So I'm at Walmart and the only checkout line is backed up and I overheard an associate say, “Oh, they are just too lazy to check themselves out! “
When I turned to look at the line I was furious.
Everyone in that line was well over 70 years old.
You listen here Mr 20 something year old Walmart Associate. These folks are the back bone of this country. These folks are not lazy. They were not born into a computer generation. While you were playing video games and learning to navigate a computer they were working in the cotton fields, in cotton mills, plowing fields and harvesting crops.
These "Lazy people" can still work circles around you and they have a work ethic and drive that you probably know nothing about. Just because someone doesn't feel comfortable using a self checkout does not make them lazy.
And before I forget it... those lazy people pay your salary. Instead of you and others walking around being judgemental someone could have offered to help them on the self-checkout.
If you ever have to get your vegetables from the ground instead of the produce department guess who you are going to need help from... those lazy people!
Be careful of the toes you step on today... they might be attached to the butt you have to kiss tomorrow!
Back when everyone still had telephones I heard a very clever answering machine message once (a cousin coxing her old farmer uncles to leave her a message). She said (very cheerfully) - I know you can do it, just say what you want to tell me at the beep.
ReplyDeleteHow to work self checkout at Walmart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8YNqIW-kCQ
PS: I resisted at first too but luckily I have someone smarter then me to help me through these awkward situations