Sketchy times working minimum wage
Hi. I work at a grocery store and in the month or so that I've been working there I've seen some strange things and talked to freaky people.
One time a man came into my cashier line and I asked how he was doing and he started talking to me about his prostate and what the doctors did to it in graphic detail and i just stood there and nodded and tried to smile.
Another time there was a lost Asian woman roaming the store who had toilet paper hanging from her butt (i thought this only happened in movies) and all the employees laughed and later my supervisor told me she wrecked our bathroom and she pooped on the floor.
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April 19, 2014
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@Gyroscope: i didn't know cash registers could have a gender.
My Grade 12 English teacher came to class with toilet paper hanging from her butt after using the washroom.
[quote=iDrinkOJ]@lettucing: do you ever have the urge to place a "PRODUCT OF USA" sticker on yourself and go FYEAH USA! i think moving to wisconsin to be an apple picker. You've made me change my mind. Forget computers and the interweb. i'm gonna be huntin' shootin and apple pickin'.[/quote]
ahahah. no, you want to be a [i]packer[/i], not a [i]picker[/i].
@lettucing: do you ever have the urge to place a "PRODUCT OF USA" sticker on yourself and go FYEAH USA! i think moving to wisconsin to be an apple picker. You've made me change my mind. Forget computers and the interweb. i'm gonna be huntin' shootin and apple pickin'.
[quote=iDrinkOJ]do you get to climb trees and pick apples or only sort out apples. sounds like a fun job.[/quote]
just sorted and bagged. first the apples go through the machine where they are washed/waxed and the tiny ones are expelled, and then we had 2-4 people picking out apples with defects, and then 3 people controlling [url=http://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/p417x417/307606_10150864972000282_535116618_n.jpg]3 baggers each[/url] that automatically filled the bags to approximately 3 pounds. when they were full a light goes on, you press it and rip the bag off, put it through the tape/tie thingy, and on a conveyer belt to the guy that is putting 12 bags in each [url=http://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/405321_10151126718660282_947788412_n.jpg]box.[/url] and sometimes we had a guy right before that putting "PRODUCT OF USA" stickers on every bag with a sticker gun.
oh and sometimes we did trays of apples, and the apples just all go onto like 6 different tables sorted by sizes and we put them in trays, put stickers on each one, and put the trays in a box.
the mexicans did the picking. they get paid by the bin.
[quote=lettucing]i don't really have any since i don't usually work with the public. but one time at target i was stocking (when the store is closed) and heard one of the bathrooms was really disgusting. didn't wanna go in there. >.<
when i did apple packing, the boss put a dollar bill wrapped around a ball through the machine, and it came out where me and 3 others were picking out the bad apples. to make sure we were paying attention, lol, thought that was pretty funny! [url=http://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/554498_10152160932610282_971096531_n.jpg]here's a pic[/url][/quote]
do you get to climb trees and pick apples or only sort out apples. sounds like a fun job.
A kid took a huge poo at the front entrance of the store and then a bimbo(who was too busy looking down at her phone) stepped on it.. she screamed for a good minute or so. Poor girl was wearing sandals too..i was having a bad day and that made my day(I'm sorry).
i don't really have any since i don't usually work with the public. but one time at target i was stocking (when the store is closed) and heard one of the bathrooms was really disgusting. didn't wanna go in there. >.<
when i did apple packing, the boss put a dollar bill wrapped around a ball through the machine, and it came out where me and 3 others were picking out the bad apples. to make sure we were paying attention, lol, thought that was pretty funny! [url=http://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/554498_10152160932610282_971096531_n.jpg]here's a pic[/url]
[quote=Wordolio]more guys than girls are cashiers at the grocery store i work at.
i find it disturbing that something like that can disturb someone. i feel sad for you.[/quote]
you do realize 90% of cash registers at grocery stores are females?
I would work as a cashier but I don't think I can stand in one place for hours on end and have my natural processes regulated.
One thing I've found out when working is stop being naive, gullible, trusting because someone is always looking to screw you over (customers and managers).
[quote=Gyroscope]The only disturbing part I found is a male working at the cash register at the grocery store. It's like a female taxi driver.[/quote]
more guys than girls are cashiers at the grocery store i work at.
i find it disturbing that something like that can disturb someone. i feel sad for you.
The only disturbing part I found is a male working at the cash register at the grocery store. It's like a female taxi driver.
i have a couple jobs, one in a beer vendor, and one in a grocery store.
the other day at the beer vendor, this old, dirty, homeless man (who is absolutely nuts according to my boss), comes into the vendor. we have a tv in our vendor and me and my co worker were watching hellboy. we had just started it and the nazi part came on and he turns to me and is like "aye" and i look and he points to the nazis and salutes them, then walks out of the store. im just like... ohh yeaaah man, nazis are pree cool i guess...
There are a lot of creepy people in this world. Probably the best thing about those people you encountered is that they don't care what anyone thinks about them.
never knew grocery stores has a bathroom
How did you keep yourself from laughing when that guy was talking to you about his prostate?