Hey, it was the cashiers fault! She was flirting and obviously needed a lesson that likely cost her her job and the store ~ $90!
Eh, if the cashier is paying that little attention to her job; she deserves to be fired. Still I probally would’ve made a not of their names and either discretly informed the store manager or called the customer service line so they;a) know exactly why she shorted herself, and b) because there’s a small chance that I’d get to see the fireworks if I stayed. I don’t really fault Annie-Xmas for keeping the money though; if the store allows it’s employees to be that careless with cash it’s their own fault if they lose money. Besides I highly doubt they’d try pressing charges of anykind, it would be really bad PR.
A far as fast food is concerned, I am irritated that the default burger has cheese on it. I loved the McD’s burger that had the cold side/hot side because I could just leave the cheese off. Now though it seems ever sandwich everywhere comes with cheese. I ALWAYS say upon ordering “I would like a Quarter Pounder with NO CHEESE please.” And then I step to the side for the inevitable wait. I wait, and then when the bag is shoved at me I either have to open it up to check (90% of the time it has cheese on it) or take it to wherever I am going and scrape melted greasy cheese off my burger. Sorry, I guess I am in the minority but I detest cheese on my burgers.
Also, I hate hate HATE when McD’s has a girl toy/boy toy for Happy Meals. Because the poor workers do not need the pressure of trying to get the right friggin plastic toy in the bag during a rush, and my nine-year-old son is unsatisfied with an iCarly coin purse. As a mom and educator, I will say that McD’s toys suck. Wendy’s are the best.
And to all the experience fast food workers here: Just how often are the play places actually cleaned?
seriously, what is the point of this? this whole back and forth could be avoided if you simply said the name of the dish you wanted. so what if it has a stupid name? all you’re doing is annoying the server, and yourself, because now they have to confirm what you want. yeah, you’re trying to prove that you won’t be bound to the ordering conventions of the rest of the sheeple. we get it. no one’s impressed.
and i really, really do not get the folks who can’t handle the ordering process at subway. pick a sandwich and a bread. they’ll guide you from there. i went to subway alone starting at like age 10 and managed to order not only for myself but my parents as well! it’s not hard.
so not only did you steal but you’re proud of yourself too. nice.
i actually had this come up yesterday. the cashier gave me an extra $10. i’ll admit i was tempted for half a second, but i gave it back.
by the way, that cashier will almost certainly get disciplined and they might even suspect theft (on her part, not yours) so her job may also be in jeopardy. way to go!
It’s not her responsibility to do someone’s job for them. The clerk fucked up and probably should be caught for making such a mistake.
Note that I’m not commenting on the taking of the money itself; that’s a separate issue.
The cashier will be more than likely fired once her drawer gets counted. If memory serves from many years ago, (ex-wife was a grocery store clerkr) cashiers will written up for any drawer over or under by 10 bucks, suspended after x amount of these 10 dollar differences in y period of time, suspended for z amount of time on the spot for any drawer counts over or under 20 bucks and fired on the spot for a drawer over or under 50 bucks.* A police investigation occurs on the 50 dollar issue, too, I think.
*- amounts are fuzzy but reasonably close I think
the chain i worked for was a little more forgiving- drawers over/under $50 didn’t get someone fired on the spot but they would be removed from a cash handling position for a period of time and there would definitely be an investigation to try to determine where the cash went. the police would only get involved if someone had been caught red handed stealing. either way, it’s guaranteed to have a negative effect on the cashier’s job and livelihood. definitely bad form to walk out with the cash.
Then you’re responsible for making my experience a pleasant one. And I wouldn’t take your bet because I don’t really care if they–or you–care about me or not, once I’ve left their store. In the meantime, though, when I go there, we smile at each other, exchange brief pleasantries and nobody gets hurt.
Goddammit.
Right? Once I got home and unloaded my groceries to find they’d bagged a bottle of the previous customer’s salad dressing into my bag (which I hadn’t paid for) and was mortified!
HA! That’s what happened to me! I mean - they have this little “worksheet” where you configure your order in advance and hand it to the cashier or something but that just baffled me even more.
When I worked at the theater there was a hard and fast rule about how many types of candy we were allowed to carry. (I think 15.) “Studies” had apparently shown that people offered more choices than that would become overwhelmed and hold things up.
Oy Vey! 
In that instance wouldn’t they say “hold the bacon” or just flick it off when the order arrived? (Bacon is kind of a running joke here.)
Right. there. with. ya.
I also hate “need to,” especially when the sentence starts with “You,” as in, “You need to…” No. What I need is for you to stop needing me to need to do something I don’t need. Gah! My second least favorite expression is “feel like.” People, this expression is not appropriate nor accurate unless you are A) Making a statement about your health; B) Talking about emotions; or C) Referring to a tactile sensation. All other uses of “Feel like” are bullshit Generation Snowflake wishy-washy passive-aggressive language. Example of how not to use “feel like”: “I feel like I’ll have a burger and fries with a strawberry shake.” Where is Bob? “I feel like he went home already.” :mad:
Which brings me to the annoying thing people do at fast food restaurant. I walk in or drive through and wait for someone to ask for my order. I have money in hand and I’ve thought through what I want. I speak clearly and slowly so the automaton on the other side of the counter has time to find the appropriate button on its register. “I’ll have a big mac, fries, and a small diet coke please.” (I don’t “need to” or “feel like.” ;))
Here’s what I hate: “Would you like fries with that?”
I’ll respond, thinking weren’t you listening the first time I said this?, Again, I’ll have a big mac, small fries and a small diet coke please."
“Would you like a drink to go with that?”
Goddammit, I just told you everything I wanted, twice. Why are you still asking questions? I hate when people don’t listen the most.
I used to work with someone who never brought lunch to work and had a ‘system’ where he could eat out almost every day and never pay. About an hour or so before lunch, he’s pick one of the multitude of fast food places in town and call up. Asking to speak to a manager, he’d say that he had been there the day before (he hadn’t) and they had either gotten his order completely wrong or forgotten something. The manager of course would offer him some free food and he’d agree, going to pick it up for lunch. I thought this was entirely shady myself, but he seemed quite proud of himself and was able to continue doing this for as long as I worked there.
AngelSoft, that guy was another complete asshole and another reason why prices keep going up.
THIS one bugs me. “May I have a #12 sandwich combo, no lettuce?”
response: “Do you want the sandwich or the wrap? Did you want the meal or just the sandwich?”
LISTEN, people, listen! I know you’re only being paid minimum wage, and being a teenager sucks, but I couldn’t have been any more specific!
Word.
As much as I hate it, it’s easier to let the order-taker go through the litany and just give responses. I think it’s because the workers either have a script them must follow, or a specific order that’s easier to enter into the register.
The bolding is mine.
I don’t eat much fast food, but when I do, I go into the restaurant to order, just so I can stand off to the side and look at the menu without holding someone up. I noticed whenever I gave my order, this would happen:
Me: “I’d like a burger and fries to go, please.”
Cashier: “Do you want a drink with that?”
Me: “No, thanks.”
Cashier: “Will that be here or to go?”
Then I realized that according to the cashier’s “script,” they are probably told to take the customer’s order, then try to sell a drink or fries or whatever, then ask if it’s here or to go. By telling them it’s “to go” ahead of time, I was messing up their script, so I stopped doing it, and now I just wait for them to ask me.
This reminds me of a story. I made a large purchase from a store and used a combination of gift cards and cash. The cashier was confused and I tried to help but ultimately he got me confused as well. When I was driving home, I was replaying the scene in my mind and realized I was holding an extra 70 dollars or so that wasn’t mine and this cashier would be short. It just so happens that I was shopping by my office which is 40 miles from my home and by the time it occurred to me that I received too much change, I was a good 30 minutes away. My solution to the problem was to call the store, explain the situation and tell them I will return the money tomorrow. I reached the head cashier who DEMANDED I return RIGHT NOW. When I informed her that wasn’t happening, she screamed that I was a thief and am causing someone to lose their job. Eventually I just hung up on her. I didn’t need to be given so much shit for doing the right thing.
This happens to me, too, because I always say “to go” or “for here” at the end of placing my order. I thought it might be because they were busy entering my order into the register and just quit listening once I quit talking about food. I have found myself having to bite my tongue at the drive-up because I automatically want to add “to go” at the end of placing my order which would make me look like an idiot.
One thing I occasionally do that annoys me (and probably everyone else): I’ll forget what I’m ordering at the very last minute.
I don’t do this on purpose. I make sure I know what I want beforehand, and more or less plan ahead of time what I’m going to say. But then I’ll get up to the front of the line and…it’s gone. My mind has been wiped blank, because my brain is an asshole. Subway and other places like it are the worst offenders, because you have to remember more options (whereas at burger places I can typically just blurt out a number).
After this happens I’ll stand around for a few seconds sputtering helplessly before finally squeaking out an answer.
I hate it when I do this because I feel like an idiot and probably sound like those folks who haven’t decided what they want yet. I know what I want, I promise! My brain just decided to take a vacation for some reason!