This. F***ing. Joke.
January 26, 2009
I’m sure I’m not the first cartoonist to comment on people saying this, but my rehiring at the grocery store where I worked work will continue to work until I die touched a nerve. Several times in one day, actually. If you’re reading this and think your little “free” bon mot is witty or original in any way, please stop before a cashier is compelled to leap over the conveyor belt and rip your windpipe out with their teeth.
Thank you.
This is. Sooooo. TRUE.
Thank you so very much for making this comic. I work as a cashier, too, so I can relate.
Yeah, main reason why I never want to work retail EVER again, at least not without a weapon at close range.
Thank
you
SO
MUCH.
I worked as a cashier for about a year and “jokes” like this might actually have done seriously damage to my mind. The type of person who comes out with this kind of drivel tends to repeat it, as I’m sure you know, as if my stoney stare indicated that I hadn’t heard or as if my tiny, till-girl brain hadn’t managed to penetrate the genius of the “joke” the first time.
Some people must die for this. One of my ‘favorites’ was always ‘I printed it this morning’ when I was checking money for counterfeits. Noone ever figured out that someone said it 6+ times a day. Death is too good for these people.
Funny story: when I made this, my father revealed to me that he did this. (He won’t anymore)
Geeze man… I only ever say it to my mother, not at the counter
I am ashamed to say that I once uttered this comment. *hangs himself*
What i hate is when people say it but they aren’t joking >_<
alex, you are my hero.
just stating a fact.
geissler’s misses you.
come back soon.
man i truly am this great in real life you wish you could be this cool
Michelle, I AM back, you fool! You’re the one at your fancy “college”.
oh, and Alasdair, your avatar matches your customer ownage skills.
lmfao. alasdair just told me that you were back. i was like WHAT.
so i’m pumped. i’ll have to stop in and see you sometime. and whats with the quotes around college hmmm? i could say the same about you and your school!
Any and all cashiers know this joke. It’s embarrassing to know the pain and have someone in line next to you(usually a parent) make this awful stupid joke.
I also cashiered and know this one. One time when I was shopping and something didn’t ring up I used my most sarcastic voice voice and said “It didn’t ring up? it must be free, ha ha ha I’m so funny and witty I bet you’ve never heard that ONE before!” To wich the cashier laughed and told me how terrible I was.
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I agree, anyone who’s ever worked retail knows this disgusting excuse of a joke.
Now I work call centers. Less “it’s free, right?” and more “YOU people”. At least I can flip off the phone now. (And thankfully, not too often. I have intelligent customers now. ^^b)
Lol! I was a cashier for 6 or 7 years, while in highschool and later in early college, and that stupid remark came up at least once a shift! I just like your comic so much!!
OMG I LOVE IT!!!!!! Alasdair and Dustin are awesome!!! This is sooooooooo true!! DUde this is my favorite one so far
Ugh, you’re so right. Worst part is, my usual response to stuff not scanning was to give it away free, but not if they made this joke.
Oh gods, yes!
I currently work as a cashier and it does my head in!
Along with all the other stupid shit customers come out with that I’ve heard a million times before and that they think is oh so original!!
I used to work in a shop and heard this “joke” so many times in one day. And then I was shopping with my Mom and SHE made the joke. I said “Honestly Mom, do you know how many times shop assistants hear that in a day?”
Yeah. One time the scanner didn’t work and the chick was like, “Damn.” And I said, “Wanna take a shower with me when you get off?” And she was like, “Oh, hells yeah.” But that doesn’t have to do with groceries.
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This is true. I worked at a grocery store up untill recently and this was one of the most annoying parts of working for a store.
This is so true, i also just recently stopped working at a grocery store, i hated the people who decided to try to be funny. If only we were allowed to smack customers or insult them to their face
Actually, it is normal policy at many stores that if the price that comes up does not match the price advertised either on the label, at the store or in the ads, it is in fact free (for the first such item).
This was highly advertised when scanning first came out. It isn’t much of a stretch to conclude that not coming up with ANY price would be a mis-match, and therefore entitle one to the free merchandise. (It isn’t, nor is tampering with the bar code.)
Sorry you and your readers are so ill-informed not to know this. Retail people need to get a grip.
Well, I’m sorry about that stick up your butt.
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Yeah, only most of the time people are saying it so you get the hint and put a fucking price on your fucking items. Not to brighten up your miserable checker/stocker life.
The hell? why are people turning on me now? Look, it’s an annoying comment that I hear almost every day I come to work, and I made a comic about it. Whether you like it or not, every cashier in retail hates this phrase. End of story.
nice comic, just found it over at schlockmercenary.com
Seriously guys anyone who works a fricking register anywhere hears this so don’t think its funny or beneficial to them. THEY DON’T F…ing GET TO DECIDE WHAT IS ON THE CRAP YOU BUY. So Anna, dont fricking be annoying, the cashier cant fricking change it. And Tom, don’t be a pretentious ass
short form of above; get a life
good comic though, I’m liking it, don’t let ‘em get you down
Hmmm… what a weird topic to raise such a storm of emotions. I worked retail and heard this joke. However I wasn’t stuck to the cash register my whole shift, I helped people pick out clothes (tricked them into buying more by bringing them neat stuff they hadn’t brought to the dressing room with them.)
Now here’s the shocker—- I told that joke to my customers!!! WHAT? How dare I offend the gods of cashiers everywhere?
I think maybe you guys could lighten up a bit. At least the people are trying to be light and funny and they”re not griping at you for not scanning it right or some other such complaint that you have no control over. You know there are those who do that. Maybe you should come up with your own (not rude or sarcastic) comeback, and lighten your own day with your private joke.
“I could give it to you for free, but then I’d have to kill you.” Not funny, I know, but better than your eyes bugging out as you laugh maniacally.
I couldn’t agree more! … I loathed working at the grocery store. But fear not the same damn line has followed me to my next job! I’m the friggin’ pide pipper of morons
So you prefer that people just shut up and totally ignore you? Depressing society we’d end up with.
The bottom line is that the joke gets old really fast. A given customer may have only said it once or twice in their entire life, but countless OTHER customers before them have said it to the SAME cashier.
It’s readily apparent to me that quite a few of you who are coming down on the retail staff have never worked a retail job (or any customer service related job) in your lives. They don’t mind talking to their customers, just treat them like the human beings they are and give that lame joke a rest (preferably six feet down with a tombstone on top of it).
I feel as though the people who are saying lighten up have never worked an 8 hour cashier shirt in a busy grocery store.
We get that it’s a joke, but if you heard the same lame joke over and over again, it gets really difficult to laugh every time. Say you dye your hair blonde, and then throughout the day, eight people ask you if blondes have more fun. And the next day, eight more. And so on, so forth. It’s harmless, yes, but it gets annoying.
You’d be bitter too if you bagged hundreds of pounds of groceries, most of which have faulty barcodes which are actually impossible to scan, which has nothing to do with price and rather the printer or producer of the good which refuses to fix it(coughannacough), a day for minimum wage too, so please don’t condescend thank youuuu.
Hear, hear! I’ve worked enough retail (and unfortunately will have to continue there for a while) and am sick of this joke, the “I just printed it,” one mentioned by Chrinos and many more (I sell lotto tickets, too — “Sell me a winner!”). It’s not clever or witty; it’s annoying and frustrating.
Tom, I don’t know what lovely stores YOU shop at, but the ones I’ve worked at frown upon giving out their merchandise for free. If it doesn’t scan, we look for the price.
Anna, ther are fuckign prices on there. it’s not our fault the bar code is ripped in half/missing/faded/there is a printing error and it’s too fuzzy to be read by the infared scanners.
Tiago, work the soul-crushing void that is retail for a year and then tell us what’s more depressing: someone who tells that joke or someone who merely says ‘hi,’ pays and leaves, thus letting us both get on with our lives.
Alex, *I* love and appreciate the comic and only wish I had the freedom to keep my job and act like that. \o/ Do another comic about how insignificant the customers make us feel when they talk on their cell phones and never say a word to us cashiers! We’re not people! There’s no need to acknowledge our existance!
Love the Mark Twain reference!
Also, another terrible “joke” is the christmas shopping thing – “Christmas is the time for giving so I guess you’ll jst give me these for free!”
ergh.
You are a genius. Lets start the retail revolution.
This phrase makes me want to resort to violence!!! love the cartooon and loving how aggravated its made some people
Thank you author
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THANK YOU! I HATE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT!
I worked for about four years in either the local convenience store or a supermarket and even though I was lucky enough to be able to get away from the counter in both jobs for long amounts of time I still lost track of how many times I’ve heard this.
OK, OK, I will stop speaking to the Cashiers, after all everything I say to them insults them because the guy just before me said the same thing. I will no longer try to be friendly in any way. That is what I learned today. Liked the comic until I reached your gripe. Have fun guys.
Not that I’m impressed a lot, but this is a lot more than I expected when I found a link on Delicious telling that the info is awesome. Thanks.
I’m sorry to say my father is that nuisance… >>
And what’s worse is that he laughs at those jokes for like thirty minutes. I tried getting to him to stop, but the man must enjoy cashier’s misery.
I promise the only thing you’ll here from me is answering “Would you like help out today?”