Am I speaking another language?

[sexiphatchick]

I was ringing on a register today. Being a good little girl and standing out in front of the register to greet customers and pull them into my line. I got this conversation (or variations of it) more than once.


*customer is walking by*
ME: Sir, if you're all set to cash out, I can help you.
SC: No, I don't do those self checkout things.
ME: This is a regular register, sir.
SC: I'll go over there *points to another register*, I don't like self-checkout.
ME: This isn't self checkout, sir. This is a register.
SC: I'll go to a person.
ME:

Apparently I'm no longer a person. I don't understand what part of This-Is-A-Register that's so hard to understand.

[jjllbb]

No you're a robot, remember? We all are.

[sexiphatchick]

MUST......RECHARGE......BATTERY....CAN......NOT... ..COMPUTE

[Stryker One]

Maybe it was really "I don't want a female cashier".

[NightWatch]

These are the same people who scream to talk to a "real person" and have been talking to live human being the whole time... Congrats SPC, you've found the in-person version.

[taurinejunkie]

Reminds me of the English-speaking customers we get who are completely pissed off that the recording system starts out in french, asks to say "English" before it would switch to English, and doesn't recognize what the customer's saying. Once they get online:

Me: Good evening, may I help you?
SC: I ASKED FOR ENGLISH! I WANT ENGLISH! (and, I wish: ENGLISH, MOTHERF**KER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?)
Me: With all due respect, I believe I answered you in English.

[lupo pazzesco]

Of COURSE you're speaking another language. It's called "logician" Given that SCs have no concept of where this wonderous land of Logic lies, naturally they're unfamiliar with the language. Rather than admit their shortcomings and follies, they flail around, and affect what they assume is an intelligent tone, hoping that if they sound like they know what's going on, the universe will bend and their word will be truth.

In reality, it's there for us to giggle at, as they traverse the myriad levels of FAIL.

[XCashier]

ME: Sir, if you're all set to cash out, I can help you.
SC: No, I don't do those self checkout things.
ME: This is a regular register, sir.
SC: I'll go over there *points to another register*, I don't like self-checkout.
ME: This isn't self checkout, sir. This is a register.
SC: I'll go to a person.

"How about you go to the seafood counter? They've got something just for you!"

Yeah, you are speaking another language. You're speaking Intelligently. Too bad your customers only understand Dumbass-ese.

[Boredom]

They apperently don't speak it.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, you probably didn't want to have to ring that guy out anyways.