The Line Cutters

[lineswine]

(Rude customer) "Do you know where ______ is?"

Me "Yup" (goes back to whatever I'm doing presently)...well, she DID ask!

[coffee_drinker247]

Me "Yup" (goes back to whatever I'm doing presently)...well, she DID ask!

Hahaha, I love it. I'm going to use this next time. People always throw me off when I'm counting back change when they do that because they are just too lazy to go find another employee to ask the same exact question. We're NOT hard to find, the store is big but not THAT big. It's not like a department store or anything like that!

When people do this I do usually apologize to the customer I am helping, like something along the lines of, "I apologize for THAT." And give them a knowing look. To which they usually chuckle and are like, "Totally not your fault." Only once did I ever get someone who got mad at AT the customer who came up to ask a question while I was ringing her out. And she yelled at the customer, not me. It was awesome.

[mathnerd]

The only time I have ever cut in line to ask a quick question was at a grocery store when my intestines decided that they hated me. It was a weighing of two evils: should I be rude or should I have a messy accident in the middle of the store. Even then, I think the pain on my face must have been evident, because the employee and the person I interrupted both seemed sympathetic as the employee quickly showed me the direction of the bathrooms.

[greek_jester]

The only time I have ever cut in line to ask a quick question was at a grocery store when my intestines decided that they hated me. It was a weighing of two evils: should I be rude or should I have a messy accident in the middle of the store. Even then, I think the pain on my face must have been evident, because the employee and the person I interrupted both seemed sympathetic as the employee quickly showed me the direction of the bathrooms.

This is a case where there was no suck at all. It was a true emergency, and to be honest, the employee was probably glad you asked rather than letting go and asking someone to clean it up afterwards.

[coffee_drinker247]

This is a case where there was no suck at all. It was a true emergency, and to be honest, the employee was probably glad you asked rather than letting go and asking someone to clean it up afterwards.

Completely agree. I would MUCH, MUCH rather have a customer cut a line to quickly ask me where the restroom was than make a giant mess anywhere other than the restroom by having an accident. I would be highly sympathetic to this question and would commend the customer for making getting to the bathroom a priority instead of sh*tting their pants in the store which I would thusly have to clean up.

In this case an emergency is not rude in one bit!