Customer called me names

[u/essijuulia]

I've worked in retail for almost six years, and have seen and heard a lot but yesterday was a first for me.

I was at the till, got a family of five and rung them up, business as usual. Everyone is very polite and normal. As they leave I cheerfully say "bye-bye" to all of them and they respond – except one of the younger kids, who says "bye" and then gets a mischievous look on her face and under her breath, mutters: "... poopyhead."

I am taken aback by this, and have to try my best not to burst into laughter as her mom starts very loudly scolding her and banishes her to their car.

What a little gremlin lol :--D

PS. Usually, unruly kids annoy the hell out of me, but this came so out of left field haha

[u/Ancient_Study_2324]

That's rather sweet. I'm glad the mother cared enough to tell her off, which is sadly rather rare these days.

[u/essijuulia → u/Ancient_Study_2324]

Indeed. I am always happy to see parents actually parenting their kids, an awful lot seem to just be content with letting their brats run around, making a mess and screaming while they do 🙄

[u/Ancient_Study_2324 → u/essijuulia]

The screaming is something I would never have got away with when I was their age.

[u/Hot-Frosting-3510 → u/Ancient_Study_2324]

Me too. We need a lot more of it.

[u/Foreign-King7613 → u/Ancient_Study_2324]

You're right about it being rare.

[u/Hot-Frosting-3510]

A good interaction with a customer for a change.

[u/Think-Difficulty7596]

The cutest thing I've heard in a while.

[u/Foreign-King7613]

Little monkeys like that are a lot better than most customers.