interesting time at Greyhound bus terminal this morning

[rfuerst911sc]

I had posted for sale on the 986 forum that I had an 02 S front bumper cover as I had replaced the original with a GT3. A nice fellow in N.Y. said he'd take it. Knowing it would be an " oversized " package by FED EX or UPS I suggested we use Greyhound. The buyer didn't care he just wanted the bumper. I did an online estimate for a package 20 x 24 x 65 and weighing 30 pounds and it came out to $77.50. So I picked up a bunch of cardboard boxes and proceeded to make the cocoon . This morning I go to the local Greyhound terminal and I'm the only one there........great ! I carry the package in and start the conversation with the rocket scientist behind the counter . So he asks me where is it going ( zip code ) and I tell him. Then he needs the buyers name I tell him James xxx............he asks me how do you spell James ! . I spell it out for him I had to correct him twice. Then onto my name.........Richard........same deal how do you spell it ????? You're kidding right ? So I spell it out only had to correct him once. All the time this is going on I'm thinking to myself wait until he hits you with the price. He never measures the package or weighs it ( I guess too hard to do ) so he tells me I owe $43.45 ! Fine by me but Greyhound I sure hope you can stay in business. I know this isn't a high paying job but how about some work ethic ? I'm assuming with the spelling show he displayed that high school may have been the best 6 years of his life . Oh well a few more bucks in my pocket and on the bigger and better things.

[mreid]

This is why I always write out in clear block letters all of the info and hand it to the greyhound/UPS/Fedex person. Just hope it gets to the correct James in the correct town!

[Tervuren]

You'd be amazed at how parents, wanting their kids name to be "unique", come up with crazy spellings. Its honestly, best to just ask.

Wait until you meet an Adasha whose name is spelled a-a. Think you'd just get that right from hearing it?

[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

You'd be amazed at how parents, wanting their kids name to be "unique", come up with crazy spellings. Its honestly, best to just ask.

Wait until you meet an Adasha whose name is spelled a-a. Think you'd just get that right from hearing it?

James and Richard are far from exotic names my 5 year old grand daughter can spell them !!! They are no harder to spell than dog , cat or kite so I don't buy your statement.

[LakeCleElum]

Idiots are everywhere......When I check into a hotel, I give them my name: Bob ___________
When they ask how to spell it, I reply: That's Bob with one "O"

[Baz]

On the other hand...hats off to someone (regardless of their intelligence level) who gets out of bed each day and goes to work.

I say this about anyone.

Not everyone is smart but when they go to work - they are all held in high esteem in my eyes....

[rfuerst911sc]

Baz I do agree with your first statement he could easily be on welfare. But on the other hand his job is to deal with the public every day. Whether he's booking tickets or sending packages. Spelling at a 5th grade level should not be in the hard pile.

[DaveE]

If only we could all be brain surgeons, right?


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[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by DaveE

If only we could all be brain surgeons, right?


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Not sure what your intent is with that comment ? I'm no brain surgeon I freely admit that. I'm just a regular Joe that goes to work every day with a lunch pail in hand.

[Embraer]

Originally Posted by Baz

On the other hand...hats off to someone (regardless of their intelligence level) who gets out of bed each day and goes to work.

I say this about anyone.

Not everyone is smart but when they go to work - they are all held in high esteem in my eyes....

+1. The dude's working. The world needs ditch diggers, cleaning people, and even not-so-smart greyhound employees. All jobs I would not want to do, but thankful there are people to do them.

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

James and Richard are far from exotic names my 5 year old grand daughter can spell them !!! They are no harder to spell than dog , cat or kite so I don't buy your statement.

What the other poster meant is kids nowadays have made-up spellings of what sound like ordinary names, so plenty of clerks have started typing J-a-m-e-s only to be stopped with "Hey, my name starts with a D, genius! Djayms, just like it sounds!" There's a funny Key and Peele vid on the phenomenon.

[aap1966]

He's not that bright, but.....
He has a job.
That alone means he gets more respect than any University / College 'social justice warrior' parasite.

[Bill Douglas]

Argh, when I was a network administrator a guy started working at the company and I talked to him on the phone - got his name etc. I set him up on multiple systems, mail etc then he tells me his spelling is not Mark as we know it but spelt ....

The fact that he was such a half wit not telling me in the first place I left it as Mark.

[GH85Carrera]

45 years ago I used to used the bus lines to ship an receive packages from a city 90 miles away for the company I worked for. The man at the bus station that had the job to call customers that they had a package to pickup had a cleft pallet that had never been surgically fixed. He was impossible to understand. I just knew if I got a call from a person impossible to understand I had a package to pickup. The guy had a job and of all the tasks they give him was to call people on the phone.

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by Baz

On the other hand...hats off to someone (regardless of their intelligence level) who gets out of bed each day and goes to work.

I say this about anyone.

Not everyone is smart but when they go to work - they are all held in high esteem in my eyes....

There are alot of "smart" people choosing to stay home, and play the government entitlement game that are sucking this country dry. At least this guy is coming to work every morning, and making an effort. He may have a learning disability, but has overcome it to be a productive member of society.

I try to temper myself when dealing with idiots, they may be at the top of thier game, just being able to function.

[Baz]

In my line of work....I see old beater trucks from time to time loaded down with palms and guys driving through neighborhoods trying to find customers. The same thing with palm trimmers.....driving around with beater truck/trailers....ladders strapped to the roof...

I'm sure there are plenty who look down their nose at these guys.

Not me. Pleased to see there are other fools like me willing to sweat their arses off everyday just to keep the lights on.....

[DanielDudley]

But at least he asked.

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

James and Richard are far from exotic names my 5 year old grand daughter can spell them !!! They are no harder to spell than dog , cat or kite so I don't buy your statement.

You probably only go out in a limited set, and do not have to deal with this, unlike the counter guy who does.

Richayd
Jaims

See what the guy might have to deal with?

Some names I might or might not have run across. >_>

Dayfid (David)
Jesyka (Jessica)
Emihleigh(Emily)

Also, the same name can have spellings in different languages, the USA has a large immigrant population. Nearly all our names are from other languages. Try going to Germany and telling them they misspell their country's name.

Geof, or Geoffrey, wass changed to Jeff or Jeffery in the USA.

When you work a job where the general public comes to you, and you don't choose who they are, you get exposed to a lot of different ways names *you* think have only one spelling, yet some one somewhere didn't think so.

[Arizona_928]

I went to the local HD to pick up cement. The showed the receipt to the "professional loader", and he starts loading up the truck. After about 35 bags he said good to go. I bought 20...

Didn't realize till I got home... He didn't get the Lennie reference when he unloaded 900 lbs of cement out the back of the truck later that day either....

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I always use busfreighter.com to ship via Greyhound. Do it all online and they send you a barcode that greyhound reads. Always put all receivers info on box in 2-3 places. Stuff, like a 914 hood, can get lost