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Plus bonus stupidity! So, I just finished another three night stretch of night shifts. Joy. Nothing extremely sucky, but WOW were people trying my nerves by doing my pet peeves!
Thanks For Not Waiting!
I lost count of the number of times this happened. I'd be waiting on one customer, and the SC behind them decided they didn't want to wait, or were too important to wait, whatever. They would drop their money for whatever (usually gas) on the counter and leave. I even had one almost push the customer I was waiting on in order to drop the money in front of me. I. Hate. This. I hate it with a passion! Wait your turn, you stupid douchewaffles! I don't care how speshul of a snowflake you are. Everyone else has to wait, and so do you!
Get OFF the Damn Phone!!
Ah, yes, the favorite complaint on these here boards--people on their cell phones. I had one guy tonight who didn't even speak to me the entire time I waited on him. The more I have this happen, the more I want to make a sign saying 'GET OFF YOUR PHONE OR GET OUT OF LINE' and take it to work and put it on the counter. Then again...SC's don't read signs. Clearly that would fail.
Tell Me What You Want!
This happened several times. People came in with winning lottery tickets. No problem. I ran them through the machine, then turned to the SC and said "you've won $x". Here's where they SHOULD have told me what they wanted to do with said money--buy more tickets, take the cash, whatever. Instead, they stared at me. Every damn time I had one come in to turn in tickets...they just stared at me when I told them the amount they'd won. I'm not a mind reader, people. Speak up!
Be Freakin' Specific!!
Yeah, keep walking in and just telling me you want "a pack of Pall Mall" or "long cut wintergreen". Go ahead. I'm gonna start grabbing random packs of that brand of cigarettes, or a random can of long cut wintergreen chew. Maybe then you'll learn to BE SPECIFIC!!! At least some of them have the decency to realize their mistake....some of them. Not nearly enough though!
You're Not Funny
Know what I'm tired of hearing? Smart remarks when I run the counterfeit pen over your $50 and $100 bills and hold them up to the light to double check them. "Oh they should be fine, I just printed them! Hur hur!" "Oh it'd better be good! I made it this morning!"...It's not funny. Really. Stop it already. Someday, you're gonna say it in front of the wrong person--that person being one affiliated with the law, with the power to arrest counterfeiters. Yup. Keep talking there, jokester.
And now, for the bonus stupidity:
Your Priorities Are Just SLIGHTLY Skewed
Had a woman come in and get nearly $80 worth of items. Most of it was beer, lottery tickets, cigs, etc. Five dollars of it was gas. SOMEONE has their priorities ass backwards. And before you say she was just topping off--she did the gas on pre-pay. She was just being cheap with it.
You May Have A Slight Problem..
One of my first customers was a guy with a stack of lottery scratchers to check. Now, I counted, and this stack of tickets cost him around $240,00 to buy. He won a total of $43.00. That, my friends, is what I would call a slight gambling problem. At least he was patient enough to wait while I rang up other customers so I wasn't holding them up checking his tickets though!
Poor Little Lost Drunk Girls
This happened Wednesday night. Two twenty-something year old girls came wandering in. One was obviously drunk, the other not so much. The one that was not so much went to the restroom. The other asked if we had maps. I walked over and showed her the maps, and she proceeded to ask where they were. Now, this girl had enough alcohol on her breath that I swear I could've gotten drunk just breathing it in. Anyway, she proceeded to ask which part of Iowa they were in, whether they were closer to Minnesota or Missouri, etc. I had to actually show her on the map where they were. Turns out that somehow (she blamed her GPS, I blame the alcohol she had obviously consumed) they were lost nearly an hour from the Interstate they were supposed to be on. I got them back on the right track, and thankfully the one that seemed sober was driving, but wow...That was the mind-blowing moment of the night right there!
And rest,,,and be thankful for a day off today!
Thanks For Not Waiting!
I lost count of the number of times this happened. I'd be waiting on one customer, and the SC behind them decided they didn't want to wait, or were too important to wait, whatever. They would drop their money for whatever (usually gas) on the counter and leave. I even had one almost push the customer I was waiting on in order to drop the money in front of me. I. Hate. This. I hate it with a passion! Wait your turn, you stupid douchewaffles! I don't care how speshul of a snowflake you are. Everyone else has to wait, and so do you!
Get OFF the Damn Phone!!
Ah, yes, the favorite complaint on these here boards--people on their cell phones. I had one guy tonight who didn't even speak to me the entire time I waited on him. The more I have this happen, the more I want to make a sign saying 'GET OFF YOUR PHONE OR GET OUT OF LINE' and take it to work and put it on the counter. Then again...SC's don't read signs. Clearly that would fail.
Tell Me What You Want!
This happened several times. People came in with winning lottery tickets. No problem. I ran them through the machine, then turned to the SC and said "you've won $x". Here's where they SHOULD have told me what they wanted to do with said money--buy more tickets, take the cash, whatever. Instead, they stared at me. Every damn time I had one come in to turn in tickets...they just stared at me when I told them the amount they'd won. I'm not a mind reader, people. Speak up!
Be Freakin' Specific!!
Yeah, keep walking in and just telling me you want "a pack of Pall Mall" or "long cut wintergreen". Go ahead. I'm gonna start grabbing random packs of that brand of cigarettes, or a random can of long cut wintergreen chew. Maybe then you'll learn to BE SPECIFIC!!! At least some of them have the decency to realize their mistake....some of them. Not nearly enough though!
You're Not Funny
Know what I'm tired of hearing? Smart remarks when I run the counterfeit pen over your $50 and $100 bills and hold them up to the light to double check them. "Oh they should be fine, I just printed them! Hur hur!" "Oh it'd better be good! I made it this morning!"...It's not funny. Really. Stop it already. Someday, you're gonna say it in front of the wrong person--that person being one affiliated with the law, with the power to arrest counterfeiters. Yup. Keep talking there, jokester.
And now, for the bonus stupidity:
Your Priorities Are Just SLIGHTLY Skewed
Had a woman come in and get nearly $80 worth of items. Most of it was beer, lottery tickets, cigs, etc. Five dollars of it was gas. SOMEONE has their priorities ass backwards. And before you say she was just topping off--she did the gas on pre-pay. She was just being cheap with it.
You May Have A Slight Problem..
One of my first customers was a guy with a stack of lottery scratchers to check. Now, I counted, and this stack of tickets cost him around $240,00 to buy. He won a total of $43.00. That, my friends, is what I would call a slight gambling problem. At least he was patient enough to wait while I rang up other customers so I wasn't holding them up checking his tickets though!
Poor Little Lost Drunk Girls
This happened Wednesday night. Two twenty-something year old girls came wandering in. One was obviously drunk, the other not so much. The one that was not so much went to the restroom. The other asked if we had maps. I walked over and showed her the maps, and she proceeded to ask where they were. Now, this girl had enough alcohol on her breath that I swear I could've gotten drunk just breathing it in. Anyway, she proceeded to ask which part of Iowa they were in, whether they were closer to Minnesota or Missouri, etc. I had to actually show her on the map where they were. Turns out that somehow (she blamed her GPS, I blame the alcohol she had obviously consumed) they were lost nearly an hour from the Interstate they were supposed to be on. I got them back on the right track, and thankfully the one that seemed sober was driving, but wow...That was the mind-blowing moment of the night right there!
And rest,,,and be thankful for a day off today!
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