More Cashier Humor-Why Do They Do That??

More Cashier Humor-Why Do They Do That??

Once again I find myself writing about the things that happen to me every day at this crazy, unpredictable, patience-testing job that I go to every day. It is really hard to be friendly and nice sometimes.

Ok, I understand that a person sometimes might forget to look and see which gas pump they are on before they come into the store to pay. I can even understand if maybe one person is pumping and another one is paying, how there could be a lack of communication as to how much gas is pumped, sure. BUT, it is beyond my comprehension to understand how one single person who has just pumped gasoline can walk into my store and tell me they did not get a gas receipt and could I print one for them, and not know how much gas they pumped or what gas pump they pumped it on!!!

Last night a man walked into my store and stood at the end of the line for a good 5 minutes to get to my register and proceeded to tell me he needed a gas receipt. He had left the pump he was on and pulled his car up to the door. I asked him, "sir, do you know which gas pump you were on", and he says, "NO, I don't, but I need a receipt", so, I say ok, "sir, how much gas did you pump?" His reply was, "I don't exactly know how much, probably about 30 or so, but I need a receipt". I tell him there is no way I can print a receipt for him unless I know either the amount that he pumped or the pump that he got the gas from or both!! I swear it is like people think I should be a freaking mind reader or something. So, then, the man insists to me that it was either pump, one, two, three, or four, so, I began to search print-outs for each pump and call out amounts, to which the man did not think any of them was the right amount. In the meantime, there are 20 people standing in line waiting to check out and this man is determined to get his receipt that he does not know how much he paid for or what pump he used to pump the unknown amount! FINALLY, I began to check every gas pump print-out (there are 16 of them) and we discovered he was on pump #7 and his amount was actually over $60.00! Now, I am a patient person, but GOOD GRIEF!!