Febuary 16, 2007
I went golfing today. I first got into the game when a friend introduced it to me. When my sons were older, I had more time for it, though I stopped for a while when my wife was sick. After a few holes, I saw the annoying team member(I'll call her K), and her nice partner harassing someone, who I'll call B. I kind of know him. We've run into each other a few times and he seemed like a nice guy. Making sure I was out of sight, I, despite the rules, turned on my cell phone and called X.
"N..." he answered, using our last name.
"It's me" I said. "K is harassing someone here at the golf course."
"Yeah?" X tried to sound neutral, but a parent can always tell. K wasn't where she was supposed to be.
"It's someone I know..and uh..he's a nice guy..." I began.
"I'll take care of it" he promised and added. "Enjoy your game"
"I will."
Soon our conversation ended, and I contiued playing, fully trusting X to do the right thing. After my game, I had a nice lunch, and went grocery shopping. I gave the cashier 60.38, as my total had come to 53.38. This confused him, to my annoyance, as I had given the thirty eight cents after the total and changed owed was rung up. What was with cashiers these days? Their job is so much easier than when I was one during college! At that time, cashiers had to actually memorize the prices, specials, codes, you know, the works! I often, before my shift, had to walk around to see if anything had changed price. Now all they gotta do is point and scan! Or at worse, look up a code on a chart in front of them.
I was also annoyed by how I had to wait several minutes for the butcher. At first I didn't mind, as a kindly assistant manager told me that the butcher was at lunch and would be back in about five, but then five minutes turned to ten, then fifteen. Finally, the assistant manager, having come back, only to see me there, looking annoyed, gave him a call, and apologized. I don't begrudge people their right to lunch, but it's not good to keep a customer waiting.
To my surprise, Y made me tea tonight.
"I thought it might help you sleep better" he told me. I had a feeling that he had read about my latest nightmare. "It's chamomile. R gave me a few bags"
"Thanks!" I said, proud to have such a caring son. Actually, I'm drinking it right now as I write this entry.
Well, I gotta go work on a project. My thanks to the well wishers!
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FParkes
Your experiance with the cashier is all too common for me. Everytime that happens, I get such a sense of deju vu! It's basic math for God's sake! I was a bagger boy in High School, and I definently could agree that cashiers had it much harder then.
Anyway, Y seems like a very thoughtful person. You are definently lucky! X needs to do something about K!
And...what about Millie?
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gothchick666
Talk about a shoutout! Anyway, I hope the tea helps you sleep and dream better.
So...you and Millie haven't spoken?
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hlong
You and I must get the same cashiers, Blogger, and FParkes! I get the same thing, when I do bother to pay in cash.
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DrFeelGood
I only pay my prostitutes in cash, so I don't really have that problem with cashiers. I just swipe, and go.
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trojanSC888
Dude, what's cash? lol ;).
btw-where's the HAHA guy?
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lillysmommy
I've had the same experiance with cashiers myself. What really annoys me is when people, the few who still use checks that is, don't do anything until after the cashier tells them the total. You don't need to know that to take it out of your purse or wallet, open your checkbook to the right place, and put the store's name on it! It's especially exasperating when you've got a small, fidigiting, bored, fussy kid.
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hkim
The problem is that cashiers, like many people, depend too much on computers to do simple tasks. I'm more of a debit card guy, so I haven't had to deal with that issue of change, for a while.
TBC
Question- Who should I have make the first move in the reconciliation? Millie or Alan? Please let me know your opinion via pm or in your review.
Also, who is your fave poster, and what is your fave part?