Verboticism: Deadwaiter
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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Reprehensitive
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: rep - re - HENS - uh - tiv
Sentence: Gabrielle was appalled at the abysmal response of the customer service reprehensitive who seemed not to even notice her even though she made several attempts to gain his attention.
Etymology: Blend of 'reprehensible' ( Deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy)and 'representative' (One that serves as a delegate or agent for another)
Checklout
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: cheklout
Sentence: Harry is an only child. He grew up thinking that he is the center of the universe. That’s just the way he treats his job as a checklout clerk. If a customer is so rude as to expect service he is quick to correct them. He’s been known to freeze a customer mid-sentence with just a look.
Etymology: checkout (a point at which goods are paid for in a supermarket or other store) + lout (an uncouth or aggressive man or boy)
Steveclerkel
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: Steve+Clerk-ol
Sentence: The line growing increasingly longer, the SteveClerkel, immersed in his conversation with his girfriend couldn't sense that everyone in line wanted to strangle him.
Etymology: Steve Urkel (the annoying TV character) + Clerk
Slackercasher
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: slack er cash er
Sentence: Bill first thought the store had planted a mannequin, arms crossed, at the cash desk. She possessed a vacant stare and exhibited limited life. He stood perplexed, waited for the slackercasher to get into motion. Patience turned to desperation as he heard another cusstomer behind him snarl for help. “OK LET’S GET SOME SERVICE HERE, we don’t have all day!” The slackercasher did get into action: she picked up her cell and began typing a text! Bill resigned to step over to wait in a long line of another aisle.
Etymology: From slacker and casher or cashier.
Clashier
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: cla/sheer
Sentence: Most customer dissatisfaction is caused by confrontational clashiers who hate their jobs and looking for a fight.
Etymology: clash + cashier
Nobossaskhole
Created by: marianasoffer
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: No - negation ASkHole - asshole/ask hole
Patroneglect
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: patron+neglect
Sentence: Patroneglect at the mall was almost bad enough to make me yearn for the steady but excruciatingly slow attention customers get at the Post Office.
Etymology: patron+neglect
Salesassholestant
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: sales-ass-hol-sternt
Sentence: i chose to leave the store rather than hand over money to that salesassholestant
Etymology: sales assistant, asshole
Patronagent
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /pey-trun-EY-jent/
Sentence: Denise was a regular customer at Le Chic Boutique, but the new patronagent at the counter treated her as if she were some person off the street, and pointedly ignored her for several minutes while chitchatting with his coworker before snatching her credit card, and then slamming a pen and receipt down in front of her. She was infuriated at his rude behavior... yet strangely turned on, too.
Etymology: Patronage - a condescending manner or attitude in dealing with people; patronizing (from Old French, patroniser "power to give favors") + Agent - a representative of a business or firm (from Latin, agentum "one who acts or conducts action")
Tillshy
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: TILL-shy
Sentence: Why don't you shop on-line, and stop rudely interrupting my day, was the routine retort to customers from the tillshy, check-out "chick".
Etymology: Combination of TILL: drawer for money in cash-register etc., & SHY: as in workshy - to be afraid of.