Customers are retaaaarded. (AKA The racism and marijuana post)
Today was crazy and kinda stupid. In ways that both amused me and ways that made me want to punch things.
Because customers can be stupid. We're all one at some point, so yes this is generalization. But hey. When you work at Wal*Mart? Even five percent of your customer population being stupid is scary.
Let us start with the one that pissed me off, just to get it out of the way. There's some sort of bug going around, plus I live in an apartment that's currently 34 degrees fahrenheit indoors, so I'm bound to have a little case of the sniffles. Nothing serious - I'm not hacking or sneezing on people's groceries, or anything. I just sound a little stuffed up.
So then I get this one customer - older lady, I'd say she was in her sixties.
Customer: You're not carrying some sort of disease, are you?
Pi: No m'am. Just the sniffles.
Customer: Are you sure of that? Lord knows what you people count as being sick.
Pi: Um. 'You people'?
Customer: You know. Mexicans.
Pi: ...B|
Hi guys, apparently I carry diseases like a rodent now. Don't talk to me on AIM - I'll probably give you the swine flu. 8|
I will leave out the rest of what she said. Because it put me in a very pissy mood indeed. On the plus side, I got a thirty minute break to blow off some steam because the awesome CSM I like was working today. 8|a
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ANYWAYS. Idiot Customer #2. Now, I didn't actually see this guy. But you didn't really need to to figure out he had to be a moron.
I'm not sure how many of you guys have a self-check area in your stores (if you have a Wal*Mart at all, though some other stores have them too). Basically, there's this little section at the front-end where customers can ring up and bag their own purchases. My store has four of these kinds of registers, and one person monitors them. We approve certain transactions, make sure no one's stealing stuff, etc. Of course, when it gets really busy it's kind of hard to keep track of everyone. But we try.
So anyways. Things slow down and I'm making my rounds, picking up items people decided they didn't want to buy, and such. A couple came up and started to ring up their items at one of the registers I hadn't checked yet, and well.
They found a bag.
With about two grams of marijuana in it.
...Idiot customer.
BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE.
After I called my CSM over to take it (and yes, the police office that came by later confirmed it was real), I double-checked the register. Didn't find any other bags, but I did find a receipt (...for condoms, no less) that was time-stamped about three minutes before the couple that found it showed-up. Time-stamp meaning if we're to look back on our security tapes, we can probably figure out who it was.
BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE.
While waiting for the CSM to come back so I could show her the receipt, I noticed the customer did not pay in cash. Oh no. They paid with a credit.
You have to sign to pay with a credit. Which is then printed on the receipt.
Idiot, idiot customer. ...thank you for improving my day with your stupidity and misfortune. I needed a laugh. <3
Because customers can be stupid. We're all one at some point, so yes this is generalization. But hey. When you work at Wal*Mart? Even five percent of your customer population being stupid is scary.
Let us start with the one that pissed me off, just to get it out of the way. There's some sort of bug going around, plus I live in an apartment that's currently 34 degrees fahrenheit indoors, so I'm bound to have a little case of the sniffles. Nothing serious - I'm not hacking or sneezing on people's groceries, or anything. I just sound a little stuffed up.
So then I get this one customer - older lady, I'd say she was in her sixties.
Customer: You're not carrying some sort of disease, are you?
Pi: No m'am. Just the sniffles.
Customer: Are you sure of that? Lord knows what you people count as being sick.
Pi: Um. 'You people'?
Customer: You know. Mexicans.
Pi: ...B|
Hi guys, apparently I carry diseases like a rodent now. Don't talk to me on AIM - I'll probably give you the swine flu. 8|
I will leave out the rest of what she said. Because it put me in a very pissy mood indeed. On the plus side, I got a thirty minute break to blow off some steam because the awesome CSM I like was working today. 8|a
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ANYWAYS. Idiot Customer #2. Now, I didn't actually see this guy. But you didn't really need to to figure out he had to be a moron.
I'm not sure how many of you guys have a self-check area in your stores (if you have a Wal*Mart at all, though some other stores have them too). Basically, there's this little section at the front-end where customers can ring up and bag their own purchases. My store has four of these kinds of registers, and one person monitors them. We approve certain transactions, make sure no one's stealing stuff, etc. Of course, when it gets really busy it's kind of hard to keep track of everyone. But we try.
So anyways. Things slow down and I'm making my rounds, picking up items people decided they didn't want to buy, and such. A couple came up and started to ring up their items at one of the registers I hadn't checked yet, and well.
They found a bag.
With about two grams of marijuana in it.
...Idiot customer.
BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE.
After I called my CSM over to take it (and yes, the police office that came by later confirmed it was real), I double-checked the register. Didn't find any other bags, but I did find a receipt (...for condoms, no less) that was time-stamped about three minutes before the couple that found it showed-up. Time-stamp meaning if we're to look back on our security tapes, we can probably figure out who it was.
BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE.
While waiting for the CSM to come back so I could show her the receipt, I noticed the customer did not pay in cash. Oh no. They paid with a credit.
You have to sign to pay with a credit. Which is then printed on the receipt.
Idiot, idiot customer. ...thank you for improving my day with your stupidity and misfortune. I needed a laugh. <3