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Small stories this time around.
1. Very first customer I had was this guy (African American, I'm guessing from the Sudan since we have plenty of refugees here. He had an accent but spoke perfect English.) who bought a bottle of Pepsi and paid for it. I put the change and receipt in his hand and he looks at me and says, "What do you do that for?"
Me: "
I do it for everyone."
He walked off.
He had his hand out and ready for the change like all of the other customers. So I'm still wtfing over it. Or maybe I'm strange for handing him his change?
2. Sunday Lady returned! Sunday Lady is a homeless lady who comes in every so often and spouts out random nonsense. She can't be more than 40's or early 50's, dresses like a hiker. I had't seen her since October so I was glad to see her, if only for the entertainment.
I suppose the warm weather today brought her out. She paid for a newspaper, left, then actually came back in to chat with me for five minutes.
Today's gem: "Watch for 2009. As a woman and as a mother, before you even THINK of having kids... your rights are going to be affected. Do you have kids?"
"No, I'm too young."
"Well your rights and their rights are going to be affected...are you dating anyone? Seriously?"
"Yes."
"Well, the lovely country we're living in today is going to affect your rights, they're going to bring back Roe vs. Wade and all of those..." *nods head* "Take care." *walk off*
Manager comes up with a snack and bottle of Mountain Dew and pays. "She's crazy. She once told me that 'You're all just jealous that I'm homeless and can walk the streets and I'm FREE!'"
I had to work Christmas Eve and it was a nightmare because our computer systems went down and came back up but credit/debit/ebt/giftcard activation stayed down. So LOADS of irate people buying giftcards and wrap on debit had to either leave or wait. After some calls to Tech Support we got the problem fixed. Even despite that, we still beat out all of the other "Aids of Rite" in our district as far as sales go.
Yay!
1. Very first customer I had was this guy (African American, I'm guessing from the Sudan since we have plenty of refugees here. He had an accent but spoke perfect English.) who bought a bottle of Pepsi and paid for it. I put the change and receipt in his hand and he looks at me and says, "What do you do that for?"
Me: "
I do it for everyone."He walked off.
He had his hand out and ready for the change like all of the other customers. So I'm still wtfing over it. Or maybe I'm strange for handing him his change?
2. Sunday Lady returned! Sunday Lady is a homeless lady who comes in every so often and spouts out random nonsense. She can't be more than 40's or early 50's, dresses like a hiker. I had't seen her since October so I was glad to see her, if only for the entertainment.
I suppose the warm weather today brought her out. She paid for a newspaper, left, then actually came back in to chat with me for five minutes.Today's gem: "Watch for 2009. As a woman and as a mother, before you even THINK of having kids... your rights are going to be affected. Do you have kids?"
"No, I'm too young."
"Well your rights and their rights are going to be affected...are you dating anyone? Seriously?"
"Yes."
"Well, the lovely country we're living in today is going to affect your rights, they're going to bring back Roe vs. Wade and all of those..." *nods head* "Take care." *walk off*
Manager comes up with a snack and bottle of Mountain Dew and pays. "She's crazy. She once told me that 'You're all just jealous that I'm homeless and can walk the streets and I'm FREE!'"
I had to work Christmas Eve and it was a nightmare because our computer systems went down and came back up but credit/debit/ebt/giftcard activation stayed down. So LOADS of irate people buying giftcards and wrap on debit had to either leave or wait. After some calls to Tech Support we got the problem fixed. Even despite that, we still beat out all of the other "Aids of Rite" in our district as far as sales go.
Yay!
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