I walked into a barber shop and sat down, taking careful note of who was in the shop, in order to keep track of when my turn would come up. I waited patiently for 45 minutes in plain view of the cashier. Finally I think it's my turn, since nobody that was in the barber shop when I arrived is still there. I walk up to the cashier, expecting her to point me to a barber's chair to sit in. Only then does this dumb **** ask me "Can I help you?" I say, yeah I'm next in line to get my hair cut. She says, "Oh what's your name?" I give her my name, and she says "Oh you're not in the system. I can put you in now. You have about five people ahead of you in line." My eyeball twitches. I ask her what she means. She says, "Oh we have an online check-in system and there are people ahead of you", as she turns a computer screen around so I can see it. My name is at the bottom of a list of six people.
I lost it. NO! NO! I HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE TO GET MY HAIRCUT FOR 45 MINUTES! I"M NEXT IN LINE! **** YOU AND **** YOUR ONLINE CHECK IN SYSTEM. YOU ****** SAW ME SIT HERE FOR 45 MINUTES, AND DIDN"T EVEN HAVE THE COMMON SENSE TO ASK ME WHAT I WAS HERE FOR?
She immediately bumped me to the top of the list, and I got my haircut. I even tipped nicely too. That's how you handle that nonsense. These days I make sure that whatever barber shop I go to doesn't have any stupid online check in system.
