Pretty Face.........No Brain

Yeah... I worked at an officemax for a while and honestly when you sit at that register all day you tend to zone out and your mind wanders... it's kind of like a robotic routine, greet the customer, scan the items, spout the company enforcd question ("Do you need any extra ink or paper?") then bag it up and give them their cash/receipt asap.

So when someone tries to do something that breaks that routine, like asking if they can use several odd offers in conjunction, making you delete items/arguing prices, or in your case changing their payment amount, it sometimes takes cashiers a moment to "snap back" into the thinking world. Not saying that was the case with ur BB girl, just offering another perspective.

I swear retail sucks the life out of you...
 
[quote name='el bobo']Well, my Mom took me to the bank so I could cash in my check, and the teller accidently gave me an extra $100. I took it back, because I felt bad for the lady...[/quote]
I would of been tempted to keep it but ya did the right thing. I used to work at basicly a cig & beer place and we had to deal with the drunk, stoners, and the just $#%!ed up people. We would run out of a certain coin (quarters) then have to use other coins (dime and nickles) to make up for it until the supervisor could get you the coin you needed.They would do all kinds of crazy stuff and swear you ripped them off if they didn't get that damn quarter.
 
yeah change was always an issue at my store too... we'd run out of 10's and 5's all the time... cause people would use 100's on a 5 dollar purchase and shit like that all the time and the armored van would only come once a week.

So someone would give me extra singles to try and get a 10 or 2 fives back and instead would end up with 10 singles... I can't tell you how many times I've had to explain this to customers and gotten into arguements with people who found that to be completely rediculous. I actually agree with them, the company should institute a minimum purchase amout for using 100 dollar bills to correct the problem, but even then you'd have the new issue of people bitching about "What do you mean I can't use a 100 dollar bill for a boxof pencils!! I've done this a million times here... I wanna speak to your manager!!" but I digress....
 
I've been a cashier for about 4 months now, and as soon as I step behind the register I become a robot.

"Hi, How are you today?"
"Will this be on your card"
"Also with your purchase today..."
"Do you have your frequent shopper card"
"Fill out the survey on the bottom and have a chance at a gift card"
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When something like a price check breaks my routine I am almost appreciative of it just because I actually have to think, instead of being a corporate drone. The only reason I still work there is the discount and that it pays $7.00 an hour, which is quite a bit for a high school student. It was also very hard finding a job for me to begin with since I live in suburbia and I refuse to work fast food.
 
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