Oh me. Oh my!
Posted by admin on July 7th, 2008 . Filed under: Daily .So usually I’m totally sweet to my cashier’s because you want to treat others how you would like to be treated right? Alrighty then. I’m at a grocery store this morning and have a few coupons, not many at all actually (less then 10). I smile, ask how her (the cashier) day is going, and joke around about being one of those crazy coupon ladies. So then I ask her how many of the same coupon they will double, she says she doesn’t know and it is on the paper in front of her..which she has me read through the tiny print while she stands there and rolls her eyes. Ummmm okey I’ll just guess 1 since I don’t want to hold the line up & I’ll just do the rest of the few things in the self check out myself. I smile as I hand over my coupons then she proceeds to look over EVERYTHING, digging through my bag & huffing away. Really? Was this REALLY necessary? No it wasn’t because almost every other time I have a male…you know what? They don’t treat me like trash for using coupons!!! Men understand the value of a dollar more then women it seems like because the men will cheer me when my total drops 100$ past what it was originally (last week my total went from $178 to $77! with coupons). So after going through that line I decided to take all the other stuff to the self-checkout lane because I remembered the girl in that line is awesome and nice about coupons. I only used 3-4 per transaction (3 transactions) and she was smiling, telling me it was no problem at all as I kept thanking her about being so nice about taking the coupons. 
I seriously don’t get why you would be so rude to someone who did nothing to you, I’m not trying to steal…I’m trying to save myself some damn money! Oh and then at CVS…let’s just say this one lady HATES me saving money and is a total bitch to me. 
Why the hate? *phew* Thanks for listening…
July 8th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Geez :/ I mean, it’s so freaking easy to accept coupons..I don’t know why people like her get so annoyed with. All they have to do is make sure its valid (IE, expiry date) and enter the amount as a vendor coupon. Takes two freaking seconds…
I have a few coupons that I haven’t used yet…. I’m nervous that i’m going to get someone like her! Haha.
July 8th, 2008 at 7:16 am
I used to work as a cashier, and what annoyed me wasn’t the fact that people wanted to use coupons and divide their groceries into separate transactions, but that they wouldn’t READ THE COUPON. Sometimes people use expired coupons or pick up the wrong item entirely. Regardless, I was never rude like the girl you talked about!
It’s funny that you mention men valuing money more than women – I read that in the newest Cosmo last night! If the economy is doing poorly, men are more “on edge” because their money is in jeopardy. Interesting!
July 8th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Dude, seriously! What a jerk. I had a lady like that last night at Wal-Mart and she was like going through all my stuff too to make sure I got the stuff that was on my coupons – I was like um ok. Also, she didn’t say one word to me the entire transaction! Don’t these people get paid to do this? LOL. Some people are so uptight! Get over it, that’s why coupons are made!
July 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I hate people like that! Sometimes, if I really feel like being a complete bitch, I’ll tell the manager. It’s so mean, but if people don’t like their jobs, they should just quit!
And like Leanne said– it takes TWO SECONDS! If the coupon doesn’t work, it’ll not go through. Maybe it’s the wrong product or maybe you were supposed to buy two instead of just one. Whatever the case, it shouldn’t take a cashier to actually go through each individual item to find if the coupon works or not.
July 19th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Your total went from $178 to $77? That’s awesome… Well, except for the cashier being rude.
I wish we had coupons like that in Australia, we just have Flybuys and cash back on expensive electrical (mainly HP and Sony) and white good items. Doesn’t really save you money though.