I HATE my job!!!

[Chocoholic]

I hate being a supermarket cashier!!! People are so rude, unreasonable, demanding, or just plain Some things I wish people at the grocery store would remember:

#1. The express line is for people who have less than 10 items. If you have more than 10 items, do NOT come into this line. Multiple numbers of the same item do not count at one item.

#2. If the cashier says the register is closing, then don't demand that he/she take you anyway. The cahsier is going on a much-needed break. You'll just have to wait a couple of minutes in another line.

#3. Don't complain about my speed. I am not Superman; I am only human. I go as fast as I can without making a mistake.

#4. If there is a price discrepancy, there is no need to go yelling at the cashier and say he/she is ripping you off. It is an honest mistake. We're not perfect. Just kindly point the mistake out and it will be fixed.

#5.Please don't throw a few items on the counter, then run off and get something else. The lines are "first come, first serve". Don't try to save a space in line. Also, don't cut in line.

#6. Make sure you have your method of payment ready before the cashier is finished ringing your order so you don't hold up the line. Also, make sure you actually HAVE your wallet or purse with you before you get in line.

#7. Don't allow your young children to run around and make a mess and bother other customers please, If you can't control them while you're shopping, leave them at home.

#8. Don't go complaining about the prices, the crowd, the weather, etc. I have no control over that stuff and I don't wish to hear your complaints.

#9. If you take an item you decide you don't want, either put it back yourself or ask an employee too. Don't leave it out in the shelves, especially if it is a perishable food item.

#10. "Sampling" is still stealing, even if you don't leave the store. Pay for it!

<phew!> I feel a little better now. I write that as both a cashier and a customer. Rude, inconsiderate people piss me off!

[BrandonS]

Me too. Sometimes to the point of considerable anger, but I'm afraid that lack of consideration or empathy for others is extremely common. What gets me is people in movie theaters who talk continuously through a whole movie. Once in awhile I'll tell them to be quiet, but more usually I get up and move, muttering insults.

[Nanny Fine]

I cashiered at Walmart for almost 10 years.

NEVER again will I work in such a position.

I have been yelled at, hit, threatened, smacked, spit on, hit on, pushed and stolen from.

The job I have now is completely different, does not require work with the public and I LOVE it.

I will never, not ever in my life, work in a position such as this again.

FOR ALL of the reasons you mentioned above


I hated that people would shop in that store for an hour or more and then bitch about standing in line for 10 minutes.

Never again.

I wish you luck in finding a job that you would love as much as I love mine now.

[TJL]

Well said Snoopy.

[Ewan's My Man]

Originally posted by Nanny Fine
I have been yelled at, hit, threatened, smacked, spit on, hit on, pushed and stolen from.

[*PinkLady*]

Originally posted by Snoopy
#3. Don't complain about my speed. I am not Superman; I am only human. I go as fast as I can without making a mistake.

#4. If there is a price discrepancy, there is no need to go yelling at the cashier and say he/she is ripping you off. It is an honest mistake. We're not perfect. Just kindly point the mistake out and it will be fixed.

#5.Please don't throw a few items on the counter, then run off and get something else. The lines are "first come, first serve". Don't try to save a space in line. Also, don't cut in line.

#6. Make sure you have your method of payment ready before the cashier is finished ringing your order so you don't hold up the line. Also, make sure you actually HAVE your wallet or purse with you before you get in line.

#7. Don't allow your young children to run around and make a mess and bother other customers please, If you can't control them while you're shopping, leave them at home.

#9. If you take an item you decide you don't want, either put it back yourself or ask an employee too. Don't leave it out in the shelves, especially if it is a perishable food item.

I have problems with the above every day. My boss told me that Family Dollar attracts a lot of shitheads, and she was right.

[Crimson and Clover]

i hate my job. i hate being a hostess. i hate how when you try and seat someone they are like "why cant i sit over there, we would like to sit in that booth" and that screws every thing up. why cant they just sit where i put them.

[Sterling Holobyte]

I feel your pain, Snoopy , I used to work as a bagger in a grocery store.
I especially loved it when I would bag up a crotchety older person's 5 grocery items in two bags, only to have them tell me that it's still too heavy for them to carry, so I'd practically have to put each item in a separate bag.
I really didn't mind doing this if they asked me nice, but alot of them were just sooo cranky and mean.

[Janice]

Poor Snoopy. That's just awful. I've worked with the public before, and I never will again because I really hate people. Kidding, sort of.
Some people take out their frustrations and miserable lives on people that work for the public. It's a bad bad thing.
This is for all those creeps.

[Brian]

Originally posted by Janice

This is for all those creeps.

[TheHappyBurgerMeister]

Originally posted by Snoopy
#3. Don't complain about my speed. I am not Superman; I am only human. I go as fast as I can without making a mistake.

I can relate to that one! I work in a deli at a grocery store and the only plus side really is I don't have to handle any money. All the customers pay for everything at the cashiers. Anyways, when we get busy and there's only like 2 or 3 deli workers people have to wait for their turn! We have a thing for people to take a number and when we call their number we'll wait on them. I always say that, too, I'm not superman and we don't have 10 arms! It's like the people think that we can magically wait on 5 customers at a time. Each worker can only wait on ONE customer at a time.

And don't even get me start on the old geezers! Most of the customers are like over 75 years old and talk about being PICKY and STUBBORN! One time a lady told me to tell the bakery lady that the "Cherry Pie was just horrible! the cherries were all sour!". Um, obviously, I couldn't tell the baker that the lady thought her pie was bad!

[MandieR1980]

I feel your pain I worked at Walmart (vomit) for 3 months and it was the worst 3 months of my life and I have panic attacks because of it.

[TJL]

Originally posted by Janice
Poor Snoopy. That's just awful. I've worked with the public before, and I never will again because I really hate people. Kidding, sort of.
Some people take out their frustrations and miserable lives on people that work for the public. It's a bad bad thing.
This is for all those creeps.

I worked retail throughout High School and College, and i would never do it again.

My favorite thing a "customer" would do was to arrive at the store two minutes before closing. "I just have to get one thing!" They would plead. Of course, that one thing turned out to be a pair of ice skates and a new wardrobe for each of the three kids with her, and since they are now the only people in the store, they think they can now browse for the next thirty minutes, totally ignoring the clock and the tired salespeolpe who just want to get the Hell out of there.

I often told the manager that this store would be a great place to work - if it weren't for the costomers.

I think I'll join you Janice...

[I Dream of Jeannie]

Originally posted by Janice

This is for all those creeps.

I'll second that Janice and TJL. To the creeps

[animalcrackers]

That is why I never want to be a cashier! When I worked retail, I was a night stocker ( no customers to deal with ), even though one of my supevisor's was a jerk, it was better than cashiering. I really feel for you!