On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:40:54 -0500, "Somebody" >
wrote:

>
>There was a story a while back that Safeway was making cashiers smile at
>customers and talk to them... The cashier's didn't like the policy though,
>as some of the creepy males would then "hit on" the female cashier...
>Forced niceness should not be required. Sometimes I like when the clerk is
>just a sullen goth that doesn't try and make small talk and just efficiently
>rings things up and I am quickly on my way.

Depends where one lives. When I shop the stores in my rural area
everyone knows each other and small talk is expected, even if only
about the weather. Patrons have brief conversations and none hit on
the cashiers... doesn't mean there isn't any hanky panky going on
amongst the patrons on line.