You're Driving The Grocery Cashier Insane # 2
Before you lay into the baggage boy for not triple plying your groceries, just remember he's a human too, with wants, needs, desires, and a love of Sailor Moon.
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"If it wasn't for the staff, the shelves would be empty."
Not to speak ill of those trapped in retail hell, but for the love of god, man - without the customers, your ass wouldn't be able to collect a paycheck to feed your shameless anime addiction.
Jesus. I've hated my fair share of customers, but what this guy hates is rude people. He should realize that because all rude people are customers doesn't mean that all customers are rude.
I think as long as people (such as the fellow in the video) continue to lack any real skills to do a better job, they shall continue to be confined to the dark aisles of Safeway, Frys, Kroger, and so forth.
Plus IMO they do make enough money to take grief. That is a part of their pay. The general public has better things to do than come in and worship bag boys.
i have a huge problem with people who work at stores and complain that they've got to do their job. i have worked at many a crappy retail and foodservice job, and there are so many valid complaints he could be making instead of 'who do people come and shop here when we're open??' and 'if we all get annoyed, there won't be any stores'. way to make the proletariot look like an ignorant asshole, guy.
I had a friend who worked at a bagger at a Food Lion. He got fired twice for talking back to customers, which I found actaully quite humorous.
I have worked quite a few retail jobs, though I never was a bagger. You have to realize in those types of jobs that about 4 out of 5 customers are going to be either thank less if not a complete asshole. It comes with the territory. Talking back, in my opinion, is giving them what they want. Your playing into their game. I almost feel bad for people that are assholes to the help. What sad lives they must have to get all upset over the smallest things. I realize that the money is usually not enough to be sworn at, but what money would be enough for the amount, difficulty, and environment of the work you do? This is why when I am at a grocery store I bag my own groceries.
Sounds to me like an entitlement problem. Why can't I get away with not doing my job and still collect a paycheck? Sure, some customers are a rude, unforgiving, pain in the ass, but a lot of them really are nice people if you have the right attitude. Give them crap for asking a simple question and they get rude pretty quickly. Seems to me what you give is what you get.
Oh - and if he for some reason reads this comment, he could have easily done away with the video entirely and just posted the audio. It wasn't like he was really showing us anything important, anyway(like actual footage of problem customers). His inability to sit still and get to the point was driving me nuts.









I'm going to have to call shenanigans. If it's not helping customers find the aisles where products are located, exactly what is his life's mission?
In case I've ever shopped in his store, I'd like to take the opportunity to apologize for not having the hours that he does to mindless plod through every square inch of the store for hours on end, dreaming all the while of winning the heart of Tuxedo Mask.
What's great is that after seeing his room all slathered in Sailor gear, I can be assured when asking him where I can find the crutons that there is nothing in his private or business life of import that I'm taking him away from. I'm either interrupting a yogurt stocking session or some cosplay, and I'm upset about neither.