25 Unforgivable Things Trader Joe's Employees Absolutely Hate That Customers Do And 4 Things They Absolutely Love

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1.Trader Joe's employees hate when you somehow can't see just how out of everything the store truly is:

Employee showing empty shelves

2.Or when you think they can pinpoint the exact moment they ran out of chicken tikka masala:

Shrek "Good question" meme about someone asking why are you out of things

3.Trader Joe's employees hate when you remember your bags at the VERY last second:

Meme about a customer saying they have a bag after things are bagged

4.Trader Joe's employees hate when you don't want your bag to be heavy despite buying 19 packs of seltzer and three bottles of olive oil:

Simpsons supermarket scene with caption, "I want everything in one bag and I don't want it to be heavy"

5.Trader Joe's employees hate when you pretend that the back of a salad dressing bottle is absolutely captivating you instead of helping to bag:

"Yikes monkey" meme with caption "Customers trying to look busy around the registers so they don't feel pressured to help bag"

6.Trader Joe's employees hate when you don't remove that card:

meme about an elderly customer not knowing how the card machine works

7.Trader Joe's employees hate when you try to forcibly enter the bathroom:

Meme about a customer begging to be let into the bathroom

8.Trader Joe's employees hate when you just stand there staring off into the distance while checking out:

Meme of Kermit the frog on oxygen with the caption "Me after ringing and bagging a $300 cart for a couple" where the wife glanced at them and the PIN machine nervously and the husband stood with his arms folded and stared at their body

9.Trader Joe's employees hate when you put your trash all over the store...

Meme about a customer finding an empty spot on the shelf and asking "Is this a place to put unwanted items and garbage?"

10....or leave it in a cart:

Dirty bathing suit in a cart

11.Trader Joe's employees hate when you sneak up on them like some sort of grocery store ghoul:

picture of squidward staring wide-eyed

12.Trader Joe's employees hate when you ignore the obvious signs that yes, the register is open:

Long line of people waiting to ask if the register is open

13.Trader Joe's employees hate when you stand a little too close:

Meme about being anxious when customers stand close

14.Trader Joe's employees hate when you can't even begin to describe the extremely specific thing you're looking for:

Meme of young Obi-Wan Kenobi looking confused

15.Trader Joe's employees hate when you give yourself a little in-store taste test:

Raw meat with bite marks

16.Trader Joe's employees hate when you completely ignore their patented small talk:

Meme of someone barging in without saying hello

17.Trader Joe's employees hate when you make them wait while you dig out your ol' stinky bag:

Meme of a skeleton sitting on a bench

18.Trader Joe's employees hate when you throw currency at them:

Meme of person saying put the change in my hand

19.Trader Joe's employees hate when you make that dumb, dumb joke:

Meme of a person laughing at a bad joke about item being free because it didn't scan

20.Trader Joe's employees hate when you think they aren't a pro at this whole bagging thing:

Meme from Seinfeld of George Costanza saying, "Jerry, I've been preparing for this moment my entire life"

21.Trader Joe's employees hate when you miss what's right in front of you:

Meme of a customer getting told the product is in front of them and the person holding a gun behind them

22.Trader Joe's employees hate when you leave your cart in your parking spot like a barbarian:

Meme calling out customers for not returning carts

23.Trader Joe's employees hate when you hand them your wet, slimy bags to put food in:

Meme of a customer getting on their phone as they hand their reusable bags over

24.Trader Joe's employees hate when you can't follow card directions:

Meme of a customer not sure how a credit card machine works

25.And Trader Joe's employees hate when you don't take the time to read:

Meme about no matter how big you make a sign, customers won't read it

ON THE OTHER HAND...

26.Trader Joe's employees love when you don't give them your whole life story when answering a question:

Meme about being happy that a customer answered a question directly

27.Trader Joe's employees love when you lend a helping hand bagging your groceries:

Meme of a person giving a salute to customer's child who expertly starts bagging without being prompted

28.Trader Joe's employees love when you know how gift cards work:

Meme about how customers that scratch off the code are the best

29.And Trader Joe's employees love when you recognize how annoying some customers can be:

A social media post about how there's no better feeling than when you've just dealt with a terrible customer and the next one is like, "WTF was their problem?"