Okie dokie. Well, I tried fiddling with the display layout for this blog a bit and have ultimately ended up back exactly where I started. Now, don't get me wrong, I knew before I began that I wouldn't be a website artist overnight, but I was hoping to at least add some personal tweak to it by now. Oh well, I'll play with that later.
On to the juicy bits!
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~For starters today, I can't help but mention one very annoying thing that is absolutely destine to happen every single time a parent(s) brings their child/children to my register: The very moment the child/children see that the bag carousel turns, some unseen, all-powerful force beckons them to touch and turn it. If, for any reason, you're not sure what I am referring to, the bag carousel is a large-ish, circular structure set up to hold either 3 or 6 sets of bags so that once one side's bags are full it can be turned to the next set of empty bags while the customer picks up the full ones.
Now, imagine how much 'fun' it would be trying to scan and place items in their respective bags while Ms. Jan Whats-Her-Face's little rambunctious scamp is constantly turning this thing in one or the other direction.
I've had one lady who told her boy to stop a couple of times from touching the carousel, but both times he neither ceased nor desisted in his actions. While I was holding onto one of the arms to keep it from turning, he was trying with all his might on his end to break my grip and turn it on his own. This has been the only time I've had to stop and politely ask the parent to force their child away from this 'Magical Turny Object of Wonderment' so I could get back to work.
Needless to say, I've gotten pretty good at holding the carousel still with one hand and scanning/bagging with the other.
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~For starters today, I can't help but mention one very annoying thing that is absolutely destine to happen every single time a parent(s) brings their child/children to my register: The very moment the child/children see that the bag carousel turns, some unseen, all-powerful force beckons them to touch and turn it. If, for any reason, you're not sure what I am referring to, the bag carousel is a large-ish, circular structure set up to hold either 3 or 6 sets of bags so that once one side's bags are full it can be turned to the next set of empty bags while the customer picks up the full ones.
Now, imagine how much 'fun' it would be trying to scan and place items in their respective bags while Ms. Jan Whats-Her-Face's little rambunctious scamp is constantly turning this thing in one or the other direction.
I've had one lady who told her boy to stop a couple of times from touching the carousel, but both times he neither ceased nor desisted in his actions. While I was holding onto one of the arms to keep it from turning, he was trying with all his might on his end to break my grip and turn it on his own. This has been the only time I've had to stop and politely ask the parent to force their child away from this 'Magical Turny Object of Wonderment' so I could get back to work.
Needless to say, I've gotten pretty good at holding the carousel still with one hand and scanning/bagging with the other.
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Seeing as how that first bit is a little longer than I expected, I'll just tack on this shorter gripe instead of adding another full-blown rant:
~Just an F.Y.I. out there to all you perky little shoppers -
It is not, I repeat, it is NOT cute to jokingly mention something must be 'free' if it doesn't scan. Yes its just an innocent little side comment meant for a giggle, but if you have never been a cashier before, you have absolutely no idea how many times we hear that a week. At one point I honestly thought about keeping a tally, and now that I've started this blog, I wish I had.
So, next time you're checking out in your local superstore please dig deep down and refrain from using that adorable little phase so that whoever is checking out your items doesn't have to lace your "Thank you, have a nice day!" with an undertone of "I hate you with every ounce of my being."
It is not, I repeat, it is NOT cute to jokingly mention something must be 'free' if it doesn't scan. Yes its just an innocent little side comment meant for a giggle, but if you have never been a cashier before, you have absolutely no idea how many times we hear that a week. At one point I honestly thought about keeping a tally, and now that I've started this blog, I wish I had.
So, next time you're checking out in your local superstore please dig deep down and refrain from using that adorable little phase so that whoever is checking out your items doesn't have to lace your "Thank you, have a nice day!" with an undertone of "I hate you with every ounce of my being."
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