Another Holiday At The C-Store

[BrenDAnn]

Well, for those of us in the U.S. of A, Independence Day has just passed. Yes, a day of parades, fireworks, and more red, white and blue than imaginable. It's also a day of mad crazy rushes at the c-store, which leave me, the clerk, exhausted. A few quickies from tonight, because my brain refuses to remember much right now.

1) Wait. Your. Turn. Don't dash by me, tossing money over the lottery scratcher holder, hold up a bottle of water, and tell me to keep the change for it. I have to scan the bottle. My coworker has to go grab a bottle from the cooler now so I can scan it, thanks to you, because my other co-worker and I have a line backed up, a line which your entitled ass should be in!
2) Stop trying to help, guy. My co-worker was confused enough about where the cigs her customer (NOT you) was asking for were, without you standing there shouting "down, down down! no, left left left!" like an idiot. Just leave, before I throw something at you!
3) If you want a bag for your kids for candy for the parade, just say it. Asking for a bag for ONE pack of cigs makes it sort of obvious. The guy asked, and I couldn't help but let out a "Really?" I'm not that stupid, dude. Just man up and ask for a damn bag!
4) No, I don't "know that you're 21", and no I will not sell any alcohol to you without an ID. No, I will also not let your friend there buy it for you. Asking him to buy it right in front of me showed me that your IQ is obviously lower than your age, whatever THAT may be.

Alright, well, as I said, my brain is fighting to shut down for the night, so, I think I'll head to bed. If anyone else had a crazy 4th at work, feel free to add to the thread! Hope everyone had a happy one!

[Exaspera]

Have a good sleep. Maybe a small glass of wine?

[BrenDAnn]

Thanks, Exaspera, but I don't drink. I really am going to bed now. My head hurts. G'night!

[Gaki]

Whoa.

Lemme just say, you should have been at MY C-Store July 4th. Dead as Hell usually with little spurts of people every so often, most from out of town. We have huge picture windows and we got to see all the fireworks when they went off.

Also, pump ten had a Lamborghini at it for the longest time. *sigh*

It was pretty funny at one point though, some guy came up to my register, it looked like he was about to cry and he said: "Do you guys not sell BEER here!?"

LOL. You can't sell beer in a C-Store in this state. He looked terribly desperate and asked where he could go so we directed him to the nearest beer distributor. Haha! Out of state people are hilarious.

[tollbaby]

What was wrong with #3? Who cares what he wanted the bag for? He thought he was doing the right thing by making a purchase for the bag... which is exactly what I would have done. (only I wouldn't have been buying cigs...)

[Jay 2K Winger]

Heh. The American Day Where You Blow Up Your Neighborhood Because Of Patriotism can get hectic at the wholesale club. Because, of course, we sell cases of soda, bottled water, beer, and all the other things you need for a holiday party. Including the furniture.

This year, we even got fireworks for the first time in like, five years. Granted, they were small poppers, and cheap-ass things to boot.

We did some brisk business over the weekend.

[BrenDAnn]

tollbaby I don;t know about most places, but where i work anyway, we'll give you a bag if you ask, without a purchase. I said "Really?" to the guy because it surprised me, until I realized why he wanted the bag, then it made me laugh. He wasn't sucky, you're right, just funny. Gaki, glad you enjoyed your holiday. I would've had to walk to the side of the lot by the road to see the fireworks, and I didn't have time, because I had to catch up with cleaning the floors, etc. Also, a Lambo? Nice! Most expensive thing I see around here is a BMW, or the occasional Audi or Lexus!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I didn't work yesterday but I'd imagine it was fairly busy at the swamp, at least during the morning.

People gotta get their last minute picnic and entertaining supplies, plus all the patio furniture, grills, spring outdoor stuff is on clearance.

[VenomX]

We had a real genius yesterday. A Jeep Cherokee pulls up and the driver comes in to get a blunt and a pack of smokes. As he is paying his buddy still in the cherokee tosses a pack of firecrackers out the drivers window.

I looked at my co-worker and jokingly said oh cool now we can call the police and have them view the video and arrest the moron that did that.

The guy buying the blunt and smokes looked utside and said the police were already out there. Seems he tossed the firecrackers just as a cop was pulling into our lot to buy his snuff.

The cop took both of their info and searched the cherokee. He found an M-80 and a small bag of weed. He destroyed the weed and brought the M-80 inside after the cherokee left and had us watch him cut it in two.

Now if you have DRUGS in your car why would you do something to draw attention to yourself?

And yes I was in a bad mood for having to work 3pm to 7am on the 4th.

[aurelemsrealm]

What was wrong with #3? Who cares what he wanted the bag for? He thought he was doing the right thing by making a purchase for the bag... which is exactly what I would have done. (only I wouldn't have been buying cigs...)

The OP already explained her position, so it's unnecessary to go into that.

Being a c-store worker, I sometimes get people who feel they have to explain or justify what they request even as I'm fulfillling their request. At times, these explanations or justifications can become annoying. I don't know if I can explain it in a way that makes sense. It's just a matter of the customer asked for whatever they wanted, I had no objections in making it happen for the customer, and now it's time to move forward so that we can move on to other things. That's just how I look at it a lot of times. I was thinking maybe the OP had a similar train of thought going. It's not a matter of customer sucktitude, I guess it's just a matter of keeping the momentum going while things are moving smoothly.

[ravevolution]

We had a real genius yesterday. A Jeep Cherokee pulls up and the driver comes in to get a blunt and a pack of smokes. As he is paying his buddy still in the cherokee tosses a pack of firecrackers out the drivers window.

I looked at my co-worker and jokingly said oh cool now we can call the police and have them view the video and arrest the moron that did that.

The guy buying the blunt and smokes looked utside and said the police were already out there. Seems he tossed the firecrackers just as a cop was pulling into our lot to buy his snuff.

The cop took both of their info and searched the cherokee. He found an M-80 and a small bag of weed. He destroyed the weed and brought the M-80 inside after the cherokee left and had us watch him cut it in two.

Now if you have DRUGS in your car why would you do something to draw attention to yourself?

And yes I was in a bad mood for having to work 3pm to 7am on the 4th.

Totally reminds me of that those video surveillance shows you see cops busting dumb people