Be kind to your Cashier today.

  • Posted on December 24, 2007 at 11:37 am

For those of you in the grocery store: We’re sorry you’re standing in line, but if there were anyone else available to run a register, they would BE running one. We know you’re tired and stressed and still have to COOK that cart full of stuff you just bought. No, scanning your discount card again isn’t going to help. Please have your ID in hand unless you’re obviously over 40. You may be a regular customer, but Thanksgiving and Christmas is all a blur and your case of beer isn’t worth getting fired over. When she grunts and groans over moving yet another turkey/ham/case of drinks, your smartass comments about going to the gym aren’t appreciated in any way shape or form. She’s moved the better part of a truckload of each – can you say you’ve moved 2000+ lbs an hour for 6-8 hours?

For those of you in the toy/department store: We know you’re tired and stressed, but it’s not like Christmas Season is a surprise. Stop whining about paying as much for the batteries as you did the toy. When you pick up the toy, write down the size of battery and stop by the dollar store next door. Or? Save your sanity and pick out something that doesn’t require batteries. It’s not the cashier’s fault your “Must Have” toy is sold out – you knew it was a “must have” back before Thanksgiving WHY didn’t you get it then??!!?? Stop stressing over whether or not the kids will like the cartload of stuff you’re picking up. The answer is “NO.”

They want to play in the box it came in.

Keep in mind that your cashier has been standing in front of that stupid boop boop boop reader for what seems like an eternity. She does not psychically know what the sales sign says, nor can she leave her post to go look at it. All she has to look at is the sales paper at her register – and if it’s an in-store deal that’s not ringing up properly it’s not HER fault. There is no Psychic Store Employees Network, just the store manager-on-duty.

6 Comments on Be kind to your Cashier today.

  1. Brandy says:

    Sooooo true!! I know that for a fact.. since I work at Walmart LOL

  2. cara michele says:

    I love you. And people should be nice to their cashiers EVERY day!!

    You can tell a lot about how a person was raised by the way they treat salespeople and wait staff. Let’s all keep that in mind, and try not to bring shame on our mommas.

  3. Jennifer says:

    Yes, I understand completly, had several retail jobs all involving a cash register. I smile and say thank you A LOT during this and other times of year, makes a lot of people’s days when they are not being yelled at for things out of their control

  4. Patty says:

    Oh so true, and it applies to people that shop at Lowes on Christmas eve for that specific tools that they saw the flier for the day after Thanksgiving, and get pissy because we no longer have that tool, that oh by the way our small store only carries when it is in the sales flyer.

    • Emily says:

      And then yell at you because they don’t WANT a raincheck, they want that tool and they want it NOW!

      Oh yes, how I know.

      Thanks for stopping by!

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