Grocery store etiquette

I once had a checker call out to someone to "come over here and bag this s%$t." I asked "Bag this what? Doyou think I am paying my money for s*&t? No apology...nothing.

I take my own bags to the grocery. This is a problem in the self checkout lines as my bags don't weight the same as the grocery bags so someone has to come over and recalerbrate. Or I can put in their bags and then repack when I am done.

When I am in a checker line...I hand over my bags. They often proceed to put the groceries in plastic bags and then into my bags. Rather defeats the purpose. I prefer to bag myself.

I try not to shop that often. I usually do most of my shopping these days, at Costco.

As some of you may know, I have been working in the retail world for a couple of months now. What horror stories I have already. People are pathetic, at best. I would say at least half of the customers are horrible. They come in every shape and form and have terrrible manners and don't bother to use their brains. Today wasn't so bad, but most days are just one big horror story.

Some of the worst customers come from Montreal. I know that not everyone from Montreal is horrible, but man oh man, we get our share. Sundays are the worst. It doesn't matter the age or sex. I don't know what their stories are or why they are so pushy and ignorant. I suspect it is just a certain group of Canadians, looking for the almighty bargin, but wow, I have never been treated so rudely. Could it be a language barrier? I don't think so. I would say 9 out of 10 are rude.

Children running around..... yes, we have our share of it. I usually compliment the parents and adults when their children are well behaved. I feel sorry for the children.

And stealing.................it is never ending............

I don't know how long I will last with this retail thing. I have never, ever been treated so rudely and dealt with so many ignorant, ill-behaved people.

Have I said enough?

I would like to apologize up front, to any Canadian or person from Montreal, who is sweet and kind and does not shop in the store where I work. I think I am getting goofy over this.

I am goofy!

:rolleyes:

Since I'm on sabbatical, medical leave from work, I'm not allowed to work at all. In my contract for it that I had to sign, it said if I worked another job, no matter when or where, I'd be terminated. Since I can't work, I've had to leave my job at Giant. I'm so bored now, I just can't tell you. I miss the mindless chatter and meeting people there and just talking to co-workers.

I don't miss the rude customers, or the rude co-workers. I still think the management needed to actually manage.

I hope I can find some place else to work when I go back to my full time job in January. I miss the weekly paychecks too, lol. They might have been small change, but they paid for more groceries and other small bills. Money is so tight right now... it totally sucks, but yet, I know there are so many others who have it so much worse than I do, so I'm thankful for what I do have.

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Originally Posted by sasvermont

I am goofy!

:rolleyes:

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I beg to differ.

What you are seeing is the collapse of mankind and it's values.

I have to say this because if you think that you have been treated badly, you will get a person that will stun you. I scheduled surgeries for people. And everyone wanted a date when they thought it was good for them. There is nothing worse than person who thinks that they are better than the common man.....

People suck and when they complain about the service they get from companies, they have to remember the AH requests they make and demand.

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This brings me back to a woman who I called to schedule for a surgery-she was to have a shunt done-a place where medications were to be injected- she was a cancer patient. She told me that she had declined the surgery and was planning to spend her holidays baking for her family and the future was in god's hands.

I was effing stunned.

When I ended the call, I had to walk out of the room, big, tough men that cry are sissies.

For every 100 customers/patients/clients that you will have, there will be one that you will remember and that person will make you job worth every hour .

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

big, tough men that cry are sissies.

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Thats BS and you know it.

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Originally Posted by blue

Thats BS and you know it.

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I was looking for the sympathy vote.;)