"Well Maybe the Girl was Pregnant!"

[Amusement Gal]

...All because I asked why she was buying a pair of baby pants.

This girl was about 13 years old looking and all I freakin' asked was if she was getting it for a doll toy (which is pretty common considering how small the clothes are), and she said no. I mentioned maybe it was for a friend, then shut up. Not my right to keep inquiring, nor did I care about it after the fact. Then, Nosy Lady shows starts talking after they leave.

"Y'know, I think you embarrassed her." I'm pretty confused as to why, but do tell...

"Why do you say that?"

"Well, maybe she's pregnant. I could tell."

"Uhm, she was 13 and I don't pay enough attention to tell that." Have you ever considered, lady, that asking if she was pregnant, or assuming the fact, would make it worse? I HIGHLY doubt the little girl was pregnant.

"I'm JUST SAYING...you embarrassed her. She was pregnant."

"Well I already said it, so I can't do much after the fact, can I?"

She sorta huffed and puffed a little then left. One more story!

Don't Confuse Us For Dollar Store

These two older teens (think 17 or 18), come into my line with their father. They're buying those rubber band refills (for those DIY bracelet looms), and a two-pack of Slim Jims. I ring the rubber bands up.

Girl: "Uh, those are supposed to be a dollar." Well, they aren't showing for a dollar, are they?

"Let me go check since they right next to my lane! I'll be right back." I check, and the ones they chose were on an unmarked peg. All the other pegs show the correct price, and there's NOTHING that was even related that was a dollar, so I go back to my lane. "Well, it looks like they were all *price*, and yours were on an unmarked peg, but the others were *price*."

Father: "So then they're *price*" The brother goes to check the prices with her after 'heeding' the warning. They come back defeated.

"So, do you still want them?"

"Yeah..." But wait, Brother notices something!

"The Slim Jims weren't a dollar!" Oh for Christ's sake! I'm not playing this game. They're right on the lanes WITH a price tag, anyway. Just stop whininggggggg.....you're perpetrating a stereotype here!

Father: "Well they're not" Yay Dad!

"They're *price*, not a dollar, sorry."

Brother:"Fine, we'll get that too..."

Now if they'd just listen to their father and STOP WHINING ABOUT IT, they'd be gone already. The boy just wouldn't stop whining in that annoying tone. In fact, for every time he whined, I wanted to tell him to shut up, it was that bad. And I'm normally pretty patient!

[MoonCat]

Wellllll.....A 13 year old COULD be pregnant. But she could also be buying baby pants for a little brother or sister, niece, nephew, a friend's kid...etc.

The whiner family sounds annoying as heck.

[Amusement Gal]

Wellllll.....A 13 year old COULD be pregnant. But she could also be buying baby pants for a little brother or sister, niece, nephew, a friend's kid...etc.

The whiner family sounds annoying as heck.

I know! The girl was so tiny though that I couldn't wrap my head around the idea of her being pregnant... Besides, if you're going to get something for your baby, at my store at least, there's a top to go with those pants. I already said what I said, so she should have just let it go. Imagine if the kid in question WASN'T pregnant and she had said it in front of them! You need to learn to keep ya mouth shut, lady.

And the father won at life for me, telling it like it is. I just could hear the, "Well, hurry up with yer whining so we can get home!", in his voice.

[cindybubbles]

Wellllll.....A 13 year old COULD be pregnant. But she could also be buying baby pants for a little brother or sister, niece, nephew, a friend's kid...etc.

Or for a school project. Or she could be donating those pants to an impoverished family.

[Shyla]

I know kids who buy presents for the kids they babysit. That woman should know you don't assume women are pregnant. And I would never assume a 13 yr old is pregnant. But to be honest I don't like it when cashiers interrogate me about what I'm buying. It makes me want to be a sucky customer and say something bad.

[Kheldarson]

But to be honest I don't like it when cashiers interrogate me about what I'm buying. It makes me want to be a sucky customer and say something bad.

Well, sometimes we have to ask to get a lead in. Like the OP mentioned, the pants had a matching top. Finding out why they were making the purchase would let the OP know if the top would really be needed or not.

[Amusement Gal]

I know kids who buy presents for the kids they babysit. That woman should know you don't assume women are pregnant. And I would never assume a 13 yr old is pregnant. But to be honest I don't like it when cashiers interrogate me about what I'm buying. It makes me want to be a sucky customer and say something bad.

Sorry, when I ask, I don't really intend to be rude. I just like interacting with guests, and to me, interacting may sometimes mean asking a small question about what you're getting. If you don't like that I ask, I don't know that, but if you remain silent I can just as easily not mention it again.

Well, sometimes we have to ask to get a lead in. Like the OP mentioned, the pants had a matching top. Finding out why they were making the purchase would let the OP know if the top would really be needed or not.

Actually, no. What I was trying to imply is that usually when a mother buys a bottom or a top, they get the matching opposite to go with it! I don't know if it's just a convenience thing or just wanting to match, but rarely do I ever see someone go with ONLY a top or ONLY a bottom, like the girl in the story did.