Oh, man. I just ran to the store because I thought I needed some fruit and crackers. I thought that sounded like something I could keep down and I had to pay a bill due today anyhow..so, you know. I feel like crap. I put boots and a long coat over my jammies and ran in real quick. I picked up a pear, and an orange and crackers and water. This check out chick, who looked 16 or 17 (why isn't she in school?) picks up the pear and says "What is this???" Uhhh, it's a pear. "It doesn't look like a pear!" It's a pear. "I never saw a green pear. Pears are yellow!" It's a pear. She squeezes it really hard and puts it up to her nose and sniffs it. She has her nose right on my pear. I do not like her nose on my pear. "What kind of a pear is it?" The only kind your store stocks...look under pears. She yells at the older woman on the next register, "Hey, what IS this??" The woman says, it's a pear. I'm feeling sicker, I want to go home. Check Out Chick starts telling me this long story about her Grampa's pear tree and how they'd climb it, but, never ate the pears because they didn't want home grown pears they wanted store bought pears. She's tossing my pear in the air as she yaps. I said, yeah, kids, huu? It's the wittiest thing I could come up with without vomiting on her. She hands my pear to the bag boy who is clearly her sexual interest of the week. "Smell this pear!" He puts his pimply nose right on my pear. Then she starts sneezing and says "God, I have such a bad cold, it sucks!" My head is pounding. Then she picks up my orange, squeezes the Hell out of it with both hands and goes "Ohh, oranges smell good!" She sticks her nose right on my orange. I walked out. I guess they aren't my pear and orange unless I pay for them and I'm not. I'm going to bed now. Later.
17 comments:
Oh man I would have turned around and walked out after seeing them stick their noses on the fruit. There are yellow and green pears but they are the same shape - and this is what will be running our country someday.
Now that's a scary thought.
At least this time they didn't tell you you look like Mrs. Balbricker.
EW! and she's sick too? Thats a nasty chick. & the guy did the same thing? You shoulda reported them to mgmt. Thats gross. You couldn't have eaten that stuff even if you peeled it after they put their pimples, snot & sickness germs all over them. You shoulda threw up on her conveyor belt,while it was was running, that woulda shut her up & kept her busy for a few hours!!! Not to mention you coulda left with a smile on ur face.
That's fucking disgusting. I hope you feel better.
I agree with 11:27 you totally shoulda trashed their register with puke. That'll teach them not to put their disease ridden noses on people's produce.
Feel better soon!.
Ewwww! What a gross story. Tell me, are there agencies these days that specialize in employees who are both stupid AND disgusting...or is this just store policy? Get well soon, DD.
Ick! Poor you! That's the last thing you need when you're feeling crappy. But at least you can see the humour in it. Mind you, you'll never look at a pear again quite the same way. 10:57 is right...imagine the idiots who'll be in charge 20 or 30 years from now who don't even know a pear when they sees one. It boggles the mind.
CapriciousCat
Hope you feel better dd..
-karig
I'm sorry you're not feeling well, Dish.
I know you've heard this a million times, but I swear to Buddha-- there's some nasty-ass virus afflicting half the damn country lately.
It bit me, and I haven't been "sick" in over 5 years.
Feel better soon.
(Broth, dry toast and tea ;-)
I changed registers in a long line @ Trader Joe's once after I saw my check-out guy with a BLEEDING cold sore he kept messing with. He had blood streaks on his hands. I had to tell my boyfriend really loudly that we forgot something. then I went to the registers in the back of the store. Gross.
PS
I just got over a respiratory infection and I never get sick either. Get well soon.
So sorry you're feeling sick DD. What a horrible story. Hate to say it but the employees in this store sound like morons, putting their noses all over people's purchases, talk about gross. You're nicer than me. I would have sure let them know that it's totally unacceptable to sneeze on, or squeeze and put your nose all over a customers food and then I would have walked out. Talk about disgusting. And what's with this girl not knowing what a frigging pear is?
I have to ask, don't they provide plastic bags in the produce section of this store to put your chosen fruits and veggies in?
Susan
Sorry your sick DD, but you did crack me up with the grocery store story. Kids gotta love em. God ever wonder if we were that silly as kids?
feel better DD!!!
if you go back to that store and get that cashier again wipe your nose with your money and hand it to her!! :)
This is a true story, I swear. About 2 or 3 years ago, I went to the Pharmacy (Drug Store) on the ground level of the office building where I worked to get some tissues and cough drops as I had a cold. The cashier started ringing up my purchases, took my money then suddenly stopped, stuck her finger in her mouth and peeled off a toffee like candy that was stuck on her back teeth, pulled it out on her finger and quickly put it back in her mouth, then proceeded with the same hand to hand me back my change. I was totally morified.. I stuck my hand out for my change and pulled it back just before she handed it to me and the change spilled onto the counter. She was so shocked and I told her, you just had your finger in your mouth peeling off whatever you were eating, please use your other hand to give me my change...She did. UGH!
Susan
Oh, that is so disgusting! I hope you called the manager or something! This sounds like a job for Nathan, the king of making people pay for bad service and fuck ups. If he had been with you, you'd probably have a year's supply of free groceries!
At least call the mgr & complain today DD. That is if you feel better and I hope you do. This is really going around, I've been lucky so far (crosses fingers) and have stayed well. But I am a Lysol spray addict & hand sanitizer user. If someone comes in my office & says they are sick or seem to be, as soon as they leave I'm srpraying the doorknobs, counters, pens, notepads, the air and I wash & sanitize my hands. People that go to work sick make me very mad!!! I cannot afford to miss work either, so stay home until you are well!!! And Susan, your 'toffee' story totally grossed me out and I believed every word. Who are these peoples mothers? No manners at all!!!
We don't have conveyor belts here. Small town. But, we do have plastic bags and I will be using them now even if I'm only buying one grape. They were so gross.
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