Grocery Grabber

[Yurimaru]

I'd put off going to the grocery store for two weeks, so it was time. Everything went fine until time to get in line... There were only two lanes open; the "12 items or less" lane and one regular lane. The lady ahead of me in the regular lane looked like she was shopping for a Minor League Baseball team.

Her last item was a ham the size of a small Volkswagen. It was a Manager's Special and it would not scan correctly on the belt scanner. So, the cashier took a scanning gun out of a little holster and scanned the bar code. She set the scanner down and the EW reached over to the cashier's side of the counter and put the scanner back into it's holster.

Of course the ham was still ringing up wrong, so the cashier took the scanner back out and tried again, about three more times. No sooner would she set the scanner back down, than the EW would reach over and grab it and put it back into the holster... I am imagining she thought she was magically putting paid to the problem. The cashier was trying not to be irritated with the EW, but she kept looking at her every time she'd grab for the scanner.

It made me wonder if anyone else has seen people who grab the cashier's equipment or supplies? Who would think it was okay to just grab the equipment at a store???

The EW had about eight packages of Manager's Special meat... Which is the meat that expires in one day... Maybe she got her comeuppance for grabbing the cashier's equipment, in the form of a nice green furry meat product...

[Sheldonrs]

...The EW had about eight packages of Manager's Special meat...

I hope that's not a euphemism. Otherwise, it would be further proof that she's a whore of a different kind.

[Soulstealer]

It made me wonder if anyone else has seen people who grab the cashier's equipment or supplies? Who would think it was okay to just grab the equipment at a store???

That would get her hand slapped at the very least if it was me. I've told off a coworker for doing that when she came by off duty. It's something that freaks me out as space invasion.

[Hobbs]

Before I respond, what does, "magically putting paid..." mean? O_o

[Mr Hero]

Who would think it was okay to just grab the equipment

The EW had about eight packages of Manager's Special meat

I hope that's not a euphemism. Otherwise, it would be further proof that she's a whore of a different kind.

Definitely a W with no E.

[Kogarashi]

Before I respond, what does, "magically putting paid..." mean? O_o

I believe "putting paid to the problem" means fixing the problem. So the woman thought she was magically fixing the problem by reholstering the scanning gun (which is just silly).

[PepperElf]

yeah i figure... if it aint yours don't touch it unless they want you to help.

[simplyanother]

That would get her hand slapped at the very least if it was me. I've told off a coworker for doing that when she came by off duty. It's something that freaks me out as space invasion.

It occurred to me, while reading the OP that the SC could have been a coworker... I know when I go to my store, I have to stop myself from handling the gun, or reaching over the counter for the pen, employee slips, etc. I don't mean to do it, and I feel all sorts of jackassy when I do. My coworkers haven't slapped me yet.

Probably because they know it'd make me cry.

Regarding the meat, isn't that just the last day they'd be able to sell it--it's not going to magically become inedible at the stroke of midnight...? So long as she freezes it or whatever, she'll be fine.