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This is a combination of things I've just forgotten to rant about in my last couple posts so these have happened over the course of several months.
Those aren't Free...
An old woman was walking out of the store and on her way out she just grabbed a map (maps happen to be the most expensive things we sell) and left. My CW was like, "Did you see that?" I said, "What?" She said, "That old woman just stole a map." Maybe she thought they were free but they DO have prices on them. It's not like they're not labelled with prices.
Why would a map be free? Are there places where this occurs?
Sandwiches
It's a commonly known fact that we throw away perfectly good sandwiches because they're not "fresh" anymore. We're not allowed to donate them to shelters or anything, they just go in the trash. Probably a good thing because by then they're all soggy and nasty even if the food is techinally still good.
The other day my CW was taking out the trash and right as he was about to throw a bag in he heard a voice. He looked in the dumpster and found a man just standing in the dumpster rooting around. Said he was looking for our old sandwiches but couldn't find any. CW just kinda stared at him and then turned around and left (that CW is a little weird anyhow).
I think I'd be a little freaked out if I found a person in the dumpster. I might have screamed.
Epidemic
This is becoming ridiculous. It's been a long time since Marlboro Mediums became Red Labels. Come on people, get with the program. My young coworkers can't be arsed to remember that what THEY know as "Red Labels" used to be "Mediums." Some guy literally yelled at my CW because she was hired after the switchover and had no idea what "Mediums" were. She kept going for the Special Blends (which, I will give her, has THE EXACT SAME FREAKING PATTERN AND COLORING AS THE RED LABELS) and he kept yelling at her. She was almost in tears trying to figure it out.
Stupidity is an epidemic. We're caught in the middle of it.
Counter = Trashcan
Guy gets a slip for the Deli order he's got. His order number is on it. He collects all the rest of his stuff but doesn't take the slip. I just let it sit on the counter because it's not mine and sometimes these stupid people will come back and take the slip with them because they realize that they might need it. When he comes back he says, "What's my number?" Looks at the slip, slaps his hand down on it but doesn't pick it up, and then lifts his hand and leaves after memorizing the number.
...Why didn't you take your slip? They have a place for them. It's a little bucket. Do I have a little bucket here? Do I have a hole in my counter for trash? No? Well then it doesn't belong there does it?
I slapped my hand down on it so hard he looked over and then I slid it to the floor behind me. It would get swept up later but I wanted him to know exactly what I thought about him leaving that on my counter. I kinda do that a lot, just throw things behind me over my shoulder when I don't need them anymore. Or like when someone says "100s" when I'm already up at the counter with the shorts, I'll turn around and just toss the wrong one somewhere random. It almost ALWAYS gets a "sorry about that" from the people at the counter. It's not like I'm throwing them hard, I'm just tossing them (because I'm in too much of a hurry to actually put them back in their individual slots) but for some reason this illicits a response.
I like it...
Shorts
Old man over 60. Red spandex shorts. Shrinkwrapped junk.
You want...what?
Two men allegedly are going to a car auction and need a money order. I dunno, I don't care. I don't give one iota of crap about what you want to do with your money order(s). What we do care about is the fact that you want a 7000 dollar money order.
...Hah. We only do MOs in increments of 500 dollars. That's 14 MOs, that's over 30 dollars in MO fees plus we need all your IRS information so we can even process the sale.
No, doing it all in separate transactions will not change this. This is a customer over the day kind of thing, not a single transaction thing. Plus you would tie up two people (two registers) because one would have to be printing the MOs and the other would have to be dropping all the cash you'd be handing over into the safe one bill at a time.
This would take about 20 or so minutes to complete if not longer and...oh, your auction is today. Seems like bad planning.
Well, you know what we say about a lack of planning here...
They never did get their MOs. They left because they didn't want to pay the fees. The whole thing seemed really shady anyhow. Why would you think to get 7000 dollars worth of MOs at a GAS STATION?
Those aren't Free...
An old woman was walking out of the store and on her way out she just grabbed a map (maps happen to be the most expensive things we sell) and left. My CW was like, "Did you see that?" I said, "What?" She said, "That old woman just stole a map." Maybe she thought they were free but they DO have prices on them. It's not like they're not labelled with prices.
Why would a map be free? Are there places where this occurs?
Sandwiches
It's a commonly known fact that we throw away perfectly good sandwiches because they're not "fresh" anymore. We're not allowed to donate them to shelters or anything, they just go in the trash. Probably a good thing because by then they're all soggy and nasty even if the food is techinally still good.
The other day my CW was taking out the trash and right as he was about to throw a bag in he heard a voice. He looked in the dumpster and found a man just standing in the dumpster rooting around. Said he was looking for our old sandwiches but couldn't find any. CW just kinda stared at him and then turned around and left (that CW is a little weird anyhow).
I think I'd be a little freaked out if I found a person in the dumpster. I might have screamed.
Epidemic
This is becoming ridiculous. It's been a long time since Marlboro Mediums became Red Labels. Come on people, get with the program. My young coworkers can't be arsed to remember that what THEY know as "Red Labels" used to be "Mediums." Some guy literally yelled at my CW because she was hired after the switchover and had no idea what "Mediums" were. She kept going for the Special Blends (which, I will give her, has THE EXACT SAME FREAKING PATTERN AND COLORING AS THE RED LABELS) and he kept yelling at her. She was almost in tears trying to figure it out.
Stupidity is an epidemic. We're caught in the middle of it.
Counter = Trashcan
Guy gets a slip for the Deli order he's got. His order number is on it. He collects all the rest of his stuff but doesn't take the slip. I just let it sit on the counter because it's not mine and sometimes these stupid people will come back and take the slip with them because they realize that they might need it. When he comes back he says, "What's my number?" Looks at the slip, slaps his hand down on it but doesn't pick it up, and then lifts his hand and leaves after memorizing the number.
...Why didn't you take your slip? They have a place for them. It's a little bucket. Do I have a little bucket here? Do I have a hole in my counter for trash? No? Well then it doesn't belong there does it?
I slapped my hand down on it so hard he looked over and then I slid it to the floor behind me. It would get swept up later but I wanted him to know exactly what I thought about him leaving that on my counter. I kinda do that a lot, just throw things behind me over my shoulder when I don't need them anymore. Or like when someone says "100s" when I'm already up at the counter with the shorts, I'll turn around and just toss the wrong one somewhere random. It almost ALWAYS gets a "sorry about that" from the people at the counter. It's not like I'm throwing them hard, I'm just tossing them (because I'm in too much of a hurry to actually put them back in their individual slots) but for some reason this illicits a response.
I like it...
Shorts
Old man over 60. Red spandex shorts. Shrinkwrapped junk.
You want...what?
Two men allegedly are going to a car auction and need a money order. I dunno, I don't care. I don't give one iota of crap about what you want to do with your money order(s). What we do care about is the fact that you want a 7000 dollar money order.
...Hah. We only do MOs in increments of 500 dollars. That's 14 MOs, that's over 30 dollars in MO fees plus we need all your IRS information so we can even process the sale.
No, doing it all in separate transactions will not change this. This is a customer over the day kind of thing, not a single transaction thing. Plus you would tie up two people (two registers) because one would have to be printing the MOs and the other would have to be dropping all the cash you'd be handing over into the safe one bill at a time.
This would take about 20 or so minutes to complete if not longer and...oh, your auction is today. Seems like bad planning.
Well, you know what we say about a lack of planning here...
They never did get their MOs. They left because they didn't want to pay the fees. The whole thing seemed really shady anyhow. Why would you think to get 7000 dollars worth of MOs at a GAS STATION?
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