To get really p**d off at overly chatty & annoying checkout assistants?

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Don't know about anyone else, but when I go food shopping I want to get my stuff through he checkout as quickly as possible & I don't want to be held up by the assistant asking inane question such as "so, any plans for the weekend"? "yeah, none of your damn business!" I wouldn't mind so much if it didn't mean them slowin down how quickly they scan the items. Anyone else get really annoyed by this??! Grrr!!!

I suggest you munch on some kalms whle you walk round if you are that annoyed bysomthing so trivial.

And plese d fogive my tying.

Keyboard sht.

Do an online shop and stay away from normal people then. "Grr" indeed.

I worked for a short whilst in M&S and they made us chat with the customers. I hated it and left.

It drives me mad too when I'm in a rush (and grumpy). Really don't want to chat!

Poor shop assistants - they can't win!

YABVU.

They are told to talk to people, it's part of their mystery shop scoring

You sound like a charmer.

grumpalump -

I'm totes stealing that ...

Big thread already here!

lol I think you might have pmt. I do and it takes one to know one :)

Did you go to charm school?

Was it closed?

Talking to you is fine but they also need to learn when the customer doesn't want to chat and shut up accordingly.

YABVU.

That's called being polite and friendly.

FFS why all the threads recently about sales assistants!!! I don't go round slagging off people who are shit at their jobs who work in offices. Just lay off us Sales Assistants.

I like a wee chat at the till ... manners cost nothing and all that.

Rotten customers are often compensating for a lack of something good in thier lives, it empowers them. A good old shag might help some.

YABVVVU

YABVU. I can't stand sullen people who don't look you in the eye and barely grunt any necessary communication. Give me a friendly chatty checkout person any day.

Can I just say, for the record, that I have worked as sales and checkout assistants & I was polite and friendly, but didn't push the conversation if the customer clearly didn't want to chat. There is a happy medium - you can be polite and friendly by saying "hello, sorry to keep you waiting", "would you like help packing" etc, without launching into a full blown conversation if it's not wanted.

I find any excess chat quite stressful and annoying and don't understand the obsession with smalltalk.