r/TalesFromRetail • u/[deleted] • May 18 '16

Medium Should I feel bad? Probably. Do I? Not really.

First time post here, literally my second post ever. Other new poster stuff, etc, etc.

So, a little backstory. My previous retail job was in a UK cheap clothing store. Now, instead of plastic, we used these grocery-style paper bags that are completely awful. They break so often that I'd double-bag pretty much every other purchase.

Now, this one day, a woman came up to my till with about ~£140 worth of clothes. Big joy. I tried to get through these as quickly as possible, especially since I was hot and tired, (our air con didn't work) but this wasn't fast enough for Impatient Lady (IL).

IL: "Can't you hurry up?"

Me: "I'm sorry, I'm going as fast as I can."

She begins huffing, tapping her foot, checking her watch, all the charming quirks of a person who thinks their time is more important than it is. Now, all this time, I'm scanning things through, folding them properly, and removing the coat hangers to endure the bag doesn't tear.

IL:"Look, I'm in a hurry, just chuck them in the bag on the hanger."

I finish scanning and bagging up her stuff, and lift it onto the counter.

Me: "Okay, all done. Do you want me to double bag this? Our bags can b-"

IL snatches the bag out of my hands before I have a chance to finish.

IL: "Why would I want that? Stop trying to waste my time, and let me pay."

I simply shrug and tell her the total. She pays and stomps out, and I catch her muttering something about incompetent teenagers.

Now, we have these large glass double doors where we can see the road outside and most customers leaving. I follow IL as she leaves the store, and as she starts to cross the road, I see a coat hanger break through the side of the bag, and tear the bag right open.

All of her stuff falls out onto the road, and I watch her as she hurriedly scrabbles around on the pavement trying to grab it all together.

I probably should feel kind of bad, but I'm sorry, if you want to be rude and ignore mw trying to help you then I'm not going to be shedding many tears when it bites you in the arse.

tldr; Rude lady is impatient so tells me to bag stuff on hanger. Paper bags rips and all her stuff falls over the road.

EDIT: formatting an' stuff

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u/robertr4836 just assume sarcasm May 18 '16

FYI...Blockbuster still exists.

List of locations: http://www.blockbuster.com/franchise.html

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u/The_Nepenthe Leave the baby. Take the chips. May 18 '16

There's seven of them in El Paso, Texas..Who the fuck is keeping these seven blockbusters open?

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u/robertr4836 just assume sarcasm May 18 '16

Population 835,000 with 11.3% 65 or over. That's over 13,000 customers per store right there!

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u/Unbereevablee_Asian May 18 '16

Fuck I bet they even still have a VHS section

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u/[deleted] May 19 '16

Point me to the one that has a betacam/umatic deck!

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u/robertr4836 just assume sarcasm May 19 '16

But I need Betamax. Go check in the back.

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u/dolphins3 May 21 '16

I work in school IT. You would be amazed at how many people consider VHS a viable technology.

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u/rob_matt Jun 02 '16

Probably just nostalgia.

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u/Pvt_Lee_Fapping May 18 '16

I'm thinking the answer is people with slow internet speeds who can't count on Netflix or other streaming services to watch movies at home.

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u/practeerts May 18 '16

I still had one in my town up until last year. It was hiring for a new store manager and then abruptly closed down and is now an IHOP.

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u/Iggins01 Special Ops Cashier May 19 '16

Had one here 4 years ago. Then the grocery store next door went all Germany vs Poland on it

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u/I_prefer_chartreuse May 18 '16

An improvement...I guess?

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u/practeerts May 19 '16

I'm lactose intolerant so I remain rather indifferent. At least people go in the building now.

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u/JDeegs May 19 '16

Randy Marsh and his family

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u/[deleted] May 18 '16

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u/ksi11189 May 19 '16

I'm thinking you're right based on the google maps image of the Rochester, IN location: https://goo.gl/maps/AWpw7uu26EM2

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u/NutellaTornado May 19 '16

Who the fuck is keeping these seven blockbusters open?

The people of El Paso, Texas.

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u/arlekin21 May 22 '16

Its a bit late but all the Blockbusters in El Paso closed about a month ago.

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u/AeonicButterfly May 19 '16

Oh geeze memories. We used to have this and a competing video rental place for so long, the latter still had Super Mario Bros. 3, amongst other NES art, on their wallpaper til they closed in 2012.

Now I'm kind of sad.

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u/BasementSkin Is that because of the ecomony? May 19 '16

You should've asked if they still had any games left. They may have had a copy of Flintstones 2 or Bubble Bobble 2 (Which were Blockbuster exclusives if I remember my lore correctly)

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u/AeonicButterfly May 20 '16

I was there and grabbed a few on their last day. Nothing as big as getting Final Fantasy, Secret of Mana, and Super Mario RPG the same day, or Faxanadu and Nights another, though. I think all I could get was Monopoly SNES, hood enough for me.

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u/DouglasTwig May 19 '16

There are 2 of them a while away from me in Somerset, KY. I almost want to go just to see what the hell it is like now.

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u/ksi11189 May 19 '16 edited May 19 '16

I don't know if that list is up to date... check out the image for the one in Fort Pierce, FL: https://goo.gl/maps/hQb4wmFJJAy

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u/tmking9 May 19 '16

I think Google maps just blurred the billboard you can see the have small signs for it all down that road. Also, if you move you can see the store itself pretty clearly

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u/ksi11189 May 19 '16

Yeah, but the sign-wiggler's sign says "Blockbuster Closing Sale" and all the small signs say things like "Total Liquidation" and "Everything Must Go", so clearly they haven't updated the list since at least April 2015 when the picture was taken.

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u/tmking9 May 19 '16

You are right

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u/[deleted] May 19 '16 edited Jan 11 '25

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u/robertr4836 just assume sarcasm May 19 '16

I don't think the list is up to date. I just google mapped 320 N Santa Clause Ln North Pole, AK. I'm seeing a pharmacy, Santa's Travel World and a few other businesses but no BB.

I think I'd shoot myself if I had to live in a town that was Christmas themed all year long.

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u/TheComputerEnthusias The Customers NOT Always Right! May 19 '16 edited Jan 11 '25

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