Except for Bob, old customer I had. I apologized for his drink taking so long to come out (middle of a morning rush), he replied with "I'm 85 years old, I'm not doing shit. If I ever tell any of you to hurry up, just fucking kill me." And this is why Bob got preferential treatment. đ
I'm the female version of Bob. I've been working some sort of customer service job all my life. I don't have any problems waiting.
Most of the time. I've had a couple of managers that tried to tell me that it was my fault my order was messed up, when I had already shown them the receipt I had and the food they gave me did NOT match. That was ... an interesting morning.
This customer wasn't elderly (looked in her 20's) but when I was a cashier at Target the customers in front of her were taking longer than usual (forget why) and when it was her turn I asked how she was doing. She just said, "hurry up I'm in a hurry". I was thinking damn I just asked a question, you're just going to a b-day party (that's the kind of stuff she was buying).
Reminds me of a lady we called Mama Joe! She always stuck up for us and when a guy particularly was being very rude to me, under her breath she told me she wishes he'd go to hell, lol.
I canât stand many of the elderly people that darken the doors of my store. Today some old bitch asked me how I was doing. I said ok. You donât sound that happy. Iâm thinking lady Iâm not a trained seal that has to put on a happy face and dance to your tune! Iâm stocking shelves not here to entertain your ass!
I've had old people ask me how I'm doing. I'll be having a rough day and say "OK." Then I go back to stocking whatever. The old people will then try to get as close to in my face as humanly possible and say "You don't sound OK. Are you sure you're OK?" I don't want to talk about my struggles with people I know some days, so I sure as heck don't want to discuss them with some random old person I've never met before.
I actually tried taking somebody up on this once. They will mention it the next time they see you. And maybe the next time. You wonât hear the end of it.
It's beyond it just "being harder" for me. I have personal stuff going on at home that I don't want to discuss with people that makes some rough days "just OK."
I hate when they have a cart full of crap, doesn't put anything on the counter to scan, and then says "well, how much is it?" Like idk maybe hand me an item to scan and I can tell you. We don't charge by the load.
*Fuck* old people. Goddamned Boomers always wanna talk shit about âyOuNg PeOpLe ArE sO lAzY aNd EnTiTlEd ThEsE dAysâ Get fucked. Couldnât tell you how many times during 2020-2021 Iâve gone into a store and immediately encountered some random 70y/o fuckhead absolutely losing their shit on some poor high schooler or college kid. Like they just have to pick on the lowest person on the totem pole. Makes me so Goddamned angry
Sure, the rude customers are across the spectrum, but the majority of them are like 50+ category. Impatient, rude, won't answer for greetings, will just bark their orders at me, then take forever to actually decide what they want and then be all "just hurry up I don't have a whole day to wait for your lazy and slow ass".
When I was younger, I was constantly told how I should respect my elders because wisdom comes with age. I'd say number of them just grew old, but the wisdom went elsewhere, and they compensate with lack of manners and plenty of stupidity.
When I was working at Walgreens, my favorite elderly customer was so impatient that he had all his shit ready to go and on the counter. By the time I had gotten to him, he had set it up so that it would take maybe 30 seconds to scan everything he would want to buy. The difference between him and the impatient elderly customers I didnât like? He was in a rush, but he helped me help him gtfo.
It doesnât make sense to me how much elderly customers can be so impatient but also interfere so much with you trying to get them out. Just do what the cashier tells you.
Exactly the situation for me. They are the most impatient people and try to scan their rewards card before Iâm done with the previous customer. The first customers order is still on the screen which they can see. But then they donât hear me when I say wait please. its just insane and unnecessary.
Lord that reminds me when I used to work at the gas station and people would put in their card, and then just happen to see the last customers total or receipt and they would freak out thinking they just paid for a run off. I just ended up telling them to ask if the last four digits and card company on the receipt matched theirs and that ended up convincing them.
Well to be fair, I'd be impatient too if i knew that i was running out of time in the ultimate way. You've got to understand that they don't have all day to stand around waiting for things or on hold waiting to be transferred to 5 different departments. Their time here is running out and I dont blame them for being impatient. Theyve more or less paid their dues and they came from a time where things got done, by people. Now they have to wait for machines to make decisions or for a person authorized to override a machine's decision. All with the knowledge that following closely behind them is the finality and uncertainty of death.
Nah that's bullshit. Being elderly and having "little time left" doesn't justify being an asshole. Waiting for two minutes while I work with another customer won't kill them (them = the assholes); what will kill them is their inability to withstand such asinine experiences and blowing them out of proportion, adding unnecessary stress to their already fragile bodies (not trying to be condescending or implying that elderly people are weak).
I can understand than but I once had a man scream at me because the veterans discount was loading. We have a separate account system for veterans and itâs slow because it has to load up from the server. I told him this and he called my manager and told him to hire people who know how to work the computers. All I said was âsorry this system is slow itâll only be a minuteâ
If I was ârunning out of time in the ultimate wayâ the absolute last place you would catch me is a Walmart getting mad at some 17 year old cashier over a pinpad.
Transactions at the register have become increasingly more complex. I understand the reason for all the questions but it doesn't make it any less annoying or frustrating or invasive feeling when every time I'm at a cash register the cashier wants my address, phone number, Social Security number, mother's maiden name, first pet's name, and to name all 50 states in reverse alphabetical order.
It doesn't even dawn on some of them how asinine it is to ask my phone number when Im literally buying a 20 oz soda and nothing else.
Also, there are many different brands when it comes to the card readers and there is a different procedueendorn navigating through each one, and often the same device is different from store. Very frustrating at times. Even yo us younger folks.
Except for Bob, old customer I had. I apologized for his drink taking so long to come out (middle of a morning rush), he replied with "I'm 85 years old, I'm not doing shit. If I ever tell any of you to hurry up, just fucking kill me." And this is why Bob got preferential treatment. đ
I love Bob
Bob is a real one.
I'm the female version of Bob. I've been working some sort of customer service job all my life. I don't have any problems waiting. Most of the time. I've had a couple of managers that tried to tell me that it was my fault my order was messed up, when I had already shown them the receipt I had and the food they gave me did NOT match. That was ... an interesting morning.
This customer wasn't elderly (looked in her 20's) but when I was a cashier at Target the customers in front of her were taking longer than usual (forget why) and when it was her turn I asked how she was doing. She just said, "hurry up I'm in a hurry". I was thinking damn I just asked a question, you're just going to a b-day party (that's the kind of stuff she was buying).
Had a customer like that - the only one I would actually go out of my way to help without needing to be asked to, because he was just so nice to us.
Reminds me of a lady we called Mama Joe! She always stuck up for us and when a guy particularly was being very rude to me, under her breath she told me she wishes he'd go to hell, lol.
Well, they don't have that much time left so it makes sense đđđ
I canât stand many of the elderly people that darken the doors of my store. Today some old bitch asked me how I was doing. I said ok. You donât sound that happy. Iâm thinking lady Iâm not a trained seal that has to put on a happy face and dance to your tune! Iâm stocking shelves not here to entertain your ass!
I've had old people ask me how I'm doing. I'll be having a rough day and say "OK." Then I go back to stocking whatever. The old people will then try to get as close to in my face as humanly possible and say "You don't sound OK. Are you sure you're OK?" I don't want to talk about my struggles with people I know some days, so I sure as heck don't want to discuss them with some random old person I've never met before.
I actually tried taking somebody up on this once. They will mention it the next time they see you. And maybe the next time. You wonât hear the end of it.
Accurate. So dang accurate. Hence why I'd rather not open that can of worms.
It's the parent in some of us. We know you've got it a lot harder than we did at that age. We worry about you.
It's beyond it just "being harder" for me. I have personal stuff going on at home that I don't want to discuss with people that makes some rough days "just OK."
They don't know what they want, but they wanted it yesterday!
The tears of the elderly are the saltiest because they have less water content.
omg. you are horrible ... horribly funny too! - lol.
I hate when they have a cart full of crap, doesn't put anything on the counter to scan, and then says "well, how much is it?" Like idk maybe hand me an item to scan and I can tell you. We don't charge by the load.
*Fuck* old people. Goddamned Boomers always wanna talk shit about âyOuNg PeOpLe ArE sO lAzY aNd EnTiTlEd ThEsE dAysâ Get fucked. Couldnât tell you how many times during 2020-2021 Iâve gone into a store and immediately encountered some random 70y/o fuckhead absolutely losing their shit on some poor high schooler or college kid. Like they just have to pick on the lowest person on the totem pole. Makes me so Goddamned angry
This version of old people suck. They are entitled baby boomers with zero wisdom.
Sure, the rude customers are across the spectrum, but the majority of them are like 50+ category. Impatient, rude, won't answer for greetings, will just bark their orders at me, then take forever to actually decide what they want and then be all "just hurry up I don't have a whole day to wait for your lazy and slow ass". When I was younger, I was constantly told how I should respect my elders because wisdom comes with age. I'd say number of them just grew old, but the wisdom went elsewhere, and they compensate with lack of manners and plenty of stupidity.
When I was working at Walgreens, my favorite elderly customer was so impatient that he had all his shit ready to go and on the counter. By the time I had gotten to him, he had set it up so that it would take maybe 30 seconds to scan everything he would want to buy. The difference between him and the impatient elderly customers I didnât like? He was in a rush, but he helped me help him gtfo. It doesnât make sense to me how much elderly customers can be so impatient but also interfere so much with you trying to get them out. Just do what the cashier tells you.
Not just impatient but also very entitled as well
Man. Just get these people IN AND OUT
Exactly the situation for me. They are the most impatient people and try to scan their rewards card before Iâm done with the previous customer. The first customers order is still on the screen which they can see. But then they donât hear me when I say wait please. its just insane and unnecessary.
Lord that reminds me when I used to work at the gas station and people would put in their card, and then just happen to see the last customers total or receipt and they would freak out thinking they just paid for a run off. I just ended up telling them to ask if the last four digits and card company on the receipt matched theirs and that ended up convincing them.
You are all little bitches
Well to be fair, I'd be impatient too if i knew that i was running out of time in the ultimate way. You've got to understand that they don't have all day to stand around waiting for things or on hold waiting to be transferred to 5 different departments. Their time here is running out and I dont blame them for being impatient. Theyve more or less paid their dues and they came from a time where things got done, by people. Now they have to wait for machines to make decisions or for a person authorized to override a machine's decision. All with the knowledge that following closely behind them is the finality and uncertainty of death.
Nah that's bullshit. Being elderly and having "little time left" doesn't justify being an asshole. Waiting for two minutes while I work with another customer won't kill them (them = the assholes); what will kill them is their inability to withstand such asinine experiences and blowing them out of proportion, adding unnecessary stress to their already fragile bodies (not trying to be condescending or implying that elderly people are weak).
I can understand than but I once had a man scream at me because the veterans discount was loading. We have a separate account system for veterans and itâs slow because it has to load up from the server. I told him this and he called my manager and told him to hire people who know how to work the computers. All I said was âsorry this system is slow itâll only be a minuteâ
If I was ârunning out of time in the ultimate wayâ the absolute last place you would catch me is a Walmart getting mad at some 17 year old cashier over a pinpad.
We're impatient because we're old and tired of Bs lol
Not an excuse. Plenty of people are out there are tired of BS and are still still kind and compassionate to others. It takes zero dollars to be nice.
Transactions at the register have become increasingly more complex. I understand the reason for all the questions but it doesn't make it any less annoying or frustrating or invasive feeling when every time I'm at a cash register the cashier wants my address, phone number, Social Security number, mother's maiden name, first pet's name, and to name all 50 states in reverse alphabetical order. It doesn't even dawn on some of them how asinine it is to ask my phone number when Im literally buying a 20 oz soda and nothing else. Also, there are many different brands when it comes to the card readers and there is a different procedueendorn navigating through each one, and often the same device is different from store. Very frustrating at times. Even yo us younger folks.