Jewish Stereotype

Stereotypes exist for a reason and it was certainly proven true to me yesterday. Or, at least the Jewish one was (that they're cheap frugal, not that they have big noses though that was true too.). 

This elderly Jewish couple came in yesterday ("How did you know they were Jewish?" who else would be so stingy with money? Chinese?) to complain. The man picked out a movie from the $5 bin and was outraged at discovering that it was mistakenly placed there (most likely by a customer since those douches never put things back in the right place.) What was the actual price of the movie? Surely it must've been $20 or at least $15, right? Nope, it was an outrageous price of $7.50. How dare we try and rip off the elderly with such an expensive movie?! (Seriously, it's a measly $2.50 extra. There are things at McDonald's that are more expensive.) I guess he wanted that extra $2.5 more than he wanted the movie. 

So, lest you think he came all the way back just to complain (though I'm certain some customers actually do that, since they clearly have nothing better to do than waste my time), they went on to complain about our TV prices. "These TVs cost a lot more here than they do at K-Mart!" (I guess they assumed that since both stores end in Mart, they must obviously be owned by the same person, right? "And why don't you carry more TVs with DVD players built into them?" I don't know, probably because they give away players for free in cereal boxes at this point? Who is jonesing for a DVD player at this point? We had two extra ones just lying around back in my old place and that's not even counting all the computers and video games systems. There were more DVD players than there were people and TVs to use them! A wiser man than I (and certainly one that would risk losing their job talking back to the customers) would've pointed out that if they felt adventurous enough, they could go dumpster diving just about anywhere and find one or maybe even ask around. I bet there's plenty of people who are willing to give your their extra ones as long as you pick it up. 

Well, we tried to help them. We checked our back just in case we had any in stock (we didn't). Instead of thanking us for spending 15 minutes helping them (and listening to them complain) they instead turned around to the other customers shopping for TVs and informed them to not buy with us but instead go to K-Mart. Which is all fine and dandy by me, we don't get commission on the stuff we sell and getting those TVs for you is a far bigger hassle than you think. By all means, go else where, and never come back. And be sure to tell your friends.