It’s the week coming up to Christmas so we’re very busy. A woman arrives at register, no customary greeting or acknowledgment, with about six people behind her, and refuses to empty the basket herself. I am forced to lean over and take object by object out of the basket, scan it, then bag it.
She’s tapping her foot, arms crossed, watching every item with beady eyes to ensure I haven’t scanned anything twice and that the price is correct, etc. I finish in record time considering the extra effort.
Customer: “Why did you scan so fast?! You should have taken more time to make sure you didn’t f*** up!”
I am reasonably taken aback with her volatile temper, so I hastily check the screens to make sure I haven’t made a mistake. All is correct.
Me: “Oh, I’m sorry, ma’am, I’m in a bit of a rush with so many people. I can promise that nothing was scanned twice though.”
She does that head massage thing like she is so stressed.
Customer: Muttering. “I’ve just had the s**ttest day and having dumb f***s like you f*** around incompetently; I am just sick of it!”
She continues to rant and rave under her breath about having to deal with imbeciles, while paying and is about to grab her bags to leave. I have done nothing wrong, no mistakes, I’ve worked a nine-hour shift on my feet. I put my hands on the bags to help her and just say:
Me: “I’m sorry that you had a s*** day, ma’am, but possibly if you stopped being a b**** you could stop yourself from making someone else’s the same. Now here are your bags, get out of the store, please.”
If she complained or continued to rant, I blocked her out and dealt with the rest of my (thankfully much nicer) customers.
I wonder what may be wrong: I only get yesterday’s strips everywhere- no new ones. Usually the new ones are here shortly after 7 a.m. Does anyone else have the same problem?
seanfear 4 months ago
I’d throw some physics in but I need more numbers
Yakety Sax 4 months ago
I’m The Problem, It’s Me
It’s the week coming up to Christmas so we’re very busy. A woman arrives at register, no customary greeting or acknowledgment, with about six people behind her, and refuses to empty the basket herself. I am forced to lean over and take object by object out of the basket, scan it, then bag it.
She’s tapping her foot, arms crossed, watching every item with beady eyes to ensure I haven’t scanned anything twice and that the price is correct, etc. I finish in record time considering the extra effort.
Customer: “Why did you scan so fast?! You should have taken more time to make sure you didn’t f*** up!”
I am reasonably taken aback with her volatile temper, so I hastily check the screens to make sure I haven’t made a mistake. All is correct.
Me: “Oh, I’m sorry, ma’am, I’m in a bit of a rush with so many people. I can promise that nothing was scanned twice though.”
She does that head massage thing like she is so stressed.
Customer: Muttering. “I’ve just had the s**ttest day and having dumb f***s like you f*** around incompetently; I am just sick of it!”
She continues to rant and rave under her breath about having to deal with imbeciles, while paying and is about to grab her bags to leave. I have done nothing wrong, no mistakes, I’ve worked a nine-hour shift on my feet. I put my hands on the bags to help her and just say:
Me: “I’m sorry that you had a s*** day, ma’am, but possibly if you stopped being a b**** you could stop yourself from making someone else’s the same. Now here are your bags, get out of the store, please.”
If she complained or continued to rant, I blocked her out and dealt with the rest of my (thankfully much nicer) customers.
Yakety Sax 4 months ago
Some Certain Arches Have Some Explaining To Do
Customer: “What fillet is this?”
Me: “Fillet mignon.”
Customer: “No, like what kind of fish is this?”
Me: “…Your steak is beef.”
Customer: “This isn’t a fillet’o’fish?”
Me: “Fillet just means meat that has no bones in it.”
Customer: “Yeah! Fillet’o’fish has no bones!”
Me: “Would you like to order something else?”
Customer: “No, this fish is delicious! I just want to know what type of fish it is!”
Me: “…Cow.”
Customer: “Thanks!”
They ate up every bite of their cowfish.
Yakety Sax 4 months ago
Wait Until They Try The Ham And Malibu And Pineapple
Teen: Excited. “What ingredients are on the Margherita?”
Me: “Peeled tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil leaves, and extra virgin olive oil.”
Teen: Deflated. “Oh… so, like… no Tequila?”
Me: “Uh… no. It’s a pizza, not a cocktail. They’re not even spelled the same.”
Teen: “Do you really expect me to know how to spell Margherita?”
Me: “I don’t expect people to read “Margherita” on a pizza menu and think it’s a cocktail either, but here we are…”
The Reader Premium Member 4 months ago
It is a short drive!
sergioandrade Premium Member 4 months ago
You were a lady?
Doug K 4 months ago
I didn’t think she had to go crazy.
I thought crazy was her normal setting.
Charles 4 months ago
Well, it’s not like she has far to go.
PraiseofFolly 4 months ago
She’s the comic strip version of Dorothy Parker, or maybe Lucille Ball.
[Unnamed Reader - 288232] 4 months ago
Gotcha beat. ZERO seconds!
rockyridge1977 4 months ago
Short fuse!!!!
ChessPirate 4 months ago
Well, one out of two ain’t bad…
CorkLock 4 months ago
But hovers on insane 24/7.
jango 4 months ago
Lady, start your engine!
ladykat 4 months ago
Can’t we all?
Daltongang Premium Member 4 months ago
B. freaking S. Aunty, you can’t go from something you’re not and you have never been a lady.
dflak 4 months ago
Someone whose button is so exposed is a person I’d like to avoid.
cuzinron47 4 months ago
When do you ever get to the lady part?
anomalous4 4 months ago
“51% pussycat. 49% b!tch. Don’t push me.”
Teto85 Premium Member 4 months ago
One time I was .03 seconds old.
pheets 4 months ago
In some circles, that could be considered an neural issue.
crazeekatlady 4 months ago
I can do it even faster.
FreyjaRN Premium Member 3 months ago
Slowing down, eh?
silberdistel 3 months ago
I wonder what may be wrong: I only get yesterday’s strips everywhere- no new ones. Usually the new ones are here shortly after 7 a.m. Does anyone else have the same problem?
CorkLock 3 months ago
Lady? Please don’t insult the fair sex.
bakana 3 months ago
Warning: You are dealing with a High Performance Woman.
She can go from Zero to BIaTCH in 0.02 Seconds.