So, as a cashier I confront 5(ish) different types of people (Some customers can be a mix of two, three, or all four):
1) The Eco-Friendly - #1 are usually the older generation, and commonly appear on Saturdays. There are various types of the eco-friendly. #1A will let me ring up their items and start putting their items in a bag. As I get down to their last items, they start grabbing their products out of the plastic bag and into their reusable bag. They give me an annoyed look and haughtily retort, "I brought my own bag, I'm trying to save the environment." I give them an imaginary evil eye and think to myself, "Why didn't you just give me your bag in the beginning so I could have put them in there in the first place?"
#1B is when I have learned from #1A and I ask if they want a bag for their items. They give me a, "I can't believe you just asked me that question" look on their face. It was like I just spat on them, when I simply asked if they wanted a bag. #1B crinkles their nose and remark, "No, I don't want a bag. Everyone should start charging for bags around here, it would make the world a better place."
#1C are the the ones who give me their bag in the very beginning, and often they put their products in their bag for me. They get me.
2) The Nitpicks - #2 buys a large amount of 'breakable', 'scratchable', or 'delicate' items. #2 almost always claim that they are in a hurry, but they insist on having me wrap every. single. item. It almost always doesn't matter that they're holding up the line during our busiest hour of the day, they can't bear the thought of having their precious poly-resin (aka fancy name for plastic) cowboy boot being scratched by other items. They're going home for crying out loud, what are they going to do, start a speed chase with the police and make crazy turns left and right? Come on now! Often they will also ask for individual bags because they have to buy bags back at home.
3) The Sale Reminder - #3 are almost as bad as #2. #3 is almost always a woman, and the name is self explanatory. She knows the store VERY well, and knows that we have manual registers where the cashier has to manually put in the department, price, and discount. There are two types of #3. The more common type #3A; tells me the discount of EVERY item. Now she may think she is helpful, but in reality she is downright annoying. I sometimes appreciate the help at the beginning of the week when we have the new sales*, but by Thursday I know them like the back of my hand.
*Customers often declare, "____________ is 50% off", in hopes to actually getting the item discounted. In reality I can't trust any customers, no matter what their motives are.
Now #3B is quiet, but is intensely staring at my screen to make sure that I get EVERY discount correctly, and if I don't #3B will me know. If either #3A and #3B is wrong and they don't have a 40% off coupon, #3 won't take the item and save it for the next time #3 at the store.
4) The Big Spender - #4 is the complete opposite of #3. It usually starts by #4 flaunting their American Express credit card by first boasting, "You guys don't take American Express, do you?" I point and say that we do. I ring up dozens of items, and she usually spins her credit card in between her fingers while yawning until I'm done ringing up her countless knick-knacks. Sometimes #4 retorts, "You don't have automatic registers? You should change that!" As if I, a meager cashier, really has a say in all of it. Every now and then I tell #4 that a certain item that's higher than $50 isn't on sale, but they merely shrug it off and go about their day as I wave them off silently thanking them for paying for my paycheck.
5) Where's The Bathroom? - #5 asks me where the bathroom is. I tell them where it's at, and I never see them again.
The ones I like the most are #1C, #3B and #4. Why? They don't believe that they're better and have more knowledge than the store than me. Girl please!
