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These are a few of my favorite things as a cashier

How Do You Meta·6/30/2016, 8:24:30 PM·8 votes·956 views

Things I absolutely LOVE as a cashier:

  1. People who are on the cellphone for the entire transaction, you can't greet them, ask their bagging preferences, or anything, you just have to awkwardly listen to their conversation and watch the customers behind them get pissed off and then complain about it when they see you

  2. People who say absolutely nothing, you greet them, you smile, you bag, you hand everything to them and tell them to have a nice day, and they stare at you like you murdered their parents

  3. If something doesn't scan, customers scream "oh if it doesnt have a price that means it is free!"

  4. People who don't empty their baskets onto the belt and make you do it yourself

  5. When they want to get "just one more thing and will be right back", especially during busy times

  6. Sunday Shoppers

  7. People standing there staring and tapping their foot/card/phones when I have to ring up their order and bag it because we have no bagger in my lane and they tell me they are in a rush but don't bother helping me bag

  8. Customers yelling at me

  9. They don't want an item because it costs too much and they didn't bother looking at the price of the item before they put it in the cart

  10. Every single time I have to void anything out, ever, they suddenly go into full attack helicopter mode and yell at me for triple charging/charging for the wrong item when the can't read that it says in big letters "VOID AND -$.XX"

  11. When people ask for silverware, every single fucking time, as if it is their first time in the store ever

  12. People tell you to bag heavy, then complain the bag is too heavy

  13. They ask if the chip readers work and there are big fucking paper signs covering the chip readers saying "CHIP READER DOES NOT WORK" and they tear it down and put the card in anyways and ask me "does this chip reader work? DOES IT WORK!? WHY IS IT NOT WORKING~!?!?!!?!?!?!?"

  14. Kids, they yell scream and do whatever they want because they know they can get away with it

  15. They don't check the merchandise at all before they put it in the cart, they just assume that every single can, box, and every single god damn fruit and vegetable is in perfect condition and then check it in the check out and make you take the nasty spoiled fruit or vegetable or dented/opened boxes/cans

  16. People who are bleeding or scratching scabs and then touch everything on the register

  17. People who sneeze/cough on you

  18. People who don't put messy items into bags such as Corn, Meat (that stuff leaks onto the belt and can get them and everyone else, and most importantly me sick), greens, etc

But really, here are some actual awesome things customers can do:

  1. They treat you like a human being

  2. They smile and talk to you

  3. You can talk about products that both of you like

  4. You exchange funny stories during slower times

  5. They help you bag when they see no baggers

  6. They are understanding if something doesn't go according to plan such as having a manager override something

  7. They have small dogs in their purses and let you pet them

  8. They turn off their phones or end a conversation before starting the transaction at the check out

  9. They let another customer go ahead of them if they have one or two items

16 Comments

MavenSong7/1/2016, 1:20:34 AM5 votes

I'm in the isles stocking thankfully, so i dont have to deal with customers as much as cashiers, but here are the things that tilt me:

  1. Customers who take the carts i am using to put cardboard in without asking, bonus points if its in front of my face.

  2. When the previous shift doesnt clean up what they did beforehand (cardboard and plastic and such)

  3. When the previous shift/the guy who worked your area on your day off puts shit in all the wrong places because they are lazy

  4. When the previous shift/the guy who worked your area on your day off Overstocks an item and plugs another

  5. Cashiers (no offense) who are lazy and when they take back returns dont bother putting it in the right spot and just put them anywhere they want. Bonus points if it doesnt even belong in that part of the store

  6. When you find the items you gave the cashiers to put back in the right part of the store when they do returns back on the shelf, day after day, after day.

  7. When other shifts put something on overstock that isnt actually and i feel the need to go through all thier shit to make sure it is.

  8. When other stockers dont remove items from the boxes and just put it on the shelf.

KONO RUBICK DA7/1/2016, 10:53:23 AM3 votes

what's a human interaction? is this a new champ?

Surge067/1/2016, 1:13:45 AM2 votes
  1. Working a large are like an airport, and people keep asking you where everything is.
  2. *spends 10 minutes looking for exact change *
  3. Gives up and hands over notes worth over £20 for a pack of gum and a coke.
  4. Snarky remarks about prices to someone at the till.
  5. Asking if we have a product when its literally right behind or in front of them.

But the best is when you're like me and you have no common sense. Like I've already got two girls with a grudge against me, and I suspect everyone else thinks I'm an idiot. And I have two months to go : ^)

Narvuntien7/1/2016, 10:05:20 AM2 votes

I am number 2.

I am public, I just need this thing I want to be out of here as fast as possible and its easiest if there is no talking. I am going to buy these things bring out exact change or pull out a card for paypass tap it and leave.

leave me be stranger.

Blue Moon Wolf7/1/2016, 1:05:29 AM2 votes

I've worked as a cashier before (at a fast food place). Not only have I learned that I never wish to work as a cashier again, but it gave me a new respect for anyone who does that kind of work. Any time I see someone throwing a fit cause of something stupid, I set them straight.

TheRealBaz7/1/2016, 7:32:59 AM1 votes

do people actually do the 'that means its free thing'?

JayHog19926/30/2016, 8:42:51 PM1 votes

Only thing I have to disagree is number 9. Just this afternoon I went to a shop to buy alcohol to be used to roast stuff and there was no price ANYWHERE for the specific item I was carrying. I'm unsure if that happens in your store, but it pisses me off when I try to see which is the cheapest and there's no price tag for all items.

But yeah, I tend to at the very least talk to the cashiers I meet to answer their questions and the very least tell them to have a nice day back since they're stuck on that seat for a few hours.

Kinda sad that I wish I had their job in these hard times in my country. I even tried to apply to said store, but...

Decrit7/1/2016, 9:33:49 AM1 votes

I am the kind of dude who goes to the store to just pick a thing or two, usually pear juice and frozen pizza, and then casually drops them on the belt. then goes back after few hours to get more stuff.

My town is small and we don' t have much queque, unless a person is full of stuff to buy. In that case i make the "can i get first please so i end it quickly" eyes xD