Does anybody else get customer who ask "Have you got anything for 25 cents?" and when told no insist on having you scan every barcode in the store until they either prove you wrong by finding the mythical 25 cent item or (far more likely) run out of barcodes?
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Last edited by edible_hat; 11-27-2007, 09:12 AM. Reason: pedantry - customers don't scan their own barcodesTags: None
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Scan every barcode? Don't you have the prices marked on or next to the product?
I'd tell the SC to take a hike. I have more important things to do than scan all those bar codes.Age and wisdom don't necessarily go together. Some people just become stupid with more authority.
"Who put the goat in there? The yellow goat I ate."
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I'd get people at Maccas who'd have counted the cash in their pockets while waiting in line, usually coming up with less than a dollar, then ask me "what can I get for x cents?" I told them "an ice cream cone." Nope. "An apple." And they'd get all offended that I offered them fruit at Maccas. lol.Michael: Maybe you'll be inspired by the boat party tonight and start a career as a pirate.
Tobias: I haven't packed for that.
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So it doesn't even matter to these people what they buy, so long as there is an exchange of money for goods received?
I don't know whether to be confused or sad.
If you have to ask, it's probably better posted at www.fratching.com
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Ah yes, I've seen those people at convenience stores, usually once they have completed a solid night's drinking.
Can't find a kebab shop, so they pop into a c-store, fumble in their pockets for whatever change they still have left and ask:
"How much are the meat pies?"
"How much are the doughnuts?"
"Do you have anything for... um... a dolllar and 35, no, wait, 40 cents?"
Then they ask the employee "Well, I've got $1.40, I know it's $2, but will that be enough? Pleeeease."
Now, I've helped them out once or twice with a spare 50 cents or whatever, so that they could at least buy something. Hey, I'm nice.
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Quoth Knightmare View PostScan every barcode? Don't you have the prices marked on or next to the product?
I'd tell the SC to take a hike. I have more important things to do than scan all those bar codes.
Quoth mattyAh yes, I've seen those people at convenience stores, usually once they have completed a solid night's drinking.
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I usually encounter that kind of shopper on Black Friday, about an hour after we open the doors.
Desperate-for-a-Sale Customer: Do you still have the $200 computer?
Me: Nope.
DSC: What about the $300 one?
Me: Nope.
DSC: The $400 one?
Me: That's gone, too.
DSC: Do you have ANY of the sale computers left?
Me: Yes, this one at $500.
DSC: I'LL TAKE IT!
One hour later, I'll repeat the exchange with another customer, only by that point I'm out of everything below $600. They came to buy SOMETHING, blast it all, and they're not going to let me stand in their way, even if they spend three times what they planned on spending.
And suddenly I'm reminded of one of my cheapest customers ever. This guy asked me to show him the best computer I had for under $100. I handed him one of those Sharp organizers (little electronic rolodex and calculator with a calendar and spelling checker). He wasn't very amused.I suspect that... inside every adult (sometimes not very far inside) is a bratty kid who wants everything his own way.
- Bill Watterson
My co-workers: They're there when they need me.
- IPF
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Quoth edible_hat View PostYeah, they're mostly drunk, stoned or little kids.
Only once has one of the kids acted up; I handed my purchase and my cash to the 12-year-old and marched him outside. We waited on the sidewalk while I watched the others through the window (It's a small store, I can always keep them in view). And that young man never got invited back again, at least not in my mini-van.
I get my chocolate, the kids get their treats and learn how to handle money, and everyone gets a respite from the typical errands' boredom. Judging by the placement of the bins and several of the other customers I've seen, I'm not the first to take advantage of their system.
...so sometimes, asking what you can get for a handful of change is appropriate. When you're two and a half feet tall and wearing Velcro-fasten sneakers."If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." - George Patton
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
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