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Do you like when the cashier makes small talk about your purchases?
- Thread starter Zombine
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I used to do that, but I moved and the grocery store I shop at now has like no counter space for your stuff at the self-checkouts and it's a huge pain in the ass. I miss the Super Walmart.
Can't do that if you're buying booze, or 0% beer for some stupid reason.
This is why i only use self checkouts now.
That's wild. Here you just get a red light when you self swipe a restricted item and you need someone to ID you before allowing you to pay at the end.
That's wild. Here you just get a red light when you self swipe a restricted item and you need someone to ID you before allowing you to pay at the end.
I'm fine with it. It's usually quick and I don't really mind small talk.
I used to but my usual grocery store nowadays has lines for self checkout and quick cashier lanes
Abso-fucking-lutely not. Do not comment on any movies, games, books, medications, or really any items for that matter that I'm purchasing. Self checkout is always preferred, but if not available your one and only job is to ring me out. Civility is fine, familiarity is not.
My problem is they make small talk with the people in front of me and then proceed to say absolutely nothing good when I notice a problem with the items that they scan, scanned twice or whatever, they get really pissed.
Usually all I have to do is call them out on their BS and how they were able to carry conversation earlier and not mess up and that keeps it going. I deal with enough, ain't going to give them anything, with one exception (doordashes).
But yeah. I say little and prefer not to do non automated checkouts.
Usually all I have to do is call them out on their BS and how they were able to carry conversation earlier and not mess up and that keeps it going. I deal with enough, ain't going to give them anything, with one exception (doordashes).
But yeah. I say little and prefer not to do non automated checkouts.
As long as it's not part of an up sell, I'm fine with giving a cashier some positive small talk. That little stuff gets people thru the day.
The key is always knowing how to keep it brief and keep it moving.
The key is always knowing how to keep it brief and keep it moving.
I mostly only comment on good candy that I also like to buy. Basic comments like "I love these" or "These are great". Only positive stuff, would never say I hate anything someone is buying.
Gotta keep the positive vibes during these 10 hour shifts of running around the store doing everything.
Gotta keep the positive vibes during these 10 hour shifts of running around the store doing everything.
I don't mind at all as long as they're positive. Someone saying like, "oh I had these chips once and I didn't really like em" is the worst cause all I feel I can really say is "oh... Okay."
Nope. Pretty much all of them that talk to me end up making really bad/uncomfortable, overly familiar jokes to me and it's so awkward. One time I went through a drive thru and the guy kept trying to make jokes about me drinking hand sanitizer just because he saw it in my car (it wasn't in my cup holder or anything). He made like 5 jokes about it in the time it took me to pay for my food and leave
I often forget how antisocial Era is sometimes. Love a bit of small talk. Even awkward ones can be a fun story to laugh at later. Even better if the cashier is hot.
As long as they don't hold up the line I don't see the problem. Probably just trying to break the monotony of their work shift.
As long as they don't hold up the line I don't see the problem. Probably just trying to break the monotony of their work shift.
i like it. If they're choosing to make small talk with me, I must give off a vibe of not being a crazy person. But depending on my mood I may or may not have the energy to banter
A few weeks ago buying Elden Ring, the cashier asked if I really wanted to buy the game, 'cause of how difficult it was.
... I'm like I had played all the Souls games, yet he still seemed hesitant to sell the game to me.
The whole interaction was just completely wtf.
So no, I generally just want to make my purchase and leave.
... I'm like I had played all the Souls games, yet he still seemed hesitant to sell the game to me.
The whole interaction was just completely wtf.
So no, I generally just want to make my purchase and leave.
As an introvert with social anxiety....absolutely not. Sorry. Sometimes if im on line and i see up ahead that the cashier is the particularly chatty type, I'll switch lines even if it is longer/slower. I don't want to be involuntarily "engaged". That said, it is inevitable unfortunately and I do my best to politely power through it.
As for my purchase items specifically, i can only recall at the moment a couple of years back near thr holidays, and i had a particularly group of ingredients and the cashier said "Oooh, someone's making some holiday cookies", and I just smiled and said something like "Yeah, or try to at least" and concluded the transaction with "Happy Holidays".
Nothing horrible, but I'd still rather not be engaged. On bad days it's already hard enough doing all the things most consider mundane, like trying to balance on a tightrope on one foot.....and unproked "chit-chat" is like a big gust of wind.
As for my purchase items specifically, i can only recall at the moment a couple of years back near thr holidays, and i had a particularly group of ingredients and the cashier said "Oooh, someone's making some holiday cookies", and I just smiled and said something like "Yeah, or try to at least" and concluded the transaction with "Happy Holidays".
Nothing horrible, but I'd still rather not be engaged. On bad days it's already hard enough doing all the things most consider mundane, like trying to balance on a tightrope on one foot.....and unproked "chit-chat" is like a big gust of wind.
Wait you call out cashiers when they don't join in on your jokes about how they're having a harder time doing there job? Specifically saying they were able to talk with the previous customer without issues? I can't tell if your joking lol. Oddly antagonist if so.
I'm cool with it. I don't see what could be wrong with it.
Sometimes it can be weird, like a few weeks ago when the guy serving started telling me that they were having problems with their barcode scanner because some "pixies" were sabotaging their systems somehow but nobody will admit the truth. But hey, even that's a bit of free entertainment.
Sometimes it can be weird, like a few weeks ago when the guy serving started telling me that they were having problems with their barcode scanner because some "pixies" were sabotaging their systems somehow but nobody will admit the truth. But hey, even that's a bit of free entertainment.
I get like food or other personel items, but the people here who don't like things like media or something kinda baffle me. It's kinda nice to talk a bit about a shared interest. The people who actually enjoy interacting with other people seems to be the minority here.
More interesting to me is all the "shut up and take my money" takes.
That's some real humanizing talk of retail workers.
I don't mind small talks but if it's specifically jokes or comments about what I'm purchasing then yeah it makes me uncomfortable
Nope. I know Trader Joe's and other places train employees to do this so I put up with it because it's part of the experience but I 100% hate it and wish they wouldn't.
Depends what I'm buying, obviously.
"These hot chips look good, but I'm scared they're too hot for me". This is fine.
"Ooh, a jumbo box of Trojans! Planning to get lucky this weekend?" Not okay.
"These hot chips look good, but I'm scared they're too hot for me". This is fine.
"Ooh, a jumbo box of Trojans! Planning to get lucky this weekend?" Not okay.
The only small talk I hate is the uncomfortable, and totally forced small talk the cashier has to make with you at Dutch bros. I genuinely hate going there for that reason alone.
lol, first ever customer I had at checkout was an old dude buying magnum condoms. The fucking nod the dude gave me when I scanned them was hilarious.
Yeah, there have been some kinda odd takes in this thread that people are saying completely normally.
This is exactly it. I've had cashiers comment on me buying sriracha or something, it's pretty normal stuff and lasted maybe twenty seconds if even.
It has been a thing at Trader Joe's the past few years. I liked it better when they weren't so obviously forced to make small talk but there's been some good customer-employee discussions about new items that I found helpful or pleasant.
I don't hear well in loud environments with music/lots of other people talking, and the added plexiglass situation for COVID only makes it worse, so I don't really like it much. I try to participate when it happens, but I end up having to ask them to repeat themselves a lot or just smiling along hoping I'm not being an ass. I'm sure it helps their days go by faster.