Arsehole guy

[Lace Neil Singer]

Today I had an SC who can only ever be called "arsehole." I asked the couple before him where their shopping ended and his began, as they didn't have a divider between. They showed me and I put in a divider, asking them politely to do so in future. Arsehole then said in a nasty manner, "Don't be so facetious." I replied, in a studied bored tone, "I'm not being facetious. I just like dividers to be used so I don't mix up shopping. Surely you can see that." At this point, in case anyone thinks I was being rude, I had had a very busy shift so far and I just didn't need some condescending shoving his oar in when it wasn't wanted or needed. I bet he doesn't even know what facetious means; he was just being a twat.

[batmoody]

And of course this is the same guy that would stand there and watch you ring his stuff up on to the other order, and not say a word. Only to go ballistic on you after the other person realizes it.

[One-Fang]

A Google define search reveals:

Facetious -
bantering: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

1. Given to jesting; playfully jocular. 2. Amusing; intended to be humorous; not serious.
missbunbun.tripod.com/id7.html

So uh, no, I'm thinking he has no idea what it means (well I didn't think it meant quite that either, but I'm not throwing it around at people).

[toolbert]

you could have replied with your best Joe Pesci voice and asked him "How am I facetious? Do I make you laugh, am I some clown that gets joy out of amusing to you?"

I would have been rolling around dieing when he realized his error.

[Ryu]

i can only assume he meant facist? who knows, people use words they dont know or dont understand all the time

[Coconut]

And of course this is the same guy that would stand there and watch you ring his stuff up on to the other order, and not say a word. Only to go ballistic on you after the other person realizes it.

Oh yea... I remember this lady with a $25 computer mouse sitting right there with her stuff. RIGHT FREAKING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF HER STUFF. Never said a word, nothing... finally, after I scanned it, it was:

Her: That's not mine.
Me: Oh, I'm sorry, I'll take it off.
Her: No! (very sarcastically) That's ok. I'm sure I'll find some way to use it! (pays and stomps off)

WTF is with those people?

[Lace Neil Singer]

i can only assume he meant facist? who knows, people use words they dont know or dont understand all the time

If he did, he's even more of an arsehole than I thought.

[shazman]

fa‧ce‧tious  /fəˈsiʃəs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fuh-see-shuhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
2. amusing; humorous.
3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.

I assume he used the word meaning the latter part of the #3 definition (he thought you were concerned with something frivolous or not important or MAYBE he thought facetious meant something else- most likely that's it)- but still it wasn't his place to get on to you.
I agree he totally would have been the type to jump all over you if you accidentally rang up some of his stuff with the other customer's items.

[LostMyMind]

Always assume that SC can't read past definition #1

[Pagan]

Here, it's the person that comes up after that usually puts the divider down. But, of course, SCs being SCs, he probably would have been too lazy to do that. Not too lazy to impress you with his amazing vocuabulary, though. Hey, maybe he's one of those that gets a word out of the dictionary everyday and then uses it....uh, no, that would require reading, when we all know they don't.

[Becks]

Here, it's the person that comes up after that usually puts the divider down.

If someone comes into the line after me, I'll put the divider on the belt myself, unless they're faster. If I'm behind someone else, I usually have to do it myself in that situation, too. The most fun part with that is when there is only one divider, and it's right next to the cashier. I'm too short to reach for it then, so I leave half a mile of belt between orders.