Friday, February 15, 2008

Happy to help you, right over here

Am I missing some key concept that would lead a customer not to think that sales transactions are concluded at the bloody register? Has there been some sort of underground rebellion across the retail world where this is considered passe? Are bank tellers now stationing counters in restroom stalls so you can make two deposits at the same time?! What's next, standing beside your car in the parking lot while some staff member does all the shopping for you? It doesn't seem to matter where the store a patron happens to be when they decide they would like to make the item in their hot little hands their very own, this breed of pretentious snot will motion me over and attempt to pay for the item where they happen to stand. Pay no mind that I have no resources to conclude the sale where they happen to be waiting, I should be gleeful to run back and forth with every required step so they don't have to exert themselves walking to the counter. In some cases, they've actually looked shocked and insulted when I've cheerfully taken their merchandise and informed them I'd meet them at the register.

They bug me less than the twerps who will stand maybe five feet away from the register. They're verging on being in the general vicinity of the correct location, but just as inconvenient to conduct business with. The cock-socket across the entire store will usually sling their lard-laden feet to the counter when they discover I'm not going to indulge in some odd relay race. The sluggard a scant yard away will just blink back like some lobotomized cow and usually get snippy with my "laziness" should I not relent to his inertia.

It should be damned simple to understand that you pay for the shit you want at the near-by cash wrap. The bloody thing is referred to as a Point of Sale for a reason.

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