If you work in Asda surely you should understand?

WORKING alone, once again, on the cigerette kiosk I stood and served the customers as quickly and effiently as possible but due to the size of my ever-growing queue and with the lack of staff or support, there really was nothing else I could do, but manage.

One customer I served, who shops with us all the time, actually works in Asda. He approached the desk with his male partner and walking stick, despite being late 20's, and asked for his usual cigerette's. As I scanned the product and pressed the subtotal button the phone began ringing regarding an enquiry I had made for another customer who was waiting. I said to the customer: "That's £6.26 then please" as I answered the phone.

While the other customer I was attending to had been waiting at the customer service desk, this customer stood glaring at the card reader. While I answered the phone and began talking to a member of security I said "If you'd just like to enter your card please" to which he continued to glare at the card reader, while the person on the phone was talking, I questioned if he had asked for something else, what was wrong?

Finishing the call quickly I put the phone down and while confused I said: "So that's £6.26 then please." The customer replied "Sorry, I just think its rude to be on the phone while doing your job."

I looked at his boyfriend, who didn't look at all embarrased by the comment made, and replied "As you can see I'm on my own with two jobs to do and I'm afraid there's not a lot else I can do." As he inserted his card he clearly didn't expect my honest and abubt response so he said: "Oh, I know its not your fault, don't worry."

I thought to myself, well, funnily enough you said it at me and it was directed to something I had done so it was actually quite rude of him to pull me up infront of a queue of customers especially when he works in an environment exactly the same as I do.
I understand is point of view, but as a member of staff working in the same industry, I would have thought he would have taken the correct steps and asked to speak with a member of management.

Thankfully to him I was left with an even longer queue and a bad mood I had to put up with.

I'm not here to wind you up.

I'm on checkout 12 when two blondes come along with a trolley full of shopping. Both fairly young looking, allthough the eldest was one of those who could have been 35 or 23, you know the sort. The youngest one was certainly a teen.

At the beginning of the transaction I scanned through 2 bottles of wine, when the Challenge 25 pop up came on the screen. The supermarket I work for as a policy that all people taking part in the purchase, should be asked for identifiation, if they look under the age of 25 and could potentially consume any alochol, as stupid as it may seem to some, it's my job.

I knew I was going to have to have to ask, even more so when the eldest asked the other, "Did you want some of this?" pointing at the two bottles of rose.

"I'm really sorry to have to ask, but I have to ask her if she has any I.D, as she's taking part in this transaction." To which I recieved the usual arguement of "But I'm the one that's buying it."

A short well after the young girl goes to the car to get her provisional licence, shoving it in my face and smugly saying, "I bet I'm older than you aswell."

Flipping in my head - after looking at her I.D, I replied "Actually I'm nearly 22 and you're born in 93, so I don't think so." Thinking Stephen shut your mouth now!

The eldest persisted to say that I had no reason to I.D them and it was pathetic.

I simply said, I'm not here to wind you up, this is my job. If you had been a test purchase sent in my the Police, I would receive a massive fine which quickly frankly I can't afford to pay, or lose my job for.

I aplogised and said sorry numerious times, not once were the words said to me.

Get out.

Manners don't cost a penny

So I'm at work again, at cigerette kiosk.

*Fat man approaches* (Not Enlish speaking.)

Man: Giff Mehh, 10, Marlboro Red.       (Mannerless, by the way, that's him, saying "Give me.")

Me: *Points to 20 Marlboro Red* "No, we don't do them in 10's, only 20"

Man: "Pfft, what do you do in ten?"

Me: *Points* "10 Marlboro 'light'"

Man: Giff Meh

So I takes the ciggys and scan them, meanwhile, he just opened his hand, and dropped his entire change on the counter.

I'm thinking "AM I F*CK, HAVING TO PICK THAT UP?"

I didn't look at him, held my hand at the edge of the desk, and flicked each penny into my hand, slowly.

Man: errrr, ok?

Me: IGNORED!

No, it's not f*cking ok! It's my bloody pet hate that is.........

What frustrates me the most is, I'm not the type of person to have so much attitude towards these people.

Treat people have you expect to be treated. I would never open my hand and drop 20 odd coins on the table and expect a store assistant to pick them up, NO, it's NOT what we're paid for.

Manners don't cost a penny.

You don't even know us!

Woman comes along the other day, telling me all about the great deal we have.

'Spend £40 in store and receive a 6p off per litre of petrol at Morrisons' voucher.

Woman: Oh, I suppose you don't know anything about that yet do you? nahhhh

Me (laughing): Well, I've been driving 3 and a half years now, so I should do?

Woman: Noooo, I thought you were 16.

Quite the compliment, I thought.

WAIT FOR IT!

Woman: So what are you doing with yourself, Morrisons can't be your only ambition in life?

AND THERE IT IS!

*Little fuse in my head, snapped*

Fair enough, I get her point, but some people are genuinely happy to work in a supermarket and build their career through retail.

She didn't take much interest once I said I was at university and worked in radio.

This lady is one of many, why do they assume people have no ambition in life? You don't know us!

Maybe it's another compliment, she assumed my face wasn't meant for Morrisons?