>At grocery checkout >cashier picks up my bag of turnips >completely serious, asks me, "What are these?" >mfw On the bright side, she neglected to ring up like five dollars worth of food.

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Anonymous Sat Feb 16 18:49:48 2013 No.4243232 [Reply] [Original]

>At grocery checkout
>cashier picks up my bag of turnips
>completely serious, asks me, "What are these?"
>mfw
On the bright side, she neglected to ring up like five dollars worth of food.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 18:53:47 2013 No.4243244

That chain was shit, or she was new, but most cashiers are not that dumb. When I took register training at Fred Meyer, they had us study all the produce they had and take tests on it. We memorized all of the codes, even for odd expensive organic fruits.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 18:55:47 2013 No.4243250 >>4243244 She asked the other cashiers for the code and they just made fun of her. It was pretty entertaining.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 18:56:47 2013 No.4243253 >>4243244 Also, turnips are hardly odd or exotic.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:03:47 2013 No.4243265

being a cashier sucks ass

>examine onion
>no sticker
>sir/ma'am, do you know what type of onion this is?
>they stare
>yellow, white, or vidalia? sweet?
>"i didn't even know there were different types!"
>fuck you
>ring it up as an organic vidalia
happened every day

>see a bag of long green veg coming down the belt
>are these zucchini or cucumbers?
>stare, no response
>now i have to spend precious ring time examinging it

>bag of apples
>one of each of six different breeds

>tear a bunch of carrots/celery/whatever in half
>expect to be able to pay half price for this damage

>not knowing if it's organic or not

>not knowing the price and getting mad at me when it rings up

i hated that job

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:04:47 2013 No.4243273 File: 7 KB, 130x179, 1314946199641.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw they can't tell the difference between a cucumber and a zucchini

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:11:48 2013 No.4243299

>>4243273
of course i can tell the difference

biggest one is that the zucchini will have the spiky stem remainders at one end

but if the customer can tell me, i can type in the plu as the belt pushes them towards me, weigh, and move on

instead of losting time by having to examine their produce

we had to average 27 rings/items per minute, which is fine with dry goods, but holy SHIT produce WRECKS that

a good customer is as attentive to the cashier as the cashier is the them, and that customer will get out a lot faster than one who is texting or whatever

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:13:47 2013 No.4243307 >>4243265 I know that feel all to well friend. >something doesn't scan >"I guess it's free lol" Every time.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:15:47 2013 No.4243311

>>4243265
Man, I'm sorry. I've done apple samplers before just because I was enjoying apples for the first time and I wanted to pin down a favorite breed.

I apologized to the cashier, but I don't know if that helped any.

I forgot to give one my card the other day and she gave me the money I would have saved in cash, before I could even recognize something was wrong. That made me so happy, because she could've just not pointed it out and let me leave missing 10 dollars. Smart, gracious cashiers make my day.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:18:47 2013 No.4243323 File: 44 KB, 640x480, 335.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >would you like this in a bag? >nah, save a plastic tree

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:24:47 2013 No.4243334

>Hold 50 or 100 dollar bill up to the light because it's fucking mandatory and I'm accountable if it's fake
>I just printed out that outl this morning!

>Ask customers how they are because no small talk = presumed hostility, I have to
>Eye contact, stony silence

>Customers are having a stupid shitty conversation while I'm ringing their shit up
>Say total out loud
>Swipe their card
>"How much was that again?"
I DON'T KNOW HOW ABOUT YOU FUCKING LISTEN.

None !OPIATE9fy. Sat Feb 16 19:29:47 2013 No.4243343

I have serious OCD but everywhere I go they don't bag food with regular stuff like soap and misc shit

I can understand not bagging it with raw meat in case the package is leaking but don't get having to bag a box if kleenex separate from strawberries

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:34:47 2013 No.4243356
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>>4243232
This happened to me the other day while shopping. Bought some couscous in bulk, and the bags are unlabeled. The cashiers are either supposed to know, or be able to look it up quickly at the register.

>Cashier says "That's weird looking rice."
> Me "It's not rice."
> "Oh, well. Hey, come over here"
>four people come
>"What is this?"
>MFW none of them knew was couscous was when I told them, how to spell it, or what the code was.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:36:47 2013 No.4243361 File: 384 KB, 800x533, 3752211077_45c3acfb37_o.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >living in a 3rd world country with no self-checkout

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:37:48 2013 No.4243365 >>4243361 They're getting PAID to ring up my groceries. Let them fucking earn their paycheck.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:41:47 2013 No.4243374 I could be wrong but the cashier bagging for you seems like a very "american" thing, at least I've never heard of it being done anywhere else. Not sure I'd trust other people to do it for me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:43:47 2013 No.4243383 >>4243365 But you save time! and time = money. And there's always someone working at the checkout section, helping customers out if needed or checking their groceries to see if they cheated or not.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:43:47 2013 No.4243384 >>4243374 The bagging was irrelevant in this case, because it all needs to the rung up anyway.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:44:47 2013 No.4243387 >>4243365 but everybody working at my local grocery store are people that i kind of knew from high school and i don't want to have to make awkward small talk

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:47:48 2013 No.4243398 >>4243356 >buying couscous I hate couscous. I can't stand it. It's too tiny for my taste. I enjoy bulgur, but I don't go any smaller. I did find round couscous today though, might try that.

>>	None !OPIATE9fy. Sat Feb 16 19:48:48 2013 No.4243401 >>4243374 sometimes lanes have baggers and sometmes you bag your own the store Target has the bags in front of the cashier and they bag the things as they get scanned

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:50:47 2013 No.4243408 >>4243398 pearl couscous is so nice but hulled barley is way better

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:53:47 2013 No.4243413

>>4243387
That's the fucking worst.
What on earth are you supposed to say?
Good on you sticking with a shitty job for six years?
Are you on managers wages yet?
The only possible good outcome is proving your superiority over them, and that's a pretty weak victory at best.

>>	sage fag Sat Feb 16 19:55:48 2013 No.4243419 >>4243374 We do that in Ireland too, have our cashiers help us bag our stuff.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 19:56:48 2013 No.4243424

>be white
>spend childhood in home country them move to and spend formative period in Asia, eating sticky rice
>move to murrca for uni
>go to asian market
>bring bag of sticky rice to the till
>'oh, no this not same rice. you don't know how cook. is different.'
>every time

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:00:47 2013 No.4243433 >>4243424 well stop being white then you fag

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:01:47 2013 No.4243438 >>4243424 I live in Vancouver up in Canada, most of the cashiers at the asian stores here expect you know what you're doing regardless of skin colour. There's a lot of asian stores here; it's impossible to not shop at them.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:05:48 2013 No.4243448

>>4243265
>>4243307
Cashier feels. I know them well. I fucking hated it when I had to ask what something was because of a lost sticker or not knowing if it was organic or not, and the customers looks at me like an idiot. I can't risk getting my ass in trouble because of inventory/pricing shit.

Another cashier feel.
>Have a shitton of people with full buggies in my line because other cashiers are lazy fuckers and won't flag them down.
>Be stuck bagging alone on top of that
>Managers have baggers doing everything else in the store except bagging.
>Customers are completely able bodied and just standing there acting impatient and annoyed.
>Most of the time they *need* their groceries piled in these huge, awkward paper bags which are a bitch to deal with.
Shit being a cashier sucks.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:05:48 2013 No.4243449

>>4243413
Fuck your classist bullshit. I haven't gone to college like all my friends from highschool (3 years since) because my parents happen to be way poorer than their parents.

They're basically getting a free ride through college because they're living with their folks and only taking jobs part-time, for frivolous spending money.

I'm out here working my ass off, living hand-to-mouth because my parents kicked me out at 18. It's way harder to get an education that way. Not to say that's impossible, but they certainly aren't superior either. If you've had a head-start over some of your classmates since birth, you don't get to lord it over them when you get farther.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:07:47 2013 No.4243450 >>4243449 >you don't get to lord it over them when you get farther LOL yes you do, faggot. Go be poor somewhere else.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:08:47 2013 No.4243452 >>4243232 >Be living in central Indiana >Cashier didn't know what avocados were. >Wtf?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:09:47 2013 No.4243457 >>4243374 Ex-American here. The cashiers bag your groceries here in Canada, too, but in the US they actually bag your groceries for you and reload your cart for you. There's frequently two people working at each line -- a cashier and a bagger.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:10:47 2013 No.4243460 >>4243452 How is it that cashiers can't identify basic food items?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:11:47 2013 No.4243462 >>4243457 what people don't put my groceries in my cart >>4243452 that does not surprise me in the slightest

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:11:47 2013 No.4243463

>>4243450
I wouldn't be bragging if I won a race against a man with no shoes on, and I had proper sneakers. That's basically what you're doing now. Your accomplishments don't count for shit if you're privileged and have all the opportunities lined up for you, advantages practically flung at you.

>>	sage fag Sat Feb 16 20:14:47 2013 No.4243469 >>4243462 >What people don't put my groceries in my cart? The security guards, and a lot of other people. The other shoppers probably don't put groceries in your cart either.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:14:47 2013 No.4243470 >>4243463 And your accomplishments don't count for shit because you don't have any.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:15:47 2013 No.4243472 >>4243470 I'm pretty sure "not sucking at mother's teat" is a bigger accomplishment than a degree in Theater Studies.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:18:47 2013 No.4243477 >>4243472 >doesn't get to go to big boy school >assumes everyone who does studies bullshit instead of science Plebs gonna pleb

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:23:47 2013 No.4243490 >>4243323 When I was a cashier I didn't know if people were trying to annoy me you they genuinely thought they were being clever with these lines I heard at least ten times a day. Thank fucking god I'm not a cashier anymore.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:23:47 2013 No.4243492

>>4243463
>. Your accomplishments don't count for shit if you're privileged and have all the opportunities lined up for you

yes they do you bitter poor fuckhead. just because someone had an advantage doesn't mean that they still didn't have to work to get where they are. if you feel held back because of being poor, that sucks and i'm sorry for you, but don't discredit work that other people did just because they had some help at the beginning.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:25:47 2013 No.4243495

>>4243438
I love Vancouver, but alas, I live stateside currently.
If I go to an Indo, Lao or Khmer grocer, I don't have this problem. It's always Vietnamese and Chinese places. Always. I think that they might be the most racist of all Asians. Austronesian-speaking peoples IE Filipino, Indo, Malay, Chamorro etc seem to be the least racist Asians.

>>4243433
If I stopped being white, I'd be pretty blue; it would suck to not be white.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:30:47 2013 No.4243505

>>4243492
Bullfuckingshit they had to work hard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/education/parents-financial-support-linked-to-college-grades.html

If your parents are financing college, your grades are likely to be LESS good but you're MORE likely to graduate.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:35:47 2013 No.4243512 >>4243449 >>4243463 >>4243505 >Those people have stuff I can't have! That means they're bad people and I'm better than them!

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:42:47 2013 No.4243530

>>4243512
Pay attention to context. Some guy regarded going to college as a victory over classmates who didn't. You can't really regard yourself as superior for having an education because it's not a fucking meritocracy, it's plutocracy (like the rest of America), and anyone who thinks differently is a complete dumbass.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:42:47 2013 No.4243531 >butternut squash They ask me if this is a squash I say pumpkin. They ask me if it's a pumpkin I say squash.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:45:47 2013 No.4243536 >>4243531 I always ring them up as bananas.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:47:47 2013 No.4243546 >>4243536 Organic bananas, right?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:49:48 2013 No.4243551 >>4243546 Depends on what kind of squash we're talking about

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:51:48 2013 No.4243556 >>4243232 ITT: I work a shitty unskilled job that I'm not good at, and people should respect my feelings because I'm too worthless to get a real job or a valuable education.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 20:52:48 2013 No.4243559 >>4243449 >too stupid to go to a state school and have financial aid pay for entire tuition >too stupid to get scholarships where you actually make $10k+ per year (CASH IN BANK) just to go to school Get on my level.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:04:47 2013 No.4243580
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>>4243556
>implying putting up with stuck up assholes like you all day long for 40+ a week while being on your feet all day and ringing up $1,000's of merchandise isn't a 'real' job

I hate you and your entire fucking whining, entitled generation.

MOMO !!A8BrPmZzO+j Sat Feb 16 21:10:48 2013 No.4243590

>working at check out
>customer has variety of common vegetables
>encounter wild vegetable - never seen it my whole life
>ask customer what it is
>"lolidk it looked strange so I picked it
>mfw having to ring up groceries while having 5 customers behind me

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:12:48 2013 No.4243593

>>4243580
>whining
You're the only one whining.
>entitled
I'm this guy:
>>4243556
If I were "entitled" I wouldn't be getting tons of free money for being poor and smart, I would already have money.

Face it, you fucked up. You either weren't aware of how easy it is to get a college education, or you are simply stupid. Let me break this down for you:
>Computer Science degree
>State school costs $3500 per semester in tuition
>Federal Pell Grant covers half of that
>Federal subsidized student loan covers the other half
>Scholarships can pay for housing, food, car, and then some
In case you dont know, scholarships are FREE MONEY.

I worked a shit-tier job stocking and cashiering, got promoted to full time with a $2 raise, got tired of that shit after 3 years and simply stopped showing up. Went to college, now I'm just about ready to graduate and I already make more money than I used to without even working.

Trust me, standing around and scanning things is WAY easier than Calculus 2, Set Theory, Discreet Algebra, Theory of Computation, etc. but I'll be making from 60k-120k in no time.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:13:47 2013 No.4243594 >>4243593 I meant to say I'm this guy: >>4243559

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:18:48 2013 No.4243606 who the fuck eats vegies? disgusting

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:23:47 2013 No.4243627

>>4243593
This is, of course completely assuming you'll actually 'find' a job after all that schooling.

You can collect all those pretty degrees and frame them on your wall all you like and spend as many years in school as you want.
..but it doesn't guarantee jack shit.

Sadly, i'm not a woman, black, mexican, or have any other handy minority that would guarantee me 'free' anything.

Some people are born in poor families and shitty neighborhoods.
You just gotta play the hand you're dealt and hope for the best.

'Hopes' and 'dreams' are nice, but it doesn't put food on your table.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:26:47 2013 No.4243638

>>4243580
>implying putting up with stuck up assholes like you all day long
Welcome to the real world. Maybe if you pursue a professional career you will have more say in who you wish to deal with.

>for 40+ a week
Okay, so a typical work week for the average worker?

>while being on your feet all day
Yeah, standing is hard lol

You sound like a typical Gen X self-entitled whiner who thinks no one "gets" working a standard minimum wage student job.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:27:47 2013 No.4243639 >>4243627 You sound very ignorant, just saying.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:28:47 2013 No.4243644

>>4243627
>Sadly, I'm neither a minority nor intelligent
FTFY
>assuming you'll actually 'find' a job
You clearly know nothing about choosing a degree. You see, the secret to finding a job after college is to get a degree in a fast growing / high paying field, like Comp Sci. What you said only really applies to idiots who major in subjects like English and Minority/Women's Gender Studies.

I'm getting one scholarship thats worth $10k a year because I transferred to a state university from community college and had over a 3.0 GPA, thats seriously not hard to get.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:29:47 2013 No.4243645 >>4243627 Spoken like a true blue-collar slob! I am a grad student and you would not believe how much I make (a significant portion of which is tax-free).

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:30:47 2013 No.4243649

>>4243593
First of all, Computer Science sounds like a generic, vague as hell degree that won't necessarily land you a job.

Secondly, I don't qualify for scholarships and my pell grant is low because my parent earn a decent amount of money - they just can't afford to help me with anything, including college, because they are STILL trying to pay off their own student/credit card debt from before I was even born.

Understandably, I am wary of getting student loans.

So with zero scholarships and federal aid, and parents who are too debt-ridden to help, I feel confident in saying that I have major disadvantages to going to college.

People who graduated college have no basis in saying they worked harder than me, or are smarter than me. It's all about your advantages.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:31:47 2013 No.4243652

>>4243644
>What you said only really applies to idiots who major in subjects like English and Minority/Women's Gender Studies.
People who pursue a passion aren't stupid. They may have low job prospects, but who cares? Judging people based on their undergraduate majors is pretty retarded.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:33:47 2013 No.4243654

>>4243649
>because they are STILL trying to pay off their own student/credit card debt from before I was even born.

You are 20+ and your parents are still paying of student loans? Wow, no wonder where you got your fatalistic narrow-minded mentality from.

Seriously though, how is that even fucking possible? Have they paid the principal 10 times over and are too stupid to realize?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:34:47 2013 No.4243657 >>4243654 They probably went to a really expensive school and majored in Women's Studies. >hurrr they're not stupid >First of all, Computer Science sounds like a generic, vague as hell degree that won't necessarily land you a job. Hilarious.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:34:47 2013 No.4243659 >>4243645 You're a high school student who delivers sunday newspapers. Stop playing pretend on the internet, sport.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:36:47 2013 No.4243666

>>4243649
>People who graduated college have no basis in saying they worked harder than me, or are smarter than me. It's all about your advantages.
To a degree.

My parents have money and paid for my first year. After that, I worked as a tree planter every summer and part-time at a coffee shop on campus and was able to easily pay my way.

I did well academically and then scored a scholarship and several bursaries.

You can't just throw up your hands and say "it's impossible!" and start going on about minorities.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:37:47 2013 No.4243669 >>4243659 Nope! But if you need to think that to feel better then go for it.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:40:47 2013 No.4243675

>>4243654
I'm 20. They had a sloppy divorce when I was 7. They made poor career choices (like getting a degree in Philosophy, then going to law school, or moving to rural bumfuck towns) and took turns being single parents. It was hard for them to chip away at the debt that way. During my last years of highschool, my dad's wages were being garnished for debt and I was reading about college graduates who would be paying off their student loans for 20-30 years. Somehow, it didn't seem important to me to get good grades and go to college if that was going to be the result. Half of all graduates end up in an irrelevant, low-paying field anyway, with no means to pay off their loans.

It's only now that I'm regularly treated like human trash by my customers that I want to get a degree.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:41:47 2013 No.4243678 Ever since my supermarket installed self checkouts I've used nothing but.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:42:47 2013 No.4243682 >>4243678 I used to love these when I lived in CA, but now nobody has them where I live. >lines are full >one old guy at self checkout >doesn't know how to work it >he probably should have gotten a computer science degree

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:48:47 2013 No.4243690 >>4243675 Where do you live?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:55:48 2013 No.4243708 >>4243690 The state of Washington, why?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 21:56:48 2013 No.4243710 >>4243708 I would like to pay for your tuition.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:02:48 2013 No.4243715 File: 21 KB, 275x290, 1283275131974.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4243710 Wat

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:04:47 2013 No.4243718

>>4243708
You should look at high-paying seasonal jobs. They will be intense but you'll end up in great shape with lots of money.

I'm Canadian, so our tuition is significantly lower than that in America. But I am sure you could save for a year, bust your ass for a summer tree planting/fruit picking/surveying/whatever and go to university.

Obviously you are not dumber than people with degrees, but unless you have a great idea, connections, or great luck you will have a better chance at rewarding employment if you have that piece of paper.

I've met quite a few MSc. and some PhD. students that were doing some pretty stupid theses, so it is a shame they will be ranked higher than others because of those letters after their name and not their merit. But that's the way it goes.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:06:48 2013 No.4243721 >>4243710 pay for mine, that guy doesn't even value his own education.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:07:48 2013 No.4243723 >>4243715 >>4243721 I was joking.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:07:48 2013 No.4243725 >>4243398 >not liking couscous but its the food so nice they named it twice..

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:13:47 2013 No.4243733

>be cashier
>bag of either fresh parsley or cilantro
>the bags aren't completely see-through, I can't tell which one it is
>ask
>SHE CAN'T FUCKING REMEMBER
>charge her for organic cilantro because it's the most expensive

how the fuck? you obviously bought it for a reason, how do you forget?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:16:47 2013 No.4243742 >>4243723 If I had like $100+ million I would totally do stuff like that just to blow minds of unsuspecting people. I'd send a box of awesome steaks and cheese to poor ramenfags and pay that guys tuition for a year.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:53:47 2013 No.4243817 >itt elitism

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 23:00:48 2013 No.4243827 >>4243265 I understand your pain, probably one of the worst jobs I've had besides washing dishes (Only washer ever). I've had everything in that list happen to me besides the tearing things in half.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 23:18:47 2013 No.4243864 >>4243725 I love couscous. It's my favorite grain; I don't eat it that much but anytime I make middle eastern or some kinds of Indian I'll make some. So good.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 23:24:47 2013 No.4243877

>>4243593
>>Federal subsidized student loan covers the other half

>loan
>a good option
>getting scholarships that are supposedly enough to pay for 100% of living expenses and still taking out a loan

You could have gotten a shitty job to supplement tuition instead of getting a loan and graduated with no debt.

Enjoy India I guess

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 23:30:47 2013 No.4243894 I work at a grocery store, sometimes have to jump on the register Don't know the difference between Parsley and Cilantro by appearance, nor Jalapenos and Serrano peppers. I WILL fuck that up, but they cost about the same anyway so fuck you

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 23:34:48 2013 No.4243899

>>4243374

In Australia cashiers bag your items, the default bags are shitty plastic things that tear on a pointy box corner. I have my own bags (yes, I bought them from that store, I always re-use them), which I put on the line ahead of my stuff and the cashier will use my bags.

That said, it'd be interesting to see how some of the impatient fucks I've met in lines at the grocery store deal with having to bag their own food.

>shopping with housemate
>buying house items (essential foods)
>can we split that payment?
>sure, no problem
>loud sigh from behind us

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 23:41:47 2013 No.4243919 >>4243899 Oh, just like to add, I've been using the self-checkouts a lot at Wollies and the produce options have little pictures, so even if I forget what I bought (never happened), I can use that. Also bagging stuff is annoying.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 00:23:47 2013 No.4243997 >>4243864 >couscous >grain Pick one.

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 00:38:47 2013 No.4244040

Had that happen to me with nappa/Chinese cabbage. She looked at it like it was disgusting, even though when you glance at it, it looks like thick-stalked, light-colored romaine lettuce.

>>4243311
All apples are different prices...everyone knows that. Read the damn prices...I had that issue when working retail, people refusing to read things right in front of their damn face.

If you were just getting green/red/yellow delicious, most stores have all three combined into a prepackaged, prepared bag.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 00:39:48 2013 No.4244046 why in god would you get a degree in computer science? thats like getting a degree in permanent virginity

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 00:49:47 2013 No.4244067

>>4243644
My fiancee has a Biomedical Science degree, cannot afford pharmacy or graduate school right now, so he's working as a night floor lead at a grocery store. His advisors told him there would be "plentiful jobs, even research jobs" if he didn't go to grad school right away or couldn't afford it. Liars. Your advisors are doing this too. He looked into research jobs, but most were less than he made at the supermarket, no raises, and many wanted FREE LABOR.

You REALLY should have gone into software or computer engineering...No business I know is hiring "comp sci" majors, they all want engineers.

I made it through 3 years of school before my mother got cancer, died, and I had to take care of my nonverbal autistic sister while my father was working 14 hours a day to make up for taking off weeks to help my mother. We had medical debt of $150,000+ [we had insurance, btw, major medical. $150k was only 20% of her actual bills]. I fought that fall for a Pell Grant. By the time my FASFA appeal went through, the semester was over and I owed thousands [still have $3000]. Fed up and exhausted, I'm in the middle of a year hiatus. While on this hiatus, I browsed jobs for veterinarians [my original goal]. After $200k debt and 10 years of school, most vets were only making $50k for 5-10 years right out of school. Nope, not for me. I want to eat, not use all my money to pay for loans. I've settled with going on to be a nurse practitioner or a USDA health inspector...neither of which seem to be jobs I'd be very happy in.

So no, I don't believe your entitled self.

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 00:53:48 2013 No.4244077

>>4243718
More like save for 5 years. My in-state tution at a public university is just under $4000 a semester. Over 5 years that's a lot...Not to mention that many people [like me] support themselves entirely. I pay for my own rent, food, electricity, clothes, taxes, car, etc...so it's taking me a while to save up.

God, I wish we had tution like students in the UK or Canada...

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 04:41:47 2013 No.4244406 >>4244077 >My in-state tution at a public university is just under $4000 a semester. Over 5 years that's a lot... No it really isn't

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:04:48 2013 No.4244694 >>4244046 Because that's where the jobs and the money are at.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:07:47 2013 No.4244697 >>4244067 >studying anything in college other than computer related fields, engineering, or chemistry. You're own retardation brought this on yourself.

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:14:48 2013 No.4244712

>>4244067
>You REALLY should have gone into software or computer engineering...
>No business I know is hiring "comp sci" majors, they all want engineers.

I don't think you know what you're talking about.
software engineering IS computer science.
Computer engineering is focus on the hardware of computers, computer science is focus on the software of computers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:21:47 2013 No.4244726 >>4243997 It's wheat. It's a grain.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:22:47 2013 No.4244727 >>4244046 Who cares about virginity when I will be programming my own waifu while you're stuck with your shitty real girlfriend.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:40:48 2013 No.4244745 I live in Japan and we not only pay for bags we have to bag our own stuff

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:47:47 2013 No.4244757

>>4243374
>>4243374
> I could be wrong but the cashier bagging for you seems like a very "american" thing, at least I've never heard of it being done anywhere else. Not sure I'd trust other people to do it for me.

Yes, and while they are bagging, we clap to to cheer them on.

Seriously, the cashier can't start sending the next customer's groceries through until the person bagging gets all their shit out of the way. They just cashed you out, so they have nothing to do but stand there with everyone else in line, so they may as well help out.

It goes much quicker that way too. Unlike the customer, they don't waste time carefully packing waffles and deli meats as if they were to be shot out of a cannon and land in the customer's front yard intact. They cut the time down 3X as least.

Every once in a while I've seen snooty cocksucker customers stand there with their finger up their ass and not bag anything. Even though the store expects you to bag your own shhit, the cashier has no choice but to bag it up for them. What else to do?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:56:47 2013 No.4244773 A lot of times, the cashier will have an idea what it is and say "this is an avocado, right?" The only time I completely stumped a cashier was with a mango, which is apparently still an exotic fruit in America.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 11:51:47 2013 No.4244849 >>4244727 lol that was pretty good man

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 11:51:47 2013 No.4244850 >>4244757 >Yes, and while they are bagging, we clap to to cheer them on. lol'd what an awesome mental image

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 12:09:48 2013 No.4244876

>>4243334
>>4243490
>act friendly, make small talk
>SHUT THE FUCK UP I HATE CUSTOMERS

Y'all might be working the wrong industry.
I've done a lot of different service jobs, and even if their joke was something I heard all the time I appreciated friendly customers. Save your fucking vitriol for the cuntlords.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 12:26:48 2013 No.4244902 >>4243449 ah, America!

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 12:59:47 2013 No.4244952 >>4243307 Holy fucking shit, this. 10x per day, the same fucking joke every time. I don't even get mad even more, just disappointing.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 13:41:47 2013 No.4245032 >>4243307 lol That's pretty clever. I'm going to start using that.

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 13:48:47 2013 No.4245047

>>4243265
So, you complain because you're not good at your job? If your job is ringing up produce, you should be able to identify it quite easily, and then you push a number.

If you think that's hard, then boy, you've got a surprise when you get a real job.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 13:51:47 2013 No.4245052 File: 88 KB, 720x540, Scruffy_2_9337.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4244876 Seconded.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:10:47 2013 No.4245104 >>4243265 You sound like an impatient cunt, dude.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:10:48 2013 No.4245108 File: 1.23 MB, 168x120, 1338574585339.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Well this thread sure devolved.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:11:48 2013 No.4245109 >>4245104 Yes >>4245047 Never said it was hard, said it sucked

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:13:47 2013 No.4245114

>>4243449
>What is a trade school?
Even my alcoholic druggie friend applied at a company who actually paid him to go to school. Now he's a CNC Machinist on his way to full pension by retirement age.

Shit, there are companies right now that will pay you to go to school to learn welding.

And nigga, I paid my way through college. I worked every summer since I was 14 and invested it into a school fund.

You don't have any excuse.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:19:47 2013 No.4245128 File: 473 KB, 840x3888, 1351655712434.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4243265 >not knowing how to tell YELLOW or WHITE onions apart >not being able to tell cucumbers and zucchini's apart

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:20:47 2013 No.4245129 poor people are awful

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:25:47 2013 No.4245140 >>4243265 yeah youre pretty stupid i was a cashier for about 3 years and if you cant tell the difference between a zucchini and a cucumber then you are fucking retarded.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:28:48 2013 No.4245145 >>4243536 >4011

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:30:48 2013 No.4245150

Story my professor told me:

She's Chinese/Mexican. She goes to the grocery and and the lady has finished scanning everything. My professor goes to swipe her card. The cashier goes, "The EBT side is the left side of the card scanner." My professor got mad and laid it on the cashier. "Excuse me, I have a phD, how dare you, etc etc"

tl;dr some cashiers are full retard

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:33:47 2013 No.4245157 >>4245140 i worked there for six weeks give me a break it's not like i couldn't tell once i touched them, i just preferred to know ahead of time because >ring time requirement

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 14:36:47 2013 No.4245166 >at grocery checkout >cashier picks up my jar of korean yujacha >"Huh! Didn't know we had this, looks kinda weird!" >"Yeah, grabbed it from a display over there; figured I'd try it." >transaction continues as usual FLOCKING GAMES-TOP.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:00:47 2013 No.4245202 >>4245032 and it begins

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:02:47 2013 No.4245205 >>4243343 they do that because every other asshole yells at them for putting kleenex with strawberries

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:02:47 2013 No.4245206 >>4245166 what?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:03:47 2013 No.4245208 >>4245150 your prof sounds like a total cunt

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:04:47 2013 No.4245209 >>4243593 You'll start at 30K per annum, if you're lucky. Good luck!

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:10:47 2013 No.4245222

>>4243232
I tend to get charged for jalapenos for any kind of green chile I get. They're all cheap as hell, so it generally only saves me like 50 cents, but it's still pretty funny to me.

Stupidest thing that's ever happened to me:
>Buy broccoli
>"You know if you had squeezed the air out of that bag, it would weigh less. Would save you some money"
>Me, being nice: "oh, thank. yeah. next time."

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:14:47 2013 No.4245233 >>4244067 what about life insurance money and disability money for your sister?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:15:47 2013 No.4245237 >>4244040 >All apples are different prices. i loved this chinese grocery store i used to go to. i'd stick everything in the same bag and as long as it was the same price by weight they didn't care if it was a different item

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:19:12 2013 No.4245241 >>4243718 >tree planting/fruit picking/surveying/whatever and go to university. last time i checked, fruit picking was not a "high paying" job

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:31:47 2013 No.4245256

Man I love self checkouts
>ring walnuts through as peanuts
>ring key limes through as lemons
>ring organic cherry tomatoes through as regular tomatoes
you get the idea
of course it's probably best to pick semi-reasonable things so in case they ever notice you can just play it out as being an idiot. I mean, if you start ringing through things like walnuts as potatoes, then they'd get a lot more suspicious.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:38:48 2013 No.4245270 >>4245241 I think he mean 'high-paying' for the time you spend. Where I live, north suburbs in Illinois, you can sign up for seasonal corn detassling, which pays about $1k for two weeks of work

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:47:47 2013 No.4245293 >>4245256 >if you start ringing through things like walnuts as potatoes leld

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:59:48 2013 No.4245317

>>4244697
>implying you read the first sentence, which stated the fiancee being a BioCHEMISTRY major.
>implying nurses, primary school teachers, journalists, business management, accounting, and foreign language majors aren't viable.

There's more to life than computers.

>>4245233
I live in a state that's poor. My sister is on a 2-5 year "waiting list" to be evaluated for federal aid, and a 5+ year waiting list for consideration for state aid. Because it's a mental disability and not a physical one, she's shoved back in line. Mental care in the USA is deplorable. My mother's social security The life insurance went to pay for funeral [basic funerals cost around $10,000], medical bills, and my sister's current education and boarding at an assisted living jobs center. Due to financial fucking by my mother before the cancer, she fucked up any savings we had. Medicaid started coming in for my sister, thankfully, who is also epileptic and on 4 expensive medications.

Fuck yearh, 'murica!

>>4244712
I attend one of the only schools that offers wireless software engineering. They have Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and Computer Science as separate majors.
http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/samuelginncollegeofengineering/departmentofcomputerscienceandsoftwareengineering/softwareengineering_major/
http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/samuelginncollegeofengineering/departmentofelectricalandcomputerengineering/wirelessengineeringsoftware_major/
http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/samuelginncollegeofengineering/departmentofelectricalandcomputerengineering/electricalengineering_computerengineering_major/
http://bulletin.auburn.edu/undergraduate/samuelginncollegeofengineering/departmentofcomputerscienceandsoftwareengineering/computerscience_major/

I have various fellow students in these majors.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:00:48 2013 No.4245321 >>4245317 >My mother's social security death compensation check was only $300

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:01:48 2013 No.4245322 >>4245256 I made a post about this and got ripped on. Fuck yeah anon keep ringing up yellow peppers as green! I love that shit.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:08:48 2013 No.4245342 >>4245317 >HUR DUR LET'S ALL ARGUE ABOUT COLLEGE ON /ck/ IN A GROCERY STORE CHECKOUT THREAD >MY OPINIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE LENGTH OF MY POSTS >FUCK YOU YOU'RE WRONG IM RIGHT STOP ARGUING WITH ME why.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:10:48 2013 No.4245348 >>4245293 it is one way to get things dirt cheap. Ring through everything as cheap produce.

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:19:48 2013 No.4245374

>>4245348

>it is one way to get things dirt cheap. Ring through everything as cheap produce.

yes. i do this all the time. and whenever i visit anyone, friends or family, i make an excuse to go to the bathroom, and slip into their bedroom or office areas and take any cash that i see.

everyone does this, so it's ok.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:27:48 2013 No.4245393 >>4245374 You dick.

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:32:47 2013 No.4245401

>>4243649
I'm glad you won't go study CS. We already have too many CS students who just do it for the money and get promoted to all the wrong places.

But what about any other desk job? Accountant? We'll never run out of need for accountants. Or you could get an MBA and shoot for manager or something. Nobody is talking about hopes and dreams, you can be as crabby as you want and still hold a comfortable position somewhere.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 16:45:47 2013 No.4245426 Might as well just http://www.businessinsider.com/lego-label-switcher-busted-in-florida-2012-7

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 17:06:48 2013 No.4245459 File: 979 KB, 283x151, 1347001160708.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >be cashier >ringing stuff up >parsley bunch comes through in a produce bag >... or is it cilantro? >not plu tag

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 17:09:48 2013 No.4245463 >>4245459 parsley has pointer leaves where as cilantro is kind of like rounded off used to drive me nuts when i was a cashier also >"Anon that apple is 69c a pound not 79, why are you charging me wrong!?!"

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 17:46:47 2013 No.4245536 File: 30 KB, 1029x246, Annual Income According To Wikipedia.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4245270 That would be $26,000 annually, assuming you took no vacations and never get sick.

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 17:52:48 2013 No.4245550

Be working on till
my lane is closed with a barrier over it so you cannot walk down
taking money from last customer
new cust walks up looks directly at the barrier and starts to unload his shopping onto the belt
I finish up with current customer tidy my till wait a sec and as the cust is almost finished tell him sorry im closed.

This happens all the time I normally tell them sooner but if they look right at the barrier and carry on then they get the long wait.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 17:56:47 2013 No.4245559 >>4245463 Or you could like.. smell it?

Anonymous Sun Feb 17 17:59:47 2013 No.4245567

>>4245550
>working closing
>ringing up last customer
>lane closed, sign up, light off, barrier closed.
>another register is open with no waiting
>old ass hole walks up
>'Sorry, I'm closed. He can ring you up on the next register."
>"ARE YOU REFUSING ME SERVICE?"
>"Yeah, I sure am."
>walk away

best part was I was closing manager and was just helping out with the last rush of customers at closing. I gave them the best troll face as he demanded to see the manager and my cashier pointed at me.

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