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I like to vent a few pet peeves I’ve developed in the half a year I’ve been a female cashier...
- No I don’t know where every product is! I barely have time to leave my till to pee much less learn the layout. ‘Oh but don’t you stock too?’ NO! Someone else does it! Ask them!!!
-There are no chairs and for at least five hours I’m just standing in one place!!! What’s the point if I’m not moving do my feet have to suffer.
-GET YOUR F****** BASKET OFF THE CONVERY BELT!!! Unload your basket and don’t leave it on. What am I going to do with it!?! I get a giant pile of baskets behind me and you wanna add more!!!
-No I don’t know how every product work to your specific needs. Most likely I’ve never used a joint ointment! Please leave me alone...
-Just beacuase you left some spare change yesterday, WITH A DIFFERENT CASHIER, doesn’t give you an excuse to be short on money this time. Even if it’s the same cashier, we switch tills to a fresh one every shift. So no, your extra change is not here sorry, not sorry.
-PUT YOUR BASKET AND CART BACK WHERE YOU GOT THEM!!!
-Please don’t just leave stuff lying around if you don’t want it anymore. It’s annoying to play search and find because you didn’t want those sunglasses anymore and left them in the frozen section.
-Men. Never call a lady working by any pet name, especially if she’s younger than you. Example ‘No recept sweetheart’. This feels a bit demeaning.
-No, WE DONT NEED TO SMILE. I’m working, not having fun. How often do you smile if you’re working on a Saturday and have three college essays to do?!?