Sunday, March 11, 2012

Rhetorical

Since my job is at the mall, it demands that I interact with a couple hundred people in a day. I deal with quite a bit of idiots, not trying to be harsh, but i know they do not need special circumstances or handicaps. One of my favorite rhetorical devices that I use at my job is sarcasm. My coworker the other day was buying an long sleeve sweater that I knew was the same long sleeve as the non other brand name. She continues to think and feel that just because it has a man riding a horse playing polo it is so much better than the one without that logo. I follow her and try to let her know that it is the same thing only that she is paying so much more for, the ralph polo logo, even though the non-brand item is just as nice. Another customer comes to me asking for information as she continues to walk away, I pick up the item and catch up to the lady to tell her she forgot the long sleeve that was not Polo.  I’m pretty sure she knew that I had seen her pick up both items, so she takes the item from me pretending she left it there on purpose. Another rhetorical device I use at my job is euphemism.  A lot of the time I become very frustrated with Valley Fair customers, causing me to get emotionally connected and trying to prove that my opinion is their best option.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with you TMF that there are a lot of frustrating people to deal with at a job that involves you to be social. I have had very similar cases at my job when I used to cook rotisserie chickens at Costco. When I would have plenty of chickens made, people still wanted to wait for the chickens I was currently pulling out of the oven because they thought they were better although they were the same thing. When they ask when they would be ready I would tell them that they aren't going to be available until the "bad" ones were taken. People didn't know that I was being sarcastic, but I didn't really care

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