Today I went to a few shops in a neighboring city.  The shops that I “needed” to visit were in a part of town that is sort of old-ish and is inhabited by those less fortunate.  (Okay, I went to Big Lots and The Dollar Tree, y’all.  LOL!) Anyway, I noticed something quite, quite annoying when shopping in those two shops.  The employees there could care less that they even have jobs and obviously they think that people who shop there don’t deserve to be treated well as a customer. 

The first store I visited was Big Lots.  I went in, found what I was looking to buy (scrapbooking crap) and proceeded to the cashier.  She rang my order wordlessly and when I handed her my debit card, she said her first words to me, “ID.” That was it.  Two letters she grunted at me.  Then she ran my card and plopped the paper down on the counter along with a pen and said her second thing to me, “Sign.” Ooooooooookay.  So I did and thanked her and she managed to spit out the word, “Thanks.” before shoving my receipt at me and moving on to the next person in line.  Wowza.  I was floored.  I mean, I work in retail.  I do.  I do it because, well, for one I am good at it and for another I don’t want to go anywhere outside of my town.  I understand the hard work that these people do.  I understand that some customers are real ASSHOLES.  But me?  I am not.  I can be a difficult customer if I want to be but today, I was not. 

The second shop that I visited was The Dollar Tree.  God.  I got the crap that I went for (clothespins) and proceeded to the cashier.  I placed my items on her counter (I had three) and wordlessly she rang my order.  She didn’t even tell me the total.  I handed her my four single dollar bills and she made change from her till then shoved the change at me along with my receipt.  Not a single word was uttered by her.  Not a fuck you.  Not an amount total.  Nothing.  Was she mute?  No.  She was not as she didn’t have a problem speaking to a co-worker.  I mean, MY GOD.  Are you serious?  If you dislike your job that much then fucking quit and do something else.  Can’t do anything else?  Then FUCKING GET OVER YOURSELF. 

So, in closing, I would like to take this opportunity to say, “THANK YOU!” to everyone that never got a thank you or a word grunted at them before in a store or shop.