Random story from the files (funny)

[fireheart]

This is a tale from back before I worked at my previous place of employment. I had a summer job cashiering at a discount department store. (I've gone back there plenty of times since then, some of the staff still recognise me )

One night, this customer comes through my line with a bag of beanbag beans. She then asked to get some more, so I placed the bag in a dead lane so someone else wouldn't pick them up and waited for her to return.
She returned and I went to pick up the bag.

Cue the bag bursting open and HUNDREDS of beanbag beans spilling out onto the floor. And I'm standing in the middle of them.

Night manager was running around with the dustpan, but we found beans for DAYS afterwards.

The customer found it somewhat amusing at least and went to pick up another bag.

[XCashier]

The customer found it somewhat amusing at least and went to pick up another bag.

"You can't keep a secret, you just had to spill the beans, didn't you?" At least the customer had a sense of humor about it, instead of screaming at you and demanding a freebie.

[Food Lady]

I would've laughed so hard and tried to help you clean it up. Which woul've been hilarious.

[bainsidhe]

I've seen something similar with dog food. And also kitty litter *groan*. Customer helpfully lifts the large bag so I can scan the UPC, but the bag catches on the cart and rriiiiiippppp. Dog food/litter everywhere.

Still better than a shattered jar of pasta sauce. Now THAT goes everywhere!

[Flying Grype]

I had that happen with a five-pound bag of onions once. I picked them up out of my cart, not realizing that the net bag wasn't properly tied shut, and they went all over the conveyor belt. It was one of those stores where you buy the plastic bags for ten cents, so I just bought an extra bag and shoved them all in there. The cashier scanned the tag on the net bag.

[fireheart]

I've seen something similar with dog food. And also kitty litter *groan*. Customer helpfully lifts the large bag so I can scan the UPC, but the bag catches on the cart and rriiiiiippppp. Dog food/litter everywhere.

With beanbag beans, whenever you step near them, the draft/static causes them to go shooting off in different directions. Which makes cleanup harder.

[raudf]

Canister of glitter, enough said.

[fireheart]

Canister of glitter, enough said.

I was lucky enough that I never had to deal with THAT! (they started selling their own craft range WELL after I left. Basically from around 2011 onwards, they started selling their home-brand products, which were of much better quality than the average dollar store, but still crappier than name-brand products. Said range DOES include glitter. They still do sell some name-brand products ie Crayola, Faber-Castell, Barbie.

Funnily enough, despite the fact I left there in 2007, they STILL have not upgraded four of the registers. (those were the "training" registers-registers 1-11 were the frequently used ones, registers 12-15 were used primarily as training registers, but were missing bits and pieces ie one register did not have a bench scanner but had a hand scanner. Another one had a bench scanner but no hand scanner. One did not have a magnet for unhooking things and so on.

[Grendus]

I've seen something similar with dog food. And also kitty litter *groan*. Customer helpfully lifts the large bag so I can scan the UPC, but the bag catches on the cart and rriiiiiippppp. Dog food/litter everywhere.

Still better than a shattered jar of pasta sauce. Now THAT goes everywhere!

Shattered bottle of vinegar - eats through everything on the floor. We had just finished having the entire store remodeled, it ate through whatever they had just used to seal and even the floor (wax maybe) in seconds.

[EricKei]

Canister of glitter, enough said.

Glitter?...Did someone say, glitter? The annual card exchange isn't all that far away, guys ^_^

Muhahahahaahaha...

[BearLeeBadenaugh]

Ahh, glitter, It never seems to go away. We glitterbombed a friend and he was still finding random puffs of glitter 6 years and 2 moves later.

Of course, we might've been just a little too good at what we did. S'what happens when you use a leaf blower and three one-pound containers of glitter.

[Trixie]

In one store I worked there was a bottle of either apple sauce or mayo, can't remember which just fall off the shelf. For some reason they had them stacked two high but they were stacked top to top with the second row upside down. That's the only time I've ever seen that. It was funny because there were a few people standing nearby and they all got the "Wasn't me!" look. And it wasn't because I was watching the entire time.

Then on my job now I was putting up a cart full of candy and malted milk balls kept falling all over the floor as I was stocking. I started giggling every time another one fell on the floor. Good thing it was early in the day so nobody could fall but it also wasn't as funny when I tried to tell my co-workers.

[EricKei]

BLB - Well, if you need to restock, you can always sign up for our annual holiday card exchange once it becomes available in Octoberish. It seems that I have managed to somehow gain a reputation as a glitterbomber with my cards... Can't imagine why

[Rock Lobster]

The Glitter Truth

Canister of glitter, enough said.

You are not kidding! I am currently using glitter for craft projects and I find it all over the house and my craft containers and my face and my fingers and apparently it clings to me even when I go to work. I am surprised the hamster isn't covered in it!

[fireheart]

BLB - Well, if you need to restock, you can always sign up for our annual holiday card exchange once it becomes available in Octoberish. It seems that I have managed to somehow gain a reputation as a glitterbomber with my cards... Can't imagine why

I'd like to see you send that glitter down here

(sidenote-thank you for reminding me to stock up on postcards...since they cost fark-all to send overseas )