Confessions of a Grocery Store Cashier

All right, so during the summer/winter breaks I work at a grocery store in my home town. I've been working on and off at this store for about four years now, and I have learned a large amount about people through this job. The store I work at is situated where we have such a diverse group of people, that come in. We get all sorts of different races, social classes, careers, etc. that walk through our store, but one thing that I have learned is that it is impossible to generalize any one group of people. However, I have discovered that there is a huge lack of common sense/manners these days.

There are a lot of simple things that I always assumed were common sense but are apparently foreign to many grocery shoppers these days. Simple rules like making sure that you have enough money to buy your groceries. Not putting groceries that you may or may not be able to afford in your grocery cart and then leaving at the register is just one example of behavior that seems to happen more than it should. I understand some cases such as a debit card that has for some reason stopped working, but when you know you only have five bucks, don't put $200 worth of groceries in the cart.

There have also been multiple times when I have been blamed for something that is not my fault. My powers as a cashier are limited, it is not the cashier's fault that we do not carry the exact type of cheese that you are looking for. The proper way for you to ask about a product is to ask for a manager, preferably the grocery manager, then ask if they can order a certain product.

Basically, I'm going to write a book. It's gonna be great, I'll post different chapters on here in case any one wants to read it.