Thirdly, the moron clerk at the grocery store… Also an ignorant lady. I’ve come across this clerk several times. First, she never says ‘hi’ or makes small talk. Fine. The part that grinds my gears is she doesn’t even tell you your total. She just stares at you until you guess what you owe and pay that.
Second, she throws all your stuff after scanning it. It doesn’t even matter if it’s breakable. My husband does the bagging so he was standing at the end. It’s a conveyor belt with a button. In her aisle, the button is unnecessary, she will strong arm it down the way.
I’m busy watching the screen waiting for my total, knowing full well that the lady says nothing. This is also one of those grocery stores where you have to pay for plastic bags. So when my husband has filled all the bags we brought with us, he tells me how many more bags he thinks he’ll need.
He says to me “two more bags” – we communicate effectively. When we’re in this clerk’s aisle though, he says “can you have her throw some bags at me please.”
She’s in earshot, but we figure if she’s rude not talking to us then she’s probably rude not listening either.
I look right at her and say “can you throw two bags at my husband please” and she obeys though she usually miscounts and I have to tell her that I paid for more bags. Shidiot.
Today was probably the worst of her days. I went to the store only for bread. One item. I got into her line because it was the shortest. She was cashing someone out. There was one other kid, and then myself with a loaf of bread.
The kid however (probably about 15) did not have anything to purchase. He waited his turn in line for another reason. She immediately grabs my bread and begins to ring it through. I stopped and pointed at the kid. He was there first.
The kid says to the clerk “the pop machine ate my toonie.” He’s perfectly clear, but the clerk seems confused nonetheless. So he repeats “I put a toonie in the pop machine and I got no pop and no money back.”
Well this clerk is not responsible for the vending machine so she calls over another ignorant woman who apparently has the key. The kid explains his story again.
The second ignorant lady very rudely says “I filled up the machine today, it works”
The kid repeats “I have no money and no pop” and resists the urge to say “so clearly it’s not working.”
The lady rings through my bread. I have my cash ready. I’m thinking now that the second ignorant lady has been brought into the mix, the first one can tend to her job, right? WRONG! She is incapable of multitasking and instead stares at the two having the conversation.
I felt bad for the kid. Clearly he wants his money and the clerks don’t believe him. Here’s what I think. Either he’s telling the truth, in which case you owe him $2, or he’s lying.
It’s not f*cking rocket science people, to resolve the issue you need to open the vending machine. Don’t call the kid a liar or give him a hard time. Just check the machine. If his money is there then give it back, and perhaps throw in a free pop for the hassle. If it’s not, you show him “see kid, I’m sorry there is no money here.”
It also does NOT take two cashiers to do this.
The first ignorant clerk starts ringing in the item of the person behind me. I stop her. I said “just the bread” and hand her a five dollar bill. This seems to confuse her too.
So I nod, yes stupid lady, just the damn bread. She takes my money and holds it as she continues to listen to the second cashier harass the kid. She’s just standing there listening!
I said “excuse me, can I get my change” and she gives me a look like I have some nerve asking her to do her job. So she passes my change and chucks my bread down the conveyer belt.
I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Poor kid.
Sadly, these aren’t all the ignorant ladies I’ve come across this week. I still have to discuss the new coworker who is bloody incapable of doing ANYTHING by herself. But alas, this needs a rant all to itself and right now there aren’t enough minutes in the day to vent out my frustrations.
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