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Target had a policy for cashiers (for a while anyways) where you had to push red cards and you would get written up/verbal warnings if you attempted to skip the prompts or avoid it the team lead overheard. It was the fucking worst.
For it being such a big freaking deal They sure as hell can’t seem to get around to mailing me a replacement red card mine expired I called twice a month apart, still no card. I just called a few days ago and canceled not even a why are you canceling,just thanks have a good day
I really miss when stores just sold products, and not also credit cards and all of your shopping data. Fffffffpphttthh!!!
When I worked at McDonald’s I really wanted to work the drive-through, but they wouldn’t let me because I refused to ask people if they wanted shit that they just told me they didn’t want.
To be fair, who does not want an apple pie?
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A few months ago, I was out shopping and there was this teenager girl newly working as cashier.
She asked the usual “Do you have our app?” and I told her “No.”.Of course, with the obligatory tone that I have no interest, cause I fully expected her to follow up with “Would you like help setting it up?”. Which is always funny, because like everyone else on Lemmy, I work in IT.
I think, she absolutely understood that I have no interest, but her manager was in earshot, so she thought for a moment and then hit me with “We also have these stickers you can collect!”.
And just, goddamn, lady. I know, I probably look to you like I belong in a museum, but I’m not that old.
…of course, I didn’t actually take it personal. Not to mention that I was genuinely delighted to hear that they still have a non-tracking option. But yeah, still most definitely no interest.
because like everyone else on Lemmy, I work in IT
lol cry
I’m a licensed massage therapist. I know nothing about IT. I don’t even know what it stands for. something Technology
we need more of you. bring friends. send help.
Im a massage therapist of sorts. I work with clients updating their systems from spreadsheets to SQL databases.
The I stands for Infernal.
I don’t work in IT!
…But I am going to go to college soon to try and get an associate’s in computer science so… you know
I don’t work in IT, I thought I would growing up and did go to school for a bit but I ended up as a diesel technician
I went to an apple store once that buy my dad the basic ipad mini and had something similar.
“Hi, how can i help”
“I’d like this model of the ipad mini with x storage capacity”
“What are you going to use it for?”
“It’s for my dad i just need that specific one as it’s within the budget”
“What is he going to use it for?”
“Ipad stuff i guess, i just need that specific model”
“Video’s? Design? Editing maybe?”
I nearly walked out of there as a result of how annoying that got.
I’ve literally waved the money at them and said “do you want this or not??!! The stop talking and sell me what I want.” Not in the Apple store but Currys here in the UK.
I just hit 'em with “my wife would kill me”. It really works.
Confirmed. In my personal life it is my wife for everything. Sorry I can’t have to ask my wife. At work it’s my manager. No you can’t talk to him he is: on the road/client meeting/out sick today/working remotely/vacation/had a family thing left early.
Sears got me to come in because of a sale on mens shirts. It was raining and I am with my then two year old who is bored out of her skull in the massive line I am trying to keep her from getting upset and sitting on the sludge of mud from footprints. Counter person tries this on me and I am not proud of myself but I snap telling him that this is why the line is so long and could you please please just take my money for the items I wish to buy.
Haven’t been to a Sears in eight years.
And you’ll never be at one again. Thanks to you they went out of business.
I thought they were run into the ground because some shareholder was/is running a scam.
Woulda been fine if you kept shopping there. Murderer.
Sorry I can’t help myself destroying things, I am a millennial. Almost done with golf.
The CEO was selling physical locations to his own privately held firm and leasing them back to Sears, increasing their operating costs significantly… And him walking away richer.
And they missed the whole online shopping “fad”. They were the king of print catalogue sales and distribution for a century. All they needed to do was digitize it in an intelligent way. And they didn’t.
Oh god… this is literally what my job is turning into 😰
“Would you like to sign up for our awful credit card?” Nah. “Would you like to sign up for a free trial of our plus service that you’ll never use?” No thanks. “Do you want the X month protection plan for your USB drive that’s 10x the cost of what you’re paying today?” What? No. “Would you like to donate to this charity the company totally could but won’t but say we raised all this money for?” Nope.
I purchased something that didn’t require any follow-up but they still asked for my phone number and address to put in their system. The cashier and I had an awkward moment when I found out that the 5 digits I had given him wasn’t a valid ZIP code and I had to think of a different fake one on the spot.
I remember the private company taking over our little staff restaurant in the hospital years ago. And then the “talks” we received for not “upselling” to vulnerable old ladies who had clearly just lost their husband.
Sears! Dont forget the protection plans on top of this that we had to upsale. Thank you for never coming back.
Funny thing is Sears is dead but the store card (Discover) lived on long after.
I almost always decline and I always say sorry for their bosses making them do this.
So true.
I drive an extra mile to a different gas station only because I discovered their cashiers don’t start a lengthy discussion about why I should get one of those plastic data collectors every time.
