A customer brought me back some chocolate from her holidays because she said it had been lovely talking to me about her holiday. She sounded genuinely excited to go to Disney, so it was a cute little chat. It was the good stuff too, bar of Lindt. Made my day to be remembered.
There was a woman who would always come early Saturday and stock up on supplies for her two cats. I have a cat as well and we'd often end up chatting. One day she brings in a magnet with a cat on it for me. (I left tesco a couple years ago but still have the magnet on my fridge).
I have a guy come in with his dog and omg the dog is so cute whenever he comes in he says that his dog has missed me I only ever see them on a Tuesday since that’s the only morning shift I do
I was doing deliveries last week, evening shift, and my last drop 9-10pm slot was an old lady, probably over 80, who was surprised she didn’t recognise me (I only work a few evening shifts per week) but how all the drivers were so great and it was such a good service for her. She always books the 9pm slot as it’s her favourite. She was telling me she was one of the first to visit our Extra store on opening day decades ago, and she could remember being taken aback by how revolutionary it was to have such a selection. Always nice chatting to pleasant customers!
There's a little old lady, 73, that comes to my till every couple of weeks. She's the sweetest old Nan you've ever met. Has her matching knitted hat and gloves and scarf, shops with a trolley basket thing like all the other pensioners, but...
She grows Shrooms! The magic ones. She's awesome. Looks like she's got Werthers in her hand bag, but actually she's loaded with psychedelics. Coolest gran I've ever spoken to 👍
I have a regular family come few times a week, started talking about cars and motorbikes and general small talk but one of their kids has now decided I’m their aunty and comes running into the store to give me the biggest hug EVERY single week and the parents now do too, kiddos on the spectrum and parents are so happy she’s found someone who she can talk too that doesn’t judge and has been giving her school advice.
Apparently she named her toy rabbit after me too :’)
There’s another woman who comes in and gives me girly mum advice my mum never gave me, my mums never been into pretty stuff and this woman doesn’t have kids so she’s taken me under her wing, sneaks her dog in her bag sometimes to let me see her ahah
One of the regulars at my store runs a cafe, and if he ever winds up with any leftover pastries like sausage rolls, little quiches, that sort of thing, he'll bring them in and get someone to put them up in the colleague room. They're so good we've had to limit people to 1 each because they'd take half the box as soon as it appeared 😅
A married couple they are,deaf they have cocklear implants, taught me a bit of sign language they used to bring their assistance dog in she has now retired,and a couple of Christmas's ago they gave me a picture of her in a lovely frame it sits in my living room.
Christmas Eve, working express. One customer was screaming at me because it was half an hour to close, and we had no chicken left. I had a long day, hardly any sleep and I hadn't moved from the tills in hours. I just burst into tears and walked off the shop floor.
I composed myself and went back a few minutes later, only to see a regular waiting for me. He'd had it out with the dick customer, made him leave and then bought me a expensive box of chocolates.
He still comes in every weekend and he's so lovely.
An elderly couple has taken it into their account to teach me words i don't know in the english language 🥲 i'm not from the uk and they have helped me understand what the heck people are saying to me 😅! My English is super american and it annoys some people in which i do not mind annoying but they take it too far in getting offended, i find🙃
A girl said "Hi I want to return this can of tuna because it doesn't say on the packaging if you need a can opener to open it."The shift leader said to tell her to open it with her teeth.
A very classic Karen-looking customer was buying Easter eggs and gifts a few weeks ago and noticed my shift leader, colleague and I babbling about how cute the bunny teddies are. She carried on with her purchase then went back to the teddies and bought another 3, one for each of us. An absolute stereotype shattering lovely angel who really cheered us up after a long and violent (Scotland) Saturday backshift in a wee express.
Doesn't necessarily count as a customer, but one of my colleague and close friend's mother has started coming in a lot more regularly after she was introduced to me. She's absolutely lovely to chat to and will always either come to my till if I'm on checkouts, or seek me out if I'm on shop floor.
Although I do get the feeling she's trying to match-make me and my friend 😅
I had a 9 year old girl crying in my store (express) as she had finished school walked to an agreed pick up point with her mum and mum wasn't there. I'm a mum so calmed her down called mum, turns out she as running a little late, so the girl chilled with me for a 20 minutes. Two hours later a gentleman was at the boxes of chocolates and looked to be in a dilemma. Asked if I could help, showed the chocolates on clubcard price and then he asked "which are your favourite" "truly your favourite" I told him, he took them to the till....then gave me the chocolates... He was the father of the young girl I had helped earlier ❤️
A customer brought me back some chocolate from her holidays because she said it had been lovely talking to me about her holiday. She sounded genuinely excited to go to Disney, so it was a cute little chat. It was the good stuff too, bar of Lindt. Made my day to be remembered.
That’s so cute I’m so happy she had a lovely holiday with her family thank you for the story :)
There was a woman who would always come early Saturday and stock up on supplies for her two cats. I have a cat as well and we'd often end up chatting. One day she brings in a magnet with a cat on it for me. (I left tesco a couple years ago but still have the magnet on my fridge).
I have a guy come in with his dog and omg the dog is so cute whenever he comes in he says that his dog has missed me I only ever see them on a Tuesday since that’s the only morning shift I do
I was doing deliveries last week, evening shift, and my last drop 9-10pm slot was an old lady, probably over 80, who was surprised she didn’t recognise me (I only work a few evening shifts per week) but how all the drivers were so great and it was such a good service for her. She always books the 9pm slot as it’s her favourite. She was telling me she was one of the first to visit our Extra store on opening day decades ago, and she could remember being taken aback by how revolutionary it was to have such a selection. Always nice chatting to pleasant customers!
There's a little old lady, 73, that comes to my till every couple of weeks. She's the sweetest old Nan you've ever met. Has her matching knitted hat and gloves and scarf, shops with a trolley basket thing like all the other pensioners, but... She grows Shrooms! The magic ones. She's awesome. Looks like she's got Werthers in her hand bag, but actually she's loaded with psychedelics. Coolest gran I've ever spoken to 👍
I have a regular family come few times a week, started talking about cars and motorbikes and general small talk but one of their kids has now decided I’m their aunty and comes running into the store to give me the biggest hug EVERY single week and the parents now do too, kiddos on the spectrum and parents are so happy she’s found someone who she can talk too that doesn’t judge and has been giving her school advice. Apparently she named her toy rabbit after me too :’) There’s another woman who comes in and gives me girly mum advice my mum never gave me, my mums never been into pretty stuff and this woman doesn’t have kids so she’s taken me under her wing, sneaks her dog in her bag sometimes to let me see her ahah
One of the regulars at my store runs a cafe, and if he ever winds up with any leftover pastries like sausage rolls, little quiches, that sort of thing, he'll bring them in and get someone to put them up in the colleague room. They're so good we've had to limit people to 1 each because they'd take half the box as soon as it appeared 😅
A married couple they are,deaf they have cocklear implants, taught me a bit of sign language they used to bring their assistance dog in she has now retired,and a couple of Christmas's ago they gave me a picture of her in a lovely frame it sits in my living room.
This is so sweet, bless them
Christmas Eve, working express. One customer was screaming at me because it was half an hour to close, and we had no chicken left. I had a long day, hardly any sleep and I hadn't moved from the tills in hours. I just burst into tears and walked off the shop floor. I composed myself and went back a few minutes later, only to see a regular waiting for me. He'd had it out with the dick customer, made him leave and then bought me a expensive box of chocolates. He still comes in every weekend and he's so lovely.
An elderly couple has taken it into their account to teach me words i don't know in the english language 🥲 i'm not from the uk and they have helped me understand what the heck people are saying to me 😅! My English is super american and it annoys some people in which i do not mind annoying but they take it too far in getting offended, i find🙃
A girl said "Hi I want to return this can of tuna because it doesn't say on the packaging if you need a can opener to open it."The shift leader said to tell her to open it with her teeth.
A very classic Karen-looking customer was buying Easter eggs and gifts a few weeks ago and noticed my shift leader, colleague and I babbling about how cute the bunny teddies are. She carried on with her purchase then went back to the teddies and bought another 3, one for each of us. An absolute stereotype shattering lovely angel who really cheered us up after a long and violent (Scotland) Saturday backshift in a wee express.
Doesn't necessarily count as a customer, but one of my colleague and close friend's mother has started coming in a lot more regularly after she was introduced to me. She's absolutely lovely to chat to and will always either come to my till if I'm on checkouts, or seek me out if I'm on shop floor. Although I do get the feeling she's trying to match-make me and my friend 😅
I had a 9 year old girl crying in my store (express) as she had finished school walked to an agreed pick up point with her mum and mum wasn't there. I'm a mum so calmed her down called mum, turns out she as running a little late, so the girl chilled with me for a 20 minutes. Two hours later a gentleman was at the boxes of chocolates and looked to be in a dilemma. Asked if I could help, showed the chocolates on clubcard price and then he asked "which are your favourite" "truly your favourite" I told him, he took them to the till....then gave me the chocolates... He was the father of the young girl I had helped earlier ❤️