Posted by Eddie Sylvano on December 11, 2002, at 9:28:55
In reply to Re: I dread shopping! To Eddie and » WorryGirl, posted by bluedog on December 10, 2002, at 21:46:15
> Another way to put these shopping experiences into perspective is to think for a moment about some of these shop assistants!!!
---------------------You don't have to make that case to me. Customers can be some of the most despicable people you'll ever encounter during your lifetime. Somehow, the anonymity of being another face, and the presumed subservience that the employee represents creates some gross customers. I'd swear that some shop only to flex their exagerrated customer dissatisfaction. I've seen cashiers reduced to tears many times. The worst that I've witnessed was one night when a friendly, regular customer came to my counter (we'll call her customer A) a few seconds before another one (customer B) made an approach to the counter with her friend, gabbing away. My counter was an island, with no obvious entry point, so it'd be pointless to argue who came at the correct angle or whatever, Customer A, an elderly woman, was clearly first (and carrying a heavy load in her arms). So I begin ringing up A (who also happend to be black). Anyway, B (she's a wealthy, middle-aged white woman) realizes this right as she gets to the counter, and voices a cursory complaint ("I believe I was here first!"). I tell her that she wasn't, but that A (now writing out her check) only has a few items, and it wouldn't be more than 20 seconds. She rolls her eyes, turns to her friend, and loudly says, "Hmmph! Must be reverse discrimination day!"
poster:Eddie Sylvano
thread:33113
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