fuck this job.com

So we have this one customer who calls constantly. The man only fired a gun for the first time ever last week, but since then he has been back to shoot four times. And in that period of time he has called the shop at least 50 times with one question or another. I, of course, am usually the one who gets his calls, so he now knows my name, too. Which is fine, because I know his. LOL! Knowing the customers' names means something, trust me.

Anyway, he was in to shoot this afternoon. But he called a few hours prior to see how busy the range was, which is info I am not permitted to give out. The reason being: one moment it could be empty and the next moment we could get a bus load of people in and the waiting list could be two hours long. It happens all the time.

He goes home and calls again. He asks if "Lady's day" means men aren't allowed on the range. No. It just means women get discounts. "But if you put on some make-up and a dress, I'll be glad to give you the discount!"

As strange as this man is, the range officers put me on speed dial because if he shows up in a dress - and he admitted he was considering it - they are going to call me and hold him there until I get there with my camera. LOL!

So, I never realized exactly what kind of weird shit goes on at firing ranges until I started working on one. I figured they get the cream of the crop of weird, but I wasn't ready for some of this stuff.

1. A woman was ejected from the firing range a few weeks ago for hanging photos of wedding cakes on her target. It would have been alright had there been no people in the images, and even though she wasn't shooting at people but cakes, rather, it still wasn't ok. She left the range crying. The back story is: she's getting married sometime next month and the wedding planning is getting far too stressful.

2. A man wanted to bring in 45 people from his church group. For eight lanes.... yeah.

3. A woman was trying to set up a baby shower on the range. When she was told we do not permit pregnant women on the range, she actually started to argue loudly with the range manager about it.

4. I had to explain to another pregnant woman and her husband why she was not allowed on the range. She thought that if she rented ear protection and stuck in on her belly the baby would be ok. I had to explain that there are several reasons why they do not allow pregnant women on the range: noise, gun recoil, the intake of lead, etc.

5. A man today wanted to rent the range for his boy scout troop. Which is not ok because under 18 year olds need to have a parent or legal gardien with them to enter the range, and a troop leader doesn't count.

6. We won't discuss mom's anger shooting yesterday because her target left without a crotch. LOL!