On 10/13/2010 2:02 PM, cshenk wrote:
> "Steve B" wrote
>> "cshenk" wrote
>
>>>> My favorite experience was when I had ten or fifteen small items,
>>>> and went to the 8 or less line.
>>>> All the other lines were a mile long, and t wasn't like I had 50 or
>>>> 60 items. The cashier made some snippy remark, so I just said, "I'll
>>>> just go over to the other line, and walked over there leaving my items.
>
> Asshole action. 1- deliberately joined line with more than then instead
> of being waived over if they had tme for the smaller custmer.
>
>>>> I could see the manager go over to the express line, and talk to the
>>>> cashier. He came over to me, and asked would I like to return to the
>>>> express line. I said yes, and apologized for being a few precious
>>>> items over the sacred limit, and that all the other lines had a huge
>>>> waiting queue, so it was go there, or just leave my basket and go
>>>> home. I told him that the clerk was just plain rude. She silently
>>>> rang me up, and within a month, I noticed she was no longer there.
>
> So, you acted like an asshole, glow that you may have gotten her fired
> and in fact, that manager is probably no longer there.

The dark forces of destruction and chaos is strong in this one...

>
>>> In any reputable store, they would boot your ass out and never allow
>>> you in again.

No doubt the guy is banned already from certain stores. I wouldn't do it
myself because I like working with cranky old folks - you might say that
COFs are my specialty. :-)

>
>> What? For following the clerk's ascertain that I was in the wrong
>> line, and complying by going to the "correct" line?
>
> You should have been there right away and not complained in the first
> place.
>
>> For politely telling the manager of the situation and letting him make
>> the decision as to what to do? For not going off on the clerk and
>> telling her what I was really thinking? For behaving like an adult?
>> For maintaining a civil demeanor?
>
> For abuse of the system. Your need to get out 'fast despite the rules'
> was no reason to be an asshole with the cashier who was following
> company rules as posted right over the register.
>
>