More fun stories (warning: GK-length)

[KiaKat]

I thought she was purchasing for herself - private use. I've been known to put through large orders for myself when I'm running low on a few staples. But I go through our buyer, and pay when I order. I don't grab from existing inventory, especially not $1K worth. Most people in the biz will do it that way, to avoid depleting the store's current stock.

Plus you can usually get more of a discount that way. My buyer gives it to me at just above cost (around 40-45% off), whereas if I purchase a random bottle, I only get 25% off (standard discount).

[Kogarashi]

I thought she was purchasing for herself - private use. I've been known to put through large orders for myself when I'm running low on a few staples. But I go through our buyer, and pay when I order. I don't grab from existing inventory, especially not $1K worth. Most people in the biz will do it that way, to avoid depleting the store's current stock.

Plus you can usually get more of a discount that way. My buyer gives it to me at just above cost (around 40-45% off), whereas if I purchase a random bottle, I only get 25% off (standard discount).

Ah, neat. But I do think she was setting up one of her customers to pay on the SCO, when the order would've been better sent to a regular till.

I am curious who needs 120 bottles of specialty wine. Wedding, maybe?

[Becks]

Is it bad that I knew what he wanted right away?

I did, too.

[dalesys]

I am curious who needs 120 bottles of specialty wine. Wedding, maybe?

... Just trying to get up the nerve to go to confession ...

Hudson & Landry: Ajax Liquor Store

[JustaCashier]

......But don't send me no Vermouth.......


(I was probably around 9 or 10 back when that was played a lot on a local Country Station my Dad listened to. I though the line I posted was something like "....But I don't need none for Moose...." as if "Moose" was the nickname for a buddy of his, and he didn't want to buy any likker for him! )

Mike

[Jester]

I found out the customer in question is suspected of using a stolen credit card to pay for that giant order.

Note to would-be thieves: try not to make yourselves so damn memorable by being an asshole. Best way to not get caught is to be very un-memorable and boring. Dummy.

Customer: "Where are your canning supplies?"
Me: "Aisle 8."
Customer, in a tone of utter confusion: "That's what the other girl said..."

So then why are you asking me?

Oh, I've done this. Ask where something is, get told where it is, go look where they told me....and I can't find it. So I ask someone else, get the same answer....still can't find it. Ask yet another person, they show me where it is that I have walked by twice because I'm a blind freakin' idiot....oh look, there it is! So I understand the customer's confusion.

Customer: (leans down close to me, like I must be deaf) "CAN. NING. Like mason jars!"

Me: "AIS-LE. EIGHT. Between seven and nine."

"Rice is vegetables too."

Well, technically speaking, it is. But only if you go to the basic differentiation of "animal, vegetable, or mineral."

So... after locking the till, I am to leave the keys next to the till, in easy reach of basically anyone.

Theft Prevention, Management Level Plan. Brilliant!

Here's a frequent occurance for me. Customers put avocados on the scanner, flip through the picture menu a minute, then hit "Item not shown". I go over to show them where it is, and upon me hitting the proper menu, the customer will ineviatbly remark, "Oh! It's a fruit!"

I... thought that was obvious. Is this really a common thought? Are avocados frequently considered a vegetable anywhere?

By your own admission that this is a common situation, and by the reaction of many of the posters here, I would say yes, this is a very common thought. Ditto for tomatoes, among other things.

To the male half of a young couple in my line today: Good sir, a word of advice.

No matter where, when, or under what circumstances you met your girlfriend, you do not, I repeat DO NOT, refer to your relationship as "a match made in Hell" in her presence. To do so is most unwise.

Well, there are two possibilities you are missing here.

First is that this couple is like I was with The Brit, where we were constantly needling each other and putting each other done in various ways, but all in good fun. Our friends knew we were nuts, but people who didn't know us would often back away, assuming, I guess, that knives would be coming out soon enough.

The second is that, in this guy's mind, this IS a match made in Hell. So if he's already in Hell, how could it get worse by commenting to that effect?

Surprisingly little, aside from her becoming noticeably more cross and terse with him the rest of the order. And snapping at him and starting arguments for pretty much everything he said or did.

Then it's the second option, it would seem. Awesome!

[Ironclad Alibi]

Maybe it's different for WIC Overseas (for military dependents and other civilians on posts), but it does specify on my WIC checks "infant food meat".

Doesn't sound very appetizing when it's put that way, eh?

Is the "infant food meat" marketed under the "Soylent Green" label?

[Seshat]

It isn't always easy. A tomato is botanically a fruit, but I bet the tomatoes are classed as vegetables.

Same for pumpkin, choko, chilli, cucumber...

I tend to specify whether I'm classifying something botanically, or culinarily.

Bananas are fun. Before we bred them to be seedless, they were botanical fruits. Now they're .. well, I guess they're like an appendix, as far as the banana plant is concerned. A leftover from an earlier stage in evolution.

[Andara Bledin]

I never knew WHAT an avocado was classified as. Learn something new....

And avacado is a fruit? Hmm. I also assumed vegetable, but probably because I find them gross. Blech.

They grow on trees. That makes them classed as fruit when you hit the grocery store. If it grows in the ground, on bushes, or on stalks, then they get called vegetables. Usually it's based on usage, but not always.

I tend to specify whether I'm classifying something botanically, or culinarily.

Yup, 'cause the answer changes depending on whether you're at the store, or in the lab.

^-.-^

[Yarnil]

Q: What's a WIC?

[Dave1982]

It's an assistance program somewhat similar to food stamps. It stands for "women, infants, and children."