From where quality comes first...
Oct. 11th, 2005 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
netquiddlerWill you make me some magic, with your own two hands? Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
At my store this week, we have a sale on Canada Dry products, at 79¢ a bottle. Now in our area, Canada Dry includes 7up, A&W, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Sunkist. It does not include Dr Pepper. Naturally, the following exchange happens.
Customer: *brings up four 2-liter bottles of Dr Pepper*
Me: *rings* Okay, that'll be $4.62...
Customer: Wait a second, those should be 79¢ each!
Me: *looks at ad* Actually ma'am, Coke products are on sale for $1.09 each. *points to where it says that in the ad*
Customer: But Dr Pepper and 7up are the same company! If you sell 7up for 79¢ a bottle, you HAVE to sell Dr Pepper for 79¢!
Me: Ma'am, Dr Pepper/7up does not distribute in this area -- Dr Pepper falls under Coke, and 7up falls under Canada Dry.
Customer: Well, take them off, I don't want any of them.
Um, okay... I thought it was obvious when we keep Dr Pepper with the COKE products.
Underneath a big clock at the corner of 5th Avenue and 22nd Street, I stood and waited for a girl I knew at the spot where we agreed to meet...
I was near the end of my shift, and I had turned off my light to count down and go home, when a customer rushes up and starts unloading her belt. Before she puts anything up, I say...
Me: Ma'am, I'm sorry, but this lane is closed.
Customer: Bulls___! I'm in too much of a hurry to wait in a line!
Me: Ma'am, if I were to let you come through while my light is off, then I couldn't reasonably deny anyone else.
Customer: You're just doing this because I'm a n_____, aren't you! RACISM! CALL THE NAACP!
Me: Let me page my manager. *pages* Jean, please come to register seven for a Code Eyedeetentee?
Customer: *leaves her cart right in the aisle, and leaves* Oh, forget it, I'm gonna be late.
If you're going to be late, please don't try to force us to accomodate you.
And thank you for shopping at a place "where quality comes first".
At my store this week, we have a sale on Canada Dry products, at 79¢ a bottle. Now in our area, Canada Dry includes 7up, A&W, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Sunkist. It does not include Dr Pepper. Naturally, the following exchange happens.
Customer: *brings up four 2-liter bottles of Dr Pepper*
Me: *rings* Okay, that'll be $4.62...
Customer: Wait a second, those should be 79¢ each!
Me: *looks at ad* Actually ma'am, Coke products are on sale for $1.09 each. *points to where it says that in the ad*
Customer: But Dr Pepper and 7up are the same company! If you sell 7up for 79¢ a bottle, you HAVE to sell Dr Pepper for 79¢!
Me: Ma'am, Dr Pepper/7up does not distribute in this area -- Dr Pepper falls under Coke, and 7up falls under Canada Dry.
Customer: Well, take them off, I don't want any of them.
Um, okay... I thought it was obvious when we keep Dr Pepper with the COKE products.
Underneath a big clock at the corner of 5th Avenue and 22nd Street, I stood and waited for a girl I knew at the spot where we agreed to meet...
I was near the end of my shift, and I had turned off my light to count down and go home, when a customer rushes up and starts unloading her belt. Before she puts anything up, I say...
Me: Ma'am, I'm sorry, but this lane is closed.
Customer: Bulls___! I'm in too much of a hurry to wait in a line!
Me: Ma'am, if I were to let you come through while my light is off, then I couldn't reasonably deny anyone else.
Customer: You're just doing this because I'm a n_____, aren't you! RACISM! CALL THE NAACP!
Me: Let me page my manager. *pages* Jean, please come to register seven for a Code Eyedeetentee?
Customer: *leaves her cart right in the aisle, and leaves* Oh, forget it, I'm gonna be late.
If you're going to be late, please don't try to force us to accomodate you.
And thank you for shopping at a place "where quality comes first".
