Can you say "Thief"? Louder!

[Opalin]

Hm, that's happened to me once, where we weren't paying attention and accidentally walked out with a pound of chocolate at a confectionery (Maries' Candies, go there if you're going through Ohio, they're fantastic) and so we ran back in with it and the cashier was surprised and fairly grateful, since she had also forgotten about it. Apparently when you order 15-16 pounds of chocolate (We were doing a mass run for most of our friends) one pound can slip through fairly easily.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

So then I went to the other Orange Apron. I don't generally go there, because I had an annoying experience there once: was looking for a machine screw to assemble my son's crib, as they'd sent me the wrong size in the kit. Couldn't find them anywhere on the display, and when I asked an apron-wearer where they were, she gave me the cow-eyes and asked "Uhh, what kind of machine is it for?" You work in a hardware store, for Pete's sake, and you never heard of a machine screw?

I hate to say it, but that's a question I probably would ask. Just because they call it a machine screw and not a "general, all-purpose screw as might be used to screw two items together."

[Lachrymose]

She should have just claimed that the backpack ate it.

"Num num num num num num. Delicioso!"

[dalesys]

... and you never heard of a machine screw?

Zat some kinda vibrator?

[SYWRejections]

She should have just claimed that the backpack ate it.

"Num num num num num num. Delicioso!"

Haha, I was waiting for a response like that.

[blas]

When I worked at the Deb shop, I noticed a lot of young mothers would stuff clothes under their baby in the stroller. When we caught them, they'd try to say that they baby did it. Yep, a newborn baby grabbed this hooded sweater off the rack and stuffed it under itself.

[XCashier]

When I worked at the Deb shop, I noticed a lot of young mothers would stuff clothes under their baby in the stroller. When we caught them, they'd try to say that they baby did it. Yep, a newborn baby grabbed this hooded sweater off the rack and stuffed it under itself.

And usually off the top shelf, too.

Thieves suck.

[simplyanother]

Newborns are the worst offenders, don't you know...

At GH, we have these itty bitty little teeny wooden boxes. People like to buy 30, 40, 50 at a time.

And they get so very irritated when I insist on looking inside of each and every one of them. There might not be that much room inside the box, but we sell tons off small items. I found some stuffed with cross stitch thread (yeah, they're only 35 cents, but it adds up)...

I always frame it blaming some other customer, because I don't feel like dealing with the woman who flips out on me because I called her a thief.


(And I'm so very happy we're beyond the Dora stage now... )