Name something someone did at a store once to make you never return

[plenzmd1]

56 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

  No one in the barber seats; no one waiting.  Woman comes out from the back

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see, yall losing me here..i don't think barbershop means what you think it means...barbershop means men cutting mens hair..aint no stinking women around.

 

You my friend went to the "salon"

[seregil42]

I won't go back to The Flamingo in Las Vegas if and when I ever return.  My wife and I arrived late one night (flight got in around 12am) and we stood in line to check in.  Line wasn't all that long, but I knew we'd have to wait a bit.  Wait time was doubled as they had to take care of the "premium" members first, who keep showing up from time to time(which I get.  Annoying, but I get it).  After about an hour in line, we get up to the desk and the person starts to check us in.  He then tells us that our room isn't ready and we'd have to wait 45 minutes while they get it ready.  At which point, I'm incredulous of that fact as it's now 1am and technically, that room should have been ready by 4pm earlier.  They tell us that we can go enjoy a meal at one of their restaurants on them.  Problem is, most of the places are closed at this point and it's 1am.  My wife and I aren't hungry.  We just want to get to bed.  So, I told them that it was an unacceptable arrangement.  They agreed to put us in a different room for the night and we would be able to transfer to the booked room in the morning.  In the morning, I go down to get us moved over only to have them tell us that they don't have the room we booked.  Basically, I was told I was out of luck.  Didn't work with me to get things fixed.  So we won't go back there.

 

Edit:  Oh I forgot.  When we finally got our keycard to the room the first night (nearly 1:30am), we go up and the cards do not work.  Had to go back down and wait again, though nearly not as long as before.

Edited November 1, 2018 by seregil42

[Gugny]

36 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

see, yall losing me here..i don't think barbershop means what you think it means...barbershop means men cutting mens hair..aint no stinking women around.

 

You my friend went to the "salon"

 

Actually, this particular barbershop is one of two shops in my town with actual barbers.  The other one, the barbershop I now frequent, also has female barbers.  Other barbershops in town have men "barbers," but they've got the quickie certificates.

 

My barber (Patti) explained to me that there's a new wave of "barbers," who are barely qualified.  Others - as you stated - are "stylists."  There was another barbershop that changed hands recently.  It had been manned by an actual barber, but he retired/sold the shop ... to a female.  She ran an ad in the local paper touting that they were the, "oldest barbershop in town."  Patti actually called her and told her, "you're not a barber; you're a stylist and your ad is wrong."  Patti trained under an old school barber who'd had a shop since the early 70s.  When he retired, Patti bought the shop and kept the name.  So SHE actually has the oldest barbershop in town and was happy to tell the other woman what way is up.

 

Some of the worst cuts I've had have been from male "barbers."  There are real women barbers out there as much as there are fake male barbers.

[CommonCents]

Few years ago I gave Uber driving a shot for some extra money, I picked up two guys from a residential address. They entered the car and smelt like they had rolled around at the local animal shelter and cleaned the floors with their faces. Turns out they are heading into work, dishwashers at the 99’. I don’t think I have been into one since that day. 

 

That smell was stuck in my nose for hours. 

[PolishDave]

9 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

Actually, this particular barbershop is one of two shops in my town with actual barbers.  The other one, the barbershop I now frequent, also has female barbers.  Other barbershops in town have men "barbers," but they've got the quickie certificates.

 

My barber (Patti) explained to me that there's a new wave of "barbers," who are barely qualified.  Others - as you stated - are "stylists."  There was another barbershop that changed hands recently.  It had been manned by an actual barber, but he retired/sold the shop ... to a female.  She ran an ad in the local paper touting that they were the, "oldest barbershop in town."  Patti actually called her and told her, "you're not a barber; you're a stylist and your ad is wrong."  Patti trained under an old school barber who'd had a shop since the early 70s.  When he retired, Patti bought the shop and kept the name.  So SHE actually has the oldest barbershop in town and was happy to tell the other woman what way is up.

 

Some of the worst cuts I've had have been from male "barbers."  There are real women barbers out there as much as there are fake male barbers.

 

Patti?

 

[Not at the table Karlos]

Steak stone and sushi.  Took 2 hours to serve raw meat that you still have to cook at the table. My steak was cut into many times at different angles. Looked like it was thrown thru a wood chipper. 

 

The first persons plate came out 45 mins before the last persons plate and they ordered the same thing. Parts of dishes came out ice cold. We ask for a manager and the employees start acting weird.

 

The "manager" comes and all she can say is "were a nice restaurant". We're all like nice restaurants don't serve this as I held up my koosh ball of steak. We said just give us the check and we're leaving.  

 

  It took another hour and a half for them to bring our check.  They over charged us on a few things. So we asked for the owner. Showing him the menu and comparing the prices to the check.  Johnny Chi the owner started to call us stupid and kept laughing that he was trying to screw us over. We said give us the correct check or were leaving. We've been here going on 5 hours for raw meat and cold rice and veggies. The owner called the police.

 

Another half hour goes by. Police come and get mad at the owner for wasting their time telling him to hurry up and give us the check so we can pay and leave.  Owner gives us another check with an insane gratuity added to it and a bottle of wine that was over the listed price on menu. We figured out the difference with the cop paid and left. 

Edited November 1, 2018 by Not at the table Karlos

[seregil42]

8 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Steak stone and sushi.  Took 2 hours to serve raw meat that you still have to cook at the table. My steak was cut into many times at different angles. Looked like it was thrown thru a wood chipper. 

 

The first persons plate came out 45 mins before the last persons plate and they ordered the same thing. Parts of dishes came out ice cold. We ask for a manager and the employees start acting weird.

 

The "manager" comes and all she can say is "were a nice restaurant". We're all like nice restaurants don't serve this as I held up my koosh ball of steak. We said just give us the check and we're leaving.  

 

  It took another hour and a half for them to bring our check.  They over charged us on a few things. So we asked for the owner. Showing him the menu and comparing the prices to the check.  Johnny Chi the owner started to call us stupid and kept laughing that he was trying to screw us over. We said give us the correct check or were leaving. We've been here going on 5 hours for raw meat and cold rice and veggies. The owner called the police.

 

Another half hour goes by. Police come and get mad at the owner for wasting their time telling him to hurry up and give us the check so we can pay and leave.  Owner gives us another check with an insane gratuity added to it and a bottle of wine that was over the listed price on menu. We figured out the difference with the cop paid and left. 

That's....messed up.

[shrader]

I was at a Home Depot one day and I watched some guy yell at truck in the parking lot and then smash in his windshield.  I never felt like going back after that.  To make matters worse, the lumber I bought broke before I could actually use it.

[Cripple Creek]

I issued a fatwa against Benihana over 30 years ago. 

[plenzmd1]

1 hour ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Steak stone and sushi.  Took 2 hours to serve raw meat that you still have to cook at the table. My steak was cut into many times at different angles. Looked like it was thrown thru a wood chipper. 

 

The first persons plate came out 45 mins before the last persons plate and they ordered the same thing. Parts of dishes came out ice cold. We ask for a manager and the employees start acting weird.

 

The "manager" comes and all she can say is "were a nice restaurant". We're all like nice restaurants don't serve this as I held up my koosh ball of steak. We said just give us the check and we're leaving.  

 

  It took another hour and a half for them to bring our check.  They over charged us on a few things. So we asked for the owner. Showing him the menu and comparing the prices to the check.  Johnny Chi the owner started to call us stupid and kept laughing that he was trying to screw us over. We said give us the correct check or were leaving. We've been here going on 5 hours for raw meat and cold rice and veggies. The owner called the police.

 

Another half hour goes by. Police come and get mad at the owner for wasting their time telling him to hurry up and give us the check so we can pay and leave.  Owner gives us another check with an insane gratuity added to it and a bottle of wine that was over the listed price on menu. We figured out the difference with the cop paid and left. 

why on Gods green earth would you wait and hour and a half for a check? This has got to be an exaggeration. I would have said "no need for a check, we ain't paying" ..or even if you wanted to pay be out of there in 10 minutes if no check came. Yall are too nice!

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

 

Actually, this particular barbershop is one of two shops in my town with actual barbers.  The other one, the barbershop I now frequent, also has female barbers.  Other barbershops in town have men "barbers," but they've got the quickie certificates.

 

My barber (Patti) explained to me that there's a new wave of "barbers," who are barely qualified.  Others - as you stated - are "stylists."  There was another barbershop that changed hands recently.  It had been manned by an actual barber, but he retired/sold the shop ... to a female.  She ran an ad in the local paper touting that they were the, "oldest barbershop in town."  Patti actually called her and told her, "you're not a barber; you're a stylist and your ad is wrong."  Patti trained under an old school barber who'd had a shop since the early 70s.  When he retired, Patti bought the shop and kept the name.  So SHE actually has the oldest barbershop in town and was happy to tell the other woman what way is up.

 

Some of the worst cuts I've had have been from male "barbers."  There are real women barbers out there as much as there are fake male barbers.

Doth does protest too much? 

 

You go the ladies stylist, just admit it! Real men go to real men barbers!!!!!

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 minute ago, plenzmd1 said:

You go the ladies stylist, just admit it! Real men go to real men barbers!!!!!

Which of these two trades are responsible for the latest look?:  Tupperware Bowl #2 white walls, with excess hair folded up into a ball / bun that the wearer thinks makes them a samurai, when they really look like Great Aunt Fanny.  Top that off with a beard that probably contains a bird's nest, and Tuesday's lunch.  That's style, and/or good grooming?!

[Another Fan]

3 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

I actually had something very similar happen to me at a barbershop.  I went there early afternoon; they were open.  No one in the barber seats; no one waiting.  Woman comes out from the back, looking as if I'm putting her out, and I asked for a haircut.  She said, "we don't have any openings until later in the afternoon."  I get a basic cut; 1 or 2 on the back/sides, fade it up, brush the top forward.  It's a 10 minute cut, at most.

 

It was obvious that she just didn't want to cut my hair.

 

Never went back; never will.

Yeah I kind of got the vibes he just didn’t want to cut my hair as well that night.  I mean it’s ultimately insignificant stuff.  Maybe I’ll go back maybe I won’t.  

 

Theres plenty of other barbers around here as well.  

[Seasons1992]

20 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

 

How about the Lexus Club @ KeyBank Arena... The buffet pre-Sabres game is nice.  Had it last night before the Calgary Game. That's our go too pregame meal.

 

Good friend of mine manages that club.......she would never let it get bad. Delaware North owns it, BTW.

[Just Jack]

On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 9:18 AM, seregil42 said:

Edit:  Oh I forgot.  When we finally got our keycard to the room the first night (nearly 1:30am), we go up and the cards do not work.  Had to go back down and wait again, though nearly not as long as before.

 

I was staying at a hotel in NH a few years ago. Checking in and we are given the card to the room. Open the door and someone's suitcase is sitting there in the room. Go back to the desk and they give us another room card. Go to that room, and we can't get in, because someone is already in that room with the deadbolt on. Go back down and the desk clerk goes and checks that the third room he was going to give us is actually empty before giving us the cards. We put a chair in front of the door just in case that night. 

 

On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 10:15 AM, shrader said:

I was at a Home Depot one day and I watched some guy yell at truck in the parking lot and then smash in his windshield.  I never felt like going back after that.  To make matters worse, the lumber I bought broke before I could actually use it.

 

Funny, I heard the same thing happened at a Lowes in NC recently. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

23 hours ago, Seasons1992 said:

 

Good friend of mine manages that club.......she would never let it get bad. Delaware North owns it, BTW.

That's a nice spread.  Little bit steep @ 35 bucks a head... But good selection.

[shrader]

56 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

I was staying at a hotel in NH a few years ago. Checking in and we are given the card to the room. Open the door and someone's suitcase is sitting there in the room. Go back to the desk and they give us another room card. Go to that room, and we can't get in, because someone is already in that room with the deadbolt on. Go back down and the desk clerk goes and checks that the third room he was going to give us is actually empty before giving us the cards. We put a chair in front of the door just in case that night. 

 

 

I was flying to Vegas a couple years ago and thanks to some flight cancellations/delays, we wound up having the spend the night in LA.  We got into the hotel thereat around 1am pacific time, so needless to say, we're completely exhausted at that point.  As we walk into the room, the sink is detached from the wall and there's a bag of tools sitting next to it.  We were so damn tired that we almost said screw it and kept the room, but that bag of tools made me think it was very likely someone would be back to either do more work or to at least pick up the bag.  So we had to go back to the lobby and get a new room.

 

I don't ever plan on being randomly redirected though LA again in the middle of the night, but if I do, I'm not going back to that hotel.  Of course, I don't even remember the name of it.

 

56 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

Funny, I heard the same thing happened at a Lowes in NC recently. 

 

 

 

Ahhh crap, wrong store.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

On 11/1/2018 at 9:51 AM, PolishDave said:

 

Patti?

 

If 'Patti' and 'Bubbles' from Trailer Park Boys were to have a child, do you suppose the child would have 20/20 vision?

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

4 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

I was staying at a hotel in NH a few years ago. Checking in and we are given the card to the room. Open the door and someone's suitcase is sitting there in the room. Go back to the desk and they give us another room card. Go to that room, and we can't get in, because someone is already in that room with the deadbolt on. Go back down and the desk clerk goes and checks that the third room he was going to give us is actually empty before giving us the cards. We put a chair in front of the door just in case that night. 

 

 

Funny, I heard the same thing happened at a Lowes in NC recently. 

I went on a 4 night trip to Cedar Point. We'd been in there two nights already, when we go to our hotel room around lunch time, there were people in our room, making themselves comfortable. We should have known when there was a thong just sitting out in the room the first day we got there.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

41 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

We should have known when there was a thong just sitting out in the room the first day we got there.

The clerk in charge of assigning rooms must have served on a nuclear submarine.  'Thong' as in the really uncomfortable 'flip-flop' shoe?

[RaoulDuke79]

Anyone see that asswipe eating soup directly out of the ladle at the salad bar? Not the stores fault,  but what kind of ***** does that? What's the equivalent of getting your ass smacked when you're an adult?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

18 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

What's the equivalent of getting your ass smacked when you're an adult? 

?Give them a boot to the head! ?

[/dev/null]

There was this decent little Italian restaurant near where I worked a few years ago that we frequented for lunch.  Until one day we're sitting at a table with a direct line of sight into the kitchen and we saw the cook stick his hand into a pot of pasta to pull something out.  Don't know what he pulled out of that pot.  Don't care.  Don't want to know.  Haven't been back since

 

On 10/31/2018 at 1:18 PM, dpberr said:

Those large Chinese buffets.  I'm convinced every case of flu and stomach flu in the United States begins in these restaurants.  ?

 

 

I went to one with some coworkers awhile back.  It wasn't that great and a couple of the guys were a little queasy afterwards.  But somebody must have liked it because he wanted to go back.  Eventually he convinced the rest of us to give it another try.

 

When we got there, it was all locked up with a notice from the Health Department posted on the door.

 

It eventually opened back up, and that one guy wanted to go back.  It wasn't a popular choice but one day we were like ok, let's do this.  When we get there, it's locked up again with another notice from the Health Department

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

17 minutes ago, /dev/null said:

 

 

 

I went to one with some coworkers awhile back.  It wasn't that great and a couple of the guys were a little queasy afterwards.  But somebody must have liked it because he wanted to go back.  Eventually he convinced the rest of us to give it another try.

 

When we got there, it was all locked up with a notice from the Health Department posted on the door.

 

It eventually opened back up, and that one guy wanted to go back.  It wasn't a popular choice but one day we were like ok, let's do this.  When we get there, it's locked up again with another notice from the Health Department

 Can't you see that Mr. Chinese Buffet Guy gets transferred to the Stamford branch before the next time he suggests lunch is on him?

[KD in CA]

Went to a bar in Newport RI after work one day when I was 19, bartender cards me and gives me a beer.

 

Ten minuets later the manager cards me again, doesn’t like my ID (CT had a dumb system where they marked your license as a minor — but then you have a birthday and aren’t a minor anymore), took the beer and gave me my money back.

 

So I got half a beer for free, but was still pissed.  But not that pissed, I went back there in later years.

[Gugny]

Nearly three years ago, just as my son was showing enough interest in guitar for me to consider buying him one, we went to a music store in Queensbury called North Country Guitar.

 

A very brief history of my personal experiences with this store prior to the much more recent moment(s) I'm about to describe:  as a young, naive musician in the mid 80s, this store took horrible advantage of my parents and me.  We had no idea how much stuff should cost.  What was really good quality vs. crap.  And I spent a lot of money there and traded in quality only to get crap in return.  I just didn't know it until I got older.  But I figured now that I had the knowledge, experience and the tools (Internet), they wouldn't be able to do that do me anymore.

 

Back to a few years ago:  My son and I walked in and told the guy we were thinking about getting a guitar, but just looking around and trying some out at this point.  My son's a lefty.  Slim pickins most anywhere you go; especially for something used.  Most stores only stock lefty Les Pauls and Strats; neither of which was I going to buy for a kid who's hardly ever played.

 

Sales guy shows us a couple lefties that he has.  My son asked if he could try one.  I don't remember what it was, but it wasn't a great guitar and I'd never consider buying it.  So he sets my son up (finding an amp to plug into, getting him a stool, etc.) and my son starts to play around with it.  My main goal was to see if it "felt right," to him.  Up to this point, he'd been playing my right-handed guitars upside down.  This was the first left-handed guitar he'd held. 

 

So we're about 5 minutes in.  I don't know if he overheard me (I told my son we weren't going to buy that guitar - but not with attitude, or anything.  Just a matter of fact), or what ... the dude comes over, turns off the amp; takes the guitar out of my son's hand and says, "I'll take THAT ...," and then takes the pick from him, "and I'll take THAT."

 

This happened in seconds.  I was in disbelief and didn't even know what to say.  So I just said, "come on, buddy, let's go," and we left.  The more I thought about it, the more pissed I got.  So I wrote a scathing review on their Facebook page.

 

Fast forward about a year, maybe a little less:  My ex brings our son to the same guitar store (North Country Guitar in Queensbury, NY).  He just wanted to see if they had a certain pedal that he was looking at.  He went in; they did.  He asked if he could try it.  The guy says, "no, you can't try it because your father had to go and write a bad review about us."  So my son defended my actions and told the guy that he'd never step foot in that store again.

 

And we haven't.  And we won't.  I won't even get a pick in there, let alone spend any kind of significant money.  And it's too bad for them, because over the past few years, we've spent thousands on guitars, amps and other gear.  There are other music stores who don't prey on the naive like North Country Guitar in Queensbury, NY does.  They're Class A Scumbags.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Boy, the Bills starting Peterman has got some folks on edge!

 

Hey, Gugs...what was that store's name again?  ?

[KD in CA]

On 11/1/2018 at 7:12 AM, seregil42 said:

That's....messed up.

 

Messed up they didn't walk out of the restaurant without paying two hours earlier.

 

 

The barber discussion above reminded me of the girl who used to cut my hair in CT.  She did an ok, not great job and the price was reasonable.  But the wait even with an appointment was always long.  One day I went for my appointment (really needing the cut and having a tight schedule) and the guy with the appointment in front of me was still waiting.  That was the last straw;  I left and never went back.

Edited November 4, 2018 by KD in CA

[boater]

I couldn't understand the mumbling cashier--after a couple 'pardon me' on my side she screamed at me. I walked out.

 

It was Five Guy's Burgers, Glen Burnie MD--they hate customers.

 

Come to think of it, all the stores in Glen Burnie hate customers. That entitled millennial customer hate is spreading like a cancer to a store near you.