this is my perspective as a retail cashier

10. foreigners, not that they are bad it jsut makes it that much slower when i have to spent 8x as long with them because they barely know my language
9. people who want too add something to the purchase when i have already gone through with the transaction. (it's pretty funny when some people do this and they reach tbeir transaction limit for the day then get mad at me )
8. Customers who bring me an item with no kind of tag or barcode what so ever they could be smart and grab one with one, but no lets get the one without any markings
7. People who use really old credit cards that would probably shatter if they hit the ground.
6. People who whine about everything until management comes and get redictulous discounts, it's really unfair to everyone else, but they ***** enough and managers give them the world.
5. When people return something with no reciept ?sp? and then get mad that they arent getting the they paid for it back (sorry we don't know what you paid for it...have a nice giftcard kthxbye)
4. People who spread out their purchases to like 6 purchases to get like 30 of these stupid little 2 dolar coupons.
3. People who don't have their stuff organized and block the next person from getting checked out due to the first person taking 10minutes to sort their mess of a purse or wallet.
2. People who ask me about specific items at other stores ( i'm sorry we retail stores aren't phychicly linked allowing us to instantly know each others inventories)
1. People who pay with checks, you know this one just really agitates me, every time someone gets their amount it takes them a few minutes to get their checkbook out, look for a new check, fill out it then ask me what the date is, no one ever remembers the date, then ask me the price again ( and they will probably forget and i have to tell them the price after every other word they write) during that time i sit there tapping the computer looking around at the people behind the evil check writter they look just as annoyed, in that time i could have helped 20 people ( well sometimes it seems that way) oh and then the fun part of clearing the check, oh wait we're not done yet "i need your drivers lisence and adress/phonenumber, and your left kidney")

If your paying checks for $100 or less of stuff, your wasting everyones time. Get a damn credit card the government isn't going to eat you.

on another note a funny thing is when people won't give me any personal information (i'm sorry we don't live in secret land, if you want to evade databases, goto haitai)


that's all

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---Thomas jefferson, Declaration of Independance.

...Not to mention the swath of destruction the hideous hordes of holiday shoppers leave in their wake...

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Fight the future.

You forgot the one where they set off those evil, evil voice -activated singing santa gizmos over and over and over and over ad bloody nauseum. Grrrr . When I used to work in one of those discount stores, I would take the batteries out of the blasted things when no one was looking. Where's your christmas cheer now hey? Mwahahahaha.

when the [wordhere] [wordhere] [wordhere]s park in a handicapped spot when they do not have a plate, sticker, tag, anything... also the people who PARK IN AN AREA THAT ISN'T EVEN A PARKING SPACE

sometimes i'm tempted to run around mall parking lots around this time of year with a bag of sugar ... you know what i'm talking about...

it also doesn't help when someone stands in one place... looks at you wanting to get to a location on the other side of them then just continue to stand in your way

people who look right at an item then asks someone who works at the place if they have any of the item they just looked right at... especially when i need help with something...

this doesn't only apply to holiday shoppers...
when people drop off their idiot children in the electronics section (or video game section in an electronics store) as if the demo systems are there as a babysitting service then the idiot children keep running from game system to game system and when you think they are done and start to step up to the controller the kid rushes in and grabs it...

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LONG LIVE DREAMCAST!!!

I feel you on most of them, but 10 is just ****ed up. Remember that if you ever go to a country where English isn't spoken.

As for checks, it's not a big deal if the people fill out their checks, except for the total, while they are waiting in line. Saves a bunch of time.

And don't get me started on some of the clerks, like the ones who can't give the right change or don't know how to work the register.

It's a two way street here people.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

10 is true. No disrespect is meant, but it is very difficult to communicate with someone who doesn't know your language. It isn't slander or racism, it's a fact. And yes, it's annoying as a sales associate who is expected to help every customer on the sales floor and gets stuck with someone who only knows two or three words of english and is trying to buy a cell phone........ sorry, personal memory there. Sigh.

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Excuse 90% of the world for not speaking English. As a salesperson, you have to do your best with everyone, and if that means listening carefully to a person who doesn't speak English well, than that's what it takes.

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--Hinch
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Listen to Juz and TwistedSoul, being a sales assistant is not as ssimple as it seems. It's a very stressful and frustrating job. Basically, the public are a bunch of idiots, and it's your job to deal with that. There's no way I'll ever take a job as a regular cashier again.

Oh and I hear ya, TwistedSoul, some customers seem like they come to the store just to pick a fight with a cashier. They refuse to listen to logic, I stand by what the company policy is, then the duty manager comes along and bows to the customer's will. Annoys me every time.

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

No, we won't excuse that 90% of the world, they are obviously behind, and to slow down the superior 10% for all those lagging behind is rediculous. We must continue to strive forward, and allow those in our wake to perish.



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0 of 14.

Bwaahahaa my favorite topic!!!

Anyway, I thought I would reply to the 'excuse the 90% who don't speak english'.

That's all fine and dandy, but they are living in a country that is predominately ENGLISH. If I was to go to France, I do NOT expect everyone to understand what I am saying. After all, their primary language is FRENCH. But NOOOO... People come to america speaking Spanish, German, etc, and get pissed when people don't understand what they are saying here.

'Note: This does not apply to handicapped people, those who speak using sign langauge. I understand they cannot help it, and thus is not their fault. But at least they can write in english!!!!'

Now, for my list of my most aggarvating things: (I work in the Admissions Dept. for an amusement park. Most applies to everyone though.)

10. People who pay for a $250 bill (4 adult, 2 children) in CHANGE. Yes, this has happened on a number of occasions. Luckily they were at least only dimes and quarters...

9. People who ask you where such and such ride is, BEFORE THEY ARE IN THE FRIGGIN PARK.

8. People who get pissed at you because you no longer have some ride they heard about from a friend. (The ride usually either never existed, or was torn down YEARS ago.)

7. People who buy a 6 and under ticket and expect to get a 12 year old through.

6. People who get pissed at you for taking so long because the machine is still printing out the 47 TICKETS they bought.

5. The ones with debit cards, whos cards are suddenly rejected by the computer. They automatically assume that the machines don't take debit cards, and yell at me for saying otherwise. THEY 'DO' take debit cards, but it doesn't help if you just got the card, and still have the default credit limit on the card! argh....

4. Those who want to buy a season pass, and want to take the price of the ticket they paid for that day. (It's allowed, and is actually advertised.) But unfortunately, they threw away their ticket stub, and so we no longer know how much they paid for it. And they expect us to just take the full price ticket off instead. Ha, yea right people. Talk to my manager.

3. Those who demand to know why we don't take such and such currency. BECAUSE IT ISN'T OURS!

2. Those who don't get their way and demand for a manager. Fortunately, our managers don't give a crap about the people, and would rather them leave the park. They stick by the policy, and only in rare cases will actually buy into the story. (Usually after spending a half-hour checking up on it.)

1. Those who pass off their season passes with their photos on it, in hopes of getting their friends in free. Why this DOESN'T WORK:

A. Our machines only allow a pass to come in once a day. If you want to return, get your hand stamped. It's all explained on the pass ya moron.

B. IT'S GOT YOUR DANG PHOTO ON IT. (Unfortunately, workers don't look at them very often)

C. The computer can actually match times to barcodes. We know when you came in last, so you better know too. If we ask "When did you come in first?" You better have a 15 minute general idea or your *** is busted.

0. We can ask for your dam name and number because we need it, not because we plan on calling you. If you lose your pass, and don't have all the information on it, you better have the $90 for a new pass, because you are not getting a replacement. Even if your name is in the computer. Its either all information or none.

-1. Those who suddenly can't read ticket dates. 11/01/03 != 11/02/03, and never will.

-2. Those who think they can get away with saying they thought the date was read DD/MM/YYYY. If it is 10/27/03, I HIGHLY doubt that we created a 27th month for the occasion.

-3. Those who get pissed because they brought a friend expecting an 'any day' free ticket for getting a new season pass (year before we did that, now we only give them for the last week of the year). Sorry bub, maybe get your pass and check the new rules next time. We even advertised in plain site on TV that the tickets were NOT 'any-day'. (Our dept. actually has copies of every TV commercial, radio commercial, poster, etc. that the park uses. Nice try, suckers.)

-4. Next time you try to break into the park, try breaking into an area that is not:

A. Closed down for the rest of the year (water park)

B. Jumping over a fence only 10 FEET down from the gate. Gee, I wonder if that cop can see me?

-5. Sorry ma'am, we didn't run plumbing to this building, so we obviously can't have a toilet for your child to use.

-6. Just because there's a phone, doesn't mean it dials out. We have pay-phones for a reason.

-7. If you have a complaint with another area of the park, TAKE IT UP WITH THEM. Whether you like it or not, none of us are going to give you a free ticket. (Funny thing with this though. Managers were in a meeting, and the lady DEMANDED that she get a free ticket for entrance to the park the next day. She saw a ticket sitting on the counter next to me (Unprinted, mind you). She asked, 'Just give me that ticket'. I looked over where she was pointing, and I said, "Fine. Take it." Good luck getting into the park with that ticket, lady )

-8. Yes we honor passes from our sister parks. But unfortunately our systems are not linked via million dollar satillites that let us know if your pass is valid or not. Take it to the admissions window like the pass says to do, and they will give you a free ticket. Policy is policy.


Sorry bout the whole negative number dealies. I ran out of numbers

I'll have more stuff to complain about soon.

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I am addicted to ellipses!!! AHHH!!! ...

Hey Matty, cos you work at an amusement park, do you get free rides?

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

Heh, those are all good, and I'll add:

- Old people who get pissed off because the price for an item isn't the same as it was 50 years ago.
- People who try to get the sale price for an item several weeks after the sale if over.
- I work in a produce department at a grocery store, and the signs containing the prices for the items are not the same width as the baskets containing the items, so they don't always line up perfectly. However, people only look at the price that is directly over the basket, read the wrong price, and then complain to the cashier about it. Then they come back to me an complain that the signs are confusing. You picked up an orange. The sign you read says "Lemons". It has a f***ing picture of a lemon on it! The sign for oranges is right next to it! How is this confusing?

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Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.

[This message has been edited by CygnusX (edited December 14, 2003).]

Buy this man a coffee.

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June 16 - A night to remember
Ex-Council of 14
Miken
"The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off everything and let the problem solve itself?"

i dont care how 'true' number ten is. point is you cant whine about being a sales person, if you take the job. no one has MADE you go get that job. it is part of the job description.

coz if youre simply talking about how they make your task longer, how is that a problem? youre working. thats what youre sposed to be doing anyway. besides, no one ever says anything about having to help handicapped people around? why coz its not a problem, people need help. you get /paid/ to help. sorry that just bothers me, i dont really care if you meant it with offense or not, it just shows that you really think dealing with people who dont speak english isnt part of your job, and if you do, you dont accept it.


oh and most of the time, when theres communication issues, it's not the customer that gets mad when you dont understand what they mean. its when the employee starts letting out condescending sighs and eyerolls. they might not speak english, but they do understand body language. and thats when they get annoyed.
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[This message has been edited by Wolvie17 (edited December 14, 2003).]

This statement makes perfect sense until you get your first job.

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www.retronetworks.com

i wasn't trying to be disrespective they have just as much right to be here as anyone else, after all everyone is an immigrant except for native americans, who are immigrants too but fron like the end of the iceage but anyways i just meant it in a effeciency thing. It's just an annoyance from my POV .

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---Thomas jefferson, Declaration of Independance.

another annoying problem with holiday shoppers

THEY CAN'T DRIVE WORTH CRAP AND ALL OF THEM SEEM TO WANT TO USE THE SAME DAMN ROADS

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LONG LIVE DREAMCAST!!!

Those are called freeways

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"It's OK for us to randomly attack people!"
-BV

in this town it's called Green River Rd. any time of the year it's not a fun road to drive on but during the holidays ESPECIALLY BLACK FRIDAY AND DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS it's a nightmare

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LONG LIVE DREAMCAST!!!

Carol of the Tills. (To the Tune of Carol of the bells)

6:30 start,
at a Wall-Mart,
the shoppers see,
on the marquee,

a DVD,
player for free,
such prices lead,
to a stampede,

Thundering feet
as they compete
someone is found
prone on the ground,

Tennis shoe tread
Marks up her head
The Christmas Cheer’s
Something to fear…

Very, very, wary, weary, Christmas,
Very, very, wary, weary Christmas
You’re in a race
For parking space
Celebrate love
Give them the shove.
Sales done… Ho hum… Dumb… Dumb…


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"Your entire base belongs to us."

"It would be highly appreciated if someone would set the bomb up for us"

^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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---Thomas jefferson, Declaration of Independance.

Wolvie17 - It's not up to you to decide what we're allowed to find annoying or not.



Uhm.. By that logic, you shouldn't just be complaining about number 10. All of the listed thing are equally annoying but equally a part of our job.

It really annoys me how quick people are to jump on people who even mention something to do with race, language, or religious background, even when it has absolutely nothing to do with the matter at hand.

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Juztyn
Taking credit for: Canyon Stream, Higher Ground, The Space Between, Death's Dome (mlp3), bits of JKRPG, and the entire Showcase forum, damnit!... Visit SWGalaxies.net for the latest Star Wars: Galaxies information!

If you don't like doing it, quit. There are plenty of jobs that won't require you to talk to people.

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--Hinch
Terry Hinch's Web Comic
All opinions expressed by Hinch are the explicit views of Hinch, and only Hinch and his 7 other personalities. In the event that said personalities are in dispute, the majority shall prevail. All opinions are held in perpetuity of the present, past, and future throughout this universe, mirror universes, and all multi-verses, including alternate time lines.

The last comment is the best, thank you for the devils advocation.

You know, i agree with most of what twistedsoul said. you see, i'm a One Hour Photo Technitian(no i dont get my pictures for free, or even discounted). this was the job i signed up for.

unfortunately they trained me as a cashier also. not part of the job description. so what you said wolvie doesnt apply to me. i came on the job to develop photos not deal with idiots who are wrong 99.9% of the time.

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We are only human, perfect in our imperfections. - Erin amie du Dor

<Dormouse> it's really cute in the way that a sherman tank with a fuzzy steering wheel is cute

Why do I get the feeling hitch is unemployed?


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