I used to work as a cashier.. I doubt I would have seen the humour in a struggling customer.. If I did, I wouldn't have announced it.. I actually, wanted to keep my job..

I don't even think this one is serious. Is anyone actually that stupid?

Yep, he's just an ignorant ass! He should be fired.

I worked as a cashier for a while at VONS, who is very proactive in terms of hiring employees who have disabilities. I remember there was this one kid who worked there who looked like a burn victim, but he didn't seem to have any physical deformities except for discoloration. On my very last day of work a guy came in who was having what looked like a continuous spasm, and was knocking over stuff trying to buy juice. When he asked the burn victim kid for help, he laughed at him. Then the guy finally brings his juice up and throws his money on the counter, and I can hardly keep from cracking up, the guy seemed like he was trippin on some crazy drugs or something. He started talking to me and for the first couple minutes I couldn't understand him at all, so I just nodded and said mmhmm and such, but eventually I figured out what he was saying. He told me he had a degenerative disease that caused him to gradually lose control of his muscles. He had lost his job, his wife had divorced him, and his kids wouldn't talk to him anymore. At first, I had almost laughed at him, but by the end of his 10 minute purchase I was holding back tears.

hey 153 he probably had ms or something fhl

you should be fired asshole

wow ur nice LOL get a life and be nice X(

it's huntingtons disease for 153's story

tl;dnr

Why is he a dick? He wanted to have a laugh. It's not like he can recognize illnesses right away?

Not to defend the OP - I still think he's a dick - but one doesn't have to be elderly to have arthritis or Parkinson's.

@#43; Parkinson's and arthritis are both degenerative diseases with obvious symptoms, which makes a sufferer easy to spot. While the average person might not be able to tell what degenerative disease a sufferer has, it's often obvious that they have one. I've had arthritis my entire life and people have never had any trouble figuring out that I have something wrong with me. I doubt their first thought is my specific disease, but they can still tell I have some sort of illness. Back on topic; In a way, I'm not upset with the OP. Sometimes people just say stupid things without thinking, and while it wasn't OK to make that comment, I'm sure BDK regrets saying it and will be more careful in the future.

you're life isn't ****** up.... you are!! what kinda of ass would do that!! what the hell is WRONG with you.... if you can't help the damn guy you should at least keep your mouth shut!

sarcasticbitch - oh, because if the guy WASN'T ill, then I suppose making fun of him would have been ok?? Idiot. The whole point is that the OP shouldn't have made fun of the customer, whether he had a disease OR NOT.

i agree with u # 47 he was gonna laugh at someone u has disabilites and can't do somthing right he should acctually feel sorry for him becuz I know what it's like having ms or whatever he had becuz my brother has ms and he told me what it's like he also said that alot of people make fun of him and laugh

27- he shouldn't havr been laughing at someones troubles anyway, unless he knew them personally. Its called being polite.

agreed. how the **** would it even be funny to say that to anyone in general? YDI so hard I hit the button 10 times.

agreed

This is true. And look where he ended up working. Bet he still lives with his parents too.

That's offensive to people like me who still manages to be too unsuccessfull to move out. Don't tier losers with him.

Not sure about Bristol, but in other parts of Europe like Italy, the customer has to choose how many bags they want and then pay for them as well, then put their items into the bags. They're usually only a few cents though.

#6 and #10, in UK, you don't have to pay for plastic bags (or not where I've been.. although they do have incentives to using fewer bags, like points to give you special offers), but it is you who puts the items in the bags like #10 suggested. It is not the cashiers job. However.. doesn't make much difference because this is an obvious YDI. I mean seriously.. i could understand a little if the OP made a comment about it, but "Come on! What's wrong with you"????

You have to pay for your bags at the grocery store?!?! That's ridiculous. Also to the OP...you are a terrible person and may want to take a long hard look at your life and try to change into a person who doesn't suck at life. Because right now you definitely do!

In the US we have to bag our own groceries. A lot of places do it to cut down on staff. Bristol might be the same..

npk88 - some of the big department stores in Australia, like Target, make you pay for your plastic bags now. They're only 5c but it's an incentive to bring your own reuseable bags from home, rather than using plastic bags.

renaet - "cut down on staff"? In Australia, the cashier who scans your groceries bags them too. It wouldn't take much less time for them not to. In fact, I imagine getting the customer to bag their own groceries would take more time than the cashier doing it. The cashiers are fast and effective; the bags are in plastic bag racks, already sitting open, so after the cashier scans the item, they put it straight into the plastic bag. Honestly, it sounds like a waste of man-power when I hear about American stores employing an additional person just for bagging, and it sounds like a waste of time to get the customer to do it, because I'm sure they wouldn't be as effective as the cashier.

Actually...at Farmer Jacks/Foodworks and IGA you pack your own bags. It's mainly because of the people that complain that Cashiers don't pack their bags properly...when they have in fact been packed to training standard. They kinda figure "Pack you're own damn bags!" so maybe the OP work at one of those stores.

I don't know where you shop, but I live in the US and have never had to bag my own things.