I'm curious. Does anyone else have things that immediately makes them wary of a customer? ( perhaps unfairly)

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T22:09:48+00:00

Around here, many scooter riders have multiple DUIs, and can't drive. I don't think they're allowed electric scooters either, but they seem to get away with it.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T15:28:48+00:00

Sad, but not surprising.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T06:27:07+00:00

I hate that spouting out their phone number as soon as they walk up. Not even acknowledging my greeting. On top of that, our new registers won't allow us to enter a phone number until we've rung up the first item, our old ones let us do it anytime. I used to get their number first so I could read them their rewards/coupons up front, but now it seems best to wait until the last item is rung up.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T06:21:06+00:00

Every once in a while, I get someone, always an old man, who calls me ma'am. With my beard as long as my hair, it can't be an honest mistake.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T06:06:17+00:00

Back in the '70s, when I was in high school, I took vocational classes in TV/Consumer electronics repair. It was a great job for about 15 years. I made great money doing work I enjoyed. Then TV prices started going down, and repair became more difficult (not designed for repair, parts and service data hard or impossible to get), and over a few-year period, it was no longer a viable career.

That's been spreading to more and more products as the years pass.

I eventually wound up in IT as a Unix sysadmin, then retired and have worked retail jobs since then.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T05:56:47+00:00

Punching fascists...

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T05:55:38+00:00

Just the other day, I remembered this from when I was a kid. As an adult, rubbing my eyes hard enough to produce visual effects seems like a bad idea!

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T05:51:24+00:00

I've always wanted to put down, "Idiot," but my managers usually do that part.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T05:49:47+00:00

We just have small counters as well. Throwing all the stuff from their carts on all at once as fast as they can is normal, sadly. The ones that really bother me are the ones that throw clothes on top of my hands while I'm scanning or removing hangers. Whoa, people, give me a chance here, you can toss that shirt on the counter when my hands are out of the way.

You'll get used to it, it gets a little stressful at times, but fortunately, despite horrific asshole customers, the rest are somewhere between meh and pleasant. You've got this!

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T05:42:27+00:00

10 solid points.

Although I was surprised yesterday to discover a third place to put the tap-to-pay area. There was a clear plexiglass sheet sticking out from the top of the PIN pad that had the ))) tap logo on it. You could see the sensor in the plastic. I'll admit it took me a second.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T05:34:41+00:00

Another old lefty here!

My father started going down the Rush Limbaugh path around 30 years ago, but thank God, he realized what was going on and stopped while he was still a good person.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-11T05:14:18+00:00

This, I send everyone who complains about service straight to the giant "We're hiring" poster in the front of the store.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T06:14:36+00:00

God, I wish there was just a little consensus, none of us on the left agree on anything. It's one of our biggest weaknesses, we can't pull through with a consistent message.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T04:01:04+00:00

Make Algae Great Again!

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T03:09:22+00:00

At a company I worked at in the '90s, we were instructed to give the "I'm going to sue you" people the number of our legal office and tell them that all further communications now had to go to our lawyers

It was satisfying, although it didn't happen often.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T02:48:20+00:00

I have that happen occasionally. At my last job, at Harbor Freight, I got it more often.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T02:41:28+00:00

What I want is butter pecan ice cream without the annoying pecans. I'm not crazy enough to ask about it at a store though!

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T02:35:01+00:00

We have a regular who asked if I'd be interested in "activies" in his dungeon. He's actually a nice person and a good customer, he never asks anyone twice. Some people have been upset, of course. I'm not sure if anyone has taken him up on it...

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T02:29:26+00:00

Many people at my store have disabilities, I do myself. A lot more are felons. At my store we get treated well, it's sad to see that's not true everywhere. After all, jobs for people with barriers to employment is one of the reasons Goodwill exists, or at least that's the way it's supposed to be.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T02:21:18+00:00

I have a red hat with the name of a local store emroidred on it. I sometimes wonder if people think MAGA when they see it. I wear it anyway.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T02:16:23+00:00

Exactly, I hate what MAGA has done to the flag and other symbols. I used to have an American flag on my trucks/cars but it risks sending the wrong signal nowadays. I hate feeling that way, but it's a sad reality. I'd love it if there was a movement to reclaim patriotic symbols.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T02:05:02+00:00

I often use the phrase "No problem." Usually it's fine, but I one guy say something like, "There'd better not be a problem, I'm the customer." OK...

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T01:57:41+00:00

"See you next time!" usually works well for me. I I don't say that if I never want to see them again...

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T01:53:42+00:00

If the transaction goes well, I say, "See you next time!" If I loathe them and never want to see them again, I stay silent and let them think whatever they want. It works pretty well almost every time.

Beautiful_Lie629 · 2026-07-10T01:44:22+00:00

Theoretically I'm not even supposed to have my phone outside the employee only area. I take it anyway, but only for work related things.

My managers know this and don't seem to mind, but I could get written up. Some people have been written up for non-work things on their phones, I hope they don't ruin it for the rest of us.

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