Most people interact with grocery store cashier at least a couple of times a week. Those of us who have never worked as a cashier know very little about this back-breaking job and how many times we tell our customers that items are not free...
1. "This item does not have a price on it. This must be free, AmI right? Ha-Ha."
Honey, I wish everything was free! But just because an item does not have a price on it does not mean it's free, and also, I have already heard that line 10+ times today.
2. When a customer hands you a $100 bill and sys, "I promise I did not print this earlier today!"
I mean, if you DID print it, you would not be here, right? But, I STILL have to make sure that the $100 bill is real.
3. "Your bagging sucks."
If you REALLY think my bagging sucks, there is another option I can give you: Self-Check Out. One time a lady got really mad at me for how I was bagging her stuff and the next couple of customers after her said that they were sorry about how she treated me. THERE IS STILL GOOD IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE!
4. When you are on your day off and you go to your work to get items.
This has happened to me multiple times since I worked at Walmart as a cashier. You need food, yeah let's go to WORK! Just how I want to spend my day off...going to work...
5. "Are you open?"
My light is on and I am standing at the end of my aisle waiting for customers, I PROMISE you I am open.
6. When the customer gets mad at you when you are about to log out of the register to leave work.
Oh my god just let me leave. It has been a hell of a day, please of not get mad that I have to log out of my register to leave work, because if I keep continuing bagging your items, the register will get mad at me and keep telling me to log off. I do not need the register to get mad at me as well.
7. "Hi! I need seven separate transactions please!"
I actually do not mind doing this for customers, but it just takes FOREVER to do and then your line starts getting longer all the way to China and your head is basically exploding.
8. "Ma'am, Please-" SWIPE "It will not read your-" SWIPE "You need to-" SWIPE "It's not ready to-" SWIPE SWIPE SWIPE
If you are using a card, we have to press the "debit/credit" button before you can do anything, so PLEASE wait for that, otherwise it will not read your card and we have to start the whole process over again and I am sure you would LOVE to get out of here fast just like I do.
9. When a customer tells you to have a nice day, INSTANT HAPPY TEARS.
Us cashiers seriously LOVE when customers tell us to have a nice day, because deep down inside we are slowly dying and just need that instant boost of happiness.
10. When the customer asks, "Do you have a chip reader?" for the hundredth time.
I have no clue how many times I have heard this since the banks started putting the chips (not the food) on the debit/credit cards. I even caught myself asking places if they had chip readers.
11. When you FINALLY get off of work.
Yes, you have guessed it! FREEDOM! There were times to where I did want to stay and work, but the other times, I booked it out of there faster than RoadRunner. #ByeFelicia.
Sometimes being a cashier is hard work, but it can also be rewarding. I have made some good friends while I worked at Walmart and I loved working with each of them, even though it was only for three months during the summer (I had to leave for college to come here to Muncie). I did have a handful of rude customers and also a handful of wonderful customers, but just know that if a customer is being rude to you, SMILE. Do not take it personally like I did, because there were countless of times taking a trip to the bathroom to wipe the tears away.
