This afternoon I went shopping at out local Aldi's. In case you don't know Aldi's is a hard-discount store. No decorations, $.25 deposit for carts, bag your own order, no free bags, etc. So I was behind this 50-something couple. The cashier starts scanning their order and putting it into the cart. SCM=man, SCW=woman, C=cashier.
SCM: "Um, we'd like them in bags!"
C: "Sir, you do that yourself."
SCM: "What! What do you mean?!"
C: "We don't bag your order for you. There's an area over there for you to bag your groceries."
SCW: "Fine, we'll bag our own order.
So they pay and wheel their cart over to the bagging counter and the cashier starts with mine.
SCW: "Where are the bags?"
SCM: "Damn, they're at the checkstand. What kind of place is this?"
SCW: (comes back at reaches for the bags)
C: "Excuse me ma'am, you need to pay for those."
SCW: "Huh, what do you mean? We already payed for our groceries."
C: "The bags, you need to buy the bags. We don't give them away for free."
SCW: "I have to pay for bags!? I've never heard of such a thing. Nobody does that!"
C: "We do, it's store policy."
SCW: (throws the bag on the floor, goes to her husband, shoves their stuff back into the cart and storms out) "I hope this f_cking store goes out of business!!"
I pick the bags off the floor and put them back.
Me: "What a bitch."
C: (smiles) "Yes, but she's not coming here again!"
SCM: "Um, we'd like them in bags!"
C: "Sir, you do that yourself."
SCM: "What! What do you mean?!"
C: "We don't bag your order for you. There's an area over there for you to bag your groceries."
SCW: "Fine, we'll bag our own order.
So they pay and wheel their cart over to the bagging counter and the cashier starts with mine.
SCW: "Where are the bags?"
SCM: "Damn, they're at the checkstand. What kind of place is this?"
SCW: (comes back at reaches for the bags)
C: "Excuse me ma'am, you need to pay for those."
SCW: "Huh, what do you mean? We already payed for our groceries."
C: "The bags, you need to buy the bags. We don't give them away for free."
SCW: "I have to pay for bags!? I've never heard of such a thing. Nobody does that!"
C: "We do, it's store policy."
SCW: (throws the bag on the floor, goes to her husband, shoves their stuff back into the cart and storms out) "I hope this f_cking store goes out of business!!"
I pick the bags off the floor and put them back.
Me: "What a bitch."
C: (smiles) "Yes, but she's not coming here again!"
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