I love hearing stories from other grocery clerks because well it doesn’t make me feel alone in the world. I know I’m not the only person that goes through these strange scenarios and I know everyone has been laughing at my expense but hey I enjoy telling these stories then again its also fun to laugh at someone else this time. Thank you Colton!
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This is an awesome collection of grocery store stories. My name is Colton I work as a courtesy clerk at a grocery store in North Idaho. I’m so glad to find out that these don’t only happen in the store that I work at. I have one story from my experience that is like none other. It is true. I hope you enjoy it 
One day, I’m working and all of a sudden I start hearing the beeping that our electric carts make when their batteries are going dead. I run back into the store to find the electric cart.
At my first glance down the bread aisle, I did not notice it. I had to do a double take. It was hidden under a GIANORMOUS lady. This was not your typical gianormous lady, this one was queen of them all. The cart disappeared on her like a thong. Watching her move across the store, one would think that she was sitting on the floor and being drug across by some magical force.
I could hear the motor on the cart. verrrruuuummm…. verrruuummm…. It was obviously struggling under the weight, and the battery beeper was begging for mercy. I go up to this lady.
Me: Oh, it looks like you cart’s battery is almost dead. Do you want me to run and grab you another?
Lady: Oh, no. I’m almost done anyways. It just stopped running.
Me: Oh, ma’am, that’s because the battery has died. It must not have had enough time to charge since the last customer. Here, let me grab you another one real quick.
Lady: Actually, could you push me?
That’s right. This lady wanted me to PUSH her. So, being the committed courtesy clerk I am, I push this lady down the bread aisle.
Eventually, we get to the check stand. We check out her groceries, bag them, and everything is fine and dandy.
In our store, it is policy for a courtesy clerk to walk each electric cart outside with the customer and then drive it back to its charging station. I did this for the lady, continuing the pushing process established earlier.
Finally we get to her car. As soon as we get to her car, her husband jumps out of the car, and loads her groceries into their car. I help this lady stand up, and I help her climb into her car. I smile, and put on my best customer service, (which has been recognized by my management as the top customer service in our store and I am used as the example for new trainees) and go to wish her a nice day. Instead of returning the salutation, she looks at me and says:
Lady: I would say thank you, but I don’t thank people who just stand around and do nothing.
I don’t even know what happened after that. All I know is that the lady drove off, and I got to sit on her electric cart, which had become a pool of sweat, and ride it inside the store. I was under the notion that the battery had died, but it breathed new life under my much lighter weight. I was able to ride it inside the store into the charger.
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Colton
