Please know what you want!

[crinklestein]

Whenever I had a guy ask for a "pack of cigarettes" I'd give him a pack of Virginia Slims or Misty Lights or some other lady cigs.

[BrenDAnn]

I must be unique. I have a lot of my customers smokes memorized. Then again, I do see pretty much the same customers every single day. I've also been working the CStore long enough to know the whole ultra lights/lights/colors thing. Regardless, the one thing that makes me roll my eyes is:

"Yeah, gimme a pack of... uhhhhhhhhhh...."

And SC proceeds to stare, open-mouthed, at the cigarette rack, as if searching for a miracle or something. Pick a pack of smokes already. Today. Now. Two minutes ago, even. I'd play the Jeopardy theme for the ones that do this, but I'd probably get a complaint for being rude if I did.

[Golden Phoenix]

"Twelve and a half gram pouch of JPS and a pack of slim menthol filters please!

or

"Ten Windsor blue menthols and a refill of e-lites cartridges, standard strength."

If confusion happens i'll describe the box or, if i know where it is i'll point it out to them. A lot of UK smokes-sellers have had to cover their display with opaque sliding doors under new anti-temptation laws.

Sometimes if Sam (corner shop owner) isn't busy i'll ask him what the cheapest stuff he has is and we'll chat for a while.

Maybe it's because i haven't even been smoking a year and I remember how confusing it all was buying smokes for my hubby before i started. I used to just show them the carton and ask for another pack of those, or he'd coach me through the name.

[wolfie]

I am so freaking tired of people coming in and asking for a pack of smokes. Then when I ask what kind it takes them 10 minutes to remember or say the blue pack, the red pack, etc... I just started handing them one of the brands that costs $8.18 and watch their eyes open wide. Then they quickly remember.

Would become even more fun if PA adopts Australia's law where all cigarettes must be sold in plain brown packaging with the name in a government-mandated font - customer wouldn't know what brand you'd pulled off the shelf until after they'd paid for it.

Damn if they don't say "Marbsinabox!" then snap at the poor cashier who gave them Marlboro reds because "I wanted LIGHTS!"

Really fun if they encounter an employee who started at a C-store AFTER certain words (such as "mild" and "light") were banned from use in cigarette names - employee tries to find the specified type, but the description the SC told them is (for legal reasons) not printed on the package.

Or "what's the price on an iPad?"

"Which one?"

"The Apple one."

On an online auto trading site, I saw in a description of a VW Jetta Wagon that the engine was identified as "4 cylinder". For that model year, 3 different engines were offered (2.0 litre normally-aspirated gasoline, 1.8 litre turbocharged gasoline, and 1.9 litre turbocharged diesel). All of these were 4-cylinder engines.

Whenever I had a guy ask for a "pack of cigarettes" I'd give him a pack of Virginia Slims or Misty Lights or some other lady cigs.

If they wanted Camels, would they ask for a "herd" instead of a "pack"?

[dalesys]

If they wanted Camels, would they ask for a "herd" instead of a "pack"?

Wouldn't that be a spit?

[foxytales]

I work at a grocery store.

I hate when I greet someone with "Morning!" and am met with a surly, "And a pack of 305s!" That's 1.) NOT a greeting and 2.) Which ones, you twit?

Why do smokers insist on barking their orders??

That's one of my biggest gripes as well! If i am greeted with "Morning!" My automatic reply is "Good morning! Hope your day is going well, so far? (wait for reply) I will also need a pack of 305 100s--full flavor--tall purple pack (and always with a smile) I don't make the assumption that just because I always shop somewhere, the person remembers more than my face. I am one of a thousand people he or she sees on a daily basis. If they remember me, that's a bonus.