If only it had been a snake…
Customers are not very good at finding things. However, they don’t really want to admit to you at first that they are mentally deficient, so if they can’t find something, they first browse every shelf in the store. This process usually takes about 5 weeks.
After searching the automotive section thoroughly, the customer will wander back to the candy and ask you “Where are the Milky Way bars?” You kindly point to them, or name a shelf, or do whatever it might take to get them to see that they are indeed directly in front of them. You might want to make a joke to the customer about eyesight here but it is all too risky: there’s always that chance that they’ve just had cataract surgery or something.
Anyway, the customer will try to take the edge off of his or her perceived stupidity for not being able to complete the simple task of locating an object by resorting to their incredible wit. “Oh, hah… If it was a snake, it would’ve bit me!”
Like I said… if only it had been a snake…
The time is before 12:00 just about as much as you are actually funny.
^That was awkward phrasing. You can deal with it.
At some point in time, someone decided that saying “Good morning!” at any time other than morning was absolutely hilarious. They were actually very wrong. Now, there is a small disclaimer here, and that’s that cashiers bear immunity to this rule: They may do that if they wish. The reason for this is that the cashier must greet around four hundred people or more in the course of a shift, and therefore ends up needing some form of variety. As for the customer, they do it once. And they’re not funny when they do.
Chances are good that you’re not a professional economist.
This one is specific to one store in which I worked. The main road to access the store is closed for construction, and has been for a long time. Customers always found it necessary to ask, as if there was any question, “Hey, is that construction hurting your business?”
“Well, you’re here, so at least we’ve got the moron market covered.” I’m not sure if there’s anything more obvious.
