Pet peeves

[JustaCashier]

No, I'm not psychic. I just knew how to read my manager and my friend. And I think I got lucky with that customer, but somehow it just fit that she would be looking for that.

Or maybe you're just a damn good salesperson, and you have a knack for convincing people what they "need"!

[Ree]

So I grab the nearest attendant and say, "HELP. My husband sent me here to buy nails. He is about your height, 185 lbs. What size nail should I get?!?!"

Too funny.

Could have been worse. You could have been like the elderly lady who walked in the door looking confused.
When HC (I've mentioned her before ) asked if she could be of help, the lady said in this really upper class British accent that added a whole lot of hilarity to the moment, "Well, I was actually looking for one of the men. I need a screw. Are you any good about that sort of thing?"

It was so hard for all of us cashiers to keep a straight face, and as soon as the lady was out the door we started laughing hysterically until we thought we would pee our pants.

[Erin]

Customer:I need some ribbon

Hey! you forgot the ribbon yarn!

[batmoody]

Well, that made my head hurt.

As I was reading this, especially the end, I keep hearing Stabbing Westward's "Save Yourself"...

I can not save you.......

Funny you should bring SW up, cuz I always hear "this is where it falls apart" in my head when I deal with SC's.

[heather124]

I was reminded of another one of my pet peeves today. I can't stand when someone comes in, brings me a dvd and tells me the store down the road has it for so and so price, can I match it? Now I know a lot of stores price match, and I can understand if it's a store across town and you can't be bothered traveling there. But this store is seriously 3 doors down from us. If they really had it for that price, why wouldn't you walk the 3 doors down and buy it there? I always tell them no and I always watch them when they leave and they walk in the opposite direction of the other store, so obviously they didn't have it at that price because if you were willing to buy it from us, why wouldn't you head right back there and get it?

[Jester]

It happens in bars too....a typical conversation:

IDIOT: "How much is a Corona?"
JESTER: "Four dollars."
IDIOT: [indignantly] "What? Four bucks? It's only $2.50 down the road at Rapscallion's Road House!"
JESTER: "True."
IDIOT: "So then, are you going to give me the Rapscallion's price?"
JESTER: "No. These are the prices set by the hotel. If you want the Rapscallion's price, you need to go to Rapscallion's."

Like I am stopping them.

Listen, people. You have a choice. If you don't like our price, you can either go to the place that has the price you like, or you can stay here and pay our price. That is what is called "competitive marketing." No one is forcing you to stay here. Come to think of it, get the hell out of my bar....I don't want cheap asshats like you in here in the first place!

[JChristine22]

Haha

Dear LORD! I was standing next to you when that happened! I was about to tell her that she needed to go on something more decriptive than just "THIS only BIGGER!" ...your face was turning red and you were like holding back a growl! I LOVED IT! .... I was supposed to be at the cashwrap at the time but... I hate dealing with customers for 8 hours straight acting like idiots!

[Rapscallion]

IDIOT: [indignantly] "What? Four bucks? It's only $2.50 down the road at Rapscallion's Road House!"

What can I say? I'm cheap.

Rapscallion

[Lace Neil Singer]

What's worse, is when people come up to you and say "I want the thingy, you know, with cheese on it," and you're on the till, and there's about a million things with cheese on it in the store... and when you tell them you can't go and get this mythical cheese thingy, they look annoyed. I usually get a supervisor and have them pry what this cheese thingy is out of the idiot; I value my brain cells and sanity. What there is of either, that is.

[chainedbarista]

What can I say? I'm cheap.

Rapscallion

yes, yes, but the real question is: are you easy? cheap isn't much without the easy, y'know! *runs for cover*

[Rapscallion]

You'd better ask Tech Angel about that.

Rapscallion

[Ree]

You'd better ask Tech Angel about that.

Ummm...thanks for sharing?

[thegiraffe]

Wow...just wow.

[repsac]

One of my pet peeves were customers who'd walk up to you, spend a good ten minutes or so explaining what they needed and why; then ask you where to find it. Ok, that's information I can work with, but being a cashier I couldn't take them too it. I got REALLY good at giving directions. What bugged me, was they'd do that, I'd give directions only to watch them walk over and ask another employee the same exact question, get the same directions and THEN go after the item. What was I? Practice?


There was one time I loved though, wandering up by tools I had this lady come up to me and ask:

L: I need a thingy. I'm not sure what it's called but my husband said come up here and get it. It's about so big and flat and he needs it to finish our bathroom. It's goes on the thing you know? That thing that makes the RRRRRRRRRRR sound? I think it's a craftsman. Does that help? Maybe I should call him. (Picks up her cell phone and dials)

Looking at the woman, I smiled, walked over picked up a masonary cutting disk and handed it to her while she called him. Myself, I turned and walked off to clock out. As I came back by on my way out she gave me a really strange look. "HOw did you know that's what I needed? I didn't even know?"

"Third time this week I've had the same description for that thing." was my answer.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

You'd better ask Tech Angel about that.

Rapscallion

No comment.

Anyhoo, my pet peeves I can think of now:

-People who buy furniture from us and then come back and expect us to rip open a new box because some part is scratched, or some hardware is missing. The latest memo from corporate says we are NOT to do this; we must instruct the customer to call the 800-number in the instructions to have the part replaced. If we do open a new one, we have to call the number, get the part, put it in the box and then re-tape it and re-sell it. Next time I am asked to do this, I am going to stick to my guns and tell the customer to call the 800-number. However, I expect to then be overruled by a manager and have to open the box anyway.

-People who buy barstools and then get them home and find the stools are too short for the counter, table or bar they're using them with. Ever hear of a tape measure? Use one!

-People who leave their trash in the shopping carts when they are finished with them. It is now my job to throw all that crap out when I bring carts in from the lot.

-People who buy 27-inch TVs and expect me to fit them in the back seat of their car. Sorry, ain't happening, unless you want me to take the door off its hinges.