adults. This is a cigar lounge, not your fucking living room. Stop acting like a child, all it does is make you look like a whiny asshole. It’s a cigar shop where men want to come and smoke cigars and watch sports.
Sports. Not the Military channel, not reality TV, SPORTS.
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kate says:
this is hilarious!
Stop Being so mean, Darrell. In all seriousness, this is a great post and a great way to vent retail anger!