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  • #1

    Is Truthhurts gonna have to choke a customer

    So I agreed to work on my day off, all I gotta say is my co-worker owes me big time.

    Three minus one is two We had a woman come in who did not know basic math. We had three bags of ice left and I had just sold one to the customer ahead of her

    SC1: I'll have three bags of ice
    Me: We only have two left
    SC1: Oh I checked there were three
    Me: I just sold one of the bags to the guy ahead of you.

    So I ring her up when she gets this perplexed look on her face "I am sure I saw three bags in there when I checked." "Yes," I said trying to keep the edge out of my voice "We had three but I sold one to the guy ahead of you."


    Don't try to butter me up A guy walks in and asks if we sell butter by the stick. I tell him no, he goes to the back and comes back with a huge smile on his face. "Look, I found an opened package. Can I buy a stick or get a discount?"

    I had just stocked that butter case and there were no opened packages. I figured he opened it himself to try and get his way. With great pleasure I told him that we sent back opened butter for credit so no discounts. He pouted but bought it anyway.

    What's the matter with kids today? We were finally closing and a group of kids biked up to us. I told him we were closed and this pleasant little exchange occurred.

    Kid: Are you really closed?
    Me: Yes, I'm afraid so.
    Kid: Can we go in and get a drink?
    Me: Sorry, we're closed. The registers are off.
    Kid: Can we get a free drink then?
    Me: No, we don't give away things for free.
    Kid: We can't even get free water?
    Me: No, sorry.
    Kid: But we're really thirsty.
    Me: Sorry.
    Kid: So, you're really closed? Seriously?
    Me: Yes, good night.

    Like I said co-worker owes me big time.
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    Sure, some stupidity there, but it wasn't that bad. I once had a woman come up to the doors of my store as I was letting the last customer out and locking the doors. She demanded to be let in because we had an item reserved for her and she wanted to collect it. I apologised, but stated that we were closed and our system was shut down for the night. She pouted and did the whole "but I took a taxi aaaaaalllllll the way here just to get this" routine, with me standing firm.

    Up to this point, business as usual when closing the doors. She eventually gets that I won't let her in and goes back to the taxi she had arrived in and sits in the back before leaning forward to say something to the driver. I assume that's that and finish locking the doors and am about to start sweeping when I hear a knock at the doors. It's the taxi driver, and he starts trying to guilt me into letting the woman in. I just repeat my usual firm but cheerful "Sorry, we're closed" and go about my merry brushwork.

    My coworkers and I were scratching our heads and laughing about that one though. Did she pay him extra to do that for her I wonder?
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    • #3
      Quoth Syriilord View Post
      My coworkers and I were scratching our heads and laughing about that one though. Did she pay him extra to do that for her I wonder?
      I imagine that she wouldn't shut up so he just caved in, and more than likely, had NOT yet paid him for the round-trip ride...
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      • #4
        Usually if I am locking the door, I am also off the clock (and out of uniform). That means I don't have to do anything for anyone.
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        • #5
          Gah, I hate it when people don't accept that closed means closed. We have lives too guys!

          I'm confused by the butter though. How much by weight/volume is a stick of butter? Or is it just butter with a stick in it? I've never come across the term before. I really hope it's not just a lolly made of butter... *shudders*

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            Quoth DisturbedLittleFish View Post
            I'm confused by the butter though. How much by weight/volume is a stick of butter? Or is it just butter with a stick in it? I've never come across the term before. I really hope it's not just a lolly made of butter... *shudders*
            In the US, butter is usually sold by the pound. Each pound is divided into four individually wrapped parts. Each of those parts is called a stick of butter because it is long and narrow, similar to a stick.

            I recall seeing half pound packs of butter with two sticks. I'm guessing that back in the good old days some stores would let customers break open the boxes and buy the single sticks. This is rare today due to product labeling requirements and the the lack of a scanable UPC on the individual sticks.
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            • #7
              Kid: But we're really thirsty.
              Makes you wanna say "Not my problem! Go home."

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              • #8
                Quoth DisturbedLittleFish View Post
                How much by weight/volume is a stick of butter? Or is it just butter with a stick in it?
                By US weight/measurements:

                1/2 Cup, or four ounces

                I have seen butter in the US packaged such that it is NOT cut into sticks -- i.e., one big rectangular 16oz. block -- only rarely. The only brand that comes to mind that I have seen in person is Plugra.
                "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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