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I'd had three glorious weeks without post-worthy SCs...and then today happened. As a reminder, I work in a candy store that thrives off of letting people choose from bins and fill their own bags and we just weigh it out for them. That done, on with the stories.
I Will STARE You Into Submission! As If.
I'm sku-ing/tagging some new candies we'd just gotten in today with my co-worker. She was ringing up some customers so the two pre-teen/teenagers who came in walked up to my register carrying their skateboards. And stared at me.
Me: Obviously
CW: Co-worker
S1: Stoner 1
S2: Stoner 2
OC: Other customers
Me: *after about ten seconds of being stared at* Hello, how can I help you today?
S1: I just ate a double cheesburger at McDonald's in slow motion.
Me: *blink, WTF?* That's nice, how can I help you?
S2: Yeah, and I ate mine in four bites!
Me: Congratulations. What can I do for you?
*they stare. And STARE.*
Me: *staring right back with a bland expression--I'm not going to ask again nor will I lose this staring contest--only cats have outstared me*
*thirty seconds pass*
S1: *he breaks eye contact first* So, like, can we get some free candy?
Me: Nope! *cheerfully*
S1: *blinks at me in surprise* Why not?
Me: We don't give out free samples.
S2: Well that sucks.
Me: Since I can't help you, have a nice day! *stare at them until they leave*
CW: What. The heck??
OC: Did they expect you to cave if they stared at you long enough?
Me: Aw man, I disappointed them, didn't I? *false sadness*
OC: *laugh and leave, debating on the drug those guys had been on*
Oh Please Get Some Manners...And A Shirt Wouldn't Be Amiss.
A group of four teenagers come in, two boys with shaved heads, and two girls, one of whom is only wearing a string bikini topo and both have that fake blond highlights in their hair that are supposed to blend but clash instead. They all walk over to my blindspot and start eating candy.
Me: Obviously
CW: Co-worker
BB: Bikini brat
MD: Male Drooler of the First order
M: Manager/owner of the store
Me: Please don't eat the candy 'til you pay for it! *at the guy I'd just caught mostly, who was a mere two inches from BB, but to the whole gang*
MD: *nods and looks put out at one, being caught (as if they weren't obvious about it), and two, getting bawled out in front of the whole busy store*
*five seconds later, BB keeps picking candy from the bins and eating it*
Me: Excuse me, I said not to eat the candy 'til you pay for it! *getting irritated now*
BB: *takes the candy in her hand and pops in her mouth and gives me the challenging look, as if to say "What you gonna do about it?"*
Me: Fine, I'm calling security. *I go into the back and bring out my manager and come back out with him, holding the phone and looking like I'm about to dial*
BB: *
es me out to him, saying that I had never told her anything and just yelled at her*
M: *points to the sign and then makes her put the candy in her hands in the bag the second MD had been making and then stands just a bit off to the side, obviously watching them and making sure they knew it*
BB: *sulks and walks nearer to me and talks to her other bleached friend* I wish they had nice people working here. It'd be so much cooler in here. *raising her voice so I could hear her*
Me: I wish we had nice people shopping here. It'd be so much cooler... *thinking to myself, pretending I couldn't hear a word*
*eventually they get rung up by my CW (who added to the price without them noticing to cover the candy they'd eaten...What I'd do without that code, I'll never know)*
CW: *barely civil, she's just as mad at them as I* Nine dollars and forty six cents.
BB: See, she's nice, I like her!
MD: *standing behind his girl and staring CW down, making faces and rapping stupid lyrics that sounded vaguely like threats and then flips her off, walking out with their candy*
CW: *blinks in shock and starts to ring up the girl behind those morons when the sound of flying change clanging to the floor is heard. They had thrown their change back into the store, nearly hitting a two year old*
Me: *say a few cuss words and pick up the change; hey, free money*
Conclusion: They have all been banned permanently.
I Will STARE You Into Submission! As If.
I'm sku-ing/tagging some new candies we'd just gotten in today with my co-worker. She was ringing up some customers so the two pre-teen/teenagers who came in walked up to my register carrying their skateboards. And stared at me.
Me: Obviously
CW: Co-worker
S1: Stoner 1
S2: Stoner 2
OC: Other customers
Me: *after about ten seconds of being stared at* Hello, how can I help you today?
S1: I just ate a double cheesburger at McDonald's in slow motion.
Me: *blink, WTF?* That's nice, how can I help you?
S2: Yeah, and I ate mine in four bites!
Me: Congratulations. What can I do for you?
*they stare. And STARE.*
Me: *staring right back with a bland expression--I'm not going to ask again nor will I lose this staring contest--only cats have outstared me*
*thirty seconds pass*
S1: *he breaks eye contact first* So, like, can we get some free candy?
Me: Nope! *cheerfully*
S1: *blinks at me in surprise* Why not?
Me: We don't give out free samples.
S2: Well that sucks.
Me: Since I can't help you, have a nice day! *stare at them until they leave*
CW: What. The heck??
OC: Did they expect you to cave if they stared at you long enough?
Me: Aw man, I disappointed them, didn't I? *false sadness*
OC: *laugh and leave, debating on the drug those guys had been on*
Oh Please Get Some Manners...And A Shirt Wouldn't Be Amiss.
A group of four teenagers come in, two boys with shaved heads, and two girls, one of whom is only wearing a string bikini topo and both have that fake blond highlights in their hair that are supposed to blend but clash instead. They all walk over to my blindspot and start eating candy.
Me: Obviously
CW: Co-worker
BB: Bikini brat
MD: Male Drooler of the First order
M: Manager/owner of the store
Me: Please don't eat the candy 'til you pay for it! *at the guy I'd just caught mostly, who was a mere two inches from BB, but to the whole gang*
MD: *nods and looks put out at one, being caught (as if they weren't obvious about it), and two, getting bawled out in front of the whole busy store*
*five seconds later, BB keeps picking candy from the bins and eating it*
Me: Excuse me, I said not to eat the candy 'til you pay for it! *getting irritated now*
BB: *takes the candy in her hand and pops in her mouth and gives me the challenging look, as if to say "What you gonna do about it?"*
Me: Fine, I'm calling security. *I go into the back and bring out my manager and come back out with him, holding the phone and looking like I'm about to dial*
BB: *
es me out to him, saying that I had never told her anything and just yelled at her*M: *points to the sign and then makes her put the candy in her hands in the bag the second MD had been making and then stands just a bit off to the side, obviously watching them and making sure they knew it*
BB: *sulks and walks nearer to me and talks to her other bleached friend* I wish they had nice people working here. It'd be so much cooler in here. *raising her voice so I could hear her*
Me: I wish we had nice people shopping here. It'd be so much cooler... *thinking to myself, pretending I couldn't hear a word*
*eventually they get rung up by my CW (who added to the price without them noticing to cover the candy they'd eaten...What I'd do without that code, I'll never know)*
CW: *barely civil, she's just as mad at them as I* Nine dollars and forty six cents.
BB: See, she's nice, I like her!
MD: *standing behind his girl and staring CW down, making faces and rapping stupid lyrics that sounded vaguely like threats and then flips her off, walking out with their candy*
CW: *blinks in shock and starts to ring up the girl behind those morons when the sound of flying change clanging to the floor is heard. They had thrown their change back into the store, nearly hitting a two year old*
Me: *say a few cuss words and pick up the change; hey, free money*
Conclusion: They have all been banned permanently.
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