Dude, wait.......what?

So I've brought along good old Johnny Depp on tonight's rant. I know, I know, hot isn't he? I mean, YUMMY! You just don't get more delicious than Mr. Depp, and hence why I wanted to bring him to help me illustrate my point here.

So if you couldn't tell by the title, my subject matter tonight is confusion.

As a Gemini, I get confused often. My most recent batch of confusion came from my boss, and the owner of the store I work at. We will call her....Mrs. Carol Egomaniac.

Now, real quick before I start my story, I work at a store that carries nothing but dog and cat breed items....things like christmas ornaments, purses and wallets, t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.

So that night it's my manager and I on the floor, and there's some work that needs to be done for an order that's coming in the next morning. Mind you this work HAS to be done that night, before the shipment comes in or we're in deep shit. So I'm busting my butt to try and get it done. Two sets of customers come in. I immediately drop what I was doing(like Carol has told me to do in the past), and I head over to ask one couple if I can help them find a certain breed while my manager goes to help the other couple. The couple I'm helping politely declines my offer, so I let them know that if they have any questions or need help finding their breed in something to just let me know. And then I go back to preparing for the shipment.

Then....

*pause for effect*

.....who else should come downstairs but Mrs. Egomaniac herself. She just happened to run into the couple I had already helped, and they just happened to respond to her question with "Yes, we're looking for a liver springer spaniel."

.........

Really?
Seriously?
FUCKING Seriously?
Yup.

So what does Carol do? Well, she hadn't showered(her and her husband stay in an apartment above the store when they come into town), because this was her "day off." And, of course, despite the fact that she had assumed I wasn't doing my job properly and had to go and ask them if they needed help, she was too busy to actually help them. So Carol pokes her head around the corner to look at me.

*Most snotty tone possible*
"Excuse me, we're looking for red springer spaniels here..."

Mistake #1. Don't ever take an unnecessary snotty tone with me.

So I walk over there to help the customers, and this comes out of her mouth next:

*Extremely demeaning tone*
"We're looking for the liver. That's the RED one."

Mistake #2. Don't ever treat me like a retard.

Really? I mean, come on woman! Use some common sense! How would you feel if I had talked to you in front of customers like that? Not only did the customers get uncomfortable, but they now assume that I'm an idiot who doesn't know what I'm doing, all because you got pissed at what you thought was me not doing my job, and took it upon yourself to ask them what I had already asked them, even when you didn't have time to help them! So then you go ahead and treat me like I'm nothing more than a dumbass who doesn't do my job and doesn't know two shits about it anyway!

So later on she comes downstairs with her dog, and she's playing around, looking at me to see if I'm paying attention. I give her a blank look and go back to my work. She knows I'm pissed at her. My manager said that her coming downstairs and being sociable was her way of apologizing without actually saying it.

But here's where the confusion comes into play....

Tonight, as I was leaving work, Carol stops me and says:

"I just wanted to let you know that I was listening to you with the customers the whole time, and you do an amazing job with them. And (the manager) tells me that you are the best sales person we have, right next to one other person. So I just wanted to tell you that and that you're doing a great job."

Dude, wait......what?

At that point I was so shocked that I didn't know what to say and just ended up smiling and chuckling a little. Eventually I got over the initial shock and was able to converse with her but it just blew my mind, especially because I still had a very low opinion of her when I walked into work tonight, and I was still sore over the way she had treated me. Now I'm not sure how I feel about her.....

*holds head*
Oooowwww, I think it's gonna explode......



Hugs,

JoJo

"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane."