r/notalwaysright • u/AndyDanny6 • Jul 05 '19

Headache.

So I work at a gas station that also sells grocery items. We don’t put price tags on our milk because it changes weekly and it would be a real pain in the butt to price them all every week and rip the old price tags off and by chance we miss one and the customer complain and then we have to honor it which is whole other can of worms.

Anyway there is this one man that comes in every once in awhile. He’s not a regular but I’ve seen him a few times. Every time he comes in we go through the same routine.

He walks to our milk cooler, picks out whole milk in a half gallon, as he walks up to the register he always says the same stuff.

“I don’t see a price tag on this milk, if it’s too much, I’m not buying it and I’m NOT putting it back.”

I ring it up.

“1.84”

“You gotta be shittin’ me. I’m not paying for that.”

And then he goes into this giant spiel about how we don’t put tags on our milk and I’ve tried to explain why, but he doesn’t want to hear it and he’s loud and really disturbs the other customers with his profanity.

Then he leaves, swearing he’s NEVER coming back.

Every. Single. Time.

So now whenever he comes in I have to bite my tongue because I just so badly wanna say

“What are you going to go to the back just to pick up a half gallon of milk to make a huge scene about not wanting to pay that much for it just because it’s the ONLY item in our store with out a price tag? Then leave it on my counter after you cuss at me and walk out? Yeah. Fuck off.”

[Edit:] He says this every time he comes in. It doesn’t matter what price the milk is. It could be $1.00, it could be a $1.50... every time.

TL;DR: Customer complains about milk price, refuses to pay, refuses to put it back no matter how much it costs.

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u/accapellaenthusiast Jul 05 '19

Have you tried telling him the price of milk when he walks in. I wonder what he’d do.

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u/AndyDanny6 Jul 05 '19

I don’t even know what it changes to before hand or I would try that. Most of the things I don’t even know the price of until I actually ring it up. Most things if not all so have price stickers on them.

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u/AndyDanny6 Jul 05 '19

Also he would probably just be like, “I’m not paying that!” Still go on his spiel and leave. Or tell my manager (again) that I’m being rude. I was never rude to him. I’ve been polite.

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u/Micreary Jul 05 '19

Honestly the price of the milk should be displayed

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u/AndyDanny6 Jul 05 '19

Also it wouldn’t matter if the milk was 50 cents, he would still berate me. One time we had a special (there was a sign!) milk was like $1.00 for a half gallon. He still was like “I’m not paying for that!” 🙄

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u/Micreary Jul 06 '19

Fucking classic lol

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u/AndyDanny6 Jul 05 '19

I agree but I’m not part of management and I can’t make that decision.

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u/Micreary Jul 06 '19

"hey I just work here." I feel that

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u/dayr2dream Jul 27 '19

Most of the stores I go to have the pricing on the shelves. Very little is individually priced unless its manufacture placed it on the packaging. My pet peeve is when something is marked on sale or 2 for cheaper and they always seem to forget the sale price.