I hate people rant

[Bo8a_Fett]

Got into work this morning at 6am.....6.10 am passenger alarm for one of our lifts goes off at the bottom landing...send a member of staff down to reset it..no one was trapped in there so nothing to worry about reguarding passengers. The member of staff completely perplexed as to what to do and not answering her radio as I was giving her advice on what to do...suffice to say, I had to go down there...as manager and trained on lift failures I cannot go down by lift and have to use the stairs....120 of them...so down I go reset the alarm and come up informing her to stay in the lift and bring it up to the top landing...120 stairs later and no sign of the lift moving....radio the member of staff...nothing....go into the control room and PA her to turn her radio on and respond ...nothing...on the monitors I can see she is fine but just standing there like a lemon...soooo back down the 120 stairs to inform her about the need for communiction, instruct her on what I want her to do then back up the 120 stairs...up the ladders and stairs to the machine room, try and put it in service...nothing ...so wrestle it into power wind mode (dont ask) and radio down to member of staff...nothing...try lift communicator...nothing....so down the ladders and stairs ...down the 120 steps...again tell staff about using communications devices and inform her of what I'm gonna do...back up 120 stairs up ladders and steps and bring lift to top landing ....get to top landing to see if member of staff managed to get out of lift ok...'cos suprise suprise she didnt answer the 3 ways of communicting...into a couple of customers demanding I put the othjer lift into service...now i'm covered in sweat at having to negotiate the stairs many times...to the point where my white shirt is virtually see through. I informed customer politely that there has been a problem and that the other lift is in service to which he replys "well you should f**king fix it thats what you get paid for"....well I nearly lost it there and then...but just replied to him in a menacing tone "oh dear sir ...you be careful that that lift doesn't go out of service while your in it" ....he looked at me and decided to take the stairs.
I hate people.....rant over

[Bo8a_Fett]

And now my booking clerk (ticket seller) has broken his key in the booking office door...AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGH!!!

[mitchedwards]

On the sunny side think of all the good exercise you got on the stairs, you probably added a few days to your life expectancy. Just think you can use those extra days to spend with people

[toys2cool]

all in a days work

don't worry I hate people too

[spaceace35]

geez sounds like a fun day

[SUP-Ronin]

I hate stupid, ignorant people, and people who panic or freeze up in a pinch. "Don't Panic"
I hate when people steal other peoples ideas, or belongings.
I hate when people are rude and inconsiderate for no reason.
I hate when people are selfish, and biggoted, and too much of a coward to admit when they screw up or are wrong.
I hate excessive ego, because it is usually accompanied by ignorance and stupidity.
I hate jealousy. It serves no purpose other than to fuel anger.

OK, that was my rant of hate for now, thanks, I feel better.

[megoscott]

Haven't we already had an endless thread about what we hate? Sorry you had a bad day. Don't get me started.

[Vortigern99]

A couple of (hopefully not totally useless) observations:

I regret you had such a bad and frustrating experience. All of us go through days like this, being error-prone humans in a world full of error-prone humans, and I for one completely sympathize.

The staff member in question sounds totally incompetent. She should probably by reprimanded or reviewed for her lack of understanding about the obvious need for communication in a situation like that. How did she not hear your PA announcement??? It sounds like deliberate dereliction of duty to me!

"on the monitors I can see she is fine but just standing there like a lemon" I'm sorry, but that is hilariously funny. "Like a lemon"... 'cause, you know, that's what lemons do. Stand there. Like lemons.

From our favorite Saga: "Don't give in to hate. That way leads to the Dark Side." People are prone to error. Even you and I have made major mistakes in our lives, and we hope to be forgiven for them.

Regarding the customer who used foul language and insulted your capacity to do your job, I offer this bit of Buddhistic wisdom. If someone gave you a gift, but you denied it, saying you did not want that gift, to whom would the gift belong? .......... The answer, of course, is the person who tried to give you the gift. They own it. Conversely, if someone tries to give you hate and anger, but you reject it as not belonging to you, it is not yours. It is theirs.

I hope that maybe some of this helps. Just know that there are good people in the world who love you: your friends and family, even your online acquaintances, like me, who share your loves. It will get better, my friend.

[jayihdz]

Stuff like this makes me go grab a gun and...... usually I just go home turn on my x-box and kill all the bad guys...but you know what I am thinking...

[monkey tennis]

Have a cuppa Roger...and go and scream in the back.

Were the radio's broken....or is she just a numpty ??

[Wee67]

I have no idea what a 'numpty' is, but I'm going to guess it is quite applicable.

[Bo8a_Fett]

She was and always shall be...a numpty...to misquote Spock....lol....thx guys ...can always rely on you lot to give me cheer when I'm down, advice when i'm unsure, love when i'm lonely and THE FALCON MEGO CARD......lol....oh where's everyone gone

[monkey tennis]

Roger did you get those cards I sent ??

[Bo8a_Fett]

yes thanks...was going to ring you...when you were back at work....ta muchly

[monkey tennis]

Cool....No Probs