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So I had my first shift as shelf stacker yesterday.
Some lady comes up to me and asks me where the highway cola is(Some cheap Dutch brand) while standing right in front of it..
Then an old guy asks me about some sauces and if he gets one free with a type of sausage, while there was some huge text above them that said 'one free sauce with every sausage'.
Is it me or are people blind?
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That's people for you.
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Got another shift tomorrow, let's hope people are smarter on wednesday then on monday.
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Story from last year, again at SCATS:
I was standing at the counter in a daydream waiting for a customer, when I hear weird noises coming from one of the isles, I look over and see a man jogging down the isle holding two watering cans at arms length while talking to himself (couldn't understand what he was saying), he then proceeded to run round the rest of the isles still holding them away from his person before coming to the counter "THESE PLEASE!" he yelled excitedly at me.
Think I may have posted this in the old thread but:
The next week I'm stood at the counter and a trolley slowly emerges from and isle with the handle of a broom poking out the front with a dustbin lid on top with loads of stuff inside to keep it at the top of the trolley. A man pushes it slowly towards the counter staring at me with wild eyes and yells "YOU WILL BE EXTERRRRRRMINATED!"
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Wait was he trying to imitate a Dalek?
That's fucking hilarious.
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Some of the most obnoxious lines in all of retail:
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is me, or at least what I'd like to say)
"Are you open? *wide-eyed stare*"
: Nope, just standing here.
(While checking a $20, $50, or $100 [yes, we check $20s at our store])
:Oh, I printed that this morning! 
:Ha...ha...
: Find everything okay today?
: Except the free money!
: Would you like any cash back today?
:YEAH, A MILLION BUCKS LOLOLOL
or...
: Yeah but only if it comes from your account!
Despite all this, I enjoy my retail job.
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Reading is a dying art, even though it's faster than going up to someone and asking them. Whenever people pull that with coupons at the movie theater I usually make them read it by going "Oh if you look right here *point at coupon title* it'll tell you what you can get with it..." If they're nice I don't mind, but rude or brusque customers can read it themselves.
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I always have people who don't read the conditions on coupons. Usually it happens if they need two of something, and they get one. Surprisingly, they're usually pretty okay with it.
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Fucks sakes, I gotta go to work...
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Ah I have another story:
So it was late at shoprite and a guy came in who was obviously high out of his mind. He enters my line chanting the phrase "Kim Kardashian is mah gurl" pretty loudly. He looks at me, then at my bagger. he then screams ,"Holy shit, its Mario and Luigi!"
We wear nametags so he saw our names.
My name is Mario.
My baggers name is Louis.
Im wearing a red uniform, hes wearing a green one.
Whoa
Customer: Yo dogs im like your biggest fan! We gotta chill sometime maybe I can be in your next game Super Mario 4!
I nod and hope he leaves as soon as possible. Once his order ends, he gets on his knees and pushes his little blue cart out of the store by crawling through the exit.
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I have a friend that works at a gunstore with a strict "If you're fucking stupid we won't sell to you" policy.
Said policy has lead to many very interesting, many hilarious, many dangerous situations
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Finally made it out of retail! Last day at bestbuy is saturday and I've already started my IT internship, get my own desk and everything.
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So goddamn true.Some of the most obnoxious lines in all of retail:
( is me, or at least what I'd like to say)
"Are you open? *wide-eyed stare*"
: Nope, just standing here.
(While checking a $20, $50, or $100 [yes, we check $20s at our store])
:Oh, I printed that this morning!
:Ha...ha...
: Find everything okay today?
: Except the free money!
: Would you like any cash back today?
:YEAH, A MILLION BUCKS LOLOLOL
or...
: Yeah but only if it comes from your account!
Despite all this, I enjoy my retail job.
I once was asked that 4 times in a row..."Are you open? *wide-eyed stare*"
: Nope, just standing here.
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I still think working in the food industry is the worst.
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I don't know what to think guys, Scary and depressing situation here. Apparently we are hiring a new floor manager, As me assistant manager my role is pretty much what his is. He has more qualifications then me but I have done nothing wrong to submit myself to being fired or replaced but I have a feeling I'm going to be put back to a cashier.
Shit sucks.
Edit:
What worries me was the fact I found out by other employees, I always get told of new hires before they are even hired. I would have been told the second he was even considered but I found out from employee that only works one day a week we are getting a new manager that's basically my job.
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I want a job. :(
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I run a paintball field, and every so often I get a batch of kids that ask if it's allowed to bring with "Interventions"
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Guy: You do oil changes here right?
What I want to say: No sir. This is a Ford dealership. What on earth made you think we do oil changes?
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My favorite one to be asked...
:So what time do you close?
Our sign has a HUGE section that says "OPEN 24/7".
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Price+...64.11,,1,-8.67
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All of these stories bitching about customers LOL get over it, you get that, deal with it and move on. Without these said customers your store wouldn't even exist.
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This thread is to vent our anger toward such customers. You must be one of the many who think we're your personal slaves.
You see, that's the problem. Customers tend to think that we need to kiss your ass. Sorry, that's not the way it works. I'm not going to bend over backwards to try to make your fucking day.
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Just wait till this guy gets a job.
He's gonna have rants all over General Discussion.
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I would talk about what happens at where I work but it's a Prosthetic/Orthotic clinic and telling you would be a violation of the HIPAA Privacy Act and I could get fined and arrested.
Too bad because I have some reeeeally good stories lol.
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I thought you can tell, but as long as you don't give names like where you work, patients, etc. Which you really shouldn't give names anyway.
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Eh, I suppose you're right. I guess I'll start off with a simple one.
It was around the time I first started working there, there was a lady that came in that everyone else in the clinic knew because of the first time she came in for her evaluation appointment. They warned me that she was strange and that if she started acting up in the lobby to let them know (I was the receptionist).
When she entered the building she was very nice and polite. The only thing odd about her was when I greeted her as she entered she started doing what looked to be a "pee dance". I didn't ask her if she needed to use the restroom because I felt it would have been rude. She signed in and took a seat and then was perfectly calm and watched TV until she was called back to the room.
How the delivery process works where I work (if they are getting orthotics) is that the practitioner will enter the room and check to make sure the orthotics fit well, then they will go shape them to the shoe that they ordered to go along with the orthotic. Well, around the time they went to go shape the orthotic, all hell breaks loose.
I was in the lobby at the time, at my desk, when all of a sudden I hear the lady screaming "HELP ME!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!" I instantly run to the room and burst through the door only to see she is perfectly fine in her chair. I ask her if anything is wrong and she says that "They" are trying to kidnap her and keep her locked away in the room. I assumed by "they" she meant the practitioner. I told her that "they" had no intention of kidnapping her and was able to calm her down, but I had to go back to the front desk to do my job.
Within another 5 minutes, she begins screaming again "HELP THEY'RE ATTACKING ME THEY'RE HOLDING ME HOSTAGE! SOMEBODY CALL 911! HELP!" and at this point everyone in the clinic is trying to calm her down because she is making the other patients uneasy. We ended up having to escort her out of the building because she would not stop yelling.
The last thing she yelled as she was escorted to the bus was "I'LL BE BACK FOR MY REVENGE."
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I'm a butcher at a whole-sale retailer.
Anyway never ceases to amaze me how fucking ignorant people are.
People want to bitch at me about because I don't have a certain type of meat/cut in stock. Every fucking time it is the dumb-ass the waits till the last minute before the store closes and comes in when my backstock and meat is completely gone.
I always get the "I come in every fucking time and this happens." or "you're fucking lying"
I had a guy trip out of me saying i was full of shit and lying. I got pissed so i smarted off making fun of him in front of everyone in the store. basically said "Oh yeah, I'm totally lying about not having this cut/meat in. Because you know, despite the fact I work in retail I don't want to sell you anything and MAKE money." Then after sounding like an ass he was like "Well you gotta have something back there" and demanded i go look. Despite knowing what I have in my fucking meat locker, seeing as i organized the fucking thing. I said look "I don't have a flipping magical portal that gives me meat whenever i demand it. Just wait till the following morning when I get my new replenishment in." He walked away all pissed of and never seen him again. Good riddance, someday I'm going to cut someone.
Then i get the typical fatass who rides a scooter from the store becauase they're to lazy to walk around all day and demands to be waited on and taken care of like a queen. This one was a mean ass fatty. the whole thing was basically like lady is normal text, my responses is bolded.
Uh yeah, you got this three cheese package in
I don't know, I'm a butcher. I don't deal with deli/dairy items
Well, it is near your department you should know
Yes, but i don't know. If you know the specific name i can go look at their backstock for you. (Trying to be polite as i can be because she is being so snobby)
I don't know the name of it, it just has three types of cheese
Do you know what types of cheese?
No.
Then how am i suppose to look for it if I don't know what type or brand it is.
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Look I'll just go see what i can find and bring it out for you and you can tell me which one is the right one -So I spend about 5 minutes digging though backstock to not find a single package that was even close to matching. I ask the deli person and they said they don't have it. I go out and let her know this and tell her i can't find anything close to it and the deli guy said he does not have it
You guys are really sad you know that, really sad you guys don't know shit.
At this point I'm fucking laughing my head off and telling her "You're one to talk"
She peels off in her fucking scooter.
Then I had someone come up to me, not even a hello or anything and start yelling that she wants to file a complaint about our department.
I said ok. And she just stared at me for a few seconds and said are you going to write this down? I said no, I'm not the complaint department. That is in the front.
Everyone else heard me from the prep area and was laughing because I kept the whole straight face and monotone voice though-out our whole encounter.
I'm going to take one of these stupid cunts and throw them in a damn bone-barrel (We throw bad meat and scraps in it so a company can haul it off and use it for dog-food). That or make them the daily special, ULTRA LOW PRICES FOR THIS CUT.
Then you get weird people that got knife fetishes and stare at all the knifes I have hanging from the wall. They want to ask stupid questions like - does it cut good, is your job hard, how do you feel about animals being slaughter, etc etc.
Yes it cuts good, we had a guy cut his finger off. I almost did it myself, I get my shit sharp to the point I barely even got to apply pressure and it cuts.
Yes my job is hard, i have to constantly pick up boxes over 90 pounds and deal with dead weight. At times When i get a full shipment and got to put everything in the right spot I'll basically get throwing 100 pound boxes in the fucking air for 2-3 hours.
How do i feel about animals being slaughtered? I'm fine as long as it is done in a humane and dignified manner. Quick death and the company treats its livestock good while it is alive.
Need to paint a new logo on the wall though, Can't spell slaughter without laughter.
Seeing as I'm on a venting spree.
Are you a manager for a restaurant? If so this is for you. WHEN I'M TALKING TO A CUSTOMER ABOUT A TYPE OF MEAT AND WHERE IT CAME FROM DO NOT BUD IN AND SAY THIS MEAT IS THE SAME AS THAT OTHER MEAT. All you do is confuse my customer and piss me off because clearly you have no clue about food or the industry you work for. Anyone that can breath without life support knows cheap-round eye steaks are nothing like tenderloin/filet-mignon. I don't care if you work for a big name restaurant, you're an idiot. I'm always right and your wrong. I'm the cutter, that is the rules.
My job is a skilled trade, it isn't for everyone. It takes a lot of practice and knowledge to cut meat and know where it comes from. I'm still learning, so don't you fucking dare interrupt me because you think you're a big hot-shot manager when in reality you're prolly just a shift supervisor who doesn't know his ass from his elbow. I take pride in my work and what I do, if I'm talking to a customer about something and informing them I'm doing it because of that pride i instill in my product. I want them to be as informed as me so they can make better choices and not get ripped off at other meat-shops.
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I can't stand some people in grocery stores. The other day I went on my standard snack run at my local grocery store (which I know like the back of my hand because I read the directory and can actually remember where shit is after i find it) I was just browsing up and down the aisles scanning for some deals. I happen to walk in front of these two people, curious to see if I had underestimated how far away they were when I exited the aisle, I spend a second looking back at these two ~25 year old, weird-ass looking dudes, one adorned in a Canadian tuxedo, the other in a Pantera shirt with camo pants. The one in the Canadian tuxedo looks at me and goes "WHATCHU LOOKIN AT FOOL" for just GLANCING BACK.
I had a hard time containing my laughter. I later watched these guys go up to a Redbox machine and stare at it for 5 minutes before walking away. It was interesting to watch.
I've also seen the occasional fatass on a scooter but those stories are similar enough not to be retold. I think my absolute favorite kind of people (/sarcasm) in a grocery store are the stupid 30 year old mothers of 3 who are dragging their crying, screaming kids through the store. There are too many of those, and I don't know where these people get off thinking they should take care of those kids.
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I have a full time job, tard
(User was banned for this post ("Flaming" - Daimao))
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elaborate on this "job" you have
tard
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If you ever run into a kid that isnt an obnoxious brat, congratulate his or her parents
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What the actual fuck I don't have to prove anything to you, you either take my word for it or not.
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Unless your job is retail and you have the experience to sympathize with them because of the understandably crappy environment they most often have to work in, I don't see what you are trying to prove.
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Night shift guy at the gas station i work at had a dude come in at 3am and he talked on the public phone for 30 minutes
only he wasn't talking to anybody, he was just listening to the tone
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Had a guy get pissed at me today because I wouldn't swap over an 11 month old camera for a new one. Not my fault the manufacturer has a repair not replacement warranty :(
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what the fuck.
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We have those scanners at Target that you use to scan and see how much items are.
And I was bored so when I finished stocking a shelf I took the barcode sticker off the empty box (they're actual stickers so you can take them off the label and put them somewhere else on the box if they're backstocked so you know.. or something)
And I put it on my box cutter.
So now everytime I walk past scanners with my blade I scan my razor and I'm going to wait until my coworkers start noticing that I'm swiping my razor under them and they're actually beeping when I do.
Edited:
I get bored sometimes.
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All of your posts are shit
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At the arcade I work in we have this guy, who apparently used to be a Doctor of Psychology, he's a fucking nut, he sort of stares at you like he's going to stab you to death, and he tries to talk to you like he's really good friends with you, I don't think a single member of staff actually likes him, last week he was talking some shit about Alpha Centauri, just out of the blue, he comes in with this women that uses a wheelchair and moans about tons of things.
Twice she phoned for an ambulance because she thought she was having a heart attack, when she just had indigestion.
I'm quite honestly amazed most of the customers get themself dressed without help.
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i have a million dollars but FUCK YOU I DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE FOR TRYING TO PRESS ME FOR INFORMATION
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