Buying coffee in a shop that sells coffee?
What an absolute twat.
( 4Q just lurking, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 20:19, 1 reply)

haha, yeah


yeah
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 20:20, closed)

So what were they supposed to do?
Buy one bag, go to the back of the queue and wait to buy another?
( 4Q just lurking, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 21:20, closed)

If I wanted five or six bags I'd have asked for them all at once.
It would have made the assistant and the other customers aware that it was a lengthy order and would take a little while, rather than just tacking bit after bit onto the end of an apparently short and simple transaction.

Plus I got the impression that particular customer only intended to buy one or two things at first but ended up getting a lot more than that on a whim. Hence the two references to "impulse buying" in the original post.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 23:57, closed)

^ this
In my experience, it can be quicker for staff to fill orders if we get it all at once. While we're happy to run back and forth as much as necessary, it can needlessly delay you and the people behind you.

Our heads won't explode if you tell us more than one thing at once, y'know. We can send someone out back to get a case of Grommits off the delivery; while we weigh out your Flungers, Cabdabblers, and Smendlers in prompt sucession.

Do not take us for some conjuror of cheap tricks; we are not trying to rob you, we're trying to help you.
( The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Sat 14 Apr 2012, 7:08, closed)

You have Cabdabblers???

( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Sat 14 Apr 2012, 16:13, closed)

Oh yes
Both kinds, usually.
( The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Sun 15 Apr 2012, 22:56, closed)

So, if she was impulse buying, she could hardly order it all at once, could she?
What did you want her to do? Order her coffee, then think, Oh, I want some of that other coffee, too, but I won't buy it now while it's my turn. I'll join the back of the queue instead.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sun 15 Apr 2012, 19:22, closed)

Well, if it was impulsive; then fair enough for sequential ordering.
However, that doesn't excuse the lack of courtesy; a little apology goes a long way if you're slowing things down.
( The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Sun 15 Apr 2012, 22:59, closed)

Thank you.
I considering posting something similar, but my brain was being shorted out by the hand-shaped imprints on my forehead.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 23:39, closed)