Signs at the grocery store...

[BookstoreEscapee]

I stopped at Shoprite on my way home tonight (for massive amounts of orange juice and soup <cough cough sniffle hack cough waaah!>) and noticed this sign posted at the register:

Please do not use cell phones while checking out. They interfere with the register. Thank you.

Now, I'm thinking that's complete bull****, but at least they are trying.

How many people do you think actually read it?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Approximately the same number of people who read the signs on Dollar Tree's shopping carts that say "Please do not remove shopping carts from the store."

Which is to say, nobody will read the signs.

[excuse me??]

How many people do you think actually read it?

Can SC's read??

Its doubtful people will pay any attension to the sign.

[on the sales floor] I personally don't care if they're talking on their cell phone, I'll only ask them ONE time if the need any assistance. Almost always they answer right back.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Well, I read it...

Oh, wait, I'm not an SC and I don't talk on my cell phone while someone is trying to help me, unless of course the call pertains to the transaction in some way.

Never mind...

(actually, I hardly talk on my cell phone at all. I don't think I've even taken it out of my bag in about 3 days...)

[Kyree]

"I'm sorry Ma'am/Sir, I need you to get off your phone, otherwise I cannot start your transaction. It may lead to errors in your purchases."

[blas]

The same amount of people who...."read" the sign at the K-Mart my little brother works at that says not to take the electric scooter carts outside.

So many people have "read" that sign to the point where at least once or twice a shift, my little brother or some other poor kid has to go outside and bring the scooters back in from the parking lot, or even worse, a big snow pile.

[CreepyCarrie]

Reminds me of a little corner deli my family and I visited last night (they just opened up about 6 months ago and we had never been there before). They have a sign right at the front of the counter that says "If you are on your cell phone, please step out of line." Not like SCs are gonna read it, but it's there.

[mattm04]

The same amount of people who...."read" the sign at the K-Mart my little brother works at that says not to take the electric scooter carts outside.

So many people have "read" that sign to the point where at least once or twice a shift, my little brother or some other poor kid has to go outside and bring the scooters back in from the parking lot, or even worse, a big snow pile.

We allow customers to bring them to their car, if an employee escorts them out after a few disappeared. I was collecting carts one day when I see a "well known" older customer drive one out. I go up to him and this ensues
M: Sir, just so you know, we ask that you let the cashier know that you need to bring the cart outside so we can bring it back. We don't want them to get damaged.
*He just looks at me with that old person, im better than you because I am old look"
SC: Hey listen to me you little punk, I'm the fucking customer, YOU DO NOT TALK TO ME UNLS I ASK YOU TO. Even them YOU TELL ME WHAY I WANT TO HEAR. Then you shut up and fuck off.
M: sir, their is no need for that language.
SC: Put my sit if the car, I bet you have never seen the inside of one unless you stole it then got arrested.
M: No.
SC: I'm the customer (at this point he was scream and rambling on so I couldn't understand him and walked away to observe him.)

Eventually he trew his groceries on the ground, and peeled out. When he did he cut it too hard and ran his car up te side of one of the car, scratching the paint on he nice new BMW. He later came back to complain to the MOD. All management said was that he is now trespassed form all the stores in out district.

[MadMike]

I saw a sign at the local barbecue place that really disgusted me and made me sad. It was on one of those cardboard donation things that you put quarters in to benefit kids with leukemia. The sign said, "Please do not take the quarters."

It's really sad that enough people did that, that they needed to put up a sign.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Slightly OT, but it involves signs...

I went for a walk to the warehouse with my coworker, and we stopped in the Logistics department for something. On our way out, I noticed a sign on their refrigerator that read : "Do not put canned beverages in the freezer."

I wonder how many times people did that to necessitate a sign...

[crazylegs]

My favourite sign in my local supermarket is on the side of a huge walk in freezer, it states

Before exiting freezer turn off light and close the door

Hmmmmm, how exactly do you then leave?

said freezer is although staff only visible from the shop floor

[daleduke17]

When the store I was at was in the phase of going out of business where we didn't accept coupons anymore I made a sign to put near the checkouts and added a couple things. I showed the sign to the manager and she refused letting me put it up. It said:

ATTENTION CUSTOMERS:
Due to the store going out of business, we are unable to accept the following: coupons, gift cards, credit cards, debit cards, checks, Link or cash.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

At least the manager laughed about it first.

[Horsetuna]

Seems a good place to post the sign I put on our fax machine:

PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN DIALLING WITH THE FAX MACHINE.
IT LIKES TO DIAL 9-1-1!

PLEASE TELL THE ADMIN GIRLS IF YOU THINK IT DIALLED 911.

THANK YOU.

Customers are amused.

[PepperElf]

Please do not use cell phones while checking out. They interfere with the register. Thank you.

well... i dont think it really screws with the device...but it can screw with the check-out-process in general.

reminds me of the request @ cheesecake factory that people don't use their cells @ the table.
not a bad policy really.

[Geek King]

My favourite sign in my local supermarket is on the side of a huge walk in freezer, it states

Before exiting freezer turn off light and close the door

Hmmmmm, how exactly do you then leave?

Sounds like an excellent way to weed out the not-so-bright employees, to me.