Hey People,
So nowadays my life consists of a lot of working. And this of course means that I deal with a lot of customers, and for the better part, they're crazy. Like I've often said, anyone is allowed to go grocery shopping. Today I rang through a woman who asked me why they didn't make certain flavours of this sort of biscuit she liked so I called grocery who said it was due to a manufacturing problem. So I told her, "It's a manufacturing problem." and she goes on to ask, "What type of manufacturing problem?" Okay well let me go over to the factory and ask them? I may be a cashier at a grocery store, and I have been one for some time, however this does in no way mean that I know why certain flavours of every product is or is not being manufactured.
Another of my favourites is what I call the bag people.
Bag People - I'll ring through one cookie already in a bag, or one bottle of pills, they'll pay for them and I give them their receipt and they just stand there and look at me expecting something... when I don't say anything they say, "So what, do I get a bag or something?" and I tell them, "we have large paper bags or 10 cents or cloth for 99 cents" and they'll look at me with this horrified look and as if presented with some sort of life threatening situation will exclaim, "How will I carry it then!?!" Last time I checked, you got it to the till, and so my thoughts are that you can get it to your vehicle in some sort of similar manner. Do you really need a bag that's the length of my arm and is 1/2 of a recycled tree that you're never going to use again to carry your singular apple to your car? Didn't think so.
Then there are the
cell-phone users who walk up to my till, throw down their purchases and lack the decency to notice that I'm a person serving them. For these people they get no "Hi how are you, do you need a bag, have a nice days." They'll look at me and mouth "how much?" to which I reply with a pointing to the screen instead of a verbal reply and they'll continue yacking as they walk out of the store leaving their receipt behind for me to dispose of.
Then there are the
name users. I know that it is mandatory for me to wear my name tag to work, but I really, really hate that because the second I do something they disapprove of, they attempt to use my name, pronounced incorrectly. For instance, tie together a
bag person and a name user.Purchase is rung through and singular product is chilling on the counter and they stare at me.
[BP-NU] - "Why did you not ask me for a bag Kyra (Kye-ra), [Scrutinize my name tag] That is your name isn't it?"
Kyra - "Sorry we have really large paper for ten cents, and it's actually Kyra (Kay-rah)."
[BP-NU] "Oh, I guess they spelt it wrong, I'll get a bag then I suppose."
Reallllllllllyyyyyy?
There are also the
basketers. They will unpack their basket onto my till, on the scale, on my plu binder, on my light stand, in the cosmic cookie basket, right in front of me when they could clearly have left their basket there and let me unpack it. Then when the basket is empty they pick it up and hold it looking around, left, right, up, down, desperately because they have absolutely no fathom of an idea where the basket should go. Me, without even looking at them say, "You can leave it there." and I hear a sigh of relief escape their lips as if I solved one of the worlds largest mysteries.
Money Holders, these are also a favourite. I will be ringing through their groceries, probably 35 items or so, 80-100 bucks and for the entire duration it takes to ring through their order they will hold out their credit card under my nose, and for the entire transaction, I will ignore it.
The surprisers - These are the ones who will get about 5 KG of Organic Almonds or Pine Nuts and their eyeballs will fall out of their heads when I point it out to them that the one bag costs 35-50 dollars. "Oh no! I don't want that! Is it too late to put it back?" and then the rest of the order will be spent discussing the overinflated prices of Organic nuts.
Anyhow, just thought I'd inform you guys of all the types of customers I see come through Planet on a daily basis.
If you're really lucky, you may get a combo of all of these, the ultimate customer.
It's a good time. Don't be jealous.
