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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
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
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
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
Today, my husband had a temper tantrum because I wouldn't get him a chocolate bar at the store register. FML
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
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
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
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
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 22
Pennies: every cashier's worst nightmare.
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Britt125 16
I'd be telling you no if you tried to pay with a jar of pennies, and at least here it is completely legal to do so. People think it isn't but it is, and I've had a couple arguments over it. Here anything over 25 coins of a one cent denomination is not considered legal tender. If you roll your coins, or trade them for bill at the bank or whatever it's completely different, but to expect a cashier to count a jar of pennies is incredibly ridiculous and rude. You know they have to count it when you pay, and at the end of the evening too when the cash out their tills. I know I don't like staying later to count, I work a long day of dealing with jerks (like the ones who think paying with a jar of pennies is acceptable), I want to go home. It's also rude to the other customers who have to wait behind you in line, because the cashier has to count all of that. Honestly I can see how he reached his conclusion, doesn't make it appropriate, but buying chocolate with a jar of pennies and arguing... you deserved it.
hateevryone 15
Well.....was it?
fejj13r 0
Why would you try to pay with a jar of pennies?
heartgrenade1 5
Gotta say, just take the pennies to one of those machines that exchanges them for cash. You lose like 10% but you save everyone time and save yourself the embarassment of this type of situation.
beegee11 4
Ahhh pennies. As a cashier I can honestly say that is the worst! However, using them for chocolate is completely acceptable. ;) a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do right?
foreverforward 11
As someone who's worked in retail, paying with pennies is rude as hell. You deserve it.
outoftown 27
*Note to self re next craving: 1. Buy one piece of chocolate with coins. 2. Shove chocolate into mouth immediately. 3. Chew on the way to bank or Coinstar. 4. Buy more chocolate with proceeds. 5. Repeat step 2, as needed. OP, thanks for the opportunity to think this out beforehand. Enjoy the choc!
TheyCallMeDamien 18
What kind of trifling mess is that?
roachyroo 5
Don't you have to roll them? You do here.
laden_swallow09 35
"…re-stock my chocolate stash." Auto-YDI