#retail problems

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

be fucking civil.

#retail #human beings #be gentle with them #basic human decency #holidaze #retail problems #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #be nice #fuck capitalism #especially if it creates assholes #like ppl who yell at employees #they are just people #trying their best to survive #fuck you karen

[cashiercomplaints]

#retail problems #i hate retail #retail hell #cashier complaints #cashier problems #retail #lol #retail memes #meme #customer service #retail life

[complaining-singularity]

keep thinking of that clip of danny saying "can we get some critical thinking here" whenever customers ask me stupid ass questions that could be easily answered by things such as Looking At The Packaging and Reading The Labels

#lady asks how many pencils are there #when theres a giant fuck off number right there on the box #like literally just look #danny gonzalez #stories from the shop #retail problems

[phoebe-the-autism-fairy]

PSA

As someone who works in retail (at the tills in specific), I believe there should be such a thing as "supermarket etiquette" that everyone should follow.

I am BEGGING you, PLEASE put a divider in between your shopping and the shopping of the person behind you. I cannot count how many times I have scanned someone else's shopping and apologised for it when in reality it's cause the customers haven't put dividers down. No, it doesn't matter that your shopping is a distance away from the customer I'm currently serving, put a divider between them ya lazy bastard.

Please don't hold your discount card in my face just milliseconds after I served the customer in front of you. Yes, I will scan your discount card but PLEASE BE PATIENT !

For the love of all things that are holy, PLEASE don't ask a cashier if it's their first day if they seem flustered or don't know how to do something. You may mean well but it's really fucking rude and disrespectful, and recently it's been driving me up the walls. No, I've been working here for four months. If it was my first day I would warn you beforehand. Seriously who raised you to think that's appropriate to say to someone?

And I may be being a bit nitpicky here but if a cashier is about to go on their break/clock out for the day, please please please go to a different till, they will serve you.

I might do a part 2 if I think of any more

#retail worker #customer service #cashier problems #retail problems #retail memes #cashier memes #grrrrr

[blackscarabfilmz]

I just wanna say that buying a book, reading it, and then attempting to return it to the store to get your money back isn't the money-saving hack you think it is. Support your local libraries if you can't afford to buy new books. That's why they exist.

#books #bookstore #retail #retail problems #customer stories #customer service #library #libraries

[pinkplasticprincess]

Me: *literally has the register taken apart and is deep cleaning it*

Customers: Are you open

#retail #retail problems #walmart is stressful #my light isn’t even on #do I look like I’m taking customers rn #they put stuff on the belt while I’m cleaning it

[reniadeb]

FOR THE RETAIL GODS

shop the shirt, all profits from shirts sold will go towards my fundraiser for gender-affirming surgery and aftercare, thank you

#work memes #work problems #work #retail problems #retail #customer service #gofundme #tshirts #fundraiser

[whatisalifeihaveablog]

People with monday-friday jobs talking about "thank god it's the weekend" is hilarious to me bc in retail it's like dude the weekend is the busiest craziest part of my week let it be tuesday PLEASE

#retail problems

[theborderlinepersonalitydiary]

i love giving rude people the same energy back and watching them look surprised i’m not gonna be their fucking punching bag.

#bpd rage #customer service #retail #retail problems #bpd rant #i’m not the one #dear diary #bpd problems #bpd thoughts #people

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

shout-out to all my homies in retail rn

#burn out #holidaze #reindeer #burnt out #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #hang in there #retail problems #exhaustion

[cashiercomplaints]

They’re going to make fun of you the second you leave.

#retail problems #cashier problems #cashier complaints #i hate retail #retail hell #retail #lol #retail memes #meme #customer service #retail life

[measureyourlifeincake]

open letters to various customers i've had

to all the visibly trans/gnc customers/anyone going for the "most fuckable person in the grocery store" look: hiiiiiiiii i love you i love you i love you i love you, yall make my job worth doing and my life worth living thank you for existing

to every customer i went to high school with: don't fucking look at me (unless youre gay now)

to the customers who put literally everything in produce bags: stop fucking doing that shit. youre just making my life harder. those granola bars are individually wrapped in plastic and in a fully sealed cardboard box. why do you do this to me.

to the guy who came in today asking where the "cooking water" was: wtf dude

love, me, a cashier at a grocery store in my hometown

#i literally cant stop thinking about cooking water guy #wait also @ cooking water guy: PLEASE understand that that is a phrase that NO ONE uses #like i am not the weird one here for not understanding what you meant by that. nor was my coworker. or my boss. #please use a different phase when looking for plain bottled water. also you do know that you can just use water from your sink right? #i have more types of customer that i get mad about but i dont feel like listing a bunch of different people just to be like ''hey. stop.'' #i chose the produce bag people specifically bc its not a thing ive heard anyone else talk about and its just a baffling behavior to me #a lot of other stuff just boils down to ''please be nice to me'' #and to be fair! most customers i have are actually pretty nice! #but the ones that arent REALLY suck #retail problems #retail life #life of bea #cashier confessional

[katmajik]

🎼 мυѕι¢ мση∂αу : “no diggity” -> blackstreet, dr. dre, queen pen

[…] Milo clicks the phone into its cradle and Stevie bursts out laughing.

“In case you missed it…” He throws up unenthusiastic jazz hands and heaves a sigh, but it’s clear he’s trying not to laugh, too. “Yeah. That guy was stuck in his penis pump.”

So, no, her Red Bull and iced honey bun breakfast didn’t give her a sugar-induced hallucination, after all. Another giggle hiccups its way off Stevie’s tongue, even as she scrambles for some modicum of human decency. “Oh, that’s—no good.”

Milo shakes his head. “No bueno.”

“No diggity.”

“No doubt.” He clicks his tongue, tosses her a wink and another smile. “Not the first time I’ve heard that, though, we get at least two of ’em a year. Which isn’t a lot, I guess. But.”

“Weird that it happens more than once?”

“Right-o.”

every(ish) monday i’ll be sharing song & artist recs name-dropped in my debut romcom, ᴡʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴠɪʙᴇ?

#book tag: wyv #music monday #blackstreet #dr. dre #queen pen #book playlist #romance books #comedy books #queer romcom #authors on tumblr #indie author #funny books #queer romance #queer author #customer service problems #retail problems #writeblr

[rudolphsb9]

I wanna drop kick these people through a window so fucking bad...

#retail problems

[fuck-customers]

My coworker was offered a promotion to be a assistant manager a few months ago. She didnt want it, because it would make her full time and she really liked her other (non retail) job. However, the boss manipulated her into taking it. So my coworker went from part time cashier to full time key holder. She decided to be grateful and left her other job.

Except shes been having a terrible time now. The boss makes her do too much work than possible within an 8 1/2 shift, so she skips her breaks (which is against local labor laws). Shes in charge of dealing with thieves, pests, and the entitled elderly. When the tills are slow she has to go help in grocery. But shes also in charge of counting, ordering, and receiving cigarettes. And occasionally shes told that it's her responsibility to reorganize all of the candy.

I help where I can. I'm told I'm a really good cashier, but I just like making small talk. Everyone is happy when they close with me because I always have everything done half an hour before we actually close, except for locking up.

But now my coworker keeps bringing up how she wants to step down. How all of this working is breaking her body, and she keeps getting denied to take time off because of how short of keyholders we are (completely different problem).

She wants me to take over. She keeps going "I'll talk to [boss] so I can step down and you can take my place. That'll be good!" I tell her no, I'm still young, I'm not taking all that extra work for barely extra pay when I can find another minimum wage job where the boss doesnt hate the staff. It's not her fault she's getting over worked like this. But I also feel bad for my coworker because of how stressed she is.

Either way I'm going to take courses for web design so I don't get trapped in retail for 15 years. This job taught me a lot, and I feel like it was a good starting point.

#tw #trigger warning #submissions #long post #retail problems #fuck retail #cashier #mean boss

[kay-selfships]

so i work at a clothing store and ofc since kids are going back to school it was insanely busy. i had a guy come up to my register and comment on it and i was like “yeah, back to school and everything, everyone’s getting their shopping done i guess” and he goes “well plus it’s labor day so everyone’s home from work!” and i just pause for a second like “haha….yup” and just finished bagging his things

#that was….definitely an experience #this just in retail workers don’t count as everyone lmao #retail #retail hell #vent #work stories #labor day #retail problems #customer service