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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So I’m at Safeway this morning picking up a couple of things for lunch before I head on over to work. The grocery store is surprisingly busy for 7:30am. Not packed or anything, but a few dozen people I’d say. It’s more evident since so early they only have one cashier open. And there’s always a long ass line.<\/p>\n
Ever see this crap? You’re standing in this long line waiting to buy like two items, and the cashier, the only cashier, is taking forever. Sometimes it is his\/her own fault. Other times it’s the customer being a dumbass. It’s usually the cashier, though. Either way, you glance over and see like five employees just standing around chatting. Your line is reaching practically to the back of the store, and these assholes are just clucking away mindlessly at each other.
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\nIf we’re lucky, the working cashier might finally announce on the cute little microphone that they need another checker. Well, good. Whatever made you think of that when your line is longer than Splash Mountain’s in July? Idiot.<\/p>\n
Okay, so the line is a bit shorter. Look at my watch. It’s 7:52. Fuck. I’m going to be late. Takes me about six to eight minutes to make the walk from there to my job. Luckily the place doesn’t keep very strict hours. I don’t have to be there at eight in the morning sharp. I can come in at eight-ish. My job rules. Well, okay, I’d prefer nine-ish, but whatever. But being late still sucks, and there I was with two cans of Beefaroni and a crappy little Celeste pizza, having to look at mind-numbing tabloids about Prince Charles or Oprah, or the not-specifically-called-tabloids-but-just-as-stupid general interest magazines that pry into celebrities’ lives like they’re fucking pirates who just found a big ass treasure chest. Seriously, I don’t give a fuck if Jennifer Aniston looks pregnant. It’s a sad thing in this country that so many people actually do care, therefore these stupid ass things sell. Fuck them. I don’t give a shit. She could be pregnant with octuplets from eight different fathers, including relatives of hers, high school students, major politicians, or orangutans. Couldn’t care less. And if you care, you’re a fucking moron.<\/p>\n
Finally! I get to the cashier. Okay, now here’s where it gets tricky. Turns out my crappy little pizza is on sale. Well, in the three months I’ve worked near this store, I never did get around to get one of their stupid club cards. No, I’m not going to rant about club cards in general now. They are ridiculous, yes, but they have been ranted about to death. They suck. We get it. Although they have a nice purpose of showing just how ridiculous Safeway is. I only just thought about it today that Safeway has got to be the bitchiest store about their stupid club cards ever. Giant? Yeah, they have the bonus cards but don’t really give a shit if you have yours with you, they’ll give you the sale price anyway. Super Fresh? I went in there without one and said I didn’t have one, and the cashier then just handed me one and said “Here you go. You have one now.” Cool. CVS? Same sort of thing. Didn’t actually give me one, but when I got up there with an assload of items, they just used one they had sitting there by the counter. Now those stores are cool about it. Safeway? Noooo. Fine, I’m okay with just paying the full price anyway. Whatever. I’d like to get out of there sometime today. They aren’t cool like the other stores, but fine. But then you get some cashiers there who are insistent. You just can’t say you don’t have a card and just pay the full price and go on your merry way. They go and ask “What’s your phone number? What’s your friend’s phone number?” Ugh. Leave me alone!<\/p>\n
First time this happened was a few years ago. I had gone into one Safeway to just grab one thing, and it happened to be on sale. I get to the cashier and she asks “What’s your phone number?” I give it to her, and she’s like “You don’t have a card.” and I’m like “Yeah, I know.” But then she’s like “Well, give me a friend’s phone number or something.” And I just sort of go “Uh, well, uh..” and she’s getting all impatient. I finally just have to insist I just pay the thing and be on my way, because this shit is annoying. Then she makes some remark like “You could have saved some money, but fine!” Bitch.<\/p>\n
Now, back to this morning. There’s this guy in front of me paying for his stuff. Cashier guy asks for his phone number, and he gives it to him. Cashier says the phone number isn’t in their system, so then he asks “What’s your mother’s phone number?” And the guy is like “My mother passed away!” Cashier is like “My condolences. Well, what was her phone number? Where she used to live?” And the guy, looking appropriately taken aback, says something like “My father lives around here still.” and he gives his father’s phone number. Cashier punches it in and is like “Nope, we don’t have that one either. What’s your mother-in-law’s phone number?” The guy gives that number, and that one finally works and the guy gets his discount. But damn dude!<\/p>\n
Then I realize that I’m next, about to purchase an item that is on sale but I do not have a club card. Crap. So I step forward, and he scans my measly three items. Then he’s like “Okay, swipe your card.” And I’m like “I don’t have one.” Then he’s like “What’s your phone number?” And I’m like “My number won’t be in your system, I’ve never had one.” And sure enough, he asks “What’s your mother’s number?” I stayed silent for a moment, trying to come up with a suitable answer. Finally, I just say “You know what? Don’t go there!” I think he got it at that point to quit asking, so he then just said “Okay, $5.01 is your total.” and I paid and went on my way.
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I got to work at 8:05am. Meh.<\/p>\n
Safeway can go to hell.<\/p>\n
Oh, and their selection sucks. I mean, their selection is actually worse than Giant, and that is pretty fucking bad!<\/p>\n
So, yeah, Safeway sucks.<\/p>\n
Grocery stores suck.<\/p>\n
Tabloids suck.<\/p>\n
Dallas sucks.<\/p>\n
Go Redskins.<\/p>\n
This has been Day 52<\/b> of the 100 Days of Summer, Round 6<\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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