Its not as easy as it seems, it's not just scanning and putting things in bags, it's about speed and precision. You can't just sit there and stare at the customer, you have to care about their lives (or pretend to care). You are the last line of defense before they leave.

1. The Bags from Hell

This is where the good cashiers are separated from the great cashiers. When you run out of bags you have to reattach a new set and oh, boy does this take forever. The customers sit back and watch as you stress to make up for your lost time. Then come the recyclable bags, thanks for saving the world and all but just chill. It won't fit in one bag! What's the point of saving the environment if you are crying over spilt milk.

2. Really with the Damn Coupons?

Who in god's name thought coupons were a good thing? Why can't you just pay what the bloody price tag says? Do you think I have time to scan your coupons for cat litter when you don't have a freaking cat!! I'm a strong believer of buying what you need but you certainly don't need buy the whole damn store. If you had the audacity to ask for less than a dollar back from the coupons I "missed" (notice the air quotes) I would kindly ask you to kiss my tuchus. Save money somewhere where I care. Hint: incinerate your coupons

3. Customers are smarter than you? Apparently

As much as I tend to disagree, this is how every customer is treated. How often do they know more about the store than you? Almost never. When two people are adamant on their stand point it turns bloody. Just let them stew in their stupidity, and then go outside to realize their car got keyed. Well played, karma.

4. Where is the Bloody BARCODE!?

Sometimes you get the one item that you flip, turn, slam, toss, throw, and even cry on top of, but it won't scan! Then the cruddy customer will be all like "I guess its free", that's when the customer finds a large frozen pizza in their face. You already have the freaking coupons, the last thing you need is more free junk. Take your stingy self to a different store where they give away stuff.

5. The PLU code effect

The PLU code it the number on the cute little sticker with a minion on your banana. As a cashier, you commit these codes to memory. Bananas for example have the number 4-0-1-1. So you spend all day typing these in to a computer made before Alan Thicke was born. Then you get home and try to sleep, you don't count sheep you count PLU codes. Sounds like fun right?

6. Closing Time!

You have cleaned up your station, you have counted and organized all your money. You incinerated the coupons, and you are about to power down the system. Out of the corner of your eye you see a prize winner asking if this lane is closed. You almost want to say yes and walk away, but you know customer service is number one even if you have been working all day. So then your shift lasts another eight or ten hours. Congrats you made it through day one! See you bright and early tomorrow.