To That One Guest - II

[NotCynicalYet]

You mean "fake service dog"?

Most of the dog owners I see in my store don't even bother with one of those service dog vests.

Maybe coincidence but I've been seeing a lot of fake service dogs, three last week. People on Facebook somewhere must telling each other to buy that style of vest harness. More people bringing in dogs with no sort of harness too.

 

[Captain Orca]

Tell her: "Watch your language, bitch. GTFO." If only! We used to hang out at a local beer bar in my home town when we were younger. The owner didn't take any shit from anyone. Mouth off and you were gone. Enforced by a lot of small town off duty cops who went there.

 

[happygoth]

Maybe coincidence but I've been seeing a lot of fake service dogs, three last week. People on Facebook somewhere must telling each other to buy that style of vest harness. More people bringing in dogs with no sort of harness too.

They don't even have to have a fake service vest to get in my store, guests just walk right in with dogs in their cart and no one says boo. We even had one guest who would bring her dog in unleashed. I think it's completely wrong but I'm obviously the only one who cares, so 🤷‍♀️

 

[redeye58]

If the animal is trained & well-behaved, I got no truck whether it's a service animal or not.
But some of these 'support' animals are just pets in disguise & they're as bad as unparented kids.

 

[NotCynicalYet]

TTOG, yes, it's true that instead of saying "how can I help you?" or something familiar when you stop me during an OPU - when I'm clearly in a rush - I simply say "HI!" on purpose and stare at you until you figure out how to respond, and yes I enjoy that a lot of you kind of stammer as you figure out whether you should say hello back, and I enjoy that it's awkward for you to segue into your question, and I realize that it sometimes make you feel bad for stopping me. This response from me has been carefully crafted over the course of a year to make you maximally uncomfortable while still being friendly and within the bounds of acceptable behavior.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

TTOG (actually many, presumably unsupervised teens): Please, oh please, just stop with your stupid shaving cream games. It's to the point now where I had the thought yesterday that maybe we should have the cans of shaving cream in a locked cabinet. That's how sick of it I am.
So glad school has already started for many area kids and will be very soon for the rest of them. Won't solve the problem completely of course, but it'll be somewhat better.

 

[redeye58]

To the two separate guests with dogs: You thought it was a great idea to let your dogs 'make friends' & nearly started a dogfight in my dining area. You were surprised at the angry parents of several children who were scared by your dogs after you had to separate them. If anyone had gotten bit I have NO doubt ya'll would've booked it without leaving any info & Target would've been threatened with legal action because of two asshole dog owners.
Irresponsible owners are my pet peeve & you just proved why.

 

[Dead and Khaki]

Have there always been this many entitled dog owners who think their dogs should be welcome everywhere, or is this a new trend?

 

[redeye58]

My city seems to be rife with dog people/dog culture; lots of people walking around with their dogs & many places are dog-friendly which I've got no truck with but, like with kids, TRAINING PLEASE.
I'm a former dog-owner but one of my boys is terrified so we don't have one but I can't keep count of all the times & places where someone's dog comes running up to my son &, as he's freaking out, the owner ALWAYS says "Oh, it's OK. He's friendly!" They then get offended when my son starts screaming & the dog starts barking with hackles up, not understanding that we don't know them from Adam & my son is STILL SCARED OF DOGS no matter WTF you say!!! 😡

 

[StargazerOmega]

TTOG: You went to the one SCO that was card only.

As I wheeled over to print your suspend slip, you said "I'm just going to move to another machine because I'm in a huge, huge hurry."

You moved over to the next SCO and proceeded to spend 15+ minutes putting a load of change into it. 🤣

Thanks for the chuckle.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

the owner ALWAYS says "Oh, it's OK. He's friendly!"

I'm so sorry this happens and terrifies your son. Permission should be sought on both sides before anyone approaches anyone.
My current dog is very friendly but he's also a big boy and that makes him look threatening to some. Dog owners always need to keep their dog under control, doesn't matter if it's a big dog like mine or a little mini-something, and never allow it to go up to a stranger without making sure it's okay.

 

[Caliwest]

TTOG (actually many, presumably unsupervised teens): Please, oh please, just stop with your stupid shaving cream games. It's to the point now where I had the thought yesterday that maybe we should have the cans of shaving cream in a locked cabinet. That's how sick of it I am.
So glad school has already started for many area kids and will be very soon for the rest of them. Won't solve the problem completely of course, but it'll be somewhat better.

Lol. Everything I salvage out from the floor gets a " guest tampering" . Soon. Soon. Grubby fingerprints on the Plexiglas is all I ll have to clean up. Lol

 

[Caliwest]

Maybe coincidence but I've been seeing a lot of fake service dogs, three last week. People on Facebook somewhere must telling each other to buy that style of vest harness. More people bringing in dogs with no sort of harness too.

Service dogs don't bark at anything but a learned duty and that doesn't include a style rack. They also don't come with a 6 ft lead. These people are jokers.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

TTOG who just welcomed a new baby to the family: It's not unusual that a guest will say "thank you" after I help them find an item in my area. But it is a little unusual to help one guest find so many things and still enjoy helping (instead of feeling a little annoyed at being someone's personal shopper). When I saw you looking at a list written on a post-it note and seeming confused, I didn't expect to learn that you were a brand-new dad shopping for things to help the brand-new mom with a brand-new baby just discharged from the hospital the evening before. You were running on not a lot of sleep, but you were still doing your best to find things you've never bought before. Hope all goes well with your new little guy.

 

[redeye58]

TTOG who kept asking one of our cashiers how his Thanksgiving went:
He told you that he didn't celebrate it & you went on a long rant about getting together with family & friends, yadda yadda yadda.
When you asked him WHY he didn't celebrate it he looked you dead in the eye & said "I'm Native American. Do you know what that means?"
The silence was golden.

 

[Captain Orca]

Some people aren't sharp enough to read the cues. Good for the TM.

 

[blueTieGuy]

TTOG (My favorite Shipt shoppers): Thank you so much for the nice Christmas card and Starbucks gift card! It meant a lot knowing that you guys were thinking of me. You guys are the best! 🙂

 

[FlowTeamChick]

TTOG #1 who needed to use one of the pairs of reading glasses to read a label:
I get it, you forgot your readers at home and wanted to make sure you were getting the right product. And it was nice that you put the readers back on the card and rehung it where it belonged. But. Did you really have to hold the empty card between your lips? That's just gross.

TTOG #2: Not sure it's the same person, but I'm thinking it is - opening a box of protein bars and eating one of them, leaving the rest of the box on the shelf and the empty wrapper on another shelf a couple aisles over is disgusting. You've done this a few times now, always just one box per visit. One time, you didn't finish the bar and left it in the wrapper, spilling some crumbs that I had to clean up. You're gross too.

TTOG #3: Also could be multiple people, but I'm thinking maybe not - tearing into Poise packages, removing one pad and unwrapping it like you're comparison-shopping. Really? Seriously, read what the packaging says like normal people do. Wouldn't say that's gross, but it's definitely rude.

 

[redeye58]

TTOG: Yes, we're out of that one holiday syrup.
No, we're not likely to get it back in because it's no longer on my order list.
Contact Starbucks corp to vent because there ain't jack sh*t I can do to bring it back.
Stop acting like I woke up determined to ruin your day.
#FirstWorldProblems #KarensAndTheirCoffee

 

[commiecorvus]

TTOG: Yes, we're out of that one holiday syrup.
No, we're not likely to get it back in because it's no longer on my order list.
Contact Starbucks corp to vent because there ain't jack sh*t I can do to bring it back.
Stop acting like I woke up determined to ruin your day.
#FirstWorldProblems #KarensAndTheirCoffee

I liked to suggest they could always find it online, that you can find anything online if you want it bad enough.

 

[Captain Orca]

FTC re. TTOG #2 Confront the asshole face to face, get AP in on it, get a little loud, tell them they're on camera and they are stealing. Don't get walked on, nail the scumbag.

 

[happygoth]

FTC re. TTOG #2 Confront the asshole face to face, get AP in on it, get a little loud, tell them they're on camera and they are stealing. Don't get walked on, nail the scumbag.

Psh. Not worth it. It's not our job to confront guests face to face. If I saw that maybe I'd call AP, maybe not. Getting them to answer is a challenge. But I'm sure not getting loud with a guest over a protein bar.

 

[StargazerOmega]

TTOG #1: Unless it directly impacts you, don't worry about what Shipt shoppers are doing. Sometimes (especially on busy days) they run out of bags and they come over to grab what they need and continue packing their orders. It's their job, don't fuss, we can get more bags if needed.

TTOG #2: Honestly Friday might've been the closest I've ever come to snapping at a guest thanks to you and your wife.
Neither of you had any clue what you were doing and when the register repeatedly beeped at you, you threw a tantrum and put your blinker on. I came over, explained what happened and noticed that you had double scanned a few items in your frustration. Before I could even login to help you, took the hand scanner and started scanning items, pressing the touchscreen, ranting about how stupid SCO is and not letting me in so I *could* help.

I finally got irritated enough that I said: "Just hold on a minute. Relax." You still weren't listening to / ignoring me, so I said it again adding "It's OK, I can help, just settle." You both finally calmed down, finished, but then called the machine a "Useless piece of trouble that needed to be shut down."

*deep breath*

There are certain people that shouldn't ever use Self-Checkout. You two would fit that category well... 🙄🙄🙄

People get worse every year.

 

[Captain Orca]

I had an issue at SCO, small purchase, long lines. My card wasn't read. Attendant came over and helped me out. People behind me were getting gretzy, (Amish phrase for getting nervous and anxious). She helped me out, I thanked her and moved on. The Captain always sides with the crew.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

FTC re. TTOG #2 Confront the asshole face to face, get AP in on it, get a little loud, tell them they're on camera and they are stealing. Don't get walked on, nail the scumbag.

I don't see who does this when they're doing it. I find the opened box and the crumpled wrapper the next morning.
Hasn't happened in a couple weeks or so, but if it starts up again, I'll talk to AP. Sort of like when I kept finding empty Afrin boxes. (Learned that it's possible to get high off the stuff, but it takes kind of a lot. And it's really not a good idea.) Anyway! It's a small thing, but they could be doing similar things with other products in other parts of the store.
People can be such jerks.