By grace, I got a good one for ya tonight.
Back to school. It's that time of the year again and that means school shopping. It also means that there are more of those miniature SCs-in-training, I mean children. I absolutely dislike children . Now, I know you're thinking....wait...didn't Plankton78 mention in a post about having a child? Yes! I have a toddler. BUT I like my toddler because he is mine and also because he knows how to behave, is well mannered, and actually understands that when I say no... I mean no. I don't like children beyond mine. At all. This is important.
So. A middle aged dragon lady and her little terror of five/six comes in around 9:30. We close at 10. I'm wandering the floor, checking aisles to see what needs to be cleaned but there's not much since it's closing time.
They head directly to the stationary aisle, which has all of our school supplies, ......and unfortunately is also our toy aisle. After ten minutes or so, I head back to the registers, passing the stationary/toy aisle. The kid was standing on the fourth shelf(about four or five feet the concrete floor) reaching up for a toy off the pegs above. Dragon Lady is further down the aisle, obviously not paying attention, digging through the clearance boxes.
Me: Hey kid, climb back down for me. We don't want you to fall and get hurt, okay?
MiniSC: You're not my mom and I don't have to listen to you!! [Then the monster does that lizard tounge thing where they spit at you.]
Me: No, I'm not....but I work here and we have rules, just like at school. So come on down for me, please?
Dragon Lady finally pays attention!!
SC: Eh? What are you doing to my kid?? [I'm standing a few feet from the kid, I'm not doing anything, but you really should!]
Me: I just asked your child to climb down from shelf so she doesn't fall and get hurt.
SC: You can't speak to my child that way!!
Me: Um.... Ma'am... I asked politely..... Twice. She can't climb the shelves in the stores. She could fall and get hurt.
SC: This is MY child and she can do whatever she wants!!
Me: Well, ma'am, this is my store and I can enforce any rule I want. Now, Get her off the shelf, please. We close in five minutes. Please wrap up your shopping and head to the registers.
And I walk to the registers before she has a chance to sass me.
Five minutes later, Dragon Lady and her brat get up to the registers. Of course, the child is screaming for candy and sugary soft drinks.*Shudder* Sigh. C starts checking her.
SC: *to me* I'll have you know miss sassy pants that if my child had fallen and gotten hurt, I'd have sued your precious store and you! *smirks*
I hate that. That smirk. SCs do it all time. They know they're stupid and wrong and they smirk cuz they think they can get away with anything. Not this time....
Me: I'll have you know ma'am that there are two security cameras at either end of that aisle that have recorded you ignoring your child. They will see that I came down the aisle and they will hear me politely ask your child to get down, twice. They will hear our conversion. In fact, ma'am, that camera above me here already heard your comment. You would have lost your case and been laughed out of court . Now. You have a nice night. It's time to lock our doors, please exit the store.
SC pays C, snatches her bag, and storms off. I've never seen someone turn that shade of purple before. And remind me to NOT having any more children. Ick.
Back to school. It's that time of the year again and that means school shopping. It also means that there are more of those miniature SCs-in-training, I mean children. I absolutely dislike children . Now, I know you're thinking....wait...didn't Plankton78 mention in a post about having a child? Yes! I have a toddler. BUT I like my toddler because he is mine and also because he knows how to behave, is well mannered, and actually understands that when I say no... I mean no. I don't like children beyond mine. At all. This is important.
So. A middle aged dragon lady and her little terror of five/six comes in around 9:30. We close at 10. I'm wandering the floor, checking aisles to see what needs to be cleaned but there's not much since it's closing time.
They head directly to the stationary aisle, which has all of our school supplies, ......and unfortunately is also our toy aisle. After ten minutes or so, I head back to the registers, passing the stationary/toy aisle. The kid was standing on the fourth shelf(about four or five feet the concrete floor) reaching up for a toy off the pegs above. Dragon Lady is further down the aisle, obviously not paying attention, digging through the clearance boxes.
Me: Hey kid, climb back down for me. We don't want you to fall and get hurt, okay?
MiniSC: You're not my mom and I don't have to listen to you!! [Then the monster does that lizard tounge thing where they spit at you.]
Me: No, I'm not....but I work here and we have rules, just like at school. So come on down for me, please?
Dragon Lady finally pays attention!!
SC: Eh? What are you doing to my kid?? [I'm standing a few feet from the kid, I'm not doing anything, but you really should!]
Me: I just asked your child to climb down from shelf so she doesn't fall and get hurt.
SC: You can't speak to my child that way!!
Me: Um.... Ma'am... I asked politely..... Twice. She can't climb the shelves in the stores. She could fall and get hurt.
SC: This is MY child and she can do whatever she wants!!
Me: Well, ma'am, this is my store and I can enforce any rule I want. Now, Get her off the shelf, please. We close in five minutes. Please wrap up your shopping and head to the registers.
And I walk to the registers before she has a chance to sass me.
Five minutes later, Dragon Lady and her brat get up to the registers. Of course, the child is screaming for candy and sugary soft drinks.*Shudder* Sigh. C starts checking her.
SC: *to me* I'll have you know miss sassy pants that if my child had fallen and gotten hurt, I'd have sued your precious store and you! *smirks*
I hate that. That smirk. SCs do it all time. They know they're stupid and wrong and they smirk cuz they think they can get away with anything. Not this time....
Me: I'll have you know ma'am that there are two security cameras at either end of that aisle that have recorded you ignoring your child. They will see that I came down the aisle and they will hear me politely ask your child to get down, twice. They will hear our conversion. In fact, ma'am, that camera above me here already heard your comment. You would have lost your case and been laughed out of court . Now. You have a nice night. It's time to lock our doors, please exit the store.
SC pays C, snatches her bag, and storms off. I've never seen someone turn that shade of purple before. And remind me to NOT having any more children. Ick.
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