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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
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Telling that staff (cashier) at the convenience store doesn't need you to enter. What do you say?

What do you say when you want to tell that staff at the convenience store doesn't need you to enter or buy stuffs for some reason.

Why she being so aggressive when I check my items out at her cashier. Maybe she doesn't want me to come and buy her stuff?

  

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First, please note that the word 'staff' is a group word. It refers to all the people who work at a place. If we want to refer to one of these people, we don't say 'a staff'.

  • First, please note that the word 'staff' is a group word.
  • It refers to all the people who work at a place.
  • If we want to refer to one of these people, we don't say 'a staff'.
  • We say eg a member of the staff, eg a staff.
  • The word 'staff' is not used as much as it used to be.
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First, please note that the word 'staff' is a group word. It refers to all the people who work at a place. If we want to refer to one of these people, we don't say 'a staff'. We say eg a member of the staff, eg a staff.

The word 'staff' is not used as much as it used to be. We sometimes use it when talking about people who work in a store. But in modern English, we usually talk about

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