Originally Posted by
Amaroq
1: Customers who fill their shopping cart with a bunch of stuff and then leave stuff on the floor beside your register because they "changed their mind".
2: Customers who say "No, no I don't want this" when you ask them to hand them their unwanted items to you, so you can put them in a bin to 'go back'.
3: Customers who sneeze/cough all over their hands/money/items right in front of you.
4: Customers that don't respond when you're giving them a sincere 'HI! How are you?'. ... Especially when you mean it, and aren't saying it like a robot. I personally go out of my way to ask every person how they are.
5: Customers that demand a bag for one small item that could fit in their bag they're already carrying. Wasting stuff just bothers the hell out of me.
6: Customers who feel the need to ask "how much something is" when you're in a store known for ... Everything being ONE dollar. You'd be surprised how often people ask me how much something is. I work at a Dollar Tree.
7: Customers that refuse to donate a dollar for a tragedy/children's fund, then go "oh wait, I want this pack of gum" or what have you, off your impulse counter. I've had to survive off of donations, and I know how hard it is for people who are in need.
8: Customers that are, in general, rude and foul for no reason at all.
9: Customers who skip the person who is in front of the line saying "I'm in a hurry, can I just hand you a dollar?" No. No you can't. Get back to your spot, wait a few damned moments. It's not going to hurt you. If you're in THAT much of a hurry, you shouldn't have decided to stop and shop.
10: Customers who don't wait for you to finish scanning their items, then at the end tell you that they want to pay two different ways and they've already scanned their EBT card and it's already paid for things. ( You can't cancel a food card payment... )
11: Customers who let their children scream at the top of their lungs because they want this, or that. Take them out of the store and take them home. Come back later without them.
12: Customers who let their children terrorize the aisle you JUST cleaned up, then don't bother to correct them or clean it up.
13: Customers who break something, then hide the pieces behind something so they don't have to pay for it.
14: Customers who pick up refrigerated/frozen food, and decide later that they don't want it ... So they place it behind something that's not refrigerated/frozen.
15: Customers that leave carts out in the parking lot when they're RIGHT next to a cart hold.
16: Customers who pay with 100$ bills for a transaction of less then 10$, especially at the start of your shift and your till almost nothing in it.
17: When your replacement is late, consistently.
18: When you are the only person who does their job, leaving you to do theirs and your own.
19: Bosses that schedule you on days you're unable to make, which was stated clearly (and okayed) when you were first hired.
20: Bosses who forget that you're not available and schedule you anyway.
21: Bosses who call and ask if you're available to come in the next day, while the current time of the call is 10:30 PM and they want you in at 8:30.
22: Bosses who call, like in 21, then write you up as a no-show, when you don't show up.
23: Regional managers who OK your promotion, you go through training, and out of nowhere hire someone else.
24: Knowing that, no matter what you do, a cashier can never win. You're always in the wrong because the customer is always right, even if they were the unreasonable one.
... The list goes on, and on, and on.