It's mine, give it back (long)

[shelly2jn]

So it was a normal busy day, queues 7 or 8 deep and customers getting cranky. I was going as quickly as I could but you know some people...even the speed of light wouldn't be quick enough.

'Lady' comes to the desk with a stack of DVD's and every single one had security tags that needed to be removed, they had to be scanned and bagged. I tried to be pleasant and make small talk but she tutted and sighed and tapped a coin on the counter...yeah that'll help me go quicker. So I took her money and handed her the bags with her goods but it had kinda caught around my wedding ring. It wouldn't have been a problem if she had just taken the bag but she yanked it so hard away from me that my wedding ring flew off and over the counter...taking a fair bit of skin too.

I run like the devil around the counter and see satans spawn picking up my ring with wife of satan watching her. Go over and say 'thank you for picking up my ring can I have it now' spawn looks at her mother and informs her 'finders keepers, I found it I want to keep it' wife of satans gives a giggle.

This is what followed :

me
spawn of satan : sos
wife of satan : wos

me: Sweetie that's my wedding ring and I'd like to have it back
sos: Waaaaaahhhhhh I want it
me: No you can't keep it because it belongs to me
sos: Waaaaaaahhhhhhh I found it
me: It wasn't lost, it fell off my finger and I need you to give it back
(all said while looking at wos and thinking WTF?)
wos: tell you what, let her hold on to it and we'll give it back on the way out
me:
me: no I'm sorry I want my ring back and I want it now (starting to lose my cool)
sos: not fair waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
wos: I don't understand why you're being so difficult, she's only a child
me: who needs to learn that they can't keep other people's belongings....it's called theft

I then physically take my ring off the kid and go back behind the counter..call a supervisor and tell her what happened cause you just know this person is going to complain.

She did.

I assaulted her pwecious widdle babeeee just because she took my ring.

supervisors reaction... quickly followed by...

and the comment of...'don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out' under her breath of course.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Holy CRAP. NOW I've hear it all!

Let me get this straight: she forcibly pulls off your WEDDING RING, ovserves her kid snatching it, then insists you let her child keep it?

I dunno, if she wants to be a bitch about it, maybe the cops should be called and a forcible robbery ought to be reported? I'm serious. She evidently thought you overreacted. I personally think you UNDERREACTED. Maybe she ought to learn what happens when you, oh I dunno, ROB people?????

[Demonoid Phenomenon]

With people like this allowed out in public, it's a small wonder that we don't hear about retail employees strangling customers on a regular basis.

[thewhatnow]

Oh my GOD! What is wrong with people? First, the rudeness, and then trying to keep your ring?! I'm so glad your supervisor was cool about it.

Wow. I mean, wow.

[Ljt09863]

if i were you, i would have said,"ma'am, if you really insist on your child keeping the ring, please, stay and shop some more. it will give the cops time to get here."

[Talon]

Oh yeah, GREAT example for the kids miss Mommy of the Millenium Shall we start taking bets on Hellspawn's future shoplifting career??

At least the supervisor was cool about it.

[Worker-Intellectual]

Why is she allowed to breed? And why is she allowed out in public?

Just look on the bright side... at least you didn't have one of "those" managers...

"Yeah, If you can just let that kid steal your ring, that's be great. You know, customers always come first. Oh, and I'm gonna need you to come in on Sunday too. We lost some people, so we're gonna have to play catch-up."

[Becks]

I see I'm in time for the latest -a-thon.

I'm actually speechless. Wait, words are forming...

I'd ask "What was that woman thinking?!?!?", but we all know the answer to that.

[Cia]

"Either give me back my ring NOW or I will call the cops and have you charged with theft and contributing to the deliquency of a minor. Your choice."

[powerboy]

I would have the done the samething as you

[AFpheonix]

Wow. You showed an amazing amount of restraint, really. I mean, it's your WEDDING RING!
If the situation had happened in reverse, you can bet she would have been squalling like a stuck pig!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I know, I'm thinking the same thing. I think I would have taken it from the child and probably chewed out the mom for making me do it instead of her doing it. I would have been freaked out and pissed off enough from having it snatched off my hand.

[Tria]

I run like the devil around the counter and see satans spawn picking up my ring with wife of satan watching her. Go over and say 'thank you for picking up my ring can I have it now' spawn looks at her mother and informs her 'finders keepers, I found it I want to keep it' wife of satans gives a giggle.

How old was the kid? I mean if the kid was little I can understand the KID'S actions.... Mom's not so much.... Or at all.

[Special Patrol Group]

OMG, the child would have been sure to lose it, eat it or stuff it up its horrible nose if it'd be allowed to keep it even for a while. That's just what kids do.

Man I hate it when idiots don't wait for you to release a bag before they grab it. Sometimes it really hurts your hand when they yank it and your figures are still through the loop When I worked in a supermarket you'd get people who'd do that with every single bag you passed them.

[Kusanagi]

"Just because YOU don't have a wedding ring doesn't mean it's okay for your brat to keep mine."