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OK, we have stories of scammers, cheap-ass people and just plain weird people...
A $6 turkey is about the size of a D-Cup boob
This was Christmas Eve. We'd marked down all of our meat, deli and bread, so it was a madhouse in those departments. Now for obvious reasons, the meat stickers are required to have a black line on them that goes between the sticker and the label, so scammers can't grab another sticker and try and pass it off. So what does Miss Scam Lady do? She grabs a $6 markdown sticker, sticks it on a $36 turkey which had been marked down to $18 and tries to pass it off as a cheap markdown....No way in hell would a turkey THAT size be $6....hence my title. The turkeys themselves are about the size of my head and I have a big head.
Petrol has gone down, just WHAT is the point?!?
OK, we and the competition (i have friends who work there) have a rule: we aren't allowed to encourage customers to split their shopping purchases into smaller purchases so they'll get a fuel voucher, but if they want more than one, we cannot refuse it either. So in short, to sum it up:
Marked down items + wanting to stop constantly for petrol vouchers=one very unamused fireheart....
I don't mind if they stop once, but this couple came through with a TON of marked down stuff that not only needed an override for most of it, but they wanted to stop every so often for petrol vouchers. They did it four times in a row. After the fifth one, I rang the nightfill manager. He stopped it. That lot took me 15 minutes total! And I can usually get it done in 1 or 2.
I was verrry frustrated after that. Thankfully my water bottle stopped me from going completely off the deep end.
(title refers to the fact that petrol used to previously be about $1.60 per litre, now it's about $1.10, was below 99c around Christmastime...bear in mind this is in Australia)
Big Fat Pumpkin
Not really sucky, just funny.
Two kids come through my line one day, one of them has a gigantic pumpkin. I weighed it....about 2kgs. It was a butternut pumpkin btw.
My reaction?
"I'm not gonna ask if you let me check your bag!"
They had a backpack with them and they've been grumpy about it on occasion.
Now I can understand if the mum sent them on an errand but it was just a little funny to see two teenaged kids buying a gigantic pumpkin.
and finally...
To the people constantly asking me for more plastic bags than what they need: I am not a free garbage bag supplier. Yes, I can understand the need for dog doo bags, but you can get them cheap at most $2 stores! Garbage bags...not so much. And yes, bags split. This lot is a crappy bunch. We pack them correctly. No matter what you think, they are not a stunt to prove that plastic bags are weak.
Although there is a bonus...
Recently, the SA government announced the alternatives for plastic bags. The LEGAL ones that we can sell. They are:
-Heavier plastic bags that are used by many upmarket retailers and usually have their logo printed on them in some shape or form. They may also be used by clothing stores, game stores and so forth.
-Paper bags that have handles attached. Again, used by clothing stores, shoe stores and some other stores.
-The green bags that are sold by most supermarkets. Usually square shaped and green.
-Degradable bags that meet a certain standard. So ones marked 100% biodegradable or degradable are counted under the ban, but the ones that my local target is selling (which are 10c each) are not counted and rock.
Do we have an emoticon of praying that I get the last option at work?
A $6 turkey is about the size of a D-Cup boob
This was Christmas Eve. We'd marked down all of our meat, deli and bread, so it was a madhouse in those departments. Now for obvious reasons, the meat stickers are required to have a black line on them that goes between the sticker and the label, so scammers can't grab another sticker and try and pass it off. So what does Miss Scam Lady do? She grabs a $6 markdown sticker, sticks it on a $36 turkey which had been marked down to $18 and tries to pass it off as a cheap markdown....No way in hell would a turkey THAT size be $6....hence my title. The turkeys themselves are about the size of my head and I have a big head.
Petrol has gone down, just WHAT is the point?!?
OK, we and the competition (i have friends who work there) have a rule: we aren't allowed to encourage customers to split their shopping purchases into smaller purchases so they'll get a fuel voucher, but if they want more than one, we cannot refuse it either. So in short, to sum it up:
Marked down items + wanting to stop constantly for petrol vouchers=one very unamused fireheart....
I don't mind if they stop once, but this couple came through with a TON of marked down stuff that not only needed an override for most of it, but they wanted to stop every so often for petrol vouchers. They did it four times in a row. After the fifth one, I rang the nightfill manager. He stopped it. That lot took me 15 minutes total! And I can usually get it done in 1 or 2.
I was verrry frustrated after that. Thankfully my water bottle stopped me from going completely off the deep end.
(title refers to the fact that petrol used to previously be about $1.60 per litre, now it's about $1.10, was below 99c around Christmastime...bear in mind this is in Australia)
Big Fat Pumpkin
Not really sucky, just funny.
Two kids come through my line one day, one of them has a gigantic pumpkin. I weighed it....about 2kgs. It was a butternut pumpkin btw.
My reaction?
"I'm not gonna ask if you let me check your bag!"
They had a backpack with them and they've been grumpy about it on occasion.
Now I can understand if the mum sent them on an errand but it was just a little funny to see two teenaged kids buying a gigantic pumpkin.
and finally...
To the people constantly asking me for more plastic bags than what they need: I am not a free garbage bag supplier. Yes, I can understand the need for dog doo bags, but you can get them cheap at most $2 stores! Garbage bags...not so much. And yes, bags split. This lot is a crappy bunch. We pack them correctly. No matter what you think, they are not a stunt to prove that plastic bags are weak.
Although there is a bonus...
Recently, the SA government announced the alternatives for plastic bags. The LEGAL ones that we can sell. They are:
-Heavier plastic bags that are used by many upmarket retailers and usually have their logo printed on them in some shape or form. They may also be used by clothing stores, game stores and so forth.
-Paper bags that have handles attached. Again, used by clothing stores, shoe stores and some other stores.
-The green bags that are sold by most supermarkets. Usually square shaped and green.
-Degradable bags that meet a certain standard. So ones marked 100% biodegradable or degradable are counted under the ban, but the ones that my local target is selling (which are 10c each) are not counted and rock.
Do we have an emoticon of praying that I get the last option at work?
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