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Originally Posted by Talk Host
You make two statemnets here, one berating me and the other supporting me. First you say, "Oh for shame" that I object to this tacky practice. Then you go on to underscore my point by saying you feel sorry for the cashiers for having to ask. Why do you feel sorry for them if you view this as an acceptable practice?
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TH,
I know you did not ask me this question. But earlier today I was going to post the same thing about the cashiers. So please bear with me while I elaborate.
In this thread, we see that there are lots of different opinions on the subject.
I am sure cashiers have opinions on the subject, too, and those opinions will vary.
But the customer has a choice to say, "No thanks."
We all know the cashier has no such choice.
And that is why, no matter what we think about being asked to give, some of us feel sorry for the cashiers caught in this.
Ironically, a friend of mine just took a job as a cashier. She has three degrees and had retired but wanted to work a few hours a week at something completely different from all those years of taking all that work home.
I asked her on the first day, "How did it go?"
Her words to me were, "Be nice to cashiers."
And I told her that I always am. (She has been telling me stuff. I told her she could write a book.)
It's a tough world out there "serving" the public.
Heck, sometimes people even try to bite librarians' heads off.
I guess in the situation of being asked to give in the grocery line, I just don't see it as being about me. Nobody notices or cares. Sometimes I smile and give them a buck. Sometimes I smile and say, "No thanks."
Boomer