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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just forget about it. It wasn't about YOU. He would have been like that to anyone next in the line. And he probably was. He probably had the worst day ever, wanted to quit that very second (akin to the flight attendant who quit by grabbing some beer bottles, cursing up a storm, and sliding down the emergency chute... remember him?). You were just the unlucky victim. Retail jobs are hard. They are. They suck. That's the honest truth.

Shake it off.

Yes. Don't make it about you. And you are upset that he treated you, a customer that way. . .let it go. How would you feel if you were bagging groceries, having a shitty day?

No, sorry. I worked as a cocktail server/waitress/bartender throughout my twenties and that is HARD work - but I never treated anyone the way this cashier treated OP. I went through all sorts of life events but, as a member of the service industry, had to suck it up and provide good service. On my worst days I was mechanical/ unsmiley, never intentionally creepy like this guy. He has serious issues.

Exactly. Interesting how it's the people who have actually worked in the service industry who are pointing out how totally unacceptable his behavior is.

I agree. There is no excuse for this type of behavior and you can bet that the manager would want to know about your discomfort with this interaction. If this is how he is going to behave, he can find a job, behind a desk somewhere that he doesn’t have to interact with customers. It is not acceptable. I would actually go back to the store and talk to the manager. Chances are, it isn’t the first time he/she has had complaints about this clerk.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just forget about it. It wasn't about YOU. He would have been like that to anyone next in the line. And he probably was. He probably had the worst day ever, wanted to quit that very second (akin to the flight attendant who quit by grabbing some beer bottles, cursing up a storm, and sliding down the emergency chute... remember him?). You were just the unlucky victim. Retail jobs are hard. They are. They suck. That's the honest truth.

Shake it off.

Yes. Don't make it about you. And you are upset that he treated you, a customer that way. . .let it go. How would you feel if you were bagging groceries, having a shitty day?

No, sorry. I worked as a cocktail server/waitress/bartender throughout my twenties and that is HARD work - but I never treated anyone the way this cashier treated OP. I went through all sorts of life events but, as a member of the service industry, had to suck it up and provide good service. On my worst days I was mechanical/ unsmiley, never intentionally creepy like this guy. He has serious issues.

Exactly. Interesting how it's the people who have actually worked in the service industry who are pointing out how totally unacceptable his behavior is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just forget about it. It wasn't about YOU. He would have been like that to anyone next in the line. And he probably was. He probably had the worst day ever, wanted to quit that very second (akin to the flight attendant who quit by grabbing some beer bottles, cursing up a storm, and sliding down the emergency chute... remember him?). You were just the unlucky victim. Retail jobs are hard. They are. They suck. That's the honest truth.

Shake it off.

Yes. Don't make it about you. And you are upset that he treated you, a customer that way. . .let it go. How would you feel if you were bagging groceries, having a shitty day?

No, sorry. I worked as a cocktail server/waitress/bartender throughout my twenties and that is HARD work - but I never treated anyone the way this cashier treated OP. I went through all sorts of life events but, as a member of the service industry, had to suck it up and provide good service. On my worst days I was mechanical/ unsmiley, never intentionally creepy like this guy. He has serious issues.

You should have called him on his behavior and attitude right then and there.

I was a waitress in NYC and one day I had a nasty attitude and a customer told me right then that she wasn't in the mood for my shit and to cut it out or give her table to another server. I immediately apologized and still remember her some thirty years later.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you look just like someone he hates.

that thought occurred to me too!

Anonymous wrote:I can't even picture how the conversation would go with his manager -- "your cashier is so rude, he asked me how my day was and said he hoped it was wonderful"

The guy sounds like an ass, he'll probably be gone soon enough.

This exactly (op here). It would be hard to describe to the manager. They'd probably ask me exactly what he said and I'd feel like a complete idiot.

My best guess - he was having the worst day of his life, he hated his life, he hated his job, a job where they make you use some phony script to be extra friendly to the customers (ooh, isn't that ham and gruyere cheese tart amazing? It's one of my favorites! I eat one every night!) And instead of punching his boss in the face, he decided he would start going all creepy psycho on me.

Either that, or I witnessed someone truly on the verge going POSTAL.

Maybe you look just like someone he hates.

Sounds like another God damn entitled millennial.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just forget about it. It wasn't about YOU. He would have been like that to anyone next in the line. And he probably was. He probably had the worst day ever, wanted to quit that very second (akin to the flight attendant who quit by grabbing some beer bottles, cursing up a storm, and sliding down the emergency chute... remember him?). You were just the unlucky victim. Retail jobs are hard. They are. They suck. That's the honest truth.

Shake it off.

No excuse. This sounds way over the "let it go, he's having a bad day" threshold. So what if his job sucjs, he still has to do the same job, and part of that is customer service. I've worked with plenty of those types of jobs too, BTW.

Same. Also, he sounds like he has genuine contempt and hatred towards the customers, which could potentially put them at risk. I have also worked service jobs, and I would bet his coworkers are hoping and praying someone complains about him, because they are probably sick and worried about having to deal with a clearly unhinged individual.

Anonymous wrote:I would just forget about it. It wasn't about YOU. He would have been like that to anyone next in the line. And he probably was. He probably had the worst day ever, wanted to quit that very second (akin to the flight attendant who quit by grabbing some beer bottles, cursing up a storm, and sliding down the emergency chute... remember him?). You were just the unlucky victim. Retail jobs are hard. They are. They suck. That's the honest truth.

Shake it off.

No excuse. This sounds way over the "let it go, he's having a bad day" threshold. So what if his job sucjs, he still has to do the same job, and part of that is customer service. I've worked with plenty of those types of jobs too, BTW.

Which TJs? I have a very mentally ill relative who works at one. Doesn't sound like his style, but you never know.

Lmao.

No words of advice op but I actually think you did a great job of communicating to us how badly you were treated
I could literally envision the words jumping off the page at me a hear the cashier saying them. Damn.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just forget about it. It wasn't about YOU. He would have been like that to anyone next in the line. And he probably was. He probably had the worst day ever, wanted to quit that very second (akin to the flight attendant who quit by grabbing some beer bottles, cursing up a storm, and sliding down the emergency chute... remember him?). You were just the unlucky victim. Retail jobs are hard. They are. They suck. That's the honest truth.

Shake it off.

Yes. Don't make it about you. And you are upset that he treated you, a customer that way. . .let it go. How would you feel if you were bagging groceries, having a shitty day?

This is not about someone acting morose or uninterested. Most people expect that.

This is about someone acting frightening and insane.

If I were the manager I would absolutely want to know.

Oh, please, people. He had a bad day. He wanted to get the hell out of there. Maybe he was working off shift. The problem with retail is the customers never stop. There's an endless stream of them and they are mostly assholes who don't even put down their phone when they go through the line. The guy had had it for the day. Yes, what he did was inappropriate and rude, but I hardly think it warrants the kind of alarm that people have here.

I can't even picture how the conversation would go with his manager -- "your cashier is so rude, he asked me how my day was and said he hoped it was wonderful"

The guy sounds like an ass, he'll probably be gone soon enough.