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Come On Down ... You're the Next Contestant on ... Getting Groceries

Thursday, 21. May 2009, 08:55:11

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Goddammit! If I wanted to be bombarded with questions I'd go on a bloody quiz show! All I want is some bloody groceries ... ! But, no! What I get when I go up to the register is the third degree ... !

How are you today, sir?

Are you paying by card today?

Would you like any extra cash out with that?

Would you just like to enter your PIN and press OK?

Do you have any recyclable bags with you today?

Do you have an every day rewards card?

Do you collect frequent flyer points?

Would you like to buy a raffle ticket?

What am I in fucking school again?! Am I taking an exam? Is this some sort of insidious virus? Has it infected me, too? Am I going to spend the rest of my life talking in questions?


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Kitty 21. May 2009, 09:29

Sales persons usually don't talk that much here, at least not in the supermarkets.

Yesterday I experienced an exception though. In front of me was a man, who asked the sales girl about the price of a bunch of baby socks. She told him that they were 4.6 euros, and he said that he didn't want them at that price. Normally she would just have taken them and put them away, but she didn't. She held them up in front of his nose, raised her voice slightly and said: "There's ten pairs here. Do you realize how cheap it is?"
He shook his head, to signal that he wasn't interested.
But she had a trump card up her sleve: She lowered her voice again: "And besides, these are the last ones there are!"

He bought them.

That was SO cool! :lol:

Angeliki 21. May 2009, 12:05

gee that a long conversation!
in the USA they pay them
such a low wage ,
that the sales people don't even smile not to talk,
sometimes they add a questionaire in the bag
and it's up to the consumer
if he/she wants to become the next
email/annoying calls victin... :D

Wakajawaka 21. May 2009, 16:25

I would have answered like this..

(Them)How are you today, Sir??
(Me)You trying to say Im in a fuckin bad mood??

(Them)Are you paying by card today?
(Me) Will you view me in a more positive light if I do?

(Them) Would you like any extra cash out with that?
(Me) If you would like to know if I have extra cash at my disposal to withdraw if I so choose...Then just fuckin ASK ME!!

(Them) Would you just like to enter your PIN and press OK?
(Me) And if I dont??!!

(Them) Do you have any recyclable bags with you today?
(Me) Who are you??......Fuckin GREENPEACE??!! Next you will be telling me you are gonna change your name to Rainbow Warrior!!

(Them) Do you have an every day rewards card?
(Me) What???

(Them) Do you collect frequent flyer points?
(Me) Do I look like Alan fuckin Whicker??

(Them) Would you like to buy a raffle ticket?
(Me) FUCK OFF!!

Cois 21. May 2009, 18:02

Usually I just scowl at people and they leave me alone :happy: my mummy is such an inspiration.. :D

Sarah 21. May 2009, 19:39

A quiz? :happy:

How are you today, mam?
broke

Are you paying by card today?
My library card.

Would you like any extra cash out with that?
sure! :D

Would you just like to enter your PIN and press OK?
pin...pen...no I don't have a pen.

Do you have any recyclable bags with you today?
as always! *takes a few off the rack beside me*

Do you have an every day rewards card?
*looks around lost* huh?

Do you collect frequent flyer points?
:o: *blush*

Would you like to buy a raffle ticket?
Just add it to the bill. :happy: :D



:sst: for all those dope heads, I know this wasn't a real quiz. p:

Wakajawaka 21. May 2009, 21:30

:lol: Very cool! :yes:

r♡se 22. May 2009, 10:59

Oh dear...
The only thing they'll ask about here is whether you'd like a plastic bag or not. :up:

Sarah 22. May 2009, 14:38

:lol:

David Scott Aubrey 22. May 2009, 23:33

Zappy,

A grown man buying a paid of baby socks that he didn't really want? The look on his face must have been ... I'm not sure ... :eyes: :lol:



Angeliki,

Ssh! Don't give 'em any ideas! :lol:



Waka,

Sounds like you need a cup of tea and a good lie down. :lol: :wink: I'd never swear at people like that ... :devil:



Cois,

And it isn't her fault you have that sort of face ... p: :wink: :lol:



Sarah,

So ... does paying by library card work, then ... ? :lol:



Rose,

That would have been one of the questions, but they don't offer paper. Well ... they're going to be soon, but as a replacement to plastic. I'm all for the environment, an' all ... but what am I gonna use when I clean out the cat litter now ... ? :lol:

Sarah 23. May 2009, 02:15

I wish it would! awww

David Scott Aubrey 23. May 2009, 03:14

I accidentally dug my library card out of my wallet and tried to swipe it through the EFTPOS machine once (it was late and I was tired) ... :rolleyes:

Kitty 23. May 2009, 09:05

I don't exactly think the baby socks were for himself, David! :wink: :D

David Scott Aubrey 23. May 2009, 11:08

They might have been ... :eyes: :lol:

r♡se 23. May 2009, 11:58

Well, actually I just wrote plastic bag. If you want a paper bag you have to get it yourself, while the plastic ones are safe with the cashier :rolleyes:
I mostly have a baggu with me anyways. :D

David Scott Aubrey 23. May 2009, 23:19

That site's like a colour chart! :eyes: :wink:

David Scott Aubrey 23. May 2009, 23:19

(The penguin is cute ... "Likes fish" ... :lol: )

r♡se 24. May 2009, 17:22

:lol: I hadn't even noticed it!

David Scott Aubrey 25. May 2009, 23:21

Oh, dear ... latest updates to Opera seems to have oopsied CSS. :faint:

Sarah 26. May 2009, 01:51

Mmmm do you like this or the old stuff?

David Scott Aubrey 26. May 2009, 06:17

Well, since my custom CSS is now rooted, forcing me to change back to an original template*, I guess I like the old stuff ... p: :wink:

Actually, it gives me the excuse to (eventually, maybe, one day) look at some CSS of my own (or ... um ... Mik's :devil: ) and wean myself off Randall's killer designs** ... :smile:

* Which is actually pretty good.
** Every time there's a site update, his CSS breaks and he's left fixing tens - if not hundreds - of blogs he's customized ... :faint:

Sarah 26. May 2009, 13:36

Randall's using an extremely OLD version of the blog design and just adding his graphics to it..(he informed me that he dug them up from the grave, from a css grave digger he found) His CONCEPT is good, just not 'down with the times'. :left:

Wakajawaka 26. May 2009, 15:24

Clean: Cup of tea, good lie down, and some KFC too :smile::smile:

David Scott Aubrey 26. May 2009, 22:33

Sarah,

:lol:

Undeniably, Randall is a CSSer of note on My.Opera and has an excellent sense of design ... I'd have been quite happy to keep the design he made for me ... alas ... it brokded ... :frown:



Waka,

Last time I bought KFC it took me longer to wait in line for it than it did to take it home and eat it! :lol: :faint:

Melissa Renneberg 28. May 2009, 08:09

I so feel for you, I know Groceries shopping is one of the things I really hate doing after work. Pushing the trolley around role after role get so umm Boring and when get to cheek out I get ask every time “do you have fly bys”, Sometimes I just want grab the person and stuff them in one them environmentally friendly bags and pull out an french stick bread things and wack them few million times and say to them “Stop asking me, I’m poor signal gay girl who doesn’t have a lot money”. Hmm maybe that little to much to do, but frankly I really don’t give crap because when I go into Safeway or Coles I want be there for short period of time and if see a spoiled kid not getting chocolate and start to scream them might have resort to being really mean. But yeah I do like free food teasing when I lucky to get to try but that doesn’t help my mood Hmm clean up in role 3… :whistle:

David Scott Aubrey 28. May 2009, 08:27

:lol: Particularly about the bread stick.

I think we need tattoos - right across out foreheads:

"Speak to me about anything other than to tell me how much it all costs and I'll bread stick you!" :lol:

Julka 28. May 2009, 20:20

It is normal i England, that people are polite all the time and I would get rather angry if they didn't ask me how I was, or if I want to use my own bag, as I prefer to use my old bags instead of taking new ones of them...

I don't really understand, whet's the problem??

David Scott Aubrey 28. May 2009, 22:44

Actually, this entire post came from my frustration at being asked about their promotional 'Everyday Rewards Card' one too many times. Each time I say, "No", but they - the same people on the registers - still keep asking. Despite the fact I go in there all the time.

The card is to do with saving money on petrol, or soemthing, when buying it from a partnered petrol company. It's immaterial to me, though, simply because I don't drive.

I've tried explaining it to them. I've tried being polite about it. I once went through the checkout naked with 'No Everyday Rewards Card' painted across my chest in bright red lipstick.

And still they ask ... p: :wink:

Julka 29. May 2009, 06:33

They have to ask. If they don't they may poore their jobs. They get a list of questions they have to ask the customer. Just lime you have got something else that is compulsory.

Why not let them do their job and for the millionth time tell they you do not have one?
After all they get plenty customers evevry day on who's faces they don't even look anymore and they will not even remember that you have already beer there before :wink:

David Scott Aubrey 29. May 2009, 07:09

Well, that is the very nice, polite and rational way to proceed, of course. :smile:

I, however ... :wink:

theoddbod 30. May 2009, 23:23

I think you're missing out two questions :

"Would you like the receipt in the bag?"

"What are you trying to do with that potato peeler?!"

David Scott Aubrey 30. May 2009, 23:36

:lol:

Melissa Renneberg 31. May 2009, 12:30

run as fast as you can
just need watch you dont rip and make a mess

David Scott Aubrey 31. May 2009, 12:44

With a potato peeler you buy in a supermarket? They're not sharp enough to peel potatoes, let alone skin ... :wink:

Melissa Renneberg 5. June 2009, 07:20

Hmm but you have to remenber.
you gotta keep them out of hands of people me :rolleyes:

David Scott Aubrey 5. June 2009, 08:18

What's that ... skin? :wink:

Melissa Renneberg 22. June 2009, 11:38

Hmm what skin were you talking about ? was it skin you shead when skining spuds or do you mean the skin that is fall off your body in shower ?

David Scott Aubrey 23. June 2009, 02:19

Opera skin! :lol:

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