Quote: DaButt @ May 28 2011, 4:53 PM BST
They should try cashiering in the United States, where they aren't allowed to sit and have to bag the customers' purchases.
Or doing my job.
Quote: DaButt @ May 28 2011, 5:00 PM BST
They'll also push the cart outside and load the groceries in your car if you'd like. They aren't allowed to accept tips, either.
Snap.
Quote: Dr Sanchez @ May 28 2011, 4:46 PM BST
I don't mind cashiers not smiling or being a bit moody, because they have a shit job and probably hate themselves.
But I do want them to acknowledge my existence. I absolutely hate it when they are having a full blown conversation with another colleague while serving me.
It makes me feel like I'm interfering with their fun.
This pisses me off. Someone has to do sales/be a cashier, or all you guys who couldn't possibly inflate your own balloons or figure out a self-service checkout would bitch even more. Sometimes it's so busy that you have to discuss things while you're putting items through, and this makes sense especially when the customers themselves are being moody. If I had a pound for every time I tried to chat to a customer politely and got rude or terse replies, I'd make a hell of a lot more money than I do now. My job's not shit, my pay is; and people thinking I should hate myself for doing a necessary job which they think they're above somehow makes it that little bit more difficult.