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What is something people you encounter at your job say that makes you want to scream? (Job, person & quote) (lemmings.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Job: cashier

Item doesn't scan

Customer: "That means it's free, right?"

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Only about 4 weeks in as a cashier and I've heard this enough to last me a lifetime.

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is Access still in use?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Access will probably be the last thing to die before the heat death of the universe.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Even after things inappropriately hosted in Excel? Lol

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 4 months ago

Oh, yeah, forgot that.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I'm certain the access database living in a broom closet that someone setup 20 years ago is still going strong at my last job. It was also fed by mainframe dumps, I'm super glad I never had to go anywhere near the thing personally, different department and it was explicit that they owned it.