You've got mail... Sucky Customer scene

[PepperElf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW9tshun8bc

Maybe it's me but even before I came here I ALWAYS hated that scene.

I never understood why the fuck it was even in the movie... unless they were trying to show that Tom Hank's character had so much charm, he could be a complete DICK to a cashier and have her adore him for it.


Cos WTF? Do they seriously think retail employees LIKE being spoken to like they're stupid?

Tom... I love you in Private Ryan and for making Band of Brothers but... for that scene... for teaching SCs everywhere that "the way to get what you want is to treat employees like they're stupid"...

Fuck you.






yes, I feel better now.

[iradney]

maybe you should blame the script writers for writing the scene, or the editors for leaving it in as well, instead of lumping all the blame on a guy who, like the cashier, is trying to do his job

[PepperElf]

good point.

Nora Ephron: fuck you too!



(please note most of my "FU" is being said... mostly playfully, although I really DO hate that scene)

[iradney]

oooh no, his character is TERRIBLY slimy in that scene *shudder*

[SG15Z]

Yeah I never liked that scene either. It also doesn't make any sense. If there was a credit card machine that was fully functional there why make it cash only?

[PepperElf]

exactly. where i work we'll have lines for debit/credit only - say if there's no cash in the drawer - but never "cash only, no plastic"... unless there was something freaky going on with the system

[Bloodsoul]

Perhaps that's really Pardeux, the Holy Man?

[SG15Z]

exactly. where i work we'll have lines for debit/credit only - say if there's no cash in the drawer - but never "cash only, no plastic"... unless there was something freaky going on with the system

EXACTLY! The only reason you would do "Cash Only" is if something is wrong with the Credit/Debit system, or at least that one machine in particular. It's as if the writers didn't understand why a lane with a credit machine would be "cash only" so this was there way of getting back at that or something.

Also, DAMN those were some long lines at the registers! There was at least 7 people behind her from what I could see! I know it was the holidays, but DAMN!