{"id":1317,"date":"2008-08-16T19:54:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2008\/08\/16\/an-unusually-sucky-customer\/"},"modified":"2008-08-16T19:54:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T18:54:46","slug":"an-unusually-sucky-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2008\/08\/16\/an-unusually-sucky-customer\/","title":{"rendered":"An unusually sucky customer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m very fond of the LJ community <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/customers_suck\/\" target=\"_blank\">customers_suck<\/a>. I read it often to remind myself of the dreadful crap that almost all service-providers have to put up with at one point or another&hellip; yet another reason to be nice to all the behind-the-counter people whose paths I cross. But also I read it because sometimes there&rsquo;s just something so hilarious to be found there that it makes the whole afternoon or evening. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/customers_suck\/26025844.html\" target=\"_blank\">This is one.<\/a> If I wrote this into a screenplay, my producer would send the scene back with &ldquo;Not believable, nobody is really this stupid&rdquo; scrawled across it.&nbsp; &hellip;Nonetheless, what a great scene it would be to write. <\/p>\n<div class=\"bjtags\">Tags:  <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/customers+suck\">customers+suck<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/supermarket\">supermarket<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/bagger\">bagger<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/mistaken+identity\">mistaken+identity<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/embarrassment\">embarrassment<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/unobservant\">unobservant<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m very fond of the LJ community customers_suck. 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