The 66 Surprising Items Cashiers Secretly Judge You For Buying—Number 23 Will Shock You!
I have had to buy a few pregnancy tests in my time and I always switch the diamond ring my bf bought me to my left hand so I dont get a look of pity.
Just so you think I am not crazy, I have a really really irregular period. Some times itll skip a month. Sometimes Ill get 2 in a month, but point is that I am on no schedule so I have to take pregnancy tests a lot because I am not sure if it is my weird period or pregnancy.
Not a cashier, but I have a story. I got rectal cancer at age 28. I had my r****m removed. During recovery I became completely incontinent. So I had to start wearing Depends.
Just for clarity, I’m a tall, skinny, relatively well dressed young woman. The teenage boy checking me out at Wal-Mart let out a quiet “d**n” when he bagged them.
Not a cashier, but I worked in fulfillment for Amazon for four years. I can’t tell you how many times I checked out the name on the label for a shipment of questionable combinations.
Memorable shipments:
* Lube + d***o + Baby Einstein video
* 16 bottles of laxatives + adult diapers
* Anytime someone orders “Thai Hookers 101 – What You MUST Know About S*X And Prostitutes Before Coming To Thailand.”
tl;dr: Don’t ever think that buying something online means that you escape the judgement of others.
Wife was buying stuff for camping. Hatchet, rope some duct tape for the hole in the tent, small shovel and matches. The cashier was looking at her and she just bursts out “Husband pissed me off for the last time” Cashiers eye bugged out and just let her go. Wife and daughter come out and are laughing and crying.
All of them. I always judge the person buying things. They are so exposed and vulnerable in that moment. They revealed so much of their desires from their purchases and all my cards are still face down. I pick the thing they are most self-conscious about and hold it up a second before scanning. I make eye contact and flash a knowing smile. Then say something overtly humorous with undertones of accusation. “This is a big bottle of wine, I hope you’re sharing it with someone.” They laugh nervously because they have to but they know I trapped them – they know.
Just because I make minimum wage doesn’t mean I can’t be a power wielding psychopath.
EDIT : Thank you for the gold kind stranger. I bragged about being gilded to my coworkers and they told me I was stupid.
On Mother’s Day a young guy (probably too young to have kids of his own) checked out with a Mother’s Day card and a box of condoms. I said, “you must really love your mom.” He said, “oh god I didn’t even realize.”.
Not a cashier but my weirdest purchase was:
* Bottle of vodka
* Condoms
* Lube
* Collection of 1950s-60’s cartoons. It had Popeye, Superman and other classics and it was only 99 cents.
I must have looked like I was headed to be on “To Catch a Predator”.
I find it hilarious when a guy buys lingerie. But when i know its for his SO i cry a little inside.
I worked at a restaurant for a while. To say we frequented Obese people would’ve be an understatement. I wasn’t one to judge, but I work out often, so when people come in I would guess what they wanted.
Three porkchops, two waffles, a triple hashbrown double covered in every topping avaliable, some texas toast and a salad with five packets of ranch later, and I am surprised the guy is still alive.
I mean, you are free to live how you want, but the fact that you made it past 40 is a honest miracle.
Comic book store worker here. I’d have to say the series: my little pony friendship is magic comics. those aren’t for your daughter and you know it!
There’s a woman who comes into the grocery store I work at and buys between $90 and $100 in groceries every week. Normal enough. The thing is she ALWAYS pays with five $20 billsthat were printed before the 1998 redesign but have clearly never been in circulation because they are in perfect condition.
We know they’re not counterfeit, and if she was dodging taxes in a cash business back then the money wouldn’t all be in new condition… Bank robber? Former d**g kingpin? I mean who has thousands and thousands of dollars worth of really old, mint condition $20’s laying around?
I worked for a liquor store chain for 11 years, I really didn’t pay attention too much to the actual item they bought, but the cost and quantity. Had one lady buy three 1.75 bottles of $9.99 vodka every morning. Her skin was yellow.
Saturday morning 9am-ish: Guy walks up to the counter with two wines. The kinds you get in a box and anti-hangover pills and an expression of the sadface.
Our gaze meet. He has a slight nod of “im gunna regret this” look. I nod back and off he goes.
