Way to NOT prove your point, lady...

[Lunadiana75]

I ended up in the queue behind a guy buy 150 bricks of butter. 150!!

I'm just dying to know what one does with 150 sticks of butter exactly...

Cough. I can't share MY theory, it'll get me kicked off the board.

[ImperfctMe]

I ended up in the queue behind a guy buy 150 bricks of butter. 150!!

I'm just dying to know what one does with 150 sticks of butter exactly...

Cough. I can't share MY theory, it'll get me kicked off the board.

Aw, no fair, now I'm going to be attempting to imagine what you can do with 150 sticks of butter that is also naughty. Do they have bikini butter wrestling contests?

[itiswhatitisn't]

150!  That's one amazing dessert!

My story...I worked at a bagel store with a kitchen side.  This nice lady opened at 6am and fed all of the old men whose wives didn't cook for them at 6am.  Can't understand why

So she goes on vacation and I'm tapped to come in at 5am and set up.  So by six there's a guy by the grill waiting to make the orders I'm taking.  Ten little old men line up and start to order.  I put the first order in, egg and a bagel and coffee and tell the man he owes $3.  He tells me "debbie charges me one, grabs the coffee cup, throws the dollar at me and moves on without taking a number.  The next nine were just like that.  So I called out orders based on what was on the tray, manipulated their orders into the dollars we had, basically everyone got something free, and counted the time until this woman's vacation was over.

In this case she was giving them free food and I was the b**** for charging the right price and not memorizing their orders.  Hope they gave her amazing tips.

[Ciarrai]

Just because I noticed the 4 boxes of pudding were 50 cents each and not the dollar you rang them up as, is NOT grounds to call me a b-word, and NO  I will not pay double the price because you're too lazy to check on the real price.  I do not shop in your store to be abused.

Very true. I always appreciated people telling me if they saw something ring up at a price different than they expected. However, I also used to have a ton of customers who didn't read the signs and were trying to get something completely different for the price quoted on that sign. Although I wouldn't argue with the customers, I was known for telling them that they were in fact incorrect.

Another comment stemming from your post but definitely not aimed at you. Cashiers and retail workers do not work in the store to be abused, but it happens all the time. I think I might start another thread about that very thing.

[Gwywnnydd]

I ended up in the queue behind a guy buy 150 bricks of butter. 150!!

I'm just dying to know what one does with 150 sticks of butter exactly...

Holiday baking? I can think of several people on a foodie list I read that have mentioned they went through easily that much butter making their holiday goodies...

[Suze]

I went through 50 pounds of chocolate one year makeing Christmas candy (filled cocolates - I ended up with over 100 pounds of candy in the house.  All over the house.

150 pounds of butter, though, wow!

[Lunadiana75]

Just because I noticed the 4 boxes of pudding were 50 cents each and not the dollar you rang them up as, is NOT grounds to call me a b-word, and NO  I will not pay double the price because you're too lazy to check on the real price.  I do not shop in your store to be abused.

Very true. I always appreciated people telling me if they saw something ring up at a price different than they expected. However, I also used to have a ton of customers who didn't read the signs and were trying to get something completely different for the price quoted on that sign. Although I wouldn't argue with the customers, I was known for telling them that they were in fact incorrect.

Another comment stemming from your post but definitely not aimed at you. Cashiers and retail workers do not work in the store to be abused, but it happens all the time. I think I might start another thread about that very thing.

Oh please do. I have been called the above name andmuch much worse time and time again by customers.  Customers can get away with abusing retail workers as much as they like, it makes me sick.

[Clara Bow]

If butterman is using Paula Deen's Lady and Sons cookbook he might be using all that butter between two dishes....she'd put a stick of butter in a cup of coffee!

[ImperfctMe]

If butterman is using Paula Deen's Lady and Sons cookbook he might be using all that butter between two dishes....she'd put a stick of butter in a cup of coffee!

LOL! Too true!

[FoxPaws]

In this case she was giving them free food and I was the b**** for charging the right price and not memorizing their orders.

We had the exact same situation at the copy shop I used to work at. I finally put a large sign in the breakroom telling the day shift co-workers to let their friends and "favorites" know that the night shift charged for all services and charged the corporate mandated price for everything.
 
After that when somebody tried to pull, "Eric only charges me.......", we'd say "Eric comes back to work on Sunday at 3:00 - tonight it's full price." It eliminated those particular problem customers on our shift.

[Rei-chan]

I've worked both as a server and in retail for about 10 years now....here's my 2 worst:

1.  I had a man come in and sit in my section that ordered a "Cheese Lover's Burger (3 cheeses), but he wanted a turkey burger patty instead of beef.  OK no problem:  I ring him up for the Turkey Burger (more expensive from the distributor) and charge him for 2 extra slices of cheese (so I could get it from the cooks, as they will only make what is charged, no extras) He freaks out when getting the bill over $1.20 difference.  When my manager tells him I rang it correctly, he says the the server "last time" gave him the cheaper price.  Then he pats my hand and says "I'll just take it out of your tip."  Guess what he tipped??  NOTHING.

2.  About a month ago, I had a guy call me a b****, because I had to get a manager for his problem as I had no authority to just pull money out of the till because he said another cashier had accidentally short changed him.

Customer service is fun huh?   

[T'Mar of Vulcan]

I'm just dying to know what one does with 150 sticks of butter exactly...

Since he was an Indian (i.e. ancestors came from India), it was probably for his business. Many Indian people here have their own businesses - though not all, obviously - ranging from food to clothing and textiles. And they give you very good prices, too! Especially if you know them or taught their kids.

[Pixie]

I ended up in the queue behind a guy buy 150 bricks of butter. 150!!

I'm just dying to know what one does with 150 sticks of butter exactly...

Catering?   Baking?   Opening a restaurant?   

Oh..... did ya ever notice the last 4 letters in Restaurant spell rant?   My Mom was a waitress and she said she knew why that was....  LOL!

[Lunadiana75]

2.  About a month ago, I had a guy call me a b****, because I had to get a manager for his problem as I had no authority to just pull money out of the till because he said another cashier had accidentally short changed him.

SCAMMER ALERT! People who get agrressive, rude and defensive immeadiately are always hiding something or lying.  People who are honest are content to wait for the problem to be solved. 

[willow08]

As if the cashier has anything to do with the price being changed!  That's pretty bad.

I was once at a bookstore, and there was one lady ahead of me in line.  She had returned something and bought something else.  After these transactions, the store owed her $1.38.  She didn't want the money.  She wanted the cashier to leave the line and help her find something that cost EXACTLY $1.38, which was, of course, impossible.  She held up the line for about 5 minutes with her complaining.  In the end, she left without the money.  Because THAT makes sense.

GAH! I hate that. I was at booksore yesterday greedily enjoying my giftcards. There was only one cashier and about 12 people in line. This older woman walks in the door, walks right to the cashier and talks OVER the woman whose transaction is being processed to ask "Do you carry X books?" she had two in her hands that  were hers, so she obviously knew the author and genre. The cashier directed her to the part of the store where the books where kept and started my transaction. Intruder Lady got this smug look on her face and said, "I'd rather you go find them for me."

Cashier called for a floor clerk to help her.