Ever gotten busted at work talking poo about a customer or coworker.....and you didn't think anyone was listening???
I worked at the grocery store for a year and a half. When I first started, there was this one kid, we'll call him Adam. He was a year older than me. He was rarely ever serious and was extremely fun to be around. If anyone was ever pissed off by a customer or for whatever reason, Adam made it better.
Well, there was ONE time Adam was serious. I had just bagged an order for an elderly man, and had put his bananas and apples in the same bag. Common sense right? No big deal, right?
Adam motioned me over and said, "You seriously gotta be really careful with these old bitties...they get REALLY pissed when you screw with their bananas!"
I thought he was joking, but he got serious and said, "No seriously.....there's the rules of bagging, and then the rules of bagging for old folks. Only ONE item per bag!"
I still thought he was joking somewhat.
Then he called over to a cashier who was his friend and said, "Hey Joe, remember that time that stupid old lady called up the store after I bagged her groceries and complained because I put her bananas and her tomatoes in the same bag and it was too heavy for her and the tomatoes ruined her bananas? That dumb old bitty!"
Well lo and behold.....there was a middle aged woman just leaving another checkout who'd heard the entire thing, and snarled, "That. Was. My. MOTHER!"
Adam thought she was joking and laughed.
"This is NO laughing matter, get me your manager right NOW!"
Adam was written up and suspended for 3 days (hey, same thing happened to me with the crazy scamming lady on foodstamps. Of course, I'd already been written up for my drawer being off, so the next step was suspension, I'm assuming Adam had already gotten in trouble for something as well).
Then he got smart and got the hell out of that place.
I worked at the grocery store for a year and a half. When I first started, there was this one kid, we'll call him Adam. He was a year older than me. He was rarely ever serious and was extremely fun to be around. If anyone was ever pissed off by a customer or for whatever reason, Adam made it better.
Well, there was ONE time Adam was serious. I had just bagged an order for an elderly man, and had put his bananas and apples in the same bag. Common sense right? No big deal, right?
Adam motioned me over and said, "You seriously gotta be really careful with these old bitties...they get REALLY pissed when you screw with their bananas!"
I thought he was joking, but he got serious and said, "No seriously.....there's the rules of bagging, and then the rules of bagging for old folks. Only ONE item per bag!"
I still thought he was joking somewhat.
Then he called over to a cashier who was his friend and said, "Hey Joe, remember that time that stupid old lady called up the store after I bagged her groceries and complained because I put her bananas and her tomatoes in the same bag and it was too heavy for her and the tomatoes ruined her bananas? That dumb old bitty!"
Well lo and behold.....there was a middle aged woman just leaving another checkout who'd heard the entire thing, and snarled, "That. Was. My. MOTHER!"
Adam thought she was joking and laughed.
"This is NO laughing matter, get me your manager right NOW!"
Adam was written up and suspended for 3 days (hey, same thing happened to me with the crazy scamming lady on foodstamps. Of course, I'd already been written up for my drawer being off, so the next step was suspension, I'm assuming Adam had already gotten in trouble for something as well).
Then he got smart and got the hell out of that place.
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