My Weird Walmart Experience With a Cashier

AndiJoy812

This made me giggle this morning. Walmart...where shopping is always an adventure. :laugh:

thebaconbeast

It lacks so much logic it reverses in on itself and becomes logical, wow...

tpittsley77

Your husband must be a very patient man... I would have flipped my lid... then people would be on here telling their walmart story about me!

This particular walmart was built in a particular area outside of Syracuse, nice and close to two of the worst "sides" of Syracuse. My husband knows not to start anything at this walmart, because violence of some sort may happen. We prefer not to worry about getting shot or stabbed.

Altho, I must say, the first SuperWalmart I was ever in, outside of Knoxville TN, had an actual branch of the police dept right in the walmart. With a jail cell. Ours in Syracuse needs one. There is always a cop posted at our walmart.

_EmmaStrong_

Some cashiers can be somewhat rude. My experience at a McDonald's - I ordered a salad with grilled chicken and mistakenly told her I wanted the thousand island dressing. Once I received my order, realizing my mistake I said," No wait, I want the low-fat italian dressing". Her reply: " That's okay, I have blonde moments once in a while, too!" :grumble:

Another incident: I had filled my Hummer with gas and going inside the store to pay for it.(This is a really small gas station). The cashier asked me what pump I was at, and I said "It's the yellow Hummer" (which is what I always say). He then asked me what the number was on the pump, so I looked outside and saw 3. So I told him it was 3, but my daughter said "NO mom, it's 7". So I looked at little closer and said "Yeah, she' right, it's 7. Sorry." The cashier said "Don't worry, you'll be okay." I was dumbfounded - WTH did he mean by that?:huh:

So, I'm a blonde - that doesn't automatically mean I'm a dumba$$! :explode:

ashlinmarie

This reminds me of a lady that comes through our drive thru and confused one of the 16 year olds. She asked for a mocha latte which TECHNICALLY we just call it mocha's and the poor girl was trying to explain that we had mochas but not mocha lattes. Eventually I ran back there, rang it up and thanked the lady for her patience. It was awful.


I work at McDonalds and see this a lot, but I have seen the reverse. People will order our 2 cheeseburger meal with no cheese and I will ring it up as a two hamburger meal...it saves time and then the people in the back don't have to deal with grill slips or anything, and they will freak out at me and be like "I wanted the number two with no cheese!" so I'll say "I rang up the number 2 as no cheese because I put hamburgers instead of cheeseburgers." They usually still don't get it until I put two hamburgers, a medium fry, and a cup on their tray.

bubmaster

sort of conversation that gives you a headache..lol

peacefulsong

A few years ago I went out of town with a friend and about halfway through the trip we went through a drive through. While waiting for our food we were trying to figure out what time it was, as we weren't sure whether we'd crossed into a different time zone yet. So when the girl gave us our food, the following took place:

My friend: Thanks, and by the way, are we in the eastern time zone here?
Girl: Um...I don't know.
Friend: Well, can you tell me what time it is?
Girl: Right now?

No, honey, just give us a random time. Just for fun. :laugh:

tom_olech

I once asked for a hamburger from Wendy's like this:

Me: I'd like a single with nothing on it; plain.
cashier: gives me a hamburger with cheese
Me: "I asked for a PLAIN hamburger with nothing on it."
Cashier: "You didn't say you didn't want cheese on it."

:huh:

This has happened to me too. I never really understood how they somehow thought I wanted the cheese.

Ok, having worked at wendy's for 4 years off and on, i can say that in their defense, after taking hundreds of orders over the course of a day sometimes 'single' and 'single cheese' get blurred together and you stop hearing the difference....this happened to me quite alot when i started university and had to work nights at wendys....altho it also may have been due to the fact that i didnt care about the job, so i wasnt trying very hard....but my point still stands! Hahaha...

Silverkittycat

Altho, I must say, the first SuperWalmart I was ever in, outside of Knoxville TN, had an actual branch of the police dept right in the walmart. With a jail cell.

!!! wow.

Thanks to all of you for sharing your stories!

TexasRattlesnake

I was once at a Wal-Mart where they had the "underage cashier" sign up indicating you couldn't purchase alcohol at that register. The cashier was at least 65 years old.

trophywife24

I went to WM to buy dog food not that long ago and while the cashier was checking out my giant 50lb bag of food, she said to the older man behind me... "So are you going home with her? She bought a lot of snacks." The guy and I just looked at each other. Seriously? haha.

fitpilatesqueen

Funny story.
Still I never take bags for things with handles, I do so for the enviorment.
I almost never buy bags at the store, I bring a trolley with me to store.
Plastic isn´t good for the enviorment. That might be the reason they try to save bags on things like that.

Celeigh12

I've only been to Walmart twice I think and one of those times my total was $8 and change, so I gave the checkout gal a five and 4 ones. She stood there and used that counterfeit pen meant for $20s and larger to check every bill. I said, they can't have you do that for every transaction?! And she just stared at me with a blank look for a long moment, then went back to checking the bills with the pen. Every time I have a choice between Walmart and Target, I remember that experience and choose Target.

Wilson929

Went through the McDonalds drive through several years ago and orderds the 2 cheese burger meal. Drove off and took out my burger about a 1/2 block away to find out there was no MEAT in my burgers. Went back and walked the bag into the counter and asked if I could get two burgers with meat in them. The employee just stood there and asked me... "You didn't order them that way?" WTH !! The manager heard the employee and quickly stepped in to appologize for the mistake. Two seconds later another person walked in with the same problem.
The worker in the back had made several to go orders without meat !!! LOL, seriously how does that happen !!

slepygrl

I used to work for Wal-Mart. I hated it! I had to pull a female co-worker aside and ask her if she could please take a shower before she comes to work. She smelled so bad. She smelled like rotten arm pits and curry. The next day she comes in smelling like rotten arm pits, curry and Fabrise.

Ugh!

Fat_2_Fit_Mommy

Haha!! OMG I can't believe it I never heard anyone does that about bag.

trophywife24

My least favorite fast food experience was not too long ago at Wendys. I took my kiddos through the drive thru on the way home from the beach for a hamburger meal.... get home with their food... and there aren't any sandwiches in bags? WHAT?... load the kids back in the car (not fun).. drive back to Wendys (not happy).. unload the kids to go into the store and say WTH.. and the girl laughed and said "oh, I knew you'd be back"... UHM. (crickets)

TexasRattlesnake

Plastic isn´t good for the enviorment. That might be the reason they try to save bags on things like that.

Maybe for some companies with a conscience, but I doubt Wal-Mart is more motivated by the environment than the bottom line... money.

txcaveman

Reminds me of an exchange my sister had one night ordering a Junior bacon cheeseburger from Wendy's.

Sister: I'd like a Junior Bacon Hamburger please.
Employee: We only have Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers, not Junior Bacon Hamburgers.
Sister: Well can you get a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger with no cheese?
Employee: Yes but you have to ask for a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger, hold the cheese.
Sister: I'd like a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger, hold the cheese please.
Employee: Anything else?

I have a friend who, in high school, worked at Arby's and made people order like that... Just for fun.

LaLouve_RK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvxNgdFeWqM

Couldn't resist!

AHAHAH!

No offense to my US neighbors, but in my part of the planet, never saw weird people like that in a Wal-Mart... wish I did!! ahahahah! :laugh:

Wish our Wal-Marts would let us bring our dogs in too....:frown: But ... maybe they wouldn't like a 115 pounds dog.... :bigsmile:

riccoismydog

Wow. Most of these posts are pretty high on the poster. Have you ever worked at Wal Mart? It seems as though that store attracts and multiplies the stupidity of of the stupidest people on earth.

I worked for two months as cash at Walmart. And four more in the cell phone department. Believe me. If the wal mart cashier was concerned you didn't want a bag for your g** dam* juice, it's because four people that day freaked out that she was killing the trees by putting a bag on the juice.

Stop believing you are important. The poor people who work there are just trying to do a pretty thankless job. As are most people in customer service. They put up with wierdos and all sorts all day long. Perhaps they are surly because the last ten customers were stupider and ruder than usual.

Just sayin.

sweetsassymolassy

This reminded me of the time, years ago that I was checking out with a box of diapers for my infant son. A cashier who I had seen a few times looked at the diapers, the baby and then me.
Cashier- How old are you?
Me, taken by surprise- Umm, 24.
Him- Oh, good. I thought you were, like, 16. Teenage motherhood is not good.
Me-????
I was too disconcerted to do anything at that point except pay and leave with my stuff.

sanguinepenguin

Reading these makes me want to go to Wal-Mart

deannakittygirl

OMG,these made my morning. I have had some experiences as well though not always walmart. I usually go to a different store as I am not a fan of the walmart produce.
1. i've had cashiers flip through my magazines.
2. at Christmas time I was buying bulk in the shell nuts for some gift baskets. the area didn't have anything to write down bin # information so cashier told me she didn't know how to look them up. I said call someone that does. she said she doesn't even eat nuts and just stood there like I was supposed to say oh i dont want them then. when she finally got them entered she tried to double charge me for them.
3. I was buying yogurt that was organic so it was $1 each. the cashier told me I was buying expensive yogurt. she would never pay that for each one.
4. one cashier saw my work I.d. and said that he had placed an application at that company and asked if I liked it. I said I did. he then replied in a snotty tone that he had been rejected for employment with my company. I guess he thought it was my fault or something.
none of these were at walmart so it is not isolated to that store.

abbyaxiom

I've never had anyone help me out at Walmart lol....I worked in a restaurant and me and the coworkers decided to have a movie night. I decided to buy "Waiting" for said movie night and when I asked an associate in the DVD section where I might find it, her response was "Oh we don't sell R rated movies here"....I quickly pointed out she was standing right in front of the SAW movies!!!

JenAiMarres

Ha! Not my proudest moment...but the cashiers never say hello at my Walmart. But I'm über friendly so I always have to say hi...I can't stand not saying hi. So I challenged my self not to speak and see if the cashier ever acknowledged my presence at her check out line. Nothing. I was fuming mad. Outraged pissed (and TOM) so finally when she finished ringing my purchase....she stood there silently...did not have the common curtosey to tell me my total(probably $350 or so) I exploded. I informed her that she was going to need to tell me hello and tell me the total out loud in order for me to pay. Etc etc etc...then the freaks behind me were looking at me like I was crazy.....I told them off too. Hahahahhahahaha!!!

Wow.

I've been meaning to tell someone about that. Lolz!

MLgarcia3

Wow. Most of these posts are pretty high on the poster. Have you ever worked at Wal Mart? It seems as though that store attracts and multiplies the stupidity of of the stupidest people on earth.

I worked for two months as cash at Walmart. And four more in the cell phone department. Believe me. If the wal mart cashier was concerned you didn't want a bag for your g** dam* juice, it's because four people that day freaked out that she was killing the trees by putting a bag on the juice.

Stop believing you are important. The poor people who work there are just trying to do a pretty thankless job. As are most people in customer service. They put up with wierdos and all sorts all day long. Perhaps they are surly because the last ten customers were stupider and ruder than usual.

Just sayin.

You sound like one of those people that shouldn't be working in customer service..

katrinkap

Our local Walmart has a Subway in it and I usually take the kids there first before grocery shopping so they are content for the most part. When I was checking out the checkout lady yelled at me for signing my name on my WIC (Minnesota food checks) check, then she saw my kids prize from Subways IN THE DIAPER BAG, and SEARCHED THE DIAPER BAG because she though I was stealing toys! My goodness you old hag! It has SUBWAY printed in large letters on the front of the toy!!!

I was just shocked at the way she treated me so I didn't complain to the supervisor, but rarely do I ever go to Walmart now because of that experience.

katrinkap

Wow. Most of these posts are pretty high on the poster. Have you ever worked at Wal Mart? It seems as though that store attracts and multiplies the stupidity of of the stupidest people on earth.

I worked for two months as cash at Walmart. And four more in the cell phone department. Believe me. If the wal mart cashier was concerned you didn't want a bag for your g** dam* juice, it's because four people that day freaked out that she was killing the trees by putting a bag on the juice.

Stop believing you are important. The poor people who work there are just trying to do a pretty thankless job. As are most people in customer service. They put up with wierdos and all sorts all day long. Perhaps they are surly because the last ten customers were stupider and ruder than usual.

Just sayin.

You sound like one of those people that shouldn't be working in customer service..

I agree! Sorry but being a self own business owner, my priority is the customer service... Because as you can see, people tell all the horrible experiences there are. It's not one customers fault that another customer gave the cashier a "bad day" vibe. HA! Just saying.

abbyaxiom

Wow. Most of these posts are pretty high on the poster. Have you ever worked at Wal Mart? It seems as though that store attracts and multiplies the stupidity of of the stupidest people on earth.

I worked for two months as cash at Walmart. And four more in the cell phone department. Believe me. If the wal mart cashier was concerned you didn't want a bag for your g** dam* juice, it's because four people that day freaked out that she was killing the trees by putting a bag on the juice.

Stop believing you are important. The poor people who work there are just trying to do a pretty thankless job. As are most people in customer service. They put up with wierdos and all sorts all day long. Perhaps they are surly because the last ten customers were stupider and ruder than usual.

Just sayin.

I totally agree with you on that one lol. When you work in customer service of any kind you always run across the most awfu people the world has to offer,so eventually there are points where you really just dont care! It was the same way for me working in a restaurant and as a bartender. Sometimes there were days where i was just like "F" it! These people are ridiculous!!