*blnk stare*

[Hon'ya-chan]

Me: That will be $X.XX.
SC: *blank stare*
Me: It's $X.XX
SC: *blank stare mode*
Me: X Dollar and XX cents!!
SC: Oh, *pulls out two dollar coins*

I guess the total scared the lving daylights outta her.

[Marxfan]

I've had customers like that. I really, really, REALLY don't know what their deal is. Are they confused? Frozen with fear? Catatonic? What?

[Bloodsoul]

Maybe they were too busy trying to think... hmm.

[Purple Monkey Dishwasher]

I've had customers like that. I really, really, REALLY don't know what their deal is. Are they confused? Frozen with fear? Catatonic? What?

I get a lot of teenagers like that. Not stoned or anything, they just seem completely unprepared for interaction with strangers. "Um... Errr... like...um... 5 dollars on... like...that pump over there... um... the white car. Like, OK, bye."

Or, when they come into the store, I say "Hi," or "Good Morning," and they freeze, look at me with a look of terror, and say "What?" I just said "Hi," Einstein. That's all.

Fuck!

Joe

[Becks]

Maybe they were hoping that by using the blank stare, the total would magicially disappear and they'd get their stuff for free.

[rerant]

I had a customer like that when I worked at Wal Mart. I told him his total and he just stared at me. So I repeated it and he continued to stare.
Then he said, "What?" so again I repeat myself.
Then he said, "Say it again!" in a very rude tone, so I did.
After I told him his total for the fourth time his reponse was, "Get me your supervisor!"
So I did, and when she came over I stood there and listened to him tear me out for being rude. He had the CSM stand there as he paid to "monitor her employee's attitude" and when I handed him his credit card slip to sign I said, "Here you go," and he responded by shouting, "SEE! SEE HOUW SHE TALKS TO PEOPLE! YOU NEED TO STRAIGHTEN HER OUT!"
My CSM just stood there like, "wtf? are you on drugs?"

This happened like three+ years ago and to this day it still annoys me to think about it. Mostly because I will never understand what the hell his deal was.

[JustADude]

This happened like three+ years ago and to this day it still annoys me to think about it. Mostly because I will never understand what the hell his deal was.

His deal was.... Drumroll please?



*sigh* Close enough, I guess...


Anyway... his deal was... he's an Asshat!

[Der Cute]

There's also a condition called Epilepsy.

In case you didn't know, that OP's customer's behavior goes under an Absence Seizure classification.

Blinking, staring, no response...it's a brain fart big enough for outsiders to see it.

Cutenoob

[JustADude]

There's also a condition called Epilepsy.

In case you didn't know, that OP's customer's behavior goes under an Absence Seizure classification.

Good point. Everyone thinks of Gran Mal seizures when they think of Epilepsy, but that's not the only, or even the most common, type.

[i4wolves]

My best friend has eplispy (sp) and sometimes it takes her a while to think of a response. Some people think she's rude, its just that she has gone into an episode where it takes her sometimes to process what is being said to her.

[cloudiko]

I've had customers like that. I really, really, REALLY don't know what their deal is. Are they confused? Frozen with fear? Catatonic? What?

They're just dumb. It's kind of like a slow pain response....for example, you hit them in the face with your shoe, and it takes them 20 minutes to realize that it hurt.

I get customers like this all the time too. I want to beat them with my shoe. Especially when they demand to see a menu, because they feel like somehow the price of their country fried steak will be less in the menu than on their bill.

My favorite part is when they realize that the prices are the same. It takes a couple of minutes for the realization to hit them that they aren't going to get free food. When this happens....somehow I hate my job a little less.

[napoleana]

Yes, it could be epilepsy, but I've seen people do it a lot. Not where I work, mind you, because I don't do register. But when I'm out shopping. 3/4 of the time what I see is some dumb teenager who usually shops with a parent and has forgotten that they are supposed to pay for stuff.

I have ADD and will stop right in the middle of a sentence, forgetting what my subject was. (It may take 5-10min for me to remember; even as much as a day or more if the other party wasn't paying attention.) So, I know what it's like to have "brain farts;" but I've never forgotten that I'm supposed to pay when I'm done shopping. I'm pretty sure this is not a "brain fart," but just pure stupidity.

[Chained to the counter]

My mother has epilepsy, she doesn't go into massive seizures what happens is she will feel it coming on, she's described it as a sick feeling and then her eyes will go blank, her fists will clench and if she has a hold of you she could easily break one of your bones, she has massive amounts of strength. She has nearly broken my hand once and also has pinned me to the ground during a seizure.

The worst she has done is put a hot iron on her leg and has a scar there now, she has also wandered out into the middle of the road before.

Mum doesn't have as many episodes now, her medication is working well but over the years and the many medications she's had to take her short term memory is shot.