Posted on 06/27/2010 1:57:46 PM PDT by Daffynition
Try shopping in a Safeway. They invariably beg for money at checkout for whatever feel-good cause de jure of Safeway's CEO. I hate shopping at Safeway for a number of reasons anyway, but I do like their Safeway Chipolti Salsa, and the quart jars are usually on sale for $2.29, a real bargain.
I always make a minor scene now when they beg me for money at checkout, raising my voice very loudly and intensely protesting being hassled with their begging when all I want to to do is quietly buy a couple jars of salsa in peace, and that's why I hate shopping at Safeway and why I avoid it like the plague. Most people just mumble no or shake their head and feel vaguely guilty from saying no to Safeway's begging. Not me. And I always feel so much better about myself after retaliating. (BTW, I don't direct my tirade against the checkout clerk, but to the store in general.)
You are conjuring up a scene that really doesn’t exist. Costco is a membership warehouse. Members pay annually to belong and they know - or should - how it operates. No one forced the woman to join or to shop there.
At Costco members buy in bulk and pay about half the amount you’d pay in a retail shop. The prices are low for a number of reasons (wholesale buying, putting house brand name on brand-name products, no frills at all ... it is literally a warehouse). Part of the membership agreement is that you might be required to wait an entire minute or two to have your receipt checked against your purchases. It is no big deal. She paid to belong; she’d been there recently or would not have been making a return. She knows the deal, but deemed herself too important to do what everyone else who belongs and shops there does.
Since my family has grown, I no longer belong, but that membership was worth its weight in gold when we were raising kids. In particular, one of our children required an Rx that was $64 for a week’s supply at CVS; Costco charged $13 for the same Rx. Maybe this lady would prefer to exercise the CVS option and not waste that two minutes of her precious time waiting in line at Costco.
“Once I have paid for my purchases I will not wait in line to get out of the store.”
I’m with you. I’m often a cranky ol’ bastard and if they don’t like it, they can terminate my membership as is their right.
Sometimes I’ll let ‘em look - but I never let them touch my stuff - I just tell them that they have to wash his hands first. Works every time.
Don't you hate it when trying to critique others on spelling, ya misspell words?
“Actually in Florida this lady could be charged with Resisting a Merchant. Im not sure how many states have this statute.”
I thought you were joking when I first read this.
It make sense, she is trying to circumvent the loss prevention process.
I do it on purpose. Really.
Truly and raelly.
Why is crazy? It’s part of the reason you get such good prices there. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else.
I’m sure the new Federal Dry Goods Mega-Mart will require it, along with a DNA sample and copy of last years tax return. Birth certificate not needed though.
“Perhaps the employee had no way of knowing just how special you were or that your time was more valuable than others.
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Well, I never said why that employee decided to grab me. You simply assumed it was under the same circumstances. Congratualtions, you’re an idiot.
lol...
“Yes but I’m sure you wouldn’t knowingly violate the membership rules of a buyers club you voluntarily joined “
That’s true. I may be an asshole but I am a civil asshole. That said, anyone trying to grab and move someone had best be performing an arrest least they find that hand missing. I have no problem with someone grabbing me to get my attention about something, but not to try to coerce my movements.
>>It's not rocket surgery.<<
“Were I the store manager I’d have revoked her membership on the spot and refunded her fee to her with a request that she never return.”
The one thing about that is the store has a responsibility to be prudent about their checking procedure. If they are slow and cumbersome then a person has the right to simply leave. The store may ask they not return but a smart person would have already made that decision never to return to such a ridiculous place. I don’t shop Cosco, Sams or any other such places due to the products not being all that great nor the prices so low as to warrant the ridiculous procedures they use.
Never been to costco and after reading this never will...it serves a purpose. Who made you the posting police?
You might want to read the part where she had paid for her purchase and showed her receipt to a store employee before you post such tripe.
“Then get in the right line tough guy.......
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Hey, moron, did I say WHY the incident took place? Did I say that I was in the wrong line when it happened? No, I didn’t. Assuming things not in evidence just proves why this nation is going down hill; morons who think they know everything. Arrogance, pure arrogance.
Hi GG
I was just wondering if the COSTCO receipt checkers go on to become TSA employees or vice versa. ;)
That said, I can never understand why these stores have exit checks? After all, the cashier should be responsible for you paying for every item, and deactivating any and all security tags.
TO: Ms. Daffynition
From: Costco.
YOUR MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN CANCELED.
“She shook her head at me and pointed at the line”
You might want to read the above sentence.
The employee in question obviously didn’t even look at the receipt, and was immediately rejecting what she was trying to do. Why? Nobody knows, and I surely don’t care, but this is what the employee did.
They have a process—if you’re in too much of a hurry— then wait until you can be held up for 5 minutes.
What is scary is the number of people here that don’t see the physical assault on this woman as the problem, but the fact she ‘cut’ the line greatly disturbs them.
The bleating of the sheep is getting deafening. Receipt checker lines GOOOOOOD! Line cutter BAAAAAAHHHD!
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