Short Sighted Leads To Short Change
I had eye surgery recently, and one of the lingering side effects is light sensitivity, so I got permission to wear sunglasses inside, especially in the morning, because the sun glares right into the cash registers.
Most people don’t pay much attention to it when I wear sunglasses, but not this old couple, who pulled into my lane with several sheets of drywall and lumber.
Customer: *Whispering not as quietly as he thinks he’s being.* “Figures, insane DEI, a blind girl checking us out, what will they think of next?”
Woman: “Hush, I’m sure she can do her job. It’s better than her driving one of those forklifts.”
I rolled my eyes as I gave my spiel and went to count the drywall, touching it as I tend to get a better bead on the number when I do.
Me: “It’s [Couple hundred dollars and odd change].”
Customer: “Here is [Couple hundred dollars rounded up to the next dollar].”
Woman: *Scandalized.* “Dear?!”
I looked down and saw he gave me a couple of tens. Oh, no, you don’t, Buster, but I’ll give him one chance at an out.
Me: “I’ll need the rest.”
Customer: “It’s there, trust me.”
Me: “Sir, this is thirty dollars. One, I heard what you said to your wife, and second—” *I pushed up my sunglasses and stared at him.* “—I’m light-sensitive, not blind. Now, do you wish to pay the correct amount, or should I bring a manager over?”
The man grumbles as he takes the tens back and pays by credit, while his wife scolds him on the way out for trying to trick a blind girl. I did let my supervisor know about his attempt to shortchange me, so they’ll be on alert the next time he comes in.
