Quote From: specialredyou know what, I am so sick of cashiers getting such a bad rap. I'm a cashier. I'm twenty. I greatly appreciate it when people use dividers, as do the rest of my cashier comrades, as it makes it quite distinguishable to us where your purchase ends and another begins. Let me just say, it gets quite mind-numbing to stand at a register for 8-10 hours a day, dealing with some of THE most obnoxious people in society, whose main problem is exactly that: they think we are stupid. You know what? Try being a little bit more considerate of the people who are WAITING on you... its a thankless job, and the majority of us work very hard, and try very hard to be nice and tactful, despite the thousands of rude and hurtful things that are said to us. This just goes to show you, most people have lost all consideration for other people... the minute you imply that all cashiers are stupid and lazy is the minute you have lost all the respect i may have had for you at any point in time.
I'm a cashier and I'm far from 20. You are right when you say that it is a thankless job. We do work hard and make every effort to treat our customers and their purchases with respect. The same respect we hope to receive. I don't mind moving the divider between customers. I appreciate it when my customers make it clear to me what is theirs and what is not. You'd be surprised how inconsiderate people are when it comes to loading things on the conveyor belt.
What just blows me away is when people start yelling at you before you've even rung up one of their items. They want to make an 'impression' on you to take care of their things and that is the way they have decided to do it. I have gone so far as to ask a customer 'what did you think I was going to do?' To which they answered, 'well, I just wanted you to know I was watching you so you won't mess anything up.' I guess we have to blame some of our 'brain dead' co-horts for giving the customers this impression. Too bad!
