Your Story is BULLSH#T!

[gremcint]

Your response to that sucky customer was just a little too well phrased.
There's no way you didn't get in trouble for saying that.
I really doubt your manager is that fucking stupid or spineless.
Yeah everybody just wants to hit on you.

Personally about half the stories I read on CS or Not always right I feel like at least part of it is fake, whether you're exaggerating, embellishing or just making shit up.

I just read one story today where I honestly just want to replay "That is such Bullshit"
But doing so would probably land me in trouble, So here I am.
I'm not naming names or pointing fingers, and in fact there are so many I would link but I just had to say this somewhere.

actually there is one I would link if I could find it, the notalwaysright story where the customer beats an employee with a stick while the manager laughs.

[Kheldarson]

You mean this one?

http://notalwaysright.com/brand-span...employee/12282

[gremcint]

yeah that one thanks. I did a quick look but figured someone would post it if I mentioned it.

[KabeRinnaul]

I kinda wanted to call BS on that one, too. I can't begin to comprehend a customer becoming violent with an employee and no one doing anything. Plus, if the store had any kind of surveillance at all on the registers (and in my experience most do), that employee just won an assault & battery case against the customer.

Though I don't see nearly as many questionable stories on CS as I do on Not Always Right or FML and it's clones (like MLIA).

[Rapscallion]

The mods are aware of a certain number of tales seeming to be somewhat outrageous. We're pretty certain that there are some tales that are at the very least embellished.

The trick is in what we can do about it. We can ask openly for clarification of various elements. We can try and point out that something seems unreal.

We then get stampeded by a large swathe of members who are more than willing to believe a tale told well, not one that's necessarily honest.

We'd prefer honest tales. There's too many of those as it is. Storytellers will flock to audiences, though, and we try to be on the alert for them.

Rapscallion

[Andara Bledin]

There are a lot of tales where the stuff posted reads too perfect or sounds too outrageous.

But, considering some of the things that show up in the news daily, sometimes things like that really do happen.

Sometimes you can tell, and others, you just have to either believe or not and move on.

^-.-^

[Nyoibo]

Or then there's stories like Vinegar boy, which are so toally ridiculously stupid there's almost no way they couldn't be true.

[HYHYBT]

It's tricky, because that a tale is told well does not necessarily mean it's false, and once in a while, "the perfect thing to say" DOES come to mind at the right time. Not nearly as often as some would have you think, of course. But sometimes it does happen... and we usually don't really remember everything directly. So details like the exact wording might come out a bit different, especially when it's not something that just happened.

Some stories I've told (whether here, there, or elsewhere, and not all work-related), if I see an older version, they don't line up precisely. Each was as I honestly remembered it as I was telling it, allowing for details that might be relevant to one context and not another, filling in what doesn't matter, etc., but even at that they don't always align perfectly... and I do my best to be accurate, because it just bugs me not to be. Others aren't so scrupulous about such things... and still others, of course, prefer an outlet for their fiction. But it can be hard to tell for sure.

Now, when an unbelievable situation just keeps on going, continually providing new material in a sort of soap opera... well, that's different.

[Rageaholic]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's suspicious of some of the stuff on CS. I don't think many of them are blatant lies, but I get the feeling there's a lot of embelishment going on. Like I don't think they all remember word for word what's been said. The few sightings I had I couldn't even figure out what the problem was other than some customer was making a big deal out of something that may or may not have been valid. Not to say that's true for everyone, as I admit I'm not always paying attention to things, but I don't think many people have such a picture perfect memory.

Just my 2 cents.

[fireheart17]

Or then there's stories like Vinegar boy, which are so toally ridiculously stupid there's almost no way they couldn't be true.

What's even more scary is that occurred in our state next door

there are a couple of occasions where I've doubted a story, but haven't said anything. Some of the NotAlwaysRight stuff I call bullshit on occasionally....

[DrFaroohk]

I'm suspicious of those people everywhere. I know a lot in real life. The big BS tipoff is when they say "...and ya know what _I_ said? I said....."

I get annoyed by the ones that just insult your intelligence too. Yes, you used to be a racecar driver. And you had the most kills in 'nam. Yes you were always telling off the general, and the president used to ask your advice on stuff. Sure, sure! I'm so dumb I believe that! Sure!

That being said, I don't always mind if someone tells a bullshit story if they tell it well. Sometimes it's more about the way it's told than the veracity of the statements. If I'm jst being entertained I don't mind.

Or if the embellishment is obvious. Telling me you told off the company president and got a promotion is going to make me really suspect your story. Telling me "I must've eaten a hundred hot dogs that day" is just an exaggeration to make a point. I know you didn't eat 100 hotdogs, you know you didn't eat 100 hotdogs, and you have no illusion that I really think you ate 100 hotdogs. It's just for effect.

[Hyena Dandy]

I'm pretty sure the majority of actual dialogue is made-up. Probably because you won't have a notepad to write down everything that's said in a conversation. Generally, having seen some crazies, I assume that someone is telling the truth unless something impossible or absolutely ridiculous happens.

[Nyoibo]

Telling me "I must've eaten a hundred hot dogs that day" is just an exaggeration to make a point. I know you didn't eat 100 hotdogs, you know you didn't eat 100 hotdogs, and you have no illusion that I really think you ate 100 hotdogs. It's just for effect.

Unless you won a hotdog eating contest that day, then possibly.

[HYHYBT]

There are a very few cases where I do remember *precisely* the words used, even with age, mostly of the stupid question variety:
"Do you sell hamburgers here?"
"Your apple pies. Are those pies, or are they sandwiches?"
That sort of thing. But whole conversations? Never. And I readily admit to not thinking of the perfect answer to the first of those ("Yes ma'am. Billions and billions.") until later, as I was simply too stunned. But that's another possibility: if a situation repeats itself, THEN you might already have that perfect response ready.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I often think stuff to say to a customer while dealing with an SC; I will post said thoughts in italics after what I actually said. XD I once had someone PM me saying, "You can't have said that to the customer; you'd have gotten into trouble!". I merely messaged them back, telling them to go back and read my post properly, especially the part where I say that my thoughts are in italics. Heard nothing back.

I always think that my stories can be quite dull compared to the stories of others, but at least mine are truthful.