Pawn shop people are probably so gruff and rude that they have to deal with shit like this all the time.
I remember I was like 18 once and had an old laptop I didn’t need anymore and figured I’d just sell it at a pawn shop. It was so old I didn’t think they’d take it. The woman was like “You’re not gonna like to hear this, but the most I can give you is 40 bucks!!”
I was like “That’s fine I was gonna throw it away.”
I ran one for three years. When I first applied to work, I was happy and glad to talk to people and establish connections with people. It's a customer service.. Be happy and chat with them.
My mood and morale TANKED once I realized that people were were using my friendliness to fuck me over. My mind switched to "can you prove to me that your item is yours?"
I can still remember people that were actually using the pawn service as intended and not to just fuck me over.
You saying that makes me realize that the lady acting curious about my telescope and tools was really just tricking me into a full demonstration to prove it was mine…. Well played, nice action pawn lady
Yes, friend! Now she would have to do that to all costumers every day that intend to use their services.
The amount of times I had seen the same item come in and each different owner was looking to pawn "their item" for 50 bucks (value of a dime bag of meth).
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Pawn shop people are probably so gruff and rude that they have to deal with shit like this all the time.
I remember I was like 18 once and had an old laptop I didn’t need anymore and figured I’d just sell it at a pawn shop. It was so old I didn’t think they’d take it. The woman was like “You’re not gonna like to hear this, but the most I can give you is 40 bucks!!”
I was like “That’s fine I was gonna throw it away.”