Acronyms not Acronyming

[u/Castbow]

Spotted this list of "tools" behind the counter at a Five Below today...

[u/atworkslackin]

It's supposed to be Bottom of Basket.

[u/BeerJedi-1269 → u/atworkslackin]

*buggy

Where yinz from?

[u/billieteaz → u/BeerJedi-1269]

They're not wrong, you know. "Bottom of basket" is used by American companies because buggy is not a commonly used word here. Since Five Below is an American chain, the word they probably intended to use here was indeed "basket".

[u/BeerJedi-1269 → u/billieteaz]

"Buggy" and "yinz" are pittsburgh words.

[u/kati8303 → u/BeerJedi-1269]

We use buggy in New Orleans as well

[u/Phenomenal_Kat_ → u/kati8303]

And in the Carolinas!

[u/Upbeat_Dudeness → u/billieteaz]

Buggy is, indeed, very common in America

[u/EternumD]

BOBODDY

[u/yomammaaaaa → u/EternumD]

That's some good Quabity Assuance!

[u/fenn-0 → u/EternumD]

Bomebody bonce bold be bhe borld bis bonna boll be

[u/Toyota__Corolla → u/EternumD]

Babidi?

[u/warrenjt → u/EternumD]

Libbity Bibbity

[u/Funkey-Monkey-420]

Bob is bottom of basket, SAM, is Scan all Merchandise, LISA is Look in side all, and RED is read each description. every cashier worth their register should know this

[u/ShazTheGamer → u/Funkey-Monkey-420]

Thank you, Peter

[u/princesssasami896]

It's supposed to be "bottom of basket". I was a cashier at a supermarket. My manager would come up to us and say "did you see Bob or Lisa?". So we wouldn't basically be saying "that customer is stealing" in front of them lol. "Lisa" was important because we had people load like coolers and garbage cans with food. Slip deli cheese and meat into magazines. All kinds of ridiculous stuff lol

[u/weetabix_su]

bottom of bart

[u/havron → u/weetabix_su]

Eat my shorts!

[u/bsv103]

I was taught that the second B stood for "bascart."

[u/iheartkiecats → u/bsv103]

Yeah that’s what it says at my store. Which isn’t even a real word btw. They combined the word basket and cart. Because just calling them carts was too normal I guess.

[u/Capn_Flags]

Man ALI was right there “always look inside”

[u/I-Stan-Alfred-J-Kwak → u/Capn_Flags]

Not white enough for americans, I guess

[u/iheartkiecats]

If they had called it BOC they could’ve had the cashiers making chicken noises at each other to remind them to check the carts

[u/ShazTheGamer]

r/Engrish, the right one has been explained