<waves> this little walmart type person cares :-) We chat about regulars, ie: our elderly customers, ”...has anyone seen Mrs… this week? did she seem ok after that cold she had?...” etc Speaking for myself I love chatting away to customers all day long, and I always make a point of saying to (regular) customers “hey, well done, can you come back and take that pack of donuts out of my trolley later, I need help! lol.”
@Judi yes, we notice. Not every single shop of course, but you can’t help it sometimes. As in the case of large family-sized shops which so often will have a large proportion of processed things such as microwave dinners (it is, unfortunately, not unusual to see upwards of 30 of these in a single shop). Yes, I understand that lots of women are working, as well as running a household, but I always have, even if it runs through my head unbidden, a thought of “what a shame” or “poor kids.” I work p/t, and the rest of my week is taken up with running our house, so its easy for me to say that (when i’m able since I have pretty severe mobility issues) I batch cook and then freeze portions of whatever ie:lasange, pasta sauce, even pots of light fluffy mash can be cooked, tubbed and frozen. It isn’t difficult, just takes a bit of time and organisation is all, and yes not all women will have the time, but not all of my customers work (yes I do know this) and still will buy a weeks worth of tv dinners. Again I can’t help but think “poor kids.” Coming home to a “tv dinner” when it is healtheir, and can be so much cheaper too, to cook something fresh. So, yes, we notice. If we were to do nothing but sit/stand at a checkout listening to “beep.. beep… beep..” all day long I truly think I’d go mad… well madder than I am already that is.
huggles xx