tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post1701212170663627882..comments2023-04-26T14:58:03.860+01:00Comments on Vacant Mind: I Am Till Monkey, Hear Me Roar……..Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15940396005677889905noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-71882857500921985282010-03-14T22:20:14.790+00:002010-03-14T22:20:14.790+00:00Brilliant! I too have been a "monkey" w...Brilliant! I too have been a "monkey" way to often for my taste in fact. The thing is, most of us have been. We either come out of it realizing it's a tough job and being a nicer person, or turn into a total arse wipe! Thank God most people are nice!Linda Medranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440058568073764902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-87772706026347523522009-12-16T11:13:16.088+00:002009-12-16T11:13:16.088+00:00Brilliant post - so so true.
I worked in debenhams...Brilliant post - so so true.<br />I worked in debenhams one year when i was a student around the christmas period and the amount of abose you got from some people was crazy. Generally from people rich enough to afford manners. Stay sane!<br /><br />Kate x<br />http://secretofficeconfessions.blogspot.com/Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940810066436848209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-32112240829806061272009-12-15T00:13:14.969+00:002009-12-15T00:13:14.969+00:00"Copy write Dan" HA HA HA HA HA HA! Will..."Copy write Dan" HA HA HA HA HA HA! Will do!juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148593257153334612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-29151267292772655392009-12-14T16:30:36.166+00:002009-12-14T16:30:36.166+00:00Retail is hard work.. I always feel sorry for them...Retail is hard work.. I always feel sorry for them, especially during the holidays. Great entry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-63733733287486624292009-12-14T13:59:54.439+00:002009-12-14T13:59:54.439+00:00Very rarely do such heel-wearers not resemble newb...Very rarely do such heel-wearers not resemble newborn giraffes. But what I want to know is, did the alarms sound when that chap left? Or did you not know because you were cowering in the toilets?mo.stoneskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737422581378328590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-58475192242143544002009-12-13T21:03:23.678+00:002009-12-13T21:03:23.678+00:00I finally made it to your post.. now that I've...I finally made it to your post.. now that I've found time from all the tea drinking in the car ;)<br /><br />Loved this post - I was laughing my butt off even though I didn't want to.. I am looking forward to more till monkey stories.. <br /><br />BTW, I hugged a till monkey today and stroked his hair and told him I understood what he was going thru; I was escorted out of the store - any ideas why?Miss OverThinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286860942975359330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-68562264565305201302009-12-13T15:26:00.363+00:002009-12-13T15:26:00.363+00:00The Veggie Assassin- Amazing, ain't it? The mo...The Veggie Assassin- Amazing, ain't it? The more money you seem to have, the more your social skills diminish.<br /><br />Allegria- That sounds like a brilliant game! I am definitely going to give it a go this week. Can I try and include the word "Die"?<br /><br />JenJen- You can say what you want Jen, you normally do. Glad you liked this one chum.<br /><br />MFF- Man, I thought I had it bad. Feet! How the hell did you deal with that? You are made of much stronger stuff than me matey. I would have been freaking out.<br /><br />Hope- Thank you for the hug and feeling my pain. At least I am safe in the knowledge this is only for a few weeks. Some people will never leave. Those poor, poor bastards.....<br /><br />Eva- I bet you have the scars (and some tales) to prove it?<br /><br />JM- The little fella in the photo is perfect, isn't he? His face sums up my first 20 minutes in the job.<br /><br />WW- You have to juggle to lovely little ones and a Call Of Duty obsessed hubby WW. I'm sure you would be able to cope with being a till monkey?<br /><br />f8hasit- I'm sure I will. I'm probably just being a big Jessy about it all. Cheers to you as well my chum.<br /><br />Matt- It was purely my subconscious writing it. I had nothing to do with it really. And Mo would probably have me in a fight. I sense a latent nutter in between the words he writes....<br /><br />Saskia- With your guess? You are bang on the money. It was him. Surreal huh?<br /><br />Jules- You are more than welcome to use that phrase matey, but as long as you whisper "Copy write Dan." after every time you do.<br /><br />UG- Good guess again. You are right matey. One for the UK readers I guess?<br /><br />Susan- I'm sure in about 40 years I will look back on this time with a wry smile.......... Probably.<br /><br />Doc- I dunno if it’s good enough for that, but I'm glad you liked it buddy. And I checked out that blog. Some brilliant sight gags on there mate. Signed up. Thanks for the heads up!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15940396005677889905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-28134297764080635762009-12-13T14:30:20.737+00:002009-12-13T14:30:20.737+00:00Dan . . .
Do you ever look at
http://www.soberin...Dan . . .<br /><br />Do you ever look at<br /><br />http://www.soberinanightclub.com/<br /><br />Australian Blogger. Some gorgeous visual jokes.<br />Worth a visit to the Antipodes.Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-13730109890711574312009-12-13T08:12:08.625+00:002009-12-13T08:12:08.625+00:00Hi Dan
Wonderful post! Surely you could find a m...Hi Dan<br /><br />Wonderful post! Surely you could find a magazine editor who would love to publish work like this? You're a WRITER, man . . .! Hope you survive the Xmas rush.<br /><br />Oh BTW . . how about "Slim to Anorexic" for the blogname you were looking for a while back?<br /><br />Or "The Till Monkey"Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-11418433775824593392009-12-12T19:36:51.465+00:002009-12-12T19:36:51.465+00:00I spent one Christmas working a till in a toy stor...I spent one Christmas working a till in a toy store. Oh boy....NEVER again. It didn't seem half so funny back then, but maybe that was because it was happening to *me* at the time...<br /><br />Rich and/or famous people, GAH!! <br /><br />Hang in there!Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-11796757942263908462009-12-12T17:07:02.070+00:002009-12-12T17:07:02.070+00:00Great post Dan! I'm trying to guess who the ce...Great post Dan! I'm trying to guess who the celebrity is - I'm thinking toilet brush...UberGrumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043593994487575377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-24186806431108997412009-12-12T14:24:24.140+00:002009-12-12T14:24:24.140+00:00"Slim to anorexic" HA HA HA HA. I'm ..."Slim to anorexic" HA HA HA HA. I'm telling you now, I'll be using this and I LOVE it! So poetic.<br /><br />I'm with you though. I was at the register last night and this crazy bitch in front of me was trying to ague with the very polite cashier. At one point she said, "Who you gett'n smart wit?" I wanted to chime in and say, "First of all, she's being polite to your rude ass and secondly, she's looking at you, so clearly if she was being 'smart' it's directed at you." But I could tell this was the kind of crazy who would come at me swinging so I waited until she left and shared my thoughts with the nice lady at the till. I think she enjoyed my sentiment and I hope calmed her nerves a little. <br /><br />Good luck! Maybe there will be more celebs!juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148593257153334612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-74517318984022360162009-12-12T13:48:26.084+00:002009-12-12T13:48:26.084+00:00Dude I feel your pain. I've been a till monkey...Dude I feel your pain. I've been a till monkey, deli bird and waitress extrordinaire. I met some wonderful customers and some that were just so unbelievably rude. Now I always smile, say please and thank you and tip... anything to lighten the day of someone serving the public!<br /><br />Was the famous someone's initials JC? <br /><br />Loved this post!Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306834145036082976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-60831162608172686362009-12-12T09:06:11.288+00:002009-12-12T09:06:11.288+00:00So you post once a week and then you come up with ...So you post once a week and then you come up with something THIS good?<br /><br />You're going to have to have a big fight with Mo Stoneskin if you keep this up.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-10314025546579657202009-12-12T09:01:41.308+00:002009-12-12T09:01:41.308+00:00...till monkeys of the world-
This Bud's for y......till monkeys of the world-<br />This Bud's for you.<br />:-)<br /><br />Great post! Hope you make it through the rest of the holidays!f8hasithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195691823384775191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-16276464462516697082009-12-12T06:21:25.148+00:002009-12-12T06:21:25.148+00:00Now I'm wondering who the celebrity is.
You w...Now I'm wondering who the celebrity is.<br /><br />You wrote this so well. And you reminded me why I could never be a cashier. I'd go into a panic.AiringMyLaundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051140760624657630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-46795448278133728302009-12-12T01:54:15.141+00:002009-12-12T01:54:15.141+00:00hahahahaha....this was such an image..you ringing ...hahahahaha....this was such an image..you ringing up the french bread and sweating over the parking ticket button. HAHAHA..sorry, only laughing with you. <br /><br />And the photo of that monkey? Blog post perfect.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-47799063133560759512009-12-12T00:57:37.518+00:002009-12-12T00:57:37.518+00:00Been there, done that. You have my simpathy!Been there, done that. You have my simpathy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803472040500529682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-63911676913013229302009-12-11T23:37:14.592+00:002009-12-11T23:37:14.592+00:00Ah, please take a seat next to me on the sympathy ...Ah, please take a seat next to me on the sympathy bandwagon. Really, it'll be good for your feet.<br /><br />I am a public servant in local government. Unfortunately the public confuses that term with "public slave". I'm pretty sure Lincoln freed the slaves...but my employer did not get the memo. Neither did the public, which has me confused with highly paid, non-functioning politicians.<br /><br />So I go out of my way to thank till monkeys...with a genuine smile. I just left a shop and without thinking, said to the girl, "Have a good weekend." To which she replied, eyebrows raised in shock, "Why....thank you. You too."<br /><br />Come here....have a sympathy hug. I'll try to find an award worthy of placing next to your register to show the beautiful people that snobby doesn't mean anything. ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-71954827513705680412009-12-11T21:47:04.430+00:002009-12-11T21:47:04.430+00:00I definitely feel your pain. As a nail technician ...I definitely feel your pain. As a nail technician that has worked in a couple of well-to-do spas in my day, I cannot tell you the things I have envisioned doing to a rather snotty, rich lady's unsuspecting feet, free of charge! <br /><br />The service industry as a whole is full of some amazing yet unappreciated people. <br /><br />I know you will make it through and look~ you are already able to share some of your horror stories and make us laugh ;) <br /><br />More good reading material to come I'm sure.Midnitefyrflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407438351469606532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-78789937769375005382009-12-11T20:53:36.982+00:002009-12-11T20:53:36.982+00:00Oh. Mygod.
This was too fucking funny.
Wooops
ca...Oh. Mygod.<br /><br />This was too fucking funny.<br /><br />Wooops<br />can I say fuck?<br /><br />Shit.<br />Twice.<br /><br />Can I say shit?<br /><br />Is this blog too posh?<br /><br />This was a real crack up, love. WITH HIS MOUTH.<br /><br />Love it.<br />LOVE IT.JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118893759726079685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-40377842975920957362009-12-11T20:51:35.504+00:002009-12-11T20:51:35.504+00:00*wipes tears from eyes* You are so funny. I'...*wipes tears from eyes* You are so funny. I'm still giggling. Thanks for that!<br /><br />I've been a till monkey, too. I'd play a game where I would choose a word (like pineapple--but it can be whatever you want), and I would either try to include that word in the interaction with the customer (5 points) or somehow make the customer use said work (10 points).<br /><br />Give it a shot! I dare you!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047395022515323715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830672497516279734.post-54412831908881287002009-12-11T20:37:19.530+00:002009-12-11T20:37:19.530+00:00Years ago, when I first moved to New York, I worke...Years ago, when I first moved to New York, I worked in the phone operator's room at Saks Fifth Avenue at Christmas. I had to call high end customers all day telling them about special discounts available to them as our most valued customers, i.e. those with a Centurion Amex card or a Platinum card. It was illuminating, seeing how people of that stature can be. Rude, dismissive, downright abusive. I am now full of admiration for the ladies who worked that job for real, having to put up with that crap daily with a smile on their faces. I did my week's assignment and got the hell out. <br /><br />I've been a till monkey too. So many stories. So many weirdos. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com