Brainonska511
Lifer
- Dec 10, 2005
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I hated when people brought their nasty bags back. Disgusting to touch.My daughter, 17, is a courtesy clerk at a supermarket, and she had mixed feelings about folks who bag their own groceries. Some of the time they don't do it correct and squish stuff. Other times they yell at her like she doesn't know how to do her job, which she is excellent at. She will put something like eggs or bread aside to bag last and folks will grab it and toss it in the bag she's filling with something else. Then she gets dirty looks if she takes it back out to bag separately. Several times she's seen folks bring back squished or broken items after they bagged their own groceries.
Her biggest complaint is the folks who bring dirty, unwashed, moldy, bloody, reusable bags and don't put their meat or produce in a plastic bag of it's own. She says the smell makes her sick some times and has to be contaminating the food. Needless to say she is constantly washing her hands.
She says most customers are pretty cool, but just like any other customer service job there are folks who make the job harder than it has to be.
And I found the same thing: most people are unremarkable or nice. Unfortunately, it's the assholes who stick out like sore thumbs. I used to get back at them just a little by being meticulous with their coupons and bagging. If you were nice and didn't bother me, I'd take pretty much any coupon, even if you didn't buy enough of the item or it was expired and I'd bag fairly quickly. If you ticked me off though, I'd be reading the coupons, make sure they weren't expired, etc..., taking my sweet time bagging stuff...