to be offended by the checkout womans comment? (lighthearted)

[forbiddenfruit85]

Saw 'The Hobbit' on sale for £4.00, never read it so thought why not.

Went to pay for it along with the rest of the groceries.

When the checkout woman scans it through say "who's this for?"

I replied it was for me.

She gives me a look and says "It's very difficult to read to know?"

I guess she thinks I must look a little bit dim haha

also cashier's have to comment on purchases

Erm ... no they don't. They really don't.

And if they do comment it should be to promote what products the store is selling.

I didn't see any comment saying she was rude or thick sausagesandwich34

Chaucer is quite funny Fakebook. My favorite is the Wife of Bath. She marries rich old men and shags them to death.

Forbidden fruit

I was paraphrasing comments such as
'hahaha what an idiot' (fellationation)
'struggle with spot goes to the zoo' (scheherezade)

cashiers have to comment on purchases -excuse my rogue apostrophe there

I've worked in retail for many years and have many friends with similar exerience for many different retailers and cashiers are all told to personalise the customer's journey -a suggested way to do this is to make a comment about their purchase

obviously not every retailer does this but many do

Yes but sausagesandwich34 but surely if you were to 'personalise the customer's journey' you would like I said promote the item they were buying?

Such as if they were buying an item of food, you would say that you'd tried it yourself and it was lovely.

Or a dvd, you would say that you watched that and it was a really good film.

hmmm -sounds supiciously like commenting on purchases there....

YES stating the obvious springs to mind.

They are good comments promoting what the customer is buying.

By asking a customer who they were buying a book for and then saying you do know its difficult to read is NOT promoting the item.

Only positive comments should be made in order to sell/promote.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe haha very true probably! i have been known to walk the entire length of the checkouts to find a decent one. the ones i like the most just keep their gobs shut and let me get on with my shopping!

Wow, what a strange comment for her to make!

Also, damn, why didn't my school let me read the Hobbit. They failed me!

What a weird comment. The Hobbit is a children's book.

for many different retailers and cashiers are all told to personalise the customer's journey

Ew. I don't want a sodding personalised journey when I buy something, I just want to buy the damn thing and to get out as quickly as possible.

Tolkien can get a bit flowery at times but the hobbit isn't hard to read. The Silmarrilion bored me senseless by the end of the first chapter...