I wuv cashiers with all my wittle heart

[DS1]

They're so nice and friendly, and are ethical nearly to a fault.

It's making me tear up just a little.

*wibble*





:evilgrin:

[WildEyedLiberal]

1. How is it the cashier's fault that the store has a $10 dollar minimum policy?

Bosses in shit retail jobs like that are the worst petty tyrants and the kid was just avoiding an ass chewing. Blame the managers for the dumb policy, not the peons who have to enforce it. I've had to enforce loads of stupid "store policies" in my shittier jobs, whether I thought they were logical or made sense or not, because if I didn't I'd take all sorts of grief from my asshole boss.

[RadiationTherapy]

3. Hey, hey, hey! Chill out! Motherfucker didn't even get his cheese spread!!

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[DS1]

4. Yeah yeah

I'm sure the manager will be thrilled about the no sale. She could have asked. I'd have paid the extra dollar for the bank charge, if offered.

[RadiationTherapy]

2. Someone get this man a kleenex, STAT!!

Next time, just get the Cheez Whiz in a jar. I didn't know it came in "wedge" form.

[flvegan]

6. All things considered, it's poor management to not

have a sign displayed saying something about that $10 minimum. Seems they'd run into that problem quite a bit as $10 seems like a bit to spend at once on cheese (unless it's some gourmet shit).

[DS1]

7. It's a specialty shop

Maybe I'm just a cheap bastard.

I was going to chill it and FedEX it to RadiationTherapy, but no.

Both our weekends are crushed

[RadiationTherapy]

9. I'm actually having sex this entire weekend, so...

can't be sportin the cheese. It clots up my normally smooth consistency.

[DS1]

11. Well fine then

[petronius]

10. It was perfectly rational behavior by the clerk - accepting the sale would have

avoided the spoilage but had negative consequences for the cashier. Rejecting the sale harmed the shop, but avoided harm to the clerk. Going to ask the manager would have required effort (i.e. additional work) with no benefit to the clerk. Sounds to me like the "dolt" behind the counter chose the path that minimized his own costs and maximized his own benefit - the idiot here is the manager/store owner who designed a system in which the best option for the cashier is not congruent with what is best for the store...

[Lyric]

12. As someone who's stood behind a cash register plenty of times

I have to say that I've seen FAR more customer assholery and callousness than cashier stupidity.

"It says buy one, get one free, so if I only want one, it should be half-price.
--Sorry Ma'am, but our store policy is that--
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR STORE POLICY FUCKING IS."

"Here, I'd like to redeem these coupons.
--Okay sir. But you need to buy the items.
I already bought the items. Earlier today. I didn't have the coupons with me, but I brought them back.
--Well, let me see your receipt. I'll talk to the manager--
No, just redeem the goddamned coupons. You make five bucks an hour, I make fifty bucks an hour. Capiche?"

"I need three packs of Marlboro Lights in a box, please.
--Sure. Just let me see your ID...
Oh, I don't have it with me, but the manager always lets me.
--I'm sorry, but I can't sell you tobacco with an ID.
But the manager always lets me. ALWAYS. I know him.
--Well, he's not here right now.
You know what? This is bullshit. What's your name? I'm gonna call him right now, because this is bullshit, and you were rude to me.
--Rude? Sir, I wasn't rude...
Bullshit. You were fucking rude and abusive, and I don't have to take this shit from some minimum wage retard."

"--Your total comes to $6.35.
What?? This ice cream only costs $3.99.
--The ice cream is $5.99, sir. See? (points to screen)
Well it said THREE ninety-nine on the tag.
--Oh. Well let me go check the tag, and if somebody made a mistake and left the wrong tag up, I'll be happy to sell it to you for the tag price. I'll be just a moment.
Oh never fucking mind. Go scam someone else. I don't want it."

And ironically enough, just last week...

"--Your total is $3.17.
(Man puts down credit card)
--I'm sorry sir, but we can't take credit cards for purchases that are less than five dollars total.
What?? Well you should put up a sign or something!
--Sir, there are four signs. One on each "in" door, and one in front of each cash register. See? (points to signs)
Well that's just wonderful. Nice little racket you have going here.
--Racket? I'm not sure what you mean, sir...
Yes, a fucking racket. Force people to buy more than they intended to, just to use a credit card. Quite the scam. I'll be contacting the BBB about this, because this is bullshit.
--I'm sorry sir. It's store policy.
Well your policy sucks. And so does your attitude. (storms off in a huff, LEAVING his credit card laying on the counter)

-*-Three hours and four phone calls later-*-

(storms back into the store) I'll take my credit card now.
--(gets it from the drawer) Here it is. We called your house when you left it here...
Yes, well that wouldn't have happened if you hadn't pissed me off, now would it?
--I'm sorry sir.
Yeah, I bet. There better not be any fucking charges on my card, or you can expect a lawsuit. Scum bucket store--I don't know why I even stopped here."

----------

On the assholery scale, customers outweigh cashiers by a brazillion tons, in my experience. Oh yes.

[DS1]

13. I've done my share of it, too.

It's the lack of even trying to find a work-around that bothered me. This isn't something that simply goes right back on the shelf. The store owner (his stupid policy or not) now has a chunk of product which will be difficult to sell. I'm fully aware of asshole customers, and typically they're always wrong, which is why I simply told her to put it back and left, instead of raising a stink.

[JVS]

51. You should have thrown the guy's card away

[hippywife]

55. I see you've

met my dad. Sorry about that. He really does treat service people like that and it's really horrible. We got into it one Christmas a few years ago when he showed up at my sister's house for the day bragging about the belittling he gave a poor cashier at a convenience store over some donuts, which as a diabetic he didn't need. Real nice, dad, hassle the poor girl over something really minor and inconsequential when she's already stuck working Christmas day. Way to make it better for her.
:eyes:

Sorry you've had to deal with such assholes. :hug: :loveya:

[TK421]

59. OH......FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

Great examples...sorry it happened to you, but I have certainly had my share of asswipe customers who seem to think that just because you stand behind a counter or window that you are required to take their verbally abusive bullshit and not react to it at all....FUCK THEM!!!! FUCK EM!!!

Thankfully, I work for a non-profit now, and two days ago I went off on some evil bitch who was in a great hurry to purchase her fucking tickets because she was ILLEGALLY PARKED outside of the theatre!!! She kept telling me to hurry up....she's not supposed to be parked there. WELL...I YELLED at her and told her that I am not doing a damn thing until she goes and parks her car where it belongs, and I don't have to take her yelling at me.

When she paid with her credit card, she threw it at me...guess what? When I swiped it, I threw it right back at her..I think she was shocked....GOOD!!!!!

People can be some really obnoxious FUCKERS

[Solon]

14. I'm sure the policy was posted somewhere within the store...

so, do you have a reading comprehension problem or something?

[DS1]

16. There isn't. But I'll go back some other time, and look just for you

:eyes:

[Solon]

22. Believe me, it is very easy for customers to be completely oblivious to even...

obvious signs. I still get customers who drive up to the gas pumps at work, take out the nozzle, and try to pump gas, all the while staring at the PRE-PAY sign, and they'll stand there for 10 minutes or more before they realize I'm not approving it until they pay first. The Pre-Pay signs aren't small, hell its a foot wide, and the letters are huge and black, but still people act stupid around them.

[Chovexani]

15. Answer:

Dealing with asshole customers and management all day long.

[IndianaJones]

28. what was the question? nt.

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Visa or MasterCard? That is illegal.

Visa and MasterCard have a policy that they will refuse to do business with a company that has that rule. AMEX follows it as well.

Remember that the next time it comes up. Not a lot of people know this, but I'm telling you the truth. They cannot do that.

[DS1]

20. Well, not illegal in the sense of having people frog-marched out cheese shops

as well as middle schools, but violating a business contact. Good to know!

[Midlodemocrat]

34. Should I just go ahead and petition Skinner to change my user name

to FrogMarch? Or MiddleSchool?

:rofl:

[JVS]

52. MiddloSkool

[Runcible Spoon]

24. it is legally grey. technically against contracts with the CC companies but a standard practice.

and not usually enforced. Why defend the credit card companies' rights to fucking over small business owners by charging them exhorbitant fees? Do some research; it's really a fucking shame how credit card companies have a choke hold on small businesses.

[DS1]

27. and then there's the part about my elitist ass sitting at home without any goddamn cheese!

:nuke:

[Runcible Spoon]

30. hey, you could have been buying arugala!

that's like the Prius of foods.

[Midlodemocrat]

35. I wasn't defending anything. I was telling DS1 that the practice is illegal.

[Connonym]

37. I'm far more torqued about the choke hold on the consumers

It's all a giant usury scam.

[SocratesInSpirit]

18. It's not the cashier's fault the store has a stupid policy...

When I was a cashier, we weren't allowed to give change - the customer had to go to the customer service desk. One woman took exception to this, and even went so far as to call me a "bitch". Lay off the poor schmuck who has to follow the rules or get shitcanned. :)

[DS1]

19. I was polite to her

I'm letting it all out here.

Which is not an uncommon thing to do around here.

[SocratesInSpirit]

26. I know...

but the cashier isn't the one who's the dolt, it's the pointy-haired managers who make up the policy in fancy office buildings far removed from the general public who are the true idiots. In this day and age, most people don't carry cash, so the store is being extremely obtuse and old-fashioned. Unfortunately, it's always the lowest on the rung who get the flak from customers who are rightfully angry about stupid policies. As a former grocery store cashier, I felt compelled to speak out on behalf of my long-suffering brethren and sistren. :)

Edit: whoops typo

[Fran Kubelik]

41. ...and every time, a dozen people will jump down your throat.

Standard practice. :)

[JVS]

53. Next time this happens pull out your gun and take the money and the cheese

That'll learn em

[Runcible Spoon]

21. It's pretty common for small businesses to have credit card purchase minimums. There's a good reason

Merchants are charged by the credit card companies, sometimes two separate charges. One flat fee per transaction, usually about 10 cents, and then usually a percentage of the purchase, usually like 2%. Google interchange fees. Credit card companies routinely ream small businesses this way, but it's necessary for the businesses to take cards to be able to compete.

Lay off the poor peons. Education is your friend.

[DS1]

23. I'm aware of the reason

and like I wrote above, I would have paid an extra dollar in turn for the sub-minimum price. But I wasn't offered that, and there wasn't even an attempt to think things through.

Also. Read what I wrote, I wasn't mean to her at all.

[Runcible Spoon]

25. someone who makes $7 an hour doesn't make enough to give a shit about you getting your cheese.

sorry, that's the way it is :shrug: You could have just gone back for a bigger hunk of cheese. Whether you were mean to her or not is immaterial here; you're being abusive here. I still heart you. :evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

64. Isn't that what the lounge is for? To vent?

I've seen plenty of 'abusive' to use your word, rants. This one doesn't even come close.

[Midlodemocrat]

36. It also violates Visa and MasterCards contract with the business.

[Runcible Spoon]

38. as I said above, fuck visa and mastercard.

:eyes:

[Midlodemocrat]

40. Yeah, good luck with that.

:eyes:

[flvegan]

29. Nice edit, Provolone.

[DS1]

31. haha 5 minutes to spare

:rofl:

[SocratesInSpirit]

32. LOL

You rock! I'm dying over here... :rofl:

[billyskank]

33. Bless their little cotton socks.

Especially if they are as clean as LeftyMom's.

:loveya:

[SOteric]

39. Did I miss some sort of cheese incident?

What's all the fuss about?

[Fran Kubelik]

42. I think he needs to update the alert graph

:bounce:

[DS1]

43. minimum purchase silliness

:)

[SOteric]

46. Surely the cheese snobs are not snubbing your snobbery?

[DS1]

49. 10 dollars!

:wtf:

[Dr. Strange]

44. DS1 smiled at a cashier while he was buying cheese.

In return, the cashier offered to pay for the cheese. Mr. 1 said it wasn't necessary, the cashier said it was because he had a nice smile. They argued about it over some cheese and wine. Then the manager came out and made the cashier get back to work.

[SOteric]

47. Cool.

Remind me to send a gift basket of cheese to the manager.

[TZ]

45. Hey..here's the REAL story....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8076419


:hide:

[SOteric]

48. Now ~that~

I can believe.

[SocratesInSpirit]

50. Off topic question about your sig line...

I recognize most of the flamewars (I'm a longtime lurker), but what on earth is the "ping goes the hammer dong goes the nail"? Inquiring minds want to know if there really was such a ridiculous flamewar, and what happened! :D

[DS1]

54. this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7201635#7205657

[SocratesInSpirit]

56. Holy schlamoly!

That is truly insane. :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

57. Oh, I see you're late to the party.

Truly insane doesn't cover it. More like batshit.


:rofl:

There are some other gems in the archives if you feel like laughing yourself sick.

[DS1]

67. what's sad is that I still have to go to that thread in IE, or log out of firefox

in order to see it. Even though she's been TS'd, I can't remove her from the forced ignore.

[datasuspect]

58. cashiers and waitresses are often easy pickins

i had a two year run where i banged tons of cashiers and waitresses.

bartenders are a different story.

[Midlodemocrat]

60. Here's what I don't understand. Wasn't the cheddar we made together in your basement

good enough for you? :cry:

[DS1]

61. Uhh. You DO know what else is in the basement, right?

:scared:


sisk

[Midlodemocrat]

62. Great. Now I won't sleep.

Thanks heaps, dude.

[Redstone]

63. Missed another one, didn't I? That'll teach me to work instead of checking up on DU,

won't it? Seems like this thread was a fun one, including "deleted sub-threads" which is always an indication of fun reading if you see them before they're deleted...dang.

Redstone

[DS1]

65. wow, there was a deleted subthread, I had to go look

It was only a little "Pulp Fiction" quote interplay between RadiationTherapy and myself. Oh well.

[noamnety]

66. You can call the credit card companies to report a store

that violates their minimum purchase agreement. If all you want to buy is a can of EZ-Cheese on credit, that's your right. :)

VISA:

"Can merchants set a minimum purchase or charge a fee for using my Visa card?
Visa has certain regulations that all merchants that accept Visa cards must follow. One of those rules is that Visa merchants are not permitted to establish minimum transaction amounts, even on sale items.

If you run into a problem like this with a merchant, please notify your Visa card-issuing bank. Visa member banks have access to the appropriate Visa rules and regulations as well as to the Notification of Customer Complaint forms which should be used by the bank to document and file merchant complaints."

http://www.corporate.visa.com/ut/faq.jsp

Mastercard:
Can a merchant require a minimum purchase amount to use my MasterCard card?

"another MasterCard acceptance rule prohibits merchants that accept MasterCard cards from establishing any minimum amount below which the merchant won't accept payment via MasterCard card. If a merchant displays a decal with the MasterCard logo to indicate that MasterCard cards are accepted, that merchant can not condition a sale based upon the cardholder disclosing any other information or identification, except under very specific conditions, such as when merchant needs to deliver merchandise to the cardholder's home or business."

http://www.mastercard.com/us/business/en/common/faq.html#211

[RiffRandell]

68. Irregardlesly, you are correct..

I jest with the grammar. You are funny; gotta give cred where it's do.