"How DARE you want to go home??"

[Imogene]

Had this happen to me yesterday, in fact. I was standing on the customer side of my register, watching FES S close down my drawer/pull paperwork. Someone in the massive line that was supposed to be three separate lines, looks at me and asks, "Are you open?"
"No, sorry, I'm actually on my way out the door."
To which said woman looks around a moment, then walks toward me anyway, dropping off something behind the magazine rack in front of me, and walking out.
Oh... kay... I go over and grab the thing, which turned out to be bamboo, or something, stick it into the returns pile, and wait calmly for FES S to finish my drawer.

[theredbaron47]

I've never really had this problem before, but when my time to go home comes, it's time to go home.

What's wrong with telling people you're closed? If it's your time to leave, it's time to leave.

[Horsetuna]

REminds me of a complaint comments card I read in our box once:

Your system for lining up is very bad. You can't see the line from all directions when approaching the cashiers' desc, and then the person is embarassed. Not to mention it also stresses out the other people in line!!"

Sears has a system like the bank... for some reason, people think' there's nobody in line though!" is an excuse to NOT go stand by the sign. I actually said "Yes I know, so you'll be next if you line up!"

I've actually ignored people who continue to stand there. I quit on Boxing Day... what do I have to lose?

[Chevy Nachos]

Once when I worked at a grocery store we closed at midnight on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. All the cashiers were scheduled to go home at midnight, but the management kept letting people come in the door until the very last minute. Guess what? The last customers didn't get out until about 2:00 AM.

[ArcticChicken]

I close my line about 10 minutes before I have to leave, and unless I miscalculated the time it would take me to ring up my last customers, and you are very, very nice about it you're SOL if you try to come into my lane. Once someone tried to get into my lane 3 times. If she had just gone and gotten into another line the first time she could have been out the door in 10 minutes. By the time she accepted that I wasn't open, all the other lines had trebled.