Friday, February 27th, 2009...8:05 pm
Alternate Title: Reach Into Chest, Pull Out Heart
Let me be perfectly clear, I work Saturdays and am bitter about it. If you’ve read my tweets, you already know this about me. So, tomorrow I will be feigning cheerfulness while y’all are out, dancing in the rain like the demon spawn of Gene Kelly. Blech.
If do you come in to my store tomorrow, pleasepleaseplease make my life easier by adhering to the following four rules:
1) STOP standing in the aisle like you are waiting for a goddamn bus. Aisles are for walking. If you have some standing around on your to-do list, I hear golf courses are open on Saturdays. Or, you know, Wal-Mart.
2) DO NOT shop out of my hands. If I am holding it, you have just GOT TO wait for me to put it down before grabbing at it. I feel like I am being mauled by bears with all of those paws coming at me.
3) GREET ME, as I have greeted you. I know you came to buy what I am selling, but when we don’t do the “I’m well, how are you?” dance, I feel sort of cheap. It takes a few seconds, and is what is done in polite society.
4) DON’T ASK if I have
8 Comments
February 27th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
#3 I hear you! How about when you greet a customer with a “hello!” and they look at you and say “fine”?!
February 28th, 2009 at 9:46 am
You sound like the ideal candidate for the shirt that says:
“This job would be great if it wasn’t for the customers!!!”
February 28th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Amen to #4! If I’m bored, I’ll do a “I can check if you’d like,” though.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:28 am
4… I don’t think this would apply to produce when the bins/racks are being restocked.. the crimini musroom area is empty, but they’ve put a new flat of white mushrooms out.
I’ve asked for crimini and they will go get a flat of them.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 am
I have been guilty of #4, but most of the time “they” do have it in the back and “they” were just not fast enough to re-stock.
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As for #2, I do wait till the item is on the shelf, but usually whoever stocking can read my mind and just hands me the item
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
if someone is nice and patient, I always offer what I am stocking. less for me to put out! if they grab at me, I get defensive. people with proper manners don’t paw at others.
likewise, if I have it in the back, I know it. people always say “will you check?” but I am the only one who works in my dept and always know exactly what I have. I am good at my job.
I am sure you are a great customer.
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:51 am
I am so sorry to laugh at this, but laugh I did:
“I feel like I am being mauled by bears with all of those paws coming at me.” Great imagery.
July 8th, 2009 at 8:25 am
As someone who has lived through Black Friday mall hell at a very well known, copyrighted, not cheap, mostly children’s store, I so understand where you’re coming from. I always hated “can you go look in the back, I’ll wait right here and block anyone from getting anything else they might need.” What always killed me the most was that they would tell me they were finding everything, they didn’t need any help, please leave them alone, they would find me if they needed me, etc when I asked them on the floor, but as soon as they got to the register is when they suddenly needed 15 different things in 8 colors and 5 sizes. And I was management, so I had to just bend over and take it. Good times.
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