Rants about pet peeves.

[dragon_wings]

Credit card machine pet peeves:

If I tell you 'You don't have to press English' or 'It defaults to English' don't go ahead and press English anyways.

If I tell you to press the red button for credit don't press the green button.

If you've already pressed the green button and ask how to do credit you have to wait about 10 seconds before you can press the red button. Otherwise it'll jus beep at you.

If I tell you it works better if you use your finger vs the pen please use your finger.
If you acknowledge what I just said and go ahead and use the pen I'm just gonna get annoyed.
Then when the pen doesn't work you'll have to use your finger anyways.
I do realize it doesn't like everyone's fingers.
I have *the touch*.

When you're entering your PIN make sure you press the buttons hard enough. You should hear a beep per button.

No that's not the right way to slide your card. The magnetic strip goes the other way.
No not that way.
Yes that way.

It said card read error. You must slide your card again. No you won't be charged twice. It's not even done.

It's asking another question ma'am/sir.

No you don't have to sign. Your total was below $25.

No you can't get more the $20 cash back. I'm sorry that's the limit. There's an ATM right next to my register.

Suggestive sells pet peeves:

Oh, that's nice you don't want candy cause it's not healthy but yes you'll take 2 pack of cigs.

Oh you're diabetic eh? Why do I see <random candy that isn't our suggestive sell>? If you don't want <suggestive sell> just say no thank you.

I'm sorry you don't like me asking you if you want to buy the suggestive sell item. I have to sell a minimum every day. I have a little leeway. If I don't sell enough once or maybe twice a week. But if I don't sell enough over a period of time I will get written up. I'm supposed to ask *everyone* so GDIAF.

[notlovinit]

Oh man, I can relate to you on this post. People using credit cards are the worst. Most of them try to hand it to me, despite the machine being the thing right in front of them. Oh and I hate when they use the same card twice so I have to put in a manager code before they can slide, so they have to slide it twice for that transaction and always get paranoid about being charged twice. Or when I give a refund to a card and they have to slide to get it and ALWAYS they ask, "Did that just charge me?" No! That's why your receipt says refund. Idiot.

As for the suggestive selling, I'm so glad I don't have to do that. Once a year we have to ask everyone if they want to donate a dollar to RMHC and instead of being normal and saying yes or no I get so many excuses about why they are not donating. I don't care. I don't judge you for not donating. I judge you for being an asshat about it though.

[dragon_wings]

Oh yes. People hand me their cards all the time. Or try to and I direct them to slide their card over there. Only if it's an older person or someone I'd feel would take forever at the credit card machine will I slide it on my side. Only thing they'd have to do is sign. But I rarely do that.

[notlovinit]

Ah, we don't even have a way to slide on our side. If I were to take it for them I'd have to reach over my register and slide it in front of them. Which I've done... but only to prove a point to a jerk haha.

[dragon_wings]

I've done that too. It's great for idiots and assholes.

[Kogarashi]

I feel you on the card swiping. I've posted in the past about an older gentleman who just didn't get it despite my attempts to walk him through the card procedure. Probably the worst moment was his attempt to write his PIN on the screen, across the number keys, and then get confused as to why his card kept declining.

Once a year we have to ask everyone if they want to donate a dollar to RMHC.

OT, but I need to figure out if RMHC does its Trees of Hope Christmas event anywhere besides this city. I love going each year, but we're moving out of town around Christmastime and don't know yet if we'll be able to find it anywhere else. (For those curious, Trees of Hope is where they get various local groups to decorate and donate themed Christmas trees, then raffle them off with the proceeds going to the charity.)

[BrenDAnn]

I feel for you! Cards are swiped on a reader that's on our computer, by us, not the customer, at the C-store, so that's not much of a problem, really. Well...We DO have to put cards in plastic or paper A LOT to get them to read, but other than that, not too bad. Oh, and EBT is a separate machine--it's SO much fun having to direct people to the OTHER PIN pad to enter their EBT PIN. The worst though is the pumps. If I had a dollar for every time someone tried swiping their card backwards at the pumps, well, I could cut back on my hours, in the very least. Yes, there is a picture on the pump, and directions on the screen of the pump. No, people still don't get it. I get some sort of vindictive happiness out of going out there and "making it work" on the first swipe for them though.

We can't do more than $20 cash back either...Checks are limited to $10 cash back. People just LOVE that one. If you're really nice to me, I'll let you split your purchases and get $20 per purchase but that's rare and only if you're REALLY nice about it, and most likely are a regular, otherwise ATM is in the back. Have fun.

My suggestive sell pet peeve is suggestive selling in and of itself. I'm good at it, but it still makes people pissy sometimes. Also, the "contest" corporate has going to see which store can suggestive sell the most of X item is a pain in the ass! Seriously!

[BowserKoopa1]

How about when people scan their card and it won't scan, so they start sliding it back and forth like a mad man? So many times I wanted to grab their hand and tell them that they're only making the machine angry (not that it has feelings but you know what I mean)