Is this rude for a pregnant woman?

Question

I thought people were considerate to pregnant women. I'm 7 months pregnant and wore a tight shirt today, and while I was out running errands, people kept commenting on my pregnancy so obviously everyone can tell that I'm pregnant.

I just got back from Walgreens, where I had to wait 10 minutes to check out because some woman and the young cashier were rambling on and on about nothing while I had my money out and ready to go with my little 4 items and wondered why she couldn't ring me up real quick. The woman wasn't even buying anything, just asking questions.

I'm not saying pregnant women should get to skip lines or have special parking spaces, but it would have taken 2 seconds to ring me out and it is getting harder for me to move and stand around. I am always considerate to people even if they aren't elderly, pregnant or disabled. I'm so considerate that I didn't even interrupt their conversation and waited instead.

She wasn't asking questions about the store. I wasn't really paying attention to what they were talking about, but it seemed like it was a friend visiting her at work. I would have said something if the cashier had looked at me more than once. She looked at me when I walked up and that was it.

I've been getting really emotional lately and didn't want to snap at someone and ruin their day. I've dealt with lots of rude customers while I was working so I know how that feels. I'm not a pushover either by the way, I speak up when something is important or really out of line.

dblohseven7 -

I'm sorry you have a hard time reading. Learn to quickly scan text for the information you're looking for. Your comment made no sense by the way. Good job, idiot.

Answer 1

If the woman was a customer and asking questions that pertained to her being a customer then the cashier has to focus on her and answer her questions first because she was there first. The woman who was asking the questions could have offered to let you go first, but the cashier has a duty to the first person in line, not the one who is pregnant or disabled.

I understand where you are coming from, and it was rude if they were talking about nothing that pertained to her being a customer. The woman could have let you go before she asked the questions and most people would have done it. But there is no protocol for it and she may have thought she was being quick or she may have been in a hurry.

Answer 2

No, you weren't being rude. Sounds to me like the cashier needs a lesson in courtesy. the same thing happened to me at a Walgreen's also. I needed a razor to shave my face and the cashier and another woman were yakking it up in front of me. There was no one else in line and no other cashier. I politely interrupted the conversation and asked if she could ring me up. She said that when she was through with this customer she'd get to me. She wasn't ringing anything up as her friend already had her items bagged.

After a time I asked if there was another cash register, they both pointed towards the pharmacy. I was then rung up by the store's manager to whom I complained. She didn't seem interested at all in what I had to say. Needless to say the cashier and her friend were still talking as I left.

In answer to your question, no, I will not be shopping at Walgreen's again -ever.

Answer 3

Sounds like everyone was considerate.
You would have thought they where talking about nothing, but it was something to someone.
If the gal at the register where to ring you up while she was talking to someone else, wouldn't the other person feel the register gal was being rude and not listening to her?
How would the register gal while listen and ringing you up have the moment to ask you if you found everything okay? and what if you needed to ask her for something behind the register?
Pregnant or not - patience is what everyone needs, and you becoming a Mommy soon, you will need those patience. Life is easier when we are polite to others. What you had gone through in the store.. I'm glad, including you, had the patience to wait for your turn.

Answer 4

The world is full of rude and dis respectable people, seems more and more every day. There is no good customer service anymore it seems sometimes, but don't let them change you, you are a kind, respectable person and just hope others will learn the proper way to act by example. I am the same way, I would never interrupt them, because it is rude and maybe I am wrong but that is who I am and how I was raised. I might call the store manager later to alert them of their lacking employee, so they will talk to them and it doesn't happen to someone else.

Answer 5

keep in mind that the cashier is required to answer customer questions if they are asking them. Why the wait may have seemed excessive to you, how would you feel if the roles were reversed (i.e., you had questions to get answered and the cashier ignored them in order to ring up another customer)? Waiting while you're pregnant is not a fun thing, but the other customers deserve to be waited on as well. Next time you want to consider asking the cashier to go ahead and ring you up while she is answering questions for another customer. Just politely explain to her that you're uncomfortable waiting:)

Best of luck to you and the new baby!!

Answer 6

One of the results of the feminist movement of the 70's was that men in particular but the society as a whole was brainwashed into NOT giving women special treatment...of any sort.

My sister in law was at a Walgreens recently with herself and two under 3 year old young children sick...and everyone was bitching at her about being there and with children all being contagious. But at the same time no one would let her cut the line or be served quicker.

Society at large is not as kind. That is not to say that people are not, given an opportunity they will be quite kind...but on a whole or in a group...people have become quite unkind.

Congratulations on the baby.

Answer 7

Sometimes you have to be a little assertive to get what you want. If that were me (and I'm not even pregnant), I would have said, "Excuse me, I'm in a hurry, could you please ring me up?" That's not being rude or inconsiderate. That's standing up for yourself. The cashier was being rude and not doing her job, and you had every right to speak up. The same would be true for a woman who wasn't pregnant or a man.

Answer 8

I don't think that has anything to do with being pregnant. Even if you aren't pregnant it would have been the nice thing to do, to ring you up while she chatted away, or stopped her conversation to do it.
When I was pregnant I couldn't get a man, other than my husband to hold the door for me. Some people are just inconsiderate, pregnant or not.

Answer 9

I think you just have to face that some people are inconsiderate of other people. The women obviously had no interest in helping you and just wanted to talk to her friend or whoever it was. She may not have noticed you either. Wether or not she did she may have found it awkward to tell the lady to walk aside so she could ring up. Or she may have just wanted to talk and for you to wait. Wether your pregnant or not some people are just rude.

Answer 10

Unfortunately, no everyone in this world is considerate to other people...even pregnant women. When I was pregnant, I worked at Rite Aid, and this older lady gave me such a hard time because I would carry out a HUGE bag of dog foof for her. I told her I couldn't because I was pregnant, (oviously)...and she told me that I shouldnt be working then....couldnt believe it. But you know what, you only have 2 months left, and you will get your body back, and your baby. So congrats....