Ten Things You Shouldn't Do in a Grocery Store

A grocery store is where you buy food to eat, not a playground for your kids. It's not a place where you can hang out and chat with your friends. It's not a place where you can eat and get free food or a free meal. People have transformed the everyday grocery store into a mad house. Now, I've worked in a grocery store for four years. I started out as a cashier/bagger. Then I became a bakery clerk. I will not name the grocery store that I work in, let's just say it's the most popular chain in the south.

10. Don't let your kids run wild.
The grocery store is not the best place to let your kids run freely. They might knock over a display or break something. They might make a mess but they can also get hurt in the process. I remember when I was a cashier, this kid was playing on a metal bar that seperated the seating area from the cash register. Now bagger and I repeatedly told the kid to stop playing on the metal bar while the parent just stood by there and did nothing. The kid ignored us and continue to swing on the metal bar until he lost his grip and fell on the floor. Of course, he started crying and the parent ran over to him. He was okay but the parent should of told him to stop playing on the bar herself.

9. Never hit on someone in the checkout lane.
Now you can hit on a girl or a guy anywhere else in the store but never in the checkout lane. Two words: rejection and humiliation. I know from personal experience. A guy tried to hit on a girl in my line. RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! There were other people in the line as well. It was very awkard. Mainly because the girl was far from interested. He was sinking faster than the Titantic.
Let me give you a play by play.
The guy was in line behind this beautiful model like woman. They were both in their early twenties. I was the cashier. I was ringing up the person in front of both of them groceries. The guy behind the model like woman started flirting with her. He was very obvious and loud. He told her that she was very beautiful. He asked her if she was a model. He asked her where she went to school. The sad part is that she seemed like she wasn't interested. She seemed kind of embarassed because everybody was looking at the two of them. He asked her for her number. She used the line I used all the time, "I don't have a phone." It was so hilairously sad.

8. Never leave the checkout lane to get one more item.
Make sure you have everything you need before you get in line. Don't place all your stuff on the conveyer belt and run to get one more item. If it takes you a second to get an item then its okay but don't take all day to get the item. You are holding up the people behind you and the cashier if you take your slow time to get it. So to make sure it doesn't happen, always make a list of things you need. Right before you get in line, look over everything you got and make sure you are not missing anything. If you do need to get one more thing, make sure you are fast when you are getting it.

7. Never come in a grocery store looking any kind of way.
Always wear a shirt, pants, shoes, underwear, and if you are a woman with big breast, please wear a bra. I've seen men coming into my store without a shirt. He was soon later asked to leave the store and come back with a shirt on. I have seen women with triple D breast wearing no bra underneath her shirt. I have also seen women wearing see through clothing at the store. I have seen women wearing tight, tight clothing. They look like they should be at the club or something instead of at the grocery store. People come to the grocery store all the time in their pjs. Please try to make an effort before you come to the grocery store because we will notice if you are not wearing a bra or anything underneath your clothes.

6. Don't touch the employees.
I have worked in the grocery store for four years now. I have been pat on the back when I helped a customer find an item. I have been hugged for being so friendly. I don't really need to be touched for my good deeds. Just saying thank you will do. You don't have to pat me on the back or hug me. Bodily contact is not necessary. Also please do not become violent towards the employees. One time my friend, who was pregnant at the time, was checking out this lady. She gave the lady the receipt. And the lady looked over the receipt and notice that she was over charged one cent for her bananas. She became mad and pushed my friend. It was an old crazy lady who was getting upset over one penny. My friend gave her one penny out of her draw and the lady walked away. My friend could of called for security and had the crazy old lady thrown out for pushing her, especially since she's pregnant. But she didn't. The lady was crazy and she just wanted her away from her so she gave her the penny.

5. Don't sleep in a grocery store bathroom.
This one is for customers and employees. Do not sleep in a grocery store bathroom. A bathroom is not a place to sleep. Its a place to do number 1 and number 2. Its not a rest stop or a Motel 6. Also do not eat or wash your body in the bathroom. There are many places where you can eat outside at my grocery store. Its the grossest thing in the world to eat inside a bathroom. Do not wash your body in the bathroom. That is the lowest of the low when you start cleaning your body in a grocery store bathroom. Now I understand if you made a mess and you are cleaning yourself up quickly. But when you start bathing yourself in the bathroom sink because you didn't take a shower is gross.

4. Don't come to the grocery store every single day just to flirt with girls.
I know some older people come to the grocery store just to have something to do. Its the only time they can have fun and socalize with other people. But I know this one older gentlemen who comes in just to flirt with the female employees. One time he softly singed a love song in my coworker's ear (she just lost her husband). She was repulsed by what he did. She avoids him every chance she gets. He might be having fun but he's just being laughed at because all the female employees know of him in my store.

3. Never bring your pets, unless they are seeing eye dogs.
Do not bring your pets to the grocery store. Right outside most grocery stores, there is a sign saying "No pets allowed. Except seeing eye dogs." The reason is because some people are allergic to some kinds of pets. Another reason is because your pet may have fleas. You don't want that near food! So leave your pet at home. P.S. NEVER LEAVE THEM IN THE CAR IN THE SUMMER WITH THE WINDOWS UP!

2. Don't come to the grocery with unlit cigars in your mouth.
Do you think you look cool with a unlit cigar in your mouth? Because you don't. Do not walk through a grocery store with it in your mouth. I know you love the taste of a cigar but you can't wait until you are done shopping to light one up? That's one thing I do not get. Why grown men walk around a grocery store with a unlit cigar hanging in their mouth? Why?!

1. Never Steal!
Do I need to say anything? I do because people still steal from the grocery store. Now its not just the customers. At my grocery store, we have hidden cameras. Most of the time, there is someone watching both the employees and the customers. Everything that we buy, we must have a receipt to show we paid for the items. One time, this young bagger was sitting in the breakroom. He said he was waiting to talk to the store manager. He said that he was in trouble because they thought he didn't paid for the chicken he got fromt he Deli for his lunch that day. He said he did paid for it. But he didn't have his receipt. So guess what happened? He was fired because he couldn't prove he paid for the chicken. If he did paid for the chicken but lost his receipt, he could of went to the cashier who rung him up but he said he forgot who rung him up. So he lost his job for his mistake. Now customers are just as bad as employees. They still gift cards but they don't realize that the cashier have to scan the gift card to activate it. They also don't realize that must stores have an secret shopper. A secret shopper looks like an ordinary shopper. But they are just pretending to shop so they can catch you in the act of shoplifting. So don't steal. At least not from my store!