Reply #8: Despite you saying you don't care, I'm going to tell you anyway.

[muffin1]

I have worked retail for 20 years. It can be one of the most god-awful jobs, even at the better retail outlets. Imagine how much fun the job would be at Wally World! Most shifts range from 6-12 hours, doing nothing but endlessly ringing up purchases. Not to mention the low wages and standing on one's feet for that many hours at a stretch.

The only decent part of working with the public is the rare, kind customer with whom one can exchange pleasantries. Since most cashiers do not know all about their customers' personal lives, one of the only things left is to discuss are the items being purchased.

I mean, really, how hard is it to respond with a "Thanks! I had heard good things about this bread, caulk, movie...whatever".
It doesn't cost the customer more than a few seconds, and it will REALLY make the cashier's day - a smile and a kind word go a long way. And who knows? They may, in turn, be kind to the next person who waits on THEM, and so on...


Obviously, I'm not referencing the overly loquacious - but just talking in general terms.


;-)