I got a job as a cart chaser about a year ago. Aside from chasing carts in the parking lot and putting them back inside, I and the other cart chasers help put away groceries and help out customers who have trouble walking from their cars to the store and back again.
The upsides? a good number of decent co-workers and bosses who are willing to lend a quick hand when it gets really busy.
Now to talk about the downside.
1.) A number of senior citizens like to give a scare by driving really fast and just almost hitting anyone in their way. I've seen a few younger people do this, but mostly it's the old folks. I am not sure if their vision is going, they're determined to ruin someone's day, or they think they are practical jokesters.
2.) Old folks that put the carts away inside of the store in the wrong way in an attempt to be nice. Our store has two kinds of pushable carts. The regular one and one about half the size, but looks like it is made up of two baskets. A large number of customers really like the small carts. A lot of old folks like to put them in the rows in order of big, little, big, little, big, little, and then a sideways-cart. I guess they think it looks nice, but any cantankerous old folk who wants a cart gets angry that the cart-rows are not perfectly neat.
3.) Old folks who keep on talking about how they don't know if they'll be able to put away their groceries because they are so heavy and keep looking at us like they expect us to volunteer to leave the store to help them at their home.
4.) I've been sexually harassed by three old people. Let's see if I remember them right. One giggling old man who slapped my butt. One old lady who pinched my butt, but looked horrified when she discovered that I was a dude. And one old lady who groped my butt while trying to slip me a single dollar bill. Whenever one of these happened, I told my bosses and was given some time and privacy to collect myself.
5.) Co-workers who underdress for the winter and then hang out inside their car. The bosses kept telling you that winter is cold in the fall and that coats and hot cocoa would be provided, you jerks! So what if the coats are bright colors with the company logo on them, WEAR THEM OR BRING ONE OF YOUR COATS!
6.) Folks of all ages who wander around the parking lot while chatting away on their cellphones. If you get their attention to save them from getting run over, they'll stare at you with slack jaws and a glazed look in their eyes. I guess they avoid getting hit by cars because they tend to wear hideously bright shirts.
7.) Healthy young folks who ride the electric carts because they don't feel like walking. Those carts are for disabled folks or senior citizens, you freakin' lazy bags of moronic bones! They also aren't there for drag races or games of chicken.
8.) Folks that take the carts home or around town.
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And to end things on a happy note, I did read Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett when my job started and on my own volition, too!
The upsides? a good number of decent co-workers and bosses who are willing to lend a quick hand when it gets really busy.
Now to talk about the downside.
1.) A number of senior citizens like to give a scare by driving really fast and just almost hitting anyone in their way. I've seen a few younger people do this, but mostly it's the old folks. I am not sure if their vision is going, they're determined to ruin someone's day, or they think they are practical jokesters.
2.) Old folks that put the carts away inside of the store in the wrong way in an attempt to be nice. Our store has two kinds of pushable carts. The regular one and one about half the size, but looks like it is made up of two baskets. A large number of customers really like the small carts. A lot of old folks like to put them in the rows in order of big, little, big, little, big, little, and then a sideways-cart. I guess they think it looks nice, but any cantankerous old folk who wants a cart gets angry that the cart-rows are not perfectly neat.
3.) Old folks who keep on talking about how they don't know if they'll be able to put away their groceries because they are so heavy and keep looking at us like they expect us to volunteer to leave the store to help them at their home.
4.) I've been sexually harassed by three old people. Let's see if I remember them right. One giggling old man who slapped my butt. One old lady who pinched my butt, but looked horrified when she discovered that I was a dude. And one old lady who groped my butt while trying to slip me a single dollar bill. Whenever one of these happened, I told my bosses and was given some time and privacy to collect myself.
5.) Co-workers who underdress for the winter and then hang out inside their car. The bosses kept telling you that winter is cold in the fall and that coats and hot cocoa would be provided, you jerks! So what if the coats are bright colors with the company logo on them, WEAR THEM OR BRING ONE OF YOUR COATS!
6.) Folks of all ages who wander around the parking lot while chatting away on their cellphones. If you get their attention to save them from getting run over, they'll stare at you with slack jaws and a glazed look in their eyes. I guess they avoid getting hit by cars because they tend to wear hideously bright shirts.
7.) Healthy young folks who ride the electric carts because they don't feel like walking. Those carts are for disabled folks or senior citizens, you freakin' lazy bags of moronic bones! They also aren't there for drag races or games of chicken.
8.) Folks that take the carts home or around town.
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And to end things on a happy note, I did read Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett when my job started and on my own volition, too!
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