Retail Pet Peeves

[Lilith]

Tis the season to be jolly....ya ya ya BITE ME!!!!

I have worked retail at Christmas and grocery at Thanksgiving so I know what a total bitch it is!!!!

BUTTTTT.....I can absolutely not stand it when a cashier rings my entire transaction without a single word, not one. Not a "Happy Holiday" or "Kiss my ass"...nada! zip! zilch!

It was a convo with another member that got me thinking about all this!
What kind of shit pisses you off when you are shopping?

[dm383]

Originally posted by Lilith
Tis the season to be jolly....ya ya ya BITE ME!!!! ....

... What kind of shit pisses you off when you are shopping?


Old ladies with ANKLE-CLIPPERS!!! (You know, those stupid little shopping-bags-on-wheels, where the axle is just the right height to give you a nasty cut, RIGHT on the ankle bone!!)

Pointy elbows, umbrella spikes, etc. etc. ALL pale into insignificance compared to these things!!

DM

[WildIrish]

Grumpy people racing through the stores with a scowl on their face kill my Christmas buzz too.

[cowgirltease]

Originally posted by dm383
Old ladies with ANKLE-CLIPPERS!!! (You know, those stupid little shopping-bags-on-wheels, where the axle is just the right height to give you a nasty cut, RIGHT on the ankle bone!!)

Pointy elbows, umbrella spikes, etc. etc. ALL pale into insignificance compared to these things!!

DM

LMAO @ dm383!!!!!!!!!:D Too funny ! I can just see you now gettin hit by one of those old ladies. ROFL!!!!:D

[Steph]

I was browsing in many stores yesterday but I stayed away from the ones where the salespeople were hovering near the door. If I'm in the store for a few minutes, I don't mind being asked if I need assistance . . . not immediately, though! They're like wolves!

[Nice Guy]

I hate the sales people that walk up to you every 5 minutes asking if you need help when they really don't give a flying fuck.

You know why Wal Mart employees have "How can I help you today?" on the back of their vests? So you can read it as they are walking away from you.

[Bardog]

When there are about 500 people standing in line to checkout and the store has only 2 registers open!!!!

Or when you get close to the front of the line and they close a register. I know the cashier deserves breaks and a lunch break during their shift, but can they not have someone cover their spot till they get back?

Another one I love is when you get back out to the parking lot and someone has let a shopping buggy crash into your car.

[jseal]

Lilith,

I'm with Bardog in re the check out lines! Checkout boredom really takes the fun out of Christmas shopping.

[Irish]

Heard on the Jimmy Kimmel Show,last night.-"It was only 5 1/2mo.
ago,that there were Christmas decorations,in the stores.Now it's
almost Christmas!" Irish

[Teddy Bear]

Why do some people insist on being right in the middle of the aisle... You can't get around them on either side but are stuck there until they pop back to the real world, finally notice you and say something stupid like, 'did you want to get by?'

[Lilith]

my reply to ^^^^ No I just thought I'd sit here and watch you shop:D

[Ryan²]

What really takes the piss is the way they shove your change back in your hand in a sluggish way, chewing gum in your face so you get an unrequested whiff of it, and before you have time to move away, they look over and say, "Next?" - I work in trade, very similar to retail. Not all sales are cash, as most are a credit account, and when someone takes a few seconds to move out of the way, I wait patiently until the space is free for the next person to move forward.

And I dont chew gum in their faces too (except when I have a sore throat :D ).

[celticangel]

I hate the way some shop assistants throw tyour change and receipts at you~~~~~grrrrrrrrrrrr

[cowgirltease]

what chaps my butt is when someone can't stop talkin to the cashier and there are 50 bazillion people in line behind them! Geeze! Shaddup and go on!!!!!:rolleyes:

[Ryan²]

I wouldn't mind being stuck in a queue behind that cute ass. Yummy!

[Sharni]

Shopping trolley wheels....ya gotta struggle to keep the damn things going where you want them

People who decide to have an in depth conversation smack dab in the middle of the freaking aisle

Not enough cashiers open for the amount of customers

People who are too freaking lazy to put the shopping trolleys in the holders in the car parks....nooooooo...they leave the damn things all over the place...so when ya want to park...ya gotta get out and move the damn trolley first!

[cowgirltease]

LMAO @ Sharni yeeah the damn things are everywhere!! LOL

[BlondeCurlGirl]

Those new Self Checkout lanes (which I encountered at Wal-Mart) that are supposedly to help make transactions go faster and eliminate the need for cashier interaction at all...

Too bad I found out that if you pay by credit card, they have to have a cashier come over to verify the signature on the back. Also, the guy ahead of me couldn't get things to scan so when he actually did get it to work, it was scanning things twice and things couldn't be deleted!

[LixyChick]

Originally posted by celticangel
I hate the way some shop assistants throw tyour change and receipts at you~~~~~grrrrrrrrrrrr
I abhor this behavoir too! I can get out of the way faster if they'd just train all checkers the same way.........

gimme the change first....so I can put it in the change part of my wallet...then gimme the bills......then gimme my receipt! I'll do it all "bing, bang, boom" if I get it this way.......

but I usually get the two hands coming at me with the receipt in one and the bills and change in the other and they pile it all on my hand and expect me to pack it all up and go in an instant!

I'M NOT GOING OUT OF THAT STORE TILL I HAVE ALL MY CHANGE AND MY RECEIPT WHERE I KNOW WHERE IT IS AND CAN ACCOUNT FOR IT WHEN I GET HOME........damn it to f'in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sooooooo........for anyone in retail.......it'll take less time to get rid of us (the consumer) if you hand us things one at a time (ie: change first.....then the bills.....then the reciept)......and let us get it all arranged initially.........instead of smacking it all into our hands and expecting us to go go go go go go go!!!!!!!!

[PantyFanatic]

One of my favorites is the little old lady that stands there watching the cashier scan each item, total it up, tell her how much is needed and then like it wasn’t expected to require payment, they start jostling their purse to find the clasp, open it and start eini-meni-mini-moing which compartment the little change purse might be hiding. Taking it out they peek into each side of the snap compartments to see if their cash is all hiding in one place or if some had snuck over to the neighboring pocket.:rolleyes: After the rubber band is removed from the rolled up bills, each one is peeled off and flattened out on the top of the checkout.:eek: I’m thinking about starting to eat everything I can once I get in line, for as long as it takes to get to the actual check out.:bite: (Wonder if they would notice the smoke from the bar-bi?):spin:

[dreamgurl]

i can't stand this (happend last night in fact) i was in line with just a few things, nobody hardly in the store and this woman kept bringing all kinds of crap up to buy and then leaving to go get more while it was rang up. i felt like saying for goodness sake do you shopping before you get in line!!! and to burn my buttons she said as she left, " it wasn't like anyone else was in line" and with a giggle walked out...................grrrrr

[Cheyanne]

I am with Lil on this one.... even if the cashier doesn't enjoy his/her job, at least fake it!

What I do when I run across a "grouch" like that is I talk to them. I tease them, tell them they look a little tired, or say they look like they should take a break.. stuff like that. Most of the time, that kinda brightens their day and they are in a little bit of a better mood. I understand that it is their job to be cheerful and such, but sometimes I feel sorry for them - expecially after they just dealt with a customer that was totally obnoxious to them for no reason. If I can make them smile, then hopefully the next person they serve will reap the rewards....

[PantyFanatic]

Would you believe I joke with the person checking me out?;)

With old shit like “Are you going to be checking me out?” ....... “Good!:)” “I’ve been checking you out while I was waiting in line too.:D” That usually is enough to get a smile and then I can talk to them. If I happen to have a bitch, I’ll tell them to “Please pass this up to your boss from a customer......” I’m so naive, I actually think it has a chance of getting told. I know the poor person I’m talking to is the one that catches all the shit for the way things are run by others and I try let them know it.

[musicman]

sadly - I'll go with customers - now granted - retailers need them for survival but I'm talking about the ones who come in while you're helping 2 others AND on the phone and just start in on you - where's this - get me that and you have to look at them like they are nuts...

[Irish]

PF---When they ask the obligatory question-"How are you today?"
I simply awnser-"My wife says,Better then nothing."That usually
shuts them up,but embarrasses the Hell,out of my wife! Irish

[jennaflower]

I am with Teddy Bear on this one.... can't tolerate the shoppers that stop dead center of the isle and enter oblivion without any idea that people are trying to get around them.... HELLLLLOOOO.... get the *uck out of the way...

[Kissy]

Every trip to the store is a nightmare for me. Today in fact I had the problem with carts everywhere outside. I had to push them all back in that coral thing their supposed to be in just so I could fit mine in there. And when I was inside I had this one lady who stopped in the isle, granted she was off to one side but there was a display blocking the other side. A huge isle, and she stops right there? She makes a big deal out of it when she has to move her cart. And then she ends up being behind me in the checkout line. The problem with that is I was at the front of my cart unloading my groceries, and she pushes right up to my cart. Well I'm so pregnant now I have to back my cart out a little to get back around it and can't because she's blocking me again! Not to mention there was no reason to be that close to my cart because my kid was in it. Like that extra inch matters, it's like being tail gated! :rolleyes: Ok I'll stop now, I could go on about this crap all day.:D

[Steph]

I said "excuse me" far too often today. It's always like that here. I've never had that problem anywhere else but in t.o. I wonder if it's because we're so multicultural? People are used to stalls, bazaars, etc.

Shag, get out of the way, I say!

[LixyChick]

I hear ya Steph! I even say excuse me when they bump into me! It's a reaction...and I fully expect an "I'm sorry" or an "Oh no....it was my fault".....but NEVER EVER get one.....and I say to hubby....out loud....."Damn it to hell...I'm NEVER saying excuse me to rude ass people again"........and yet, I still do! WTF is wrong with me? Better yet....WTF is wrong with them? My mother taught me manners....and the proper way to respect others in a public venue! Did she come from another planet where these things are taught....and people here just never get it.....or what? Where are all the other people like me? I've never had one single person who bumped into me or blocked me or whatever....say excuse me! Hubby just rolls his eyes and mumbles..."Oh shit...here she goes"...when I go off like this in the store.....but it urks me to say excuse me when I haven't even done anything to be excused for! I feel that I am a very considerate shopper.....and I can't find one single other considerate shopper in my area!

*jumps off the soap box and takes a chill pill to calm me down*

LOL!

[dm383]

Another thing I hate is, when you're standing in a queue (line!!) which "splits" at the counter..... like in a bank or post office. (Well, like WE have here, anyway!)

There's ALWAYS SOMEONE who thinks the concept of queueing doesn't apply to THEM, and just barge their way to the front. Like, I couldn't have done that????? Come ON!

I had a woman do that to me just the other day...... I said to her "Do you know what a queue is?" She says "Yes, why?", all innocent-like!

I said "cos THIS IS ONE, and YOU'RE at the end of it!!"

Don't think she was very happy with me, but I got a round of applause from some of the other folks in the queue!! NEVER have I been so embarrassed! (It DID feel good though, After!)

DM

[Ryan²]

Where I work, I wear a lovely comfy sweater with our company logo on it. As said in the previous post of this topic, I work on the trade counter and so am dealing with money at various times of the day. If I worked in the office I'd be professional and wear a shirt and tie instead (like our office staff do). Sometimes at lunchtime I go downtown to the local supermarket to stock on up on supplies. When I pay for them and recieve my change, I sometimes get it "counted" into my hand. Although it's kind of them, there are 2 things regarding this I do object to:-

A) If I have a sweater on, then surely she must realise I work in a store dealing with money, and may have to work out the change to give back (our computer system so needs upgrading)

B) Let me outta here! I just wanna recieve my change and go! AAHH!!!!