Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Smart Shopper Tips


Hey people, it's Kailey!

So Family Dollar is the most amazing place ever! The people are nice, and the ulcer I got while working at Tops is gone! And the customers are friendlier and generally more pleasant, and I love when the little kids are there and say 'hi...hi...hi...hi...hi', hehe, so cute!

But there are those few people...

So here are some smart-shopper tips for those of you who don't enjoy being cussed out by employees behind your back:

1. If you plan on paying with a debit card, and you don't know your PIN, don't wait until all of your items have been rung up and there is now a line behind you to call someone to look for that piece of paper that's in the right hand drawer of your desk that has all that other writing on it...or maybe it's in that folder under the table...

2. The cashier does NOT know every specific item that is in the store. Try asking for more general things, like 'curtains' instead of 'Those purple drapes with the lace that go like this and the ties that are bows...do you know which ones I mean?', Also, we might have them in the back room, but I don't have time to stop everything and dig through 100 boxes to find them. Come back in a few days.

3. If you decide you don't want an item after picking it up, and you don't remember where it came from, do not hide it on some random shelves behind the Cheez-Its. Give it to the cashier, it will be super duper appreciated as opposed to finding it at the end of the day. K thanks.

4. If you walk into the store and someone says, 'just so you know we close in five minutes' you should just leave. Don't wander around the store browsing at all the things you might want, because you should leave when that five minutes are up because we close. and we don't want to be cashing your $200 worth of stuff ten minutes after we close. That happened to me today, and It was annoying.

5. If you try and return clothing items that we haven't sold for 5 years...we won't take it. Don't be a greedy fool. Also, if we do still carry it, but you have been obviously wearing it for the last 5 years, and you claim that all the wear happened when you but it through the washing machine and you 'lost' your receipt, you lie, and we won't take it. Don't be a stupid greedy fool.

5 comments:

Alissa:Adventurer said...

"dont be a greedy fool."

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.
what kind of clothing do they try to return? why would you buy clothing from family dollar?

kafrickenboom said...

AMEN to everything you said!!!! People can be crazy fools.

it's also good if people come in dressed in real clothes, and not just expect that because this is america they have a right to not wear shirts or shoes, especially if they are old sun burnt men and they haven't showered.....*shudder*

Alissa:Adventurer said...

do you cuss people out?

HiQKid (Alex) said...

Erm. Ahem.

I've... um... bought clothing from family dollar. It was actually decent. Good price.
*shrugs*

GazingattheMoon said...

Yeah, some of the clothes are really cool, I'd buy some, I eye it every time I do stock, but I have no moneys, yo

Janelle, some people who should not also think that spandex and leggings make great pants, haha, I say no to that, too :)

And Alissa, No I haven't, but I have been around people when they do, not too bad, but they express their disappreciation