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Wayne Boatwright[_3_]

On Sun 13 Jul 2008 12:56:14p, T told us...

> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > If this isn't the most absurd situation I've seen
>> > in a checkout line, it's close. Maybe it ties with
>> > the kid who threw the phoniest temper tantrum I've
>> > ever seen in front of a doormat mother who obviously
>> > lost control of her kid when he was very young.
>> >
>> > There were two Chinese women in front of me, an
>> > elderly one and a middle-aged one. The younger one
>> > was translating for the older one, and as it turned
>> > out, she didn't know her. She just volunteered to
>> > translate, because the older woman didn't speak
>> > any English at all.
>> >
>> > As I stood there and learned more of the story, it appeared the older
>> > woman was trying to return a watch battery. She had the original
>> > packaging for the battery, and the watch that the battery
>> > was put into, but the problem was that the battery
>> > was inside the watch. Nobody knew how to get the
>> > battery out of the watch, and the clerk didn't want
>> > to give a refund without getting the battery back.
>> >
>> > Fortunately, the clerk rang up my bottle of beer
>> > and can of olives while the women were making their
>> > case for a refund. I don't know how it was resolved, but I did give
>> > the poor clerk a smile in sympathy with her dilemma.
>>
>> Standing in checkout lines seems to be getting worse all the time. I
>> have seen stuff like this where a person holds up a line forever with
>> endless demands from the clerk. I wonder sometimes if this isn't the
>> only attention they ever get in their lives.
>>
>> Then I see this too often in my college town store - in front of me was
>> a baby faced boy, must have been 16 tops. Doesn't even shave yet you
>> can tell. His skinny little girlfriend is with him, also not more than
>> 16, at best maybe 17. They are buying 3 bottles of margarita mix and a
>> huge bottle of tequila. So the supervisor is the checkout clerk, asks
>> the girl for an ID. I can clearly see the face on the picture. It is
>> of a heavy set blond girl yet this chick is short and small and has jet
>> black hair. You can see the supervisor mentally deduct the year from
>> 2008 and then goes "OK" probably without looking at the photo. I
>> wanted to ask that woman if she would feel guilty of say those two kids
>> died of alcohol poisoning or worse if they actually drove a car.
>> Instead I wrote a letter to the company.
>>
>> Paul
>
> I had one experience standing in the express line that was absolutely
> priceless.
>
> I get to the register and it has the 15 items or less sign lit up. This
> woman is in front of me with a cart full and she's unloading it onto the
> conveyer.
>
> Without a word the cashier comes out from behind the register and
> proceeeds to take the items off the conveyer and puts them back into the
> womans cart. The cashier then took the cart and told the woman that she
> could go to any register without the 15 item sign lit.
>
> It was priceless. The look on the womans face indicated she was both
> highly offended and embarrased.
>
> I gave the cashier a nice smile and said thanks for doing that.
>
>

This should be standard practice. It just make the thoughtless assholes
wise up.

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Wayne Boatwright
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