Wednesday, January 11, 2017

A vexing aspect of customer service work

I've always thought it must be challenging, to say the least, to have any type of customer service job in a store.  Usually, any job in which you have to interact with anyone who walks through the door isn't an easy one. 

A few years ago, a grocery store cashier told me he had to censor himself when dealing with a rude customer.  According to him, the customer said, "Oh, I forgot to get a 20-ounce Pepsi.  You!  Go get me one!" she snapped at him.

The cashier told me he kept thinking to himself, "Don't say what I'm thinking..."

A few weeks later, I noticed that he was no longer there.  I wonder if he told a customer what he was thinking or resigned before it came to that.