Have a Great Day In Hell.

[Gaki]

Man hands me a winner lottery ticket.

SC: I'd like four more then.
Me: Okay. *prints 4* That will be 3 dollars.
SC: ...uh...wait...four more.
Me: Yes. And this was a one dollar winner. So 3 dollars.
SC: I wanted four MORE. So five.
Me: .......okay, next time you gotta tell me that.

Cards.

SC: DO YOU HAVE CARDS?!?!!?
Me: Gift cards? Greeting cards? Credit cards? Visa Cards?
SC: CHRISTMAS CARDS!!!
Me: *points*

Lady comes up, confused.

SC: Coffees aren't two dollars?
Me: Coffees are double points.
SC: *she looks at her espresso bar slips*
Me: Normal coffees. Anything from the espresso bar that we make, the specialty drinks, are not double rewards.
SC: But there was a SIGN saying they were TWO DOLLARS. See there it is on your tv!
Me: *reads ad verbatim*
SC: ....oh. Double points. Oh...okay.
Me: On normal coffees. Not these.
SC: ......oh well. I guess.

I hate this. And I hate you.

Me: Have a great--
Customer: THANK YOU.
Me: day in hell.

Yeah yeah yeah, get out

On Thanksgiving:

C: Thanks for being open.
Me: Where else would everyone who needed Reddiwhip at the last second get it? Oh by the way, we're out.
C: ....oh. Cool Whip?
Me: Out.
C: .......*leaves*

C: I think they should close this place down for you on Thanksgiving!
Me: But how would I make so much money then? Besides, you stopped here. Where would you go?
C: ....hm.

Yes blame the scanner.

SC: Here is my rewards card. *barcode on phone screen*
Me: *tries to scan but the brightness is too low* Could you turn the brightness up?
SC: It is up.
Me: Well. Uh.
SC: It's the scanner.
Me: Does okay with any other phone. Can I see your phone?
SC: Nevermind, no. Just forget it.
Me: Okay.

My CW is a strong woman.

A lady came up and was pissy to my CW. When my CW asked a question she looked up and yelled "I DID." But her eye wandered off in another direction when she yelled it. My CW managed to keep a straight face. I wouldn't have been able to do that. She's a stronger woman than I.

Little Girl Comes up.

LG: Who brought you that dinner?
Me: My sister.
LG: You're lucky you have a sister. I wish I had a sister.
Me: Oh no, you're lucky you don't have one.
LG: Nooooo, I'm lonely, I want a sister.
Me: If you had a sister and she was older than you, she might do something like what mine did to me. She'll tape your hands behind your back and shove you in a duffel bag and throw you down the stairs.
LG: I don't think I want a sister anymore.

Her father thanked me before he left.

Note: My sister never did that. xD But I'm sure she's wanted to.

[downforit2008]

Most of all, I hated the customers who come in on Thanksgiving to do their shopping and then say, "This place should be closed for the holiday!"

Oh, really? Thanks for the tip, jerk-off. And you'd be one of those people rattling the locked door of our closed business on the next Thanksgiving while pissing and moaning, "Where am I going to get my milk/whipped cream/assorted thing NOW? I can't believe this place still stays in business if they're always closed instead of tending to the needs of the CUSTOMER!"

You're in favor of us closing for the holidays, but you come in on that day anyway for all the last-minute crap you want to buy? Yeah...sure.

[BrenDAnn]

"You should be closed!"... scream the people who then proceed to try and get in early when we open late on Christmas day. *sigh* People, you can't have it both ways. Just... No.

[xxscooterxx]

I work at a gas station that is 24/365. I lost count of how many people said that we should be closed on holidays. Ummmm yeah. And just when and where did you come to buy your beer?

[starsinthesky]

I had quite a few people tell me on Thursday that they were sorry that I had to work. If you are so sorry, then don't shop on Thanksgiving. Don't be part of the creep.

[Chazzie]

Yes blame the scanner.

SC: Here is my rewards card. *barcode on phone screen*
Me: *tries to scan but the brightness is too low* Could you turn the brightness up?
SC: It is up.
Me: Well. Uh.
SC: It's the scanner.
Me: Does okay with any other phone. Can I see your phone?
SC: Nevermind, no. Just forget it.
Me: Okay.

Possible blessing in disguise here. We're not allowed to touch phones whatsoever at my job for fear of liability if a phone gets damaged (or if a customer cares to decide the damage to their phone came from us).

[hjaye]

I was at a few stores on Wednesday before Thanksgiving. One was a Target, another was a Dollar Store. They both tried to give me flyers for Thanksgiving sales.

I refused them, and told them I thought it was a shame that management was making employees come in to work on Thanksgiving. I told them I refused to patronize any store on Thanksgiving, and they were welcome to tell management that at least one customer thought what they were doing is disgusting.

I think it's kind of ironic that their Thanksgiving day sales were great, but then their Black Friday numbers were way down. Seriously what do they expect. A person is going to buy so much, if they get it all on Thursday, they don't need to shop on Friday. The stupidity of executive level management never fails to amaze me.

[Zeniq]

Man hands me a winner lottery ticket.

SC: I'd like four more then.
Me: Okay. *prints 4* That will be 3 dollars.
SC: ...uh...wait...four more.
Me: Yes. And this was a one dollar winner. So 3 dollars.
SC: I wanted four MORE. So five.
Me: .......okay, next time you gotta tell me that.

Wha…? This… hurts my brain.

[Gilhelmi]

If it is any condolence too you, I refuse to do any shopping on any major holiday.

[wolfie]

I think it's kind of ironic that their Thanksgiving day sales were great, but then their Black Friday numbers were way down. Seriously what do they expect. A person is going to buy so much, if they get it all on Thursday, they don't need to shop on Friday. The stupidity of executive level management never fails to amaze me.

Actually, they're working with a form of the Prisoner's Dilemma (game theory). It costs more money for a store to be open both days instead of just Black Friday, but if one store opens on Turkey Day and another is closed, the one which is open will gain a disproportionate share of business. If both stores do the same thing (open or close), their share of sales will not be affected by what their action is, so the higher profit option would be both close (same total sales over the 2-day period as for both open Turkey Day, but with lower labour costs due to only needing staff for one day).

Of course, each store has to make its decision individually. If Q-Mart is open Thanksgiving, Floor-Mart is better off to open than to close ("punishment" payout exceeds "sucker" payout). If Q-Mart is closed Thanksgiving, Floor-Mart is better off to open than to close ("temptation" payout exceeds "reward" payout). This leads to both opening on Thanksgiving, so that decisions taken independently to maximize profits result in less profit for the industry as a whole than if they had colluded and stayed closed on Thanksgiving.

[Gaki]

Actually, they're working with a form of the Prisoner's Dilemma (game theory). It costs more money for a store to be open both days instead of just Black Friday, but if one store opens on Turkey Day and another is closed, the one which is open will gain a disproportionate share of business. If both stores do the same thing (open or close), their share of sales will not be affected by what their action is, so the higher profit option would be both close (same total sales over the 2-day period as for both open Turkey Day, but with lower labour costs due to only needing staff for one day).

Of course, each store has to make its decision individually. If Q-Mart is open Thanksgiving, Floor-Mart is better off to open than to close ("punishment" payout exceeds "sucker" payout). If Q-Mart is closed Thanksgiving, Floor-Mart is better off to open than to close ("temptation" payout exceeds "reward" payout). This leads to both opening on Thanksgiving, so that decisions taken independently to maximize profits result in less profit for the industry as a whole than if they had colluded and stayed closed on Thanksgiving.

Preach. Of course everything is really moot when it comes to my store because we're 24/7, 365. People ask all the time "When do you close." My response: "Never."

They give me a weird look on Christmas.

[VenomX]

I just don't care anymore.

I worked Thanksgiving. I work in a tobacco shop.
When they came in and said.. I need.. I said a life?
If they said anything about us being open I told them we wouldn't be open if morons stayed home and didn't shop on a holiday.

I told my boss he was a communist for being open. And when he mentioned his Thanksgiving dinner I said that is cool to know you are having one but I am not. He asked why I couldn't have one. I told him I get off at 7am and have to be back at 9pm. I was not going home and sleeping for a few hours then get up and rush to eat what was left of the dinner that my family didn't eat then come to work.

Also it is a bad idea for me to eat a big meal before work. I know my body. I eat too much and I will have to use the restroom during the 9 hours I am working. And since the building is an old garage/gas station the restrooms are outside. Seeing as there is only ONE person working(me), I would have to lock the door, and as per what he wants, put a sign on the door saying I am in the restroom. What do our moron customers do? They come over and beat on the restroom door and tell you to hurry up. Just no. Not going to happen.

So we was open, he made less than he paid us to work. Me and a co-worker pissed each customer off. And me and that co-worker had no Thanksgiving dinner. But, "We got to be open or people will go elsewhere from that day on." - My boss/owner.

[Firecrackers Not Included]

Man hands me a winner lottery ticket.
SC: I'd like four more then.
Me: Okay. *prints 4* That will be 3 dollars.
SC: ...uh...wait...four more.
Me: Yes. And this was a one dollar winner. So 3 dollars.
SC: I wanted four MORE. So five.
Me: .......okay, next time you gotta tell me that.

Versions of this happen to me ALL THE TIME.
What is the deal with people not understanding winning lottery tickets are just
cash to us? You just handed me $2 in cash(ticket): What would you like to buy
today? This isn't a pull tab situation where that maybe I'm supposed to assume
you're "putting it back in". There are plenty of people out there that use those
winning lottery tickets to put that $2 in their gas tank. Or cigarettes.