Money, Health, Awkward and Periods: Presumption

Presumption

By fmlgrl - 30/07/2012 06:59 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I went to a corner store to restock my chocolate stash. A guy from work walked in to see me and the cashier arguing about the amount of candy I was trying to buy with a jar of pennies. He took one look at me and said, "That time of the month, eh?" FML

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By PineappleOfMyEye - 24/09/2018 17:30

Today, I work at a general store and a customer came in trying to bargain a set price of an item. The item? A 50 cent candy bar. He wanted it for 34 cents. This is not the first time he's done this. FML

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By ghgfd - 06/03/2013 14:53 - Canada - Barrie

Today, I went to the store to pick up some feminine products. As I was paying, the male cashier looked at me sympathetically and asked if it was my girlfriend's time of the month. I'm a girl and was buying them for myself. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/03/2021 15:30 - United States - Brunswick

Today, at my store, I had an old man violently accuse me of charging him for an extra pack of 99¢ Mounds candy yesterday. He held up my line for 10 minutes, fighting me about it. I didn't even work yesterday. FML

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By bunintheoven - 23/10/2012 04:21 - United States - Seligman

Today, I went to my local Walmart to grab a few groceries, and while at the checkout line I grabbed two chocolate bars for a snack. The cashier gave me a look and mumbled under her breath, "Surprise, surprise." I'm pregnant, asshole. FML

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By ilovemypup - 31/10/2016 11:20

Today, while at my job in a candy store, a boy stuck his hand into the bin, contaminating the candy. As I politely explained that the dad had to purchase the affected candy he refused, yelled, then angrily agreed to buy them. The total cost of the candy with the extra pieces? $1.69. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/08/2012 12:12 - United States - Worcester

Today, my husband had a temper tantrum because I wouldn't get him a chocolate bar at the store register. FML

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By bakedplum - 01/11/2011 17:52 - United States

Today, I went grocery shopping. Being a bartender, I had a huge wad of dollar bills from cash tips. As I was counting them at the register, I looked at the cashier and joked, "You probably think I'm a stripper or something." He looked me up and down and said, "Uh... hell no." FML

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By love_to_live - 28/07/2012 04:17 - United States - Waupun

Today, while in the store with my kids, they wanted to buy tampons because I am "getting cranky, and it should be that time of the month." FML

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By Anonymous - 13/01/2011 23:00 - United States

Today, while working at a dollar store, I was clobbered by a woman because apparently, I was ripping her off by charging two dollars for two doughnuts. She didn't understand that she couldn't buy multiple items at once for one dollar. FML

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By Angelica - 28/10/2011 01:48 - United States

Today, I had to sit patiently at the checkout at work, listening to my own father rant about how the twinkies he was buying were "twice the size back in my day", and how "you could buy a dozen of these suckers for just 10 cents." He didn't stop there. No, he tried to haggle over the price. FML

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blueandpurpleroc 4

Monday 30 July 2012 16:18

A jar of pennies? If I was the cashier I'd want to kill you. Of course if it was that time of the month, I see your desperation.

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Monday 30 July 2012 16:19

Pennies: every cashier's worst nightmare.

Comments

BH1126 11

Tuesday 31 July 2012 3:10

Coinstar.

tookie12345 7

Tuesday 31 July 2012 3:11

Currency is currency man up

Nanael_fml 4

Tuesday 31 July 2012 3:34

CoinStar....that is all

worldclassrager 39

Tuesday 31 July 2012 4:57

rolls of pennies would have been a help for the cashier...and the worker with that comment is just down right rude...

Ray_of_midnight 22

Tuesday 31 July 2012 4:58

A moment's thought should demonstrate that a business doesn't have to take any form of payment it doesn't want to take, including large quantities of coins. Think about this question from the opposite direction for a moment: How many times have you walked into a business and seen posted at the register "NO BILLS LARGER THAN $20"? That's legal, so refusing a jar full of pennies should be legal, too.

raraisbang 12

Tuesday 31 July 2012 7:39

That's different. Those signs are there because if bigger bills are used, the register may not have enough change left in them.

sadistmonkey 19

Tuesday 31 July 2012 6:08

I don't know if this point has been brought up and I'm not about to look through 169 comments to see if it has been, but you know that you can exchange pennies for bills at the bank, right?

raraisbang 12

Tuesday 31 July 2012 7:41

If it was evening though, the bank was most likely closed. OP needed their chocolate ASAP!

spongeydude4 2

Tuesday 31 July 2012 6:11

Sugarcube cornee store?

Seirye 2

Tuesday 31 July 2012 7:48

I personally think it's rude to go buy items all in pennies. Go wrap them up at a bank and get some bills, or use one of those coin machines. YDI.

Ishq786 12

Tuesday 31 July 2012 7:51

Go to a bank or a money exchange to change the coins into dollar bills? I am sure you wouldn't like counting the coins!

tobedd 13

Tuesday 31 July 2012 10:26

Thank god most big countries like Australia and Canada have phased out the pennies. I would have killed you! (please note kill is a general term not literal to avoid a whole substring)