Cashiers-do the jokesters ever get on your nerves?

[Despina83]

Sometimes the jokesters (always guys ) irritate me. Then you try to chuckle and smile (probably weakly) to pretend like they're funny, and they still just say "Aw, she doesn't have a sense of humor". The other day I had a guy say to his kid as he walks up to my lane "No not that lane, the light's not on. Usually the light's on but no one's home." Then he looks at me and goes "I'm JOKING!!!" Then when he left he turned around and said, "Your lane isn't included!" Mildly amusing, but sometimes it gets kind of annoying when you get these kinds of people.

[Gabrielle Proctor]

I had a guy make a joke about his wife's age...

Guy- She should know, she's older than me! yuk yuk
Me- Uh huh (I haven't heard that one a million times already)
Guy- Did you hear what I said?
Me- Yeah, she's older than you.
Guy- You're supposed to laugh
Me- Oh, well okay ... *ahem*
Guy- uh...thanks...
Me- You're welcome.

[edible_hat]

Guy- You're supposed to laugh

You're supposed to be funny. I guess that's 2 of us not doing what we're supposed to.

[Plaidman]

If it isn't scanning, its free! HYUK!
Only the WINNING lottery ticket pelase HYUK!
You should play the old man in Tell-Tale Heart! HYUK!
If I worked here, all I do would drink the beer in the cooler! HYUK!
I have a kid! That means I'm 21 HYUK!
I guess you would force kids to show their IDs too huh! HYUK!
Sorry to ruin your break! HYUK!
Its ok to get tons of candy cause the state is paying for it! HYUK!


And dozens more. I'm too tired to care.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Yes. Yes, the lame jokes get to me.

My defense is pretending that I didn't hear it... the boss just asked me a question, the printer is too loud, the radio is on, too many years of listening to Norwegian death metal.

When they try to repeat the joke, it doesn't sound as funny anymore... "What I say was... never mind..." Having to explain a joke kills it.

Then they leave, just a little deflated.

[fireheart]

the lame ones suck. The original ones are good.

[Calud]

the lame ones suck. The original ones are good.

Surprising!

[Lace Neil Singer]

At the garden centre, I used to often take my break either outside if it was nice, or in the coffee shop cuz there was no break room provided. There'd sometimes be customers coming up to me and going, "Heh, I ruined your break. *snerk* You have to come and help me!" Then I'd explain that first of all, I may be in uniform but I'm technically off the clock as I don't get paid for lunch, so no, I don't have to help them. However, if they want to wait til 1:30 when I'll be back in the pet unit, they're more than welcome. The look on their faces, especially since there wasn't anything they could do (the manager and supervisor would never force someone to work during their lunch break) used to warm me all over.

[ralerin]

"If it's not scanning it's free!"

"If the machine isn't taking the card, it's free!"

"You look so bored over there! Here! I'll come relieve your boredom!" *slaps two 30 packs of beer on the counter* "Oh, you can't have them. Sorry!"

"We need to get you a flag of some sort, you're too short to be seen!" (This one ALWAYS earns a snappy comeback)

[katie kaboom]

The original ones are good.

What are these original ones you speak of? Original is nothing but a dream in my world.

[sexiphatchick]

Between customers we have to stand at the top of our line, and I constantly get people coming over saying things like "You look bored, want something to do?" It gets old after awhile.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Between customers we have to stand at the top of our line, and I constantly get people coming over saying things like "You look bored, want something to do?" It gets old after awhile.

Grr, that one always makes me want to bring down something heavy on the moron's head. -.- Especially since it is always said right after a massive rush that has everyone in petrol rushing around like blue arsed flies so, in the quiet time when we're resting, someone comes over and says either "You look bored, so I'm giving you something to do!" or the slightly less annoying but still irritating, "Wow, it's quiet in here."

[bookishfreak]

Oh my god I HATE THAT!!! It's awful! If I hear "Must be free" when something doesn't scan one more time.....*Breaks glass in hand* Or when people go "You look bored." to me...I'm seriously gonna slap them.

[Mordecai]

Grr, that one always makes me want to bring down something heavy on the moron's head. -.- Especially since it is always said right after a massive rush that has everyone in petrol rushing around like blue arsed flies so, in the quiet time when we're resting, someone comes over and says either "You look bored, so I'm giving you something to do!" or the slightly less annoying but still irritating, "Wow, it's quiet in here."

Goddamn, I hated that. I remember when a set would end and we just finished serving literally hundreds of people(this was at a movie theater), some smart ass would show up at the end and make a similar comment about the lack of people there. At that point, I felt more like telling them to get the Hell out than to give them any service.

[Nashida]

I am a huge hater of the "It must be free" joke, especially because at the pool store everything has a EDP number, and if I can't find the number sticker, I have to look it up or call a manager. So I would get this one a lot more often than I would like.

One time I did do this:

SC: Ah, no sticker means it's free! Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
Me: *silence*
SC: Uh, hey! That was a joke!
Me:*more silence, then...*Knock knock.
SC: Who's there?
Me: A real joke. By the way, the basket's $5.99.