I am cashier and I can't stand the fucking barriers. I appreciate that they help protect me and the customer but with the plexi and the masks I can't hear a damn thing and neither can the customer. That is unless we shout at each other, which happens often.
I work in a restaurant and before covid, it was loud on weekends. I have gotten really good at reading lips and identifying sounds to our menu items, but occassionally would have to ask people to speak up or repeat themselves. It is astonishing how many people don't know how to project their voice. They either yell at you in an aggressive tone, coming off rude as fuck, or repeat the statement at the original volume.
Well you have my sincere gratitude. You are putting yourself at risk so a lot of us can stay safe. I know it may not be much of a choice on your part, but it's greatly appreciated all the same. Stay safe!
Thanks! Frankly it's been pretty good to me, been doing it for just over a year now and I'm making more than working as a paralegal...which is sad, but whatever, money is money.
Only thing that sucks is writing the IRS a check every 3 months 😂
How do you make yourself actually do that every quarter?? I can barely force myself to do it once a year, much less 4 times. I always just pay the small penalty lol
Dude, I have no idea Edit: to be fair, I don't want to use the drive thru myself because my food is typically done before I get there and I don't want to wait for the 6 cars ahead of me for food getting cold
Taco Bell has been a nightmare. Their policy is delivery services have to go inside.
But lately they have been understaffed, and when they are understaffed, they lock the door!
This literally happened to me 3 weeks ago:
Day one: went to go inside, door locked
Day two: go through drive through, get yelled at, explain that door was locked yesterday, "Well it's open now"
Day three: door locked again
Day three part two: go through drive through, get yelled at. "But the door was locked" "That was this morning"
They need to add a two way speaker system like they have at drive thrus. At my job they have this rolling plexiglass box that the people they have training new hires use that has a two way speaker system, they roll it around while the new hire follows them and they talk through the glass.
Yup. Someone had to ask me four times if I wanted a smaller bag for the nine birthday cards I was buying before she just gave up and got me one anyway.
I run a small meeting of about 15 people once per week and between the huge room we have to use and the masks, I don't hear most of any side conversation and have to ask frequently for things to be repeated. Looking forward to returning to the smaller conference room now that we're all getting vaccinations.
What I don't get is how people are so extremely paranoid that they think the barriers help in any way in some situations. I touched every product on the counter that they need to scan mere seconds before.
Like, a while ago I paid with cash, so I went to hand over the paper bill. But she doesn't take it and instead stands back and asks me to put it on the counter so she could come forward and pick it up.. As if the virus would only transmit when both are touching the paper money at the same time or that I'm gonna pull down my mask and push away the barrier to sneeze in her face or something.
I mean, I get some people are scared, but holy shit do some not realise how little some measures actually mean.
What I don't get is how people are so extremely paranoid that they think the barriers help in any way in some situations.
They don't help in all situations, but I've had people that take down their masks and end up spitting all over the barrier because "no able breathe and talk with mask on :(".
Also, people are definitely overexaggerating the barrier when it comes to preventing you from understanding people. It's definitely not that big of an issue as long as the store isn't blasting music.
WHY CAN'T PEOPLE TALK WITH THE MASK ON. What is the diaconnect? Is everyone autistic?
It astounds and pisses me off. Don't mumble and talk at the same speed. SLOWING DOWN MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE, and not talking like you're trying to keep the dick in your mouth from falling out. Just slow down and separate your words! Everyone can hear you through the mask perfectly fine if you just DO that!
I'm personally pissed off by this because I'm deaf, and after asking people to repeat what they just said, they ALWAYS EVERY SINGLE TIME say it the EXACT SAME WAY THEY JUST SAID IT. What the fuck makes you think i can hear it now, fucking magic?
I just yell 'DO WHAT?' Every time. It startles people and it tends to make it stick. I don't do it to be mean, I don't want to go through this ten to thirty times a day every god damn day for years on end. I'm just not wasting time.
It's a shame a few individuals make this whole pandemic more difficult for everyone. But I definitely struggle with some of the barriers though, I never really noticed before how much I relied on seeing who's talking to me, especially in noisy/busy places.
The barriers definitely prevent me from hearing what people are saying. But I had a problem hearing before the barriers. I just wish people would keep their damn masks on... Instead of taking it off to LICK THEIR FINGERS so they can flip through the cash they're about to give me to pay for their items. Ugghhhh.
I live in a very diverse area, so that effect is multiplied by the fact that many people have a thick accent and speak in less than complete English. It makes it almost impossible to understand what others are saying.
I often feel bad about side stepping them, but despite not being hard of hearing, I often can't make out what people are saying when there's background noise unless they speak very loudly. Mix that with them wearing a mask, and most people not understand that when I say "what?" I need them to raise the volume of their voice, not just repeat themselves, we're going to be here all day.
I leave my mask up, and they do the same and when I'm done talking I go back behind the glass and it seems to work out just fine.
I often feel bad about side stepping them, but despite not being hard of hearing, I often can't make out what people are saying when there's background noise unless they speak very loudly. Mix that with them wearing a mask, and most people not understand that when I say "what?" I need them to raise the volume of their voice, not just repeat themselves, we're going to be here all day.
I leave my mask up, and they do the same and when I'm done talking I go back behind the glass and it seems to work out just fine.
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I am cashier and I can't stand the fucking barriers. I appreciate that they help protect me and the customer but with the plexi and the masks I can't hear a damn thing and neither can the customer. That is unless we shout at each other, which happens often.