Earning Your Dinner
(There is a store a couple of blocks from my house that I go to fairly often. I apply to try and get a job, but am turned down. Since then I have found a better job. After work I swing by to grab something for dinner, still in my uniform and name badge. Immediately, I am pounced on by three customers from different directions. This is despite my uniform being completely different from the store’s uniform.)
Customer #1: “FINALLY! There are no workers anywhere! I need to know where walnuts are! The baking aisle isn’t where it used to be!”
Customer #2: “No, help me first! There are no more paper towels on the rack! They are on sale and I need them!”
Customer #3: “When you can, please, I need 20 bags of ice from the freezer.”
Me: “Uh… I don’t work here.”
Customer #1: “Oh of course you do! NOW, WALNUTS!”
Me: “Aisle eight is the baking aisle now, after the reset a week ago. Walnuts will be with the other nuts right next to the frostings, third shelf down I believe, about halfway down the aisle on the right.” *I turn to Customer #2* “Paper towels? If the rack is empty you should check at the end of aisle 15, there was a display end cap for them I saw yesterday and there should be plenty left.”
(I then turn to Customer #3, a little old lady who needs the ice. I lead her to the frozen aisle, load her cart for her, and give her a polite salute when she says goodbye. Then I finally grab my dinner and make my way to a check-stand. The cashier happens to be the owner, and as he rings me up he frowns.)
Owner: “Why the h*** don’t you work for me?!”
Me: “Uh… you never hired me.”
Owner: “An inexcusable oversight on my part! I heard you helping those people. Still need a job?”
Me: *I show him my badge from work* “Nope! Thanks though.”
Owner: “D***!”
Question of the Week
What is the most stupid reason a customer has asked to see your manager?