What NOT To Say To Customers2 comments

Tonight, I had to run to WalMart to grab a few things… big shocker, huh? I pretty much LIVE in WalMart. With five kids, it’s virtually impossible to get everything you need (or even realize everything you need before you leave to go get everything you already know you need…) So anyway, I pick up everything I went for (and then some; it is, after all, WalMart) and I head to the checkout. I wait ever so patiently for the two patrons ahead of me to complete their transactions and I begin placing my items on the counter. The cashier makes some small talk as she scans the merchandise and then it happens. As I fumble with my husband’s wallet trying to find the correct card, the cashier says, “If someone has a yeast infection, do they have to go to the clinic?”

*Dumbfounded look … CRINGE*

I promise the million things that were running through my mind at that particular moment all cleared away in one nanosecond as I searched for words. My first inclination was to say something along the lines of, “Exactly what is it about me that suggests to you that I would be such an expert on this particular subject that it would drive you to approach a complete stranger about the issues you’re having in your nether-region??” but I refrained from all smart alec responses and managed to muster a timid, “Uhh, actually I believe there are plenty of items over in the pharmaceutical department that you can buy over the counter if you’re sure that’s what you have.” I gave her a sheepish grin, regretting having let her bag my edible goods *gag* and hoping the conversation was over, thinking to myself, “How awkward is THIS?!” Then, the worst of it… She rolls her eyes, looks at me, and says, “Oh good; I’m going to go find something over there then because I have one and it’s driving me CRAZY!”

Perhaps that was her sneaky way of getting payback for me coming to the express register line with more than the item limit? Ladies, this has been your official notice of the number one thing to NOT say to customers as they come through your station.

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