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>Assume every customer is a barely functional retard
>Treat them accordingly
>Apologise when they do or ask something stupid
Retail general
>>28091545
>I've been a customer at this store for years!
>I deserve this item for free!
>>28091746
Fuck I hate this. Had one guy claim he'd been comin for over 10 years. Store had only been open 7 and I'd been there for 5 of them. Had never once seen him.
Is there a job for the unskilled that isn't as soul sucking as retail or as physically demanding as basic trades/construction?
>>28092074
Do you think it depends on how soul sucking it is being directly related to how much time you spend with your boss (if he/she sucks)?
>>28092587
Personally no, I rarely see my boss. Customers and having to feign happiness and being polite is what I find draining.
>ask customer to obey rules
>customer goes out of their way to disobey rules
I don't even get angry anymore. Just disappointed.
How do you deal with people treating you either like you aren't even a real personnel or like you don't know the inner workings and policies of your own store?
How often do you have to deal with people trying to get free shit?
>>28092074
warehouse work.
literally just walk around all day moving boxes here or there and shipping orders, all while listening to music. comfiest job in existence.
>>28092074
If I had to get a wagecuck job it would be driving something or operating machinery but you need to be skilled for that right?
>>28092759
>How do you deal with people treating you either like you aren't even a real personnel or like you don't know the inner workings and policies of your own store?
I work next to a big public service building, so pretty often. I didn't think it meme'd like this, but it do.
>
How often do you have to deal with people trying to get free shit?
You're giving them too much credit, they stopped trying ages ago. I caught some faggot today that said with a straight face 'I didn't pay for it because I didn't want to'.
>>28092781
How long until that is completely automated?
>Work at a restaurant
>Counter has oil candle on it
>Retards constantly stick their nose in this scentless flame and then withdraw in shock as they discover that FIRE HOT!
>One guy stands in front of the candle
>Burns his fucking shirt off
>Asks for a refund because of this
Other story
>Someone asks a third party to buy takeaway food in "red sauce"
>restaurant has a shit tonne of red sauce foods
>have to guess
>30 mins later guy who sent innocent retard to buy the food storms in
>I ASKED FOR RED SAAAUUUUCCEEEE
>mad beyond belief, jumping up and down, smashing fists into counter, looks like the guy has legit anger issues
>I ask him to calm down and describe what he means by "red" sauce
>figure out that he wanted sweet and sour
>offer to switch the food since I'm a nice guy
>screams "NOOOOOOOOoooo" as he literally runs out of the restaurant
>>28091545
Customer here.
What can I do to improve a retail worker's day?
I really didn't mind retail.
In fact I liked it.
I worked in a grocery store and sure you'd sometimes get a weird customer or a bitch, but they added variety to my life. And getting to know the regulars almost gave me a sense of community.
The predictable jokes didn't get old for me, I appreciated people trying to be nice or make conversation.
>>28092820
Be polite, don't make small talk, know what you're after to some extent, pay for your product and leave
>>28092820
Don't come in
>>28092704
ahahahahah I'm the complete opposite. I actually like interacting with people and doing work related shit at my own pace. It's just when my boss comes in he stresses everybody out and since I'm the newest person he takes it out all on me and shows me no respect. I just take it like a bitch though, can't be bothered to talk back.
>>28092806
depends what kind of warehouse.
Amazon and misc distribution warehouses? Probably pretty soon.
But there are a vast multitude of goods that would be very costly to automate.
Especially if your warehouse does orders direct to sellers, instead of just distribution to retail stores like a walmart distribution center. Picking and packing is very difficult to automate.
>>28092820
No small talk
Just buy the product and walk away
Don't even talk to me
Man I can't stand customers trying to make small talk. I always try and talk back in a fun way and make an ass of myself
>Stocking the eggs
>Old Customer comes and sees me struggling to move a heavy carton with many eggs
>Laughs and says 'you lay them yourselves son?'
>realise he is making a joke, and that I should reciprocate
>'I-I can't lay THAT many eggs, I am not a centipede!'
>he doesn't laugh at me, so I decide to make a punchline
>'I'm a MILLIPEDE!'
>pretend to be a millipede and mime my hands in the air really quickly like I have 100 hands
>he doesn't laugh
>I go back to work and ignore him
Also I fucking hate secret customers. I have failed them before and will get fired if it happens again
>>28092806
Yeah, automation is on my mind. I work in the warehouse for a courier company, driving forklifts and so forth. 3d printing, drones, and driver less vehicles are going to shake this industry to it's core. I think I may last longer than the couriers and truck drivers, but who knows? Hopefully automation will lead to a post scarcity society and I'll never have to work again.
>>28092996
>eggs
>centipede
>millipede
what the fuck?
Jesus christ didn't you ever learn to just laugh smile and nod?
>>28091746
>this isn't the 1900's, gramps
my fucking face
>>28092996
>'I'm a MILLIPEDE!'
>pretend to be a millipede and mime my hands in the air really quickly like I have 100 hands
what
>>28092996
>Also I fucking hate secret customers.
What is this?
>>28093066
Retail gestapo.
>>28093066
oh shit I had that in my store too.
They were basically people who rated how well each station did like did the cashier greet you/ask for your rewards card, or did this department of the store's employees come to you and ask you if you need any help.
>>28093066
Someone from the store buys something and rates your customer service skills. in our store nobody cares if you pass or fail it's just a tick box thing
>>28093066
people who are "paid" or compensated by your parent company through a contractor to go in and rate their customer experience.
So if you're a bitch to the wrong person or fail to uphold the corporate standards you fail your shop and get in trouble.
Most people are cool about it and just give you 5/5s but every now and then you get that fucking busybody who has nothing at all to do with her time and picks apart your fucking routine like you're a fucking guard of the tomb of the unknown soldier.
>>28093066
People that get paid to shop at stores and judge them via reviews. They rate worker interactions too, so they'll call you out in the report for not smiling and greeting them as they walk past you when you're trying to get your job done. Stupid shit like that.
>>28092956
>Picking and packing is very difficult to automate.
Keep telling yourself that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsMdN7HMuA
>>28093237
all I see are robots brings a guy shitty little racks of shitty little goods.
I'd love to see them automate bulk goods not amazon tier sundries.
>>28093283
You're vastly overrating the importance and difficulty of what you do. Surely seeing that makes you realize it's not a giant leap to replace you putting shit into a box?
>>28092996
he was implying your a chicken shit faggot and you proved him right.
I stock shelves in a supermarket on Graveyard shift. Not a bad job in itself:being paid to exercise, enough solitude once you get your assignment for the night for indulging in audiobooks. And having days free means you can enjoy the daylight while 9 to 5ers are trapped,matinee theatres with noone to annoy you,and avoiding the idiot management and their scarey big bosses. You'll have to sleep through jackhammers,and you can't find a steak dinner at 8AM when you want one,but the worst part are the Night Shoppers.
You get mobs of teenage punks who ride around in the cripple carts like it was their own personal toy,and if they actually BUY anything its a miracle. You get the bums and crazies camping out where the coffeeshop is,sprawled on the table with their cartful of belongings,muttering and stinking. You get the shoplifters, regulars that smile at you as they rip you off,because it costs the company too much to prosecute them,and God forbid they get their "rights" violated if you dare chase them out. You see the carelessness of people who let frozen stuff rot on the shelves,things opened and half eaten,the biggest boxes of diapers torn to get a change for some mutants lil WIC welfare spawn,and sometimes the Dirty diaper is thrown on the shelf next to it.
I leave work fantasizing about putting tiny signs on the front doors declaring Martial Law upon entering,and bringing a much needed beating to these lovely folk. But the Security team is more interested in watching the workers,since firing US frees the company from paying benefits and pensions,while stealing is written off as a tax cut for loss.
Oh well...I can dream
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>>28093302
I am not a warehouse worker anymore.
I also don't think it's important. Just difficult and not cost effective to automate. With little shit like smaller amazon orders maybe. But with bigger difficult packages and good it requires a human touch.
>>28093774
>let frozen stuff rot on the shelves
this makes me so angry
>woman walks up with handbag
I scan it; "That's 17.99"
I hand her her receipt
>"can I have a bag with this"
W-hat?
>can I have this in a bag?
>>28093774
I'm a fulltime overnight stocker at a 24 hour walmart. Havent had nearly this terrible of experience, and the store is literally a fence away from the town "projects".
Then again I've seen a support manager call the cops on a homeless man for washing himself in our washroom. So many people know they dont tolerate shit.
Funny story is that 2 years ago, before I worked here, I was immediately escorted out of the store because I was wasted at 3 am chatting with a fat girl. Im almost positive we were actually having a conversation and it wasnt my shitface self creeping on her. But I think the manager caught on that I was wasting her time instead of stocking.
So yeah, maybe your stores management are liberals or something.
>>28093958
I ask for everything in a bag, because the guy at the door is less likely to check your shit and assume you stole it.
Fuck you.
>>28091545
>work as a cashier
>not being the retard
Look, yeah there's retarded customers of course, that's because everyone goes to the store to buy groceries, clothes, etc. So of course you're going to get retards, but also college students, businessmen, etc etc.
I hope you're aware that everyone with a real job looks down on you. I know I do. More so if it's a male cashier. Female cashiers are normal because women don't care about getting good jobs.
>>28093987
>guy at the door
The fuck are you on about
>>28094045
>people who are cashiers obviously want to be cashiers and do the same shit job forever
I found the soccer mom.
>>28093066
>work at planet fitness
>we have to memorize a 5 page script to recite word for word to people looking to sign up for a membership
>secret shoppers come in once a month
>if you don't get 100% you get written up
>people have been fired for missing like one thingi fucking hate planet fitness, such a shitty company
>>28091545
did you ever have to deal with shoplifters?
I had a lady think she put money on the counter (she didnt). She accused me and the guy behind her of taking it. Nope. She got piss and said "I wish i could cut off all males penises" then storm out the store. Thirty minutes later she called saying she found the money in her purse
>>28094198
had some guy say I short changed him 20 dollars, and i flatly told him that hes wrong and I know hes wrong. He just walked away and I never heard about it again.register came up 20 dollars over and I pocketed it
>make the work day go by quickly by obsessively working
>suddenly, old person wants to talk to me
>starts ranting about politics
>I become incredibly uncomfortable because I'm not working
>can't just ditch the old person, that would be rude
>>28094251
you would of hated my old job. I worked as a "barista" at a video slot machine place and my job was pretty much talk to old people while they burned their money.
>>28094045
Doctor here. I used to be a cashier at Wal-Mart. I don't look down upon retail or Customer Service jobs at all. I pity them and empathize with them. They are smarter than you think, but they are having their souls sucked out of them for a thankless job at $9.00/hour. They have to put up with entitled and arrogant folks such as yourself, perform tasks that don't even fit their job description, and believe it or not, be aware of any shoplifters or receipt shoppers that try to steal or take advantage of the store. They have to keep an eye on counterfeit bills and checks. But nothing takes the cake from a whiny customer who thinks they know how to do their job better than them.
>>28094281
so you were a drink whore at a casino
>>28094076
Tell me about it, Jesus. I work at Staples in Canada never had:
-LP teams
-Secret shoppers
-Any sort of LP training
LP literally consisted of telling a manager if you see somebody stealing, that's it.
>>28092759
how do i deal with the former? walk away. literally walk away. they get so assblasted when they aren't the focal point of your attention. those fucks are so vapid it's insane.
free shit - tell 'em no or call AP and your manager.
t.wageslave for an entire year
>>28094290
What is a doctor doing on /r9k/?
What kind of doctor are you, a doctor in women's studies?
>>28093237
how long until we have obese americans riding those things down the street?
>>28092759
apathy towards everything. just do the bare minmum until you get fired then move on to the next shit job.
>usually work as a cashier
>today theyre putting me behind the meat counter
>I know literally nothing about how to do that
What do I do robots? I have work in 3 hours
>>28094345
AP?
I never had anybody ask for free shit, nor even discounts. The irony is I could take up to 10$ off any purchase without manager approval, so if someone needed a discount all they need do was ask.
>>28093066
>corporations have their own secret police
I want off the ride.
>>28094377
ask your co-workers if they worked there and what to do.
>>28094377
meat counter is the easiest fucking job in the entire store next to dairy stocker.
The guy at my store was an alcoholic who was almost always drunk. Just chill in the fridge area and come out every 15 to 30 minutes or so to hand people some sausage or whatever the hell they want.
Do you guys really hate small talk? My dad will tell his life story to any waiter or cashier who acts even somewhat friendly.
>>28094414
only the autistic ones who don't deserve their fucking jobs. Putting on a friendly smile and asking someone how their day was is not hard.
>>28094408
>meat counter combined with seafood counter
>pretty easy, just type in the code, weigh the product, wrap it up
>store implements a new system where customers can get their fish put into a baking bag, complete with a selection of 16 different seasonings/herbs
>customers don't ever know what they want in the bag
>interactions take 10 more minutes than they used to
>lines build up easily and then you have to prepare some yuppie fuckhead's seasoned fish bag while 3 other yuppies angrily stare you down for taking too long
Nah, fuck the counter
>>28094359
Psychiatrist. I hate people.
>>28094506
Oh, I don't think we offer anything like that
Do you have any tips for me though? Like, how to pick out a pound of ground beef, or wrap stuff properly? I don't even know how to use the measure or anything.
Apparently the manager asked all my coworkers if they wanted to do it, and when they all said no, she put me back there without asking )^:
>>28094587
meh, let them bitch at you, you still control when they get their meat. Underestimate at first. it's easier to add weight than it is to take it away.
Also don't cut your hand off with the slicer thing.
Usually there's at least 2 people back there though? One stocking the packaged meats and one working the counter. If that's how your store works try to be the one stocking the packaged meats.
>>28092859
I think it depends where in retail you work. I worked at a convenience store for a while, and it was a lot of fun. People were typically really friendly and social. A few even invited me to hang out with them (they'd never follow through if I texted them, but the invitation was nice at least). Then I worked at a grocery store and it was fucking miserable. Everyone's tired, angry, mean, and so demanding they'll start screaming over not getting a 10 cent discount.
>>28092074
>get nightshift retail stocking job
>'everyone works together'
>noticeo ne dude whos been there for 30 years works alone
>he has back problems and starts doing other shit
>take over his area
>just jam music and do my job then peace out every night
it's great. The hardest part was convincing my boss I'm capable of not needing him to tell me what to do 24/7. I just bantered him to death with bullshit until he fucked off.
>cashier at Aldi (germany's walmart)
>very nice regular comes in
>older guy, pretty right wing
>starts ranting about gun rights
>i agree, we shoot the shit about the few fudd guns we're still allowed to have
>reach behind me for his cigs and see libtard coworker glaring at me
>if she reports me to HR I'm done for because I fucked up pretty bad before
WAKE ME UP
>>28094587
For a pound of ground beef, I just grab a handful and see what it weighs, then take or add some depending on how close it is. Customers usually aren't picky and as long as it's close to a pound they'll give it the OK, so you won't have to be exact. There will probably be someone else in the meat dept who can give you a quick rundown of the basics, I doubt they would just toss you on untrained. Though it wouldn't surprise me.
>>28094621
Even then, the packaged meats guy may have to cover breaks or help when it gets busy.
>>28094673
reports you for what?
Talking to a customer? she's got nothin
>>28094673
report her for sexual harassment, say she's 'leering' at you constantly. KEK
>>28094673
we have Aldi in the US Only grocery store i know that lets cashiers sit down.
>>28092074
I work with a glazier and it's pretty easy work
Sure sometimes it's pretty demanding but I can do it and I'm a lazy fuck who didnt exercise in years
10 eurobucks/hour is also great for unskilled labour
>working at a bagel shop
>dykeish looking woman asks for a certain type of sandwitch
>okay
>also wants Jalapeno creamcheese
>okay
>Make her order exactly as she asked
>5 minutes later the dyke comes back, face all red
>YOU SONOFABITCH YOU GAVE ME JALAPENO CREAMCHEESE, I WANTED CHIVE FUUUUCK YOUUUUU!
>slams a perfectly good sandwitch righ into the trash
>fuck.jewpg
>manager saw everything happen
>the lady clearly asked for jalapeno
>we give her a free combo meal deal just so she'll shut the fuck up
She did it on purpose. I despise the human race and pray ever day for it's complete destruction.
>>28094693
She knows about me smoking on graveyard shift though, rather not pick a fight with her
>>28094708
Kek
>>28094713
Thats pretty cool really. Although the chairs arent comfy at all
>>28094621
>>28094683
Thank you, friends.
They said I'll definitely be working the counter though, so no luck on that front
>>28091545
>works retail
>thinks customers are retards
>thinks he isn't a retard
Congrats on being a highly functioning one.
>>28094673
>>28094852
Can you really get fired for your political views? How the fuck is that legal?
>>28092859
You keep posting this. Or I've got deja vu.
>>28094905
Have you ever been to germany?
Think of the most liberal college in your country, double that and make an entire country out of it. You can get fired from a multitude of jobs not for smoking on the job, but for publically admitting you smoke. Theres also reserved jobs for minorities. Help me, adopt me if you want. I want to get away
>Worked at GoodWill before going off to college to save up some money.
>Mandatory down syndrome employee who was actually pretty cool and funny but would sometimes just hum really loudly freaking me out.
>6/10 qt who had no business working there but probably dropped out of school or some shit
>Old lady who was unnaturally cheery until I saw her crying her eyes out in the back one day, turns out her house burned down and she lost everything.
>Crabby bitch who never took shit from customers and would stand up for you
>Gimp boss who never really talked and was there one day out of the week
>Indian supervisor who took job too seriously but was willing to teach and work with me
Goddamn that place was the best kind of carnival. Never really had a hard time with customers since they were usually dirt poor and didn't act up out of shame. Also got two gameboy colors and all the pokemon games for it for 4 bucks with my discount. Goddamn I miss retail.
>>28095079
>tfw half my co-workers smoke, we just have to be out of uniform when we do it.
>working drive thru at Taco Bell
>customer drives up to intercom
>"Hi, welcome to Taco Bell. What can I get you?"
>silence
>"Order whenever you're ready"
>more silence
>after 2 or 3 minutes ask if they're ready to order yet
>silence again
>another 2 or 3 minutes
>at this point all customers in front of them are gone and there's a line forming behind them
>"Can I help you find anything on the menu?"
>more silence
>eventually they speak up
>"HELLOOOOOOO?! IS ANYBODY GOING TO TAKE MY ORDER?!
another time
>"Hi, welcome to Taco Bell. What can I get you?"
>*mumble mumble mumble*
>"I'm sorry I didn't hear that."
>*mumble mumble mumble*
>"Can you speak up please? I can't hear what you're saying."
>*mumble* quesadilla *mumble*
>"Did you say a chicken quesadilla?"
>*mumble mumble mumble*
>literally nobody in the store can hear this guy
>after a few back and forths the lady in the drivers seat fucking yells
>"A NUMBER 7 WITH A MOUNTAIN DEW"
>"Okay, thank you. You should do the ordering because we literally can't hear what the other person is saying. What else would you like?"
>"UGH NEVERMIND JUST CANCEL THE ORDER"
>they were mad because I can't hear someone trying to whisper to me from the other side of a car
>>28095391
learn 2 fucking problem solve holy shit. "Our speaker is having problems please pull forward to the window and we'll take your order there."
>>28095426
Well first there's nothing wrong with the speaker, these people were just retarded. Second, having them come up to the window to order kills our window time. We had to get them out in less than 70 seconds.
>>28095459
I'm sure sitting there saying "wut?" 5,000 fucking times is faster than them pulling forward.
>>28095476
Keeping them at the intercom doesn't ruin our window time.
I work at a meat counter at a grocery store. I can't stand some people, especially the crazies.
>see some crazy fuck bumbling around
>wishing Hitler won WW2 and I was the grocery store gestapo and I could just grab people and throw them in a black van
>>28095497
by all means, keep using terminology like I fucking work at taco bell and know what you're talking about.
>work at Petsmart
>"where is the dog food?"
Why don't people even try looking for themselves before asking these mind-numbingly vapid questions? I honestly wish death upon these imbred mongoloids.
>>28095536
hey person who works here literally every day, where is the dog food aisle so I don't spend 10,000 fucking hours wandering around this store that smells like piss and sawdust?
>>28091545
Jokes on you, they have real jobs and extensive knowledge in fields you could have taken the time to learn to understand and chose not to
>>28091545
>They use welfare shit but don't know what they can or can not buy with it
>They don't notice an item marked $1.99 was placed there by another customer
>They expect you to be a machine
>You smile and tell them to have a nice day and they straight up ignore you
>They expect you to open the till for change, but we're instructed that they have to purchase something first. They get pissy about it
This one is the one that pissed me off the most:
>That one dumb ass spic lady who doesn't understand English and is searching for her welfare card.
>Holding up the ENTIRE LINE
>Paying attention and waiting.
>Bagger makes a comment
>I chuckle
>"HEY GUY SOME OF US HAVE TO BE PLACES WHY DON'T YOU HURRY IT UP!"
>Stupid ass beer belly fuck head thinks i'm the one holding up the line.
>"This lady is looking for her card."
>"Andele, senorita"
>stupid spic bitch frantically sifts through her garbage purse for her nappy ass welfare card
>Dumb-ass feels dumb for essentially scolding a borderline retarded illegal
got to love retail.
>>28093774
>>28093908
I usually get chocolate milk or ice coffee in the dairy section then put down in the cereal/ bread section when I remember it gives me bad shits
>>28095528
Are you brain dead? "Window time" = time spent at the window where they give us money and we give them food. They have to give us their money and we have to give them their food in less than 70 seconds or we get bitched at by management.
>>28095624
no but you seem to be a literal retard who is incapable of abstract thought beyond the confines of clearly defined "rules" laid out by superiors.
Do you think management would rather lose a sale or have an abnormal window time due to communication problems?
>>28091545
>Hmph I'm in a shitty mood, better take it out on the wageslaves who work here!
>Are you getting an attitude with me?
>>28092820
Don't look at me, don't say hello, don't ask how my day is, just get what you need and leave.
>>28095731
shitty customer service
>>28095731
How can I not say hello? Do cashiers not like that?
>>28092996
>old customers
As a customer myself, I also hate them.
Holy shit, no one wants to hear your lifes story, or that 'This was alllllll orchards back in my day'.
Happens everytime I'm in line at walgreens. Some fucking bluehair pays with a combination of coupons, dollar bills, pennies and wampum and keeps talking to the cashier.
>>28095651
They'd much rather lose a sale. I know because I fucking worked there.
>tell the customers our store rules
>they don't like it
>can I talk to your manager
>my manager tells them the same shit
Why...
>>28095745
Like almost 90% of the posts in this thread. Shit sucks.
>>28095775
I'm not a cashier, Iused towork in produce.
>>28092996
Dude ur obsession with these things is really funny. You're the one with the millipedes mating pics right? Does your whole world center around them? Why do you like them??
>>28091545
>considering getting a nightshift job somewhere because I think it'd be really comfy
Am I the only one? It's dark, much less customers and probably more camaraderie with your employees because you're all in the early hours together.
The thing that annoys me most is when people ask where shit is
Like people walk through the door and immediately start asking where shit is
WHY DON'T YOU FUCKING USE YOUR EYES YOU PIECE OF SHIT THEIRS SIGNS EVERYWHERE.
Worst part is the item they're looking for is usually clearly on a sign like 5 feet away.
One time the store was being remodeled and our bread moved to isle 6. We posted a sign right at the entrance saying it's moved to isle 6. Still had people asking for the bread and commenting how it's bullshit and that they can't find anything during the remodel.
>>28095688
Why not? Wageslaves cant do shit about it. They are used to being shat on and asking for more shit with a smile.
Its cheaper than a shrink and has no long term consequences for me. Them doing this is their best value to society because they obviously are not skilled enough for anything else.
>store's return policy is 30 days
>bring it back within 30 days with receipt and you can get cash
>after 30 days or no receipt you get store credit
>people constantly coming in after 30 days or with no receipt wondering why I won't give them cash
>register literally won't open for their return, will only let me swipe a gift card
>>28095553
Hey customer, literally half of the store is dedicated to dog food. If it takes you more than a minute to find it, you deserve to be euthanized.
>>28095861
nightshift? like midnight to morning? fuck that sounds hard
that would mess my sleeping schedule all up and I'd probably be fucking tired/stressed/irritable all the time
I wish there was a job where there required little to no customer interaction, and no degree
>>28095426
So that the dumb cunt will tell him to fix the speaker like it's his personal problem/concern
>>28095894
Somehow I returned some unused stuff and got my money back after 60 days.
>store policy is 30days
well feels good I guess
>>28095861
It's good if you don't have friends or ever want to do stuff in the day time. It'll absolutely kill your social life if you have one though.
>>28095932
>I can't answer a simple fucking question at my work about my work hurr durr retail is so hard!!!
>spill my spaghetti every time i try to check out
I wish i could just be a cunt and ignore/dehumanize the cashiers, but i feel like an enormous cunt if i do so.
>>28092074
graveyard shift security guard?
>Only getting paid $7.50 an hour
>Baggers make more money from tips. They only get paid $0.10 less than us, but make $5-$20 tips every time they take out for an old lady
>Get robbed at gunpoint one night
shit's honestly not worth it.
>>28095969
Are you seriously trying to justify not being able to find dog food at Pets Mart? Please kill yourself if you're so helpless that you can't do something so daunting as finding pet food at a pet store without someone holding your hand the entire way.
>>28095969
What makes you think I don't answer them? Great strawman.
>It's this entire half of the store, sir
You must be mentally impaired, anon. I'm sorry.
>ITT: Skill-less workers complaining about having to do their jobs and having to say "hello" and "have a good day" to customers, since it is so beneath them.
top kek
>>28095144
My goodwill was a rollercoaster too. Manager was an excon, our tard would always fist bump and tell you "Hey thanks!"
>>28096011
>rawr! how dare they ask me a question that takes literally 2 seconds to answer! RAWWWWWR! I shouldn't have to do ANYTHING at my job!!!
>>28096026
>simple fucking question
>answers it like a snob
>while working at fucking petsmart
>complains about his inability to not be a fucking snob on r9k
nice "retail nightmare' buddy
>>28096004
>baggers
>getting tips
What the fuck?
>>28096055
>>rawr! how dare they ask me a question that takes literally 2 seconds to answer! RAWWWWWR! I shouldn't have to do ANYTHING at my job!!!
It takes less than 2 seconds to use your eyes and actually see where the fucking dog food is.
>>28094518
Can you help me? Please?
>>28096004
>Baggers make more money from tips.
Not sure if bait
>>28096085
>STILL trying to justify his discourteous snobbery
epic
>>28096033
>Skill-less workers
Man an express lane near the front door for 8 hours and tell me how skill-less they are having to micromanage the till, bagging, and all the idiots who try to squeak by with more than x number of items.
by the way, I'm in the tech industry, but worked retail while in college. It's the most excruciating shit ever, if only for the fact you're not allowed to catch a break. You have to clean your own conveyer belt so it doesn't end up a trichinosis melt-down. You have to be cordial or suffer reprimands from the floor managers. You have to be accurate with your transactions.
Honestly, the only reason the tech industry is "skilled labor" is because it requires a lot of abstract memorization and understanding logical concepts. Retail is more difficult, in my experience.
>>28092947
Same here. Currently working under a mentorship as a sushi chef. Everything is really awesome until my boss walks over and devalues my whole existence.
I clean crashed cars all day.
I've seen some shit
>>28094713
woah woah woah WHAT
Cashiers don't actually sit down over in the US? I'd actually be amazed if this is true. It seems pretty weird that they'd rather risk lawsuits over back injuries than just dish out $30 for a chair that'll last probably a good 7 years (i've seen some of the chairs in retail stores in my country, and they're pretty busted up, at least 4 years old). Of course most people won't have the money to sue the big corporations, but what about unions and labor departments? Surely they'll fix something up if they get enough complaints?
>>28096102
>STILL trying to justify being retarded
>>28096138
>Cashiers don't actually sit down over in the US? I'd actually be amazed if this is true.
That's right. We stand. We're forced to stand on support pads, usually.
>man comes in and immediately starts talking about a book he read
>"You should stock this! It tells the truth!"
>Quick summary: science is all a lie, the earth is in fact flat and saying it's spherical is a massive centuries long conspiracy by all scientists. All photos and whatnot from space are a fabrication.
>"Therefore, global warming is a lie since the earth is not a globe!"
>me: T-that's interesting. Thanks for telling me
I get these people every now and then.
>>28096140
>can't
>answer
>a simple
>fucking
>question
>that it's
>your job
>to answer
LMAO
>A manager at store x said hed take 200 off so Id like to do that here
Go to store x then
>>28096004
I'm a bagger and out of like 75 carryouts I've done in like 8 months I think 2 old ladies tipped me 2 bucks and some southern dude tipped me 4. Shit sucks dude. Also the store gets us in trouble if they find out we accept tips. Why do people tip waiters but not retail people
>>28096055
>answers it like a snob
>literally telling a customer where his product is is being a snob
Okay, little guy. I understand the whole "critical thinking" thing is new to you, so I'll be sure to hold your hand the next time you walk in my store. I'll even breastfeed you like the mindless little baby you are.
>>28096154
I'm going to have to side with the cashier. Dog food and Cat food are easy to find in a Petco or Petsmart.
It's like asking "Where are the tires" after walking into an autozone.
Work at some hipster organic food grocery store, so you can kinda guess what the clientele will be like.
>Customer comes in and asks where our gluten free shit is
>literally fucking everywhere
>"oh, so you guys just mix it all in with everything else"
>Fuck. "Yes"
>ask her if she would like anything is specific
>"where is your cereal at?"
>take her to aisle 4
>"I don't see gluten free"
>WTF BITCH EVERYTHING HERE IS GLUTEN FREE
>kindly say that it says it on the box
>"I STILL DON'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE GETTING GLUTEN FREE FROM"
>Point to it on the fucking box
>"ohhhhhh"
There is nothing worse than when customers bitch to yoy about ingredients or why they can/cannot have a certain item. Who fucking cares
>stocking the snack aisle
>customer calls me over
>"where's your SeaSnax seaweed?"
>"oh, sorry ma'am, I guess there's none out here, I'll go check in the back, hold on.
In any normal situation the interaction would be over by now.
>"and this here Annie Chun's Seaweed....."
>FUCK
>literally lists off every ingredient and how it's bad for you and goes off on a tangent about the history of Annie Chun and how she used to have Annie Chun's on display in the grocery store she worked in.
>this drags on for 20 minutes.
>already on a tight fucking schedule.
>end up writing a note for the manager to see telling him that a customer had a request for more damn SeaSnax
>>28096107
Wow, that's great. Guess what, I also worked skill-less customer service jobs during college.
Yeah, it can be stressful, but that doesn't make it skilled work. Any monkey off the street can "man an express lane near the front of the door." It's only skilled when the average person off the street can't do your job.
And I have nothing against cashiers, stockers, or any other unskilled workers. But what I do have a problem with is when they think that they are so above having to have small talk with the customer or when they feel bothered having to explain something to the customer. It's literally their job.
>>28096177
>2 seconds to answer a simple question
>HURRRRRRR RETAIL IS SO HARD
>acherilly the cashier whose job it is to answer questions and be courteous is right to complain about blah blah blah blah
>>28096163
Peridot is qt pie
>>28096138
True in Canada also. I was reprimanded repeatedly when i worked cash part-time in highschool for leaning slightly against my counter when there were no customers.
>>28096154
We can answer the question. We just shouldn't have to because it's a retarded question.
>walk into grocery store
>HURR DURR WHURS DA FOOD?
>walk into candy store
>HURR DURR WHURS DA CANDY?
>>28095651
one of my best friends worked at a burger king for a good 2 years. They quite literally have a clock that starts counting as soon as they order. Whenever we hung out and wanted to grab some food in the drive-through in the evening (where there's very few customers and very little food prepared), he'd tell me to park a little further up, since it'd stop their timer from counting down the time it'd take.
The basic gist is that they'd like to reduce the general time it takes to service a customer, both to reduce wait time, but also to increase customer satisfaction with their wait time. It might be stupid as fuck if they can't do anything about it, but that's retail for you.
>>28096229
>petsmart is a DOG FOOD ONLY store
>implying there aren't fish tanks
>implying there isn't cat food
>hurr maybe if I oversimplify it I can justify not answering a basic fucking question and then acting like it's super duper hard at my job on r9k durrrr
>>28096229
>We just shouldn't have to because it's a retarded question.
Why shouldn't you? That's literally part of your job.
>>28096144
>>28096221
Damn, i'm really sorry you have to go through that. How long are your shifts, or at least the time you stay in the register? It might just be because i'm a lazy fuck, but i generally start to get quite tired in the feet if i stay up for more than 3 hours.
>>28096250
>walk into Pets Smart for dog food
>see fish tanks
>see cat food
>"Well that covers a good 2/3 of the store already. Should I turn around see see the dog food in the last third or ask the cashier a stupid question?"
>HURR DURR WHURS DA DOG FOOD?
>>28096291
>hurp durp! he said fish tanks and cat food that must not have been an exhaustive list of every item at petsmart, better take that super literally in an effort to justify my inability to not answer a question from a customer about the store!
>tfw you went from trying really hard to be a good employee in retail to not giving a fuck because you're protected by a union and you make the same 9 dollars all the other high school kids make
>>28096291
>Why would someone ask me, someone who works in the store, where a product is?
>I'm so above answering questions like that!
>>28092820
shut up and buy your shit and leave and don't talk to them or just don't go to the store at all
thats really all you can do
god damn this thread makes me glad I got out of retail
>>28096290
My shifts were 8.5 hours, two 15 minute paid breaks and one 30 minute unpaid lunch. And god help you if you aren't back on the til after precisely 30 minutes elapsed.
>>28096220
Ikr. She is my favorite
>>28095938
I sleep 1530 to 2020 and work 2345 to 715, four days a week. It's fucking great.
>work in bookstore
>customer looking for book
>find it for him
>"Have you read it? What can you tell me about it? Is it good?" and so on
>No sir I have not read it, I'm sorry
>"I can't believe it. You work here but you've never read this. Let me guess, you just 'work' here, right?"
>Hey, you guessed right!
Fucking people, We sell literally thousands of books, why would you expect me to have intricate knowledge of the random garbage you come in to pick up?
>Customer calls
>"I can't find your store, can you give me directions?"
>Give street names and what not
>"No no, I'm in the parking lot, I just can't find you."
>Parking lot/shopping center is kind of big, give her the benefit of the doubt
>Turns out she is standing literally outside the building, just facing the wrong way
>try to get her to turn around, she still doesn't understand.
>"I'm by the McDonald's but I don't see you."
>That's because you're looking at the McDonald's wall, turn around."
>Turns to the street
>"Where?"
>Can you hold please? I have a lot of customers to help in line right now.
Holy hell, it's a miracle some people can walk and breathe at the same time.
My absolute favorite story is this one
>Lady comes up with a book in Spanish
>"Is this written in Spanish or Mexican?
>What?
>"Is this language Spanish or Mexican? Like will a Mexican understand it?"
>If a Mexican can speak Spanish they will understand it.
>"Wait, now I'm confused. Is Spanish Mexican?"
>Mexican typically refers to people and other cultural items from Mexico. Spanish typically refers to the language Mexicans speak OR people and other cultural items from Spain.
>"So will a Mexican understand it?"
>Only if they speak Spanish.
>"Oh"
This is in California, I thought most people above the age of 3 had a basic understanding of what language people from Mexico speak.
>>28096313
You can still literally see where the dog food is from the entrance of the store if you'd actually use your eyes.
>>28096333
There's a difference between asking where a specific product is and asking for a type of product where an entire portion of the store is dedicated to that we can see from where we're standing.
>>28095528
then why are you telling him how to do his job? lmao
>custies these days
>nigger customers
is there anything more horrible in this world I think
not
>escuse me lemme axe you a question
>makes up some story to try to get free stuff
>don't give it to them
>das racis
>sometimes just give it to them so they shut up and leave because retail doesn't pay well enough to have to deal with niggers
>>28092074
I fix computers. Buy, sell, trade etc.
I've scored some top gear gaming rigs for like $50 cause the person would rather buy a whole new thing than diagnose a $50 repair.
Business run on computers, from databases to work stations. Every business at some level needs a computer dude. And it scales well into a career. There are some 100k a year jobs for Oracle database sysadmins at big companies. Of course the other end of that where you'd start with entry level IT showing people how to hook up a printer and installing Adobe Acrobat lulz
>>28096313
You're right. 1/3 of the store has its own section. Small animals, cat food, and toys. Literally the rest of it is dog food. The dog food section is so large that when you walk into ANY Petsmart store, you are staring it in the face.
Keep trying to justify your mental retardation.
>>28096392
>There's a difference between asking where a specific product is and asking for a type of product where an entire portion of the store is dedicated to that we can see from where we're standing.
Even so, that's part of your job to deal with the retards.
>>28096085
It takes YOU two seconds because you have a familiarity with the store. Admittedly it's not hard to find dog food if you actually try looking, I accept and know firsthand that most people don't, but it doesn't absolve the facts that: a) when you're in an unfamiliar place it's very easy for any specific thing to blend into the backdrop, or as it may metaphorically be called, "hiding in plain sight"; and b) customer service is part of the fucking job. It's not that hard for one to swallow their ego and just point the person in the right direction, and do so without being smarmy young punk about it.
Speaking from experience, it's far easier to just leave your pride at the door and do the job correctly once you actually get over the mental hurdle of actually DOING it.
>>28094408
>dairy stocker
Man that was a shit job when I was a stocker.
For one I was a weak 122 pound faggot who couldn't even get the fucking pallet full of eggs, milk and shit in the refrigerator because of this one fucking small bump. Then people peered inside from the customer end and asked for shit that I haven't had a fucking clue where it is in the mess of things.
There was a crowbar that I was suppose to use to bring out 4 or 5 boxes of milk towards the area but everytime I used that it just made me spill milk all over the floor and my manager looked at me like a dumb fuck.
And the gloves were always fucking missing because the baggers would use them to grab ice and never put them back in place so always without fucking gloves.
It sucked and I'm glad I'm not there anymore. But now my back is all fucked up cause I'm an idiot who tried to work hard.
>>28096355
Amethyst master race.
>>28096138
IF YA GOT TIME TO LEAN YA GOT TIME TO CLEAN
>>28095875
>Worst part is the item they're looking for is usually clearly on a sign like 5 feet away.
And how the fuck am I supposed to know that, prior to me starting up the process of scanning the environment and putting in ten times more mental effort than this task warrants? I have ZERO trust in the people who remodeled your shitty store to have signs and layouts that make sense or help with anything, and I see no reason to test that level of trust when there are perfectly sane, knowledgeable people standing around
>>28094163
Nice, I signed up online to avoid the generic and sometimes awkward, "Why do you want to sign up? What are your goals?" spiel. I like the gym and the employees, they seem nice. And Im glad they don't shove suggestions and products down your throw
throat.
>>28096107
>trichinosis
Trichinosis, schnickinosis!
>>28095861
>trapped inside the store with no crowds, no distractions, nowhere to hide, just your stupid normie coworkers and whatever insane customer happens to wander in
sounds real comfy faggot
>people always say our retail jobs will eventually be 100% automated
>people ITT trying to defend customers being retarded, unable to find dog food at a pet store
Our jobs are intact as long as we have customers who can't do simple shit for themselves.
>>28096560
God, you are retarded.
People aren't unable to find dog food at your pet store. It's just why would they spend a 1-2 minutes searching your store for it when there's an employee standing at the front who will be able to tell them in 2 seconds flat?
>>28096524
I've signed up to PF numerous times and no one has ever asked me that.
>>28096589
>1-2 minutes
>finding dog food
>at a pet store
RETARDED
E
T
A
R
D
E
D
>>28091545
>Really bad social anxiety
>always treat people that are working super nice
>they react weirdly and tell me I don't have to apologize and stuff
Am I too nice?
>be a meat cutter
>honestly not that bad
Fucking customers keep insisting that we have plugs
>I was here just last week and you had plugs in the walls!!
No, we've never had plugs and no one here has ever seen you. Fuck off.
>>28096612
You really need to acquire a few more years of maturation, and humility. You aren't done growing at 20. You have a long way to come, I assure you, and you will look upon how you were when you were younger with disappointment.
>Hey guis, muh retail job is so hard!
>Sometimes I'm forced to say hi to customers! And sometimes they make small talk with me, with corny jokes!
>Even worse, sometimes they ask me where a product is in the store!
>Easily the most difficult job in the whole entire world XD
>>28094713
Why would you not be allowed to sit?
>>28092820
>don't try to be my friend
>don't ask me my name or school
>have your money ready when you walk up to my register
>know what you want to order by the time you get to me
>stop using those stupid fucking loyalty cards
>fuck off
Best customers are the ones that are in and out with minimal communication.
>>28096709
Because they throw old chairs out and by padded standing cushions instead.
>>28095391
>go to mcdonalds
>ask for 2 big macs to go
>what soda do you want
>i dont want any soda
>...
>sir, what soda do you want?
>i dont want anby soda
>...
>i just want the two burgers
>oh
yes, i go to mcdonalds and order two big macs to go. I dont want two big mac meals to go, im not sharing this with anyone. I dont need any soa, i bought a big bottle of coke for half of what you charge
>>28096612
Depends on how big the store is. A store like Petsmart yeah, it can take 1-2 minutes if you've never been in there before.
But yeah, they're the retarded ones, not the unskilled cashier who thinks he's too good to answer questions. Okay buddy.
>>28094843
>works at sushi bar
>woman wants sushi but is allergic to shellfish
>makes convoluted order
>woman complains that it tastes bad and wants refund
>woman proceeds to complain to every single worker in bar
>I get yelled at
When does life begin being worth living?
>>28096684
At least I won't be stuck in Pet Smart wondering where the dog food is.
>>28096709
Because it makes the the customers think the employees are lazy. I'm not even kidding, people get in trouble because they were talking to co-workers in ear shot of a customer in many stores.
>>28096764
Because you already worked there and know where it is? kek
And you look down on someone who hasn't worked there before
>>28096684
If at 20 I'm better at orienting myself to my surroundings than your middle-aged "wise" ass, then you have more to be worried about. Early onset alzheimer's, perhaps?
>>28096410
Indian customers. Indian customers are by far the worst. I've met people with actual, diagnosed autism who act less autistic than them.
>Enjoy dealing with difficult customers because it's almost the only social experience I have where I can't fuck up and get rejected
>Coworkers keep coming up to me and trying to joke about the customer I just dealt with
>"H-haha yeah, what a loser..."
Hard to have anything, isn't it?
>>28096788
I'm not even the one who works at Pet Smart. I'm just not retarded and can find dog food because I can see with my eyes where the dog food is.
>can I help you find anything
>they say no
>less than 30 seconds later cute female co-worker asks
>yes I'm looking for dsafhsfgd
or
>is this a bobble head
>no it says when they are on the box, and you cant see the spring cause there isnt one
>immediately turns to same female co-worker and asks same question
there was the one regular who did that to the other co-workers and only talked to me though, that was nice
>>28096764
>Go into big store.
>See employee in front of store who should know where everything is.
>Ask where product X is instead of taking time to look for product X yourself.
>20 year old cashier smugly tells you, acting like he's too good to do what he's paid to do.
>Smug 20 year old high school graduate goes online to complain about "retarded" customers on 4chin
Is this what it's like being a customer now?
>>28096810
>If at 20 I'm better at orienting myself to my surroundings
>better
We orient ourselves just fine, kid, we just have our mind on more important things than trying to figure out the way this podunk store is laid out. I know it seems like the whole world to your deadbeat self, but there's more to life than retail.
>>28092820
Dont use cash, use your debitcard or whatever. Makes it more easy for us.
Whats the music like at the store you work at? I work at a Kroger and they play absolutely nothing from later than 1990.
Makes me want to kill myself when it gets slow and all you can hear are the same Stevie Wonder songs over and over again
>>28096821
This is my fear when going shopping. If I ask for help from someone, I'm sure they'll talk shit about me as soon as I'm not in earshot.
I thought this bullying thing ended in high school.
>>28096835
>go into big store
>see where product X is
>get product X and go to the register to check out
Wow, so hard.
>>28096850
>work atChristianbookstore
>listen toChristianpop/rock all day
I'd prefer Stevie Wonder.
Thank goodness I work primarily in the back and listen to whatever I want.
>>28095598
>>They expect you to open the till for change, but we're instructed that they have to purchase something first.
this reminds me of the time they refused to give me change so i purchased a single lollipop with a 50
>>28096891
Yeah, except sometimes product X is hidden somewhere in the back. Why would I spend time scavenging your whole store when there's someone in front who can literally tell me where to go in 2 seconds flat?
I know your time is worthless, but some of us have important things to deal with.
>>28096823
This. I'm the person who works at Petsmart. These people find it difficult to comprehend that someone who doesn't work there is able to find pet food on their own. Not even a specific type of food, just "dog food".
I honestly feel bad for them if they are this dysfunctional walking into every store. In fact, I'm going to help every person looking for "hurr durr dog food" because I'm going to assume they have literal mental handicaps.
>>28092074
I work at local soda factory/brewery.
I take care of the packing line where cans come to be packed. Most I do is keeping conveyor belts topped with cardboard bases for trays and packs, glu machine topped up and other part of the machine topped up with wrapping plastic
Then there's of course clearing up malfunctions and such which luckily are easy and safe to take care off since machine automatically shuts down when it detects a problem. Stuff like soda can fell down, wrong number of cans per package, machine skipped picking up cardboard base etc.
Then I get to cruise around on motorized pallet jacks to get stuff which is fun. Hardest thing so far has been learning starting and ending a new run for different product alone since there's lot to do - get specific packaging materials, set the machine up for new package if needed, set the conveyor belts before and after the machine, that rails are open/high enough/wide enough.
Can be bit exhausting since there's three shifts. First you do one five-day week of night shift from 10pm to 6am, then week of evening shift from 2pm to 10pm and then one week of morning shift from 6am to 2pm and then you start all over.
>make $200-$300 an hour as a software engineer at my uncle's company even though I'm only mediocre at my job at best
>still feel poor at the end of the month
Don't know how you guys get by on $10 an hour, that shit seems rough.
>>28096891
>Customer asks where product X is.
>You tell him where product X is.
>Customer leaves.
Wow, so hard.
>>28092781
maybe for you. i worked at one where it was glaring blight and you had to talk to this voice recognition piece of shit that made you want to shoot your head. all while being tracked so you had to do be on the run to get your piece count up. no music either
was not comfy at all. some are good some are just gay. the other one i worked at for a little while was nice when you didnt have that voice picker
>item doesn't ring
I
GUESS
I
GET
IT
FOR
FREE
>>28096882
They probably will but I won't.
I like helping old people and fuck-ups because they won't judge me, but it's surprisingly common for teenage females to drop what they're doing to take a picture of me. I didn't even know I looked that bad, but apparently they like to make a spectacle of me and have a laugh with their friends.
>>28096931
When "product X" is fucking DOG FOOD and you're at a NATIONAL CHAIN PET STORE, your product X is not some obscure item hiding behind a river troll you have to fight to get through.
>>28096944
>$200-$300 an hour
Do you really make $10k a week? Anon, somehow I don't believe you. Did you mean 20-30? Or are you in some eastern bloc commie shithole?
>>28096850
At my store they play orchestral music. It's not too bad, but I'm there so much, I start hearing the music even when I'm not at work. I think I'm losing it
>>28095497
Holy shit, no wonder you work at Taco Bell.
"Our speaker is having problems, can you please pull up to the window?"
Take their order.
"Thank you, please pull ahead and we'll bring your order out. Yep, just up there, thanks."
They are only briefly at your window, and no awkward fuss.
>>28096991
We can't pull them forward either. That's "manipulating the window time" and we get written up for it.
>>28096931
>Yeah, except sometimes product X is hidden somewhere in the back.
Yes dude, all the dog food in Petsmart is hidden in one obscure shelf in an unmarked location. It's honestly funny hearing your mindset of this.
>>28096967
>I mad because I have to do my job: the post.
>>28096931
>important things to deal with
YOUR PROBLEM FAGGOT
>>28097057
Nah, your problem, since it's your job to answer my questions. :)
>>28095989
Security guard here
Used to play vydia and watch movies on 3rd shift, life kinda sucks when even that is boring.
>>28094506
I loved working the meat counter
Worked at a stater bros (california only super market) and although I was one of the "new guys", I was the most competent meat clerk in the store
>some recovering addict tried to put a bone-in pork chop through the manager
>would get super pissed if you ask him to hurry up
>as I was helping some guy get some hot wings for a game, he decided that that was the perfect time to strike up a conversation with him in the middle of the order
>would constantly do dishes regardless of how many people are in line at the meat counter
>some kid whose dad knows one of the meat cutters constantly brags about getting a promotion before me even though I've worked in the store longer than he did. He only got the promotion because the meat cutter who was a friend of his dad's was asked to put in a good word for him
>>28097036
He doesn't work at Petsmart. I do. Is it really that difficult for you to understand every customer except you is capable of simple cognitive function when in a store?
>>28097021
You do realize that some products are in the back of the store, right? If it's not dog food, it's cat food. Or pet toys. Or rodent items. Or whatever the fuck.
So when I come in to a new store, don't see the product at the front, it makes sense to ask an front-end employee (who I'd assume knows where shit is) where product X is, so I can just go get the product instead of wasting time and searching the store.
>>28096124
tell us nigger
>eating at chinese restaurant with dad
>asian lady is leaving
>dad yells excuse me 3 times
>asian lady turns around
>can you tell me the wifi password?
>she obviously doesnt work here
>every waiter wears a fucking uniform
>she tells him to ask one of the waitress
god damn it dad
>>28097114
>implying the customer asked for one specific product
>>28092820
I just try and smile
>>28097111
>I walk into a new, big store.
>Don't see product in front of store.
>See employee at front of store.
Please justify me walking the store to find the product when I can engage in a 5 second exchange with an employee who will tell me where the product is.
Protip: I don't want to do my job is not an acceptable response.
>>28097114
If they would ask for the products hidden somewhere in the store, that's not a retarded question. That isn't an issue.
Asking where dog food is in a pet store is a retarded question and they need to use their eyes.
>>28096814
This
. . .as long as we are talking about rahjit the indian, not Running Bull the indian
>>28095598
>>You smile and tell them to have a nice day and they straight up ignore you
That's upsetting senpai
I always talk to you guys like human beans. I know what it's like to be ignored or "used" as a resource. People only talk to you when they need something.
>work at a large chain
>mostly women there
>few guys but younger than me and most move on
>been there for 4 years because I literally don't know what to do with my life and switch between comp sci and kinesiology
>general cashier feels and bullshit smiling/chatter crap
>old lady comes in
>says she remembers me saying things like "you've been here for a long time" etc
As if the bags under my eyes and dead look signify I WANT to be there or something...
Thanks lady.
>>28097162
>Please justify me walking the store to find the product when I can engage in a 5 second exchange with an employee who will tell me where the product is.
Because you're a reasonably capable adult who can read signs that clearly mark where the type of product you want is?
>>28097166
Fair enough.
Congrats, you deal with a few retards, something that is literally part of your job. Do you want a cookie or something?
>>28096418
I'm actually at my entry level help desk job right now and its comfy as shit: I just fuck around on the internet and read all day.
>>28097210
No I just want to not deal with retards. Believe it or not, I actually have other shit to get done in my day than to hold your hand because you're too lazy to read a sign.
As someone who works in a higher end clothes shop, please dont ruin the freshly folded piles it's already boring as fuck tidying them up please don't make me do it again 10 mins later i've got stuff i need to do and will have to stay later to tidy up.
>>28097206
There's a difference between capability and efficiency which I don't think you quite understand.
I am capable enough to do math in my head, but why would I when I have a calculator?
Same thing here. I could spend time walking the store to find what I want, but why would when there's an employee up front who knows the store like the back of his/her hand? Those extra few minutes add up.
>>28097256
>No I just want to not deal with retards
Then go get a job that doesn't require you do deal with retarded customers. It's not my fault you have a job where one of the duties is something you don't like.
>I actually have other shit to get done in my day than to hold your hand because you're too lazy to read a sign.
I've never worked at Petsmart, but I'm guessing customer service is part of your duties.
>that one faggot who will ask for you to open the bathroom for them when you are clearly busy helping other customers or ringing
IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WORKING HERE FUCK OFF AND ASK SOMEONE ELSE JESUS CHRIST
>>28097258
If you were truly capable then you'd be efficient too. Why is it that when I go to a store I don't work at I have absolutely no problem finding what I need, but you can't do the same?
>>28091545
Do you guys get a lot of drunks? One time I was driving my dad around because he was drunk and he had me stop at the market so that we could pick up some... bananas at 10 PM. He had a big cut on his arm that he was showing off while we were waiting in the checkout. It was so obvious that he was drunk you should have seen the look on the cashier woman's face.
>>28097304
>Why is it that when I go to a store I don't work at I have absolutely no problem finding what I need, but you can't do the same?
Because you're a retailcuck who has optimized his mind for spatial awareness. Some people have other fucking jobs that require other types of competencies that they've trained their brains to focus on, how fucking stupid can you get, jesus christ, I want to beat your white trash head in with a tire iron
I really hate co-workers who 'show off' more than anyone else, because they fucking raise expectations across the entire store and make me look bad.
>Have Pakistani co-worker
>He loves his job because he is from a shithole
>He ALWAYS makes jokes to customers
>He showed me a few weeks ao that he has a notepad with EVERY item in the entire store
>We are a huge mega supermarket as well, so thousands of items
>Has a joke for every item that he has memorised
>a few examples I have seen
>Customer asks for dog food, so he pretends to walk his dog across the fucking store on a leash while leading them
>Stops if he sees me and pretends to pick me up while saying 'he poops everywhere'
>customer always laughs
>customer asks for M&M's
>He takes them to the CD's (because Eminem HAHAH) then apologises and runs to get M&M's for them
>customer asks for baking equipment
>he runs with them to the in store bakery and has a playfight with the baker then comes out acting hurt and says 'he isn't giving it up' and takes them to the actual section with that stuff
This is a problem. I am always being told 'be more like Inderpal'. Literally every day. The management actually put up a little chart in the staff area for everyone to rank how close they are to Inderpal. I am near the bottom.
>>28097283
>I've never worked at Petsmart, but I'm guessing customer service is part of your duties.
I don't work at Pet Smart either. Since when did "customer service" mean doing your shopping for you because you're too lazy to try for yourself?
>>28096733
>finding cheaper soda than mcdonalds
Bullshit
it's a dollar large there 32 oz
retailfriends, how retarded am i?
>feel bad when workers bag my groceries
>just standing there watching them bag it is awkward like i'm some king and they're a peasant
>usually help them bag it
is this annoying? i don't want to annoy you guys because i know you deal with so much shit working in retail but i just feel bad not helping you
also
>go shopping with friends or family
>people make a mess in stores
>people are barbarians
>clean up and fold the clothes and put them back
>"haha anon you're so OCD! maybe you should be working here!"
leave me alone
>>28097335
And what do you do that drains so much of your brain power that you can't find dog food at a pet store without somebody holding your hand?
>>28097336
There's nothing worse than having a co-worker that takes retail way too seriously
>>28097336
Wow that sucks but that guy sounds really cool.
