Could it be? Why yes, it is another Retail Wednesday!

And you guys probably thought that last week was a fluke. Admit it, it crossed your mind. I haven't been the most reliable bloggy friend.

*hangs head in shame*

Ahem.

On to the awards!

MOST ANNOYING AWARD:


(confession - this one is mainly for my co-workers. Because we share the pain.)
We have a regular customer. He comes in multiple times a week. He has been frequenting the store since before I started working there. We all know him by name and, usually, we all walkie each other the warning that H is in the store.

There is a very long story in this person alone, but I don't want to get into all of it right now. My point is that he is a regular. Very regular. Very annoying regular.

Now that I'm beating a dead horse...

bwa haha! I can't believe the stuff that comes up on Google!

The other day he came in to order a book. This causes us to headdesk.

If someone does not have a credit card when they are ordering a book, they purchase a gift card for the amount of the order and use that to pay. It's really quite simple. Usually.

I was at the register, in the middle of a transaction when H comes up, cuts in front of a customer in line, shoves his hand (clutching a $10 and a gift card) in front of the customer I am ringing up and bellows, "I need $8.49 on here."

"I'm in the middle of ringing this customer up," I tell him. "And that gentleman was already in line."

H: But I need $8.49 on here.

Gentleman: That's all right. You can take him first. (oh, how thoughtful! I love nice customers! [no sarcasm intended here])

3 Cheers for the nice customers!

Me: Thank you. But H, I have to finish this transaction first.

Customer I'm ringing up: I'm sorry, I'm holding everyone up. (More nice customers! yeah!)

Me: (to myself. I'm in the middle of scanning your books! How is it your fault?! But thank you)

I finish the transaction, ring up H. Send him on his merry way. Ring up the nice gentleman.

J comes up to the register, brow excessively furrowed.

Me: What's wrong?

J: It needed to be $9.98 on the gift card!

Me and J: headdesk

Annoying? yes. Insurmountable? No.

Get this.

When I get off register, J and I are talking.

J: Wait, what is H's last name?

Me: Smith (not really, but... you know, anonymity and all that)

J: Are you serious?

Me: Yes, I'm sure.

J: For the order, he told us his last name was Brown.

GIANT HEADDESK

This is for Hannah
Even The Picard feels our pain

STRANGEST TOPIC AWARD:


A woman and her daughter accosted me and J in the aisle. J is sitting on a stool with piles of books around her, busily alphabetizing. I am standing next to her, asking her a question. The woman addresses...

J.

Why certainly I can help you.
As you can see, I'm not busy or anything.

Ahem.

Woman: Where are the horse books?

Me: (pointedly) I'll show you the section. It's right back here.

Woman: (huffs in annoyance, but follows me)

Me: Are you looking for anything in particular?

Woman: Just a book about horses. (points at Dog Breeds for Dummies) Something like that! But for horses.

Me: (looking over the shelves) We don't seem to have the horse one in stock. We could see about ordering it. Here are a few other books. (Pull out other informational books on horses) A lot of what we have here are like biography type books.

Woman: I need something with stupid questions about horses.

I have no words. See you next week for more bookland fun!