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Varying cashier attitudes

September 03, 2024 03:38PM
I'm sure I'm not the only gas station shopper who has run into mismatched shelf and register prices.

I recently did one where the cashier's response represented one extreme, and that reminded me of the occasions where I experienced the exact opposite.

For this most recent one I chose 4 Tootsie Pops @ 29¢ ea. As posted elsewhere, I make a game out of the in-store cash purchases, trying to buy enough over the max reimbursement that the cashier returns a nice chunk of change.

They rang up @ 39¢, which seems to be the norm at most places. When I commented about it, the cashier checked the tag, yanked it from the shelf, and made the correction at the register. When I thanked her, she replied, "I don't care."

That instantly reminded me of all the times when cashiers have refused to address the error, with varying levels of b*tchiness (all gender identities).

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September 03, 2024 04:37PM
In my book, they lose grade points if they don't honor the posted price. Extra points off if they're ugly about it. I'm unaffraid to give a zero.
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September 03, 2024 05:23PM
I'm with you, Ses.

Either the cashier handles the matter promptly and graciously or they get dinged.

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September 03, 2024 05:48PM
@sestrahelena wrote:

In my book, they lose grade points if they don't honor the posted price. Extra points off if they're ugly about it. I'm unaffraid to give a zero.

I'm no different. This will pretty much destroy their numeric ratings at the end with me.
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September 03, 2024 08:06PM
I don't like rude cashiers. I've never given a zero, but I have marked cashiers down to 2 or 3.. except that one guy that ran me out of a station AFTER I got almost all of the pictures inside. I almost had to get the police involved in that one.
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September 03, 2024 09:57PM
It is against the law for a business to not honor the posted price (if it scans incorrectly - gotta be scanned, not just entered in my hand) in Michigan. And if you don't point out the mistake before you pay, you take the receipt to the service desk and are given the difference in price back PLUS 10 times the difference up to a $5.00 maximum. Works well in theory (most big stores - Kroger, Meijer, Wal-Mart, Wal-Greens, etc do so without a fuss), but if the gas station refuses (and they often do), you can send a demand letter within 30 days and if they still won't pay, you can sue for actual damages or $250, whichever is greater. Google Michigan Scanner Law for more details.
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September 03, 2024 11:02PM
Cool!
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September 06, 2024 01:51PM
@ServiceAward wrote:

..........................I think most people working in gas station, unless they are the owner, aren't going to care too much either way. They are trying to earn a paycheck and trying to get home to hit the crack pipe again.

Perhaps you were being facetious or endeavoring to seem "clever".

Nonetheless, your opinion of a gas station employee's life and "raison de travailler", is both demeaning of another and is so ignorant.
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September 06, 2024 09:26PM
It's too easy sometimes to blame people in worse circumstances than ourselves for having made some sort of poor choice that put them there. It helps us cope with the disparities we see around us as we struggle to maintain our own circumstances. Sure, there are some are addicts or recovering addicts, but the vast majority I see are young people in their first job, divorced women having to start over, single moms struggling to make ends meet, older people whose old jobs disappeared, women whose kids have grown up and they are just entering the workforce, some stoners, and, in larger chains, just regular people making a career of it until something better comes along. I do a lot or rural shops and big chains. Maybe it is different in other areas.
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September 06, 2024 10:10PM
@ServiceAward wrote:

@French Farmer wrote:

@ServiceAward wrote:

..........................I think most people working in gas station, unless they are the owner, aren't going to care too much either way. They are trying to earn a paycheck and trying to get home to hit the crack pipe again.

Perhaps you were being facetious or endeavoring to seem "clever".

Nonetheless, your opinion of a gas station employee's life and "raison de travailler", is both demeaning of another and is so ignorant.

My experience is many of the people working in those jobs are on the pipe. I did not say all. THAT would be ignorant. Based on my experience the vast majority are. Your experience may be different. I have worked with drug addicts to help them forge a better path away from drugs (and alcohol, too). I know the look, the sunken eyes, and overly aged appearance, the jittery hands, and so on.

Truth is never demeaning. People don't like it, and that's fine, but I will always speak the truth and not apologize for it. The problem in our country today is people are afraid to speak the truth for fear of hurting feelings. I would rather hurt someone's feelings, then to engage in their delusion.

Lord, where do you live???!! I have never encountered a convenience store worker that gave me any such impression.
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September 06, 2024 10:43PM
I thought meth was the new drug of choice. Not that it is any better. But kudos for your work with addicts. I'm sure you have made a difference in what is often a thankless job.
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September 07, 2024 03:02PM
@ServiceAward wrote:



My experience is many of the people working in those jobs are on the pipe. I did not say all. THAT would be ignorant. Based on my experience the vast majority are.

You said "most" in your original post, implying, at the very least, that more than half the clerks you encounter are meth addicts.

Then you said "many" when confronted, only to follow that up with "a vast majority". Can't have it both ways.

Please clarify: what percentage constitutes a "vast majority"?

Regardless of the number, I refuse to accept your premise as truth.

You expect us to believe that for the last 50 gas stations you've shopped that a minimum of 26 clerks, and possibly many more, were meth addicts?

Where do you live???

Pretty sure the only truthful way to present the point would be to use the word "some".

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September 08, 2024 11:50AM
Oh, the Valeros I've shopped have been some of the sleeziest brand- name stations I've seen. I usually get the impression that gas and snacks are NOT what they're selling the most of.
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September 08, 2024 12:46PM
The Circle Ks appear to be the most "wholesome" lol.
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September 08, 2024 03:29PM
First of all no addict buys fentanyl. They are buying herion to replace the opiod they are addicted to when their prescription runs out. Fentanyl is just cheaper for the dealers to cut whatever they're selling

I have a friend who got addicted after he fell off a roof. Four rehabs later and a ruined marriage, he's clean and a counselor at the rehab that helped him get clean.

Most fentanyl overdose deaths are because it was added to a drug users wouldn't expect it to be in.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/2024 03:30PM by wrosie.
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September 08, 2024 03:33PM
@ServiceAward wrote:

If I had to put a percentage to it, I would put it between 40%-70%, depending on which town and/or rural area I'm in.

So your use of "vast majority" was not truthful...

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September 08, 2024 07:25PM
@sestrahelena wrote:

Oh, the Valeros I've shopped have been some of the sleeziest brand- name stations I've seen. I usually get the impression that gas and snacks are NOT what they're selling the most of.
Here, Sunocos and Citgo are just as bad. I hate when I check Gasbuddy and the cheapest is one of those locations.

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