Since my job at Costco demands that I interact with hundreds
of people in a day, I deal with quite a bit of “slow” people. One of my favorite rhetorical devices that I
use at my job is sarcasm. The other day
at my work, I saw a member debating about which item she wanted to get but the
only difference was the brand. She
continues to think and walk at the same time, as I’m following to go back to
the front of the store. A few seconds
later she decides which one she wants and puts the other item on the nearest
shelf to her where it did not belong. As
she continues to away I pick up the item and catch up to the lady to tell her
she forgot this item. I’m pretty sure
she knew that I had seen her pick up both items, so she takes the item from me
pretending she left it there on purpose.
Another rhetorical device I use at my job is euphemism. A lot of the time I become very frustrated
with Costco members, therefore to me swearing makes some of the pain go
away. I obviously can’t swear at work so
instead I say other words that rhyme with swear words I like to use.
It seems like you have a lot of pretty ridiculous customers at Costco. In the times that I have went there I always see people doing that, leaving things in places that they don’t belong. It is really frustrating because like you I also work in a food type of store mine being Nob Hill. When I see people doing this its really annoying because it seems like the only thing that they ever set down in the wrong place are things that go bad if they are left out like milk, I always find milk on weird isles like the cereal or cleaner isle. I really like the use of the rhetoric device.
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