As I parked T-Hoe in my rightful handicap space at the Gas Station Chicken Store on Monday, I saw a regular at the diesel pumps. Hick knows him. He drives a white dump truck. He's there every afternoon for gas, though we don't always cross paths. His wife just retired from the post office. She gave The Pony a uniform item when he first started working, before he got a uniform allowance. She was always nice to The Pony.
Anyhoo... Regular got back in his dump truck when he was done pumping gas, and backed it up to an area beside the moat, so the pumps were available to other customers. As I was starting inside, I heard Regular talking on his phone as he crossed the lot.
Once I got inside, I heard Regular telling the cashier, "Ain't nobody want to hear your conversation. Set it down and wait." He proceeded to pay for his gas, get his tickets for the FREE GAS weekly drawing, then left.
Here's the thing. I appreciate regular stopping his phone conversation while he was inside the store paying for his gas. So many customers keep that phone to their ear, talking, while the cashier is trying to explain to them how to use their card in that scanner on a wire. It takes extra time. Not pleasant in a small space with several people waiting.
Still, there is no reason that Regular could not have finished his conversation before going into the store. He could have sat in his truck. Stood beside his truck. Just told his wife (I presume) to call him back, or that he would call back. I sometimes call Hick at the end of the day, to see how close he is to home, to plan on whether he can carry groceries, or when I should start supper. I always start with, "Can you talk?" Because he might be in a convenience store getting a Diet Mountain Dew, or he might be driving, or buying materials to work on the flip house.
While I applaud Regular for not talking on his phone during his transaction, he really should have dealt with the situation before going inside, and acting like his wife was to blame.
That was kind of rude to let others hear him admonish her where others could hear him. Like management chewing out a worker in front of the customers. Leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Supposedly, right after The Pony started working at the post office, the wife/co-worker said something, and hubby asked kind of a rude question. Wife/co-worker stood up for The Pony and put hubby in his place.
DeleteI guess Hick heard it from the hubby, since I can't imagine where he would come in contact with the wife. I suppose hubby is kind of like Hick, and doesn't realize how his comments are rude and can hurt people's feelings.
"..overheard Regular telling the cashier..." made me think he was telling the cashier to put down her phone. Glad I read the rest of it. It was always annoying trying to finish a customer's transaction while they were yapping on their phone.
ReplyDeleteYes. Even worse when the customer is not a regular, and has to be told how to use the card scanner, while they're not paying attention, so it takes several tries.
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