Welcome customers, to my Cashier Respect test. An old co-worker of mine put it best when he proclaimed, "there are two types of people in this world, there are cashiers and there are customers."
Yes it is true. In my days as a cashier (three long years to be exact) I had encountered many a customer that flat-out treated me like a sub-humanoid. Because I was checking out their precious roast butt of cow, their Wonderbread, or their six pounds of olive loaf, I was in the position of serving them and was supposed to be void of any human emotion or feeling. I had in fact, replaced my name tag with the number "32" on occasion because I had felt like nothing more than a robot.
However, on the flip-side of that, there were many customers who brightened my day, thus making me feel appreciated, sometimes just from their patience or consideration or a smile and a "hello."
So without further ado, go ahead and take my test! And see how much respect (or lack of) you have for that unsung hero in the workplace: the cashier! (insert triumphant bass solo here)
