Cashiers-do you do this?

[Tinijocaro]

When I was a cashier, when a customer had to sign the charge slip, I always set it down and turned it so that it was angled properly for a right-handed person, assuming most people are right handed (anywhere from 10%-27% are left-handed).

I use my debit card daily and I have never had a cashier turn to slip so it was angled-I always have to turn it after the cashier sets it down for me to sign.

I realize this is terribly unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but I wondered why cashiers don't do this-a little courtesy.

 

[kamik86]

I'm not a cashier but here are two reasons I can think of...

1) they just don't think about it. I do pay everything with a rewards credit card but I can only think of one place I go where I actually need to sign a piece of paper... and I maybe go there once a month at most.

2) With the number of really stupid things my husband has been screamed at about in retail (he works somewhere that doesn't have paper slips so this isn't an issue for him though) I wouldn't be surprised if the cashiers don't because they have been screamed at by one of those ~20% who are left handed for assuming everyone is right handed.

 

[ckay87]

In a million years this never would have crossed my mind. This right here is why I read the community boards, I'm serious. And I'm not making fun of you, I'm seriously amazed every day what kinds of things go through people's minds.

 

[mhsjax]

When I was a cashier, when a customer had to sign the charge slip, I always set it down and turned it so that it was angled properly for a right-handed person, assuming most people are right handed (anywhere from 10%-27% are left-handed).

I use my debit card daily and I have never had a cashier turn to slip so it was angled-I always have to turn it after the cashier sets it down for me to sign.

I realize this is terribly unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but I wondered why cashiers don't do this-a little courtesy.

YOu really are kidding right?

 

[mhsjax]

In a million years this never would have crossed my mind. This right here is why I read the community boards, I'm serious. And I'm not making fun of you, I'm seriously amazed every day what kinds of things go through people's minds.

This is why I don't work with the public anymore, did it for 15 years, Had enough.

 

[Mom21]

I'm not a cashier, but I am left handed. I would never, ever say anything to a cashier let alone yell at them, but it annoys me when they do it. Maybe they have had enough left handed people that they realize it is annoying. I can actually sign with it straight up and do not need to turn it, but when they turn it for a right handed person I do. If it is straight up, there is usually enough room to move an inch to the left or right to sign. Turned really doesn't work that way.

Really not a biggie in the scheme of things for me.

 

[Magpie]

It never occurred to me to expect a cashier to anticipate which way the credit slip should be angled to suit my particular preferences. I used to work a cash, once upon a time, too.

I'm right handed, but how do I know if a typical "righty" angle is the same for me, as it is for you? I've also got several lefties in my family, too.

Me, I'm too busy wondering whether she'll bag my groceries or expect me to bag them myself. Oh, and if she does bag my groceries, will she put my dripping meat in a separate bag or will she toss it in on top of the eggs? When she gives me my change, will she hand me the coins first and then the cash, or will she put the cash in my hand and pile the coins on top so they slide everywhere and I have to try not to drop them? It's always exciting shopping at my grocery store!

(I don't generally say anything to the cashier, except about the leaky meat.)

 

[mhsjax]

It never occurred to me to expect a cashier to anticipate which way the credit slip should be angled to suit my particular preferences. I used to work a cash, once upon a time, too.

I'm right handed, but how do I know if a typical "righty" angle is the same for me, as it is for you? I've also got several lefties in my family, too.

Me, I'm too busy wondering whether she'll bag my groceries or expect me to bag them myself. Oh, and if she does bag my groceries, will she put my dripping meat in a separate bag or will she toss it in on top of the eggs? When she gives me my change, will she hand me the coins first and then the cash, or will she put the cash in my hand and pile the coins on top so they slide everywhere and I have to try not to drop them? It's always exciting shopping at my grocery store!

(I don't generally say anything to the cashier, except about the leaky meat.)

This is why there is always change at the bottom of my purse, I just dump the change in, so I won't drop it on the floor.

 

[Mom21]

Me, I'm too busy wondering whether she'll bag my groceries or expect me to bag them myself. Oh, and if she does bag my groceries, will she put my dripping meat in a separate bag or will she toss it in on top of the eggs? When she gives me my change, will she hand me the coins first and then the cash, or will she put the cash in my hand and pile the coins on top so they slide everywhere and I have to try not to drop them? It's always exciting shopping at my grocery store!

(I don't generally say anything to the cashier, except about the leaky meat.)

 

[Topper]

How odd.....

 

[Shmily1]

I worked in a grocery store for 7 1/2 years and in restaurants for 7 1/2. I did not turn the paper because I am left handed and out of respect (or whatever word you want to use for me thinking about other left-handed people) for those that are left handed, I didn't want to assume that everyone was right handed. I really didn't feel it was any more a right of someone right handed to have their paper turned correctly than it was for a left handed person.

 

[iheartnmr's]

This is a very bizarre thing to even think about let alone post about.

 

[MIGrandma]

Sorry people are jumping on you OP. It's something you thought about, and something you wanted to ask here. Nothing wrong with that. Everyone has annoyances in their lives, well, except for the perfect people.

But to answer your question, I can't remember the last time I actually had to sign a slip of paper at a check-out. Ours are all electronic, you sign your name in the little box on the machine.

 

[JennyKS]

Well I'm a cashier, and I happen to work at a place that you actually have to sign a piece of paper if its credit. (Thank you K-Mart.) Honestly I've never worried about how I angled the piece of paper to make it easier for the customer to sign (I do apologize to my customers). I just always set it straight up and down with the pen on the piece of paper on the little table for them to sign it.

I hadn't however, ever thought to give the change first, so lesson learned there.

This is my first time I've ever worked retail (part time job to help pay the bills and such) and it amuses me how rude some people can be. I always enjoy the ones complaining about how long its taking in line and getting so frustrated and demanding to speak to a manager, yet when it's their turn in line, oops where did they put their credit card. Or to price check every item.

Of course my all time favorite was the lady with a cart full of clothes. (K-Mart clearanced their summer clothes to 99 cents, her cart was FULL.) First question, do you want the hangers left on? She answers no, then half way thru, yes I do want my hangers and please put everything you've already sacked back on hangers. Also she got hungry waiting in line so she has started eating a snickers. Sadly when she was almost finished she decided it was stale and didn't want it anymore.

I've only worked this part time job 3 months and oh man, the stories I have.

 

[mhsjax]

Well I'm a cashier, and I happen to work at a place that you actually have to sign a piece of paper if its credit. (Thank you K-Mart.) Honestly I've never worried about how I angled the piece of paper to make it easier for the customer to sign (I do apologize to my customers). I just always set it straight up and down with the pen on the piece of paper on the little table for them to sign it.

I hadn't however, ever thought to give the change first, so lesson learned there.

This is my first time I've ever worked retail (part time job to help pay the bills and such) and it amuses me how rude some people can be. I always enjoy the ones complaining about how long its taking in line and getting so frustrated and demanding to speak to a manager, yet when it's their turn in line, oops where did they put their credit card. Or to price check every item.

Of course my all time favorite was the lady with a cart full of clothes. (K-Mart clearanced their summer clothes to 99 cents, her cart was FULL.) First question, do you want the hangers left on? She answers no, then half way thru, yes I do want my hangers and please put everything you've already sacked back on hangers. Also she got hungry waiting in line so she has started eating a snickers. Sadly when she was almost finished she decided it was stale and didn't want it anymore.

I've only worked this part time job 3 months and oh man, the stories I have.

I told my DH a few days ago, that I have been out of working with the public for too long and I was not sure that I ever could again. Something about being 47 and not taking crap anymore, anyway, you are a better person than me because I would have told her what she could do with those hangers and the snickers. And then would have promptly been fired.

 

[okeydokey]

I've never noticed the way a credit slip was turned and it never occurred to me to care.

 

[cabanafrau]

I'll settle for cashiers who do their job competently and pleasantly. I'm trying to figure out how a cashier would know if a customer wants their receipt tilted one way or the other??? I think OP is making a bit? of a leap to assume her preference is the correct one.

 

[ckay87]

I told my DH a few days ago, that I have been out of working with the public for too long and I was not sure that I ever could again. Something about being 47 and not taking crap anymore, anyway, you are a better person than me because I would have told her what she could do with those hangers and the snickers. And then would have promptly been fired.

I'm 40 and haven't worked in retail since college. I remember thinking "never again!" but now I wonder if it would be fun for a laugh. People ARE insane!

Plus I've never been fired. I could get that off the old bucket list pretty easily by taking a seasonal holiday job at Walmart or Target. I'd probably earn enough to cover my gas money for driving in that one day!

 

[mhsjax]

I'm 40 and haven't worked in retail since college. I remember thinking "never again!" but now I wonder if it would be fun for a laugh. People ARE insane!

Plus I've never been fired. I could get that off the old bucket list pretty easily by taking a seasonal holiday job at Walmart or Target. I'd probably earn enough to cover my gas money for driving in that one day!

Me too, funny thing is, I worked for American Express for 3 years. 40 hours a week of nothing but customer service and with CC, you know how that can be. We were monitored 4 times a month, you never knew when. I always got 100% on my monitors and had several customer awards. I really don't know how I did it. Probably because I was on the phone, and I could roll my eyes and make faces, while sounding as sweet and concerned as I could be.

 

[kamik86]

I told my DH a few days ago, that I have been out of working with the public for too long and I was not sure that I ever could again. Something about being 47 and not taking crap anymore, anyway, you are a better person than me because I would have told her what she could do with those hangers and the snickers. And then would have promptly been fired.

My husband got yelled at by his boss for not allowing someone who had no receipt to prove he bought the new God of War game at their store (which is required by policy) return a game that also had the wrong God of War disk in the container (it had the old game) the person claimed it came like that.

The store he works at is also the easiest store to steal from ever. There are two entrances one that is from the mall and the one directly into the store. The entrance to the mall has no cash registers and they decided to save money by cutting the assets protection person that used to stand there. So all that protects that door is a camera. All you have to do to steal something is to pick it up and walk out that door. At which point target can do NOTHING to you besides call mall security and local police mall security may get there in 15 min. the police your lucky if they make it within the hour by which point you had more then enough time to get in your car.

Now if you were caught on tape and recognizable they could get you if you come back in... but winter is coming in the cold north east so you could just cover your face and be all good. Due to things like this my husband has decided that no one else cares if the company loses money so he doesn't either and thus doesn't even attempt to stop anything beyond what he can get in trouble for (so he locks the things that should be locked in his department nothing else)