"evil" things you do at work

[Food Lady]

I'd get in trouble for saying that.

[cindybubbles]

I do that too. Also during flu season, if a customer who is sniffling makes me pick coins out of their hand (or I get handed a damp bill in summer) I will Purell my hand right after giving change. If they get mad I don't care, I'm just not potentially getting myself or the next customer sick (and even if the SC didn't have anything, next customer can see they gave me questionable money, what am I supposed to do?).

Are you allowed to use tongs or chopsticks to handle the wet money? What about rubber gloves?

[xdslitex]

I got rid of the take a penny, leave a penny trays at my job. One woman ruined it for everyone that might be a penny or two short. The exact moment I did away with it is when she fished out all the change, and asked me to upscale the pennies to larger coinage.

The truly evil bit in this, is without having told her, she knows who took them away and why. It's written on her face when she glances at the counters as she walks in.

[Dreamstalker]

Our registers are touchscreens that don't work with gloves (or any type of finger covering really) Using anything else to handle the money means people get offended (manglement says we can't do that no matter what...they fail to connect the dots when all the cashiers start getting sick around the same time of year).

[cindybubbles]

Our registers are touchscreens that don't work with gloves (or any type of finger covering really) Using anything else to handle the money means people get offended (manglement says we can't do that no matter what...they fail to connect the dots when all the cashiers start getting sick around the same time of year).

Have you tried making them leave the money on the counter? At least then you won't have to touch their hands. Void the transaction and put all products behind your counter if they refuse.

[Aria]

Admitting to this makes me feel like a bit of a slacker but what the hell.

Tech calls in for something and I notice major glaring issue on the account. Technical problem... one screen doesn't match the other. The thing is, it's not causing problems NOW. The tech says everything is dandy. I contemplate, for a few seconds, what issues it will cause. A future move? Problem. However, what if the customer never moves? No problem. Then I contemplate how much time it will take me to fix it. And it's REALLY not my job, I'm supporting the techs and we're BUSY...

Final decision is a muttered 'not my problem' and I fix things for the tech before taking another call. *shifty eyes* I know it's not quite right but... yeah.

[XCashier]

Oh, I was so mad. Another woman stole soda and this guy shoved a bunch of creamers and sugars in his pocket while his friend covered him. He waited until I was on break. My coworker that was covering for me told me.

These assholes ought to be banned. Does your manager know about their shenanigans?

[Food Lady]

Management has known for years, yet continues to cater to the entitlement.

[wolfie]

Not exactly "at work", but one from back in high school.

In grade 8, I was afraid that I was failing Social Studies (didn't - my final grade was a C+). The report cards the school used were 4 part carbonless forms, with the top page being the one sent home. One form would be used for each class.

Pretty much all the teachers would distribute the blank forms for the students to fill out the identification part at the top, and then collect them. I tore out 3 small (about 3/4" square) pieces of looseleaf paper, and stuck them between the pages of the form in the area for the letter grade (so that the bottom of one page wouldn't contact the top of the page below, preventing the carbonless feature from working).

When my parents took my report card out of the envelope, one of the small pieces of looseleaf paper fell out.

[Slave to the Phone]

I got rid of the take a penny, leave a penny trays at my job. One woman ruined it for everyone that might be a penny or two short. The exact moment I did away with it is when she fished out all the change, and asked me to upscale the pennies to larger coinage.

The truly evil bit in this, is without having told her, she knows who took them away and why. It's written on her face when she glances at the counters as she walks in.

You just explained what happened at our local mini-mart. The take a penny trays are behind the counter now and the clerks control them. I never asked why, but I'll bet that's what happened.

[Roland]

The guys that want to buy five dollars (or less) worth of stuff with a hundred gets this. I slowly check the bill to make sure it isn't counterfeit. Then I hit up the safe for a roll of 20's. Then I slowly count out the change. Then I count it again before I hand it over.
Convenience stores keep between 50-85 total in the register so people who treat us like we are a money changing institution are a bit of a pain. When I worked the night shift I would frequently say no. I had a guy try to buy a coke with a hundred dollar bill at 3:00 am.

[wolfie]

I had a guy try to buy a coke with a hundred dollar bill at 3:00 am.

If someone's trying to buy coke with a Benjamin, "Atlanta Fizz" is the WRONG kind.

[Marmalady]

I'll purposely go slow just to piss them off.

Did this when I was working for the city council car parking division.

An elderly-ish couple came in to apply for one of the councils Green Badges (for people with very restricted mobility - there were special spaces in the city's main shopping areas) Having taken all their details, I explained that the system that printed the badges was being very slow today, and if they didn't want to wait then I would post it first class and they would get it the next day. No, no, they'd wait thank you.

So I went back into the office and processed the badge, and of course the system started to work at the snails pace I'd predicted. Next thing, a CW comes up to me and says 'Are you serving the couple sitting in Reception? Because I walked through and asked if they were being taken care of, and the woman said 'Well supposedly we are, but the girl seems rather slow today....'

The girl? Oh no you didn't.... I told you that you would be waiting a while, and why, but it's 'the girl' who is slow? Right then, let's see how slow I can be - and I'd got myself a coffee from the breakroom and drank half of it before I took that badge through to them.

I think I'm an easy-going kind of person as a rule, but if someone is taking the p, then I can get very awkward.

[bhskittykatt]

We have a promotion right now where you get a free upgrade based on availability at check-in.

Guest came up to the desk and didn't even look at me. "Yeah, checking in." He threw his ID and CC at me and then wandered off to the gift shop.

He was on the special promo. I had lots of rooms left but somehow I "forgot" to give him an upgrade.

[deysongrey]

My evilness is usually directed at the bosses.

Our breaks used to be every two hours. It was given that at 9, 11, 1, 3, etc...you took a break. But it was downright OFFENSIVE to the managers that would make a decision for ourselves so they said no more break unless WE say so.

Great, well the first break we got, we sat in the breakroom for about 45 minutes before the bosses came after us. Well, we don't know enough to come back on our own! We need you to tell us when to come back!

Same with the schedule. They're so ridiculous about it (giving us 2 hours notice of when to work, but requiring 6 months notice and a DNA sample to get a day off) that I only go in now (as seen in my other post) when they specifically tell me. No more assuming, guessing, or probablies.