tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post3577111448875554919..comments2024-03-28T01:44:33.027-05:00Comments on Unbagging the Cats: Val Passive-Aggressively Calls Out a GaslighterValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-71654514481179042362022-11-09T22:14:08.659-06:002022-11-09T22:14:08.659-06:00I really didn't mind that the clerk flipped th...I really didn't mind that the clerk flipped the switch. I've been a clerk before, and try to make things easier for them. So I'm sure that was part of her decision, knowing I have patience with things she needs to do.<br /><br />It's the audacity of PUSHY that irritated me, expecting to go ahead of three other people, no matter how little time she assumes her request will take.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-17887826399597775992022-11-09T21:21:36.245-06:002022-11-09T21:21:36.245-06:00I see your reply to PP, where you say you always t...I see your reply to PP, where you say you always tell that cashier you're never in a hurry, perhaps that's why she thought it would be okay to just flip that switch. She didn't think you'd mind.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-90085765884402277802022-11-09T14:03:54.415-06:002022-11-09T14:03:54.415-06:00I really like this cashier, and I'm surprised ...I really like this cashier, and I'm surprised she turned on the gas. It might be because we banter when I'm in there every day, and I'm always telling her I'm never in a hurry, and it's okay if she's filling the ice in the soda fountain, or writing up a slip to correct a cash register error.<br /><br />The other cashier I see the rest of the week would not have done it. She flat-out tells people "You'll have to wait until I'm done with these people in line." I saw her tell one guy three times, when he kept going out and coming back in.<br /><br />You are braver than I! I'm a mealy-mouthed, sarcastic confronter who doesn't like to draw attention to myself. If I was in a store I don't frequent, and had one of those unfriendly cashiers, I might have called them out on taking someone else ahead of me. The cashiers usually won't whip a customer's rumpus...Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-28589154250025092832022-11-09T13:55:25.541-06:002022-11-09T13:55:25.541-06:00Yes. It IS cutting in line. Otherwise, they would ...Yes. It IS cutting in line. Otherwise, they would have a sign saying "Ask for your gas to be turned on here," and let everybody buying gas have priority. Why SHOULDN'T the gas-buyer have to wait her turn? Are you saying the gas-buyer is privileged, and shouldn't have to wait in line? If she's in a hurry, she should go somewhere that allows her to pay at the pump.<br /><br />Imagine, if you will, a Twilight Zone where anybody wanting gas could walk in and demand the clerk's immediate attention, mid-transaction with other customers, no matter whether it was one or twenty customers in line. There are 8 gas pumps. So 8 people might walk in one after the other, demanding to have their gas turned on. Imagine that in a larger convenience store.<br /><br />Yes. I still got served. But what if the clerk had set down my winners, and had to look around for them. Or if I had to repeat the tickets I was buying, because she had forgotten while distracted. That slows down the line for everybody. EXCEPT the line-cutter.<br /><br />We won't even get started on those people who come in and shove a twenty over the counter and say, "I JUST want to pay for my gas," after they've pumped it. Which is also line-cutting.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-60702574964331495202022-11-09T00:39:05.867-06:002022-11-09T00:39:05.867-06:00I have said to a person like that--1) the line is ...I have said to a person like that--1) the line is behind us. or 2) we are ahead of you. 3) no, you have to wait on us to get waited on. I might say all three. However, with all the crazies out there, that might get you shot. But, I would not take it without objecting and looking straight at the cashier's face. If a cashier says it will just take a minute, I would say--so will mine.Practical Parsimonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419071209412207674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-7102640541941742582022-11-08T21:36:53.099-06:002022-11-08T21:36:53.099-06:00Is it really cutting in line when all the cashier ...Is it really cutting in line when all the cashier has to do is flip a switch while still attending to the current customer? You still got served, the customers waiting still got served and the lady wanting gas was able to get it without waiting behind three customers just to have a cashier flip a switch. Of course then she still has to come in and pay for it, unless she handed over the twenty as she asked for the gas.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-68749000103378848112022-11-08T20:36:45.650-06:002022-11-08T20:36:45.650-06:00It's just somebody trying to make you think yo...It's just somebody trying to make you think you're crazy, and that what you believe is happening is not really happening. Watch that black-and-white 1944 movie "Gaslight." It's pretty good.<br /><br />As for your confusion on being a dude, I suggest listening to the Brad Paisley song, "I'm Still a Guy."<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-urVmgbjETQ<br /><br />It's no "Alone Again, Organically." But still a decent song. My favorite lyric is "creamy lotiony hands that can't grip a tacklebox."<br />Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-25890356562222982372022-11-08T20:07:47.153-06:002022-11-08T20:07:47.153-06:00I'm never sure what gaslighting means...I sort...I'm never sure what gaslighting means...I sort of do but not positive. I have only recently realized that "organically" just means "naturally" I always liked "naturally." That song "Alone again Organically" just would not seem the same. Also never sure these days if I am binary or non-binary? I used to just be a dude. Times are not as easy as they used to be.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-23350298324693584032022-11-08T19:31:53.026-06:002022-11-08T19:31:53.026-06:00Your mouth writes checks your rumpus can cash! I a...Your mouth writes checks your rumpus can cash! I am a yellow-bellied chicken!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-64405737898682088102022-11-08T17:42:14.668-06:002022-11-08T17:42:14.668-06:00Courtesy, just common courtesy. I would have taken...Courtesy, just common courtesy. I would have taken it a step further and asked her if she thought she was more important than the rest of you. She apparently thinks she is!Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-44805474174640625372022-11-08T13:37:32.745-06:002022-11-08T13:37:32.745-06:00From PUSHY announcing that she "just wanted $...From PUSHY announcing that she "just wanted $20 on pump seven," wanting us to believe it wasn't line-cutting. <br /><br />Like it's perfectly normal for people to push ahead of others, and we'd be crazy to think she was not taking her turn per the unwritten rules of society.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-49781452600716052412022-11-08T09:45:28.533-06:002022-11-08T09:45:28.533-06:00Good for you, but how is that gaslighting?Good for you, but how is that gaslighting?Practical Parsimonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419071209412207674noreply@blogger.com