xoxo Cashier Girl

Oh my goodness it has been awhile! But I mean, I have a legitimate excuse here: summer! 

Now I know, you’ll be straight to wonder at the 'party life' of such a popular gal like me. 

Well, life took an unexpected turn this summer (Like life often seems to do) And instead of going on a big adventure to someplace new, or sitting around and being lazy—I got a job. A full time working position—

Oh my gosh marissaaaa whatttttt whereeee ewwwww

At:

WALLY WORLD

Now, to anyone who has never worked at a job like this—I highly suggest it, you’ll learn a lot! And I say that with total sincerity. I learned so much about people, about myself, and most importantly through those things—about God. (If you want to be amazed by His grace—be a cashier on a Saturday afternoon; anyone can give grace when people are on their best behavior, but seriously, God has some serious patience with people.)

There are too many stories to share about this place, but for now I think I’ll just point out some of the prominent things I learned:

1.     As a cashier, customers will never be impressed with your speed, no, it doesn’t matter you just checked 120 items in the span of two minutes, you should’ve have done it in one.

2.     Also, (and this one hits home folks) No one is impressed with my ability to take a scanner gun and aim and shoot without having to swipe the beam over a barcode, and get it every time—seriously, I don’t understand why there’s no applause.

3.     As I’m not yet 19, I can’t sell alcohol, and people seem to take it as a personal offence when they have to wait for a manager to check them—I’m sorry I was not born at the correct time—talk to my parents.

4.     Wally world has brainwashed me (another thing people don’t find impressive is that your cashier has literally memorized the codes for the entire produce section) What’s that you say? A banana? NO it’s a 4011! Seriously—test me on it.

5.     It is never okay to hit on your cashier. It’s literally the creepiest thing you could possibly do—I don’t care if you’re a model, it’s creepy.

6.     That being said—It’s also not okay to be mean, when we ask you, how are you? Ignoring us isn’t a super awesome game plan.

7.     DO NOT THROW YOUR ITEMS AT RANDOM ONTO THE BELT. It makes it so much harder to bag things when we have to organize it too—and it takes a lot longer.

8.     Don’t spin the bag thingy while I’m putting stuff in bags, I think I’ve been close to getting my hands ripped off a couple of times.

9.     Employees are very keen on their break times, if a break is 12 minutes late you can bet to hear mutinying in the break room. VIVA LA BREAK TIME.

10.  Sometimes I wonder if I’m at Wal-Mart, or a candid employee on The Office. That’s how dramatic it can be.

Now saying all of that, I have truly enjoyed my time working this summer, the people I met and got the chance to work with are some of the kindest people I’ve ever met in my life—and it was truly a blessing in disguise.

Xoxo

Cashier Girl.