Easy lessons in good shopping manners

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title
Easy lessons in good shopping manners
Year
1941
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THE YOUNG CITIZEN AuGusT, 1941 FOR THIRD GRADERS EASY LESSONS IN GOOD SHOPPING MANNERS I. LEAVE THINGS ALONE - .. Never touch thinq.s- on the cour-ters. This month we are ,going to stud y about good man­ tfe>rs in the store; that is, good shoppi�g manners. When you enter a store, you see many interesting things on the counters. ' These are placed for you to look at, but not to handle unless a clerk asks you to do so. Never touch things on the counters. That is a good rule to remember when· you enter a store. II. TELL WHAT YOU WANT �� Be sure to tel I the clerk plainly and distinc.tly what you want. If you go in to a store to buy something, you should have in mind what you want to buy. Be ·sure to tell the clerk plainl y and distinctly what· you want.· Do not stand a long time without saying anything. Choose as quickly as pos­ sible, and then tell what you want. AucusT, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN FOR THffiD GRADERS EASY LESSONS IN GOOD SHOPPING �ANNERS II I. BE POLITE TO THE CLERK A boy or girl should always be polite in all places. This is true at home, ·in the street, in the school, and even in a. store. A clerk in a store gets tired standing all day, waiting on custom­ ers. Sometimes people . are not polite wh�n they talk to a clerk. This is bad. Be polite to the clerk� -............._ Be polite clerk. ·IV. ALWAYS COUNT YOUR CHANGE to the.. 273 !-.-------------------------------. If you give. fifty centavos to the clerk in a store to pay for something which costs twenty centavos, the clerk will give you back some change. In order to avoid any diffi.culty, you should always count your . change in front of the clerk as soon as it is handed to you. The clerk will be glad to correct a mistake if one has been made. Always count your chanqe.