From where quality comes first...
Nov. 26th, 2005 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
netquiddlerNote: Both these stories came from the week before Thanksgiving, which for the supermarket is one of the busiest weeks of the year.
Why can't they get the picture? Why don't they understand? We're not dealing with the Planet of Apes, we're talking 'bout the modern man!
So here I am, standing in front of my register, "spotting my dot" and looking for more customers, when the following exchange occurs.
ID10T: Excuse me, do you work here?
Me: *looks down at my work uniform and name tag* *looks back to her*
My Mind: No, this is a Halloween costume, a month late!
Me: Yes, ma'am.
People, people, people... If I'm in uniform for said job and I have the name of the store on my nametag, then you shouldn't have to ask if I work there!
A swinging sword, a skull and bones, and pleasant company, I never pay my income tax, and screw the GST...
I had a customer who purchased about ten bottles of Coke ($1.49 each). He had ten coupons for a free bottle of Coke. So I ring them up and it turns out that he owes 89ยข. He goes ballistic.
ID10T: But the coupons say I get 'em free!
Me: But the coupons also say "consumer pays any sales tax".
ID10T: Look, I spend $1,000 a week in this store, and if you don't void off the tax, I'm taking all my business to Acme.
My Mind: Don't let the door hit you in the bleep on the way out!
Me: Let me call my manager. *calls manager over*
Manager: Nope, there's no way we can void the tax off - we could be fined for doing so.
ID10T: Oh, okay! You should tell your cashier to stop lying - he said you'd do it for me. *leaves*
*seethes* That one gets to me bigtime.
Why can't they get the picture? Why don't they understand? We're not dealing with the Planet of Apes, we're talking 'bout the modern man!
So here I am, standing in front of my register, "spotting my dot" and looking for more customers, when the following exchange occurs.
ID10T: Excuse me, do you work here?
Me: *looks down at my work uniform and name tag* *looks back to her*
My Mind: No, this is a Halloween costume, a month late!
Me: Yes, ma'am.
People, people, people... If I'm in uniform for said job and I have the name of the store on my nametag, then you shouldn't have to ask if I work there!
A swinging sword, a skull and bones, and pleasant company, I never pay my income tax, and screw the GST...
I had a customer who purchased about ten bottles of Coke ($1.49 each). He had ten coupons for a free bottle of Coke. So I ring them up and it turns out that he owes 89ยข. He goes ballistic.
ID10T: But the coupons say I get 'em free!
Me: But the coupons also say "consumer pays any sales tax".
ID10T: Look, I spend $1,000 a week in this store, and if you don't void off the tax, I'm taking all my business to Acme.
My Mind: Don't let the door hit you in the bleep on the way out!
Me: Let me call my manager. *calls manager over*
Manager: Nope, there's no way we can void the tax off - we could be fined for doing so.
ID10T: Oh, okay! You should tell your cashier to stop lying - he said you'd do it for me. *leaves*
*seethes* That one gets to me bigtime.
