Some people suck, while some people do not suck. Interesting, huh?
So I'm at work tonight, cashiering it up like the lowly servant I am, when lo and behold, this little boy comes up to my till with two Tamagotchi toys. He's about 7. He puts fifteen dollars in my hand and asks me promptly to get the scissors to open his toys for him. I explain that a) I cannot sell the toys to him unless he has more money, as each of them costs $19.99 plus tax and b) I cannot open the toys until I sell them to him.
The store was really busy so I asked him if he could please go get his mum so I could see if she was going to help him out with the purchase. He got all huffy, saying I should just "let him have the toys" because his mum was coming and she was going to give him the money and if I didn't open them RIGHT NOW, he was going to tell on me.
Anyway, I gave him back his $15 and explained that he didn't quite have enough money, could he please get his mum, and we could work this out. He throws the fifteen dollars back on my till and goes to get his mum. Now she, she's a piece of work alright. She comes up to me with THREE Hallowe'en costumes and says, "Which one of these is a lion?" and I said, "The striped one is a tiger, the dotted one is a leopard, and the other one is a cheetah, I think" and she says, "I asked you which one is the lion!". o_0 I said, "Well, I think the cheetah is the closest, ma'am..." and she's all "MY THREE YEAR OLD WANTS TO BE A LION FOR HALLOWEEN! I HAVE TO GET HER A LION COSTUME!". She proceeds to CALL her three year old (who I presume is at home) on her cell phone to ask if this is okay. Guess not - she put the costume back and then went off on me because they didn't have any lion costumes! Mmmkay...
Anyway, I say to the kid, who was now beside her, "You left your money here, bud...you might want to be more careful..." to which mumzilla replies, "His name is Austin, not "Bud". And he left it here because you're the CLERK and you TAKE THE MONEY!" and she looked at me as if I were insane. (He had been gone for a good ten minutes - during which time his money could have easily been misplaced, even though I had set it next to my til. What if I had gone on break or something and forgot about it?).
And part of my job is that I have to ask the customer if they'd like to sign up for our credit card and receive ten percent off of their purchase. I scanned the items and then pleasantly asked her (well, as pleasantly as I could). She looks me in the eye and says, "Did I say I was PURCHASING anything?". Well, I just scanned your kid's toys and put them in a bag... I was kinda thinking maybe you were...
So she pays by credit card, and before it's approved, the kid is badgering me for the scissors. I explain to him that I can't open it before the credit card goes through, just in case there's a "glitch in the system". His mom goes off on me again: "Are you saying I don't have enough money?" No, dumbass.... I'm just saying that your kid has to wait THREE SECONDS to open his TWO bloody Tamagotchis!
Ugh. And then on her way out, she asks every cashier along the way why we don't carrying freaking lion costumes and tells them that she's taking "her money" elsewhere. Oooh. Scary.
I hate people who think they are better than everyone else and that everyone else is dumb.
/pointless rant
Anyway, some old lady on the bus today told me I have very beautiful hair and never to cut it or dye it. I was like, "Aww, thanks," and then we got into this long conversation about hair and perms and dye and I missed my other bus. Oh well. She was cool. And she said I was a "very pretty young lady". Teehee!
And then some other old lady came to my till and said she liked my scrunchie and she thought I was cute. I like being cute. But most of all, I like my purple scrunchie. (:
The store was really busy so I asked him if he could please go get his mum so I could see if she was going to help him out with the purchase. He got all huffy, saying I should just "let him have the toys" because his mum was coming and she was going to give him the money and if I didn't open them RIGHT NOW, he was going to tell on me.
Anyway, I gave him back his $15 and explained that he didn't quite have enough money, could he please get his mum, and we could work this out. He throws the fifteen dollars back on my till and goes to get his mum. Now she, she's a piece of work alright. She comes up to me with THREE Hallowe'en costumes and says, "Which one of these is a lion?" and I said, "The striped one is a tiger, the dotted one is a leopard, and the other one is a cheetah, I think" and she says, "I asked you which one is the lion!". o_0 I said, "Well, I think the cheetah is the closest, ma'am..." and she's all "MY THREE YEAR OLD WANTS TO BE A LION FOR HALLOWEEN! I HAVE TO GET HER A LION COSTUME!". She proceeds to CALL her three year old (who I presume is at home) on her cell phone to ask if this is okay. Guess not - she put the costume back and then went off on me because they didn't have any lion costumes! Mmmkay...
Anyway, I say to the kid, who was now beside her, "You left your money here, bud...you might want to be more careful..." to which mumzilla replies, "His name is Austin, not "Bud". And he left it here because you're the CLERK and you TAKE THE MONEY!" and she looked at me as if I were insane. (He had been gone for a good ten minutes - during which time his money could have easily been misplaced, even though I had set it next to my til. What if I had gone on break or something and forgot about it?).
And part of my job is that I have to ask the customer if they'd like to sign up for our credit card and receive ten percent off of their purchase. I scanned the items and then pleasantly asked her (well, as pleasantly as I could). She looks me in the eye and says, "Did I say I was PURCHASING anything?". Well, I just scanned your kid's toys and put them in a bag... I was kinda thinking maybe you were...
So she pays by credit card, and before it's approved, the kid is badgering me for the scissors. I explain to him that I can't open it before the credit card goes through, just in case there's a "glitch in the system". His mom goes off on me again: "Are you saying I don't have enough money?" No, dumbass.... I'm just saying that your kid has to wait THREE SECONDS to open his TWO bloody Tamagotchis!
Ugh. And then on her way out, she asks every cashier along the way why we don't carrying freaking lion costumes and tells them that she's taking "her money" elsewhere. Oooh. Scary.
I hate people who think they are better than everyone else and that everyone else is dumb.
/pointless rant
Anyway, some old lady on the bus today told me I have very beautiful hair and never to cut it or dye it. I was like, "Aww, thanks," and then we got into this long conversation about hair and perms and dye and I missed my other bus. Oh well. She was cool. And she said I was a "very pretty young lady". Teehee!
And then some other old lady came to my till and said she liked my scrunchie and she thought I was cute. I like being cute. But most of all, I like my purple scrunchie. (: