Don't shop when you're in a hurry!

[Sirloracaz]

I try to take the things that SC's do in stride... but today, this lady really made me want to flip my lid. I found out later that she was rude to the rest of my co-workers too.
It started when she walked in the door, and interrupted someone who was already being helped to try to get instant service.... uh, no, you'll have to wait your turn. Where I work, we have a registry system. and she's trying to shop off a registry but can't find anything. normally we don't mind helping, but her approach was.... OMG.
"What can we help you find?"
"Baby stuff."
"Sure, which item do you need?"
<with attitude>"I don't know, everything in ailse 1, I don't know what it is."

Then later I'm trying to check her out. She puts her stuff on the counter and stands by the pin-pad, sunglasses on, looking down.
"Hi, do you have a rewards card with us?" (I'm required to asked certain questions. If I don't ask them all, the customer gets something... of course, they have to notice the sign and ask right away)
No response.
I grab a rewards card to demonstrate and ask her again.
She yanks an earbud headphone off and says "what??"
"SO you have a--"
"Oh come one, I have to get back to work. geez."
Fine, skip the questions, I'll ring it up and you can just pay. I don't give a ****.
she pays, I won't talk to her anymore, and she leaves all huffy.
What i don't understand is, why are you shopping off a baby registry and buying a $300 breast pump as a gift when you're a total b****???? I work hard to be nice, and I go as fast as I can, but it's not my problem if you're clueless about baby stuff and have no patience. I wouldn't shop on my puny lunch break either... I hardly even eat out because it's too much trouble.

I really hate it when people can't give the cashier any respect as a human being. Get off your cell phone( I wish I have a signal jammer!!!), don't rush me, and don't lie to me. Don't get mad that *you* didn't read the sale sign right, that you can't read the dates on the coupons, or that you're otherwise stupid. I work hard to treat people decently and I'm usually the one willing to give people the benefit of a doubt and try to work something out in their favor... but there are still rules that I must follows and a certain standard of humanity that I expect to be upheld. If you can't treat the cashier as human, go the **** to self check-out... What, my store doesn't have that? then treat me decently or order you crap online.
Oh my god, I hate rude people. are you seriously wearing sunglasses and headphones in the store? why don't you just stay home... don't share you misery with me. heh... after the lady left, she came back asking my co-worker if someone had found her sunglasses. I told my co-worker that she had been wearing them and left the area... I will *not* communicate with someone that rude.

[Green_Fairy]

ugh. i hate it when people shop or whatever when they don't have any time. when i was at sbux, people would complain all the time that they were running late and neeeeeeeded their coffee noooooow.

say it with me folks!

poor planning on your part does not make an emergency on mine.

horray!

[Exaspera]

people would complain all the time that they were running late and neeeeeeeded their coffee noooooow.

I thought that was a universal signal to s l o w d o w n .

[Green_Fairy]

I thought that was a universal signal to s l o w d o w n .

oh it is. we would make sure the milk was freshly steamed. and oops! i just dropped your cup. looks like i have to mark a new one. oh darn. your shots expired. i need to pull some more. oh bugger. ran out of syrup. need to go get another bottle! sorry about your wait...have a good day!

[Peregrym]

Ugh, I hate when customers come up to me at the register and tell me that I should hurry, because their bus will be leaving in four minutes.

Really?! Did you really think that it was a good idea to go into a grocery store during rush hour when we have lines at every register, even the self checkouts that people avoid like the plague and we're most likely one man short anyway.

And once they're done paying anyway, they just stand there looking through the receipt to make sure everything's right. Most likely they'll stop on their way out to look at the flowers too.

Not really in such a freaking hurry, are you? (Yes, I get this alot at my job, mostly because every form of transportation in the city stops outside our store)

[Erin]

I wear sunglasses in stores...but then I've had vision problems due to multiple sclerosis, and certain types of fluorescent lights cause me pain. Sunglasses dont stop me from getting a headache, but they can hold it off for a few minutes longer so I can get in and out faster.

That lady just sounded like an entitled little *bad word*. Hope the person she was shopping for didnt like the gift.

[Sirloracaz]

well if you have a medical reason, then it's fine. I have know way of knowing... all I can say is, some people wear them along with a bad attitude. grumpy is one thing... treating employees like crap is another.
personally, I hope the recipient likes the gift... breast pumps are important for new moms. but it would serve the SC right if nobody gave her a big gift like that.

[Magpie]

I HATE in-store registries, because it's impossible to find anything off them. And then I have to go harass the staff. I try not to be an SC about it, but it's frustrating when asking the staff results in them saying "systems says one, so we may or may not have it" and then walking us back to where we were JUST LOOKING. And at least this woman was making up for being rude by spending a lot of money on something that is essential but expensive.

And I have friends with issues with light, who need shades inside, but most of them can't use earbuds. Those things are worse than headphones, and those cause enough pain for normal people, forget those with sensory issues.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I HATE in-store registries, because it's impossible to find anything off them. And then I have to go harass the staff.

You'd absolutely hate the swamp's gift registry. It is impossible for customers to find anything on a registry, because all they get is a heavily-abbreviated description of an item and the UPC of that item. So then they have to go find an employee to act as their personal shopper.

The printouts from the registry kiosk have a distinctive green backing. Whenever I see somebody with one of these green-backed papers, I get the hell away.

[blas]

I know my opinion isn't a popular one, but I hate registries period. I don't know what it is, but every time I get invited to a shower of sorts, and the invite says "So and so is registered at Sears" or whatever, I roll my eyes and think "You should be happy you're getting gifts at all." So maybe that's a little rude, but you're going to try to tell all your guests where to shop and what you want? I don't think so. I have never gone by registries and never will.

Besides, when my good friend was having her bridal shower, the registry at Target fudged and two guests ending up buying her the exact same salt/pepper shakers. Better off to let your guests get you what they feel like getting you or spending on you, and accept the gifts you get from people.

[draftermatt]

I know my opinion isn't a popular one, but I hate registries period....

I used to think the same thing till I got married.

We didn't register, we didn't really need anything (we'd lived together for 3 years at this point) but EVERYONE called either us, my mother or her mother, or her grandmother "where are they registered"

Our mothers yelled at us for not registering because "people didn't know what to get us"

[blas]

Ohh geez....what in the world could a married couple possibly want? Oh it's so hard.

On the invites, instead of making a registry and a whole list of items to assign people to get you, I think it'd be better to just say "The bride and groom wish for kitchen items, mainly cooking supplies and small appliances" or something like that. Or just be, ya know, creative. What in the world did people do before registries?

[Exaspera]

Not trying to sound picky, but FYI-registries and gift requests do not go in with the invitations. BEEG NO NO.

[Primer]

If I need to buy a gift gift for somebody who is using a registry, they get a gift CARD to that store. I generally cannot afford anything on the list, so I just make a contribution.

[blas]

Thank you for that tidbit. Every invitation I have had to weddings/baby showers in the past couple of years have included the registries or wish lists.

I've always thought of registries as tacky, not so much wish lists because especially with baby showers, some women are really picky on what they want for their baby as far as clothes....they may only want tons of diapers or rags as gifts and would rather buy clothes themselves.

Back on topic, forgive the thread derail, I always hated people in a hurry. Especially when they'd kick and scream about having to wait in line. When I worked at the gas station, people would pull that crap on me constantly.

Look dumbass, you saw a full parking lot of vehicles when you pulled up. You could have went another 5 minutes without cigarettes and went to the store down the street, or you could just suck it up or try NOT to run so late.