The most common announcement heard in the grocery store aside from our selling suggestions is, “clean up aisle…” It’s also the announcement courtesy clerks dread as they head towards the backroom to fetch the mop bucket. Now we’ve seen all kinds of messy spills such as wine, cooking oil (which is such a pain), beer, eggs, but in this particular scenario you can only ask one question… why?
Customer: There’s a spill on aisle 7.
Me: Thank you. We’ll get right on it ma’am.
WE NEED A WET CLEAN UP ON AISLE 7!
Customer comes back…
Customer: It’s also on aisle 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Me: What the…
Customer: Looks like a trail…
WE NEED A WET CLEAN UP ON AISLE 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11!
I lock off my checkstand to make sure the courtesy clerks are attending the matter.
What is that? I ask Johnny J.
Johnny J: I don’t know. Vinegar maybe?
Me: Vinegar doesn’t smell like that plus its not yellow looking.
Johnny J bends down to smell it…
Me: Whoa! Johnny! Just mop it!
Johnny J: I can’t pin it on anything but it sure smells familiar.
I leave Johnny J and head back to the checkouts.
Customer: Hey! Guess what? I found your leak.
She points to an older gentleman who completely oblivious that he has a giant wet stain in front of his pants and he’s headed towards the checkout lanes.
Johnny J! Bring the mop to the checkstands!
