For gods sake give the girl a chance

[Chained to the counter]

Today i was at my local supermarket getting a choccie for my daughter who had been very well behaved all day, we lined up at the checkout and the girl serving was new so going a little slow which is understandable, we all have to start somewhere.

Apparently the sc standing behind me didn't grasp the concept of being patient, so this little exchange happened, sorry in advance for the language.

SC = Cow of a woman
ME =
DD = My 3 year old

SC "I am so sick of the service always being so fucking slow, this place is shit, these people wouldn't know good service if it bit them in the arse.

After working checkouts for nearly 10 years people like this piss me off.

ME "Lady, the poor girl is new you can't expect her to scan at the speed of light.
SC "Shut up and mind your own business, you have no righ to speak to me like that.

DD = Don't talk to my mummy that way, you're a mean lady, you should go away!!

SC was so shocked at getting told off by a 3 year old it looked like she'd been slapped by a fish
She slunk away after that

The new girl was trying so hard not to laugh and the customer in front of me was nearly wetting himself, he thought my little girl was great and he bought her the chocolate i was buying.

It was priceless

[iradney]

Awesome!
And good on the customer in front of you buying your adorable daughter the choccies!
Your daughter is going to be the bane of many an SC, I can see it now *peers into crystal ball*

[draftermatt]

If it's none of your business then why was she complaining loudly? And why was she cursing like that in front of a child?

Though I bet if you had agreed with her then she wouldn't have said to mind your business.

Newsflash folks, if something is private, an inside joke, or what have you, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE AND GET MAD WHEN THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

"Shut up and mind your own business..."

Ah. The mantra of people who want to act like asses with absolutely no consequences.

If it's not my business, THEN SHUT UP ABOUT IT. HIDE IT. Whatever you have to do to keep me finding out you feel that way or are acting that way.

Cuz if I know about it, IT'S MY FRACKING BUSINESS.

Your daughter is my current hero, by the way.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Awww...she reminds me of me at that age. ...so see what you have to look forward to!

[Witch of Endor]

So many of them seem to think 'none of your business' is an automatic conversation-ender.

If you're standing in front of me bitching to the cashier over something trivial or just plain wrong, it's my business because you're holding me up.

If you're just bullying someone for the sake of letting off steam, I will sure as hell make it my business. I wish people had made it their business when I was the one on the receiving end.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Exactly. If it's in earshot or line of vision of me, it's my business.

[Boozy]

Exactly. If it's in earshot or line of vision of me, it's my business.

I agree! My husband thinks that everyone should pretend that we can't hear what's going on around us, but that's so silly. If someone is loudly flapping their gums about something and they're standing directly behind me, they really have no expectation of privacy. Especially people who are complaining about the service somewhere. They WANT people to hear. Its their immature and passive-aggressive way of complaining.

[Imogene]

I agree! My husband thinks that everyone should pretend that we can't hear what's going on around us, but that's so silly.

Vaguely related, Mom & I were at the library... Thursday last week, I think, and, as I was walking past the help desk, another patron was asking the reference desk librarian how to spell 'Shway, and in Feng shui?"
The librarian was offering to show the patron to the feng shui books. The patron didn't want the books, she just wanted to know how to spell 'Shway'.
I phoneticize it because I didn't realize at first what she was asking.
Anyway, once my brain kicked in, I said, "S-H-U-I."
The patron said, "S-H-U-A?"
No, "I", not "A". And I walked away, cause I figured she understood by then.

[chainedbarista]

i agree; if you don't want your 'business' to be public, don't be loud enough to make it so. i think we should all have access to wooden spoons to smack these types with 'bad dog, sit!.' ah, i can dream, can't i?

[CRXPanda]

panda always has her ittebitte digicam handy...they shut up when i point it at them (heehaha)

[BookstoreEscapee]

OT, but Boozy, I love your little puggie avatar

[Boozy]

OT, but Boozy, I love your little puggie avatar

Thanks! He's mine, and his name's Winston.

[ShortTemperHatesStupidity]

If she's so farking tired of the slow service, you would think she'd go somewhere else. The definition of insanity:
Doing something over and over again the same way expecting different results

You taught your young daughter well. Kudos.

[Kitten in the box]

That was funny...being told off by a 3 year old. If I were the checker I more than likely would have burst out laughing...I know this becuase I heared a small child at my store call a checker a Pee-Pee head for being rude to a customer (the customer was being real polite and not being an asshat....too bad she moved away)