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[foundmystar]

I moved from NY to El Paso,Tx about 6 months ago. In NY, I never had to wait in line very long at Target. It's why I would always go there, I'd rather pay a little bit of higher prices than deal with the long lines of Walmart. Here in El paso, both the Targets around me only have 2-3 registers open (even on the weekend!).

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[butterbuns]

After waiting about 5 minutes I finally said that if she didn't at least tell someone we need a price check in 2 minutes, we're just leaving the stuff there. I didn't say it directly to her because her back was to me while she was cashing someone out, but I was loud so she would hear me.

And here's where I stopped reading. Passive aggressive much? Would saying something TO the cashier have totally killed you?

[foundmystar]

I guess you forgot to read the part where her back was turned to me. Her back was to me the entire time. I said it in her direction. Would it kill the cashier to get someone to get a price check before check other people out? apparently. Way to blame the customer. I shouldn't have had to say anything.

[penguindreamz]

When her back is turned, is she somehow in a cone of silence where she can't hear you? Why couldn't you have said "excuse me" to get her attention?

[said_by_me]

You say "Excuse me?" and she turns and looks at you. No she shouldn't have made you wait that long however passive progressive is wrong also.

[nofaves]

She said she'd get someone to do a price check.

After waiting five minutes

At this point, it's BAD SERVICE, any way you look at it. What you did after having waited the five minutes is completely irrelevant. That cashier pushed you aside because you were inconvenient and in her way. The front end supervisor was capable of radioing another employee and failed to do so until you threatened to leave. You had no way of knowing how long to wait before saying something, but the lack of service cannot be blamed on your inaction.

[foundmystar]

yea, but the customer haters focus only on what customer did/didn't do. They're acting as if the bad service is all my fault because I didn't try to talk to the girls face. On top of all the things going on, my 2yr old was freaking out because she thought she wasn't going to get her toy. I was aggravated from waiting and aggravated by my daughter throwing a tantrum...the thought of saying "excuse me" never crossed my mind, even though I did say it nice. The girl was in a mood when I got there, later I found out it was because she was supposed to be gone already.

[foundmystar]

I didn't ask for pity, nor do I want it, just sharing my story. You people are making mountains out of molehills. I;m sure the cashier cried on her way home because I didn't say the word excuse me. And again.. read.. I wasn't passive aggressive. You all assumed it. being passive aggressive would have been if I said it to my husband or something but wanted her to hear. I was literally talking to her with her back turned to me. That's like if I'm doing the dishes and my husband is behind me and talking to me. Oh crap, I guess my husband is passive aggressive too!

[paisley80]

Sorry, OP, nobody on LJ ever reacts out of frustration and anger. When confronted with blatant rudeness and incompetence, they're always perfect angels and react with tip-top manners. That's why they all live on ivory towers.

[paisley80]

Destroying my own... That made no sense, just letting you know, bb.

[butterbuns]

I fully admit I'm not.

But I don't come here and post about it, and then make assumptions and accusations.

[paksenarrion2]

The thing that bugs me about this and makes me think that this was a bit passive-aggressive on your part was how you stated this:

After waiting about 5 minutes I finally said that if she didn't at least tell someone we need a price check in 2 minutes, we're just leaving the stuff there. I didn't say it directly to her because her back was to me while she was cashing someone out, but I was loud so she would hear me.

To me, the implication here is that you said to your husband something like this while facing her back Honey, if she doesn't get a price check in the next two minutes, we are leaving our stuff and not buying it. Not as you are implying in the comments above Miss Cashier we are leaving our stuff here if we don't get a price check in two minutes. See the difference? Nothing said about having to say excuse me or being polite in the extreme. Frankly it was bad service and if you did say the second thing then fine. But if the first scenario was what happened then I say it was a passive-aggressive way to deal with the bad

[foundmystar]

The way you explained it is the right way to do so. This is why I got irritated by the others. They want me to be so polite about something yet they won't do it themselves. It doesn't matter what situation you're in (even on the net) if you're bitching at someone because they didn't say excuse me but you're saying in a rude way... well that's the pot calling the kettle black

[paksenarrion2]

But you don't seem to understand that they way you originally worded your post I finally said that if she didn't at least tell someone we need a price check in 2 minutes, we're just leaving the stuff there. I didn't say it directly to her because her back was to me while she was cashing someone out, but I was loud so she would hear me. indicates that you did not, in fact, say it to her "face" as it were. Please note the bolded part. Regardless of the fact that her back was to you, this indicates to me that you were not talking to her but about her to someone else. How else can it be interpreted? I don't talk to someone in the third person-whether or not they are facing me or have their back turned to me and are dealing with someone else

[brenda_ea]

I agree - from the comments it now seems that you did directly address her even though her back was turned, but in the original post it sounds like you were talking to your husband hoping that she would overhear. That is what everyone is calling passive-aggressive.

[princessselene]

I totally understand the bad service here. Made to wait nearly ten minutes? Check. Cashier not acknowledging you after? Check

[foundmystar]

I wasn't being passive aggressive. I have to correct the post. I was talking TO the cashier, I was just talking to her back. There were issues with her current customer, and since I'm not psychic and know how long it will take but could tell it'll be a while longer, I said something then instead of waiting.(I'd waited long enough) It was either I say something then or we leave. I wasn't leaving after all that time waiting. The supervisor was on the other register helping other people, but I didn't realize she was a supervisor until she called for someone on her walkie.

[foundmystar]

sry for double post. 2yr old hit enter before I was done.

[hotclaws]

Maybe you should be looking after your child instead of defending yourself from an untenable position?