those aren't for sale yet

[candyshopgirl]

Why is that customers always want to take stuff thats not for sale yet or is part of the display(which is expired.)

We have the frozen sara lee muffins that come frozen.So we have to defrost them first.Well our store room is dirty and cramped so I get a milk crate and put it on one of the shelves of the microwave cart.(the cart is off to the side of the store.)Anyways it never fails customers will take the frozen muffins,it should be clear that if something is off to the side and you have to get down on your knees to get it,its not for sale.I mean really the only way these are visible is if you get down on the ground and look. I'm just waiting for a dumbass to come and complain that the muffins are frozen.So I guess I have to put them back in the dirty store room.

Then we have a glass display thing made of square boxes.So we have radom things in this case for display that we sale. It never amazes me that the idiots take stuff out of the display case.Most of it is expired thats why its only display. They also always have the same excuse "I didn't want to walk all the way over there for it" Our store is exactly 27 feet wide by 12 feet wide(I measured today,it was really slow today.)So I got a really big "marks a lot" marker and wrote NOT FOR SALE EXPIRED!!! on the backs of the items.

Then there are the customers that will find the one hot pop in the back of the freshly stocked cooler.I swear these people are driving me crazy.

[TheComputerError]

Never underestimate the ability of SCs to find something to complain about. Remember, signs will not work, nor will making things inaccessible to them.

Sometimes, I think we should remove all warning signs and let natural selection solve the overpopulation problem.

[wraiths_crono]

Sometimes, I think we should remove all warning signs and let natural selection solve the overpopulation problem.

I agree completely, if someone wants to drink draino.. then let them, ect!



-if its more humane to put an animal down, and have them fixed... why not people too?-

[Belari]

We have plastic baguettes, pretzels, and bread loaves (all jumbo-sized) that we use to decorate the self-serve bakery area with when the product runs low at the end of the day. I have had waaaaay too many people ring my little service bell and ask how much this giant plastic pretzel is, seeing as there's no price sticker. How dumb can ya get?

[mharbourgirl]

Never underestimate the ability of SCs to find something to complain about. Remember, signs will not work, nor will making things inaccessible to them.

Sometimes, I think we should remove all warning signs and let natural selection solve the overpopulation problem.

Like, remove all the guardrails from places like, oh, the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls. I don't see the need for them. If you're stupid enough to walk out on slippery rock over a drop of a thousand feet or more, you should be allowed to suffer the consequences of your idiocy.

All those really long lists of 'Things not to do' that come with appliances, tools, etc... if you're stupid enough to DO any of the things that require warnings, you deserve what you get.

And would someone PLEASE stop putting instructions on packets of toothpicks????

[candyshopgirl]

Like, remove all the guardrails from places like, oh, the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls. I don't see the need for them. If you're stupid enough to walk out on slippery rock over a drop of a thousand feet or more, you should be allowed to suffer the consequences of your idiocy.

All those really long lists of 'Things not to do' that come with appliances, tools, etc... if you're stupid enough to DO any of the things that require warnings, you deserve what you get.

And would someone PLEASE stop putting instructions on packets of toothpicks????

I have one of those vick steam things for my asthma and it says do not put face near steam hole.Oh dear god if you're that stupid. My friend always jokes about hitting one of those idiots that walk when there is a no walk sign....
She always says natural selction

[TravisRB69]

Remember, signs will not work

Unless of course, there is an opportunity to save money, or some reasonable doubt included (which translates to the customer as "You have the freedom to haggle over every single penny of this price!")

...Nor will making things inaccessible to them.

Unless there are plenty more of what they're after in an obvious, easily accessible location. They will climb over hell and high water to get the identical item that was OBVIOUSLY put in an inaccessible place for a reason.

[saint]

Unless there are plenty more of what they're after in an obvious, easily accessible location. They will climb over hell and high water to get the identical item that was OBVIOUSLY put in an inaccessible place for a reason.

And then complain about how difficult it is to find what they need here!!11!!!

[candyshopgirl]

We have plastic baguettes, pretzels, and bread loaves (all jumbo-sized) that we use to decorate the self-serve bakery area with when the product runs low at the end of the day. I have had waaaaay too many people ring my little service bell and ask how much this giant plastic pretzel is, seeing as there's no price sticker. How dumb can ya get?

I did that once but it was a lunch time not the end of the day.

But unlike a CS I said oh sorry I'll have a hot dog instead.It was probadly because I was tired too.I used to work at target and they would make me work 10 hour days.

[Skeksin]

Sometimes, I think we should remove all warning signs and let natural selection solve the overpopulation problem.

This will not work, unfortunately. SC's that survive just sue about how "it wasn't properly labeled".
It's why we have products now labeled with things like "do not apply running lawnmower to face"

[Belari]

I did that once but it was a lunch time not the end of the day.

But unlike a CS I said oh sorry I'll have a hot dog instead.It was probadly because I was tired too.I used to work at target and they would make me work 10 hour days.

I don't generally find it annoying unless they get huffy when I inform them that they're not for sale. We once had pinatas as decoration at Cinco de Mayo. A customer wanted to buy one. MOD said no, we need it for the display. SC threw such a huge fit that MOD finally sold it to her...for $45...when it cost us $10