[tobr]

> You are being rude. The innocent cashier is forced to ask you that question and has no power to change the rules.

Then the person being rude is the person forcing the cashier to do this. The customer should push back, so the cashier can push back.

[throwaway3699]

Both are rude.

The cashier and customer should both realize that neither of them want to do this, and be polite about it.

The cashier has to do that all day, every day though, so I feel like they get a pass.

[vulcan01]

If you push back, nothing happens to you.

If the cashier pushes back, they may be punished (up to and including getting fired — there's more competition for cashier-level jobs than you think).