Tell Me Why... I Don't Like Fridays

[TruthHurts]

1. We Are Not A Bank Infinity I have no problem with breaking a large bill for a customer, if I have it. I do have to save that money for the actual customers. A guy comes in with a $50, I apologize and tell him that I cannot break it.

He gets mad and starts to storm out. He stops at the door and says "I bet your saving that money for the customers. If I bought something with my fifty, you'd give me change." I reluctantly said yes. He tells me that it's bullshit and storms out of there.


The Invisible Meat Man A guy comes up to the counter and says something to me. He has a thick accent and the only word I catch is fish. I tell him they have it at the meat counter. He then says "Yes, I saw it in the display case. Now why don't you do your job and wrap it up for me."

Very coldly " I tell him that I don't work the meat counter. I point to the man in plain sight slicing meat behind the meat counter." He rolls his eyes and goes to get his precious fish.

I Can't Afford It But I Want It Anyway Guy comes in and buys some frozen food on EBT. He checks his total and goes on a long rant about how he only has a few cents left and how do they expect him to live off that.

He leaves and someone informs us that he slipped some dog food packages in his pocket. I make a note to remember the guy. Ten minutes we get slammed with customers. The guy takes advantage of the chaos and casually walks in, steals a paper, and walks off.

I understand being broke but seriously stealing is not going to make life easier for you.

[XCashier]

"I bet your saving that money for the customers. If I bought something with my fifty, you'd give me change."

Well, duh. That's part of the business. What an idiot.

He then says "Yes, I saw it in the display case. Now why don't you do your job and wrap it up for me."

Ooh, I hate that! Arrogant, condescending SCs who've never worked in customer service a day in their lives, yet presume they can order you about like a slave. Here, asshole, why don't I cook that fish for you, too? Oops, missed the fish!

Oh, and thief? You suck. That is all.

[bhskittykatt]

Once, when I informed a guest I could not break his $100 bill, he screamed at me, "Well then what kind of place is this?!?!"

I can certainly tell you it's not a bank....

[SarcasticJerk]

It's often the little things that give me the most pleaasure in life. One of them is saying 'no' to people who want change (for the water shop next door, sometimes for the newspaper machines). Bonus if they say I just lost a customer, so I can use my "No, a customer is someone who buys something" line.

[Jester]

He stops at the door and says "I bet your saving that money for the customers. If I bought something with my fifty, you'd give me change."

Absolutely correct, sir. Because then you'd be a customer, and as you pointed out, we are saving our change for them. You know...the people who actually BUY stuff from us?

I understand being broke but seriously stealing is not going to make life easier for you.

Well, technically speaking, it will make life more affordable.

What? I'm just stating facts here, not condoning what the idiot did!

Once, when I informed a guest I could not break his $100 bill, he screamed at me, "Well then what kind of place is this?!?!"

The kind that sells products to people in exchange for their money. To do that, the cashiers need to be able to make change a good deal of the time. To give out change to non-customers could compromise the cashiers' ability to make change for the paying customers and thus negatively impact the store's ability to make money. Which is what they are there to do.

[ottid]

We had to spend all of yesterday asking customers to make up to the nearest note value when giving change, we were very low on $2 and $1 coins. Most were understandable, and I never had the problem of actually not having enough coins to give, but was very close.

We did have a gentleman walk in and do the same thing as TruthHurts customer as well though, we are not a bank, and never have been, even when we had the Post Office (most in NZ now have a KiwiBank attached).

[Darkforge]

Well, technically speaking, it will make life more affordable.

What? I'm just stating facts here, not condoning what the idiot did!

its true, ending up in jail will mean that he won't be struggling to pay fro a roof over his head and food on his plate...