Share your funny/strange stories of being a cashier!!!!! :):)?!
Question: Share your funny/strange stories of being a cashier!!!!! :):)!?
Share your funniest or strangest experience that you've encountered being a cashier or working in a fast food restaurant!. :)
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Darn! Yahoo got hungry and ate my first answer!. I'll try again; I have so many I would literally love to write a book one day!.
One that comes to mind is when I finally chose a career as an Optician, I was working in a small office for a private doctor and a very scruffy and unkempt man came in wanting to purchase exactly 33 pairs of eyeglasses!. I thought this rather odd, but I treated him with the same respect as I did with all my patients and fitted him with 33 pr!. of glasses!. He opened a tattered old wallet that was bursting with large bills and paid in full!. ( That's when I learned to never judge anyone by their appearance!.)
Sorry this is a bit long, but: the man returned about a week after picking up his 33 prs of glasses to see me!.He told me that all the glasses were picking up high-level frequencies from other galaxies and entering his brain, and it was interrupting his thought processes!.
This was my introduction to what would be years of similar interactions working in a hospital environment!. At the time, though, I was wishing I had some kind of Manager I could call for help to take over!. I stayed as poker-faced as I could, and I actually had compassion for this man & wanted to help him!.
Thinking quick on my feet, I asked him if the glasses had been exposed to any radiation that he knew of!. He told me that some people who were actually aliens had been burying antennas in his backyard in the middle of the night!. I nodded my head as if that might mean something!.
I have never lied to or disrespected any of my patients, but desperate times call for desperate measures!. I informed him that I check every pair of glasses thoroughly before I will dispense them, and these had all passed inspection when they had left here ~ which was true!.He had purchased the extra ultra-violet protection on all his lenses, of course, and I had a machine that tested for the presence of UV filter on lenses!. Another handy machine I had was a powerful ultrasonic cleaner we used to clean glasses, green boogery nose-pads, tools,etc!.
So I placed each par of glasses in the UV checking machine, and told him that I was checking for radiation contamination!. When the green light comes on, that actually means the glasses have UV protection, but when the green light would come on, I would shake my head and tell him that somehow these had all been contaminated, and that had to be the reason for the signal interference!.
He seamed to agree with me, and started mutterring to himself about the buried antennas in his yard and getting a bulldozer
I told him not to worry, that we have a machine that can neutralize them (hell, I don't know anything about radiation, and still don't!.!.!.but I was desperate!.) I showed him the ultrasonic cleaning machine, which was a contained airtight device, and told him that if he could leave the glasses overnight I could have them all sterilized for him, as I couldn't put them all in at once!. There was one pair that happened to have a plastic frame, rather than metal, and I told him that he should wear this pair in the meantime, as it came up with the least radiation!.
He claimed that he noticed that pair wasn't as loud as the others!. When he left I was waiting for someone to jump out & say "Smile, you're on candid camera!"but it never happened!.
My odd but lovable patient returned the next day and picked up his 33 pr of glasses, walked around outside to test each pair (explaining this to the doctor/owner is another story), and was delighted!. He said he was back on his usual frequency on every pair!.
Whenever I hear that REM song "What's The Frequency Kenneth!?" it reminds me of this experience!.
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One that comes to mind is when I finally chose a career as an Optician, I was working in a small office for a private doctor and a very scruffy and unkempt man came in wanting to purchase exactly 33 pairs of eyeglasses!. I thought this rather odd, but I treated him with the same respect as I did with all my patients and fitted him with 33 pr!. of glasses!. He opened a tattered old wallet that was bursting with large bills and paid in full!. ( That's when I learned to never judge anyone by their appearance!.)
Sorry this is a bit long, but: the man returned about a week after picking up his 33 prs of glasses to see me!.He told me that all the glasses were picking up high-level frequencies from other galaxies and entering his brain, and it was interrupting his thought processes!.
This was my introduction to what would be years of similar interactions working in a hospital environment!. At the time, though, I was wishing I had some kind of Manager I could call for help to take over!. I stayed as poker-faced as I could, and I actually had compassion for this man & wanted to help him!.
Thinking quick on my feet, I asked him if the glasses had been exposed to any radiation that he knew of!. He told me that some people who were actually aliens had been burying antennas in his backyard in the middle of the night!. I nodded my head as if that might mean something!.
I have never lied to or disrespected any of my patients, but desperate times call for desperate measures!. I informed him that I check every pair of glasses thoroughly before I will dispense them, and these had all passed inspection when they had left here ~ which was true!.He had purchased the extra ultra-violet protection on all his lenses, of course, and I had a machine that tested for the presence of UV filter on lenses!. Another handy machine I had was a powerful ultrasonic cleaner we used to clean glasses, green boogery nose-pads, tools,etc!.
So I placed each par of glasses in the UV checking machine, and told him that I was checking for radiation contamination!. When the green light comes on, that actually means the glasses have UV protection, but when the green light would come on, I would shake my head and tell him that somehow these had all been contaminated, and that had to be the reason for the signal interference!.
He seamed to agree with me, and started mutterring to himself about the buried antennas in his yard and getting a bulldozer
I told him not to worry, that we have a machine that can neutralize them (hell, I don't know anything about radiation, and still don't!.!.!.but I was desperate!.) I showed him the ultrasonic cleaning machine, which was a contained airtight device, and told him that if he could leave the glasses overnight I could have them all sterilized for him, as I couldn't put them all in at once!. There was one pair that happened to have a plastic frame, rather than metal, and I told him that he should wear this pair in the meantime, as it came up with the least radiation!.
He claimed that he noticed that pair wasn't as loud as the others!. When he left I was waiting for someone to jump out & say "Smile, you're on candid camera!"but it never happened!.
My odd but lovable patient returned the next day and picked up his 33 pr of glasses, walked around outside to test each pair (explaining this to the doctor/owner is another story), and was delighted!. He said he was back on his usual frequency on every pair!.
Whenever I hear that REM song "What's The Frequency Kenneth!?" it reminds me of this experience!.
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I had a pysco 3 dollar tree stand lady demanding I give it to her free because it didn't ring up right!. Even though the buggy they were in had a huge sign on it saying will fix the price at the register which it did but b/c it rang up 7!.45 while I was fixing the price to 3!.00 she demanded I give it to her free!. I will never forget that woman and what she had on I was really tick at first but now I laugh about it!. She was calling me every name in the book Www@Enter-QA@Com
I have two!.
1!. whenever someone makes a big purchase using their card, we have to ask for id!. so one time this guy was buying something for $500 or some sort and I asked for id!. I was about burst out laughing when I noticed he was wearing the same thing on his license picture!.
2!. this guy was making a purchase for $13!. 07!. so he gave me $20!. I asked him if he had 7cents (so he wont be getting 93cents in change -- too heavy)!. he said "sure," reaching into his pocket!. he started counting his loose change in his hand so I said "sorry we dont accept lint!." he started laughing!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
1!. whenever someone makes a big purchase using their card, we have to ask for id!. so one time this guy was buying something for $500 or some sort and I asked for id!. I was about burst out laughing when I noticed he was wearing the same thing on his license picture!.
2!. this guy was making a purchase for $13!. 07!. so he gave me $20!. I asked him if he had 7cents (so he wont be getting 93cents in change -- too heavy)!. he said "sure," reaching into his pocket!. he started counting his loose change in his hand so I said "sorry we dont accept lint!." he started laughing!.Www@Enter-QA@Com