Chatty customers
I don't mind chatting with customers, but some of them want to get way too much into details and personal stuff. Even weirder, I had a woman ask me so many questions about my job and the store itself last week, that if I didn't know better, I'd think Walmart hired a secret shopper for our store (they're too cheap for that). Are people really that lonely that they have to talk to us to get any kind of meaningful human interaction?
I know, it can be exhausting. I have a system with my buddy from work that deals with chatty customers. If the customer is too chatty I signal my coworker and he comes over to me , apologizes that he’s interrupting and says that something urgent is up and he needs my help. Then I excuse myself. That’s it.
Be polite, hear them out for a couple of minutes, then say that your boss is asking for you at another part of the store. That usually does the trick.
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You must be working at one of the NHMs. The only 'chatter' I ever get is about discounted items.