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You've probably gone through a check-out line and thought, "They're totally going to judge me for this." Maybe you're a young woman buying 10 frozen pizzas, or a middle-aged guy purchasing a BTS album at a hip, indie record store.
Of course, most of the time the cashiers are too busy, or jaded, to notice, but OCCASIONALLY they do. There's a thread online where cashiers are talking about the purchases they HAVE judged people for buying.
Here are a few highlights:
1. Parents who will buy booze and cigarettes, but scream at their kids to put bottles of juice or candy back.
2. Lottery tickets. Especially when people blow through the money the cashier makes on their entire shift in just a couple minutes at the counter.
3. Expensive, "premium" bottled water. Not just because it's (arguably) a waste of money, but because there's also a lot of plastic waste.
4. Anything in a large amount. One cashier once had a person buy 15 cases of Red Bull, and they also "looked like they were 12."
5. A cashier at a pet store said they've judged people who buy a pet, and the "cheapest, trashiest" food there is.
6. A worker at a movie theater said they judge people who bring their kids to Rated R movies, like bringing a seven-year-old to "Deadpool".
7. A McDonald's cashier wonders about people who order a coffee, with 10 or more sugars."
8. A Starbucks cashier admits to judging people who buy their kids double chocolate chip frappuccinos at 8:00 A.M.
9. Anyone buying Circus Peanuts.
10. This one is probably the best: Bizarre combinations. Every cashier has probably sold everything in the store at least once . . . so nothing is a big deal. Except when it's paired with certain other items.
11. One cashier said a young male customer was once buying various junk food and children's flu medicine, and when the total came up, he was short, so he put the MEDICINE back.
Another person remembered this combo: "A lady had feminine deodorant spray, Summer's Eve douche, a can of bug spray, and a fly swatter."
And a smart aleck joked, "Someone buying donuts, donuts holes, and glue."
You can browse the entire thread, here.