Starfruit and Card Machines

[MelodiousBubbles]

Well... Two stories, actually. One from about a year or so ago and another from a few weeks ago. They could also be examples of me not being able to keep my mouth shut, but getting away with it anyway.

We get starfruit in when they're in season. And our awesome possum produce manager had sliced one up for customers (and those of us quick enough to snag some) to try.
I was bagging for this one woman who looks at the plate of fruit as I munch on a piece and the conversation goes something like this:

C=customer
Me= ^_^
T=Awesome possum produce manager

C: What's that?
T: It's a starfruit.
C: Starfruit! What's that?!
Me: It's a fruit... Shaped like a star.
C: Oh.
T&Me:


The second I almost can't blame the customer. We got new card terminals back in January, and as of very early March, we've been able to sign for credit cards on them. You swipe the card, sign your name on the pad, and hit the "Done" button with the electronic pen thingy. Needless to say, many, many, MANY people have had difficulties with this. Most of them get pissed, at me in particular, when they can't figure it out.
This woman had it all pretty much figured out except the last step.

C: Which button is the "Done" button?
Me: *without really thinking since I'm still ringing things up* The one that says "Done", ma'am.
C: Oh! *laughs* Sorry.


I swear, I'm lucky no customer has ever taken offense when I say crap like that.

[SG15Z]

Meh, I would have said the same thing. When people ask me "which one's the enter button?"I tell them "the big green one that says 'enter'"

[4love]

Yeah, I'm just waiting for someone to get offended when I tell them to hit 'clear', they can't find it, and then I say 'the green one.' Hasn't happened yet. *crosses fingers*

[Difdi]

Every couple years the local grocery store (closest one to where I live) gets new debit card machines. They're decent little machines, with touch screens. They are always the same model from the same manufacturer. But for reasons no one can ever explain, every time they replace a machine, all the buttons (on the touch screen) move around.

As an example, in their most recent upgrade, "no cash back" is now "$50 back" and what used to be "$20 back" is now where the "no cash back" button is. Thing is, they don't put out a sign when they do this, so for a few weeks, all their customers who have gotten used to the old button layouts get pretty random results...