Thoughts from a cashier.

Things I think…to share, so you know. Add if you have feels too T.T

1. If it doesn’t scan, saying “Oh, it must be free!” doesn’t really make you clever…it really just makes me force a laugh and then want to backhand your face.

2. Just because I’m checking out groceries doesn’t suddenly make me a lesser human being. I’d like to be treated like, oh, I dunno, you’d treat your own daughter. Being rude, such as getting loud and in my face saying “ARE WE NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH!?”  because I suggested an alternative to something you wanted doesn’t make you look good. It means every one of my coworkers who saw it will talk about how rude you are when you leave.

3. I know we have sales. I really do. But that doesn’t mean I hand key all the prices in. So, really. You don’t need to tell the price of every item as I scan it.

4. If you are paying with EBT ( and even cash) pleasepleasecheck your balance before you come through my line. Don’t fill two buggies slam full and check out, then find you onlu have 3 dollars on your card because you didn’t call. We have to put all of that stuff back. It only takes a few minutes to call.

5. On the same note, go through a line if you have a huge buggy. Please don’t come through the self checkout. It just gets you annoyed, as well as the ACM attendant.

6. “Could you help me?” really isn’t that hard to say. It really isn’t. Please don’t glare at me, snap at me, point to your buggy then the register, or even just call “hey!” It makes me frustrated before I even walk over. And if  you just stand at the acm and glare at me, I have a tendency to just stare back.

7. We just opened….why do so many people think this is a great time to come through a line and buy a $1 item and pay with $100 bills? I haven’t had a chance to get much change.

8. Being on the phone in the checkout line is just a wee bit rude. I try to be polite about it, but I have things I am required to say and ask you as part of my job, and I don’t appreciate you ignoring me or looking at me like I’m stupid.

9. I don’t like boob money. If you pull sweaty bills from your bra, I have a right to look disgusted. Also, please don’t throw your money on the register. If my hand is out and your purposely count to the side of it, it’s rude.

10. I understand you’re in a hurry. I really do. But yelling at the self checkout and at me for a mistake you did because of your impatience doesn’t make me feel sympathetic toward you. I actually will just watch you continue to make a fool of yourself.