I'm sorry... sorry you're such a jerk!

[Lace Neil Singer]

This happened Sunday night. At my supermarket, if you've cleared a queue and it's after 4, you can cash up straight away. At about 4:15, I served my last customer and of course started to cash up. I was halfway thru when this woman comes up with a loaded trolley and starts unloading without even asking me.

So, I say to her, "I'm sorry, I'm cashing up." She glares at me, and snarls "Well, that's just not fair. I'm going to complain about this." She throws her stuff back in her trolley and stomps off to bother someone else. Hello? You are in the store after we closed, and you're surprised that a cashier is cashing up? Don't think she did complain; even if she did, her complaint wouldn't be taken seriously.

[Tito]

She glares at me, and snarls "Well, that's just not fair.

Well, I mean, come on! How dare you want to get out of there at the end of your shift & *gasp* have a life!!!! /sarcasm

Sounds to me like that lady needs to work retail for a month or so.

[Linda]

Sunday afteroons amaze me. It's quiet all day until about 3.30pm, and then all hell breaks loose. And where I work, they announce the store closes at 4 every 5 minutes from 3.30 onwards (we call it the Sunday countdown ) and yet people still carry on regardless.

What the customers don't realise with us is that the tills stop accepting transactions at 4.15, regardless of whether you're half way through serving or whatever. They just stop and no more will go through. And it's the same people week on week - they never learn <sigh>

[cinnamaniac]

I love it how people always ask you if you're open when it's pretty obvious you are, but then if you're standing there counting your money with the till OUT ON THE COUNTER, they always just start loading stuff up there without asking. I do not understand people.

This kind of reminds me of what happened to me yesterday. I was on my break and the seats on the break bench(it fits TWO people) were taken, so I stood at a back register that is never in use and started to read. At least TEN people came to ask if I was open. One couple, upon me saying "no", shook their heads and said "Wow. Some people!" Some people, what? I'm on my break. What's your problem? You think I would stand there reading on the job? Just go to an open line, there are about 8 of them.

Then to avoid anything later, I went to the other back register that had empty boxes and items all over it. Some guy comes up and actually starts putting his stuff up there. I just said "Sir, I'm not open."

I don't get it. We have the open light on if we are open, pay attention to that. Taking a second to look up is not THAT hard. I also hate those who bring full carts to express and complain when i politely inform them that it is express. They get so pissy, don't believe me, THEN they look up to see if there is a sign before they complain. There are signs. 3 of them. When they look up and see the biggest sign, they always look discouraged, then move without a problem.

[Lace Neil Singer]

What the customers don't realise with us is that the tills stop accepting transactions at 4.15, regardless of whether you're half way through serving or whatever.

Where I work it's 4:30; and we have the Sunday countdown too. No-one ever seems to listen to it tho.

[Becks]

Don't think she did complain; even if she did, her complaint wouldn't be taken seriously.

Well, that's always heartening.