Dear Shoppers: When in line at a retail store, please do not death stare your cashier while they help the person in front of you. This tactic will make it take longer. Death stares are known to cause: Anxiety Mistakes Confusion Slower Movements. Thank you for being good humans. - ThreadSky

stephhyer.bsky.social • 27 days ago

Dear Shoppers:
When in line at a retail store, please do not death stare your cashier while they help the person in front of you. This tactic will make it take longer. Death stares are known to cause:
Anxiety
Mistakes
Confusion
Slower Movements.

Thank you for being good humans.

Comments

nsbwalker.bsky.social•27 days ago

I love, love, love self check outs. Only I can pack my bags properly.

warhorse1.bsky.social•27 days ago

I never death stare the cashiers! Thank God they do that job because I would be knee deep in dead people before first break if I tried it

stephhyer.bsky.social•26 days ago

🤣🤣🤣😂😅 oh my gosh I love u

asrnotmypres.bsky.social•27 days ago

I plead guilty to this behavior, mostly when I am really in a hurry. Thanks for the tip. Resolve to catch my self and STOP.
🙏💕❤️

stephhyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

Thank you. I truly move as fast as I can. Some days, that is faster than others because I'm human, and I have fibromyalgia (widespread muscle pain). ♡♡♡

maryestanton.bsky.social•27 days ago

Having spent many a year in retail, I can tell you that when I would get the unnecessary overly aggressive death stare and huffing or tapping their card on the counter, that is when I would call for change or replace the register tape or get clumsy with something.
Don’t be an A* hole.

stephhyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

Exactly. I literally had a lady throwing the shirts he wanted to buy at me. Like I was a peasant to serve her while she kept her back to me and talked to the person she was with.

bonkle23.bsky.social•27 days ago

If you're Store sign says more than 3 in Q we will open another till....but you wait until there are 10 of us....expect a stare.

stephhyer.bsky.social•27 days ago

I work at a thrift store. But, that's cool 😏 I'm a DEI hire.
#ChronicPain #ADHD #SocialAnxietyDisorder #DoingMyBest

tatersaladjd.bsky.social•27 days ago

Am I allowed to make silly faces at the cashier, mocking the person in front of me?

beerandy.bsky.social•27 days ago

Is it okay if I disassociate while staring at a random object near the register?

stephhyer.bsky.social•27 days ago

Absolutely

moochie6us.bsky.social•27 days ago

May I chime in here? And don't even pull that death stare bullsh*t once you get to a register. That's only gonna slow things down even more. "Would you like to open a (retailer's) charge acct? You save 20% off your total today. 10% birthday discount. Card holders-only deals... 😉😎

utilitarianihilist.bsky.social•27 days ago

This is so me. Not a cashier but I've worked at hotel front desks. I'm generally very expedient at my job - I want to go back to doing nothing. If I have a line and you start huffing then you're getting the FULL treatment. The others will wait and they'll get a show for it. Kill em with kindness.

moochie6us.bsky.social•27 days ago

I tried to kill with kindness. Didn't always pan out tho... 😉😎

utilitarianihilist.bsky.social•27 days ago

Bonus points if you can get them to complain. Manager: Your complaining that they were too courteous? Sounds to me like they were doing their job.

solarpons83.bsky.social•27 days ago

Hummm!!! Ok ✅ you’re right!!!

nickidrake.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yeah that’s rude. It’s polite to show patience and a pleasant expression.

ivoryjones.bsky.social•27 days ago

where the hell are you shopping? what are you talking about?

jillyannedawn.bsky.social•27 days ago

Question. Can we death stare the person in front of us based on what they're buying?

gotham-lark.bsky.social•27 days ago

Bonus pointsIf they didn't put the separator bar down between your groceries. Feel free to let them buy you your groceries.

bicyclehater.bsky.social•27 days ago

if i were a vigilante superhero similar to batman or the punisher i would not bother with the big supervillains because of plenty of people are dealing with that already

instead, i would hang around retail stores giving out chilis gift cards to employees and suplexing people who act badly in public

stephhyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

Thank you. You can visit my thrift store anytime.

kentann.bsky.social•27 days ago

I usually death stare the person in the 20 or less line with about 35 items, but never the cashier! Today, I was angling my cart of 4 items into the 20 or less line, a woman cut between me and the counter with 15+ items, saying I'm just catching up with my husband who had about 20 items already 🤔

stephhyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

That stuff is just rude. I understand this sentiment. 💯

markwp1.bsky.social•27 days ago

Well said!!!

sinisternails1.bsky.social•27 days ago

The passive aggressive huffing and puffing too.

chuckvtt.bsky.social•27 days ago

I do my best to think of them giving me the same attention and care that they're giving to the person in front of me.

That has helped me a great deal to be more patient and compassionate.

stephhyer.bsky.social•27 days ago

Appreciate you.

chuckvtt.bsky.social•26 days ago

Thank you

I'm doing my best trying to be a better human being

Less critical, more curious
Trying to know less and learn more

nenesjoy.bsky.social•27 days ago

i agree but sometimes its a way to let the cashier know that the conversation between her and her friend(the customer paying of her trip to Cancun is taking a little long and we all want to pay...but on a regular basis yes plz b kind talk and work at same time dont show pics on ur phone lol

stephhyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

My phone is never out. Even when a friend is in, I barely say much. I work while I talk always. I'm scanning, removing hangers, handling money, and bagging.

nenesjoy.bsky.social•24 days ago

exactly! and ppl should see that ur working while chatting customer service also includes talking and engaging with the customer so if ppl get annoyed with that then go to the self check out!! Cashiers dont get paid enough to get treated poorly!!

izzysdad1.bsky.social•27 days ago

Also don’t be pissed at them about the prices they didn’t cause the problem. When you get home call your congressman

stephhyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

Word! Because I'm at a thrift store, people think it should be free because it was donated. They complain the shoes aren't arranged by sizes when they let their kids run around the store with a random shoe and then leave it at the other end of the store. We are a pretty large store. It's chaos. 😆

spenceerious.bsky.social•26 days ago

As a cashier I have to remind myself that a lot of these people simply just do not know how to interact with other human beings.
I feel like that’s the only explanation for the weird staring, blunt responses, interruptions, and etc.
I remind myself “Their behavior has nothing to do with me.”

stephhyer.bsky.social•26 days ago

I like this. Thank you. 🥰

spenceerious.bsky.social•25 days ago

Ofc 🥰

mailmaam.bsky.social•27 days ago

Every person should have to spend a day as a supermarket cashier, a waitress or waiter, and behind the counter at a fast food restaurant. See what it's like. It may change their attude when on the other side

stephhyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

I've always said this as a waitress. I'm all for adding cashier to that. I work at a really busy thrift store. We don't have lights or register numbers. We have wonky lines that never end. Sometimes I am straight customer to customer for 3 hours without so much as a drink of anything wet.

mailmaam.bsky.social•24 days ago

Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. Did wait tables and people could be miserable. Can't imagine a line at a store like yours.
I hope the people you are working for appreciate you.