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[Miss_Stress]

Well, in the last week I've amassed enough stories to make a decently-sized thread for you all, so here we go...

We Are CLOSED!!!!

There's a couple of stories here. The first involves a girl at 4:15 on a Sunday knocking on our CLOSED doors and asking if we were still open.

The second one blew me away, and I knew straight away I HAD to post it here! We were stood outside with our coats and bags waiting for the manager (at 4:30) when a man in a wheelchair (important) and his wife came up to us.

SC: Are you open?

Me: No, we closed half an hour ago, sorry.

SC: I want to do my shopping!

Me: Under Sunday trading laws, we legally cannot allow this. Plus, the registers have been turned off.

SC: If you don't let me go in there I will go to the media and tell them that you are refusing to serve a DISABLED MAN!

Me: Sir, the law is the law, and regardless of your situation WE. CAN. NOT. SERVE. YOU!

SC: I'll be back!

Oy.

I Want A Bag Despite Me Having 2 Already!

There is such a sense of entitlement when it comes to bags at our store. I think it's because we don't charge for them, but I think that we should, especially after this woman She was rude throughout the transaction by the way.

SC: Can I have another bag?

Me: I can't just give out bags, I'm sorry.

SC: I've just spent £23, I just want a bag!

CW: What's up?

Me: She wants a bag and we're not meant to give them out.

SC: I wouldn't care but I asked this dumb bitch to split everything up!

Me: *LIAR!* No you did not.

CW: Just give her a bag, it's not worth the argument.

I was so angry. Seriously, what is the point of a policy if it's caved into every time someone throws a tantrum?!

I'm A Special Snowflake!

We have a limit on pharmaceutical products (3) due to law. I told a woman I could only sell her 3 products, and she went off on one, shouting about how I was losing a sale and how I was "violating her human rights". OK....

I'm Going To Just Dump Stuff Everywhere!

It's a common theme in my store - apparently people cannot put things back from whence they came. As such, we have to spend 2 hours every day tidying one aisle each, and even when they see us nearby, it doesn't stop people just dumping things onto the shelf. A case in point:

SC: I don't think I want this.

Me: Ok, well if you like I'll take it now and put it back *holds out hand*

SC: Come and get it then.

She tossed it onto a shelf, knocking over some deodorants I had just spent 15 minutes facing, and walked off.

Me: ....thanks...

Are You Kidding Me?

This is my favourite utterance whenever I ask for ID. Like I request it to amuse myself, or to catch them on Candid Camera. Unfortunately, you mindless fuckers, it is a LEGAL REQUIREMENT that you be of a certain age or older to buy certain products. Excuse me for wanting to keep my job.

I Saw THAT! *Warning - May Be Upsetting*

I was on the till today, and I saw a man KICK a puppy on the street outside the shop!


So...that's my week!

[Setsunaela]

I hate the people who suddenly decide they don't want something and just shove it wherever. I once saw some woman stuffing a 1/2 gallon of MILK!! behind something in a boxed goods aisle because she changed her mind or something. I dunno. I know I grabbed it and put it in my own cart. It was somewhere around 8 in the morning when she did this, and I didn't even want to imagine the poor restocker who found that one at midnight when they go through the store to check for such things >.< and that's IF they even found it, as she literally went out of her way to stuff it behind some boxes of pasta..

As for the man who kicked a puppy.. . I'm not even sure HOW I'd react to that. it's just awful..

[Syriilord]

There is such a sense of entitlement when it comes to bags at our store. I think it's because we don't charge for them, but I think that we should, especially after this woman

Trust me, charging for them doesn't work either, unless you go grossly overboard. Over here (Ireland), we have a government imposed 22 cent charge on all plastic bags and it doesn't stop people demanding more bags than they actually need to comfortably carry all their shopping.
Now, if they only went with my idea of charging 50 Euro per plastic bag, people would be far more likely to bring their own bags.
And given how badly the Irish government have messed up the country's finances, the extra income could help

[chainedbarista]

SC: I've just spent £23, I just want a bag!

well, good for you, sparky; still doesn't entitle you to more than you need, selfish...

violating her human rights? that's a new accusation, and more than just a bit nutty at that.

kicked a puppy? here's to him getting run over by a double decker, damn bastard.

[jjc927]

There is such a sense of entitlement when it comes to bags at our store. I think it's because we don't charge for them, but I think that we should

Oh I totally agree. I have people try to take whole sets of bags from my bag carousel or at least half a set like a person did today before I could stop her. People think the bags grow on trees and we have however many we want for no cost.

[Food Lady]

I saw a woman go behind one of our registers for a bag last week, so I told our AP guy. Don't know if he said anything to her. She could have asked.