Money, Customers, Annoying and Work: Time waster

Time waster

By Anonymous - 19/11/2010 03:34 - United States

Today, I was just about done with my late-night shift at Ralph's. As I was about to put up my "Closed Lane" sign, an elderly women starts putting items on the conveyor belt. The cost was $14.79, and she paid with pennies. It took her ages to count them all, and I wasn't being paid overtime. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2009 13:49 - United States

Today, I was shopping at the grocery market and was next in line. Behind me was a woman who only had two items, so I nicely let her in front of me, as it looked like she was in a hurry. When she was all rung up, she decided to pay her $16.45 in loose change which needed to be counted out. FML

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By fuckedbyretail - 02/02/2013 14:53 - United States - Charlotte

Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. FML

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By Chels - 04/12/2009 06:27 - United States

Today, I had an elderly man come to my cash register. His total came to $15.50 He handed me $5 in nickels and dimes. A full roll of quarters. Before I could take the roll, he bust it open, making me count it. After that was all counted he was 50 cents short. So he handed me a $10 bill. FML

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Coinbased

By Keekee - 19/01/2023 14:00

Today, I rang up a customer’s items. The total came out to $24.67. She handed me a bag full of coins and looked at me expectantly. I asked if she had any other payment methods; she got irritated and said ,“If I did, I wouldn’t have given you this, stupid!” I had to count them. She was still 6 dollars short. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/09/2011 15:47 - United States

Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML

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By micheal - 21/06/2011 16:52 - United States

Today, while I was delivering pizza in the torrential downpour, I waited 5 minutes in the pouring rain for an old lady to dig 20 bucks out of her purse. Her total was $19.99. She told me to keep the change and make lots of money. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/01/2011 11:07 - United States

Today, I was tending the cash register. I scanned a lady's items which totaled $89.68. She paid with a $100 bill. I gave her $11.32 change. She angrily gave back the extra dollar and complained about "schools nowadays". I'm an AP Calculus student. FML

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Checked out

By $$$ - 29/05/2013 04:49 - Australia - Chatswood

Today, an elderly woman couldn't afford all of her groceries at the checkout so she started to take out a few things. I offered to pay for her groceries; she thanked me and walked out. An onlooker then came up to me and told me that she does it to someone every week. FML

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By richgirl - 25/02/2010 00:15 - United States

Today, I was doing takeout orders at the restaurant I work at. I spent a long while putting together this guy's $135.00 order. When he finally got there to pick it up, I told him to fill out the credit card slip. I looked at it after he left. He gave me a 40 cent tip. 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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kimbaheartsyou 0

Friday 19 November 2010 12:28

I know 5 or 10 minutes here and there doesn't sound like much, but it adds up. Up until recently, people at my work didn't get paid to close up, which takes around 15 minutes if all goes well. Over 5 days, that's 1.25 hours - around $25. If you work 50 weeks a year, that's $1250 you're getting screwed out of. People need to learn to stop undervaluing their time. If you're working, you should be paid. It's that simple.

justsomgirl 4

Friday 19 November 2010 8:55

I've been there and it sucks.

Comments

Qwerty1980_fml 0

Saturday 20 November 2010 5:34

It is not counted as overtime if it is only one task. FYL... Sorry

mmmmshaggy 0

Saturday 20 November 2010 6:59

wow you had to stay ten minutes after work standing behind a till. and they didnt even give you overtime.. your life sucks soooo bad. suck it up you stuck up bitch, its not that freakin bad!

bradwould 0

Saturday 20 November 2010 13:55

when I'm not getting paid I go home. YDI

LilaBear 1

Saturday 20 November 2010 14:40

I would have just put the sign up anyway and said "sorry, this cash register is closed".

StarWarsPlace 0

Saturday 20 November 2010 23:12

YDI for spelling paid PAYED.

ComaStance 0

Sunday 21 November 2010 4:07

What the heck is with people? Pennies?

uksoccer77 0

Monday 22 November 2010 6:51

yah that's def. not true

vaughn104 0

Tuesday 23 November 2010 2:57

god damn old people

irelandguy 0

Saturday 27 November 2010 22:46

personally, i'd have just said to the person "sorry, but my shift just ended."

k9obsessed 5

Tuesday 21 December 2010 20:29

I agree with #131. The solution is literally as simple as politely telling the customer that your lane is closed and/or you shift is over and that you can't help her. I'm sorry, but YDI for not taking the simple solution. I do commend you for being nice enough to put up with it, but it still isn't worth an fml post. Try standing up for yourself next time.