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  • #1

    So much suck over one penny.

    I was on express today. Some haggard looking gentleman in his 50s comes through my line. I say "Hi." No response. He had a grumpy look on his face the entire time I was ringing him out. I give him his change and start ringing out the next person. He hangs out by the register studying his receipt, looking for some material to play the "What can I b**ch about today?" game.

    Unfortunately for me, he finds something (and everyone who plays this game always finds something, and if they don't find something, they make up something.) As I'm ringing out the next person he sticks his hand out over the scanner with his change. I say, "Is there a problem?" No response. I'm completely bewildered for a couple seconds, then I realize: "Oh, that's 23 cents, I owe you a penny? [I remember that his change was supposed to be 24 cents]"

    SC: [snarling in the most diabolical voice I have ever heard] Yes! I don't have time for this nonsense!

    ME: [yes, with a bit of a tone] OKKk sir it's just one penny I'll get it for you in a second.

    SC: Don't be playing games with me now!

    I finish ringing the customer; my drawer opens; and I give him the penny.

    ME: Here you go. Goodbye.

    He leaves...but geez I was so shaken up! He was intimidating, nasty, and creepy. And over a penny! Get a grip man!
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  • #2
    Another cents-less complaint.
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    • #3
      They always complain, but it's complete non-cents to me. What if the next person had paid with credit? Would you have had to cent him over somewhere else? Maybe he should've tried being nicer about it, for a change.

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      • #4
        Quoth dbblsanta View Post
        SC: Don't be playing games with me now!
        No. Games usually cost about 50 cents - $1.00.
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        • #5
          OK, OK, I guess I'll put my in, too.

          I'm disappointed that nobody else thought to use that blasted emoticon yet ^_^

          And I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that he does that crap EVERYWHERE he goes...
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          • #6
            Quoth EricKei View Post
            OK, OK, I guess I'll put my in, too.

            I'm disappointed that nobody else thought to use that blasted emoticon yet ^_^

            And I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that he does that crap EVERYWHERE he goes...
            At least he's not being nickeled and dimed.

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            • #7
              he would probably enjoy that

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              • #8
                I give no quarter to people who try this kind of nonsense with me.
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                • #9
                  Quoth Jay 2K Winger View Post
                  I give no quarter to people who try this kind of nonsense with me.
                  So you don't give a bit, let alone two?
                  I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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                  • #10
                    Did the jerkweed look on the floor? My guess is he either dropped the penny or pocketed it, just to be an asshole.

                    Why do some people expend so much effort JUST to be an asshole?
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                    • #11
                      Quoth QASlave View Post
                      Why do some people expend so much effort JUST to be an asshole?
                      "Asshole" is the only personality trait some of them have...
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                      • #12
                        Quoth dalesys View Post
                        So you don't give a bit, let alone two?
                        To do so would cause me to have to cast off my shekels of sanity...
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                        • #13
                          I guess this guy had no cents at all to get worked up over something so trivial.
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                          • #14
                            Quoth QASlave View Post

                            Why do some people expend so much effort JUST to be an asshole?
                            Because they're trying to buck the system.
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                            • #15
                              Quoth EricKei View Post
                              OK, OK, I guess I'll put my in, too.

                              I'm disappointed that nobody else thought to use that blasted emoticon yet ^_^
                              Because it was only one cent, not two. Duh!

                              I'm sorry, I would have made him use his words. I'd have kept looking at his hand until he actually said out loud what he wanted. You're not five, don't act like it.
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