Puppies, Fishies, and Flushing oh Joy

[bainsidhe]

Ah, joy. The smell of Christmas angst is in the air. These are two experiences that took place during my shift the other night. Hope you enjoy.

Wait, why is this DAMP
Coworker S was running the self check-outs and I was on the express lane nearby. S suddenly comes tromping up saying "Ma'am. MA'AM. You can't put your dog there, people place food on that scanner." I look over and there is a 20-ish woman and her friend, who start giggling at S and pull away from the scanner. Cupped in the woman's arm is this little dog, peeking out between her coat. You know the type. The adorable little "decoration pieces" people walk around with so they can look like Paris or whatever.

Anway, the two women leave and S goes over to clean the scanner for the next customer. After all, who wants puppy on their produce? S comes over to me quite upset and tells me the scanner was wet. WET, she says and that is wasn't water. Ewww. People take no responsibility for themselves or their animals. Aside from service animals, pets are NOT allowed in our store. Jerks.

Flushing
CSM E was handling a return at the service desk. Customer was returning some fish that she decided they didn't want. Now E knew any returned fish could not be put back with the others, in case it contaminated the tanks. Which meant they would be flushed. So when the woman asks if they can be returned, E shrugs and says "Sure we take them back. But we have to flush them". Woman acts all horrified, but does she change her mind? Nope. However the next person in line feels bad for the fishies and buys them instead.

[mattm04]

Ah, joy. The smell of Christmas angst is in the air. These are two experiences that took place during my shift the other night. Hope you enjoy.

Flushing
CSM E was handling a return at the service desk. Customer was returning some fish that she decided they didn't want. Now E knew any returned fish could not be put back with the others, in case it contaminated the tanks. Which meant they would be flushed. So when the woman asks if they can be returned, E shrugs and says "Sure we take them back. But we have to flush them". Woman acts all horrified, but does she change her mind? Nope. However the next person in line feels bad for the fishies and buys them instead.

I get people like this all the time. They return some perishabel food like baked goods, produce, meat, etc. They then ask what happes to it. Since we must (by state law) throw it out they act all horrified. Some even ask if we will give them their refund but let them keep the loaf of bread the decided they didn't want.

[justZu]

Some even ask if we will give them their refund but let them keep the loaf of bread the decided they didn't want.

We get people like this at the Ballpark, too. They come by after the game asking what we are going to do with the leftover hot dogs and burgers. They get angry when we tell them that all remaining food is thrown away. They get *really* mad when we won't give them the leftovers for free.
Sorry, leftovers count as inventory and we need to show it to the managers if asked. Plus we cannot donate the food to a shelter because if we do, and someone gets sick, the ballpark can be sued. (Plus - seriously - by that time the food is OLD and has been sitting out under heat lamps for hours. gross).

We had one guy who came to almost every game with his family and EVERY time would send his little son to try and beg the leftovers from us. Nope, I don't feel sorry for someone who can afford to come to that many baseball games. If his family was really in need of free food, they could skip some games and get groceries with the money they saved.

[Ttam]

Ugh. People who aren't responsible with their animals just irritate me.... Anyone who has an "accessory" dog is one of them (something about those bags that make the little dog sit there with his head peeking out just seems wrong to me....), and people who don't clean up after their dog. Honestly, I know it's gross. No one wants to clean turds off the sidewalk. But the thing is, someone has to. Too often that's me. So how is it fair that I have to clean up dog droppings when I don't even own one? X( And some people seem to think if they just have little Fido go in the dirt at the base of the trees lining the sidewalk, that makes it okay. Like free fertilizer, or something. But no, it's not. It stinks and will sit there for months unless I clean it up. Besides, those trees are freaking huge. They've grown about as big as they're going to get. They're even bending the sidewalk with their roots. They don't need any help. Parks too. Who thinks it's cool to just let someone lay in dog crap? Especially when there's a place right at the front of the park which holds free bags. </rant>