Let Me Know If You Need Something to Write With

[purplecat41877]

Yesterday, a customer wasn't happy about having to dig through her purse to find a pen to sign the credit slip with. It turned out that the checker didn't inform me that he needed a pen so I got him one after the customer made her complaint.

[IEatCustomers4Breakfast]

EW-ism at it's best. I'm sorry, but bring your own damn pens when you go shopping. I never assume a cashier will have a pen for me to use... I know how it is.

That being said, I always bring a pen from home with me when I go to work, because customers NEVER heed my advice to bring their own pens, and my store never has enough pens because we're all guilty of accidentally taking them home with us.

It's a vicious cycle.

[Becks]

I almost always have a pen on me somewhere and when I was working, I had at least six in my apron pockets...not that I lent them out often, but still.

[purplecat41877]

Where I work, we have these pens that can be mounted down so no one can take them. Unfortunately, it doesn't stop some people from doing it.

[Dave1982]

Even though I don't do much cashiering these days, I still try to keep at least two pens on me at all times. One is my GOOD pen that I keep for my personal use (right now it's a Fisher Space Pen) and a "customer pen" that I allow customer's and co-workers to borrow. It's still a nice pen that writes smoothly, but it's a cheapie; only cost me $0.25, and I have a bunch of them, so if one goes missing it doesn't bother me much.

[nomorecarts]

you mean you actually take pens to your registers? you don't leave all the pens in the back, but tell cashiers to check other registers/customer service?

[Becks]

*thinking* I have oodles of customerssuck.com pens. Just need ink refills...

[Ree]

I would be lost without my pens. One of the first lessons I learned in retail was to always carry a pen.

Every day, I manage to accumulate about 2 or 3 more, because someone will inevitably leave one at their ass on my table,or in my workspace.
I figure it then becomes mine by default.

[Evil Queen]

So that's what happens to my pens; they migrate to Ree's desk!

[Ree]

*looks shifty* Maaaybe.

[Becks]

So that's what happens to my pens; they migrate to Ree's desk!

Either that, or they've migrated to the car of the produce manager where I used to work.

We all said that we should go out to his car one day and retrieve our pens and lighters.

[anyanka2]

I quit letting customers use my pens a couple months ago after a good one got taken by a customer. It's not my job to let customers with their dirty, germy hands touch my good pens that I paid for out of my own pocket. If management expects us to provide customers with pens, then there should be some left in our tills for their use.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I always have a pencil and pen in my pocket, but whenever I have to hand my pen to the customer, I always hold onto the cap. I get the pen back 100% of the time.