# Swearing at service people... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787 "2017-05-31T18:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787/61 "2017-06-05T13:09:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Don’t most supermarkets these days put those annoying stickers on every apple so they ring up as whichever of the few varieties they are? Those things don’t even scan at my local Kroger. I figured they were something for the store to use for inventory control, but not for customers (I typically use the self-serve aisles). And yeah, I’ve rung up Red Delicious and Golden Delicious together. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787/62 "2017-06-05T13:29:20Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > 😃 > > But seriously, it’s a simple matter of “Why make trouble?” especially **if the best case scenario _is still negative_**? Amen to that. Some years ago in a grocery store I came upon a customer berating a clerk for being out of some item. As I walked up he started swearing, so I walked within his bubble and said, “Knock it off; that isn’t going to make it magically appear.” When he started to bluster I said simply, “Move on,” and he stormed off, muttering under his breath. When he rounded the corner, the clerk very quietly thanked me. I just shrugged and told him, “You can get fired; he can’t do squat to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787/63 "2017-06-05T13:57:58Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Did you ask him what “problem” you are part of? The “problem” that customer service workers might dare to think they’re human beings? Guys like OP’s brother are a major reason for the existence of [Customers Suck](http://www.customerssuck.com). ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787/64 "2017-06-05T15:23:47Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I still mix apples when they are all the same price. I’m pretty sure they all ring up as Fuji or whatever. > [@JcWoman](#): > > Well, stop doing that. It causes the store to buy too many Fuji apples (or whatever) because the computer shows them nearly out, and not order enough of the other ones. And if you reply back that their inventory management isn’t your concern you’ll show yourself to be a complete asshole in public. So don’t defend it, and stop doing it. > [@Broomstick](#): > > Then the next time you go to the store and ALL they have are Fuji apples don’t bitch about there being no other kinds. You guys are so cute. I have three different apples of the same price in my bag. How do I know or care which type I’m being charged for? Hopefully the store will stop stocking those 4$ apples. Who buys those when 2$ apples are just as good? The types of apples have already dwindled and it wasn’t from same pricing. Nice try, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787/65 "2017-06-05T16:01:06Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Not sure what a Holiday station is, [Holiday](http://www.holidaystationstores.com/) is a convenience store/gas station chain in the US Midwest/Great Plains region. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787/66 "2017-06-05T18:25:29Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > You guys are so cute. > > I have three different apples of the same price in my bag. How do I know or care which type I’m being charged for? Hopefully the store will stop stocking those 4$ apples. Who buys those when 2$ apples are just as good? The people buying Honeycrisp and Kiku apples (the really expensive ones) actually do think those varieties are better than the $2 ones. I have customers who buy 5-10 pounds a week of them. If you’re happy with less expensive varieties good for you - we’ll happily sell them to you. If, however, you have a bag of mixed apples and you don’t want me to separate them out into varieties I will charge you for the most expensive variety in the bag. Personally, my favorite are Jonathans, which aren’t the sweetest and have sort of spicy note to them. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787/67 "2017-06-05T18:42:19Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > You guys are so cute. > > I have three different apples of the same price in my bag. How do I know or care which type I’m being charged for? Hopefully the store will stop stocking those 4$ apples. Who buys those when 2$ apples are just as good? > > The types of apples have already dwindled and it wasn’t from same pricing. Nice try, though. They’re in different bins, look different and have a different label/code. It’s really not that difficult. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787.md?page=3)