At the grocery store, who thinks it's rude when a cashier responds "you're welcome" when you say "thank you."?
I do agree that the best response is "Thank you", but I also don't think that "You're welcome" is all that bad. I have a part time cashier job to help fund school, and let me just say, it gets very repetitive. I try my best to be sincere and mix up my responses. Often I will gauge the situation to determine which response is best, ie. if the customer says thank you as I hand them their bags, I'll say you're welcome and maybe follow with a "Thanks for coming to see us today". My guess is that when you hear the "you're welcome", its from the all-too-common bored/rude cashier who truly doesn't appreciate the fact that, yes, you are helping to pay their salary.
When your child breaks something at a store, do you pay for it?
we went to a dollar store and told our 2 daughters they could each get a book. the oldest dropped a glass ballerina doll and i told her that she needed to take her money and pay for it. i thought it was the responsible thing to do. the cashier was mortified that i did this! what the heck is this world coming to??? i was trying to teach her that you pay for what you break. the cashier didn't make her pay and we left her get a book? at the end we had her tell the cashier sorry again and thank you.
If I pay for something and hand the cashier the money,?
I believe it is a error on their part. What ever happened to counting change back and placing the money in customers hand. And saying thank you. I was working in a Gas Station and a young kid came up to the counter and threw his money on the counter (change I might add) and started to tell me to give him a pack of smokes. Well need less to say I was not happy, I voiced me unhappiness like this, " when you pick your change up off the counter I'll be happy to give you your smokes" I shouldn't have done this but I am not a servant will not tolerate this from some young punk. I feel maybe a small chat with the manager will help. I say this because when you count money back normally you would give it to the customer and not put it down, and if the cashier is not counting the money back maybe her till is short or over. So yes a small chat with management might solve your issues and maybe fix off cash tills.
Why don't cashiers say "please" when telling the customer their total, or say "thank you" at its conclusion, like they once did?
Because there is no need.Please is generally used when you are requesting a favour from someone. ‘Will you please pass me the salt?’ It’s not necessary to use the word please when you are asking the other person about doing something they want. ‘Would you like me to pass you the salt?’So, we move to the area of retail. You walk through my shop picking out items that suit you. You come to the counter, place them on the counter and look at me expectantly. Now, we may or may not have exchanged pleasantries, but lets strip this down to the transaction involved.You place the items on the counter. I believe that here it is universally accepted that this behaviour means ‘I have looked around enough. I have decided to buy these. Please tell me how much I owe you’.No words are exchanged, but we all know that when we are ready to pay we go to the counter, offer up our items and wait to be told how much we owe. If we can go back to the dinner table, we are essentially saying ‘Will you please pass the salt?’Fair enough so far. The customer has silently asked the cashier to add up the total of their items and tell them. And that’s what the cashier does. Usually not as baldy as ‘$12.32’. A few more words added, whilst unnecesary, just seems a bit politer doesn’t it? ‘That will be $12.32 Sir’.Please notice that the cashier isn’t asking you for a favour. You, as the customer, asked for the favour (please total my goods) and the cashier is merely doing that favour. No need for the word please at all.
Why dont some people say thank you to the cashier?
I work as a cashier in walmart and it really offends me when the customer doesn't say thank you when I hand them the receipt and tell them to have a nice day. They just take it, ignore me, and leave. It makes me really angry and want to yell at them. A few times I said "you are welcome" as they left which is unprofessional. How do I get over customers not saying thank you and being rude to me (especially the indian ones). I don't want to lose my temper and jeopardize my job. Does anyone have any advice or can relate to what I am saying? Thanks. Also about 1 in 10 people don't say hello or thank you to me.
Do any cashiers say thank you anymore??
This is a pet peeve. I work hard for my money, and just because someone is making minimum wage, it doesn't mean that they can't thank me for shopping in their store. I think "thank you" has been replaced with "have a nice day." Sometimes I even say "you're welcome" to try and prompt a thanks. How about you?
Are you offended by cashiers that don't say hello, please, or thank you?
Offended? Hell no! I’ve been on both sides of that counter, I know what it is like to have to be that cashier.Not to mention, I also know those cashiers are human beings, that can have as many bad days, etc. as the rest of us.And having been on both sides of that counter, I know how difficult it can be some days to just show up and function, having to be “polite, friendly, personable” can seem like a monumental task at times on top of just functioning.So, since i know those human beings on the other side of the counter have far more going on in their life than just that job, hell probably even more going on at that job than just doing the cashier work, I am not going to be offended by a human being human.Not to mention, all my “being offended” does is give their management yet another excuse to make a possibly miserable day even worse. The cashier is probably well aware of any store policy about “smiling, greeting, etc.” and how they aren’t following it to the letter.I don’t think a cashier not doing those “niceties” is something to be offended by. Now if the cashier is being deliberately rude, that is a whole other kettle of beans, but in general, those things are so minimum to as to be barely worth notice.So, I guess next time you want to feel “offended” by such a minor thing, try remembering that the cashier is an actual human being, and think before you get your undies bunched.
Why do angry customers take out their anger on the cashiers??
I have a veeeeeeeery long fuse, but I've just about come to the end of it, and I need all you people out there to tell me: Why is it that if a customer can't find something in the store, or they're annoyed with having to wait in line too long, they take it out on the cashiers?? I need to be blunt and honest here: If you don't see it on the shelf, we probably don't carry it. Period. No amount of yelling at me is going to make it magically appear for you! Besides, why don't you find someone in that department and tell THEM?? And why do you complain to me that there aren't enough registers open?? It's not my fault we're short-staffed! "Why don't you hire more people?" you ask. Well, we'd hire them if they'd apply! We can't drag people in off the street and put them on registers! Maybe YOU'D like to apply?? PLEASE stop complaining to us! We were hired to scan your items and take your payment. And believe me, we try to be as friendly as possible. It's hard, but we try. Won't you?