Sucktomer Random Thoughts Thread

[Dreamstalker]

Yes, I'm aware the 40-pound pail of cat litter you want is "too heavy" for you. What makes you think I can lift it? Bags of pet food I can manage because I can distribute the weight. I am not trying to lift that litter. If you can wait, I'll get one of the guys from grocery to do it. Yes, I am 'refusing to help' because I will get hurt.

[greek_jester]

...people who drive have NO clue what it's like trying to carry several bags of, say......cat litter

I usually take a wheelie suitcase if I know I'm going to be buying something large or heavy. Useful as an impromptu stool if you need a break, too.

[WishfulSpirit]

We don't have a car and got a folding cart for that. It helps quite a bit when we need cat litter or dog food or anything else heavy.

[KellyHabersham]

To a fellow Walgreens customer - Thanks so much for your "helpful" comment on how I had a really heavy load to carry while walking......I know you didn't mean any harm, but it really makes me want to slap people who feel the need to point stuff like that out. (especially right before they get into their car.......people who drive have NO clue what it's like trying to carry several bags of, say......cat litter)

[Food Lady]

^ Now that we have SCOs, we are going to have that problem. We did have some walkouts (not stealing, just gave up) because no one was available to help the customers clear errors. *sigh*

[Dreamstalker]

I know there are lines down the aisles. All the cashiers we have are open, and I need to stay at SCO. No, I can't even ring people up at 'that little register' (unless a lead specifically tells me to and even then I'm keeping an eye on everything) because the second I start, everyone else is going to want help at once and that's when walkouts happen.

[catcul]

Yes, we've had some new concrete put in .... No, I won't go write my name in it.

"Sure, I'll write something in the cement. I just need to make sure my boss or those children aren't watching."

[Foxbite]

Why is it assumed when someone is crying that I, the only woman there, should "handle" it?
I had several people tell me that as a woman I would better know what to do to help a crying individual. I am not a counselor just because I happen to be female!

[notalwaysright]

nor that you will never be able to reach your destination without building a sled from the wreckage of society's collapse, powered by harnessed cats.

lol! People act the same way when they find we don't carry the exact super specific item they want. They didn't bother to check that we carried it in the first place, instead choosing to cross a national border because they couldn't conceive of the idea that we might not carry everything in the known universe.

Had a lady today that I was worried that I pissed off right away. She asked for something and I thought I knew where it was. She said "you know more than the cashier!" And I said "you mean the cashier whos first day is today? Yeah, probably." Luckily she didn't get mad, even when it took me a while to find the item she wanted. Still, I don't know why people feel like they should complain to Employee B about Employee A. If it's that big a deal, complain to a manager.

Bonus annoyance... Why doesn't our website offer decent search suggestions? I search for something like "carpet binding" and it just says no results. But we carry "rug binding." I guess that's too much to ask for from a company which can barely manage to keep the registers up and running.

[RealUnimportant]

Look, I get it. You've built your plan for the day around catching one specific train and it's been cancelled. This does not mean that every train is cancelled nor that you will never be able to reach your destination without building a sled from the wreckage of society's collapse, powered by harnessed cats. It just means you need to wait 5 whole minutes for the next one!

[BrenDAnn]

Yes, we've had some new concrete put in on the one end of the lot and part of the sidewalk. Brilliant observation. No, I won't go write my name in it. Seriously. Stop. Fucking. Asking.

[notalwaysright]

Seriously, did you shower in perfume? The whole store reeked for half an hour.

To all the people taking pillow forms out of the plastic... Why? It's clear plastic, and it's a pillow, what could you possibly learn from removing the protective covering? It doesn't even matter what the fabric feels like, because you use a cover.

[Hsaud]

Just because you didn't read the entire coupon, and thus didn't understand how to use said coupon, doesn't mean that it's false advertising, when we won't let you use it the way you thought it worked.

[dalesys]

It would be... interesting for me to get a PO Box as a pickup address...

But I'm at the P.O. at my P.O. Box and I'm getting P.O.'d!

[Deserted]

Repeat after me: A PO Box is not an address. A PO Box is not an address.

It would be... interesting for me to get a PO Box as a pickup address. That would mean extreme call center failure. (Or idiots at one of the insurance co's that have access to our dispatch system.)