I live in the Midwest. Our gas stations sell pizza. This happened while waiting for food.
Lady working is stocking some merchandise. Guy walks up to cash register.
“Sir, would you mind using self checkout? I’m the only one working.”
“I refuse to use that” Gives her a bit of a lecture as if she installed the machine herself.
Lady is a little older. She starts to drag this box towards the back. It’s obvious it’s not easy for her, says “it would be quicker if you would, Sir.”
Again, “I don’t use those.”
Four minutes. She’s at the cash register. He lectures her more a bit. Something about service. Then this, he claims he’s saving her job by refusing to use self check out.
I kinda wanted to kick him.
Almost seven minutes of her time for this guy to buy a slice of pizza and a energy drink.
She the type of person that when asked “how is your day?” will tell you. She was not scheduled for that day and was two hours past shift because someone had called in. I am not going to question why she didn’t have the agency to say no, but I’m not going to do anything to make it worse.