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Not Panhandling
We have this semi regular that we cannot stand. He's a scruffy guy that lives in a van and thinks that all the cashiers in the store secretly lust after him. He shows up for a few weeks, vanishes, and then returns a few months later.
He walks into my store where I am dealing with a long line of tourists. He promptly starts to approach them, begging for a quarter so he could afford a beer. I tell to cease and desist as we do not allow pandhandling on the property.
He gives me this sarcastic little bow and heads to the beer cooler. He then proceeds to stand next to the door holding a beer can. I keep an eye on him as I was afraid he was going to steal it.
A woman enters the store and he starts whispering to her. She storms over and slams some money on the counter. She then yells that her boyfriend was not panhandling, he was asking a friend for money.
The paper bag conspiracy
I was explaining our plastic bag ban to a tourist when the next customer in line butted into our conversation.
SC: Isn't that just like the government? To make stores ban plastic bags and then tax them ten cents for paper.
Me: The government doesn't get that, the store keeps the money we get from the bags.
SC: My friend works at a store and he told me this. It's a conspiracy.
Well obviously, I a cashier at a store would know nothing about this subject.
And now the awesome
I was explaining to yet another customer about the plastic bag ban.
Upon hearing that he would have to pay for a paper bag, he said "Welcome to Hippietown, USA, where you have to pay for your f***ing grocery bags."
He started stomping off when the customer behind him said loud enough for the SC to hear "What a dick!" The SC obviously heard him as he shot the awesome customer a glare before leaving. Awesome customer is now my new best friend.
We have this semi regular that we cannot stand. He's a scruffy guy that lives in a van and thinks that all the cashiers in the store secretly lust after him. He shows up for a few weeks, vanishes, and then returns a few months later.
He walks into my store where I am dealing with a long line of tourists. He promptly starts to approach them, begging for a quarter so he could afford a beer. I tell to cease and desist as we do not allow pandhandling on the property.
He gives me this sarcastic little bow and heads to the beer cooler. He then proceeds to stand next to the door holding a beer can. I keep an eye on him as I was afraid he was going to steal it.
A woman enters the store and he starts whispering to her. She storms over and slams some money on the counter. She then yells that her boyfriend was not panhandling, he was asking a friend for money.
The paper bag conspiracy
I was explaining our plastic bag ban to a tourist when the next customer in line butted into our conversation.
SC: Isn't that just like the government? To make stores ban plastic bags and then tax them ten cents for paper.
Me: The government doesn't get that, the store keeps the money we get from the bags.
SC: My friend works at a store and he told me this. It's a conspiracy.
Well obviously, I a cashier at a store would know nothing about this subject.
And now the awesome
I was explaining to yet another customer about the plastic bag ban.
Upon hearing that he would have to pay for a paper bag, he said "Welcome to Hippietown, USA, where you have to pay for your f***ing grocery bags."
He started stomping off when the customer behind him said loud enough for the SC to hear "What a dick!" The SC obviously heard him as he shot the awesome customer a glare before leaving. Awesome customer is now my new best friend.
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