DUmmy Spins Grocery Bouncy

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lapislzi  (1000+ posts)        Sun Mar-06-11 09:42 AM
Original message
Lost in the supermarket
 ...or, "Heartbreak in Hannaford's."

This thread's going to ramble a bit. I apologize in advance.

I had a bunch of errands to run yesterday, including a supermarket run. I usually avoid the local Hannaford's (a New England based chain) because they're non-union. BUT. I had other stops to make in the same shopping center. BUT. They have the best produce, good prices, and the best local/organic food section around. The choices we make. I'm not proud that I compromised a principle to convenience, or in the interest of saving a few dollars. But there you are.

I'm at the checkout with my fairly sizable order--and of course, I eschew the self-checkouts for the human ones. I have my reusable bags. Now, this is New York. Everyone expects to bag their own groceries. It's not even up for discussion. An older lady (60s?) with an apron and a name badge takes my bags and starts bagging my groceries--very efficiently, I might add. She had a sunny and pleasant demeanor, despite that fact that it was a chilly, rainy morning and the store was busy. We made a little chitchat as the kid scanned my groceries.

Then, another kid (20s?), presumably the head cashier or store manager (I'd seen him at another register keying in an override, or some such), steps over. "What time did you clock in, today, Pat?" he asked the bagging lady. "Ten," she replied. He wagged a finger at her. "It was 10:17, Pat." She began apologizing profusely. "What are we going to do about this, Pat?" he asked. "I'll make it up," she said, "you know, I've been staying later some nights." "That's part of the job," he said.

I had to blink back tears. Hard. As I made a note of the name on his badge. Hannaford's will be getting a letter.

But that doesn't make me feel any better, because this is symptomatic of so much more.

How our older people have to take menial jobs to make ends meet.
How callous our disregard for our fellow workers. It was "young store manager who will move on in a year or so" against "lady who needs a job." No sense of solidarity. No sense of "we're all in this together."
How somehow it's OK to humiliate a fellow worker in front of the public.
How easy it was to put aside a principle because I was in a hurry.

And those strawberries? By the time I got them home, those foreign strawberries tasted like straw. I lost my appetite.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x569943
Translation: DUmmy lapislzi got caught shoplifting at Hannaford's.

Angry Dragon  (1000+ posts)        Sun Mar-06-11 09:53 AM
Response to Original message
3. You should have reamed him a new one right there
He had no business attacking an employee in front of customers

DUmmies dream about making scenes.

DCKit (1000+ posts)        Sun Mar-06-11 10:09 AM
Response to Reply #3
13. +1 The only thing they understand is public shaming.
I'd have gone off, starting with "WTF is wrong with you? Who taught you that it's OK to talk to people like that?"

DUmmies dream about saying "WTF" in public.

pipi_k  (1000+ posts)      Sun Mar-06-11 11:08 AM
Response to Reply #31
104. Well, it needn't have been obvious, really...
 a very polite, "Excuse me, sir, may I speak to you for a moment?", take him aside and a quiet, "I think you are a rude little scumbag on a power trip and I should do the same thing to you that you just did to Pat but I have too much class, and I'm going to report your inexcusable rudeness to Corporate office" would have sufficed, I think...

DUmmies dream about calling their betters "scumbag".

blueamy66  (1000+ posts)        Sun Mar-06-11 10:56 AM
Response to Reply #3
80. Yep
I would have let the asshole have it....and good

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Sun Mar-06-11 10:14 AM
Response to Reply #11
18. It actually sounded like the manager was speaking to a three year old.
While I agree with you that, if the woman is late, she shouldn't get a pass, good management leaves employee business behind the scenes. Sorry, as a customer, I would have said something. I have before. This manager needs a training class on how to effectively manage.  

Please, DUmmy! This is a bouncy tale! It didn't happen! The OP is just pissed because she got caught with a boneless ribeye in her bra!

Bunny  (1000+ posts)        Sun Mar-06-11 10:29 AM
Response to Reply #29
44. Look, I AM management and I would never reprimand
an employee, no matter how gently, in front of anyone else. It's simply not done, and if I was the one being reprimanded, I would much rather be called into the office than treated like a three year old in front of customers. That manager needs more seasoning and I hope the OP's letter allows his boss to arrange that.

I'm sorry, DUmmy Bunny, but if you believe this bouncy actually happened, you're way too stupid to be in management.

Now a secondary bouncy, with the mandatory DUmp weeping:

Vinca  (1000+ posts)      Sun Mar-06-11 02:20 PM
Response to Original message
163. I always shop at Hannafords because it's only 3 miles from where I live,
 has what I want and actually sells produce from local farmers in the summer. While there are some older people working there, I've never seen any of them disrespected in any way. In fact, from what a couple of the clerks told me one day, their problems are with the customers. There is one older man who is a cashier and is a very nice person. He's been there forever. He told me that one day a woman came through with her young son, pointed at him and said to the kid, "See. If you don't do your homework you'll end up with a stupid job like that." That nearly made me cry.

 

An enormous bonfire. Many DUmmies at one time or another have been employed, always at menial tasks, and due to their inherent laziness and incompetence, reprimands were common. So this bouncy tale hits a nerve. But DUmmy lapislzi still has the problem of boneless ribeyes in her bra.

[Ballygrl]

Another 1?

Then, another kid (20s?), presumably the head cashier or store manager (I'd seen him at another register keying in an override, or some such), steps over. "What time did you clock in, today, Pat?" he asked the bagging lady. "Ten," she replied. He wagged a finger at her. "It was 10:17, Pat." She began apologizing profusely. "What are we going to do about this, Pat?" he asked. "I'll make it up," she said, "you know, I've been staying later some nights." "That's part of the job," he said.

No frigging way would someone do this in front of customers! and isn't it convenient that it's a non-union store and the story is supposed to show why people should be in unions.

[Ballygrl]

JanMichael  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Sun Mar-06-11 10:26 AM
Response to Reply #23
38. A younger man "wagging his finger" at an older lady
   
is non-offensive in your book? Who the hell wrote your book, Ayn Rand?

You guys do it all the time at Mc Donalds, the Mechanics waiting for your car to be fixed, all your include yelling at older people.

[TexasCop]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's what a BOUNCY is!!!  I've seen it repeatedly, but didn't know what it meant.  It's a DUmmy fake story! 
 
Sorry, I'm a little slow, but I get there.........

[Ballygrl]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's what a BOUNCY is!!!  I've seen it repeatedly, but didn't know what it meant.  It's a DUmmy fake story! 
 
Sorry, I'm a little slow, but I get there.........

Yes, and conveniently there's always a going on depending on the story of the day.

[TexasCop]

I've seen a lot of them.  I completely understand their need to do it (they cannot win debates with real people), but it doesn't make them any less annoying.

[Carl]

They don`t even try to be believable. 

[ChuckJ]

Have the rules changed for Bouncies? She/he/it didn't start the tale off with "so". Is starting your fabrication with "so" on the outs now?

And why do DUmmies always have to make excuses for what they do even in their fabrications? If they happen to watch FOXnews they have to start by explaining why. If they happen to listen to Rush they have to start by explaining why. If they happen to go shopping at Walmart they have to start by explaining why.

I haven't noticed any of us on CC doing that.

[Kimberly]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's what a BOUNCY is!!!  I've seen it repeatedly, but didn't know what it meant.  It's a DUmmy fake story! 
 
Sorry, I'm a little slow, but I get there.........

Here's a Link to the best bouncy ever. Sadly, very few bouncies ever make it to that amusement level. 

[Ballygrl]

Here's a Link to the best bouncy ever. Sadly, very few bouncies ever make it to that amusement level.

Thanks! I never saw that thread before.

[TexasCop]

Thanks for that link.  It's all starting to fall into place for me.  I haven't been here long enough to know all the various ropes, et. al.

[Vagabond]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's what a BOUNCY is!!!  I've seen it repeatedly, but didn't know what it meant.  It's a DUmmy fake story! 
 
Sorry, I'm a little slow, but I get there.........

Well, this actually fits better as a zulu, no confrontation or conversion occured, no cheering crowd, no cop jumping out of the bushes, all elements of a good bouncy.  A true grocery store bouncy has to go a little somethin' like this....

So, I walked into the local Hannaford's to buy groceries for the week.   I hate to shop non-union but they have better prices since they oppress their employees in the name of corporate profit.  Whilst I was checking out, I noticed a young manager confronting an elderly employee about being just a few minutes late. (Notice no mention of being more than a quarter hour late)

As he imperiously and condesendingly declared that she would have to make up the extra time.  (Notice the demeanor, preferably as negative and evil a light as possible, has to be clearly noted)  I approached the young manager and ordered him to stop his evil oppression.  As he stammered his response I declared to all in hearing range that this would never happen in a union shop.  Several clerks and shoppers started clapping, one young clerk even declared he would start a union in the store.  Then I reminded them that democrats support unions.  Then the lady who had been oppressed hugged me and promised to vote democrat after voting against her own interests all her life.  (The conversion is an absolute necessity for a good bouncy.)

Then a cop jumped out from behind the bushes in the floral department and threatened to arrest me if I didn't leave. (This is an essential to a great bouncy, the cop must be both strategically and unusually located.)

I then left my entire order sitting in the cart and walked out to the cheers of everyone.


...modern bouncies just don't quite measure up.

[dandi]

The outrage level over speaking to an elder in such a manner rings hollow given their general disdain for older folk when it comes to politics. How many times have we seen senior citizens disparaged with terms like geezer, codger, etc., and snide remarks about "old white people"?

I'm typically against employees being dressed down in public as it is a bad management practice, but the spittle-slinging vitriol on the part of the DUmbasses is all out of proportion to the mild admonishment this lady received.

Something quite the opposite would be seen if the individual in question was a conservative, for example, criticizing Obama or unions while working in the checkout line. In that case, had the manager criticized her publicly, he would be a hero and there would be an endless stream of epithets and statements about how she "got what she deserved".

Of course, all that assumes any bit of this story is true, which is as unlikely as me meeting Scarlett Johansson for drinks tonight. 

[formerlurker]

I had a bunch of errands to run yesterday, including a supermarket run. I usually avoid the local Hannaford's (a New England based chain) because they're non-union. BUT. I had other stops to make in the same shopping center. BUT. They have the best produce, good prices, and the best local/organic food section around.

Um, how do you know that if you usually avoid them???

[MrsSmith]

Do people actually keep track of which local stores are union, and which aren't??     I wouldn't even know where Wal-Mart stands if not for the DUmmies.  I suspect a few of our local manufacturers are union, and of course the schools and colleges...couldn't even guess about most other places.   

[Evil_Conservative]

Lamest bouncy I've read. 

[NHSparky]

I can smell the bullshit through the monitor.

[diesel driver]

DUmmies are always posturing about being "big and bad" to "the man".  I find the simple, low-key approach works the best.

For instance:
I drove a delivery truck for almost 20 years before I landed a job with the USPS.  I had a delivery of Amway to a trucking terminal about 10 miles from my usual route that I simply took because they only got a delivery every month or so.

This particular day, I came in thru the front door, like I had on no less than 4 or 5 previous occasions, past the boss, and into the breakroom, where I would stack the product in a closet.  This morning, there were 2 drivers in the breakroom playing cards, and when I turned around, the boss was there in my face.  He told me to NEVER come in that door again, to use the side door (at the opposite end of the building) from now on.  I said fine by me, but how come it was alright for me to use the front door on all the previous occasions, when the only thing different was he had an audience.

I went back out to the truck (thru the side door) to get the rest of their delivery, and the more I worked, the madder I got.  So I left the rest of their order IN THE PARKING LOT, stuck my head in the door, and told the boss, (in front of his drivers) that the next time he wanted to act like an asshole and get in the delivery driver's face, be sure to do it AFTER he gets the total order in the building.  The rest of his shit is in the parking lot, have a nice day.  The drivers snickered, boss got red in the face and stormed off to his office, and I never had another order for them again.

This really happened, and it's 100 times better than any lame-ass bouncy any DUmmie can conjure.

[Tucker]

For this to be considered as a acceptable bouncy, lapislzi needed to berate the manager and get congratulatory approval from all of the nearby customers. The reason this didn't happen is that it was a non union store and all of the customers were union busting rethugs who shop there in order to bust the baggers union.

[Karin]

Now, Vagabond spun an excellent bouncy!  That's the way to do it!  Most enjoyable. 

Ballygrl is absolutely correct, in that the DUmmies tell tall tales about wagging their own fingers and carping at old people all the time.  All those damn teabagger geezers....should be put out on an ice floe along with their Fux Noise.

[JohnnyReb]

Do the DUmmies ever hide in the fruits and vegetable section? They would be invisible ...perfect camouflage.

[Tucker]

Do the DUmmies ever hide in the fruits and vegetable section? They would be invisible ...perfect camouflage.

  Most, if not all of the DUmmies, hide the veggies. Just keep in mind that DUmmies are 


Make sure you wash your bananas. P2Blib hangs out in grocery stores. She's made several Republican to democrat conversions there.

[PatriotGame]

Here's a Link to the best bouncy ever. Sadly, very few bouncies ever make it to that amusement level. 

I like trolls AND, I like turtles:

[youtube=425,350]CMNry4PE93Y[/youtube]

[PatriotGame]

Thanks for that link.  It's all starting to fall into place for me.  I haven't been here long enough to know all the various ropes, et. al.

Protect your brain dude - exposure to the DUmmy insanity can result in devastating health defects...

[PatriotGame]

Um, how do you know that if you usually avoid them???

Shhhh...this is an active bouncy...please do not upset the cosmic karma of the DUmmys...