Of plastic bags and SC magnets

[Lace Neil Singer]

Someone in corporate has had the bright idea that all the cashiers push the "Bags for life" on to customers. IE, that after we ask them if they want help packing, we ask them if they want a bag for life, which is a reuseable bag as opposed to a carrier bag. If we are given observations, we will fail them unless we are seen to be doing this; as well as having the back belt on, which is another SC magnet. Here are the responses to the plastic bag question:

"Huh?" - Most popular; not an SC response in itself, but it gets old really fast having to explain something that you think is a pointless waste of time.

"Stop harrassing me!" - Classic SC response. I had a middle aged woman shriek this at me cuz I asked her the bag question and she said she was going to complain about the harrassment. No idea whether she did or not, but she certainly complained to me. -.-

"You seriously have to ask this?" - Sigh. Yes, yes we do.

"I already have them, but I left them at home/in the car." - Second most popular.

"I have them thanks." - Non SCs say this in a pleasant tone, SCs in a patronising nasty tone. -.-

After having to deal with all this, all I can think of is suffocating the moron who came up with this idea with a bag for life.

[RayvenQ]

I feel like I must be one of the few that understands that cashiers in stores like yours are, encouraged, shall we say, to ask for help packing and stuff, so my usual response is

"Would you like help help packing?"
"Nah thanks I'm fine"
"Would you like one of our bags for life?"
"Nah, I'm fine thanks"

I think bags for life are in theory, a good idea, we're just too stuck in our ways of collecting plastic bags at home

And have you noticed, the SC's that say they have them never actually bring them in to reuse them?

[olstar18]

Might be about like me and those bags to keep food cold. I always forget them. Now I'll admit the second answer has sc written all over it but the rest are just regular customers. I've never heard of these bags for life and I'd expect it to be a new concept for most people so I'm afraid you'll have to remove signs of confusion as a sc comment. And like I mentioned I have a hard time remembering to pack up the freezer bags whenever I go to the supercenters to shop so I don't think you should refer to them as sc's for leaving them in the car or at home.

[Lace Neil Singer]

If you'd read my post properly, you'd notice that I didn't say that all the answers were SC answers, just two of them. Please go back and actually read it.

[olstar18]

And I believe the I said the only one that was an sc was the second. The way your wrote it made it sound like all of them were sc comments. I figured after the first on you were putting down what you considered to be sc comments and with the last pointing out that both sc's and normal customers said it.

[iradney]

Actually, no she didn't make it sound like all of them were SCs.
For example:

"I have them thanks." - Non SCs say this in a pleasant tone, SCs in a patronising nasty tone.

(Emphasis mine)

[olstar18]

and with the last pointing out that both sc's and normal customers said it.

You were saying.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Actually, no she didn't make it sound like all of them were SCs.
For example:


(Emphasis mine)

What iradney said. Only the harrassment comment and the comment that iradney quoted are SC comments, which is perfectly clear to everyone cept for you.

[olstar18]

So far there has been only 1 person to post agreeing with you. Seriously I never expected this subject to go so far. Usually the conversation goes 1. story 2. my comment. 3 notice of error 4. i tell what part had me confused and 5. on with conversation but apparently you enjoy going on about nothing. Oh and by the way I still dont think the first comment was an sc. "Huh?"is something someone would say if they had never heard of them. Now do you wish to rehash the fact that only the first 2 were scs or do you want to post something about the first comment.

[Slytovhand]

hmmm.... keeping on the OT topic that has arisen...

Actually, Olstar, it would be taken that RayvenQ was also 'agreeing' with the OP, as it follows on quite nicely from that OP - backing it up and not having a problem. (for the record, I don't have an issue with it either, so I'd take it as a way of interpreting what was written, not that it's necessarily badly written). So I'd say your #3 above doesn't really come into it - eg...

so I'm afraid you'll have to remove signs of confusion as a sc comment.

Just as a side thought... Lace Neil has 1722 posts to her name, Iradney's on 1090, RayvenQ is fairly new at only 143 (and I think I'm on about 300...)...meanwhile, Olstar says...31... Experience counts for understanding and interpretation on forums. (ie - we've gotten used to each other and the way we express things... like Gravekeeper )


Slyt

[olstar18]

This part of the conversation should have been allowed to end when I explained what had confused me back there so take the even less subtle hint and drop it.

Now perhaps you could explain how the word huh is a stupid customer comment.

[RayvenQ]

This part of the conversation should have been allowed to end when I explained what had confused me back there so take the even less subtle hint and drop it.

Now perhaps you could explain how the word huh is a stupid customer comment.

Lace never said it was, let's go over it again shall we?


"Huh?" - Most popular; not an SC response in itself, but it gets old really fast having to explain something that you think is a pointless waste of time.

It's more do to with the fact that Lace has to explain it, because her management is pushing for her to try and get people to buy them, so it isn't the customer that is sucky but the situation.