Dude lays on the floor near Customer Service for 8 minutes, gets free gift card WTF?!

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Ok this happened today at my local best buy.

I am going to the customer service area to get a copy of my receipt reprinted. I kinda see someone laying on the ground, but not from a fall or anything, just chilling. Just as it's my turn, the dude gets up barks at the CSR who is about to help me and demands a manager saying "He's been laying on the floor for 8 minutes and no one has asked him for help!!!", then the assclown pulls out his Iphone and says he recorded those 8 minutes.

So the CSR gets a manager. This guy was wearing a hat, tshirt and a backpack and wearing sunglasses (this was a quarter to 9pm I may add).
I was tempted to say "You got to be kidding me to lay on the ground, recording for 8 minutes and want some "special service" for it?, but before I could the Manager comes over, and the guy barks at him saying he's been waiting 8 minutes for service.

Here I thought the manager was going to get AP and boot the guy for causing trouble in the store, instead the manager apologizes for the delay and they go off to the computer department.. a few moments later the manager comes back and GIVES THE GUY A GIFT CARD for the delay.... WHAT THE fuck!?!?!!?!?

Unfreaking believable!!


This was the fairfax, va store btw....

:whistle2:s
 
It only goes further downhill from here, sadly. Next thing you'll know, people will start suing over burning themselves on coffee... oh wait.
 
I was too far away to see the manager type in the amount into the terminal. But seriously what the fuck, so all you have to do is lay on the floor near customer service recording that you have been laying there for 8 mins and bam you get a free gift card!???!! Why didn't the manager or AP boot him or call the cops... Now he goes home with a free gift card.
 
So he "barked"?? Hmm... I dont have much dignity left, and I really need to have some cash or credit for When Call of Duty comes out..:whistle2:k How much was this gift card seriously?
 
[quote name='smarkbran']So he "barked"?? Hmm... I dont have much dignity left, and I really need to have some cash or credit for When Call of Duty comes out..:whistle2:k How much was this gift card seriously?[/QUOTE]

I couldn't see the gift card amount. Bark, made a scene...same shit...he got a free gift card by laying on the floor and recording 8 mins of people passing by.


[quote name='naes']It's ITDEFX. The odds of this story being 100% true are slim to none.[/QUOTE]

Dude, whatever.. it happened, I saw it happened, he got a gift card for laying on the floor (unharmed) for 8 mins(so he says). This guy knew the best time to do this (when it's slow and no one is really in the store, so he wouldn't get stepped on)..and in the end got a free gift card.

I really couldn't believe that the manager was not only apologizing to the guy for not giving him the service he should have gotten, but to give him a gift card for "waiting 8 mins on the floor"?

I haven't worked retail management in 6 years, but is that how it's really like these days?!??!
 
[quote name='yukine']Watch the gift card not be activated. :cool:[/QUOTE]


oh it's activated alright.. Saw the manager run thru the gift card transaction and take it to the guy...
 
Question- why didn't you say anything? I mean, if you'd popped in over there and said 'dude, you never got in line or asked for help, you just chilled on the floor', the manager would've had a good reason to deny the gift card (one customer's word often cancels out anothers. Seriously.)

I've pretty much decided if I'm out somewhere and see someone pull an asshole move like that, I'm saying something- the clerk can't do it, they've got their job to protect- but I sure can! (Trick is, I very rarely shop retail, so I haven't had that chance. Yet, anyway.)
 
you should have probably just stepped on him and say,

"Sorry, I thought you were a stain on the carpet."

But if anyone just cuts me off as I am about to talk to someone after I have waited, I'll sock that guy in the face. In fact, same shit happen to me when I was getting milk tea and a store once. When I walked into the store the guy was already upset and yelling and pacing back and forth. So he decides to fucking come to the counter and yell at the employees right next to my face. So I turned to him and told him that if he keeps yelling in my ear I am going to punch him in the face, but not in those words. The guy quickly apologized then just didn't say anything until he got his food and left the store. Of course after the guy leaves all the other customers sitting there and watching starts talking about how they were about to tell that guy off too. Yeah, right. I guess most people are just afraid of confrontation, especially the person that starts it.
 
Working in retail at a local sams club, i know that most of the "customer satisfaction" gift cards are usually $25. I'm sure that's what they gave him. Lay on the ground for 16 total minutes in two different stores and you'll have almost enough for Call Of Duty. Ha.
 
I wonder what they'll give me if I sit there on the floor and videotape(I don't have me one of them thar fancy iPhones)for about 30 minutes?

Free HDtv, here I come. KA-CHING!!
 
i wonder what they will give me if i shit on their csr table then complain that the bathrooms where full...................
 
[quote name='Friend of Sonic']I'm going to try this at my local Best Buy. Thanks OP. Please put "YMMV" in the title.[/QUOTE]:lol:
 
[quote name='wwe101']i wonder what they will give me if i shit on their csr table then complain that the bathrooms where full...................[/QUOTE]

A fine for disorderly conduct and charges for public exposure and other things? Just don't forget to sprinkle a good helping of glitter all over the desk before and after the BM though.

And remember to keep asking the cops "Why So Serious?" as they're hauling you off to jail. I'll look for you on the nightly news.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']A fine for disorderly conduct and charges for public exposure and other things? Just don't forget to sprinkle a good helping of glitter all over the desk before and after the BM though.

And remember to keep asking the cops "Why So Serious?" as they're hauling you off to jail. I'll look for you on the nightly news.[/QUOTE]
:lol::lol:

i cracked up when reading that
 
[quote name='wwe101']i wonder what they will give me if i shit on their csr table then complain that the bathrooms where full...................[/QUOTE]

Toilet paper, I would hope.
 
he barks at them? thats pretty funny. did you take a picture at least with your camera phone? its hard to believe but people are idiots so i could definitely see this happening.
 
[quote name='Mizzou75']I have the same question.[/QUOTE]

I think we all have the same question. If it's $50 or more, then it's worth my time to take a break on the floor of the Best Buy. If it's only like $5 or $10, then forget it.

Come on, ITDEFX. You didn't get the amount? Shit, I would have raised bloody hell if the douche did that in front of me. I'd be demanding MY gift card for being exposed to that sort of chicanery.
 
[quote name='darkslime']I have no shame or morals, and would gladly lay on the floor of Best Buy for 8 minutes for a free gift card.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like you also have no busy schedules
 
Maybe, but if he gets $25 gc for 8 minutes on the floor, that's $187.50 per hour. He could turn that into a yearly income of $390,000 ! (And probably tax, free too.)
 
what is the big deal with this? who really cares?

honestly, the issue is that the guy waited at the _customer service_ desk for much longer than he should have had to. The manager hooked him up for his trouble. The fact that he laid down while waiting is somewhat beside the point. Honestly, an employee should have noticed that he was there LONG before the 8 minute mark.

I think the OP is just jealous.
 
[quote name='yourlefthand']honestly, the issue is that the guy waited at the _customer service_ desk for much longer than he should have had to.[/QUOTE]

I've had many long (20+ mins) stints in the CS line at Best Buy and I've never thought about demanding remuneration for my time.

Is there a cut off time where I should start demanding $$$?
 
[quote name='Fanboy']I've had many long (20+ mins) stints in the CS line at Best Buy and I've never thought about demanding remuneration for my time.

Is there a cut off time where I should start demanding $$$?[/QUOTE]

Waiting in line is completely different. My reading of the OP was that he walked up and the guy was on the floor and there was nobody at the service desk.
 
[quote name='yourlefthand']what is the big deal with this? who really cares?

honestly, the issue is that the guy waited at the _customer service_ desk for much longer than he should have had to. The manager hooked him up for his trouble. The fact that he laid down while waiting is somewhat beside the point. Honestly, an employee should have noticed that he was there LONG before the 8 minute mark.

I think the OP is just jealous.[/QUOTE]

I think the OP is more bitching about BB managing skills.

Some asshole lying on the floor for 8 minutes to cause a scene does not deserve to be reimbursed for acting like a jackass.

The people that wait at the fking CSR desk waiting 20min while the BB representatives are dicking around, should get a GC. I miss circuit city because I always got my free gift card for ordering a pick up in store. BB blows ass.
 
[quote name='wwe101']i wonder what they will give me if i shit on their csr table then complain that the bathrooms where full...................[/QUOTE]

hahahahahahahaha


thats your problem now!
 
[quote name='buttmunky']It only goes further downhill from here, sadly. Next thing you'll know, people will start suing over burning themselves on coffee... oh wait.[/QUOTE]
Not to threadjack, but:
The case you are referring to involved SERIOUSLY hot coffee. I used to think it was nonsense too, but then I read up on the case and the coffee in question was far beyond what would be considered HOT. Off the top of my head it was 183 degrees farenheit, where your average hot coffee is around 150 or so. That difference in temp is the difference between being able to deal with the spill and serious burns almost instantly.
 
[quote name='Friend of Sonic']I'm going to try this at my local Best Buy. Thanks OP. Please put "YMMV" in the title.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. Also mods, please move this thread to the gaming deals forum as it is just as relevant as all of the other YMMV threads showing up on there lately. Thanks!
 
[quote name='pulsar0510']Not to threadjack, but:
The case you are referring to involved SERIOUSLY hot coffee. I used to think it was nonsense too, but then I read up on the case and the coffee in question was far beyond what would be considered HOT. Off the top of my head it was 183 degrees farenheit, where your average hot coffee is around 150 or so. That difference in temp is the difference between being able to deal with the spill and serious burns almost instantly.[/QUOTE]

There has been more then 1 case. Yes there has been a case where the coffee in question was well far beyond the average cup of joe. Then there are cases where some cunt sued a Starbucks because she burned her tongue on her coffee that she requested extra hot, and Starbucks has a policy of max temp allowed for a drink and the drink had not exceeded it.
 
lol wtf? So you're saying if I just chill on the floor near customer service, I could get a giftcard? And to think I've been using money on giftcards all this time...

I wonder if you can walk around nude because they don't sell clothing at bestbuy... I'll try it on the morrow.

Haha this all reminds me of Lucky from King of the Hill. Peepee money FTW!
 
[quote name='morphineseason']Agreed. Also mods, please move this thread to the gaming deals forum as it is just as relevant as all of the other YMMV threads showing up on there lately. Thanks![/QUOTE]

Haha YMMV?
Visit your local Fairfax, Va Best Buy store for a free gift card!
Instructions:
Lie on the ground for several minutes. 5-10 minutes should be enough. Record the people ignoring you. Jump up and yell at employees for the manager, demanding free money.
Taa-Daa!
Free Best Buy Giftcard.

This shit is hilarious. Why the hell didn't I think of it first?
 
[quote name='pulsar0510']Not to threadjack, but:
The case you are referring to involved SERIOUSLY hot coffee. I used to think it was nonsense too, but then I read up on the case and the coffee in question was far beyond what would be considered HOT. Off the top of my head it was 183 degrees farenheit, where your average hot coffee is around 150 or so. That difference in temp is the difference between being able to deal with the spill and serious burns almost instantly.[/QUOTE]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't the dumb bitch also put the fuckin' coffee between her legs right in her crotch area while she drove away from the restaurant?

Now that's the sign of a real brain surgeon there. Gee duhhh I don't have anywhere to put my scalding hot coffee, where should I put it while I drive? Oh yeah, I think I'll put it by my crotch. It'll be safe there.

I'm shocked no one mentioned the Wendy's 'finger lady' as of yet. Now there was brain surgeon with equally smart friends.
 
[quote name='Pookymeister']if hes lying on the floor, can the CSR even see him?[/QUOTE]


Yea... but it was weird like he wasn't moving or anything and like where he was position it almost felt like he was "part" of the display standee thingy..
He wasn't hiding, he was just lying there comfortably taking video with his iphone. Then all of a sudden jumping up and demanding a manager.
 
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