Posts with tag: retailmayhem

Worked self-checkout this morning and it was the wildest shift I’ve had in months. First, three machines froze back-to-back. I fixed one, turned around, another one flagged immediately. You’d think I was spinning plates at a circus.

Then, I had one customer who refused to scan anything and demanded I do it all for them, while two others were arguing over whether someone cut the line. I’m running between registers like I’m playing defense on a soccer field.

Meanwhile, the walkie’s blowing up asking for backup, the printer runs out of receipt paper, and the soda machine started leaking right in the middle of the rush.

By the time backup finally came, I felt like I’d lived an entire shift in two hours. If you’ve survived a true self-checkout morning, you know the kind of chaos I’m talking about.