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(And no, they were not all the same person.)
I didn't have a very good Wednesday at Aid of Rite. It was busy and I was tired and a little upset that I have only one shift next week. Just one. I asked SM specifically if I could work less for the next two weeks (because Boyfriend is coming and we have a lot of things planned
) but one shift isn't the less I was hoping for. Oh well.
Belching
A well known alcoholic that comes in about once every other day comes in. He's the boyfriend of Doll Lady (search for it) and usually buys at least 3 6 packs of beer over the course of the day; and the cheap stuff too. He's balding and has numerous scratches and scars and skin problems. What an absolute waste of a life, in my opinion, when he could be so much more.
He never bothered me until Wednesday when he BELCHED in my face. Nasty, crappy, beer and death smell. Did he apologize? No.
"You Work With The Public!"
I asked one woman to please get off her cell phone because I'm getting sick of being ignored and treated like I'm some schmuck.
"I don't like having cell phones in my line, could you put it away for a moment?"
"Beth, I'm gonna have to call you back because my cashier doesn't like cell phones."
"I'm sorry. I don't like it when people are on their cell phones in my line."
"Well, you WORK with the public, don't you? So you NEED to be more UNDERSTANDING of cell phones!"
I couldn't think of a retort until after she left which was along the lines of "Well, that's true, but that doesn't mean I need to tolerate the public's rudeness, does it? If you couldn't ignore Beth on the cell phone for 30 seconds to talk to your mother, then why would you do the same to me?"
Patience is Delicious And Nutricious!
I'm shredding my sales signs (or trying to because I'm being interrupted every page by a line that's 6 people long) and have only just returned to it when the line builds up again, to two people. The woman behind the customer in j's line is a large bull of a woman, and calls at me immediately.
"Hey! Hello! Are you open!"
"Yes. Down at the end."
She's too impatient to wait to get rung out but takes her sweet time deciding on cigarettes. The container of ice cream she buys doesn't scan in so I run to grab a price. Cue sighs of impatience. I come back and J grabs me to ask about something before I go to the register.
"Hey! Hello! Hello! Hello! Did ou get what you needed?"
"Yes, I did. Total is $x.xx, you have a good day."
I was *thisclose* to using the delicious and nutrious line I just said. But if I had, I'm fairly sure I'd've been fired.
I didn't have a very good Wednesday at Aid of Rite. It was busy and I was tired and a little upset that I have only one shift next week. Just one. I asked SM specifically if I could work less for the next two weeks (because Boyfriend is coming and we have a lot of things planned
) but one shift isn't the less I was hoping for. Oh well.Belching
A well known alcoholic that comes in about once every other day comes in. He's the boyfriend of Doll Lady (search for it) and usually buys at least 3 6 packs of beer over the course of the day; and the cheap stuff too. He's balding and has numerous scratches and scars and skin problems. What an absolute waste of a life, in my opinion, when he could be so much more.
He never bothered me until Wednesday when he BELCHED in my face. Nasty, crappy, beer and death smell. Did he apologize? No.
"You Work With The Public!"
I asked one woman to please get off her cell phone because I'm getting sick of being ignored and treated like I'm some schmuck.
"I don't like having cell phones in my line, could you put it away for a moment?"
"Beth, I'm gonna have to call you back because my cashier doesn't like cell phones."
"I'm sorry. I don't like it when people are on their cell phones in my line."
"Well, you WORK with the public, don't you? So you NEED to be more UNDERSTANDING of cell phones!"
I couldn't think of a retort until after she left which was along the lines of "Well, that's true, but that doesn't mean I need to tolerate the public's rudeness, does it? If you couldn't ignore Beth on the cell phone for 30 seconds to talk to your mother, then why would you do the same to me?"
Patience is Delicious And Nutricious!
I'm shredding my sales signs (or trying to because I'm being interrupted every page by a line that's 6 people long) and have only just returned to it when the line builds up again, to two people. The woman behind the customer in j's line is a large bull of a woman, and calls at me immediately.
"Hey! Hello! Are you open!"
"Yes. Down at the end."She's too impatient to wait to get rung out but takes her sweet time deciding on cigarettes. The container of ice cream she buys doesn't scan in so I run to grab a price. Cue sighs of impatience. I come back and J grabs me to ask about something before I go to the register.
"Hey! Hello! Hello! Hello! Did ou get what you needed?"
"Yes, I did. Total is $x.xx, you have a good day."
I was *thisclose* to using the delicious and nutrious line I just said. But if I had, I'm fairly sure I'd've been fired.
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