Verboticism: Customerswervice
DEFINITION: n. A cashier or customer service representative who is so busy chatting with their friends or coworkers that they ignore their customers. v. To be serviced by a very annoying customer service representative.
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Cellsrep
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: cells-rep
Sentence: Adept at multitasking, Sean excelled as a cellsrep by chatting with his girlfriend, waiting on customers and doing his geometry homework all at the same time.
Etymology: cells: cellular + rep (short for representative) as in sales rep.
Malcontedant
Created by: didsbury
Pronunciation: mal-conn-ten-dant
Sentence: I am in a hurry but the staff in this shop are all such malcontendants there is no one who will serve me.
Etymology: Combination of malcontent and attendant. First used by Mark Twain to describe a particularly slovenly, family-run restaurant he visited in Mississippi. The restaurant gained notoriety and indeed some short lived success until it was forcibly closed by the owners who had a sense of humour failure when even physical abuse of the clientele wasn't enough to deter the hordes of malcontent-watchers.
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-13: 15:40:00
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Dissociate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: dĭ-sō'shē-ĭt
Sentence: After she made her way back to the electronics department, having to make her way past one dissociate after another who, apparently oblivious to her existence or that of any other customer, had no apparent function beyond taking up aisle space, the blue-smocked critters became scarce. When she finally found one and asked where she could find an adapter to use her ipod with her home stereo, the dull-eyed response was, "that's not my aisle, but if we have 'em they would definitely be in this half of the store."
Etymology: dissociate (-āt'), from the psychological defense mechanism dissociation, whereby an individual compartmentalizes certain thoughts, emotions, sensations, and/or memories; term coined by The French psychiatrist Pierre Janet, later expanded on in Jung's theories; associate (-ĭt), term used by a certain (world's largest)retailer as a euphamism for what passes as a sales staff.
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COMMENTS:
Like it! - pieceof314, 2008-05-13: 13:29:00
thanks, 314. first time I've tried to give a verbotomy to an existing word. - stache, 2008-05-13: 17:02:00
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Custymied
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: Cus-time-eed
Sentence: Jackie couldn't believe how poor service was in the UK compared to the states. She was sick of being custymied by surly shop assistants. Bring on the flight back to LA!
Etymology: Customer - buyer, client; stymied - obstructed, blocked
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COMMENTS:
Excellent blend. - Mustang, 2008-05-13: 20:26:00
very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-15: 06:36:00
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Asshier
Created by: Kallystie
Pronunciation: a-ssh-ier
Sentence: The clerk was talking on the phone and completely ignoring me. I waited there, while my, once frosty cold, can of soda started getting warm. Finally, I stated... "Asshier! Can I get some service before my soda starts boiling in this heat?"
Etymology: Asshier is a combination of the words ass and cashier.
Servitosis
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: serv-ih-toe-sis
Sentence: Brad suffered from an acute case of servitosis, or rather, it was the customers who were the direct victims of this insidious disease at the local MunchieMart. Brad's shallow indiference to basic customer service couldn't have been more overt. The dwindling customer base seemed to think that they were going to an inconvenience store every time they stopped by.
Etymology: service + (t)osis, state of disease
Casheergall
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: cash-sheer-gall
Sentence: Brandon often displayed casheergall while working the counter at the convenience store and would continue on with personal chores while ignoring waiting customers.
Etymology: blend of cashier, sheer, and gall
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COMMENTS:
They must go to a special school... - Nosila, 2009-06-25: 11:19:00
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Salesjerk
Created by: scissorlips
Pronunciation: saylz jurk
Sentence: All too often the end of our long wait in line is met by a salesjerk; a cocky, nitwit who can exert authority only through annoying customers.
Etymology: sales + JERK, similar to salesclerk
