I don't want the fucking receipt in the fucking bag.

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I want it in my purse. Otherwise I'll lose the fucker.

And yes, young lady in Debenhams, I will make a song and dance about fishing it out.

Thank you nice lady in Marks who gave me the choice.

Fucking shopping.

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I know that they do. And I have to listen to it in every single shop. I'm never aggressive or nasty, just can't bring myself to give a straight answer.

And before you think I have no idea whereof I speak I worked serving in a shop for many years.

I like mine in the bag. I hate having my purse stuffed with receipts.

I do feel for shop assistants. They really are at the sharp end, especially at Christmas and have my utmost sympathy.

The op attitude is one reason why I am so so glad to be out of retail this Christmas. Nasty.

We are treated like scum by people that need to learn some manners

Shop assistants have to ask that stuff (would you like a card, are you interested in promotion x) they don't like doing it and in addition probably will get disciplined if they don't.

Shop assistants don't really care if you drop your change all over the floor. It's your money and they've done their bit. I know because I've been one.

I'm glad I'm not one anymore. Individuals are nice but "General Public" are "Generally Shitheads"

I really love it when someone in a shop is genuinely helpful and friendly (and I know that can be hard at Christmas). Too often, the standard questions are just repeated, robot-like, as they are told to say them. No one really expects, or wants to be told in detail about my plans for the rest of the day.

99% of customers I serve DO want their recepit in the bag.

The staff probably just raised an eyebrow at the ridiculous woman making a song and dance over the most trivial problem in the entire world.

Merry Christmas you unreasonable bloody grinch.

If you don't like the questions feed it back to the head office.

Using no names - the staff would probably be grateful.

There are mystery shoppers etc they have to do this stuff. You might appear robotic if you were asking the thousandth person of the day to be fair.

Well this cretinous management moron is off to work. I bid you all good day, and hope you have a very merry Xmas.

I don't give a flying clusterfuck where my receipt is and I know nobody in real life who does, it's just an MN thing.

LF - what tone do you deliver those lines in?

I might've found that amusing when I was a shop assistant if you weren't being an arse about it. It's not like we don't know the standard questions are stupid.

In the bag is fine with me. Out of the bag is fine with me.

The poor sods on the till may well have been on their feet all day and are probably working until 10pm on Christmas Eve.

It's said you can measure someone's character rather accurately by the way they treat customer service staff.

I think that's very true.

Good idea, Pickled. I have commiserated with a number of staff over the hoops that they have to jump through. As I said, been there, done that, worn the polyester uniform!

When last in UK all receipts were offered to my hand. In Australia the default is always to put it in the bag and it gets on my tits. It's a new thang.

YANBU.

Alis - always said as a joke, usually given a laugh of recognintion that neither of us like having to do this!

I like to know where my receipt is puppymonkey?! What if you need to take it back?

I like mine in my bag, when they chuck the receipt and change piled on, it's annoying, with two young kids, where am I supposed to sort it all out? In my hands weaving through the crowds, that way madness lies!

Well I fucking agree wIth you op.

LF,you sound like the kind of customer I liked. It was always nice to have one who knew I wasn't just a "till monkey" as one charmer once called me!

Mardy - stop being so mardy.

we often put the the receipt in the bag because people moan when they're juggling change as well.

so nur

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Not in the bag for me. Lost too many that way when you take stuff out and it seems to disappear without trace. It is much better off in my hand and in my purse.

I have to say it annoys me slightly when they assume that you want it in the bag, especially when, in shoving it in the bag without asking or even saying thank you, they are already looking over your shoulder to see who is next. I wouldn't say anything or get huffy but just 1/2 second of attention to finish your transaction before they move on to the next one would be appreciated.

I have worked in retail, at Christmas before now. I know what it is like and it is hard but it would all work much more smoothly if everybody, customers and retail staff, paid more attention and had a better attitude. Not everybody, just the huffy ones - on both sides of the counter. Getting narky/impatient/rushing too much, is such a waste of time.

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