If you've ever worked grocery, you're familiar with the fact that customers will abandon product anywhere in the store if they decide against buying it. Doesn't matter if it's a temperature-appropriate zone or not. They'll throw a salmon filet on a shelf next to baked beans, or toss a head of lettuce into a freezer door. At the Store we call it "plunder", because walking the aisles in search of it is almost like a treasure hunt.
Today at the Store I was working the dry grocery shift, which essentially means it's my job to pull product from endcaps and other displays to refill their homes on the aisles. I was refilling cans of Store-brand tuna when a Little Old Lady got my attention and this exchange happened:
LOL: Excuse me, sir?
Me: Yes, can I help you?
LOL: Looks like someone really didn't want these steaks. (gestures to a package of steaks that has been abandoned on the shelf right by her)
Me: (chuckle) Happens every day, ma'am. If you could toss those in my cart, I'll take care of them.
LOL: No problem. My husband worked in this business for years. I know all about inconsiderate customers. But I'm a customer, so I can say that. You just have to think it.
Me: Thank you, ma'am.
Today at the Store I was working the dry grocery shift, which essentially means it's my job to pull product from endcaps and other displays to refill their homes on the aisles. I was refilling cans of Store-brand tuna when a Little Old Lady got my attention and this exchange happened:
LOL: Excuse me, sir?
Me: Yes, can I help you?
LOL: Looks like someone really didn't want these steaks. (gestures to a package of steaks that has been abandoned on the shelf right by her)
Me: (chuckle) Happens every day, ma'am. If you could toss those in my cart, I'll take care of them.
LOL: No problem. My husband worked in this business for years. I know all about inconsiderate customers. But I'm a customer, so I can say that. You just have to think it.
Me: Thank you, ma'am.
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