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Originally Posted by jonzer
To be honest since you posted this here, you were kind of a jerk.
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I was a jerk?
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Originally Posted by jonzer
I wouldn't have laid the money down as that is an "in your face" as in "I have too much money to stand around while lackeys like you encounter technical issues".
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Well maybe you wouldn't have laid the money down, but I did...IN AN ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR MY PURCHASE.
I didn't throw the money at them. I didn't make a scene. How many times have you seen someone in a convenience store walk in and lay down cash for a gas purchase....with people standing in line....and say, "$10 on pump five" ...?
I see that happen all the time. It's not rude. It's just saying....
"hey, here's a quick solution for both of us - you're not ready to check me out, but I want to pay and be on my way. I don't need a receipt...just ring it up at your convenience."
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Originally Posted by jonzer
Leaving was OK. But if you really honestly didn't have time to wait (and where did you have to be?) you could have just said "I'm sorry, I have to be somewhere else. I'll buy these later".
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What does my itenarary for the remainder of the evening have to do with it?
No one was speaking to me. The cashier only spoke to me once, after I spoke to her first (after a 5 minute wait). She never spoke to me again. Her co-worker never spoke to me. The store manager never spoke to me.
Besides...Exactly how long should I have waited? I waited about 5 minutes before I was even acknowledged, then about 3 or 4 minutes before I tried to pay for what I wanted to purchase. So about 8 to 9 minutes in all.
Maybe 15 minutes? Would that have been long enough? What about 20 minutes?
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Originally Posted by jonzer
Heck, I would have walked off to toy with some of their guitar inventory while they figured it out. There are worse things to do.
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What if I walked around the store for another 30 minutes, and they were still trying to fix the computer? What then?
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Originally Posted by jonzer
Stores, occasionally, do have honest to goodness tech issues that will make a wait longer. Trust me, the people behind the counter usually don't enjoy it anymore than you do.
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That's not the point. This is:
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Originally Posted by IronJoe
Any time you've picked out a product and have wallet in hand, the store should be in a mad dash to put your cash in their drawer before you change your mind.
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