Paper Towels Are SRS Bizness!

[Imogene]

I was called halfway across the store this morning to help a cashier bag while her bagger was outside (I'll detail that insanity in a Morons in Management post)... but cashier was bagging her own things... so, why was I there? Oh, to put completed bags in the customer's cart? Eh...
Cashier and I are both confused and a bit angry at this decision that, because I am dead at my end of the store, I should be helping bag... cashier sets a bag down just on the edge of the conveyor belt, and customer and I watch as the bag tips over and spills... the top item in the bag, off the belt, onto the floor.
Yeah, a roll of paper towels fell on the floor.
Customer yells: "HEY! I'M SORRY YOU'RE ANGRY, BUT DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON MY GROCERIES!"
Me: *thinking* "My poor paper towels! They're so fragile! I never actually open them, I have amassed a hoard in my closet..."

[bainsidhe]

I had a woman furious at me for denting her cans. Didn't matter that weak little me can't throw a can hard enough to create such a dent, I clearly should have bagged the cans more carefully.

And how about scanning up a storm with round items, particularly oranges? Of all the items I've scanned, oranges have always been the item most likely to go sailing through the air. Me and my butterfingers.

[mattm04]

I had a SC demand a new container of lemonade power mix because it tipped over. Didn't spill, break the seal in any way, etc. But it was ruined and we better not sell someone else the bad container said the SC. The bagger circled the aisle it was on and returned wiht the same one. The SC left happy.

[Julesy]

I sure hope the paper towels were not broken. That would have been a big mess, not to mention dangerous: pieces of broken paper towels can have vicious sharp edges.

[HawaiianShirts]

If the customers only knew how stuff like that was treated when it came in on the delivery trucks...

I'm sure those paper towels (and mattm04's drink mix) had been knocked over dozens of times before the customer got to them.

When I worked electronics, I spent some time in the warehouse unloading trucks. We were reasonably careful with the obviously breakable stuff like computers, printers, and TVs. But the other stuff? Boxes of DVDs, cases of flash drives, ink cartridges, cables, keyboards, and even some of the smaller car speakers? That was often tossed through the air from the back of the truck to the front and from there to the guy stacking everything in the staging area.

There is no delicacy in retail stocking.

[Aut]

When I was a grocery store cashier, I had a SC yell me and my bagger to not bag her grapes with her whole cantaloupe. Yeah, we're not that stupid. She attacked us for a lot of things, and lucky for the bagger, she walked away as soon as she was done. I was stuck there with her.

[LillFilly]

OMG the poor paper towels!

I'm reporting you guys!

Really though, that woman needs a life!

[RavenStarr]

The poor paper towels. They're so delicate and papery.

[Imogene]

The poor paper towels. They're so delicate and papery.

I've found I can break them with my forehead...

Also, I remember my month of attempting to work flow team for Target, and how they wanted me to just throw cases of stock all over the place.

[RetailWorkhorse]

If the customers only knew how stuff like that was treated when it came in on the delivery trucks...

RW: DIVE BOMB ATTACK! *Slides around the floor on the paper-towel box* Whoa, hey, C, how high do you reckon we can stack this stuff?

C (Store manager): To the moon!

[TelephoneAngel]

This is why I always take bubblewrap and polystyrene chips with me to the supermarket, then if I buy paper towels, I can pack them safely.

[BookstoreEscapee]

There is no delicacy in retail stocking.

You should see the back room at the bookstore. If it's light enough, it probably flies at some point.
And if it's heavy, it gets dropped to the floor.

This is why I always take bubblewrap and polystyrene chips with me to the supermarket, then if I buy paper towels, I can pack them safely.

Damn, I was gonna say something about bubble wrap. I keep my paper towels in a locked glass display case at home.

[sweetj82]

we have a customer that doesnt have a baby but brings in an infant car seat for her bread.

she walks around the store with the bread in the car seat buckled in.

[alowlypotato]

we have a customer that doesnt have a baby but brings in an infant car seat for her bread.

she walks around the store with the bread in the car seat buckled in.

Does she coo at it and stroke it gently?

[Lil Bunny]

Does she coo at it and stroke it gently?

*snerk* And I have something new to add to my crazy cat woman persona now.