This bitch is for all the people who come to the grocery store and buy $400 worth of groceries without even saying hello to me, then throw their reusable bags in my face and stare at me while I bag them ALL without any help and then complain that I’m not doing it “right” or fast enough. F U. Would it kill your south end rich asses to help me or at least not complain?! I already hate my job and have to wear a uniform that gives me a permanent wedgie just to pay for school. PLEASE give us grocery store cashiers a break! —Superslave
This article appears in Jun 23-29, 2011.
Yes, as a consumer of grocery store goods and someone who packs while the cashier scans, I notice this a lot. Why do people just stand there? Help yourself, for fuck sake, so this line can move a little faster.
Nice avatar, Lou.
Oooooooh gurl he’s jacking your swag! I disapprove. Unless of course … dun dun dun you jacked his?
Hum an annoying tune off-key (i.e. ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy, anything by Prozzack) while you’re packing their grub.
OP, this is your JOB. It’s what you get PAID for. You wait on CUSTOMERS and provide a SERVICE in exchange for WAGES. It’s not the CUSTOMER’S job to pack their groceries. I’m sorry that people aren’t as jovial or friendly with you as they could be. It’s the unfortunate reality when you work in retail, but, I gotta say, just by reading your post, you should probably be asking YOURSELF if there is a reason for that. (hint- I don’t think it has anything to do with their annual income or where they live)
And by the way, if you hate your job that much, find something else and stop complaining.
yes, nice avatar lou. i always pack my own or at the least help. heck, i even help other people pack their grocs. kunty oblivitrons are the worst op
lol Donk…I’s a dude, not a gurl. And just to be clear, I don’t jack another guy’s swag…or anything else, for that matter…(shudder)
I had to quit the Stupidstore over the idiots who got their pants in a knot over the bag situation. Avast0, the OP is only asking customers to assist in the bagging process, totally reasonably and it speeds up the queues to boot. When I worked there I’d try to bag as I scanned things through, but it was still a cumbersome process and many people would just actually just stand there, doing nothing, LOOKING IMPATIENT. If I left them a bit to bag themselves because the lines were long I’d have people ask me sarcastically, “what, you guys don’t bag anymore?”
Also, putting someone down for working in retail makes you look like a total prat. Believe it or not some people haven’t got a rich daddy to put them through uni!
I wasn’t putting anybody down for working in retail. I’m sorry if it came across that way. All I stated was the reality of working in retail is that you have to deal with rude and obnoxious idiots. I worked in retail for a good portion of my life and my better half has been working in retail for almost 30 years. I don’t begrudge anyone for working in a retail position. I DO begrudge people complaining about how much they hate their job and likening themselves to a slave (“Superslave”) because of it. Like I said, if you’re that unhappy, find something else.
I know you’re a dude. 38/m/0.77 megaparsec from Andromeda, 6’2″ looks like Gerard Butler (I need proof to believe it, heh), jacked. … but yes, I tend to call everyone gurl, or Diane.
i like those green bins (when i have a car) you can really pack ’em up quick
Really tired of hearing bitches about people from the South End. Here’s a surprise for you, OP. There are shits everywhere. There are shits in the South End, the North End, in Dartmouth, Bedford, Spryfield, Sackville and far beyond. However, most people are decent and want to get on with their day without attitude from a disgruntled shop clerk. Yes, apparently, there’s a shit working at a grocery store, too.
Start looking for the positive, OP. You might just attract some positive interaction with others in return, dumbassbitch.
Sorry OB but unless there’s a sign saying bag your own, it’s your job. Don’t like it? Quit and find another. No sympathy here but you can find it in the dictionary between shit and syphlis.
well do not worry dude or young lady, fuck all u negative commenters, don’t gine negative posts, idiots
I usually agree with you avast0, but… I’ve done this, and experienced this, and to be honest, the people I found were the WORST to serve when I was a cashier the vast majority of the time were po’ folk around cheque day who thought they were the shit because they had their government cheque.
It just comes down to simple respect. Just because someone is serving you in some capacity and you’re essentially paying money for that service, doesn’t mean you have the right to be able to treat them like crap. They’re people ffs! They deserve basic human respect!
Just wondering though, OP, maybe your packing sucks? I’d have the crankiest, most pain in the ass people compliment me on my job packing bags, especially the reusable ones when I was a superslave, and I really REALLY can’t stand bad packing jobs. It makes the bags awkward to carry and can damage some products. Put the same type of foods together, and pack the bags like a puzzle being mindful of how heavy the bag is — you can really make those bags heavy as shit. 🙂
Pack them in the green bags before you get up to the register, tell them you got about 10lbs of groceries, toss them a fifty and leave.
OP, it’s your job to bag whatever the customer buys, and they are not obligated to engage in conversation with you while you do it. If you don’t like doing your job, fucking quit.
Try working in a North End Stupidstore, lololololol. Friggin’ mutants everywhere.
I’ve never bagged my own groceries (save in the 10 or less aisle). The bagger has always been fast enough that it wasn’t necessary. I wouldn’t mind helping if it was needed though.
holy fn crap, people may not be nice sometimes, disrespect you, and can be downright ignorant, but you have a job, are getting paid to do that job so shut the fuck up, keep baggin or find another place of employment because there are a hundred other people who would be willing to do that job. SHUT UP!
We’re rich and entitled, you’re at NSCAD suck it up.
Oh and if your pants are giving you a wedgie, then get a larger size.
don’t you just wish that you could buy the 400 bucks worth of shit. maybe they are too busy being assholes to notice, but don’t let that fuck up your head. do the job you were hired to do, and just let it pass. there are actually nice people out there, that you have not met yet.
suck it up,buttercup…the rich have power,you have nothing…
When I was a grocery store cashier, reusable bags weren’t very common and when they were, most people bagged them themselves. I didn’t MIND doing it, it was just when people complained they wanted them bagged a certain way and got all bitchy that their tomatos were touching their lettuce – OMG! I was a very good bagger (it is an art form, haha) so if you want them bagged a specific way, DO IT YOURSELF!
hey melectric
i worked as a grocerie store cashier in the north end, ya they was the worst for sure!
I love the maritime where people who make over 100k a year are refereed to as “the rich”. If they were real rich people they would have staff do the shopping for them.
Middle class, even upper middle class are not “rich”.
Uh, if you’re living in some pockets of the south end, you’re making a lot more than 100k, or you’re from old money, LL.
Take a look at property prices on Young Ave sometime. That’s where the old old money lives. I know a few people who live down there and are from old money and none of them have a ‘staff.’ I know you were probably trying to be facetious, but in all seriousness, one of the people I know in particular takes public transit to work. Just ’cause.
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Not talking about the handful of “old Money” families in the south end or the few million dollar homes in Halifax.
I just mean the general sentiment in the maritimes of what is considered “rich”. Here if you drive a car that isn’t a 98 sunfire you are considered “rich” and assumed to be a snob until proven otherwise.
Whats that old adage about counting other peoples money?
“if you drive a car that isn’t a 98 sunfire ” lolz
I live in the south end, use reusable bags & always pack myself now, because stuff gets carelessly squished otherwise. Its a good habit to do anyway if people are behind you, but ive come to find it’s a must if you want to ensure your stuff is going to make it home in the same condition as when you paid for it. Some cashiers are good, but why take the chance of getting a disgruntled one, such as this, who likely wont have their mind on their job?