Sigh, why do I put up with this job!
Privacy!!!1!!!!111!!
So I check this guy out and he writes his check. I then proceed to write down hi DL# and DOB, then well....
Me: ...And do you have a phone Number? (I know I worded it wrong, Oh well)
SC: You know I don't have to give you my Number.
Me: ...
SC: Legally I don't have to give you my phone number. Privacy and all, though now cell phones can be looked up so nothing is private anymore.
Me: Yeah and legally I don't have to accept your check. Company policy and all.
I mean seriously I don't have to. Refusing to give me your phone number when asked during payment with a check is kinda suspicious. And don't give me that whole soliciting crap. Hello?! Kroger? We have millions of phone numbers and we don't solicit any of them! I mean seriously has anyone had a problem with a Grocery Store constantly calling them for unimportant reasons? No sorry you have just failed please try again.
staring contest
This happens with 75% of our customers that use some form of plastic tender.
SC: (slides card during transaction when I'm not paying attention.)
Me: Your total is $xxx.xx!
SC:....
Me:....
SC: (looks at pinpad) It says please wait for the cashier!!!!1!eleventy!!
Me: Sigh
Hello?!!! You need to tell me how your paying. When have you ever gone shopping slid your card and the register automatically knew what you were doing and completed the transaction. No! You have to tell the cashier your paying with a card so they can press the magical button that you don't think exists so that the transaction can be completed and you can go home and watch CNN talk about how the world is going into the shitter while you sit on the couch stuffing yourself with Oreos.
Pre-Ike Gas woes
So my fellow FES on one paticular pre-Ike day where it's busy as hell, goes out to Fuel Center to relieve them for break. Well during that time they ran outta Diesel (again) and the people at the pumps where furious. They where banging on the kiosk window demanding to have diesel at that moment.
And later a lady cuts in front of like 5 people waiting in line. My fellow FES tells her she needs to wait in line. She refuses and begins pumping. Before she even gets a dollars worth my fellow FES takes the pumps puts it back in the holser and tells her that she is leaving now in a tone that scared the other drivers. So she did.
So yeah it was crazy that day. I can't even count the number of fights we had to break up out there. Next hurricane, we're gonna have at least two other people besides the fuel attendant to keep every thing in order, cause it got nuts out there.
But...but!
I'm at UScan. It's a day before Ike hits. All lanes are open with lines down the aisles. Guy approches me at my little podium area.
SC: I need to cash this. (he has a coinstar voucher)
Me: Sorry sir you need to wait in line.
SC: But I'm not buying anything!
Me: I don't care sir. This is not a register. In order to cash that back here I would have to enter into one of these lanes which would mean I'd be cutting you in line. I'm sorry but you'll have to wait in line like everyone else!
I mean seriously I could care less if you aren't purchasing anything or not. You still need to wait in line to use services offered at these terminals and that includes coinstar vouchers. So sorry but I ain't putting you in front of my other customers. That would be suicide!
I'm hungry
Dear sir,
You approached me today at the Starbucks. You explained to me all the horrible conditions your dealing with thanks to Ike. You have no electricity, running water, perishable foods, a way to cook non-perishables. You're hungry, thirsty, uncomfortable thanks to no A/C, and you haven't had a shower since the power went out. So you have come to me begging for food. Well I'm sorry, but I can't. First I'm not allowed to give you anything for free. 2) All my food in starbucks hasn't had time to thaw from the freezer yet, so I can't sell it anyway. 3) I too have no power, water, or food at home and am living in poor conditions border lining on homeless and I still have to pay for my shit and go to work 12 hours a day for the last 5 days now. I'm just as tired and frustrated as you are. So please explain to me why I should feel sorry for you and give you free stuff. Please tell me I'm very interested in what wonderful story you'll come up with so I can then post it here on this site and have others laugh at you.
I know I'm so evil sometimes.
Privacy!!!1!!!!111!!
So I check this guy out and he writes his check. I then proceed to write down hi DL# and DOB, then well....
Me: ...And do you have a phone Number? (I know I worded it wrong, Oh well)
SC: You know I don't have to give you my Number.
Me: ...
SC: Legally I don't have to give you my phone number. Privacy and all, though now cell phones can be looked up so nothing is private anymore.
Me: Yeah and legally I don't have to accept your check. Company policy and all.
I mean seriously I don't have to. Refusing to give me your phone number when asked during payment with a check is kinda suspicious. And don't give me that whole soliciting crap. Hello?! Kroger? We have millions of phone numbers and we don't solicit any of them! I mean seriously has anyone had a problem with a Grocery Store constantly calling them for unimportant reasons? No sorry you have just failed please try again.
staring contest
This happens with 75% of our customers that use some form of plastic tender.
SC: (slides card during transaction when I'm not paying attention.)
Me: Your total is $xxx.xx!
SC:....
Me:....
SC: (looks at pinpad) It says please wait for the cashier!!!!1!eleventy!!
Me: Sigh
Hello?!!! You need to tell me how your paying. When have you ever gone shopping slid your card and the register automatically knew what you were doing and completed the transaction. No! You have to tell the cashier your paying with a card so they can press the magical button that you don't think exists so that the transaction can be completed and you can go home and watch CNN talk about how the world is going into the shitter while you sit on the couch stuffing yourself with Oreos.
Pre-Ike Gas woes
So my fellow FES on one paticular pre-Ike day where it's busy as hell, goes out to Fuel Center to relieve them for break. Well during that time they ran outta Diesel (again) and the people at the pumps where furious. They where banging on the kiosk window demanding to have diesel at that moment.
And later a lady cuts in front of like 5 people waiting in line. My fellow FES tells her she needs to wait in line. She refuses and begins pumping. Before she even gets a dollars worth my fellow FES takes the pumps puts it back in the holser and tells her that she is leaving now in a tone that scared the other drivers. So she did.
So yeah it was crazy that day. I can't even count the number of fights we had to break up out there. Next hurricane, we're gonna have at least two other people besides the fuel attendant to keep every thing in order, cause it got nuts out there.
But...but!
I'm at UScan. It's a day before Ike hits. All lanes are open with lines down the aisles. Guy approches me at my little podium area.
SC: I need to cash this. (he has a coinstar voucher)
Me: Sorry sir you need to wait in line.
SC: But I'm not buying anything!
Me: I don't care sir. This is not a register. In order to cash that back here I would have to enter into one of these lanes which would mean I'd be cutting you in line. I'm sorry but you'll have to wait in line like everyone else!
I mean seriously I could care less if you aren't purchasing anything or not. You still need to wait in line to use services offered at these terminals and that includes coinstar vouchers. So sorry but I ain't putting you in front of my other customers. That would be suicide!
I'm hungry
Dear sir,
You approached me today at the Starbucks. You explained to me all the horrible conditions your dealing with thanks to Ike. You have no electricity, running water, perishable foods, a way to cook non-perishables. You're hungry, thirsty, uncomfortable thanks to no A/C, and you haven't had a shower since the power went out. So you have come to me begging for food. Well I'm sorry, but I can't. First I'm not allowed to give you anything for free. 2) All my food in starbucks hasn't had time to thaw from the freezer yet, so I can't sell it anyway. 3) I too have no power, water, or food at home and am living in poor conditions border lining on homeless and I still have to pay for my shit and go to work 12 hours a day for the last 5 days now. I'm just as tired and frustrated as you are. So please explain to me why I should feel sorry for you and give you free stuff. Please tell me I'm very interested in what wonderful story you'll come up with so I can then post it here on this site and have others laugh at you.
I know I'm so evil sometimes.
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