Sunday, February 6, 2011

A Snippet of Groceryworld

Dear Fisherman,
I do understand how much you must love your sport, & how manly it must make you feel as you rip your blade through those soft white bellies, spraying your coat with blood and guts! No doubt you will feel great pride as you later bless your entire family with the bounty of your task.
In the meantime though, we here at Groceryworld would greatly appreciate it if you would change your coat before coming in to clear the shelves of potato chips and near-beer. You fucking reek to hell, man.
Just saying.


Dear Hoarder,
I really couldn't care less about the 5' high piles of newspaper in your yard that you describe alternately as 'an art installation' or 'a fence'. I have no problem with your house that has been declared a fire hazard countless times, or your garage which was actually condemned 3 years ago already and yet is still standing, spools of chain, assorted broken lawn implements, and (inexplicably) a round bale of straw spilling out from it's broken door. 
But lady, can you not keep one single change of clothes in a ziplock bag to change into prior to boarding the shuttle to Groceryworld? 
Why is it, do you think, that the driver refuses to close the door of the shuttle bus, even when it is -35 degrees? 
It's because the other elderly & enfeebled who ride the shuttle cannot bear to be sealed inside with you and your smell of a thousand cats peeing. On you. 
You can't even smell it, can you? 
OMG, everyone else CAN.
Trust me. 


Dear Basket Carrying Shopper,
The baskets are provided for your convenience while shopping. Proper etiquette dictates that you empty your items from the basket out onto the belt when you arrive at the check out. 
It may amuse you to just plop the basket down on the moving belt and watch it slam into the edge of the computer screen as I am finishing up with the customer ahead of you in line, but then, you are a complete cheesefuck. You deserve it when other checkers squash your bread on purpose; luckily for you, I am above that petty shit. 
I also believe it is likely that karma will shove it's fat dick down your throat sooner or later - I hope I get wind of it when it happens.
No one here likes you. 

Dear Parent of screaming child,
There is no need to be embarrassed, many of us here at Groceryworld are also parents - we understand. Whenever you visit us, to appease your child as you shop, please stop by the bakery where our cheerful staff will provide a mittful of cookies for your little darling to stuff into his face. 
He may end up a porker, but at least he'll be a quiet one.

Dear Insane Shopper,
No ma'am I don't need to know the reasoning behind your demand that each item be bagged separately; I am happy to bag your groceries how you prefer it done. Listening to your kind of crazy, however, is above my pay grade.
Have a nice afternoon.

15 comments:

  1. Ah retail! I don't miss it. Thanks for the reminder. I think I'll post this behind the circulation desk at the library. Sometimes we library ladies forget how good we have it, although cat-pee-lady has brought back a few books that we had to promptly bag-and-toss (outside!). But then we got to charge her for them.

    So, have you done the convenience-store gig? Belligerent drunks and naked tweakers in the wee hours?

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  2. Having trouble letting it out?? I know exactly how you feel, though. I had a couple of ne'er do well druggies come in once looking to camp free and panhandle here. She stunk so bad, I gagged as I went to hold the door open. She wanted to buy a bottle of shampoo to bathe her cats ....... I told her I would give the cheap bottle of shampoo to her if she would promise to bathe herself!!!

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  3. Suz & Kathy: The stress level at a job I go to by choice & mostly for social interaction rather than out of need for money is pretty low. That doesn't mean that I don't notice the nutbars though.

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  4. All I'm gonna say is this: My favorite knife is a machete. I find that people are much more inclined to listen to me when I wave it around haphazardly. Just a suggestion. :)

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  5. It would be hard for me to do retail. I cannot keep my thoughts to myself. Plus I might backhand some dude who would smart off to me. Not good customer relations, but great for stress.

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  6. One of the reasons I got out of retail in a hurry and into the back room of shipping and receiving! There was still a truckdriver or two who's shower was long overdue, but for the most part- not a bad crowd.


    You forgot one-

    Dear Speed Racer,
    You spent over three hours in the store loading your shopping cart like a 10 wheel dumptruck before you finally proceeded to the checkout. Even though you look at while tapping on your watch, and instruct me to ring up everything in a flash because you just HAVE TO be across town somewhere, 30-45 minutes away in 10 minutes or less.... Doesn't mean I feel your pain. You should have thought about that when you were wandering around loading the cart. I hope your card is declined and you miss your plane!

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  7. You'll be pleased to know that I always, ALWAYS remove all items from the basket before setting them on the conveyor. I return my shopping cart to the designated place as well.

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  8. "Cheesefuck"... that was a beautiful thing right there, laughed my ass off. I might have to use that sometime.

    And I thought my use of Fuckstick and Dick- Knuckle was a thing of beauty...

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  9. I love Groceryworld stories.It reminds me of my own days at Restaurantworld.

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  10. This is what I was looking for. THANK YOU!!!
    Leave it to a Canuck to bail me out, "Eh"?
    LOL.

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  11. yep. i like you.

    also, "cheesefuck". this totally outdoes my "fuckwittage".

    <3 andrea

    p.s. i don't care if "outdoes" is not a word. it is in my head and this is all that matters. probably this is why i don't have many irl friends.

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  12. Brilliant post. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

    xx

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  13. I worked very briefly in clothing retail, thought I'd like it because I love clothes. I gad a very rude and disdainful "lady" customer one day, total patronising bitch. Then she tried on a beautiful dress and all of a sudden... I'm the expert!

    "Lady": Does this dress make me look fat?

    "Me": Don't worry, its not just a "look".

    So then I moved on.

    You're funny : )

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