• Mario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    What annoys me at Walmart and Target is how the employees are ordered to chat you up in the most phony tone possible as an obvious anti-theft measure.

    The one thing self checkouts have going for them is that I don’t have to talk to a person, and they’ve taken even that from me.

    “Have you heard about our five-star service?” Look, five-star service at Walmart is when no one talks to me.

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      11 months ago

      “oh my that’s a lot of soda you have there, do you need help scanning it all?”

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      11 months ago

      I now have a habit of giving as firm NO to anyone who seems like a staff member trying to ‘help’ me at checkout or those kiosks in the bulk type stores.

      One of these days I’m going to do that out of habit when I do want help and will feel like an ass. Worth the risk though.

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        11 months ago

        The only time I need actual help is when an item is kept behind lock and key. Otherwise, even when I do need help they’re not very helpful and unable to provide any information that’s not easily accessible from their web site.

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      11 months ago

      Sir, can I see your receipt before you leave. Our corporation thinks you’re a dirtybfucking thief and we can’t be bothered to prove it or look at our own damn receipts so give us yours while we detain you - companies that don’t give two shits