(While I am waiting in line to check out, another customer walks up and notices the man in front of me doesn’t have a bag for his purchase.)
Woman: “Sir, make her give you a bag for that!”
Man: “She didn’t give me one because I told her I didn’t want one.”
Woman: “Naw, she owes you a bag!” *grabs the man’s purchase away from him and bags it herself* “I buy one piece of candy, and they will give me a bag. They owe me my bag!”
(Unfortunately, I’m the stupid customer this time:)
Employee: “That’ll be $6.27.”
(I swipe my credit card, and then proceed to frantically search for the pen since I’ve always used those things my entire life to press the Credit / Debit button after I swipe.)
Me: “…umm.”
Employee: “Credit or debit?”
Me: “Credit.”
(She points to the credit button on the screen on the touch screen.)
Employee: “Hit the credit button.”
(I think to myself, ‘maybe if I press it with my fingernail, it’ll work the same way as the pen.’ and I proceed to do it multiple times with no result.)
Me: “Umm… how?”
(She reaches over and presses it with her finger, to my astonishment.)
Me: “…I’m sorry!”
Employee: “No, no, I get it; germs and stuff.”
Me: “No! I just didn’t know how!”
(She says ‘mmhm’ like she doesn’t believe me and I proceed to embarrassingly wait for my food in the corner.)
(I’m ringing up a customer and now it’s time for payment. She hands me her debit card and I slide it for her.)
Me: “Okay, you can go ahead and enter your PIN.”
Customer: *verbally tells me her PIN*
Me: “…”
Customer: “Oh…” *enters her PIN on the pinpad*
(I was left dumbfounded.)
(A customer walks up to my lane with a reusable bag. She’s purchasing several canned items and a loaf of bread. I start ringing her up.)
Me: “So, a layer of cans on the bottom, and I’ll put the bread on top?”
Customer: “No, thank you.”
Me: “So, I’ll bag the bread separately?”
Customer: “No, they can all go in one bag.”
Me: “…?”
(I just bagged her items as I initially said.)
(I work at an alternative smoke shop. We sell glass pipes among other things, and I always ask if people would like their smaller pieces wrapped to save bubble wrap.)
Me: “Would you like me to wrap that up for you?”
Customer: “It doesn’t matter. Why do you ask?”
Me: “Sometimes people prefer to not waste the packaging. You know, save the dolphins.” *trying to be humorous, as it’s a hippy store*
Customer: “Oh.” *stares blankly with the pipe in her hand*
Me: “So would you like that wrapped up?”
Customer: “Uh… yeah.”
Me: “Okay.” *slightly stunned*
(I wrapped up the pipe and she left.)
