"ON SALE": probably everyone's favourite phrase in English.
It is always nice for the consumer when the retailer is cutting prices. In exchange, the retailer gets more sale. It's a win-win situation. However, sometimes I think this terminology is abused: retailers may slap on the "on sale" sign when the cut in price was marginal. This is what I saw today?
44 cents off a 100+ dollars item? That's a whooping 0.366% saving! Awesome! I want to buy this ASAP!
A few years ago at a grocery store, I once encountered an item which its price was increased from $1.98 to $2.00... with a "ON SALE" sticker and a label that says "save $-0.02" (I deeply regret not taking a picture of it). That's right. Anyone buying the item would "save" a negative amount of money. What an awesome deal that was.
What is the most ridiculous 'on sale' item you have seen? Please share
EDIT: Post those super sales with crazy savings too!
On January 29 2011 13:35 Sufficiency wrote: "ON SALE": probably everyone's favourite phrase in English.
It is always nice for the consumer when the retailer is cutting prices. In exchange, the retailer gets more sale. It's a win-win situation. However, sometimes I think this terminology is abused: retailers may slap on the "on sale" sign when the cut in price was marginal. This is what I saw today?
44 cents off a 100+ dollars item? That's a whooping 0.366% saving! Awesome! I want to buy this ASAP!
A few years ago at a grocery store, I once encountered an item which its price was increased from $1.98 to $2.00... with a "ON SALE" sticker and a label that says "save $-0.02" (I deeply regret not taking a picture of it). That's right. Anyone buying the item would "save" a negative amount of money. What an awesome deal that was.
What is the most ridiculous 'on sale' item you have seen? Please share
The wording there alone allows them to just only give you a card board box... ( some guy was posting pictures of an xbox360 on ebay a few years ago with some play on words and he only sent the buyer some pictures )
Madcatz sticks? Are they better than the hori ones? I've never touched the madcatz ones
Future Shop and Best Buy have been known to at times raise a price then put it on "sale" for the original price, or, in the case of a laptop I was looking at, put it at a higher price. Dead serious, they had it listed for $699, raised it to $799, then had it on sale for $749, all in a two week period. They also did that with a monitor. I asked the salesman and he said that the price hadn't changed.
Same as when stores put "new low price" on stuff and lower it by a penny or leave the price the same.
my local grocery store frequently puts on a yellow tag claiming LOW PRICE! with a listing for exactly the same amount as the regular tag. There doesn't seem to be a pattern to it, so I think they just do it to smooth out the inventory/ordering process.
I don't really remember any of those lowered by $0.01 type of deal, but what I remember a while back, when I was into yu-gi-oh cards, there was this collector store going out of business. And they had these booster packs that usually sold for 4-5 dollars, went to $0.19 in price. I think I made my mom buy me a good 30 of them xP And that's when I became cool.
I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
I thought that was pretty fair. He did say when "he worked" in a grocery store, which I agree won't be the most pleasant thing to deal with. It's awesome from a bystander/beneficiary point of view though.
On January 29 2011 13:51 nalgene wrote: Madcatz sticks? Are they better than the hori ones? I've never touched the madcatz ones
Off-topic but the Madcatz TE sticks are probably the best mass produced stick in the US and comparable to the Hori Arcade Pro sticks. Hori makes a lot of sticks so just stating Hori is vague.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
The company still pays you the same regardless of what the customer is buys...?
and she' might be poor and actually need the money...
or perhaps she's not as fortunate as you...
Its not a question of fortune, its a question of hassle. Have you ever worked at a grocery store? I guess I should have said that I "hated it when those people come through my line", since I don't really have a reason to hate the actual person. I thought people here would understand the sentiment behind it, but guess I was wrong. Oh well. Anyway, dealing with them is a complete pain in the ass, for reasons someone else has already outlined.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
I thought that was pretty fair. He did say when "he worked" in a grocery store, which I agree won't be the most pleasant thing to deal with. It's awesome from a bystander/beneficiary point of view though.
I wouldn't even say it's a pleasant thing as a bystander. I've had the misfortune of being behind people with a lot of coupons as well. Somebody with 2 carts jam packed full of stuff moves the line faster.
A friend of mine who is a super savings oriented person has done some weird shit at Wal Mart in the past. There was a point in time where he figured out a coupon scheme that ended up with Wal Mart paying him $1 to take a 16oz soda bottle off of their hands.
So Wal Mart would pay him $1 for taking a free (normally $1) soda. Of course this was just for the fun of it =]
To be fair to the cashiers, it's annoying as hell when you are in line with a half dozen people behind you and the one guy in front is haggling over 35c worth of something.
On January 29 2011 13:35 Sufficiency wrote: "ON SALE": probably everyone's favourite phrase in English.
It is always nice for the consumer when the retailer is cutting prices. In exchange, the retailer gets more sale. It's a win-win situation. However, sometimes I think this terminology is abused: retailers may slap on the "on sale" sign when the cut in price was marginal. This is what I saw today?
44 cents off a 100+ dollars item? That's a whooping 0.366% saving! Awesome! I want to buy this ASAP!
A few years ago at a grocery store, I once encountered an item which its price was increased from $1.98 to $2.00... with a "ON SALE" sticker and a label that says "save $-0.02" (I deeply regret not taking a picture of it). That's right. Anyone buying the item would "save" a negative amount of money. What an awesome deal that was.
What is the most ridiculous 'on sale' item you have seen? Please share
The wording there alone allows them to just only give you a card board box... ( some guy was posting pictures of an xbox360 on ebay a few years ago with some play on words and he only sent the buyer some pictures )
Madcatz sticks? Are they better than the hori ones? I've never touched the madcatz ones
Yeah the new Madcatz fighting sticks are awesome, they use real sanwa parts and feel so sturdy. Madcatz has really lifted it's game the last few years.
I got the last one in stock in a sale from PCCG for about $40 off
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
This totally. Work in grocery store. It's totally fine wanting to save money and making sure we rang everything up right and everything is good. There's thousands of items in the store and people are behind making all those prices correct and match the right barcode. Sometimes they don't ring up right or the coupon doesn't work or etc.
But going into a store with $230 worth of groceries. That alone is about 10+ paper bags full of items. Not counting any items not big enough to fit in bags, 12packs, 8/12pack of paper towels/toilet paper, giant bags of pet food, charcoal, bags of ice, etc. Thats alrdy 2 carts full of items. Meaning we now have to expend a person to help you out to your car and unload it all for you into your car.
Then for the heck of it lets give you 100 coupons. Now have to scan them all one by one while making sure the coupon is for what they are buying, then god forbid theres any problems in which you need a manager to resolve (customer not agreeing over if the coupon is correct). Then you have to make sure coupons arn't over lapping on the same items and you use the best one only. Then you have to write on each coupon individually, about 50% of them, the price the coupon is worth. And you have to check if the coupon isn't outdated. Also if you ran out of the item they have a coupon for you now need to write a raincheck for that item at that price if applicaple. Not to mention making sure the coupons they printed off at home from different websites arn't actually fake and have the right certification on them.
I could go on about the things that can go wrong or things you have to do to make this work.
This amounts to essentially taking a cashier, bagger, and manager away from the store for i'd say 30min while other customers are still waiting for service and getting annoyed all the while.
It's makes no sense to do this. If you know you are going to have a humungous order and going to take up alot of time, do it during a slow part of the day or shop fequently with small orders.
While we're on the subject of saving lots of money, I recently purchased 20 16.9 oz Honest Tea (if only it was that HonestTea!) for a net total of 0.00.
Smith's was running a 4/5 promotion, then had manufacturer's coupons for $1 off two. It was also eligible for their buy 10 of a certain item, get $5 off promotion. So that came out to .25 a piece, and I had a $5 off your order coupon that had printed out on a previous purchase. Still not anywhere near as awesome as that lady getting so much shit for $7, but it was nice to not pay a penny.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
This totally. Work in grocery store. It's totally fine wanting to save money and making sure we rang everything up right and everything is good. There's thousands of items in the store and people are behind making all those prices correct and match the right barcode. Sometimes they don't ring up right or the coupon doesn't work or etc.
But going into a store with $230 worth of groceries. That alone is about 10+ paper bags full of items. Not counting any items not big enough to fit in bags, 12packs, 8/12pack of paper towels/toilet paper, giant bags of pet food, charcoal, bags of ice, etc. Thats alrdy 2 carts full of items. Meaning we now have to expend a person to help you out to your car and unload it all for you into your car.
Then for the heck of it lets give you 100 coupons. Now have to scan them all one by one while making sure the coupon is for what they are buying, then god forbid theres any problems in which you need a manager to resolve (customer not agreeing over if the coupon is correct). Then you have to make sure coupons arn't over lapping on the same items and you use the best one only. Then you have to write on each coupon individually, about 50% of them, the price the coupon is worth. And you have to check if the coupon isn't outdated. Also if you ran out of the item they have a coupon for you now need to write a raincheck for that item at that price if applicaple. Not to mention making sure the coupons they printed off at home from different websites arn't actually fake and have the right certification on them.
I could go on about the things that can go wrong or things you have to do to make this work.
This amounts to essentially taking a cashier, bagger, and manager away from the store for i'd say 30min while other customers are still waiting for service and getting annoyed all the while.
It's makes no sense to do this. If you know you are going to have a humungous order and going to take up alot of time, do it during a slow part of the day or shop fequently with small orders.
I don't see how it's the customer's responsibility to worry about the availability of employees at a grocery store.
How does it not make sense to save money? Unless of course, you dislike money or enjoy giving it to grocery stores.
It's totally reasonable for you to suggest they go to the store more often, though. I mean why make one trip a week when you can make a trip every day?
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
This totally. Work in grocery store. It's totally fine wanting to save money and making sure we rang everything up right and everything is good. There's thousands of items in the store and people are behind making all those prices correct and match the right barcode. Sometimes they don't ring up right or the coupon doesn't work or etc.
But going into a store with $230 worth of groceries. That alone is about 10+ paper bags full of items. Not counting any items not big enough to fit in bags, 12packs, 8/12pack of paper towels/toilet paper, giant bags of pet food, charcoal, bags of ice, etc. Thats alrdy 2 carts full of items. Meaning we now have to expend a person to help you out to your car and unload it all for you into your car.
Then for the heck of it lets give you 100 coupons. Now have to scan them all one by one while making sure the coupon is for what they are buying, then god forbid theres any problems in which you need a manager to resolve (customer not agreeing over if the coupon is correct). Then you have to make sure coupons arn't over lapping on the same items and you use the best one only. Then you have to write on each coupon individually, about 50% of them, the price the coupon is worth. And you have to check if the coupon isn't outdated. Also if you ran out of the item they have a coupon for you now need to write a raincheck for that item at that price if applicaple. Not to mention making sure the coupons they printed off at home from different websites arn't actually fake and have the right certification on them.
I could go on about the things that can go wrong or things you have to do to make this work.
This amounts to essentially taking a cashier, bagger, and manager away from the store for i'd say 30min while other customers are still waiting for service and getting annoyed all the while.
It's makes no sense to do this. If you know you are going to have a humungous order and going to take up alot of time, do it during a slow part of the day or shop fequently with small orders.
I don't see how it's the customer's responsibility to worry about the availability of employees at a grocery store.
How does it not make sense to save money? Unless of course, you dislike money or enjoy giving it to grocery stores.
It's totally reasonable for you to suggest they go to the store more often, though. I mean why make one trip a week when you can make a trip every day?
If you've studied coupons in business school, you'll realize how stupid they've become. However, when manufacturers realized it, it was too late. Some companies tried to end their coupon programs and they got roasted by politicians and pressured to continue it.
Yeah, it makes sense for people to save money. But surely you can understand how inconvenient it is for all the other customers waiting in line.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
First thing that comes to mind is how baked beans at my grocery store are always on sale for 10 (or is it 20) cents less than the retail value, making it an even 2 dollars for a big can. Been that way for 6 months at least..
Regarding coupons annoying cashiers... I can attest that it is in fact really annoying and cashiers have a right to be annoyed. It is not however the customer's fault as long as they aren't assholes about it. Honestly if I had a million coupons I'd buy 200 dollars of groceries for 5 dollars also.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
In times like today, yes it is worth 30 minutes of your time plus coupon searching time, plus some inconvenience to those around you to get 200 dollars of groceries (life's necessities) for virtually free. At least for many people...
edit: btw even a lot of coupons really won't take 30 minutes most of the time... that would be the exception
People saying how bad it is to ring up coupons being a cashier. People saying how bad it is to be behind a coupon hugger. People crying over business still profiting after allocating resources to help in large loads with coupon savings(I would never ask for help as I'm not 100 years old).
This has inspired me to start saving money. You people can moan or cry against the use due to whatever opinion or thoughts you may have, but the fact of the matter is that money is being saved and the money saved per hour of doing coupons DRASTICALLY outweighs the money they make working. Stop trying to justify beliefs against mass coupons because it's irrational and wasteful. Coupons are awesome even though I'm too ignorant to use them myself and hunt around.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh God...I was at Walgreen's the other day, and some old lady was preparing for a nuclear holocaust or something. And she had a coupon for every damn item. I just wanted a Pepsi
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
200$ for 30 mins
I barely even get paid that much for 20 hours of work.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
It takes me roughly ten hours to earn $200. I'd gladly take .5 hours to save $200. I'd gladly take .5 of your hours to save $200, since you are irrelevant to me. That said, I don't use coupons, I always forget about them. I have also worked in a grocery store and agree that these people are annoying as shit.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
It takes me roughly ten hours to earn $200. I'd gladly take .5 hours to save $200. I'd gladly take .5 of your hours to save $200, since you are irrelevant to me. That said, I don't use coupons, I always forget about them. I have also worked in a grocery store and agree that these people are annoying as shit.
I'd like to add to this point. If you can't handle people massing coupons at the register, why are you even a cashier?
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
It takes me roughly ten hours to earn $200. I'd gladly take .5 hours to save $200. I'd gladly take .5 of your hours to save $200, since you are irrelevant to me. That said, I don't use coupons, I always forget about them. I have also worked in a grocery store and agree that these people are annoying as shit.
I'd like to add to this point. If you can't handle people massing coupons at the register, why are you even a cashier?
Some food for thought to those cashier QQers.
So basically any time anything that's part of your job description annoys you you should switch jobs because you aren't cut out for it? You are advising us all not to have any jobs...
It's OKAY to get somewhat frustrated by the occasional annoying thing at work... and it's okay to mention how it's annoying (especially to people who might not realize at a glance why it's annoying). On the other hand it would be wrong to completely overdo it and go crazy about how amazingly frustratingly annoying it is to someone who most obviously deals with crap 10x more difficult/annoying on a daily basis. This thread does not constitute one of those situations.
Anyone saying cashiers should stop 'qq'ing needs to put themselves into that position before they judge.
When you have a coupon for everything you're going to buy, and you're buying a ton of stuff, you just look like a douchebag who's buying shit just to feel like you're saving money. The probability that you actually needed all of that stuff is really low.
On January 29 2011 15:49 domovoi wrote: When you have a coupon for everything you're going to buy, and you're buying a ton of stuff, you just look like a douchebag who's buying shit just to feel like you're saving money. The probability that you actually needed all of that stuff is really low.
On January 29 2011 15:49 domovoi wrote: When you have a coupon for everything you're going to buy, and you're buying a ton of stuff, you just look like a douchebag who's buying shit just to feel like you're saving money. The probability that you actually needed all of that stuff is really low.
The probability that she needed food was low?
Nah domovoi has a point.... if you have a coupon for every item it's unlikely that you are purchasing the items you usually get... a lot of those items the person is getting just because they saw a coupon for it.... which isn't necessarily bad if the product still gets used but I could see how the person behind her on line would get annoyed by that.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
It takes me roughly ten hours to earn $200. I'd gladly take .5 hours to save $200. I'd gladly take .5 of your hours to save $200, since you are irrelevant to me. That said, I don't use coupons, I always forget about them. I have also worked in a grocery store and agree that these people are annoying as shit.
I'd like to add to this point. If you can't handle people massing coupons at the register, why are you even a cashier?
Some food for thought to those cashier QQers.
So basically any time anything that's part of your job description annoys you you should switch jobs because you aren't cut out for it? You are advising us all not to have any jobs...
It's OKAY to get somewhat frustrated by the occasional annoying thing at work... and it's okay to mention how it's annoying (especially to people who might not realize at a glance why it's annoying). On the other hand it would be wrong to completely overdo it and go crazy about how amazingly frustratingly annoying it is to someone who most obviously deals with crap 10x more difficult/annoying on a daily basis. This thread does not constitute one of those situations.
Anyone saying cashiers should stop 'qq'ing needs to put themselves into that position before they judge.
If I get a cashier position, I'll remember to come back and post here about how much I don't care if customers want to mass coupons. I don't have problems or get stressed like other people do when they have to put up with shit. I just don't care and I can't see where anyone who complains or hates the job so much is coming from. I've worked in positions similar, but I don't see how scanning a bunch of coupons can be so stressful. Of course, shit happens and maybe a coupon requires manager consent, but why is it such a nuisance? Is this the same trait being exhibited by people who feel the need to rocket themselves out of the turn lane when they feel they're holding up the line of cars behind them because they have to call the manager or other persons with assistance in scanning coupons then start worrying like hell about the other customers behind them in line. Another problem is SO MANY LANES being underutilized even during peak shopping hours.
10x more crap on a daily basis than other jobs? I think not. It doesn't take customers to have to deal with crap.
Also, how the fuck can coupons eliminated 90% of the bill. What kind of damn coupons is she using? Buy 1 get over 9000 free? Jesus.
You realize how rare these psycho coupon shoppers are? Sure it's annoying from your cashier pov ... but it's both rare and I'm sure that as a cashier there is a decent amount of downtime/lulls. Seems like overblowing something that really isn't that big of a deal. Blame the coupons or your store, not ppl who are smart enough (and maybe a little psycho) to take advantage of a deal to save money.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
It takes me roughly ten hours to earn $200. I'd gladly take .5 hours to save $200. I'd gladly take .5 of your hours to save $200, since you are irrelevant to me. That said, I don't use coupons, I always forget about them. I have also worked in a grocery store and agree that these people are annoying as shit.
I'd like to add to this point. If you can't handle people massing coupons at the register, why are you even a cashier?
Some food for thought to those cashier QQers.
So basically any time anything that's part of your job description annoys you you should switch jobs because you aren't cut out for it? You are advising us all not to have any jobs...
It's OKAY to get somewhat frustrated by the occasional annoying thing at work... and it's okay to mention how it's annoying (especially to people who might not realize at a glance why it's annoying). On the other hand it would be wrong to completely overdo it and go crazy about how amazingly frustratingly annoying it is to someone who most obviously deals with crap 10x more difficult/annoying on a daily basis. This thread does not constitute one of those situations.
Anyone saying cashiers should stop 'qq'ing needs to put themselves into that position before they judge.
If I get a cashier position, I'll remember to come back and post here about how much I don't care if customers want to mass coupons. I don't have problems or get stressed like other people do when they have to put up with shit. I just don't care and I can't see where anyone who complains or hates the job so much is coming from. I've worked in positions similar, but I don't see how scanning a bunch of coupons can be so stressful. Of course, shit happens and maybe a coupon requires manager consent, but why is it such a nuisance? Is this the same trait being exhibited by people who feel the need to rocket themselves out of the turn lane when they feel they're holding up the line of cars behind them because they have to call the manager or other persons with assistance in scanning coupons.
10x more crap on a daily basis than other jobs? I think not. It doesn't take customers to have to deal with crap.
Also, how the fuck can coupons eliminated 90% of the bill. What kind of damn coupons is she using? Buy 1 get over 9000 free? Jesus.
wow lol
You seem very dead set on this position... what is the real reason why you feel this way?
If you never get stressed when you have to deal with shit then you are in the vast minority and my hat is off to you... but why do you judge everyone by those harsh standards?
What do you mean "hates the job so much"... all I really saw was people (myself included) pointing out that this part of being a cashier can be annoying. There is nothing wrong with simply pointing out that something can be annoying... obviously there's a time and a place but this thread was not really a bad place to do it as far as 'places' go.
"10x more crap on a daily basis than other jobs? I think not. It doesn't take customers to have to deal with crap."
I think you misinterpreted what I said.
On January 29 2011 15:44 micronesia wrote: Also, how the fuck can coupons eliminated 90% of the bill. What kind of damn coupons is she using? Buy 1 get over 9000 free? Jesus.
1 dollar off coupons that double can eliminate ~100% of the value of many items in the supermarket, just for example.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
It takes me roughly ten hours to earn $200. I'd gladly take .5 hours to save $200. I'd gladly take .5 of your hours to save $200, since you are irrelevant to me. That said, I don't use coupons, I always forget about them. I have also worked in a grocery store and agree that these people are annoying as shit.
I'd like to add to this point. If you can't handle people massing coupons at the register, why are you even a cashier?
Some food for thought to those cashier QQers.
So basically any time anything that's part of your job description annoys you you should switch jobs because you aren't cut out for it? You are advising us all not to have any jobs...
It's OKAY to get somewhat frustrated by the occasional annoying thing at work... and it's okay to mention how it's annoying (especially to people who might not realize at a glance why it's annoying). On the other hand it would be wrong to completely overdo it and go crazy about how amazingly frustratingly annoying it is to someone who most obviously deals with crap 10x more difficult/annoying on a daily basis. This thread does not constitute one of those situations.
Anyone saying cashiers should stop 'qq'ing needs to put themselves into that position before they judge.
If I get a cashier position, I'll remember to come back and post here about how much I don't care if customers want to mass coupons. I don't have problems or get stressed like other people do when they have to put up with shit. I just don't care and I can't see where anyone who complains or hates the job so much is coming from. I've worked in positions similar, but I don't see how scanning a bunch of coupons can be so stressful. Of course, shit happens and maybe a coupon requires manager consent, but why is it such a nuisance? Is this the same trait being exhibited by people who feel the need to rocket themselves out of the turn lane when they feel they're holding up the line of cars behind them because they have to call the manager or other persons with assistance in scanning coupons.
10x more crap on a daily basis than other jobs? I think not. It doesn't take customers to have to deal with crap.
Also, how the fuck can coupons eliminated 90% of the bill. What kind of damn coupons is she using? Buy 1 get over 9000 free? Jesus.
wow lol
You seem very dead set on this position... what is the real reason why you feel this way?
If you never get stressed when you have to deal with shit then you are in the vast minority and my hat is off to you... but why do you judge everyone by those harsh standards?
What do you mean "hates the job so much"... all I really saw was people (myself included) pointing out that this part of being a cashier can be annoying. There is nothing wrong with simply pointing out that something can be annoying... obviously there's a time and a place but this thread was not really a bad place to do it as far as 'places' go.
"10x more crap on a daily basis than other jobs? I think not. It doesn't take customers to have to deal with crap."
On January 29 2011 15:44 micronesia wrote: Also, how the fuck can coupons eliminated 90% of the bill. What kind of damn coupons is she using? Buy 1 get over 9000 free? Jesus.
1 dollar off coupons that double can eliminate ~100% of the value of many items in the supermarket, just for example.
I'm tired, generalizing, and misreading.
And yes, I'm one of the very few who are like this. I view that there are things to care about and others that I don't even bother getting annoyed by. I think some people just aren't cut out to deal with situations like this because they feel obligated to try and speedily get people through lines and dislike having to interact with managers or call them over to help with coupons, etc. should problems occur.
On January 29 2011 15:49 domovoi wrote: When you have a coupon for everything you're going to buy, and you're buying a ton of stuff, you just look like a douchebag who's buying shit just to feel like you're saving money. The probability that you actually needed all of that stuff is really low.
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
$200 for 30 minutes of being annoying? Shit, that sounds like the career for me. Of course I'd do it.
As for being courteous, I think everyone's idea of badassery is being a professional hitman.
I work at a really busy tea shop next to a college, so I get a lot of people with coupons etc when I work the register. It takes more time for me and it is kind of annoying, but we gave out the coupons, and I chose to work there, so there's no point in complaining about it, especially in the current state of the economy where I'm thankful to have the job I have right now.
At a local Publix Grocery store there was some crystal light drink mix on sale for buy one get one, but right next to it on the shelf is crystal light, same flavors, different packaging, but it makes 10 quarts instead of the on sale 8, and costs 1.29 instead of the 4.19 of the BOGO crystal light. in otherwords you can pay 4.19 for 16 quarts or move your hand to the left one foot and buy 20 quarts for 2.58.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
god forbid you have to work that much harder to prove you belong at the job you have, plenty of other people willing to work with the current economy. Business's create coupons to bring in customers, if you don't have customers there suddenly is less need for employment which could be yours.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
god forbid you have to work that much harder to prove you belong at the job you have, plenty of other people willing to work with the current economy. Business's create coupons to bring in customers, if you don't have customers there suddenly is less need for employment which could be yours.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
god forbid you have to work that much harder to prove you belong at the job you have, plenty of other people willing to work with the current economy. Business's create coupons to bring in customers, if you don't have customers there suddenly is less need for employment which could be yours.
just sayin.
I know times are bad and all... and many people don't have jobs... and many people don't have money... and yeah I'm sympathetic and all.
But I'm also just tired of this mindset a lot of people have "never complain at all about anything." As I've admitted earlier in the thread there are plenty of times where it is in fact wrong to whine or complain and you should just keep your mouth shut and be happy with what you have (since it's probably mostly peachy). But this thread shows that you are no longer allowed to point out that something at your job is annoying because someone is worse off than you. Is that really the type of community (or world) we want to belong to?
edit: hmmm thinking about this topic more... I recall there are tons of sales at my local supermarket that are like 10 cents off.... it's kind of a joke/ripoff.... which is a shame since there are also some very good sales where you are getting ~50% off which I love to take advantage of. I'm a sale shopper... I try to hit them as much as I can... but I also spend 0 time preparing to do as such and just do the best I can in the supermarket when I get there.
This thread is going no where. Everyone agrees it's kinda annoying to have to deal with these coupon crazy customers as a customer behind them and cashier ... but it's so rare to meet these people and it's just them taking advantage of saving money ... which I'm sure everyone wants to do. I feel like the majority of us are just calling this whining about something so small and insignificant that affects you, as the cashier, what ... once a month?
The problem is that this complaining about the nuisance of coupons, etc. is providing no positive benefit except the possibility of relieving stress onset by the nuisance or the mindset surrounding the nuisance.Maybe people SHOULD shut their mouths unless their complaining in some way changes the situation. Be constructive about the complaining instead of just venting frustration because the frustration will continue. You can complain that an oil leak is getting all over you fishies or you can complain about the problem and do something about to plug that leak. Though, I would have to question how one would even impact the problem that people have with ringing up mass coupons.
Them evil giant corporations don't care about their cashiers(Evil Walmart).
Lets not forget that it's not 200$ for 30 minutes as she obviously had to cut,print,find them all and then, had to make a list of everything she had a coupon for. I'm pretty sure there's a lot more work involved into this than the 30 minutes she spent waiting at the cash.
On January 29 2011 16:17 lac29 wrote: This thread is going no where. Everyone agrees it's kinda annoying to have to deal with these coupon crazy customers as a customer behind them and cashier ... but it's so rare to meet these people and it's just them taking advantage of saving money ... which I'm sure everyone wants to do. I feel like the majority of us are just calling this whining about something so small and insignificant that affects you, as the cashier, what ... once a month?
First of all you are right based on my experience that this does not happen very often. It probably varies from store to store though.
Secondly I'm not sure who you are directing your post at. Anyone calling the mere mention of something that is annoying whining is doing what I described in my previous post. You can't then play the "why are you making such a big deal out of something insignificant" card after it was the people complaining about whiners who began the whole discussion.
On January 29 2011 16:20 stevarius wrote: The problem is that this complaining about the nuisance of coupons, etc. is providing no positive benefit except the possibility of relieving stress onset by the nuisance or the mindset surrounding the nuisance.Maybe people SHOULD shut their mouths unless their complaining in some way changes the situation. Be constructive about the complaining instead of just venting frustration because the frustration will continue. You can complain that an oil leak is getting all over you fishies or you can complain about the problem and do something about to plug that leak. Though, I would have to question how one would even impact the problem that people have with ringing up mass coupons.
Them evil giant corporations don't care about their cashiers(Evil Walmart).
I didn't read any of it as complaining so much as just pointing out that it's annoying "which it is."
If people who don't like 'complaining' would have just ignored the few cashiers reminiscing then this would have been a non-issue.
On January 29 2011 16:17 lac29 wrote: This thread is going no where. Everyone agrees it's kinda annoying to have to deal with these coupon crazy customers as a customer behind them and cashier ... but it's so rare to meet these people and it's just them taking advantage of saving money ... which I'm sure everyone wants to do. I feel like the majority of us are just calling this whining about something so small and insignificant that affects you, as the cashier, what ... once a month?
First of all you are right based on my experience that this does not happen very often. It probably varies from store to store though.
Secondly I'm not sure who you are directing your post at. Anyone calling the mere mention of something that is annoying whining is doing what I described in my previous post. You can't then play the "why are you making such a big deal out of something insignificant" card after it was the people complaining about whiners who began the whole discussion.
On January 29 2011 16:20 stevarius wrote: The problem is that this complaining about the nuisance of coupons, etc. is providing no positive benefit except the possibility of relieving stress onset by the nuisance or the mindset surrounding the nuisance.Maybe people SHOULD shut their mouths unless their complaining in some way changes the situation. Be constructive about the complaining instead of just venting frustration because the frustration will continue. You can complain that an oil leak is getting all over you fishies or you can complain about the problem and do something about to plug that leak. Though, I would have to question how one would even impact the problem that people have with ringing up mass coupons.
Them evil giant corporations don't care about their cashiers(Evil Walmart).
I didn't read any of it as complaining so much as just pointing out that it's annoying "which it is."
If people who don't like 'complaining' would have just ignored the few cashiers reminiscing then this would have been a non-issue.
Your second point. Threads like this go no where and imo should be closed. How can pointing out a annoyance be threadworthy? This thread adds no value at all except for a minority of people to vent how annoyed they are by coupon crazies and the majority of people to say the minority are whining about nothing. There is nothing of worth here.
On January 29 2011 16:17 lac29 wrote: This thread is going no where. Everyone agrees it's kinda annoying to have to deal with these coupon crazy customers as a customer behind them and cashier ... but it's so rare to meet these people and it's just them taking advantage of saving money ... which I'm sure everyone wants to do. I feel like the majority of us are just calling this whining about something so small and insignificant that affects you, as the cashier, what ... once a month?
First of all you are right based on my experience that this does not happen very often. It probably varies from store to store though.
Secondly I'm not sure who you are directing your post at. Anyone calling the mere mention of something that is annoying whining is doing what I described in my previous post. You can't then play the "why are you making such a big deal out of something insignificant" card after it was the people complaining about whiners who began the whole discussion.
On January 29 2011 16:20 stevarius wrote: The problem is that this complaining about the nuisance of coupons, etc. is providing no positive benefit except the possibility of relieving stress onset by the nuisance or the mindset surrounding the nuisance.Maybe people SHOULD shut their mouths unless their complaining in some way changes the situation. Be constructive about the complaining instead of just venting frustration because the frustration will continue. You can complain that an oil leak is getting all over you fishies or you can complain about the problem and do something about to plug that leak. Though, I would have to question how one would even impact the problem that people have with ringing up mass coupons.
Them evil giant corporations don't care about their cashiers(Evil Walmart).
I didn't read any of it as complaining so much as just pointing out that it's annoying "which it is."
If people who don't like 'complaining' would have just ignored the few cashiers reminiscing then this would have been a non-issue.
Your second point. Threads like this go no where and imo should be closed. How can pointing out a annoyance be threadworthy? This thread adds no value at all except for a minority of people to vent how annoyed they are by coupon crazies and the majority of people to say the minority are whining about nothing. There is nothing of worth here.
I'm actually rather interested in all the coupon bullshit that occurs... and failblog style sales can be entertaining too. If you find this thread so useless/pointless that you must make several posts about the need for it to be closed then you should relish the fact that you are not in charge of moderating it and thus have the option of leaving and never coming back to this thread.
edit: to be fair there is a decent chance this thread will just die or eventually get closed though, but I wouldn't say it's inherently pointless
Awhile back you asked me why I feel like the moderators aren't very fair. I'll point this as an example. I dunno if you warned that guy ... but it seems like you're getting mad over ppl who disagree with you. I post in this thread because I'm hoping that these types of threads don't pop up often where people simply complain about something.
On January 29 2011 16:31 lac29 wrote: Awhile back you asked me why I feel like the moderators aren't very fair. I'll point this as an example. I dunno if you warned that guy ... but it seems like you're getting mad over ppl who disagree with you. I post in this thread because I'm hoping that these types of threads don't pop up often where people simply complain about something.
The video is cool. The whining is not so much.
lol no I didn't warn him.
I don't think getting on a soap box in a thread you disapprove of is a good way of encouraging a change in moderator strategy... discussing it in a more appropriate place is recommended.
Honestly it probably will never probably get resolved simply because we have differing views on how things should be done. You're obviously a mod because the higher ups trust you which is fine. What I don't like is how you seem to get so emotionally (negatively) aggressive, and it shows in your posts.
I'll leave it at that and stop posting in this thread.
On January 29 2011 15:49 domovoi wrote: When you have a coupon for everything you're going to buy, and you're buying a ton of stuff, you just look like a douchebag who's buying shit just to feel like you're saving money. The probability that you actually needed all of that stuff is really low.
Yeah man, fuck food.
I personally horde coupons for months before taking my bi-yearly trip to the store where i buy 500 items for 20$, then throw it all away.
The thing I hate about online sales is how you can add an item to your cart and a few minutes later the sale is removed/over.
In a store when you pick up and item off the shelf they aren't going to change the price while you walk to the register. If they advertised it on the shelf as 2 dollars they should sell it to you for 2 dollars.
On Amazon that happened to me.... I was sooo mad that it bumped the price up on me that I got on the phone with them until they gave it to me for the price I requested... they eventually realized the supervisor's time on the phone with me 100% occupied was much more valuable than mine on speakerphone while browsing.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
This totally. Work in grocery store. It's totally fine wanting to save money and making sure we rang everything up right and everything is good. There's thousands of items in the store and people are behind making all those prices correct and match the right barcode. Sometimes they don't ring up right or the coupon doesn't work or etc.
But going into a store with $230 worth of groceries. That alone is about 10+ paper bags full of items. Not counting any items not big enough to fit in bags, 12packs, 8/12pack of paper towels/toilet paper, giant bags of pet food, charcoal, bags of ice, etc. Thats alrdy 2 carts full of items. Meaning we now have to expend a person to help you out to your car and unload it all for you into your car.
Then for the heck of it lets give you 100 coupons. Now have to scan them all one by one while making sure the coupon is for what they are buying, then god forbid theres any problems in which you need a manager to resolve (customer not agreeing over if the coupon is correct). Then you have to make sure coupons arn't over lapping on the same items and you use the best one only. Then you have to write on each coupon individually, about 50% of them, the price the coupon is worth. And you have to check if the coupon isn't outdated. Also if you ran out of the item they have a coupon for you now need to write a raincheck for that item at that price if applicaple. Not to mention making sure the coupons they printed off at home from different websites arn't actually fake and have the right certification on them.
I could go on about the things that can go wrong or things you have to do to make this work.
This amounts to essentially taking a cashier, bagger, and manager away from the store for i'd say 30min while other customers are still waiting for service and getting annoyed all the while.
It's makes no sense to do this. If you know you are going to have a humungous order and going to take up alot of time, do it during a slow part of the day or shop fequently with small orders.
I don't see how it's the customer's responsibility to worry about the availability of employees at a grocery store.
How does it not make sense to save money? Unless of course, you dislike money or enjoy giving it to grocery stores.
It's totally reasonable for you to suggest they go to the store more often, though. I mean why make one trip a week when you can make a trip every day?
Working at a small grocery store availibility of employees is a big problem during the busy part of the day and the customers know this. Yet we have consistent customers who come in for their weekly/bi-weekly shopping trip buying $200-400 worth of groceries.
I think it's also the attitude most people who buy coupons generally have. Like the cashier and store can't do anything right and are they to steal their money. Most coupon users arn't like that but most people who think that way happen to be. That puts us in the mindset alrdy of what dealing with this person is going to be like.
At the topic of coupons. I bought Call of Duty blackops with a 55$ coupon, It ended up being .95 cents. It wasn't worth it.
Anyways ontopic. I walked into a store (There were two different ones in a row) and the first one had "Pringels Original" 2 for 2euro. "ON SALE" The other store sold them for 1euro normally.
It's pretty use full to have two different stores next to each other with completely different prices :p
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
On January 29 2011 17:57 Ym1r wrote: Why does everything on TL become an argument?
I started it and the only reason I said anything is because the guy said that he hated people that used coupons instead of he hated ringing up people that used coupons. By the time he clarified there were already other people preparing to post things that are so ridiculous that people have to respond to like.. Is $200 really worth 30 minutes of your time? or I bet she is buying stuff she doesn't need just to use coupons. Because who needs food?
its marketing strategy and its based on ppl stupidity. 'sales' sell more regardless of their price. for every person that gets it there're 100 that dont.
On January 29 2011 16:20 stevarius wrote: The problem is that this complaining about the nuisance of coupons, etc. is providing no positive benefit except the possibility of relieving stress onset by the nuisance or the mindset surrounding the nuisance.Maybe people SHOULD shut their mouths unless their complaining in some way changes the situation. Be constructive about the complaining instead of just venting frustration because the frustration will continue. You can complain that an oil leak is getting all over you fishies or you can complain about the problem and do something about to plug that leak. Though, I would have to question how one would even impact the problem that people have with ringing up mass coupons.
Them evil giant corporations don't care about their cashiers(Evil Walmart).
So which part of your complaining about people complaining is helping resolve the problem of people complaining?
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Holy shit. That's impressive. I thought coupons generally have this line where you can't use other coupons with this coupon in one purchase.
My mother used to buy from Costco once a month for us 4 children, she'd be a real penny-pincher, but this mother right here is the queen!
You can double a manufacturer's coupon with a manager's coupon. One is a discount from the grocery store and the other is from the company that made the product.
I have never been a cashier, so I would like to know why a cashier would even care about extreme couponing. I mean you still get paid the same and you still work the same amount of hours right?
On January 29 2011 19:01 555 wrote: I have never been a cashier, so I would like to know why a cashier would even care about extreme couponing. I mean you still get paid the same and you still work the same amount of hours right?
You're ignoring the factor of effort and how those hours are worked.
I test video-games, I get paid the same as another Q&A Tester. We work the same hours, we're doing the same job, but we're testing a game at two different stages. Mine's on the final beta stages, he's in pre-alpha.
I do nothing but play the game. He has to write crash reports and do regressions.
Same pay. Same hours. Same game. Different amount of work.
As a cashier, you can either spend a good 20 minutes swiping coupons or you can get another line of customers, speed through their groceries in 10 minute and have the other 10 minutes sitting around.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
I don't understand how she can combine all those coupons. Don't most coupons say 'can not be combined with any other offers' or something along those lines.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
I don't understand how she can combine all those coupons. Don't most coupons say 'can not be combined with any other offers' or something along those lines.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Holy shit. That's impressive. I thought coupons generally have this line where you can't use other coupons with this coupon in one purchase.
My mother used to buy from Costco once a month for us 4 children, she'd be a real penny-pincher, but this mother right here is the queen!
You can double a manufacturer's coupon with a manager's coupon. One is a discount from the grocery store and the other is from the company that made the product.
On January 29 2011 19:01 555 wrote: I have never been a cashier, so I would like to know why a cashier would even care about extreme couponing. I mean you still get paid the same and you still work the same amount of hours right?
I'd guess its more stressful with the couponing. Your queue isn't moving which gives you pressure (lets face it - a fast queue is inherently more satifying, it makes you feel like you are making progress in your work) Then theres having some hawkeyed couponer making sure you did really giver her 5c off the tampons and so on. I think its an aspect of the job thats less plesant.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
I don't understand how she can combine all those coupons. Don't most coupons say 'can not be combined with any other offers' or something along those lines.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Holy shit. That's impressive. I thought coupons generally have this line where you can't use other coupons with this coupon in one purchase.
My mother used to buy from Costco once a month for us 4 children, she'd be a real penny-pincher, but this mother right here is the queen!
You can double a manufacturer's coupon with a manager's coupon. One is a discount from the grocery store and the other is from the company that made the product.
k but aren't most coupons just like some cents off maybe up to a dollar or buy one get one free type of thing? It literally doesn't make sense how she could get a 230$ total down to 7 bucks. What store is this anyways, I've never seen a store where they wear that uniform. I'm calling shenanigans.
Look at the closeup when she first starts loading the items on the belt, its 2 things of ice cream, 4 things of grape juice, bunch of campbells soups, some boxes of crackers or something. Then there is even a screenshot at 0:21 showing that even if they were doubled she'd still be paying well over half the cost of the items. Just that shit alone is going to be over 7$ with your reasoning
Someone must have been trolling because not only would it make no sense to keep this things next to each other, but also someone must have noticed. There was a big campaign for ClearBlue over here and that section was next to the clothes section at my local store. So the ClearBlue sale (because that's what you want when buying those products a big sign saying "LOOK WHAT I'M BUYING") was next to another item for sale. A rack of coathangers.
On January 29 2011 20:32 Manimal_pro wrote: whats up with all the cashiers on tl, this is embarassing
Alot of people at uni, being a cashier is a flexible job that fits really well with studies. It's also a pretty neat first time job since you acatually get to interact with other people. I would have taken it over my first job any day. I don't see the issue.
What's up with these ridiculous coupons? Why would they ever use a coupon-system that is so flawed that you can actually purchase stuff for free/gain money from doing it? I don't if it's like this in many countries but in sweden we have more like buy 2 for the price of 1 etc. So you can never actually get something for free, just for a reduced price. Maybe I've just never come across these kind of coupons.
On January 29 2011 20:32 Manimal_pro wrote: whats up with all the cashiers on tl, this is embarassing
Alot of people at uni, being a cashier is a flexible job that fits really well with studies. It's also a pretty neat first time job since you acatually get to interact with other people. I would have taken it over my first job any day. I don't see the issue.
in romania university students go for internships at big companies not some crappy job :|
On January 29 2011 20:47 Bergys wrote: What's up with these ridiculous coupons? Why would they ever use a coupon-system that is so flawed that you can actually purchase stuff for free/gain money from doing it? I don't if it's like this in many countries but in sweden we have more like buy 2 for the price of 1 etc. So you can never actually get something for free, just for a reduced price. Maybe I've just never come across these kind of coupons.
You could do a video like this easily in Sweden all you needed was a shit ton of cash. Because the only way to get those things is to spend money at the store. So you could buy stuff for say 1000 kr and get the 50kr free next time. so you want to get a 2000kr down to like 50kr all you need to do is buy shit for. 39k and voila you got enough discount to make a film and put it on youtube.
On January 29 2011 20:47 Bergys wrote: What's up with these ridiculous coupons? Why would they ever use a coupon-system that is so flawed that you can actually purchase stuff for free/gain money from doing it? I don't if it's like this in many countries but in sweden we have more like buy 2 for the price of 1 etc. So you can never actually get something for free, just for a reduced price. Maybe I've just never come across these kind of coupons.
Same for me in Australia... Pretty much every coupon states you can't use it in conjunction with any other coupons, offers or random sales no matter what. There is also usually a limit of 1 coupon per person. So unless you line up the family or go to different registers you aren't going to get very far.
Seems like the system in the US is completely retarded.
On January 29 2011 20:32 Manimal_pro wrote: whats up with all the cashiers on tl, this is embarassing
Alot of people at uni, being a cashier is a flexible job that fits really well with studies. It's also a pretty neat first time job since you acatually get to interact with other people. I would have taken it over my first job any day. I don't see the issue.
in romania university students go for internships at big companies not some crappy job :|
On January 29 2011 13:45 Dalguno wrote: In a redneck town that I lived, there were brownies posted to be for sale for 99 cents, or four for $3.99. .99x4=$3.96
You lose money when you buy four.
Tim hortons does this with their breakfast wraps. One for 1.99 or 2 for 4 lol. You pay them .02 for the convenience of having them screw up twice the amount of order lol
At my place you have to scan and destroy individually. So it's the stress of making a mistake that gets you. Because if you missed one, gl finding the code you need. And the customer will be like... "this is disgusting".
On January 29 2011 20:32 Manimal_pro wrote: whats up with all the cashiers on tl, this is embarassing
Alot of people at uni, being a cashier is a flexible job that fits really well with studies. It's also a pretty neat first time job since you acatually get to interact with other people. I would have taken it over my first job any day. I don't see the issue.
in romania university students go for internships at big companies not some crappy job :|
Intenrships don't start until your third year, how are you going to pay for stuff until then? Not to mention that most internships don't pay all that well. You seem to be confusing study related work with free time related work.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted
I don't understand how she can combine all those coupons. Don't most coupons say 'can not be combined with any other offers' or something along those lines.
On January 29 2011 18:49 BlackJack wrote:
On January 29 2011 18:44 Torte de Lini wrote:
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Holy shit. That's impressive. I thought coupons generally have this line where you can't use other coupons with this coupon in one purchase.
My mother used to buy from Costco once a month for us 4 children, she'd be a real penny-pincher, but this mother right here is the queen!
You can double a manufacturer's coupon with a manager's coupon. One is a discount from the grocery store and the other is from the company that made the product.
k but aren't most coupons just like some cents off maybe up to a dollar or buy one get one free type of thing? It literally doesn't make sense how she could get a 230$ total down to 7 bucks. What store is this anyways, I've never seen a store where they wear that uniform. I'm calling shenanigans.
Look at the closeup when she first starts loading the items on the belt, its 2 things of ice cream, 4 things of grape juice, bunch of campbells soups, some boxes of crackers or something. Then there is even a screenshot at 0:21 showing that even if they were doubled she'd still be paying well over half the cost of the items. Just that shit alone is going to be over 7$ with your reasoning
PS- I just made this
Stores normally have different rules with coupons, and limits on doubling. Like for example, they could only double coupons of $1 or less. Buy-one-get-one coupons normally don't double either (they will actually say 'do not double' on the coupon itself). The coupons SHOULDN'T exceed the value of the time, and if at the end of the order you have a negative balance, odds are you have taken a coupon that you shouldn't have.
Also, a way the computer system works, is it will just check to see if the item for the coupon is in the order or not. It won't check if the customer has already used a coupon for a specific item. So the cashier has to try and make a mental note of every single coupon, which in the end is impossible. People also try to use expired coupons (which still ring up as valid in many cases), which also requires the cashier to check the date on every single coupon.
Its basically a combination of all these things as to why people can save so much on coupons.
edit: I can't believe I used my 2000th post on this >_>
On January 29 2011 13:45 Dalguno wrote: In a redneck town that I lived, there were brownies posted to be for sale for 99 cents, or four for $3.99. .99x4=$3.96
You lose money when you buy four.
Tim hortons does this with their breakfast wraps. One for 1.99 or 2 for 4 lol. You pay them .02 for the convenience of having them screw up twice the amount of order lol
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
The job is usually not ridiculously easy. Have you been a cashier in a supermarket?
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
The job is usually not ridiculously easy. Have you been a cashier in a supermarket?
Did the customers yell at you to cause you to develop that attitude?
"EXCUSE ME MA'AM THAT COUPONS EXPIRED AND WE CAN'T TAKE IT"
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
Just because the job isn't physically demanding and doesn't require a tremendous amount of intelligence to do correctly does NOT mean it is ridiculously easy.
Obviously if someone was given the chance to save over $200 on their purchase they would take it, and not care much about the people around them. However, the fact of the matter is that presumably the method that lady used to save that money is available to all of us, but virtually none of us utilize it. That's because we have "better" or "other" things to do with our time.
Anyone who has NOT been a cashier before really has no business saying that it's an "easy" job. Dealing with the public en mass like that can make for a very difficult job. Trust me, I know.
I just had an epiphany: that lady could be the owner of a local convenience store and she was stocking up items: hence the need for a 200 dollars shopping trip.
On January 30 2011 03:05 Sufficiency wrote: I just had an epiphany: that lady could be the owner of a local convenience store and she was stocking up items: hence the need for a 200 dollars shopping trip.
Working as a commissary cashier, I never really had as much of a problem with people doing the coupons as I did with WIC.
FUCK WIC FUCK WIC
On January 30 2011 00:58 micronesia wrote: Being a cashier is a pretty good first job and I recommend it to all young people.
That's how I really learned how to deal with money... I hate when people my age (mid twenties now) look embarrassing when counting money :/
Yeah, I think cashiering is an excellent job and I would recommend it I had (still do) pretty bad social anxiety and after being forced to interact with people in such a manner, it really helped me out a lot.
That and the commissary gave me $9.57 for my first job, shit yeah what what?
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
The job is usually not ridiculously easy. Have you been a cashier in a supermarket?
Do you people have commission or something for being a cashier??? It couldn't possibly matter unless you have commission. If I were the cashier I'd just smile and go into idle mode for the 8 hour shift. Can't think of anything easier. There are SO many more annoying tasks to do in similar jobs, such as stock taking in a shop. UGh that is hideous.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
The job is usually not ridiculously easy. Have you been a cashier in a supermarket?
Do you people have commission or something for being a cashier??? It couldn't possibly matter unless you have commission. If I were the cashier I'd just smile and go into idle mode for the 8 hour shift. Can't think of anything easier. There are SO many more annoying tasks to do in similar jobs, such as stock taking in a shop. UGh that is hideous.
Cashiering isn't commision (in most cases), but at least in my experience, your bosses and supervisors sure like to think it is.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
The job is usually not ridiculously easy. Have you been a cashier in a supermarket?
Do you people have commission or something for being a cashier??? It couldn't possibly matter unless you have commission. If I were the cashier I'd just smile and go into idle mode for the 8 hour shift. Can't think of anything easier. There are SO many more annoying tasks to do in similar jobs, such as stock taking in a shop. UGh that is hideous.
Uh just to clarify I'm not a cashier. I was a supermarket cashier for two years in the 2001-2003 range. No there is usually no commission.
"It couldn't possibly matter unless you have commission."
I disagree with this. You have not been a cashier so I don't expect you to understand what it is like to be one (and that goes for most jobs).
Ironically I actually got called into the manager's office once regarding coupons... and I remember a conversation
<GM> I've noticed you have too many coupons doubling lately {note: the doubling process is pretty much automated} <me> Don't I double any coupons that say do not double, up to a max value of 1 dollar? <GM> Yes but your percentage of doubled coupons is unusually high recently <me> Is the computer system able to tell which coupons were or were not correctly doubled <GM> No, I can just see you have a high percentage lately <me> Well I'm following the store policy; I must have received a higher than normal percentage of coupons that are eligible for doubling <GM> I expect to see the % go down.
Another time not quite as ironic in this thread but still noteworthy:
<GM> Time for a quick pep talk. Your customers per hour statistics seems lower than average. <me> Oh <GM> Try to pick up the pace a little <me> <leaves> <me> <under my breath so nobody hears me> ya when I work during slow times so there are no customers waiting my customers per hour might go down :/
You will occasionally see something dumb in Britain like "Buy 1 for £1 or special offer 2 for £2 " type of thing. My GF sent me a pic of one she saw in a supermarket but I don't have it to hand to prove this idiocy ^
the real life "extreme couponers" are more times than not, fraudulent and they know it. many of the coupons are printed off coupon glitch websites and they attempt to use the same coupon multiple times by including it in their ridiculous stack of paper. the moment you call for a manager they say, "you know what? i don't even want it anymore." as a cashier, if you fuck up, you're basically terminated. if the customer gets angry, you're basically terminated.
On January 29 2011 14:31 TuElite wrote: lol that woman must have no self-esteem... Everyone is watching her and she's "bragging" that she pays almost all of her grocery in coupons...
Bustoballin'
dude she just saved a whole week's wages...i would be bragging my fat >< ass off too
for a cashier or person in queue, what is really annoying as FUCK here sometimes is when some old lady infront of you wants to get five lottery tickets checked....dear god.
as for price, places around here have big signs saying "mens haircut only £7", i spent 30 mins walking around asking at them and getting told "no, £10" (my hair is normal and short) until i found one that wasnt assholes
there are places here that have signs saying "unlock your phone for £3", i went in with my phone to get it unlocked, they said "ok £10". im like ....the phone actually cost £10 shall i just buy a new fucking phone....then they are like "ok £5" >.>
On January 30 2011 00:58 micronesia wrote: Being a cashier is a pretty good first job and I recommend it to all young people.
That's how I really learned how to deal with money... I hate when people my age (mid twenties now) look embarrassing when counting money :/
100% Agree. It also made me gosu at the numpad. (Bring it on Blizzard Authenticator!)
On January 29 2011 14:31 TuElite wrote: lol that woman must have no self-esteem... Everyone is watching her and she's "bragging" that she pays almost all of her grocery in coupons...
Bustoballin'
I don't think you know what self-esteem is.... How many low-esteem women go around calling themselves queen?
I was a cashier for almost two summers, and let me tell you it is really hard work... (I worked at Panera Bread and some customers there were just ridiculous). When lunchtime hit, I wanted to die.
Okay some people have some misconceptions about coupons... Yes you buy stuff you don't need a lot of the time, cause they give you money to buy it(we have a stockpile of items like Toothpaste, razors, shampoo, toilet paper etc). My mom coupon shops cause she needs too, and she buys stuff on sale, with coupons. You'll find it really hard to go to store pick out what you want, then try to use coupons. So my family eats/drinks etc what was on sale, there is very little "picky" shopping going on.
Also, the reason walgreens and cvs have coupon shoppers is because of the "reward dollars". You can shop at walgreens and CVS for 100% free after your intitial 20$ or so.(You just need to return every week or so I believe and spend your rewards money, make sure you get more)
Yes it is time consuming, but your allowed to switch lines... and as for the cashier, sorry, but that's what you get paid to do.
And I've never seen a bill like that lady had, that's crazy. My mom usually gets like 55-60% off her bill(her best bill was 78% off from a total of 174$, she saved it and it's on the fridge), which saves around 70-100$ on average shopping trip, well worth the time investment of about 2 hours total(preparation and shopping trip, that's a good 40$ an hour of work. Walgreens and CVS my mom shops 100% free, but that's different.
Also, if your experienced coupon shopping it's really fast and easy, of course the manager is going to get called up, half the coupons they give out they don't even work right or don't know what their supposed to do.
On January 29 2011 14:06 Mikilatov wrote: I randomly caught this show the other day on 'extreme couponing'. It's pretty amazing. The work these people put into this is massive, but it actually works, haha.
Woman turns $230 grocery bill into a $7 grocery bill, just by using coupons.
Oh man, I really REALLY hated people like that when I used to work in a grocery store.
Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have.
If you've ever had to ring up customers using coupons you'd understand. It's a headache to have to fiddle with all the coupons and all the special codes and god forbid one doesn't scan right a manager has to get called.
I mean I'm all for saving money, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating for the cashier.
So youre telling us youre such a good person that you would rather spend an extra $220 than make someone's ridiculously easy job a little difficult?
The job is usually not ridiculously easy. Have you been a cashier in a supermarket?
Usually it is not although i think it varies greatly depending on the location. I have seen places where the cashiers are sitting on stools and taking their time. However the employee owned place where I worked was exactly the opposite - a lot of very hardworking cashiers and baggers because the pay was just so good.
What's with all the people flaming the cashiers? This thread was half a page of awesome and then it turned to utter shit.
Anyone who has ever worked in any job ever should be able to relate to a cashier's plight. There's something annoying in every job, especially ones where you deal directly with the public.
My first job was at a pizza place. Some days I'd work in back handling the phone, which consumed 100% of my time on the days I did it, and other days I'd work at the register. The following things annoyed me:
1. People who call you and then poll everyone on what they want. Calls came in fast enough that people would get a busy signal a few times and call someplace else.
2. People who came in back with their dirty dishes and handed them to me. First of all I'm clearly busy, second you don't belong in back, third we would bus your table anyway. By coming in back with your dirty dishes you're telling us to drop what you're doing and bus your table now for no reason.
I know this has little to do with coupons, but there is a lot of stuff to any job that causes people an unnecessary hassle. I'm sure the vast majority of people's first jobs weren't the start of their career, so you probably have had a job where there was some pain in the ass thing you can relate to the cashier's plight here, and while you still have the right to save $200 off of coupons the least you could do is not harass the employee over an extra 15 cents. You aren't losing 100% of your savings, but if a little bit is going to be a major pain let it slide. Be reasonable people.
Is it just me or does that say Retail Box. I have seen something like this before on e-bay selling an X-Box Box. Are you even getting the SSD in this sale?
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else.
In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people?
It takes me roughly ten hours to earn $200. I'd gladly take .5 hours to save $200. I'd gladly take .5 of your hours to save $200, since you are irrelevant to me. That said, I don't use coupons, I always forget about them. I have also worked in a grocery store and agree that these people are annoying as shit.
I'd like to add to this point. If you can't handle people massing coupons at the register, why are you even a cashier?
Some food for thought to those cashier QQers.
So basically any time anything that's part of your job description annoys you you should switch jobs because you aren't cut out for it? You are advising us all not to have any jobs...
It's OKAY to get somewhat frustrated by the occasional annoying thing at work... and it's okay to mention how it's annoying (especially to people who might not realize at a glance why it's annoying). On the other hand it would be wrong to completely overdo it and go crazy about how amazingly frustratingly annoying it is to someone who most obviously deals with crap 10x more difficult/annoying on a daily basis. This thread does not constitute one of those situations.
Anyone saying cashiers should stop 'qq'ing needs to put themselves into that position before they judge.
If I get a cashier position, I'll remember to come back and post here about how much I don't care if customers want to mass coupons. I don't have problems or get stressed like other people do when they have to put up with shit. I just don't care and I can't see where anyone who complains or hates the job so much is coming from. I've worked in positions similar, but I don't see how scanning a bunch of coupons can be so stressful. Of course, shit happens and maybe a coupon requires manager consent, but why is it such a nuisance? Is this the same trait being exhibited by people who feel the need to rocket themselves out of the turn lane when they feel they're holding up the line of cars behind them because they have to call the manager or other persons with assistance in scanning coupons then start worrying like hell about the other customers behind them in line. Another problem is SO MANY LANES being underutilized even during peak shopping hours.
10x more crap on a daily basis than other jobs? I think not. It doesn't take customers to have to deal with crap.
Also, how the fuck can coupons eliminated 90% of the bill. What kind of damn coupons is she using? Buy 1 get over 9000 free? Jesus.
yea come back after you work an 8 hour shift on sunday as a cashier.
I used to do this full time for like 7 years when I was younger and going through college. It's no picnic when someone hands you a stack of 50 coupons and half of them don't scan or they got the wrong thing. It's a headache. I was also an office guy for a lot of that time, at the end of the night you have to tally up all the coupons and make sure they matched what the system has, and when large amounts of coupons are entered it's almost impossible to match them up correctly.
Here's another little secret - We used to keep a stack of "extra" coupons that we would throw in so the amounts would match at the end of the night. It didn't matter if customers actually used them or if they had to be sent to different companies to redeem.
Our store also did double coupons or sometimes triple coupons if they spent 35$ or more, but they were limited to 4 of the same type of coupon. So we'd one couple come in and buy multiple orders of 35$ just to reach the doubling point, and do that like 5 or 6 times in one night. Huge pain in the ass. Also the coupons are doubled by the store, so in the end it's possible for people to abuse that system to where we actually lose money. And if the person saves too much money, a manager has to come over and approve it.
I'm all for people saving money, but some people take it to the extreme and turn it into a second job (and they do, they'd spend hours and hours finding and clipping coupons, cataloging them, getting online coupons, buying 8 sunday papers).
I'm a cashier, and I don't mind when people use a ton of coupons. Either way I'm working, either way I get paid the same amount. It's a nice break from the usual scan-and-bag. However, I do mind when people buy things they obviously won't use and don't need to commit coupon fraud. Coupon fraud meaning trying to double coupons, trying to use coupons on "similar" items that are half the price of the intended item, etc. If you have good intentions, it doesn't bother me at all. Customers in line might get frustrated, but you have a right to use coupons (as long as you're not trying to defraud the store).
since this thread is clearly about being a casher and having the occasional coupon scammers, i'll include my own experience:
-any working man's job has annoyances, you must have it real good for you when you cant relate to a job
-when a customer comes into the store with an assload of coupons, unless they are senior citizen can typical coupon scammers who will attempt to explot a companies double/triple policies with the cashier's own ignorance (some people cant count/know the rules/etc) with terrible attitudes and end up tieing your line up for long enough that by the end you run like the wind away from your register because now you have to pee. you wouldnt be annoyed?
-scanning a $350-500 line of buggies only to find out they want to bounce a check (out of state or area,) so now you get to put it all back on the shelves
-Sure in the end you still get paid, but wouldnt you rather just be sitting at the end of your register hitting on the new girl?
It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons??
God sometimes I feel like almost everyone on TL is a dumb teenager who thinks he is above average intelligence.
Why yes, $200+ dollars is worth 30 minutes of my time. It's easily worth 8 hours of my time.
Lol coupons. We dont have that at all here in europe, well:at least not in the netherlands. Seen a programme about it on tv a while ago called "extreme couponing" its kinda funny to see and it looks like a pain both for the couponer as well as the casiere Still if the system is there, why not use it. 200$ for a few hours work is good monney for most of us. What i absolutely dont get however, is why are the shops doing it? Its such a silly system, in the end the companys make just as much monney as before, only it adds alot of work for both the casiers as well as the couponners. Why not simply put a product on sale without the whole hassle of coupons. Realy dont get this at all.
On October 08 2012 16:35 Rassy wrote: Lol coupons. We dont have that at all here in europe, well:at least not in the netherlands. Seen a programme about it on tv a while ago called "extreme couponing" its kinda funny to see and it looks like a pain both for the couponer as well as the casiere Still if the system is there, why not use it. 200$ for a few hours work is good monney for most of us. What i absolutely dont get however, is why are the shops doing it? Its such a silly system, in the end the companys make just as much monney as before, only it adds alot of work for both the casiers as well as the couponners. Why not simply put a product on sale without the whole hassle of coupons. Realy dont get this at all.
Because if nobody is offering coupons, then one person starts offering a coupon that provides a higher discount, deal-hunters will go to the guy offering the coupon, yet unlike just offering a standard discount, when customers come in who dont't pay attention to where they can get the best deal they can charge those people the normal price.
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