Cashier rant

All of these, "you're unsuited for the job," and "get used to it and smile," etc. posts are likely from people that have never had to do this kind of work. You will meet some very nice people and some of the very worst humanity has to offer. As a parallel, I offer you "law enforcement." Many people think cops are dicks. Yes, many of them are, they get to deal with the worst humanity has to offer, day in and out. Everybody lies to them, even about things that aren't important enough to lie about. I think most cops get into it with the best intentions but the job wears them out and changed them. The very same thing, without the ability to smack around the customer happens to people in customer service.

If you work a customer service job for a week you'd have the opportunity to interact with some of the biggest assholes on the planet. Why? They want, burgers, groceries, blah, blah, blah, too.

Companies have learned that offering the customer rewards cards and other crap increases the rate that people sign up. It's really a simple equation, and anyone that knows anything about sales will understand why it works. Just because you're sick of hearing about it doesn't mean the technique doesn't still work.

I don't know who the OP is, or what they were expecting out of this thread, but many of you proved the OP's point resoundingly. Congratulations on being a bunch of shitheads.

Go fuck yourself :)

I do it solely for that reason. Anyone who thinks being a "cashier" is a real job is a failure at life in general.

Then the service person helps, and I'm very grateful and polite to them.

Well you don't seem to care about doing your job when it is something that would make the customer happy. Like bagging to the customers satisfaction or having someone check when an items rigs for the wrong price. But it is good to know that when it comes to things that piss customers off, you make sure you do your job right.

Regarding bagging, it made me chuckle when you said "we aren't retarded" because I have been in many grocery stores that hire retarded people as baggers (yea, you are doing a job 15 year olds and retards can do, so sorry if someone underestimated your intelligence). When my bags are over stuffed, or something that needs to be double bagged isn't, I am the one who has to pick my groceries up off the pavement. When my cake is bagged sideways, I am the one scraping frosting off the top of the box. I don't say it rudely, but if you are not bagging my stuff properly I will tell you or do it myself. Unless the bagger wants to follow me home and fix the results of their mistakes.

It's also your job to bag things to the customers satisfaction and have someone check if a customer says a price rang up incorrectly, but you don't seem to give a crap about the aspects of your job that would make the customer happy. But I am glad to know you make sure you do the things that piss customers off correctly.

It is also funny that you said regarding bagging "we are not retarded" because I have been to many grocery stores where they hire retarded people as baggers (yea, you're doing a job 15 year olds and retards can do). When my bags are overstuffed, or not double bagged, and they break, I am the one that has to pick groceries up off the pavement. When my cake is bagged sideways, I am the one that has to scrape the frosting off the box top. So yea, I won't say it in a rude way, but if you are bagging my stuff in a way I am not happy with, I will tell you how I want it done or do it myself. Unless you want to follow me home and fix the results of your mistakes.