Caution - not for young ears...

Wow, did someone record my conversation with the shop owner of where I'm getting my custom board made???

I'll need to buy him a box of roses chocolates now - I feel so pretentious...

A Shaper friend of mine shared this with me.


After working in surfboard specialty stores for many years I can assure you that these comments are a collection of what people really ask.

I can also confirm that I may have reacted in a similar way to this guy..


Edit: I did a very small study and calculated that the average time that a normal person can spend dealing with the general public is 7 years. After this you no longer can be civil when answering dumb questions, you can no longer be nice when you say G'day to someone and they say 'Yeah righto mate' or 'I'm just looking'. God, I'm still bitter 8 years later...... Hahaha.

After 30 years of owning surf shops I can confirm that this is typical of the stupid questions and dumb comments some of the general public come up with. Albeit exaggerated and condensed into one customer.
Only once did I let my guard down and reply in a similar sarcastic manner to this.
This was a cool vid to see and reminds me of why I got out.

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CMC said...

A Shaper friend of mine shared this with me.


After working in surfboard specialty stores for many years I can assure you that these comments are a collection of what people really ask.

I can also confirm that I may have reacted in a similar way to this guy..


Edit: I did a very small study and calculated that the average time that a normal person can spend dealing with the general public is 7 years. After this you no longer can be civil when answering dumb questions, you can no longer be nice when you say G'day to someone and they say 'Yeah righto mate' or 'I'm just looking'. God, I'm still bitter 8 years later...... Hahaha.

Yep the general public are a bunch of freaks
i had a job for a while and it was seeing people in there houses, mostly in Western Sydney, **** me some of the **** you see and hear.

Funny clip 2, thanks Casso

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CMC said...

A Shaper friend of mine shared this with me.


After working in surfboard specialty stores for many years I can assure you that these comments are a collection of what people really ask.

I can also confirm that I may have reacted in a similar way to this guy..


Edit: I did a very small study and calculated that the average time that a normal person can spend dealing with the general public is 7 years. After this you no longer can be civil when answering dumb questions, you can no longer be nice when you say G'day to someone and they say 'Yeah righto mate' or 'I'm just looking'. God, I'm still bitter 8 years later...... Hahaha.

What wrong with just having a look? I do it all the time

You should try the automotive trade, some of the most stupid questions come out of peoples mouths!! My fave is What type of car do you have? Answer, Hyundai

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doggie said...

CMC said...

A Shaper friend of mine shared this with me.


After working in surfboard specialty stores for many years I can assure you that these comments are a collection of what people really ask.

I can also confirm that I may have reacted in a similar way to this guy..


Edit: I did a very small study and calculated that the average time that a normal person can spend dealing with the general public is 7 years. After this you no longer can be civil when answering dumb questions, you can no longer be nice when you say G'day to someone and they say 'Yeah righto mate' or 'I'm just looking'. God, I'm still bitter 8 years later...... Hahaha.

What wrong with just having a look? I do it all the time

You should try the automotive trade, some of the most stupid questions come out of peoples mouths!! My fave is What type of car do you have? Answer, Hyundai

Look all you like but if someone is just genuinely saying hello or "G'day" the correct response is not "I'm just looking" it is 'Hi' or even a "G'day" back.

Being human is not that hard, if you have worked in customer service for a while you may think otherwise though.

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CMC said...

doggie said...

CMC said...

A Shaper friend of mine shared this with me.


After working in surfboard specialty stores for many years I can assure you that these comments are a collection of what people really ask.

I can also confirm that I may have reacted in a similar way to this guy..


Edit: I did a very small study and calculated that the average time that a normal person can spend dealing with the general public is 7 years. After this you no longer can be civil when answering dumb questions, you can no longer be nice when you say G'day to someone and they say 'Yeah righto mate' or 'I'm just looking'. God, I'm still bitter 8 years later...... Hahaha.

What wrong with just having a look? I do it all the time

You should try the automotive trade, some of the most stupid questions come out of peoples mouths!! My fave is What type of car do you have? Answer, Hyundai

Look all you like but if someone is just genuinely saying hello or "G'day" the correct response is not "I'm just looking" it is 'Hi' or even a "G'day" back.

Being human is not that hard, if you have worked in customer service for a while you may think otherwise though.

Usually I get can I help you, I know a couple of the guys from shops and generally I will spend some time to chat if they arnt busy etc. Most are just young pups that I wouldnt ask advice of anyway.
I was having a sticky beak the other day at the Boardroom (WA) and a youg girl came up to help me with boards, Im not saying she wouldnt know anything but she didnt look a a surfer (she was smokin hot tho) why wouldnt one of the guys that I know surf come and chat to me? What is she going to learn by talking to me?

Now people have online forums to ask thier stupid questions

Ha ha I cracked up at that. Used to sell custom goaties so can relate. By the end of my time in it I was doing a pretty good impersonation of Basil Fawlty with some people[}:)]

Very very funny

When I read the posts from you guys I thought this will be really funny.
It could be really funny if it wasn't so true! Once a surfer was a guy who hung out through the week to surf his guts out on the weekend and sneak in a couple mid week when he could. Of course there are still guys like that around.
It continues to amaze me that our society is being invaded by these BMW driving, bargain hunting, negotiating WANKERS. I have actually been in shops when people come in and talk like the guy in the video. It is amazing that there hasn't been a murder in a shop before now.
Oh oh there I go raving again. You know the older I get the less tolerant I become of these pretentious twits.
All shopkeepers and retail people have my heartfelt sympathy for having to deal with this type of crap. Shut up ET.

Thats really funny
But that's been my world for the last 20 years
And it's getting worse now I'm selling sups
You wouldn't believe how many guys thought they
Could turn there 7' 0 " mini mals into a sup so they only
Had to buy a paddle.and left pissed off when I told them they
Were tripping

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rager said...

Now people have online forums to ask thier stupid questions

what do you mean what questions

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rahams said...

Thats really funny
But that's been my world for the last 20 years
And it's getting worse now I'm selling sups
You wouldn't believe how many guys thought they
Could turn there 7' 0 " mini mals into a sup so they only
Had to buy a paddle.and left pissed off when I told them they
Were tripping

Thanks for that tip......
Now, where is that old kayak paddle I found ???

That is gold...thanks Casso!

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laceys lane said...

rager said...

Now people have online forums to ask thier stupid questions

what do you mean what questions

Oh just things like fin placements and which BBQ looks best with what board

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rager said...

laceys lane said...

rager said...

Now people have online forums to ask thier stupid questions

what do you mean what questions

Oh just things like fin placements and which BBQ looks best with what board

oh, i'm over it too

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rager said...

laceys lane said...

rager said...

Now people have online forums to ask thier stupid questions

what do you mean what questions

Oh just things like fin placements and which BBQ looks best with what board

Hahahahahahaha

hahahahahahaha

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doggie said...

CMC said...

A Shaper friend of mine shared this with me.


After working in surfboard specialty stores for many years I can assure you that these comments are a collection of what people really ask.

I can also confirm that I may have reacted in a similar way to this guy..


Edit: I did a very small study and calculated that the average time that a normal person can spend dealing with the general public is 7 years. After this you no longer can be civil when answering dumb questions, you can no longer be nice when you say G'day to someone and they say 'Yeah righto mate' or 'I'm just looking'. God, I'm still bitter 8 years later...... Hahaha.

What wrong with just having a look? I do it all the time

You should try the automotive trade, some of the most stupid questions come out of peoples mouths!! My fave is What type of car do you have? Answer, Hyundai

Look all you like but if someone is just genuinely saying hello or "G'day" the correct response is not "I'm just looking" it is 'Hi' or even a "G'day" back.

Being human is not that hard, if you have worked in customer service for a while you may think otherwise though.

cmc, there is the other side too. like you walk in the guy rolls his eye's like oh god,i have to serve some one, i'm too cool for this- then forced g'day, well lets not pretend mate- i'll just look around myself and you can go back to what ever you are doing.