There's a Coupon Faery at my store. No idea if these coupons ever get picked up; usually they go ignored and are shuffled to the back of the shelf by the stock crew only to be found by someone who tries to use it long after the expiration date. Sometimes they're even smart enough to tear off the date. If I have a pen on me when I first find it I will mark the coupon so I know when it expired...nice try, but I know where you got that coupon from and when.
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The Decoy Customer:
Shows up at your cash register holding a couple things in their hand asking if you can check them out. When you say yes, they come through with the overflowing cart they hid from your view.
Bonus points if this happens right before your break or the end of your shift.Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.
"I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily
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Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View PostThe Decoy Customer:
Shows up at your cash register holding a couple things in their hand asking if you can check them out. When you say yes, they come through with the overflowing cart they hid from your view.
Bonus points if this happens right before your break or the end of your shift.PWNADE(TM) - Serve up a glass today! | PWNZER - An act of pwnage so awesome, it's like the victim got hit by a tank.
There are only Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse because I choose to walk!
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The impatient stalker - One who hates waiting in line. If you're anywhere near a register they'll immediately ask you 'Are you about to open up?'. They're also usually the one who is at the back of the line and will dash to try and beat everyone else to an opening register even though you purposely said 'I can help the NEXT PERSON IN LINE!'
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The Mother of the Year.
This woman is either A: obese and dressed in a tank top and shorty shorts three sizes too small (in summer) or stained sweatpants and a ripped sweatshirt (in the winter). She will either smack her kids around to the point you consider calling CPS or ignore their bad behavior to the point that you also consider calling CPS.
Also, for the "just ignore them" type, it's only a minor inconvenience if her kids get caught shoplifting, and she's mainly upset about how long the cop takes to write out the citations (btw we're talking about teenagers doing the stealing, not little ones too young to know better).Last edited by WishfulSpirit; 04-20-2015, 02:49 AM."I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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Quoth Canadian In Maine View PostWe have a guy that comes in our store that chirps like a bird and it drives me nuts. I find it incredibly annoying - like the cricket that is stuck in the wall or something.
I am so tempted to tell him to shut the f up."I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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Quoth Canadian In Maine View PostWe have a guy that comes in our store that chirps like a bird and it drives me nuts."I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."
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Quoth drjonah View PostThe impatient stalker - One who hates waiting in line. If you're anywhere near a register they'll immediately ask you 'Are you about to open up?'. They're also usually the one who is at the back of the line and will dash to try and beat everyone else to an opening register even though you purposely said 'I can help the NEXT PERSON IN LINE!'
-The Magnanimous Gentleman (Or Woman) - the people in line who, when "NEXT PERSON IN LINE!" is called out as a new register opens up, make a big deal about letting other people go in front of them, when their apparent kindness only ends up taking more time. Just GO, already.
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Glasses Asses - People who complain about coupons not working, or about something not coming up the right sale price in the flyer, and when the fine print is pointed out to them (usually indicating that they're wrong), retort, "But I left my reading glasses at home!" Is your vanity really that important?
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Quoth Canadian In Maine View PostWe have a guy that comes in our store that chirps like a bird and it drives me nuts.Quoth WishfulSpirit View PostI have an ironclad way for you do that. Sir, I'm sorry, but we've had complaints from other customers about the chirping."Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Quoth Handofgod View PostThe not-so-handicapped person-The customers who are perfectly healthy but must ride in wheel-chairs/electric carts and be treated as though something really is wrong with them.
SCs (and some workers) who have decided invisible disabilities such as brain injuries, severe back injuries, and seizure fall risks no longer exist and proceed to berate a "healthy looking" person for using a mart cart or wheelchair without any knowledge of their health condition."I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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Mr. & Mrs. YOU!!! CANNOT!!!!! PASS!!!!!!!! - The man or woman who enters through the automatic doors of an establishment...and stops dead immediately inside, despite other customers (or myself ) walking immediately behind them. Also applies to a group of people walking side-by-side taking up the entire sidewalk, while you're stuck behind them for a block or longer attempting to buttonhook around them. How can you NOT notice that someone else is right behind you? And it's not just "you shouldn't be right up my ass!", some people just naturally have a longer stride than others, and the first people through the door or on the sidewalk should be courteous towards other pedestrians trying to get by.
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Quoth Dreamstalker View PostRelated to the Money Tosser (possibly a subgroup of The Toucher) is people who hold out a handful of loose change and expect you to pick through it. Not only does this actually take longer, during flu season there are obvious reasons why I don't want to touch an SC's bare hand."I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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The Wanna-Be Revolutionary: This one wanders in at all hours of the workday almost every single day and has to just randomly walk up to employees who are trying to work or customers who are trying to shop and share his opinions on whatever hot button topic is going on at the moment. May show back up several times during the business day and do the same thing.
While he may make purchases and wants to brag about how much he's in here and spends with us, he makes people think he's looking to start another uprising about some such and, as a result, many complaints to management have been brought forth.
(Our management finally dropped the banhammer on one such customer after it got to the point where this dude actually put his hands on another customer. And the peasants rejoiced.)Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)
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