Shopping Pet Peeves

[Dionysus]

When people think I'm stealing.

[LeslieAGD]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Last week I went to a Winn Dixie while out running errands and they only had one LANE open. . . I only wanted 2 items and the lane had 6 folks in it. I pivoted right out the door.

I hate that! I ***especially*** hate it when there are only two or three lanes open and employees keep walking by and ignoring the facts that there are long lines!!!

[SigkapAlumWSU]

I hate it when a crowd of people, or an entire family, or most irritatingly, two people, feel the need to take up the whole road while walking in the parking lot. You can't tell me that you don't see or hear my car coming up behind you. Just get out of the way!

[docetboy]

Originally posted by LeslieAGD
I hate that! I ***especially*** hate it when there are only two or three lanes open and employees keep walking by and ignoring the facts that there are long lines!!!

This is why when possible, I give my patronage to Target. They have a very good policy of immediately opening up another register if each open lane has 2 or more people waiting...they even call up employees from other departments to keep enough checkout lanes open.

I HATE WALMART!! It seems no matter when I go in, whether on payday weekend or 3:30 in the morning, I have to wait atleast half an hour in line and then face an incompetent cashier. That's the price to pay for saving a couple bucks on your cd's I guess.

[steelepike]

why is it that when you walk into a store at the mall people ask if they can help you. seriously that bugs me, why do they think i need help. Am i that inept looking?

[docetboy]

Originally posted by steelepike
Am i that inept looking?

Do you really want us to answer that?

[smiley21]

Originally posted by Dionysus
When people think I'm stealing.

i actually had a woman follow me (she was trying to be subtle...yeah right) around a store. i got so nervous from being watched that i couldnt think about what i wanted so i said forget it. i just left.

[steelepike]

Originally posted by docetboy
Do you really want us to answer that?

well am i seriously, i guess i hide my genius well.

[sigmanuzk]

Originally posted by RubberSoul
(One time my daughter was having a typical two-year-old tantrum at the mall and I was escorting her out. This old man made some comment about why she was screaming like that and I looked at him and cooly said "Because she hasn't had her daily beating yet....." and walked away. This teenage boy standing there looked at the old man in disgust and said "Hasn't he ever seen a toddler before???" and smiled at me.)

That's what I really HATE, those old people who get all bent out of shape and act all offended about anything and everything, like someone's kid throwing a fit really ruined their whole life.

I also hate getting a messed up cart. People who get a whole cart of stuff and then just leave it in the aisle. The people who write a check for a pack of gum. The people that have expired coupons that they still want honored and most of all I hate that at the grocery store everything that is on sale you have to buy 2 or 3 of the same item to get the savings.

[sigmanuzk]

Originally posted by juniorgrrl
If you save your reciept, a lot of stores will offer you a price adjustment on the item. The length of time varies from store to store, but its usually 7 to 14 days.

At Sears it's thirty days and we give you the price adjustment plus 10% of the difference.

[AOIIsilver]

I really dislike sales persons who lookat me as if I am not able to afford shopping in their store.

I also really dislike advertised sales items that do not ring up correctly....especially when I gently tell the sales person that the price is incorrect and she/he responds, "You must not understand the math." I politely say, "Why don't you get a calculator and a pencil."

Silver

[S_A_I]

I work at a part adult, part baby and child clothing store, and I must say that my biggest pet peeve is people who leave their stroller/child randomly in the middle of the store while they go look at clothes!!! Sometimes, you have to strategically maneuver around the baby section just to get to the stock room!!! UGH!! Also, people who ignore you when you say hello!! I'm not on commission, therefore I care if you buy something but yet I don't really . . . I'm just trying to be nice and greet you . . . geez, retail people are REAL people, too!!!

[KerriMarie]

I used to work at a Michael's Arts and Crafts store... ugh, people can be disgusting!

We had people who liked to unroll the ribbons... that's really annoying. Cleaning up the ribbon aisle could seriously tke an hour every night, it gets that messy.

People who bring in like a fast food cup, finish it, and leave it somewhere for me to find and pick up. That's gross...

I hate people who fill a cart with crap, and leave it somewhere for me to unload. I have better things to do with my time, really I do!

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by smiley21
i actually had a woman follow me (she was trying to be subtle...yeah right) around a store. i got so nervous from being watched that i couldnt think about what i wanted so i said forget it. i just left.

That kind of crap's been going on for years. It happened a lot to friends of mine, and it's happened to me. I confront folks, say that I have caiche AND your credit card.