The Phrase Customers at my Store Live By

[TravisRB69]

Wow, he sure looks busy! Let's walk or turn right in front of him!

Doing so is usually accompanied by a glare, slowing down drastically even though I OBVIOUSLY stepped aside to let them pass, an elbow, or the thing that pisses me off the most, coming to a dead stop in exactly the same spot I am obviously working and taking their sweet time to closely inspect every single label of every single product to the finest detail.

Doing so is usually NOT accompanied by the words "Excuse me" or "sorry."

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Grrr. Hate that.

And when I started at the clearance swamp, one of the several training videos I was subjected to said employees should always let customers go first and interrupt them as little as possible.

Shit, horseshit and bullshit. Without us, there's nothing for the customer to blow his/her money on. So I guess we're supposed to fill absolutely nothing anywhere near anybody (FANANA!) because we might get in their way?

Years ago, I had some bitch demand to see my nametag so she could attach a name to my face when she went to complain because I had the audacity to tell her excuse me when I was coming through with a cart of merchandise. I thought at first she was a corporate suit, because she told me "You're supposed to let the customer go first" and that doesn't strike me as something a regular old SC would say.

Nothing came of it, BTW.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Mental Mantra: Move the butt, move the butt, move the butt, move the butt.

I say it out loud in the car when I'm driving and there's a slow-poke in front of me (WHY do the Tourists inSIST on drive 15 miles BELOW POSTED SPEED LIMIT?). But other than that, it's mental.

[mattm04]

Better yet if they jump in front of you while moving a heavy cart, u-boat of pallet AND stop a foot in front of said object/me to ask a dumb question. If I act unhappy that I stop it quickly it us because I am you fucking moron. If I didn't you would be bitching that I hit you with it I a would be spending time filling out paperwork. Which i have had to do when a SC tried to run by a pallet and fell.

[RootedPhoenix]

Mental Mantra: Move the butt, move the butt, move the butt, move the butt.

I do that when I'm walking. (Mine's "move your butt!" or "move movemovemove THANK YOU!".) It's usually people, not cars, but people walk like they drive. Which is no consolation at all.

Better yet if they jump in front of you while moving a heavy cart, u-boat of pallet AND stop a foot in front of said object/me to ask a dumb question. If I act unhappy that I stop it quickly it us because I am you fucking moron. If I didn't you would be bitching that I hit you with it I a would be spending time filling out paperwork. Which i have had to do when a SC tried to run by a pallet and fell.

*facepalm* It doesn't matter what you believe is right. Physics always wins in the end. Pallet=big. You=little and wishing hard. Your mind, hopeful though it may be, is no match, my dear SC. Physics always wins.

[Animae]

so annoying when you are trying to get somewhere and the people in front of you have spread them selves and created a barricade to keep you from being on your way.


as for the stocking thing, I just say excuse me, smile and they get out of my way. all in the smile.

[smileyeagle1021]

Mental Mantra: Move the butt, move the butt, move the butt, move the butt.

Mine is: faster, faster, faster would be better

(cookies for the reference)

[wraiths_crono]

Mine is: faster, faster, faster would be better

(cookies for the reference)

uh.... I want to say Jurassic Park (The movie) when they are fleeing the T-Rex?


Now, odd thing about this post, its not limited to stores, when I worked in a warehouse, I almost killed my boss because he decided the full loaded forklift could stop on a dime, and NOT send things flying across the building if I hit the breaks full on, because HE HAD to cross in front of a moving vehicle. Gah id hate to see him in a store...

[smileyeagle1021]

uh.... I want to say Jurassic Park (The movie) when they are fleeing the T-Rex?

a swing and a miss

sorry but you have earned runner up today...

any other takers?

[BookstoreEscapee]

a swing and a miss

sorry but you have earned runner up today...

any other takers?

Firefly

When I want to look at something that an employee is working in front of, I generally stand back behind them, figure out what I want, then say "Excuse me," grab it, and get out of their way. Not that hard, really...

[Jester]

It doesn't matter what you believe is right. Physics always wins in the end.

As I always say, as both a bicyclist and a driver, "Truck meets bike, truck wins. Every single time."

Though there are times I swear I am the only one who understands such basic logic.

[Broomjockey]

I grasp that as a pedestrian, but it's truly amazing how many drivers try to wave me across the street when traffic in the other direction's not stopped, or even slowed down yet. Look buddy, I'm sorry I'm holding you up an extra few seconds, but my blood spatter on your windshield would be a bitch to clean up.

[smileyeagle1021]

Firefly

correct, Capt. Reynalds from Firefly...

EQ, would you be so kind as to provide cookies

[Alpha Strike]

I say it out loud in the car when I'm driving and there's a slow-poke in front of me (WHY do the Tourists inSIST on drive 15 miles BELOW POSTED SPEED LIMIT?). But other than that, it's mental.

Probably because cops LOVE to ticket out-of-towners - it's easier to nail them in the local speed traps and it's very unlikely that tourists are going to have the time, money, or inclination to spend disputing a ticket.

[Pagan]

When I want to look at something that an employee is working in front of, I generally stand back behind them, figure out what I want, then say "Excuse me," grab it, and get out of their way. Not that hard, really...

Yes, but we realize that we're not the center of the universe, too!