1. The never ending feet pain
Nothing beats standing in one spot for hours on end only to remember you picked up a double shift. The only thing getting you through the rest of the day is fantasizing about flopping down in bed and falling asleep.
2. PLU codes
Would you like your 4032 in a bag? These 4045's look so good. Fruit and veggies have been permanently changed in my mind as their PLU numbers.
3. Paper in plastic
As if paper bags aren't enough of a hassle, now you want me to put the paper bag inside of the plastic bag. What sense does that make?
4. Finding the barcode
What makes companies think it's a good idea to put the bar code on the very bottom of the heaviest items? Better yet, lets tuck the bar code underneath the tab so it's nearly impossible to ring up. Great idea!
5. Forgetting to choose the WIC tender before ringing all of the WIC items up
If you have a WIC check, please give it to me before I start ringing everything up, or else I'm going to have to start all over and honestly neither one of us want that to happen.
6. "Are you sure that's the right price?"
"No, I made it more expensive just so I could hear you complain." I don't make the prices nor do I make the sales and I am not responsible for how much something rings up as.
7. Please don't shove all of your coupons in my face before I even begin to ring your items up.
After years of shopping, you would think people would catch on to the fact that coupons are almost always rung up at the very end of the order, yet some people insist on giving you the coupon for the item as soon as you ring it up.
8. I know we're not supposed to, but your cashiers judge you by what you buy.
"Woah.. how many cats do you have?,""That's a lot of bleach...should I report this?," "45 boxes of cake mix, you are you, Cake Boss?" -- all thoughts that go through our heads, and all that we should probably just keep to ourselves.
9. Check to see if my light is on before you come into my line, and don't get upset when I then tell you I'm closed.
I know I still have someone in my line, but I turned my light off for a reason and that reason being they are my last customer. I'm sorry if this is upsetting to you but if I'm done, then I'm sure as hell not staying any longer than I have to.
10. Trying your hardest to not cuss out rude customers
Deep breaths. As badly as you want to be rude back, you know that will only make things worse. Whether the cashier rang something up wrong, is having technical difficulties, or even made a mistake, you can never win with a rude customer. Do as my grandma always says and "kill them with kindness."
11. Use the store loyalty card
I know if I have the opportunity to save money, I'm going to be all over it. It makes me cringe when I see people not use their loyalty card and end up paying at least $30+ extra than they could.
Although we complain about our jobs, cashiering really isn't as terrible as it sounds. I've met so many great people, employees and customers, that really make the experience enjoyable. In the haystack of enjoyable customers, there are really only a few rude customers that are the needles of the stack.
