Statements from supermarket customers that are really quite unique
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On Facebook, you all keep going on about bizarre statements from supermarket customers. They are just too good to pass up, these gems.
For your scrapbook
Quite a few comments come in response to the question ‘Would you like the receipt?’ Samantha keeps hearing them on a busy workday, ranging from: ‘No, just hang that above your bed’ to: ‘No, keep it for my scrapbook.’ Samantha: ‘Just an adult man or woman saying this, huh…’ Exhausting, Anne thinks too. In response to the same question, she hears for example: ‘Can I return it if it's used up?’ Old jokes, the ladies think. But still better than those sourpusses at your checkout; Wilma knows all about it. A regular customer often came to Wilma's checkout. And every time she asked the question ‘Would you like the receipt?’ this customer replied: ‘No, I've received enough of those in my life.’.
FRESH baguette?
Janneke: ‘Customers asking if we have fresh baguettes on Sundays.’ She always laughs about it, but then thinks to herself: as if ovens are free on Sundays…
Mother's Day promotion
It's not just in the supermarket that things are happening. Greetje was happy to be back at work after being closed for three months. And then the very first customer in the hair salon asks: ‘Are you doing the Mother's Day promotion again this year?’ Uhm, I haven't been able to earn anything for months, what do you think?
1+1?
1+1 free, who doesn't love that? But there are customers who often leave one of the two items in the shopping cart and don't mention it. Claudie then has to ask: ‘Oh sir, do you have two of these?’ and then you get the response from the customer: ‘Yes, but that one is free, you know.’ Claudie: ‘Nice for you and luckily the register knows that too, but not scanning is considered theft and then the inventory doesn't match anymore.’
A bit too personal…
Margot experiences a lot as well. She works in the same neighborhood in home care as she does at the checkout in the supermarket. And then you get people you know from home care coming to your checkout with stories and questions that are a bit too personal. ‘HELLO, today I'm not a nurse but a cashier!’
Cleaner on fire
Heidi finds it very annoying that cleaners from the supermarket are considered ignorant. Example: a customer asks Heidi if she can help her. Heidi is happy to help, so off she goes, quickly putting the cleaning cloth aside. But then the customer casually says: ‘Oh, I don't think you know, because you're the cleaner.’ Stupid, according to Heidi: ‘Never underestimate a cleaner, a cleaner knows better where everything is than many supermarket employees.’
Forgot to scan
Not scanning a plastic bag, oh well, but leaving a crate of beer in the cart and not mentioning it, Angelina has something to say about that. She says nothing but scans the crate first at the register. And she deliberately hands the receipt to the customer. Angelina: ‘And then you see the customers quickly walking away and looking at the receipt. They almost stop when they see that the crate of beer has indeed been scanned…’
HELLO?
Agnes worked for years at Bijenkorf and got asked a bit too often: ‘Hello, does this belong to you?’ A colleague of Agnes would then say to the respective customer: ‘HELLO is on vacation.’ Haha, a very silly one, but we get the point.
