I’d like to ask you all a question. This happened to me at the supermarket today.
If I see a cashier with nothing or next to nothing on their belt when the other tills are all extremely busy (stacked two or three deep), I ask whether they’re still open or not. There’s no light over the tills to say whether they’re open or not, so no way to judge from that, and I always thought it was best to ask. Today when I did it, the woman looked at me like I’d got four heads for asking such a thing, and I could see the cogs whirring, thinking what a stupid person I was for even asking.
My logic is for someone to be in that position, it’s possible they may be lining up to go on a break or to go across to another department (or even just counting the tills), and I don’t want to be the person who forces them to stop on if they’ve somewhere else to be. Plus there’s the selfish reason of not wanting to unload twice if they are in fact closed. But equally well, I don’t want to be one of the annoying daft questioners who comes across like the last two cells in the brain are huddling together for warmth.
So I like to ask you all what you think. Would I be more of an annoyance to you putting my things out when you’re closing, or asking a silly question when you’re open?
If I see a cashier with nothing or next to nothing on their belt when the other tills are all extremely busy (stacked two or three deep), I ask whether they’re still open or not. There’s no light over the tills to say whether they’re open or not, so no way to judge from that, and I always thought it was best to ask. Today when I did it, the woman looked at me like I’d got four heads for asking such a thing, and I could see the cogs whirring, thinking what a stupid person I was for even asking.
My logic is for someone to be in that position, it’s possible they may be lining up to go on a break or to go across to another department (or even just counting the tills), and I don’t want to be the person who forces them to stop on if they’ve somewhere else to be. Plus there’s the selfish reason of not wanting to unload twice if they are in fact closed. But equally well, I don’t want to be one of the annoying daft questioners who comes across like the last two cells in the brain are huddling together for warmth.
So I like to ask you all what you think. Would I be more of an annoyance to you putting my things out when you’re closing, or asking a silly question when you’re open?
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