Iâve def submitted a similar complaint before, but I have to reiterate after an interaction earlier today:
DONâT FUCKIN PULL âGOTCHAâ JOKES OR PRANKS ON UR CHECKERS, BAGGERS, OR OTHER SERVICE WORKERS. I DONâT CARE HOW âHARMLESSâ U THINK IT IS
an older lady came up to my checkstand earlier, all aggressive like, âWhatâs wrong with you??â
I didnât know what was the problem this time, so I kinda stared at her uncomfortably for a minute, before she broke into a smile like, âThereâs nobody waiting here for me!â I guess she had the luck of finding empty checkstands recently, so she was just joking abt how she had to wait for the customer in front of her this time. she proceeded to compliment my necklace and chat w/ me abt dragons
folks, donât pull this shit. seriously.
I donât care how cute u think u are, bc ur fuckin not. I donât care if ur the posterchild of a perfect customer after that point, uâve still ruined that order, maybe even that checkerâs whole day. hell, I LOVE talking abt drsgons, but that didnât save the order for me
all youâve done is set that checker on edgeâ at BEST. we get harassed regularly for things that are far out of our control, or things abt us as ppl that would count as bigotry if we had any real power to fight it
thereâs no âover-the-topâ persona u can put on that will tip us off to the joke, nor any demand u can make that will sound too absurd to be taken seriously, bc u know what? I can guaran-fuckin-tee u that weâve dealt w that exact situation (and much much worse) in complete seriousness before
if u want to make ur checker smile or feel good, just compliment them? Or tell a silly knock-knock joke?? these 'gotchasâ are just cruel