So not totally GC related, but we were discussing not long ago the merits of finding the newbie cashier for checkout. Almost backfired on me today
I wasn't buying GC's, but I was at Target using up my 20% off coupon. So I had a stack of manufacturer coupons to match with the cartwheel deals today on top of the 20% so when I was getting in line with my full cart I was just about to get into a line with a nice looking but a little older lady cashier and for me they can go either way on how picky they are with coupons. Some let it all go through but most in my neck of the woods scrutinize the things like the money is coming out of their own pocket. Right next to her is a young man with a similar line so I thought, score! Usually a good combo - young and male, usually if the computer gives acceptance beep they don't care. As he was finishing up with the person in front of me he seemed like he was new, again usually a good sign
It was all going good, he was even a good bagger, until the coupons and I realize he's reading literally all the fine print on the first one before he scans it! D'oh. This could take forever, I had a money roll stack of coupons. Fortunately I didn't have anything questionable this time, almost all the stuff I bought was literally pictured on the coupon so it's easy to match up. But there were still 3 or 4 that didn't immediately go through and we had to wait for the coupon lady ("she's really good with coupons, i'll need to ask her") to come by. She looked at them, totally agreed they were valid and walked him through how to accept them. I'm pretty sure it took as long to scan the coupons as it was to ring up the whole order.
Well that was longer than I thought, but final thought was occasionally you get the eager beaver newbie who doesn't just believe you
But I think it was worth the time and effort, I used a TGT GC from the 10% sale on top of all that so I got a 45% discount on the whole order all told.