Gloat
If you work retail, or HAVE worked retail… there’s always that ONE customer that you dread coming through the door… the one who talks your ear off, or complains, or simply EXPECTS you to wait hand and foot on them and never says thank you… and Melvin is that customer. The last thing the Backstreet Comics staff wants to do is listen to Melvin go on and on about how wonderful his Wonder Nerd Con was.
they have a sound system. just put on some death metal at full volume and let him gloat away. he gets it out of his system and you don’t have to hear it. bonus: if you spend too much time right by the speakers, you may never have to listen to him again. way too many years ago, i attended iggy and the stooges second to last show (at the time, at least) at a since demolished detroit venue. the crowd decided to migrate onto the stage. i had to go along or be trampled. the band just kept on playing. i ended up with my ear pressed right against one of the speakers for the rest of the concert. i still have tinnitus.
Sandy Eggo? Melvin’s been eating frozen waffles at the beach?
Floating for a gloating ready for some showboating.
anatman… oh, that is a sad tale of woe. AND I can sympathize… Ratt/Poison concert with my head-banger buddy, Audra… 11th row at Irvine Meadows… no ear protection. Sigh. yes… some tinnitus…. but it comes and goes. I do have, as a result, sensitive hearing. Your instance sounds WAY WORSE!
Yat… Yes… and he can HAVE’em!
Jack.. ha! Yah… like that!
My pocket philosopher has a good cure for those gloaters: tell them flat out you just don’t care. Seems to work for him!
I do get customers like this (and worse) at the pet store. I often have to hide or find any excuse not to deal with them. and I’m starting to run out of excuses.
Lady Jenn… well, that gets the point across right away, and saves everyone the trouble of listening or… gloating.
Squid… I imagine that in some cases, it’s preferable to clean out the poopy cages than to deal with certain customers. Hmmm…. there’s a cartoon in there somewhere! I gatta go write that down….