>work at a grocery store
this happened today
>i'm bagging for a cashier
>the cashier says your total is $63
>the guy gives him $60
>i need 3 more dollars
>you said $53
>no sir i said $63
>sorry about that it's $63
>ok here but i'm pretty sure you said $53
>nope, you miss heard me
>well ok
it just grinded my gears just hearing that. sure ok, the guy was old must not of heard but still the screen is also facing customer.

i usually am outside pushing carts. i don't mind it at all. i am usually listening to music and just pushing. i don't know why people complain about pushing it. nobody really bothers you, you can listen to music, you get exercise. when all the carts are pushing you get walk around and do nothing. half the time that is what i do when i am done.

>Work at Staples
>"Technology Associate", am expected to sell, stock, helps customers, be a cashier, rearrange store, do price changes
>Get paid $10.00/hour, no commission, but Managers threaten us by saying our hours are directly effected by our performance
>mfw I don't fucking care, and they give me a 20 minute long speech every time I sell something without a service plan
>Whatever, it's not as bad as McDonald's I guess.

>folding entire aisle of rugs (like welcome mats, bath mats, etc)
>took about half an hour
>go do other stuff (probably gone for ten minutes)
>i come back to the aisle
>they're on the floor and stuffed back in the shelves
>mutter "oh my fucking god"
>boss hears me
>"anon, go take your 15 (break) ill get J (another co worker) to do it
>go take my 15

I swear, my bosses are cool as fuck.

Jesus, shit. So many stories from working at the convenience store/ice cream parlor/gas station located across from the ghetto.

>fat nigra bitch with four inch long claws on the ends of its fingers waddles in with its friend
>proceeds to get a fucking nasty attitude with the cool old guy scooping the ice cream (Charlie, sixty, has one working arm and a hilariously biting sense of humor for a guy who's a Greek Orthodox theologian)
>try to divert its attention while he's trying to tend to the beasts' massive, unnecessarily specific and complicated orders
>smiling politely, say, 'Ma'am, if you want to come down here to the register I can ring you up. What are you getting?'
>it looks at me
>doesn't say a word
>uses one multi-colored talon to tap upon the specials sign, upon which there are multiple images
>just keep smiling at it
>'Ma'am, I'm sorry, I can't see the sign from that angle, why don't you tell me which you got.'
>still doesn't say anything
>regards me from heavily-lidded eyes
>turns the sign around so I can see it
>taps one of the images
>this fat welfare nigger from across the street apparently feels it beneath her to speak to me
>suddenly briefly racist

This bitch ended up tapping the sign and answering me 'Mmhm' until Charlie intervened. I seem to recall this creature accused me of being rude or snippy or something with her, but after seeing how unpleasant she was to Charlie and experience how hideous she was to me, how could I have possibly helped it? I mean, I know it is unfortunate to be born a poor black person simply due to the cultural and social climate in which mankind presently exists, but god damn. Don't pick on the white bitch working like a dog because you've built up this resentment over mistreatment.

>work at furniture store
>customer wants a queen sized headboard
>no problem
>fairly heavy but I power through it
>get it to the front
>decides she doesnt want it
>whatever
>take it back
Keep in mind that the cashiers and the headboards are in the front and back of the stores. Its kinda far.
>she catches me halfway through and she decides she wants it
>you're fucking kidding
>take it back to the cashier
>muscles are kinda tired
>she comes up to me
>"you're gonna hate me..."
>you're fucking right I do
>decides she doesnt want it
>take it all the way to the back
>get called to the front
>guess whos there
>she wants it
>fuckyouandeveryonethatlookslikeyou.swf
>i go back and get it, bring it to the front
>she pays for it and I load it in her car
>boss gives me two star cards (good employee reward thing that goes on)
>clock out an hour later

Seriously, fuck that bitch.

>>2411116
I would have had a fucking aneurism. Good job getting through that without punching her teeth in.

More of these fine stories, gentle'bots.

>>2411045
>Working in copy center
>Rest of the store isn't meeting their budgets, so fewer hours to go around
>Not enough hours left for my department
>Can't keep up with orders because we're understaffed
>They keep hiring dumbass kids who don't give a shit and we can't trust them to do anything unsupervised
>Making $8.50/hr even though I was doing everything an Expert does

Fuck that company, seriously. I stayed too long.

>>2411211
I wanted to. Really, I did. Not all of our customers are like that, but ones like her, sometimes they piss me the hell off.

It didn't help that she was a wanna be valley girl with bleach blonde hair, wearing stupid ass shades indoors, and had on the "latest" fashion on.

I fully expect this thread to be near full when I check on it again it a bit under 20 hours

>>2411103 again

>Last day
>No fucks left to give
>Awesome assistant manager leaves early, gives me a nice nugget of cannabis as a good-bye before I move cross-country
>Fine by myself
>Coworker who was supposed to replace him doesn't show up for shift
>Suddenly stomped
>Family of five wants milkshakes
>Give them out for free since last day and they're polite enough
>Juggling a shitload of people on register
>Get a guy who wants to buy wine after the cut-off time and warn him that if he just puts his money on the counter and takes the wine as he just suggested, I'll pocket it and call the cops on him for theft because it's my last day and he's being a rude cocksucker
>See my final regular and give her some freebies
>Finally my relief shows up and tells me to go even though the guy who was supposed to replace the asst. manager never came
>Drop my apron and moonwalk right the fuck out of the store

Never again, UDF.

Back at Staples

>Work there for 4 years (since I was 16)
>Leave for school for about 2 years, come back for seasonal work this summer
>Find out that most of the competent people that used to work there have left
>In their place they have hired middle aged, in one case literally autistic individuals
>They fire nearly all of the new hires except the mentally challenged one, but limit him to one shift a week (some legal thing)
>mfw I'm being expected to be the savior of our store when the managers have literally hired the mentally challenged to cover the sales floor

>>2411249
Copy center is the worst, because the customers have such absurd expectations, not to mention the fact that Staples idea of "training" is for you to shadow someone for 4 hours, and they then expect you to know how to do everything from special orders to transfers.

Thanks doc

Thanls doc blox

>>2411103
I remember once in Utah or.. Nevada, can't remember, some lonely gas station in the middle of nowhere there was this chick, and for my politeness I got free snacks.

Or maybe its cause they were gonna throw away all those burritos & eggrolls in a couple of hours.

Nice bonus regardless, it was a long trip.

>>2411333
>free burritos
>lonely gas station
>not fucking her on the counter while eating that delicious cheesy goodness

You missed out on a grand opportunity anon.

ok so I suspect this is partially my fault for not making it EXTREMELY CLEAR but whatever

>Working at retail store that sells expensive shoe brands as well as clothes etc.
>man comes in and askes how much a pair of shoes he picks out are
>I pick up the box, show him the price labeled on the side and say "$99.99"
>go to register to ring up shoes
>he's paying by cash, so I say "that's $100.00"
>(in australia, its only 99.99 if you pay with a card because we dont have one cent coints, you know)
>looks at me for a really long time
>"you said $99.99 before"

hey mang guess what
thats how things work in this country

>>2411339
Don't get me wrong, I think that getting all frugal over a cent is retarded, but why wouldn't the tag just say $100.00? I mean, it's not like anyone looks at a $99.99 and thinks that it's a bargain compared to an $100.00 price tag, right?

I dunno, I just think this transparent psychological bullshit companies tries with their pricing is just dumb, but that's just me.

>working at grocery store
>woman comes in looking for some pomegranate juice that is on sale
>asks me where it is
>horrible at giving directions, so i just take her to where it is
>she thanks me even though we're sold out
>tips me 5 bucks

thanks lady, you made that shift and my day great :)

>working at sub shop
>fat old guy comes up to the counter
>orders a sandwich with roast beef
>as i start to put it on he says he wants it cooked 'well done'
>'we dont cook meat here sir, but I can toast it for you'
>slams his fists against the counter and leans in and starts mumbling something and orders a ham sandwich instead
> 'there you go, have a nice day sir'
>he scoffs and walks off

>>2411382

It really is dumb, but it must work considered you see this technique applied almost anywhere there's a price tag advertised. In a perfect world, the price would clearly be labeled (with a showing of how much it would be after taxes) without this pseudo bullshit.

>>2411403

It's my suspicion that some people honestly walk into retail stores mad as fuck, just hoping for an opportunity to snap on a worker:

a) because the worker can't do anything
b) because they don't have a real outlet in life
c) because they're pathetic individuals

Do these people know we get paid minimum wage? For Christ's sake, most people are just trying to make a living wage.

>>2411382
there are studies, mang. i don't believe this shit either but its been proven to work

>work in clothing store
>helping a customer with the price of anything
>customer asks 'how much is this, i can't find the price tag.'
>look the item over
>i say back 'no there's no barcode on it'
>customer looks eager 'can i get it for free'

mfw
every time

>>2411465
Don't even get me started on how bad and repetitive customer jokes can get, especially when it comes to the "free" ones.

>Ring something up for a customer
>Me: "Weird, it's not coming up"
>Customer: "Oh then it must be free" HURR HURR HUEHEUHEEEHU

Jesus people, this is the 4 trillionth time I've heard that joke, and it isn't getting any better.

What's worse is that working at Staples we have those "Easy Buttons" and people always say "well that was easy" and give you like this retarded wink/glance like I sustain myself off customers saying that line.

>>2411481

>What's worse is that working at Staples we have those "Easy Buttons" and people always say "well that was easy" and give you like this retarded wink/glance like I sustain myself off customers saying that line.

I'm ashamed that I laughed pretty hard at that.

>>2411481
Ohhh fuck I know. Every fucking day at the convenience store. "Duuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfreeeeeeedurrhurr."

Please get out. Just get out of my store, go. Fuck.

not retail but related I guess

>customer calls me up
>straight off the bat says he doesn't talk to pawns like me, I'm supposed to get the director of the whole company
>tell him I can't do that
>he asks if I'm stupid because he clearly said he is not talking to pawns as he's a serious businessman
>well I still can't do that
>gets mad and calls me names and demands to speak to Director X at once
>No
>Why?
>Because mr X does not talk to pawns like you
>*disconnect him*

Fucker reported me and it nearly cost me the job but it's not like I really care and it felt good to do it for once.

>>2411481
Oh boy

>work in produce department
>customer walks in department past tomatoes
>"Excuse me, where are y'alls tomatoes?"
>I say, "They're gonna be on the table right behind you"
>"Oh if it was a snake it woulda bit me!"

Every fucking day with that joke.

>>2411338
awh goddammit...

>work at Ardene (a super girly accessory and apparel store)
>guy comes in asking if there are guy stuff in the store
>mfw a guy comes into a bright pink, girly signs and style store asking for guy stuff

>woman comes in asking for hair extensions
>mind you, this is a cheap quality store
>asks if the hair is real

really, some people. . .

>Almost time for closing
>Walk around letting customers know they have 5-10 minutes to complete shopping
>Walk up to this black lady
>Ask her if my cashier told her that we close soon
>Says that this is not good customer service
>Accuses me of being racist

I've been to UK for work and what cracked me up was niggers coming into the store, calling me "Boss" or "mon" and behaving and talking pretty much like in the freaking movies.

God I could watch black people all day

>>2411546
fuck that bitch
>>2411510
fuck that pawn
good on ya man

>Customer takes item off shelf
>Doesn't want the item
>So customer puts item in the furthest possible place from where they got it even though the spot is right in front of them

:)

>Work at Dollar General
>Old man and younger woman come to register, both black
>Old man is pretty nice and polite
>I'm not talking much (Open to close shift, fuuuu) and little nigger bitch decides to bitch at me for it
>"Are you having a bad day? You're acting rude."
>"No ma'am, just a bit tired, sorry."
>I ring up total
>She holds out money and I take it
>"Uh, there is no need to snatch it from my hand."
>Why do niggers always use the term snatch?
>"I didn't, ma'am."
>Give change, say have a nice day, she decides she wants some candy, not that she needed it
>Pays me for candy, opens it
>"Uh, this is old and has cobwebs. You better let me exchange it."
>Tell her I can't exchange opened food
>She leaves in a pout
>Everythingwentbetterthanexpected.jpg

>>2411481
holy shit i know that feel. i used to work at a grocery store at the checklanes and some asshole would always say "oh it must be free then" if something wasn't ringing up properly.

>>2411433

Pretty much.

Young women have a facebook wall page to bitch on where they can receive compliments from others and feel better
Young men have sites like 4chan to anonymously express their problems and inequalities with while achieving camaraderie
Older women have friends, husbands, or boyfriends to bitch and gripe to who try to make them feel better
Older men have no one to discuss their problems at the office or at home with and thus take it out on minimum wage slaves who can't fight back

I'd say 60% of douche bag customers are disgruntled middle aged men who are overly hostile the moment they walk in the door. The next 30% are older women who are either spoiled rich or just old and bitchy because of it. The last 10% are a mix of foreigners, immature young people and, very seldom, people my own age.

>>2411481
(second bot in thread)
i'm a bagger and cart pusher and i even get tired of hearing that. here is another one
>usually i'm vacuuming the two entrances because those are carpet
>customer walking out
>o once your done with that you can come to my house
>allmyrage

>work at hot topic
>drunken man asks to go to the bathroom
>"i'm sorry sir, we don't have a bathroom in here. you'll have to go to jcpenny's."
>angry, he grabs a shirt and asks for a fitting room
>have no choice but to oblige
>go back in after he comes out, there's piss everywhere.

why. this isn't even the worst.

>>2411598
What a fucking troll

Did you call the cops or tell your boss?

DG worker again, this one is fairly recent (over the last week)

>Old man comes in and steals beer
>Know he's doing it, keep finding 6 packs with 2 or less beers stashed everywhere, he comes in multiple times (3-4 every hour)
>Almost catch him first time, know what he's up to
>He does this for a week straight; can't do anything unless I actually see it
>Today, he enters
>I phone my manager and tell her to keep an eye on him
>I go stand where the beer is and randomly guard it
>He comes over, tries to get me to give him bread with the promise that he'll bring the money right back
>Tell him no
>He walks off, my manager sees me from across the store and makes motions to walk him
>Have customer, ring them up, etc
>Old fat guy comes up to register from freezer area, see my manager walk to freezers with phone in hand
>Old fat guy tries to get me to make change for something
>Overhear in background: "Hi, this is Olga from Dollar General, we have a shoplifter in the store..."
>He leaves quickly
>She follows him out, on the phone, comes in and looks around several times
>Tells me she saw him shoving bacon down his pants
>allofmywat.jpg
>Cops were right next door
>Dude bolted when he saw them
>They didn't catch him

Sucks, I'd like to see my store on local news

>>2411610
What state you work in?

I'm a LSA at a DG in my area.

>>2411610

>beer and bacon shoplifter

Sorry man but I actually felt relief when I read the guy escaped, he seems like my kind of person

>>2411600

not trolling. the guy left the store(and mall) before mall security got there. our mall security consists of 70 year old men, so it's not too unbelievable.

>>2411624
TN.

>>2411635
Stupid thing is, I'll probably see him again in the next week.

>>2411641
I meant he was a troll. Obviously he was going to use the change room as a toilet, but you couldn't do anything, which is why he was a troll

>>2411382
I know, right? they do that with all the shoes it the store and it pisses me the fuck off. Especially cause I live in Australia, where getting the once cent off is literally impossible.

>>2411647
The home of DG.

I've got a weird story.

About 2-3 months ago there was an attempted robbery of our store. It happened after closing. The guy removed the metal siding off the back of our building, came through the sheet rock into our backroom. Once there he walked around the store for awhile doing fuck all. Then he used a hammer and smashed his way through the wall and sheetrock to our office.

The odd thing was he wasn't carrying any drills, bigger hammers, or any sort of equipment to deal with the safe. He actually looks like one of our coworkers relatives, though we can't be sure since the cameras are worthless. Once he broke through the wall, and was standing on the table and set off the motion alarms. He went back through the hole and out our back door not having taken anything.

But now there's some plywood over a giant hole in our office wall. :/

>>2411624
Where are you from, btw? You probably get paid much better than I do.

>>2411698
From Oklahoma. Terrible state. Avoid.

I make $8.25/hr. I've got a year raise in there too sadly. I've been working there about a year and 7 months. I've been offered an assistant manager position at my store, but man... the life can be stressful. The work is easy, at least I'm not outside, but dealing with coworkers doing fuck all, and shitty customers really makes me hate the shit.

>>2411695
That's some odd ass shit. Probably just did it to fuck with you. At least nothing of value was taken.

Weirder story:
>Be working closing, as usual
>Manager comes out of the bathroom, saying "You're going to hate women from this day onward."

Someone shit in the women's trashcan. Like, wat

I'd honestly love to know the mindset of someone who does that.

>>2411737
Haha yeah man shit has happened like that at our store too.

Except the woman SMEARED SHIT ACROSS THE WALLS.

This was the day we went from MALE / FEMALE bathrooms to. EMPLOYEE BATHROOM and PUBLIC BATHROOM.

>>2411713
All my coworkers actually work pretty hard, except this lady who was actually just promoted to an LCA. Not that she's lazy, but she has no idea what she's doing half the time. Yesterday she closed with another new girl, and both registers came up short... yet the end deposit came up over. Wat

That extra dollar worth sacrificing leaving the store during lunch? /lul

>>2411758
I'm the only guy that works at my store. And almost all of the women there suck at stocking. Excusing the heavy stuff, they just take forever to do basic things. Like they'll spend 5 minutes alone trying to break down a box of tide. I know it's not easy, but I've showed these girls time and time again how to do it easily and quickly.

What ends up happening is, they leave me mountains of work once my shift starts. "Oh and I need you to do 3 rolltainers, put out some sidewings, and do some totes." in addition to the shitty ass recovery that they left. It gets... old.

>>2411812
Shit, I'm the only guy at mine as well. Shit gets dramatic. Not to mention it's usually me and the night manager (Well, LCA...) who knock out a bunch of them and then do recovery.

Man, I hate doing recovery so early. It's like people sense that you did and come in just to fuck shit up.

>Electronics at the only walmart around for 300km around
>Attracts people near and far
>No other stores around with as big television selection
>Always sold out on best cheap 32"'s and 40"'s
>"What do you mean you don't have any" "Can i have that one *points to display*" "You should have them in for a sale because people from yonder are here to get them" "DO you have anything here?" and many other common bitch themes.

holy fucking hell people. I'm a part timer and don't even know what comes with our freight let alone choose how much we get. How is the concept "We are sold out" such a hard fucking concept.

DOC THAT'S ONLY HALF OF MY DOSE

DOC YOU GOTTA ME THE FULL FUCKING THING

YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE ME HANGING

Fuck retail, it gives me the motivation to succeed at uni

>work in a pet store
>big sign over a pallet of dog food proclaiming 'FROM $99'
>someone asks me to get get them a bag
>it's an 18kg bag and I lift this shit all day, get it your fucking self. It's closer to you than it is to me anyway.
>"sure thing, which type would you like?"
>"just the puppy one"
>walk around the counter past him, grab it and put it on the counter, walk back behind the counter as he just stands there watching me
>"that'll be $110"
>"no, the sign says $99. Can't you read? It's right in front of you, look at it"
>How about you get a pair of glasses faggot
>"it's FROM ninety-nine dollars; the cheapest bag costs that much"
>"WELL THAT'S BULLSHIT HOW DARE YOU TRY TO MANIPULATE CUSTOMERS LIKE THAT I'M NEVER SHOPPING HERE AGAIN AND I'M TELLING EVERYONE HOW BAD YOUR STORE IS BLAH BLAH I JUST LOVE SUCKING DICK"

I wish I could just tell customers to choke on a bag of dicks.

>>2411935
I hate it when people tell us to go look in the back. I'm somewhat tempted to just go into the back from now on and fuck around on my phone for 5 minutes before telling them there's nothing.

>>2411935
Well they do sound right. If you're always sold out of the cheap shit why don't you guys get more in

It's not your problem and you couldn't give a fuck but your store does sound like it's being run by incompetents

Not been in retail long enough to have big greentext stories, just a bunch of weird shit.

>friend was working shift
>lady uses change room
>checks change room later on
>period blood all over store undies
wat

>tidying floor area
>some guy pisses all over the floor erreywhere
wat

>live in Australia
>have temporary savings cards called "Basics cards" for people of welfare
>black lady comes
>makes huge order
>forced to spend 1/2 an hour trying to sticky tape her card together
>huge que forming
>pleads me to keep trying
> Que
> "I'm sorry, your card's broken."
> pulls out brand new one
> acts like I'm a total douche

>work in a very small computer shop in sweden
>old lady enters the shop
>"I bought this laptop about a month ago and I haven't been using it a lot, but it's been working really great. But then all of a sudden it won't even start up anymore! So I'd like to return it."
>"do you have the AC adapter / charger with you so I can take a look at it?"
>"what's that?... you mean you need to charge it?"
>"uh, yes"
>"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't know that."

She then left.

I was left speechless. How the fuck can you not know that a laptop needs to be charged? Did she think it runs on fucking solar power or what?

> Work at Woolworths (Ausfag retail giant)
> Close at five on Saturdays (WTF QLD?)
> Every single week without fail, this african guy shows up at 4:59 expecting to be let in
> Every single week he is turned away
> He starts a screaming argument every week
> Manager actually fights back one day
> He's not allowed back in the store
> Still expecting him tomorrow at 4:59pm

>>2412132
If she didn't know she had to charge the laptop, what was she actually using it for?

>>2412144
Maybe he works or something and can't get to the store earlier?

There can sometimes be simple explanations for these things

I don't come close to closing time because if a place closes at 10pm I usually try to come at least 30 minutes before that since I know they sort of start shutting everything down before then, sometimes they even close the gate so you can't come in and only let remaining customers walk around inside

>>2412144
>> Work at Woolworths (Ausfag retail giant)
>Woolworths
what the fuck I don't even

Is Australia stuck 100 years in the past?

It closes at 5. Not at 4:59. You and your manager are fucktards, and I hope he gets a racial charge on your asses.

>>2412167
She mainly bought it because she needed internet access (for some reason) but since her mobile broadband hadn't arrived yet she hadn't been using it a lot. Don't know much more than that, but the amount of old people really not knowing anything about computers entering the shop is unreal.

>work a medium sized IT company as a media designer
>create websites and user interfaces
>start an infinite number of projects
>get no feedback
>stagnation
>nothing to do here so boring
>chill on 4chan + facebook +youtube, watch anime and read manga.

>>2412179
Sells groceries and shit.
There's no wool, although it did launch it's own basic clothing and sleepware range in retaliation to Colesgroup.

>>2412097
>If you're always sold out of the cheap shit why don't you guys get more in

Because people buy it so quickly. Most chain stores are pressured to have as little excess stock as possible because it could end up never being sold (or has to be sold at a huge discount) and therefore become a loss rather than a profit. Having slightly less of a product and losing a potential sale is better than having slightly too much and creating a loss.

It's a constant balancing act that is far more difficult than it sounds; you need to consider storage (things like TVs take up a lot of space) and sales trends and future products making a certain model obselete and technological advancement (in Aus we don't get analogue TV any more so they dropped in price) and the minimum order amount from manufacturers, factor in the time it takes to arrive and all sorts of other stuff.

Please realise this before bitching at people.

>>2412187
What I meant was how she was able to figure out how to use it if she didn't even know it needed to be plugged in

>>2412222
What store do you work at? Is it Harvey Norman?

Also what you describe sounds fairly easy. If you run out or are about to run out of stock then buy more before it runs out. If you are constantly running out, just order more next time. If you run out and it has been weeks or more then it's not a big issue but from the way you make it sound, it's like your store is always out of the cheap shit

Also fucking Aussie retail is fucked. The level of service really has dropped in the past few years. I try to buy everything online so I don't have to deal with fucking teens and their shitty service. JB hi fi is fucking shit

>>2412270

>JB hi fi is fucking shit

can't stand JB. They'd rather hire weirdos with shit hair then people who actually know what they're doing.

>>2412319
I don't know how that place makes money now because i don't see normal aussies shopping there

On the other side...

>cousin asked for skate shoes for his birthday
>his parents had already bought him heaps of expensive stuff
>I volunteered to buy them
>go into skate shop
>a wild cumdumpster approaches
>she looks at me condescendingly
>bitch I know I don't belong here
>"Can I help you?"
>Yeah, I'm just looking for a pair of skate shoes. Can I get a size 10 in these ones?
>point to random pair
>just wanted to see what sizing was like
>she comes back after 20 minutes
>"We don't have any."

Then - and this is the part that really rustles my jimmies - she walked away. No upselling, sideselling, apologising, or asking if I wanted to try a different pair. Just fucking walked away.
I was left standing there absolutely astounded.
Bitch, I'm not going to beg you to sell me a pair of $200 shoes.

>bought them off the internet
>they were cheaper anyway
>and we wonder why bricks and mortar stores are dying

>>2412338
What store was this and what do you mean you didn't belong there?

>>2412270
I work at a pet food store, I'm not actually involved in any of the ordering process but I know how annoying and difficult it is. I'm also not the guy further up in the thread who you were responding to.

You can't just 'buy more' because the bigger items are expensive. If you were the owner of the store, would you really be willing to run the risk of having thousands of dollars of every type of item you stock just sitting there in the store room? That adds up to hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock sitting there doing nothing while you have employees to pay and rent to pay and all sorts of other expenses.

And that doesn't even take into account space. I work in a pretty huge shop so it isn't much of an issue, but a Harvey Norman in a mall only has a tiny amount of storage space to work with. They probably have a storage space nearby, but that's another expense that has to be kept down.

And yes, it seems like the obvious answer is to just buy lots of the stuff that's regularly sold, but that leaves no room or money for the other items. Unless you're in bulk sales it's terrible business to only stock the best selling things (which also usually have the worst profit margins because the manufacturer knows the store can't survive without their product) because people will just go to another store where they can buy everything at once rather than picking up pieces from all over the place.

>>2412338
I second this. Have a retail position as a temporary thing while I look for a job more related to my major (had one recently, company downsized- whatever) and I am bar none more into the job than any of my coworkers. I am not well liked by my coworkers because I'm "that guy" that has called them out for not attending to customers (talking to one another when a customer is waiting at the desk next to them, etc). It's absolutely astounding.

Was anyone here like an overachiever. Like in the sense that you went above an beyond, but your pay never showed it. Like>>2411249

I used to work at a store called Deals(similar to dollar general) My main thing was to work on the freezers(stocking it, ordering food or it,getting up at 3:30am just to receive the delivery) but I also helped the guys who did general items, got items for customers, took out garbage, filled balloons. Only made just above the New York State minimum wage despite working my ass off here and there. Quit last August despite having the chance to become an assistant, been jobless since

>>2412347
You've never walked into an area/building and just immediately felt like you didn't belong in it

>>2412347
It was called Live2Skate or something ridiculous like that.
By looking at me for one second, you could probably tell that the only time I tried skateboarding, the board shot out from under me and I fell flat on my back like some kind of slapstick comedy routine. So yeahhhh. Maybe that's why dat ho didn't bend over backwards to help me out

>Work in frozen foods
>only coworker is a FOB african guy
>every day is like his first day on the job
>slow as fuck
>rage as I have to carry the workload of another person
>dont give a flying fuck for working off the clock
>skipping lunches because I need this $13/hr job (HS dropout)
Man I would kill to work in electronics or something. It's all inventory and there isn't that much to put out in terms of shelf capacity. At 27 I dont want to be there for the rest of my life but I guess I missed the boat and too late to advance in anything.

>Work at gas station
>Swamped
>Normal dude comes in, asks "Where are the phone cards"
>I point to the big obvious rack, continue ringing customers
>Normal dude explains he wanted pre-paid calling cards
>"We don't have those, sorry"
>Being forced to divide attention between normal dude and real customers, normal dude is now mentally upgraded to 'bald fuck'
>Bald fuck interrupts me with a customer holding re-load card and re-load card re-load code thing. "Can you tell me how to use these."
>Clear my customer, tell my manager to stop being a lazy fuck and open his register as I walk out of the core, grab big fucking sign that explains the cards and hand it to Bald fuck.
>Bald fuck says "Well, I could have read the sign myself. Does your manager know how to use them?"
>Wonder why Bald fuck doesn't just READ THE FUCKING SIGN, point him at manager, ring more customers
>Bald fuck says "I guess they don't train you very well, do they?" as if this was a thing you say with a smile on your face.
>Give him my 'I'm laughing so I look like I'm agreeing with you' laugh, wonder how easy it would be to seduce his wife so well she agrees to kill him in his sleep.
>Conclude it would be very easy.
>Hours later, find the fucking re-load cards on the counter. He'd decided not to buy them.

Here's a good story that still makes me rage to this day.

>Working as a cashier
>Couple walks up wanting to buy a pair of marked down inline skates for 20 dolllars
>Lady asks if she could get a further discount because they look slightly worn out
>Explain that that is the very reason why they are marked down in the first place
>She doesn't get the message and asks again
>Desperate to just get rid of the woman, I call up my manager to get someone with more authority to see what can be done (Even though I know he's going to flat out refuse)
>He arrives and I explain the situation, and curtly says no to a discount
>I turn to the woman either expecting her to 1) Buy the skates or 2) Decide against it
>She looks at me for a second and with a total poker face asks me if she could get a discount as if she hadn't heard a word my manager said
>I'm fucking speechless at this point, rage meter is starting to rise
>I tell the woman that if she wants to haggle over the price with my manager again I can call him over
>She gives me the longest death glare ever and then proceeds to flip a bitch, screaming "IS THIS HOW YOU TREAT YOUR CUSTOMERS!?"

Shit wasn't even the worst of it. She ended up leaving after buying the skates (lol...). Then came back, returned them, and proceeded to demand that I apologize to her, while my manager desperately tried to defuse the situation.

Oh and here's another
>Couple comes up to the counter with their items
>No barcode on the item
>Douchebaggy dude proceeds to 'HURRR DURR NO PRICETAG SO ITS FREE RIGHT?"
>Wanted to just mimic his voice and say "OH HEY NO PRICETAG ON YOUR WOMAN, HURR DURR SHE MUST BE FREE RIGHT?"

No, you miserable cunt. Shit is not free because it has no barcode....

>>2412441
So your manager did nothing the whole time?

Also are you the guy who almost got stabbed because you gave the guy the wrong smokes or something?

>>2411492
Oh god, the charity drives we have get the WORST customer jokes.
>"Would you like to add a donation to the children's miracle network?"
>"I don't have anything, why don't they donate to me."
>Unable to hide my contempt
>Consider offering to panhandle in the kid's cancer ward for them.

>>2412455
Nah, different dude, but I've gotten similar reactions.

Here's another one
>Working LATE shift
>Two guys come in, both with coffee, one of them places coffee a little further back on the counter.
>Ask "is this all together?"
>First guy says in this real pissy voice "Yeah." like I should have known
>First guy, now known as Condescending Dickhat, now known as CD
>Assume CD was just having an off day, couldn't watch his tone
>CD asks for money on his pump
>"Will this be cash or card?"
>CD wordlessly waves cash at me, I'm busy typing in his total/checking to make sure he has the right pump.
>Look down, see cash in hand, have had plenty of customers fuck me by carrying one and paying with the other.
>"Sir? Cash or card?"
>CD waves cash some more, "Uh, cash." The same way you'd say "Duh."
>He doesn't drop this tone the whole time.
>He's come in at least three times since then, always the same.
>haveIwrongedyouinsomeway.jpg

Can't wait until I become a shift lead so I can refuse service.

>>2412363
Why even care? That phrase is like my personal mantra at work; I'll do the required workload but I make a conscious effort to not care whatsoever about the outcome of my tasks and it makes me a lot happier. If there's a huge line and a coworker isn't working fast enough? Who cares if customers get angry and don't come back, it's such a long-term problem I'll be gone by the time the company sees a significant drop in sales.

I'm not saying have a slack work ethic, just emotionally detach yourself from it all. I actually have to pull fake expressions and pretend to be stressed now because looking calm and happy while a huge line is building tends to annoy customers.

>>2412436
Use your hatred of the job to fuel motivation for studying. There are 30 year old former NEETs in my classes. If they can do it after slacking off and jacking off for literally decades of their life, you can do it as well. There are programs designed specifically for high school drop-outs to develop the skills needed to transition into higher education, they're usually very cheap and they build from the ground up in terms of research/essay writing/studying skills. The course at my uni actually gives you full access to the physical and online library so you're basically a uni student.

> No, you miserable cunt. Shit is not free because it has no barcode....

I hear this at least 10 times a day at the supermarket I work at...

>be working at a boardgames and wargames store
>some guy walks in, interested with warhammer miniatures
>I start to explain to him what miniature wargames are about
>he says "ok, it's cool, but you always talk about war. that's immoral. what if I'd like to re-enact, let's say, my divorce?"

all of my wat

>Shopping at a dollar store.
>Signs EVERYWHERE saying everything is one dollar.
>Lady in front of me grabs a 6 pack of water.
>"How much money is this?"
>mfw

>>2412535
Should have sold him a space marine and CSM army, let him re-enact the Horus Heresy. Roughly the same thing, wonder if he obliterated his wife's soul at the end?

>>2412561

I just chuckled

another strange encounter
>may I help you, sir?
>do I look like the dying chinese prime minister to think that I need help? you know, I'm 1/4 chinese and I always have to deal with chinese people and I play chinese boardgames with them

to this day I regret that I was too dumbfouded and didn't propose ludo to him. it's title in my native language means "chinese man"

>work at a printing/stationary store today
>Woman comes in from local down syndrome awareness group
>wants some posters printed off
>one of the posters is screwed up by the photocopier, lines all through it and wrinkled in the corner
>Coworker comes in, looks at it and says "can't give them that sheet, it's retarded"
>Other coworker shouts halfway across the store "Just like the people that made it!"
>Everyone starts laughing
>suddenly, deathly silence
>Woman and her son or something with down syndrome are at the counter waiting to pick it up
>awkwardly finish the job off and make the payment
>Shit like this happens everyday

>>2412679
That's slack

Imagine how they felt. They just wanted to make some copies

>>2412697
It wasn't me, it's my coworkers, they are assholes sometimes
>Another tale about the guy (one's girl and the other neckbeard that spouts memes)
>Neckbeard serving one day
>Old lady comes in and asks "may I have some printing done?"
>Neckbeard sarcastically goes "No you may not, fuck off!"
>"Old lady looks shocked, and goes "Oh.... okay then..."
>Neckbeard then goes as she turns around "And never come back!..... Haha just kidding.. Hey I wasn't serious..."
>Woman just walks right out the door
>he turns to me and goes "what the fuck is her problem?"

>work in medium-sized supermarket
>our shopping carts get stolen a lot so we have new brakes on them, when you leave the supermarket it automatically brakes
>see a customer going outside with a cart full of beer and wine
>it brakes
>a lot of the beer and wine falls on the ground, he smashes his face in the cart
>he's bleeding

Sure had my lulz that day

Work at Coles (Ausfag)
> 30 minutes until close and end of shift
> Customer comes in with like 2 items
> Costs like 3.50
> " Oh and can I can $350 out?"
> Allmyrage when people do this shit.
> "Sorry ma'am I don't have enough in my till for that"
> It's almost closing so managers don't fill the tills up.
> Lady has a pissy tone "How much do you have then?"
>" I'm unsure, but it's less then 100"
> She's raging "Then how I'm meant to get smokes!? Why don't you get more?"
> We don't accept cards at the smoke till, fucked if I know why.
> It's late, I'm tired, getting raged. " I'm sorry ma'am but we don't refill our tills at this time.There's an ATM just outside." Literally like 30 meters away.
> "You expect your customers to walk outside then back in to buy YOUR shit?"
> "I'm sorry, I can't do anything about it."
> " This is fucking bullshit, can't you just go to another till and get more money?"
> I'm about to explode inside."No sorry, that's against policy."
> " I want to see your supervisor."
> Okay. Get supervisor. She tells her basically everything I just said.
> Lady gets pissed, walks out, doesn't even pay for her shit and leaves it.
> Supervisor tells me to close up because it was probably stressful for me.
> Spend the next 20 minutes doing nothing.

> Love it when smokers need their fix and go rage when they can't get it. Addicts.

>>2412766
How does that work?

Sounds like a fucking lawsuit waiting to happen

>>2412851
Why did she need $350? Couldn't she have taken out $20 and bought her smokes? Or just walked to the fucking ATM if she needed smokes so badly?

>>2412857
There are sensors in the brakes and when you leave the supermarket, the cart brakes.
And my country doesn't have a lawsuit environment like America.

>>>2412868

She probabaly was some dipshit chainsmoker (her teeth were greyish black) who bought the most expenive packs, like 60-70 a box.

And I dunno. I'm still trying to figure that shit out. People are lazy fuckwits.

>>2412874
What country is this and it must be a place where they steal the carts like crazy because that shit sounds expensive, more than just losing the carts

>>2412897
>60-70 a box

How can smokes cost this much? No way smokes cost 60 a box, a box of 20-25 smokes?

>>2412927

I think he meant a big box, like 10 times 25 smokes

>>2412945
That would cost more than 60-70 though

I think normal pack of 20 smokes is maybe $15 or more, so 10 of those would be much more than 60-70. Maybe she wanted to buy that many so needed $350

>>2412851

>"Oh and can I have 350 out?"

How about fuck you?

There is a reason ATM's were created.

Oh, and also, Colesbro, I am your sworn enemy.

>>2412966

Depends on your state and the prices on them, my first thought was that 60 was too high for a carton, given that average in my state is 40$.

Come to think of it>>2412496 here, and MOTHERFUCK my state for not raising it's cig taxes.
Ours are more than 50% less than in New York so we get assloads of shitty new yorkers in daily buying five cartons of newports, gumming up our lines and paying in cash. They sell them for 10 bucks a pack, make more than double their cash, wash rinse repeat. Fucks things up for our real customers but we make just enough for corporate to turn a blind eye. It's like prohibition, but less sexy moonshine running and more smoker's cough.

>>2412921
Not the guy from before but I'm an ausfag (brisbane yo) and we've got them nigs about the place/

>Work At grocery Store
>Give people free shit all the time when they look like they might need it.
>Item won't ring up? You get it for free
>Steal from the rich, give to the poor and don't give a fuck

>>2412851
holy crap

Work at Woolies
> Manager instructs me to do a float return pick up
> Take out all of my $50 and $100 notes and send them to the cash office
> Next transaction
> Stupid lady has $10 worth of crap
> "Can I get $400 cash out"?
> All of my money just went to the cash room
> "Sorry, I haven't got enough in my till"
> YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT MUCH

Were not a fucking bank and plus it's in a huge shopping centre where there are atm's everywhere

> worked at kroger
> hatemylife.jpg
> nigger coworker steals food every shift
> when I have to push carts, I sit in my car
> subway erryday during break
That was a boring summer

>Self serve attendant at Big W (large Australian department store)
>Have sale on 100mL Lynx (Axe) deodorant, two for $9 or something like that
>Lady comes to self serves with a 100mL can and a 110mL can
>Complains that the discount hasn't come through
>I figure it's because the 110mL obviously isn't part of the deal
>Have to call someone over from the health and beauty department, to verify it anyway
>Associate comes over, explains to the lady that the shelf talker is only under the 100mL cans
>Customer doesn't get this, decides she has to show the associate where she got it from
>Comes back to the self serves with a 100mL can, 'cause she lost the battle
>Scans deodorant cans
>Shows up on screen as something like (don't remember the exact non-discounted price): $5.50, $5.50 (-$2.00)
>Complains that the discount still hasn't gone through
>Explain to her that the -$2.00 in the brackets is how much she saved, so the items all together have actually gone through at the discounted price
>Still doesn't get it, even more angry now
>Just tells me she's not going to take them
>I ask her if she's sure
>"yes"!
>I just take them off because it's been a long day and I don't really feel like explaining basic math to a grown woman

I don't mind working on the self serves, for the most part. I work with great people and the majority of customers are nice people but some people really fuck with my head. They're not that hard to use. Also:

>All the fucking time
>Customer using self serves
>Fucks up
>Complains, says how much they hate them, taking people's jobs away, etc.
>Fix shit up for them
>Same customer comes back next day/week/few days later
>Same routine
>It's not like we don't have ordinary checkouts, you know

>>2413029

I work at an IGA and the amount of fuckwits I get that come in right when we open asking to take out over $400 even though there are literally 3 FUCKING ATMS within a 10 metre radius is fucking ridiculous.

>customer's kid is being an asshole
>"[insert dumb name], be good or The Lady will tell you off."
>be The Lady
>authority
>kid looks afraid

>>2413922
Oh shit, I get that all the time. Kids always fuck around on the self serve checkouts. It makes me feel bad, I'm not a mean guy!

>>2413922
> kids running around my store
> kicking soccer balls around
> idontgiveafuck.jpg

>>2413922 again, related to previous story

>customer's 2 asshole kids playing around on unused disabled checkout
>"[asshole kids], get off there or you'll get in trouble with The Lady"
>kids are like 13 and look at me daring me to say something
>fuckthatshit.jpg
I'm a 5'1" girl, the fuck do you want me to do? discipline your own damn kids

>people actually getting angry at work
>several stories in the thread about being unproductive

Sure is childish mentality here.

>work at Target
>tell the customer its $4.23 or something
>gives me $4 and says "hold on I have change"
>can clearly see the 23 cents he needs to give me
>gives me 81 cents.
>all of my why

>>2414159
>Never working retail
How does it feel?

>>2414159
>Probably believes that "the customer is always right"

>>2414159
>trust fund

yep

>>2414447
>>2414408
>>2414388
My parents didn't give me any money since I was 16 years old, and I worked as a waiter, then as a cashier in two different places.

No, the customer isn't always right, but actually feeling rage at work because customers ask questions which seem stupid to you?

The customer doesn't know as much as you do, I bet you'd look retarded too if you came into their job, not knowing what they're doing. As for the rudeness, most people aren't happy in life, and if things don't go their way when shopping, they will get angry, because between having a shitty job, being tired, and having to do chores at home, the last thing they want is frustration when buying something. Thing is, when you respond with rage, you're acting just like them...

Man up, and stop slacking off. This >>2412415 I respect, >>2413487 this I don't. Stop projecting your rage because you couldn't get a good education and a decent job at customers.

>working at deli
>I do good, everyone likes me
>everyone nice to me
>I nice to everyone
>co-workers are happy to see me
>boss is super cool to me
>customers ask for me when I'm not there
>customers seek me out in general
>Another guy who is in charge of a different department (but still higher in the hierarchy) comes up to me one evening
>"Anon, your department is well kept and it looks good, but I don't think your are doing your job properly"
>All my wat
>"Do you know what I mean?"
>"No"
>Ignore him ever since
>mfw I hate my job,my co-workers, my boss and the customers.
>mfw I have no face.

I'm quitting in a month, I can't keep up this pretence much longer.

>>2414588
> stop slacking off
Implying I would ever give my full effort for a shitty 7.50/hour job

>be an mp and basically have the most under-appreciated job in the army next to mechanics and cbrn
>this Lexus is doing 67 in a goddamn school zone, ah jeesus the paper work
>pull over vehicle, run the usual tack
>get out, palm the trunk and all that horseshit
>oh god damn it its a blonde female
>"How dare you pull me over you fucking private pig! don't you know who I am?! I'm blabbity fuck munching colonels wife!"
>ma'm you were speeding in a school zo-
>"HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF THIS! I WOULD NEVER SPEED AND ENDANGER THE LIVES OF CHILDREN and so on n so ferth"
>by this time I had gotten her spit on my face due to her infliction of her words, and my patience is twindkling down to a bag of no fucks given
>ma'm I have you on tap on my icops and you sped through the zone
>I'm writing her a ticket while she is screaming at me like a spoiled 5 year old getting her toy taken away
>she snatches my ticket voucher and throws it over her truck
>sigh.....jpg
>pull out a secondary from my pouch, begin writing ticket again, but also tack on for reckless driving, driving while on a cell phone, speeding, failure to obey traffic signs, etc etc
>bill comes to over 2000 in fines
>as I'm handing her the ticket, "now ma'm remember we here at ft huah care about the saftey of the spouses of our soldiers and everyone here on the road, please be more careful while driving and have a nice day
>walk back to my car and pull away without a single fuck given
>not even mad when she filed a complaint
My video proved I wasn't in the wrong, the cunt. I mean seriously I know I'm the popo and all that but I'm just doin my job so you don't smear a fucking school kid across my road.

>>2415271
pic related

man she was a cunt...

I work in Kohls, this happened last night.

>Close at 11 for no good reason, whatever
>Around 10:00 at night, cleaning shoes
>Call comes over the radio "I have a little boy here and he can't find his mom."
>Goddamnit people
>Head over, see coworker and a manager with a little boy, looks like 4 or 5
>Manager is trying to get him to talk, find out about his mom
>"What's your mom's name sweety?"
>"I don't know."
>Managers face is just wat
>Whatever the kid's like four and freaked out, not super unreasonable
>"Do you remember what she's wearing?"
>"Grey pants."
>"Um, anything else?"
>"Can't remember"
>Start searching the store for a woman in grey pants
>What am I even doing with my life
>Manager is staying with the kid, trying to talk with him to keep him happy
>"So how old are you?"
>"Don't know."
>Fucking wat
>What is wrong with this kid
>There is no sign of a woman in grey pants anywhere in this store
>Manager ends up making an announcement over the speakers "Would the party with [name of child] please come to the front of the store, thank you very much."
>This woman and her daughter come out of the changing room with a ton of crap
>Had no idea her son had wandered off/left her son somewhere

I guess the kid told my manager he almost went outside to look for his mom, but found an employee before he could find the door. But the story doesn't fucking end there.

>>2415414
As we were leaving a cashier told this story.

>Mother [with intact family] goes to check out
>Rings up a few hundred dollars in clothes and curtains
>Tries to pay with credit card
>Denied
>"Try this one."
>Denied
>"Try this one."
>Denied
>"Try this one."
>Was holding a stack of cards and just pulling them off one after another, went through at least 8
>Ended up splitting the bill across multiple credit cards

Do you really need to be buying 40 dollar curtains when you can't put just those on one card? And when your fucking kid doesn't know how old he is? We couldn't even figure out what nationality she was. Wasn't speaking Spanish or French to her daughter, maybe some eastern European shit. Fuck. I can't wait till I'm out of there in two weeks.

>Work at a Buy/Sell/Trade place on Haight Street
>Customer comes up, shows me a $10 shirt with a 50% off stamp
>asks me how much that is


>People who make a living off of picking and then selling clothes to us
>they get mad when we don't buy shit

>general wanna be hippies coming in and fucking shit up

>fucking retarded and rude tourists ALL DAY
>oh I'm sorry, I left all clothes in dressing room, you get them yes?
>NO GO GET THEM YOU FUCK
>tfw you tell them to pick up their shit and they follow your orders cause they don't want to get in trouble in murica

>bosses always telling us to look happy, fuck you it's a thrift store, people just want chill ass employees to interact with

>tfw bosses try to get you to act fake
>tfw bosses try to use you an example
>tfw retail is bunch of dick sucking


Anyways, if there any brobots in San Francisco, come in and I'll give you 5 bucks off.

Just say brobot

>>2414003 me again cos my shop attracts freaks

>scanning customer's clothes and stuff through
>he stops me saying one thing has come up 50p more than it should
>dunno if it is or not (lots of discrepancies between computer system and prices on the floor)
>"um, I could call a supervisor and check but it could take quite a while"
>"that's cool, I'll wait"
>I stand watching the queue get longer for five minutes for this ass to save 50p
>total came to about 60 pound
was it worth it? REALLY?

I'm not greentexting cause I'm on my phone

work in seafood in grocery store
notorious old bitch comes in once or twice a week
gives everybody shit
not a single employee in the store willingly deals with her
comes to me
"I want exactly .4lb (actually fucking says l b) off the tail end of that salmon
cut it, it comes to .45
"GO CUT IT AGAIN! THAT'S TOO MUCH!"
I go back and cut a sliver off
.36
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET TRAINED! YOU'RE THE WORST EMPLOYEE I'VE EVER SEEN!"
wrap that shit up, slam it on the counter (ruining the meat)
say "Take it or don't. I really don't care"
go help customers that are laughing at what happened

not all bad though. most people are nice

cleaning case at night because it has to be done
fenced myself in with giant caution signs
old woman in a wheelchair being pushed by an aide
"Excuse me. Why did they lock you in a play pen?"
"Oh I'm just a little kid at heart"
give her award winning smile
she let's out the cutest old woman giggle I have ever heard
"You're so funny! Thank you for making my evening!"
every one of my emotions for that little old lady

>work in a grocery store
>ringing shit up
>before I'm even done, this bitch has already swiped her card, and put it away in her purse
>she doesn't even know the total yet
>finish scanning everything
>tell her the total; tell her she has to swipe now, because she did it too soon earlier
>she gets all pissy with me about it, asks if I'm trying to charge her twice
>fumbles through her enormous purse, mumbling shit the whole time
>practically smashes her card through the machine this time, to display her utter frustration
>it asks for her PIN; she jams her finger into each key, still clearly buttfrustrated
>when she gets her receipt, she starts bitching about not getting a dollar off on some item
>my face when this bitch didn't even care about the cost two minutes ago
>my face when this kind of shit happens every goddamned day

Those are the people who should be working behind counters.

>>2415651
Or, no, let me rephrase that. Those are the people who shouldn't earn the double digit salaries that allow them to spendspendspend. Here's another one:

>work in the deli section of the grocery store
>fried chicken sale
>fried chicken comes up out of the fryer; has to go back down again for about 15 minutes to fully cook
>some guy sees it come up, and sees me put it back down
>he starts bitching
>"WHAT THE HELL BRO WHY'D YOU PUT IT BACK DOWN, GIVE US THE CHICKEN"
>explain that it was cold, and raw, and he would have gotten sick if I'd given it to him in its current state
>he just walks away, exasperated

I don't know why people think that social etiquette and manners FUCKING DISAPPEAR when you're talking to someone with a name badge.

>>2415651
glad I'm not the only one that gets this!

>scanning stuff through for eastern european guy
>halfway through he puts his card in the machine
>asks me why it's not coming up on the screen
>"cos I've not put it all through yet"
>asks me again, not getting what I'm saying
>"just wait"
>asks again
>hold hand up to him like I'm talking to a dog
>"wait."
>put rest of stuff through
>"now go"
>he sighs and does card stuff

>>2415271
Why didn't you arrest her? Dude I've seen niggers and spicks get arrested and charged with assault on an officer for less than what she did. Screaming at a police officer... big no no.

>work as a cleaner in a public pool
>mfw i'm subjected to all kinds of insults and take it with a smile

>tfw customers call you by your name

I've always wanted to ask for discounts a retail stores.Especially for big purchases. Can anyone of you recommend how to ask?

>working at supermarket with self-serve coffee machine
>kids as young as six getting coffee for themselves while their parents don't seem to care

Seriously, what the fuck parents?

And I wish I had good stories, the worst I get (Produce/Grocery) is the old cunts who think that being 50+ entitles them to be rude to everyone they don't know.

>>2415802
Why do you deserve a discount?

I have an interview on Saturday at Kroger. Hopefully I get the job.

>>2412183
>Work at a store that closes at 11PM
>Close it myself at 10:55PM every single day.

You seem upset.

>>2415802
Protip: In most cases, the guy scanning your items doesn't control the pricing of anything in the store; asking for a discount is pointless.

Where I work, we have to weigh food items, and we print out a tag with the price on it. In those situations, we have a control over the price. If you're not a dick, I'll usually throw in an extra whatever, or give you free extras on your sandwich without charging you for it. But in most cases, the dude you're haggling with has zero control.

>working retail

Just work in a fucking bar. More man points, hot women around, can play god a bit and kick out for getting too rowdy, ask for ID etc. You're much more the dominant party in the relationship, than in other types of retail/service industry.

>work at ski area
>drive groomer
>make snow
>fix groomer/snowguns/lifts errry day
>Never talk to customers
>boss and co-workers are complete bros
>do honest work outside with my hands

>you jelly?

>>2415746
fucking wife > paper work

>work at staples
>gotta watch those ridiculous training videos

that's the worst part. no one will fucking smile if you tell them to wait a few minutes.

>>2415824
You don't wanna be my friend?

>>2412132
loll fucking idiot. You're a dickhole. It's not like laptops have been around for centuries. People who've never used a computer before simply don't know how they work.

Let me ask you something faggot. How does air conditioning work? How do heaters work? How do televisions work? Do you know how a furnace works? Do you know how you get electricity to your house or where it comes from? Explain to me what parts are needed to make your washer and dryer function properly?

Yeah asshole not everyone knows everything about everything so why don't you give the lady a break.

>>2415905
I see,I don't usually expect a discount at grocery or
fast-food places,unless I have a coupon. I meant items over fifty dollars.

Not retail, but I feel the need to share this tale.

>manager at my mcjob
>lady and her family order a bunch of food
>twenty nuggets, fish, like 3 medium fries
>their food is ready and I call it out
>slow as shit so I pass time by talking to a teenage girl who works with me
>five minutes later their food is still sitting there
>call it out again
>five minutes later they come and take it
>yet another five minutes pass and an old man that was with them (I'm assuming grandfather) walks up with crutches holding fish and fries in his hands
>he tells the girl his food is warm and he wants his money back
>I come up and start getting his money
>he had already hobbled back to his table
>have to get them to sign the reciept for refunds and shit and he forgot his money so I walk over to him and his family including children
>start with the whole "sir, I'm very sorry", I'm great at this part and always seem sincere
>he yells back "no you fucking aren't, I know it"
>I tell him I really am and we can try to get him new food for free since I gave him his money back
>he says try? You can't get it right the first time
>I then say we can get him new food
>he days he doesn't want it and starts ranting
>at this point I want to punch him out so I say whatever and walk out
>spend my free time glaring at him every few minutes for half an hour

I mean, It's as much his fault as it is ours. I got him his money back and offered free food and he still had to give me shit. I hate old people more than anything. They expect to be waited on hand and foot. It's not dennys you old Fucks, waddle up to the counter if you want a refill on coffee.

anyone think its fair that Wal*Mart gets away with paying its employees so little because they're all on food stamps and welfare?

>>2416034
I think working at walmart can set you up to fail. That why I shop at target. The least of the two evils.

>>2412132
But that's adorabIe. Why would you be mad?
She wasn't even a bitch about it.

>>2416034
Oh, god. Don't even get me started.
>pay employees next to nothing
>employees are all relying on Uncle Sam to get by
>implying the government isn't subsidizing a multi-billion dollar megacorporation
>that feel when some "business friendly" conservative gets pissy about anecdotal welfare queens living off the system; meanwhile, Wal Mart does it in spades through their employees, but the company is considered a champion of capitalism
>and people continue to shop there in droves

>work at walmart toy dept
>unsupervised kids
nope.jpg
>"you guys are going to have to leave"
fuck yeah.png

>>2412432
I skateboard, yet don't look like it.
My local skate shop is incredibly clean. It's white, no graphics or anything anywhere. Just white and glass. The guy who runs it sure as fuck knows what he's doing.
Staff is incredibly helpful too. For Canada, that's rare.
Please don't judge skateboarders or our shops based on that cunt.

>work as male escort
>so many times when I being a sub for people they have no manners
>literally no one gives me a reach around while they fuck me
>most people just want to fuck me or give them blowjobs
>one time I got with old man, he's ugly, I charge $800 for one hour
>He cums in like five minutes the first time but then asks me to suck him off
>I suck his dick for literally the remaining 55 minutes and go overtime a little just because I don't wanna be a dick.
>I tell him his hour is up
>He gets irate telling me I suck and that he's not going to pay me
>Just jack him off until he cums
>he pays me then
>fuck my life

>>2415271

bro know the feeling, officer wives are the bane of the military. fucking cunts. shouldnt even be allowed on base

>>2417475
Are you the guy that said Tom Cruise has a normal body for an old man because you fuck a lot of old men?

>working in retail
>you're the idiot

>>2411257
What does her wearing trending clothes have to do with anything? And why bother using the asshole quotes when they add absolutely nothing to your complaint?

>Work as a merchandiser for Old Navy, in the ghetto.
>Folding down a table one night.
>There's a random bikini bottom in the middle of the T-shirts.
>From the outside it just looks strangely two toned.
>The inside is soaked in Period blood, the sanitary strip was removed.

Also,
>Black guy comes in, tried on one pair of jeans.
>Runs out in a hurry, says he doesn't want them.
>Fitting room attendant informs me that he left his own jeans and stole ours.
>Tell her to throw his out. She flips them over her arm to carry to the trash.
>Roughly 100 dollars worth of weed falls out of the pocket onto the ground in the middle of the store.
>MFW if I pick it up I look like I'm just carrying weed around the store.

>>2417475
>being an escort
>not charging up front
why

>>2411571

This, I will never understand. I don't work in retail but I'm not an asshole. So when I think that I don't need an item, I go back to the place I got it.

Seriously, the amount of frozen food I've found in the canned goods aisle is ridiculous, and I only go to the grocery store every two days. I don't even want to know how many things stores have to throw away because of assholes like that.

>>2412208
Woolworths was also a discount store (like K-Mart or Target) that disappeared about 20 years ago in the US

>>2411586

>go to grocery store to get tomatoes
>have to weigh them myself and put a sticker with the price and barcode on the tomatoes
>something went wrong, a second sticker got stuck on the barcode
>barcode is pretty faint after I took off the second sticker
>go to register
>it doesn't scan properly
>cashier says "Oh, this isn't good..."
>-"I-I'm sorry..."
:c

She put in the price manually

>>2417754
You have to weigh and put the labels on your own fruits and vegetables?

What country is this? In Aus we just put them in bags and they get weighed at the checkout

>>2417789

Germany. It depends on the store. Most have the system you do, it gets weighed at the checkout. But some still have older registers without those digital scales.

It's very confusing because I believe that stores are obliged to have scales accessible to the customers so they can check how much their vegetables weigh. And I never know if I have to weigh them myself or if it gets done at the counter. And I don't want to make the checkout-lady/-guy have to get up and do it for me. It's unnecessary, rude and holds up the line.

Ah well, I manage. Sorry for slightly getting off topic.

>>2417824
I remember stores used to have scales in the fruits and vegetables section but now most places don't. So when I'm buying stuff I have no idea how much that will be and it's just a guess. It's not so bad when you're buying cheap things but if you're buying more expensive stuff which isn't really in season you sort of have no idea how much it's going to cost

Also with that system where you print out your own labels, that can probably be open to abuse, like put some fruit in, weight it and print label, add more fruit to same bag

> work at cinema
> huge line at snacks counter. only guy serving.
> indian lady pushes to front
> asks how pick and mix works
> wat?
> asks again
> explain the process of using scoop to put sweets in bag etc etc
> comes up with just over a quid in pick and mix. twice.
> most likely misses most of film

fucks sake

>>2417867

I know but I believe that most customers still have some kind of honor and decency. I couldn't cheat them, my conscience would kill me.

>convenience store cashier. think Clerks.
>boss is middle-aged, fat soccer mom
>we're near a highway so fuckloads of traffic in the store
>when I'm not working the register, I'm helping with shelving or keeping an eye out for gas thieves
>boss occasionnally comes down to check on things
>bakes a batch of huge-ass cookies and gives one to every employee every few weeks.
>MFW boss would make a better VP than palin

>do logistics at target (less pay then walmart btw)
>minimal customer interation
>works with my school schedule and mornings only
>can't complain (like a good prole should)

>work at a Dunkin Donuts
>maybe around 7 or 8pm
>lady orders two donuts and coffee in the drive thru
>she pulls up to the window
>"okay that's $5.05 please"
>she hands me a 5
>I hold my hand out waiting for the change or whatever
>she says "oh I don't have the nickel" with a smile
>I simply respond with "well then I don't believe I have one of your donuts"
>she gets pissed at me, asks for a manager
>manager isn't in that late
>she drives off and never comes back

Thank god

>It'll be ready in a half hour
>How long will that be?
>A half hour
>...oh

>>2418084

wow youre really a dick. you could probably be pissed if she expected you to pick up that 5 cents if she had a nasty attitude. but damn, if you responded to me like that i's punch your teeth in, THEN proceed to never come back.
She didnt even give ou any backtalk.

tl;dr you seem like a miserable faggot

>>2418084
That is kinda dick-ish, but hey you dont HAVE to cover for them. Besides you go there to make money.

>Shoe rack with 20-70% off.
>$20 shoes, already marked down reg. price $40
> what is the price on these shoes?
>it says it on the tag, $20
>But it says 70%
>20-70% off, it can be anything in between, those are $40 shoes marked down 50%
> why isn't it 70% off 20? i hate you guys
>w/e

>>2418148
To be fair, your color coding system is a pita when I get excited about cheap shoes. Usually disorganized too, but whatever, I can buy a cute pair of shoes for less than a sandwich sometimes.

>>2418125
Almost every place that has registers accounts for $1-2 in losses or gains, it happens. He could have handed her one of the stale donuts (we ALL know they are stale as fuck after 3 PM) and just shut the fuck up, but whatever. I'm guessing it was better off in the garbage anyways.

>>2418224
The shoes are marked with the final price. What is so hard to understand? >.<

I quit though and got a new job now. Hated that place.

>>2411433
d) all of the above
Protip. The answers d

I've never worked at a retail store long enough to have crazy stories. But I have a gross one

>christmas time
>lone cashier while boss is on break
>store packed as fuck
>line going to the back of store
>woman slowly purchasing a million things
>leaves line to get more things
>ready to pay
>pull dirty sock out of her bra
>hand me dirty, sweaty $100 bill
>i noticeably grip it with my short nails and made a face at it

bitches be nasty

I worked for the Red River Ex for one week. Anyone interested in hearing some storys? I'll include some information about some of the rigged games.

>ausfag working at bilo (shit version of coles)
>old lady buys a trolley load of stuff
>doesn't put a separator on the conveyer belt thingy
>scan half way through the next customers shopping, with the old bat placidly watching on
>realise my mistake
>apologise and start fixing it.
>glint in the hag's eyes, 'I HAVE A BUS TO CATCH!'
>i apologise again and keep going through as fast as i can
>bitch starts hitting me with her bag and swearing at me
>traumatised i call for my manager and walk away.

and another
>store manager walks up behind a 40 year old dyke, short hair you know the type
>'excuse me sir, a register has just opened up further down'
>she turns around, he just stares at me.
>I can't stop smiling at him
>dyke shakes her head and leaves him red faced and spluttering.

good times.

>>2419171
yep. save this thread man

>Working at Little Ceasers
>Up at front working cashier
>Old guy walks in
>Wants to look at a pepporoni pizza
>herewego.jpg
>He rigoriously inspects the pizza
>Says he doesn't like it
>Tries to haggle down the price
>It's FIVE FUCKING DOLLARS
>Tell him I'm not allowed to haggle, prices are set by management
>he gets mad walks out
>all other customers say they don't want the pizza he was going to buy
>Fuck you guys, it's five dollar pizza, not supposed to be food for the gods

>try to make pizza as desirable as possible while working back, just for you fuckers to have a little joy in your cheap, meaningless life

>>2419191

Ok. So one thing I learned very early on was that everyone there was a total fucking asshole.

>work at the birthday game
>playing stick
>my hour break begins
>go to the Hoopla game to talk to my friend
>a Chinese chick comes toward him with one of those shitty hard plushies (I honestly don't know why people chose those over the soft ones
>says in broken English "I want new one!"
>"why" he asked as I honestly tried not to laugh
> "stitching on neck bad! I want that one!" she pointed to an identical mouse thing.
>there is like no fucking difference and he tells her this.
>but she wants new one so we give her new one.
>she leaves and I die of laughter when she was out of ear shot.

both the hoopla and the birthday game are rigged.

for the hoopla: there are two sets of rings.

1. the ones with tape on them
2. the ones without tape

the ones with tape are the rigged ones and are made smaller. They rarely, if ever, fit over the box.
Try to get one without tape.

The birthday game is rigged as follows:

The squares for: Happy new years! and merry christmas! are what you want.

always play the birthday game with the shitty dice. It's been used as a hammer so it's extremely rigged to those days.

I got more funny if you wanna hear it.

>>2419357

>am bored

please continue

(only with crazy, hilarious shit please)

Special Services Dept Head at Home Depot.
>>High shrink store, so tons of paperwork to prevent it, along with all my other paperwork.
>>Can't get shrink plan done, as I am constantly also working returns.
>>No one else in dept is doing reports, can't be mad, as the one person who isn't new is running all the Kids and Do-it-herself clinics, and is awsome in every other day.
>>Super stressed all the time.
>>Working by yourself always, you are the person both associates and customers go to when they have anything even slightly unusual.
>>Have been given half the work of the Pro Desk, as they weren't going their job properly.
>>My dept works four 12 hour shifts.
>>Still not dept of the week.
>>Store Manager throws things into a pile on the floor, and tells me to clean it up.
>>Know when inventory comes up in August, I will probably be fired.
>>Tfw cashiers whine about hearing the same jokes over and over again.
Try dealing with a customer when they have been waiting 6 wks for a special order that should take 2, or a messed up installation, while you have a line 6 deep, babies

>>2419191

Also. I can't believe how fucking retarded the people who play the games are.

>this one woman walks up with a baby carriage...but without the baby in it.
>says she wants to win a prize for her children. Ok fine.
>gives us the Toonie (two dollar coin) and puts it on march
>she looses
>she continues this until $50.00 later.
>I very subtly tap the: Happy New Years! and Merry Christmas! squares as she watches and as my bosses back is turned.
>she bets on everything but those squares.
>I fucking inwardly sigh
>$70.00 later she is still going
>Im utterly amazed at how much fucking money she's lost and that she still is going.
>tell her: "you can bet on all squares for $20.00"
>my boss gives me a dirty look. I just want this to end.
>she still doesn't listen.
>on her $80.00th dollar she FINALLY wins.
>she goes with a shitty hard mouse abomination.
>two hours later she's back.
>and looses $40.00 before she wins again.

I can't fucking understand why anyone would waste that much money on something as shit as a plush. It's just astounding.

>>2419466

holy shit these people are retarded. maybe she just loves her kids a lot. you shouldve schemed up a plan to make that wasted money go to the employees directly.

>>2419515

Well I only was signed up for two weeks (that's how long they were staying in Winnipeg) I was not going to travel with them. So any money from that wasn't really going to benefit me.

Anyways on the day I quit I was so fucking mad...but the story about it isn't so much crazy and funny, it's just terrible and maddening.

It's a fun job though and pays really well.

>>2419616

hmph, so youre not bitter like the rest of these faggots? almost wish you were, these stories would have been alot of interesting haha. thanks for the entertainment. signing off for tonight.

>work at bike shop
>old man comes in
>costanzaface
>he wants to look at some gas powered bikes
>all we have is electric now
>"what are the prices for these babies"
>hurrdurr Trek bike with lithium battery
>"that's a funny joke"


all of my rage

>work at the State Fair
>parking attendant
>some asshole drives in
>pickup truck
>give me the finger
>calls me a gook
>I'm half asian
>leaves to enter the Fair
>leaves his car window open
>shit in a bag
>pour it into his truck through window
>left before I could see his expression
>never found out what happened

It's been 20 years... should feel like justice. but just feels like i did something wrong

>>2411647

wut?! whereabouts in TN? our DGs dont have beer!

>>2419731

I used to do that unprovoked when I worked at the state fairgrounds in college. Good times.

>random produce item doesn't have a plu sticker on it
>can't find said item in database
>ask another cashier what the number is
>customer pipes up "OH ITS 4.99 PER LB"

I DONT FUCKING CARE HOW MUCH IT IS PER POUND YOU RETARD. THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME!

I've posted this before on here but why not again since its relevant and not the typical shit.

>work in retail pharmacy
>every foreigner, kooladria friedschickenishwa and or white trash person with past due credit cards gets their prescriptions for free through state insurance
>this isnt a lie you hear, its the case
>the people who get screwed are hard working people who pay their insurance through their pay check or buy it privately
>thats besides the point
>this provides rage however
>working
>hi I am here to pick up my prescription my last name is retard
>nothing in bin
>check computer
>nothing there
>sir you have nothing ready are you looking for a prescription or did a doctor call it in
>i dont know you tell me
>how can a fucking able bodied person not know what medicines they need!?

I could go on and on

a few days ago we got berated by a district manager because someone emailed and complained that we told them that we couldnt have their prescription ready in less than 2 hours when we were short staffed and over worked on a busy monday
>mfw all of this could be solved by them going ahead and giving us another worker to work with.


no lie, its cliche but the day I get out of that place will be glorious

I work at skyzone (indoor trampoline park) as a janitor/ cashier

> Part of my job is to clean bathrooms
> Knock on womans restroom door loudly for about 5 seconds
> crack door sligtly to make sure no one is in there
> 15 year old girl opens the door and calls me a creeper and walks out with her middle school posse saying shit and pointing
> Can you not see me holding a mop, bucket, name tag and team member neon orange shirt.

> be cleaning tables
>fat black woman sitting at table
>two plates with emtpy cans and napkins on top and inside
> woman watches me pick it up to throw it away with no protest
> A WILD BLACK WOMAN APPEARS
> Yells "why'd jew leet dis ked taek mah pezza?!"
> just looks at me as i say im sorry i thought it was trash
> gives me the fucking MMMMMMMHMMMMMMM bull shit
> allofmywut.png

Also everyday some faggot with a bluetooth headset and an iPhone/Ipad comes up to ask me the wifi password

OR

"wheres the bathroom?" MFW theres a MASSIVE sign hanging from the roof

any Lowesfags up in here?

>Working as a cashier
>Woman comes through with about $100 worth of groceries
>Get to a piece of produce I've never seen before
>Ask her if she knows what it is so I can find the code to input it
>"I don't know. It's your product, you should know what it is."

Fuck you, it's not my product. I'm just the proletarian slave that facilitates the purchase of it.

>be cashier
>old white lady comes in my lane
>me: "hi, how are you today, ma'am?"
>her: "just fine, thank you. do you know that jesus loves you?"
>i nod, not saying anything because i'm not christian
>her: "i asked if anyone told you today that jesus loves you. he does, you know."
>finish ringing her up, bag her stuff, give her change
>her: "just remember, jesus loves you. he died for you, and he died for me, too. don't forget."
>tfw awkward religious customers

>>2420530
I get some fundies through my lines that hand out little booklets with comics about how you're going straight to hell unless you repent. Shit's usually good for a laugh.

Here's my favorite.

>running carts at a grocery store
>late evening, 8-9 pm
>busy as fuck on a Friday
>raining like hell, the kind of rain where you're drenched on the way to the car
>hauling ass to keep up with the busy night, no cart spends more than 5-6 mins in the cartroom
>drenched to the bone and can't feel my fingers
>bitch walks in, looks and the wet carts, and in a straight face asks "um, do you have a dry one?" In this bitchy snooty voice.
>FUCK YOU

>>2420421
in her defense you do work there

>>2420685
Right, but I can't know every single code of every piece of produce we sell. Not even the front end manager knows every single one.

> Work at a shop rebuilding chemcal extraction
pumps
>I'm the only guy back there, so I jam out to the radio all day or listen to talk shows while tinkering around.
>Boss is a total bro. I don't fuck up so he really doesn't care how I spend my time or how I do things as long as it works. He's still makIng 45/hour Profit on his charges s my wages (20/hour, customer pays 65.) so he doesn't care if I take an extra hour or two to finish the job.
>Don't have to deal with customers.
>no bad stories I like my work.

>work as a pharmacy tech in the sectioned-off back corner of the drug store
>idiots always come back here to ask where stuff out in the rest of the store is
>I only work in the pharmacy and I know just as much about the front of the store as they do, if not less
>tell them to ask one of the several employees that work in the rest of the store because that's their area
>bitch at me for not knowing where stuff is

Fuck you, I work with the pills. Don't come back here wasting my limited time asking where earplugs and duct tape are. Why the hell did you walk all the way to the back of the store to ask your question instead of asking one of the several workers you must've walked past on your way here?

>At work
>Checking operation of a machine
>I don't touch anything
>It breaks
>I get fired for being near it when it broke

>>2417940
Oh man, the middle-aged retail moms are so much fun to work with. It's like a glimmer of humanity in the otherwise dull and dead-end retail gig. They're fucking hilarious.

>rings up at x price
>"but the sign says it's y price a bloo bloo bloo bloo"

Fucking die. Our pricing system has a funny way of being right. You shitty customers can very easily just switch a sign, or move something to the next home. Stop wasting our sales associates times doing stupid price checks.

>>2420261
>>the people who get screwed are hard working people who pay their insurance through their pay check or buy it privately
Preach it sista! When I used to work I used to have to pay my insurance from my damn money, and it was so expensive. Then I got pregnant, and found out my motherfucking insurance wasn't paying for ANYTHING related to the pregnancy, so I quit my job , got on social whatever its called (cant even remember anymore) and made them bitches pay for E-VERY-THING.

Also I always paid a lot of taxes so it felt good to somehow getting it bac

From my Box Office days at a movie theater:

>I'll have 2 manatee tickets please.
>manatee... like the fuckin sea creature.

>Can I get a senior ticket
>she's a senior in high school and legit thinks this is what this ticket is for

>Theater has a "First Show" special where the early show is only $5
>8pm show
>can I get a first show ticket to X movie?


Each of these happened weekly. People are exceptionally stupid.

>>2420786
You got fired for not doing your job and preventing it from breaking and fixing whatever was wrong before it became a bigger problem.

>>2412067

I have no idea why, but that was the funniest shit I have ever read today.

>>2421115
I was looking at it for literally 5 seconds and it broke.

>>2421139
I mean in the weeks leading up to this.

>>2420775
They probably figured you needed a break from counting by fives.

>Work at customer service for Walmart
>10 minutes till lunch, older woman comes up to counter
>Has two teeth and a very thick German accent
>She states her bill was too expensive
>Look through receipt, prices look ok but ask if anything was priced incorrectly
>She states everything was priced correctly, but it's too high
>Ok... Tell her if prices are correct, than maybe she was not accounting for sales tax, but I can't lower sales tax
>She insists the computer had to have made an error
>Use the calculator, add all the items up than calculate with tax myself - get the same price
>She states the caculator is lying
>Get some scratch paper, do the math myself freehand, get the same price
>She starts ranting about how she used to have dinner with Einstein
>She does the math herself and get the same amount as on receipt
>Calming explain that, obviously, the price is right and if she went over budget she can return something
>Continues to insist price is right
>Radio for customer service manager
>CSM comes up and it begins all over again
>CSM tells me to just go to lunch
>Was over an hour and a half late to lunch
>Come back, apparently an assistant manager had come up and I had just missed them escorting her out of the store
>No adjustments were made to her bill

Sometimes I miss working at the Wal.

this middle aged drunk guy keeps coming in and calling me "cute" "sexy" etc. and calling me by my name and making me give him high-fives. today he bought a bouquet and said it was for me (jokingly), then asked me if I was a "momma"...I said no, but he said happy mother's day anyway. then he kept saying i was pretty, then slurred, "give me a high five, anon!" and i gave him a weak high-five, then he turned around as he was walking out and yelled to the whole line of people waiting, "She's so SEXY!!!"

all day long guys are calling me "honey" and telling me i'm pretty or asking for my number or whatever, but something about this guy makes me extra uncomfortable...i think because he seems kind of angry/crazy

that feel when gonna get raped

>cashier at CVS
>customer brings up pair of reading glasses
>"Okay, that's going to be $24.99"
>"UM, NO, THOSE ARE ONLY $2.50"
>"Sir, that's the strength."

I don't understand how standing on that side of the counter suddenly made you so fucking dumb.

>DON'T WORRY, I JUST PRINTED THAT BILL TODAY
OH HARHAR

>>2421328
You sound like one angry bitter fuck

The shit you describe isn't even that bad

>>2421345
You sound like you are projecting

>>2421363
Obviously you are because you get angry over shit that isn't worth getting angry over

Other people ITT talk about people shitting in the changing rooms and you complain about some guy who can't read the price tag properly and people who make the same joke over and over again

Your customer service must suck

>work as pizza deliverer
>house is 7 miles away
> we only deliver within 5 mile radius, have to deliver anyway
>thanks boss.
>get $2.00 tip on $35.00 order.
>...thanks, i guess.
honestly i don't understand how some people come up with tips for delivery people....got so many tips that were less than 10%.

>>2421377
There have been other stories about customers not reading price signs correctly. I didn't realize I was breaking a rule by adding one more. Also, that joke is one that any retail person can relate to.

>work at 7-11 with bangledeshis but I'm white lol
>hear that "shiklikluktufgihuted" shit all day
>also deal with annoying customers all day, out of all my jobs the 7-11 crowd is the worst
>since nobody sees me as a real human being I have decided to take the same role as my bangledeshi coworkers
>everytime a customer needs help I say "I don't speak english"
>"Why isn't your ATM working, will I still be charged"? "I don't speak english". "Do you sell chocolate covered pretzels?""I don't speak english" Do you sell baked muffins "I don't speak english" "I need directions" "I don't speak english" repeat with every question I am ever asked
>"Let me speak to your manger! This is ridiculous, it is not logical for you to be employed here if there is no possibility of communication between an employee and a customer!!!"
>Manager can barely speak or understand english
>humanity is hopeless

Working at a convenience store is one of the best ways to gain true insight into humanity. Everyone is a paranoid, ignorant, picky piece of shit. Including myself.

>>2421414
Maybe it's because they're not required to tip you. They already pay for delivery so be happy that you even got a cent.

>>2411465

If they have to ask, they aren't smart enough to actually get it for free.

jesus, if I saw something without a barcode I'd steal that shit faster than sports car in the Detroit ghetto.

People are stupid.

>>2421447
They are expected to. At the time I didn't make minimum wage, tips were expected to cover difference
Also, I had to pay my own gas money minus 1$

>>2421449
No shit.

It makes me cringe when my Mom thinks she's being funny when she asks about it being free or not when something acts up during scanning.

>>2421414
>>2421447
>>2421461
Hey fags, don't turn this into a thread about tipping. There's been threads specifically for that on here before; this one is for retail worker stories.

Go make your own.

>>2415974

not the guy you're replyig to, but shut the fuck up. if you don't know that electronic devices need electricity, than you're a fucking retard. even if she's old, she must have had interaction with electric devices. and she must know what a fucking battery is

>>2420421

when I was cashiering, I was just asking other cashiers wtf is that or what code it has when a customer brought something I didn't know what it was, if the customer asked me about it I just said "sorry, I'm still new here"

>>2420703

didn't they give you a booklet or a printout with the codes?

>>2420904

always send them to the customer services booth. always worked for me

No greentext as on phone but

Working at walmart as cashier
Albino guy hands me bag of mixed nuts
Put them on scale an tell him price
He flips out and wants a direct answer from me why the prices have increased.


Tfw customers think you actually have power ;_;

I worked at a cinema for four years, the first three mostly in the projection booth before I was replaced by a computer.

>patron comes out
>the sound is too loud, can you turn it down a little?
>sure thing ma'am!
>I didn't turn it down
>she didn't come out to ask again
>they never came out to ask again

>just a casual day, movies are going, everything's fine
>the power goes out
>the power stays out
>well, fuck
>half of our emergency walkway lights don't work
>people are just sitting in the dark
>have to give people passes
>everyone's bitching because they have to leave
>I can't fix this you assholes
>power comes back on
>the computer that controls the one digital projector we have is destroyed
>feels good man, these things might steal my job someday

>working in the concession stand
>is the popcorn fresh?
>oh yes, we just popped it a few minutes ago!
>most of that shit's been in there for an hour
>some of it has been in there since yesterday

>we have an arcade
>machines spit out tickets that we take for cheap prizes
>cute little kid, parents seem nice, doesn't really have enough tickets for anything
>give her whatever she wants, like I give a shit, I don't buy this crap
>feels good to make this kid's day
>rowdy little kid, there by himself or parents are obnoxious
>you're not getting shit, fucker

Yeah it was a pretty mundane gig.

>>2421307

That's gotta be a tough life, getting hit on by the opposite gender.

>>2411596
this always happens to me when i'm washing my car, or mowing my yard. neighbor walks by LOL MY HOUSE NEXT XDDD !!111!!one!!!

>Work at Australian Geographic.
>Get to play with toys all day and run around teaching kids about science and astronomy
>Get to meet interesting people like geologists from time to time
>50% storewide discount
>Have to feel kind of guilty because there's an over-emphasis on trying to make people buy shit they don't want, coupled with the fact that everything we sell is marked up to all hell.

Our flashiest, most expensive telescope is on special for $1,500 right now, down from $2,700. You can buy it online, with free shipping, for $800. Some times, I feel kind of disgusting trying to push shit like that. I often find myself recommending people to go to other stores and to shop online when no-one else I work with is around.

>Old guy comes to my till with 2 packs of hot cross buns
>Reduced down to about 20p each or something but normally hot cross buns are on offer 2 for 1.50 something like that
>When I scan them through the till it takes the offer discount off as well as the reduced discount, meaning the total is like 10p
>Argues when I tell him I'll have to put them through separately "Well why can't I have the offer as well as the reduced discount!?"
>"I'm not allowed to do that. If they're reduced you don't get the offer too."
>He just walks out

This happens all the time, reduced items being on offer and it's a pain. If you're a nice person, you can have your stuff with both offers on, I don't care. If you're a cunt I'm not doing it. If you're buyin reduced meat thats also on offer it can sometimes save you about 5 pounds, if you're nice...

>>2415520
>Customer buying 200 pounds worth of shopping
>Gives me car park voucher which entitles them to 60p off

>>2423943

but retail IS about convinving people to buy overpriced shit they don't want

>>2424450

*convincing

>>2414181
>>2414181
>work at target
may god have mercy on your soul

>>2411481

Wow, you think thats bad. Try working in Subway, especially on a night shift

"6 inch lol hurr durr"
"Oooh, I love a FOOTLONG LOLOLOLOL"
"She/he/I love a big one/cant handle one that big etc"

And of course you get all the arseholes who think they are entitled to free extras/cookies/drinks.

>>2420402
>am Lowesfag
>have to be at work in an hour
>hoping for more stories when I get back later
Anyway, here's some shit that's happened to me.
>be loader
>spend most of my time getting carts
>it's alright, don't need to deal with customers as much as people at desks
>sometimes there's stuff left in the carts by customers
>like used baby diapers

>Every door has "EXIT" or "ENTRANCE" painted on it directly in the line of sight for most people
>all day people still come in the exit and leave through the entrance

>all the time people stop me with "hey, just a quick question..."
>proceed to dump giant, specific, story laden question on me, then get pissed when I refer them to a specialist

>giant red sign you can see immediately when you walk in the door tells you where the bathrooms are
>most common question is still where the bathrooms are

Most of my others have been posted ITT in some other form.

>>2424450
I know, I know. I think it's more the over-emphasis put on it by regional management. We try damn hard, and do really well without the need to have statistics niggled at in detail twice a week. It's expected that we convince the customer to purchase 2 items or more at an average amount of $35 on every sale. I don't know.

>work in electronics
>hate life

bumping so I can read before going to sleep

>>2415974
sir you are fully fucking retarded. all of those things need energy from being lugged in and such. has she never been electronics before? or even used a goddamn cellphone? ive known 5 year olds with more knowledge than that

>>2425623
fuck i mean plugged

Less 'ave some more o' dis

>>2424847
>>all day people still come in the exit and leave through the entrance

Because it really makes no difference

does working in a grocery store count?

>ring up this lady says shes late for a meeting
>total it and you slide your own card at the store i work at
>she pays and proceeds to yell at me for charging it to the wrong card
>wtf you slide the card bitch
>return all the stuff telling her we will refund it back to that card and then ring it back up to charge to the card you want.
>tell her to slide the card to give her a refund
>she slides the other card she wants to pay for it on for the refund
>are you fucking kidding me
>we get her the refund on the right card
>then charge her twice on the 2nd card to negate the refund
>she then accuses me of trying to double charge her
>leaves saying she is late and will deal with this later
>comes in a week later and has the nerve to tell me to not fuck up this time

i hate people sometimes it is not my fault you payed with the wrong card and can't follow simple directions.

>>2429491
>exits located immediately behind registers
>on busy days, people flooding out exit with carts and carts of giant shit (it IS a home/hardware store after all)
>people entering through the exit create terrible traffic
>at entrance, doorways are narrower and there is less space between doors (because it is assumed there won't be tons of people with fully laden carts)
>people leaving through entrances create traffic jams in area which is supposed to be one-way

I just started my first retail job. I can tell you guys some stories if you want. I work at a grocery store, and I'm the shittiest cashier in existance. also, the most beta.

>every customer tells one of those jokes.
>you know the ones. 'lolol can i have it for free'
>I laugh
>I tell small, beta jokes.
>they glare at me as if I've killed their kitten.

>>2431427
Tell me some of your jokes

I was at a macdonalds drive thru last night and the guy didn't know how to swipe my credit card. He gave me the machine and my card and asked me to swipe it for him since he doesn't own a card so doesn't know how it works. I was like wtf

>>2431427

well, they're not really jokes at all. Like if I accidentally fumble with change, and I'm in the middle of saying 'here you are ma'am' I might be like 'or i could just drop it everywhere'. idk, pretty lame.

also, this infuriates me
>okay sir, your total is 55.03!
>he gives me fifty six dollars
>I punch in '5600'
>open the drawer
>give him the money
>close drawer
>he gives me three cents
>I have to open the drawer again (which you are not supposed to do unless you're making a sale'
>it fucks up his total and I get in trouble and shit.

>Working at Sams Club
>Lady come up to me and ask about some specific obscure product
>"I dont think we have it here"
>"You had it here last time I came!"
>ask stock
>"We dont have that here"
>"You had it here last time I came! Its in this box that is square and has corners! You had it!"
>"Ma'am. That product hasn't been in stock for 5 years"
>"It was here last time I came here! I know you have it!"
>"When was the last time you came in?"
>"10 years ago"
I wanted to find this product of hers. And beat her to death with it
Also
>"Do you have this general product Im looking for?"
>Assume that because she can't find it, it could not possibly be next or behind me
>Point her off into another direction
>Turn around
>Huge fucking signs for her product are behind me
>Not sure which one of us is stupider

>>2431427
EVERYTIME
>item doesn't scan
>"I guess it's free hurr"
>fake a laugh

>>2431581
I KNOW.

sometimes, they forget their change, and I'll call them back and the cashier training me will jokingly act as if they're pocketing the money and the customer gets SO PISSED.

it's like the customer equivilant to their own god forsaken jokes.

>working behind any register
>Guy comes up and orders something
>Exchange goods and money
>Guy wants to order something else
>"are you fucking stupid?"
>Take his money and give him the other order
>He wants to tack on one more small thing
>I want to tackle him
>He steps aside
>Next person does exact same thing

I hate this even more when its a whole family and despite being able to pay/get what they want with one order, they proceed to wait until youre done to ask for something else for their fucking kid who at this point is screaming at me because they didnt get what they wanted already. Depending how I feel that day, I will either want to melt the child in front of the parents to ensure they never breed again or rescue the kid so they are never like their parents

>>2411571
THISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHIATHISTHISTHISHISTHISTHISTHSITHIS X INFUCKINGFINITY.

GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKER IT'S ONE THING TI DECIDE YOU DONT WANT THE BRATS AND TO LEAVE THEM IN A REFRIGERATED AREA BUT WHY THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE FUCKING RIGHT TI SHOVE IT IN THE CEREAL AISLE WHERE IT UNTHAWS AND HAS TO BE TOSSED?

HOW WERE YOU PIECES OF SHIT RAISED? YOU JUST PULL SALADS FROM THE SHELF AND DROP THEM DOWN IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM.BECAUSE IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO PUSH IT BACK INTO THE SLOT????

There should be fucking punishments for gross abuse of items that arent yours. Putting meat in a non refrigerated area means it has to be tossed... person should be charged with theft or something.

Just because a person is an 'adult' doesn't mean they shouldn't be punished for shit. We definitely need to confront customers and let them know that's not proper behavior. Just because you CAN buy the item doesn't mean it belongs to you. It's not yours until you buy it. So dont throw it back on the shelf, or squash it, or fucking take a bite out of it and put it back. For fuck's sake..

Fucking produce...the things they do to our salad section make me want to commit homicide for the betterment of the human race.

>>2424847
Fuck you, bitch. I deal with thousands of dollars of fucked up deliveries and installs every day, and you send someone to me because you can't deal with not knowing the code to something? I actually have a job to do, do yours.
>>2422457 Thanks man, we appreciate everything you do.

> need a job desperately
> get hired at walmart
> work really hard because I need the money
> they keep asking more and more of me until I go home exhausted
Two years later
> learned pretty much to do the minimum
> they no longer ask so much of me
> and they praise me when I do small things compared to just asking me to do more before.

No fucking wonder no one gives a shit you dumbfucks. Also-

> got 40 cent raise out 60cent max the first time because I didn't know telzon functions that well even though I had not gone over absences and had a high score for customer service
> stopped giving a shit after
> got a 40cent raise this year and heard they didn't give my fellow employees 60cent raises for bs like 'Not smiling enough' and 'being familiar with the telzon but not familiar enough'

FUCK THIS PLACE. As soon as I can I'm getting the fuck out of here. I will NOT be a lifer.

>>2418124
And you seem like a fat-ass chiseler who's pride is worth less than 5 cents.

boardgame fag again, this happenned the day before yesterday

>two people come to my store
>both teenagers
>one is a girl, the other I'm not sure
>want a birthsday present for their 16 year old female friend, say they have a fixed ammount of money
>show them a game I played and know it's awesome
>nah, she won't like it, do you have any party games?
>sure, look at this one <proceed to explain rules>
>hmm, I don't know, she's a really crazy girl
>mfw I have no face when they don't explain in what manner crazy she is, so I can't select a product
>they decide to consult it with others
>they get back after 10 minutes
>buy a card game called "hen night" made for women about to get married
>wtf just happenned

not sure if I got "hen night" right. I mean a party like in "hangover" but for chicks. guess they thought it's truth or dare or something. I'd like to see the face of their friend and her parents

>>2431940

I think you derped here a little trying to rage at me for sending someone to customer services. fuck you too, mate. I don't cashier anymore, but when I did, I did my job right and never bothered you people when I didn't have to. if I didn't knew a code for something, I asked other cashiers or floaters. knowing the price of every product was not my fucking job. if I could change pricing manually on the machine if the system herpaderped, I wouldn't send them to you, stupid faggot. stop bitching and do your job, fuckwit

>how much for this and why so expensive?

hardy fucking har har. it was mildly funny the first time I heard that

>>2412107
What state/town you from?