Lazy Customers

Now i work in a Supermarket. and there is nothing more annoying than the customer, I know they are they life blood of any store. but they are just so bloody annoying. I have found that most of the old people, are as arrogant as ever, it is as if they expect instant respect from anyone younger than them. So i usually just ignore them and wait until they are gone and continue working.

But this is not about that this is about the lazy customer, Now I know that we all do it at some point or another, so here is the situation:

You are doing you weekly grocery shopping, and you grab something that you need, then further round the store there is a display with the same product but a different brand on special that week. so instead of returning the item to whence it came you just chuck it on the nearby shelf and grab the product that you do want, only because it is cheaper.

Now the only reason this annoys me so. is because then me being the employee of said store, have to return the item to where it lives so someone else can buy it. It gets worse though. Some people goto buy say some fresh item from the Deli, and later find that they don't want the item, so they just dump it anywhere. most of the time i find these fresh items in the freezer with the packets of veges. This is not cool as if it has frozen it then becomes a loss, because we then have to throw it away.

And the worst part is that a lot of people will do it in front of the employees, but what ever, its not their job to care about any losses the store has because of their lazy attitudes.


Then there are the people who are so lazy that they don't even try to locate the stock that they want to purchase, they instantly ask someone where it is located, which is fine most of the time, as that particular product might be out of stock at that point and this at least lets us put some more on the shelf for other customers, allowing more sales and more money to come flow.

Or customers that do not look for a price and then when they get to the checkout have to ask what something costs. although it is all part of the awesome customer service that we give, and another thing is tourists that don't check the bylaws before visiting somewhere, We are not allowed to sell booze of any kind at any supermarket, main reason is so that the booze stores keep the customers, and so on which is great. apart from having to give directions for the same store over and over again to people who are not in the know about these things.

bah rant over i think. next post is about something completely mental