This isn't sucky, it's just something I've noticed so much it's a running joke. We open at 9:00. Now you think I'm going to complain about the sad group who stand peering in the door like vultures Surprise! It's not.
So like I said, we open at 9:00. Without fail, every single morning, at 9:01 there is a line for the bathroom. We have one unisex bathroom for customers. I've mentioned before, we need another customer bathroom, but it's just not happening. I've tried to come up with little stories in my head to explain the rush to the bathroom. A person drops her kids off at school, grabs some coffee, and by the time she gets to the store she needs to pee. Okay. That doesn't explain the fact that she waited outside for ten minutes when the coffee shop is about a minute walk from our front doors. But whatever. Again, not sucky, just... I dunno, something I have never done. Sometimes I tell myself maybe they have some condition or are on medication, or just don't feel like going over to the green mermaid. Fine.
Also, occasionally right after we open I might run to the back to grab a sip of water. It will never fail that on that morning I get a page on the headset "can we get someone to the cutting counter?" And when I get there, the person is outraged that they had to "go all the way to the register to get some help!" When I look at the time, it's still 9:00, possibly 9:01. I know, I should be at the flipping counter, fair enough. But they must have flat out ran through the store to the counter saw nobody, ran up the the register, complained, then ran back to the counter for the timeline to work. Any other day I won't have my first customer for ten minutes.
Oh, the other day it was about 9:05 and the cashier calls for change, it turns out the second or third person of the day had a $100+ cash return.
Also I feel so bad for the little kids who are dragged in at 9:00, and are still there when I leave hours later. Poor things, half the time the parent isn't even really shopping, she's chatting with her friend or texting. Bonus points if after two hours of leisurely strolling, she comes up to the counter demanding to be helped next because she's in a hurry, and her kids are tired/sick/hungry/wet.
So that's all. Mostly not sucky, just stuff I've noticed in the mornings.
So like I said, we open at 9:00. Without fail, every single morning, at 9:01 there is a line for the bathroom. We have one unisex bathroom for customers. I've mentioned before, we need another customer bathroom, but it's just not happening. I've tried to come up with little stories in my head to explain the rush to the bathroom. A person drops her kids off at school, grabs some coffee, and by the time she gets to the store she needs to pee. Okay. That doesn't explain the fact that she waited outside for ten minutes when the coffee shop is about a minute walk from our front doors. But whatever. Again, not sucky, just... I dunno, something I have never done. Sometimes I tell myself maybe they have some condition or are on medication, or just don't feel like going over to the green mermaid. Fine.
Also, occasionally right after we open I might run to the back to grab a sip of water. It will never fail that on that morning I get a page on the headset "can we get someone to the cutting counter?" And when I get there, the person is outraged that they had to "go all the way to the register to get some help!" When I look at the time, it's still 9:00, possibly 9:01. I know, I should be at the flipping counter, fair enough. But they must have flat out ran through the store to the counter saw nobody, ran up the the register, complained, then ran back to the counter for the timeline to work. Any other day I won't have my first customer for ten minutes.
Oh, the other day it was about 9:05 and the cashier calls for change, it turns out the second or third person of the day had a $100+ cash return.
Also I feel so bad for the little kids who are dragged in at 9:00, and are still there when I leave hours later. Poor things, half the time the parent isn't even really shopping, she's chatting with her friend or texting. Bonus points if after two hours of leisurely strolling, she comes up to the counter demanding to be helped next because she's in a hurry, and her kids are tired/sick/hungry/wet.
So that's all. Mostly not sucky, just stuff I've noticed in the mornings.
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