In Line And Out Of Line, Part 5
(I work at a major bookstore and it is New Year’s Day. We are open, but business is fairly slow. I am at the registers along with one other co-worker. We work through a line of people that never reaches more than three people long. A gruff man comes up to me to check out.)
Customer: “About d*** time. I was in that line forever.”
Me: “Yeah, I’m sorry about that, sir. This is the busiest it has been all day. Luckily we have two people working the registers.”
Customer: “Well, why the f*** do you have 10 registers and only two of you working them?”
Me: “We never really need all of them unless it’s the week before Christmas. We can work through a line pretty fast. Sorry you had to wait so long.”
(My customer looks at the elderly couple checking out next to me as they write a check.)
Customer: “It’s because all of these f****** are using their checkbooks and crap like that. Makes it last longer.”
(I usually kinda joke it off if a customer makes a racy remark, but just stare blankly at him.)
Me: “Yeah, well, your total is [total].”
(Customer digs through his wallet and pocket to get several bills that are mostly wadded up. He begins to huff loudly as I try to straighten them all out.)
Customer: “Maybe it’s the f****** cashiers that make the lines last so long.”
(I deliberately took my sweet time handing him back the change.)
Related:
In Line And Out Of Line, Part 4
In Line And Out Of Line, Part 3
In Line And Out Of Line, Part 2
In Line And Out Of Line
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