I Hate The Human Race!!!

[PyRo]

Originally posted by .bolink
they dicked me out of a 50 dollar christmas bonus...thats just wrong.

Hmm, by my logic that entitles you to steal 50-100 worth of stuff from the store.

[MantisMag]

hey joey i've got some amendments to that last bit.

"Here's the top 3 things that customers apparantly ALWAYS do:"

"1. Customers can't read signs. no matter what."
they can read signs. but only the wrong ones. and of course only the price. not the item description.

"2. Customers are completly, 100% incapable of replacing a roll of toilet paper"
not only that but they're incapable of understanding how they could be out of paper in the first place "this is a BATHROOM! it should have TP!" and will get angry until someone goes and gets them another roll and replaces it for them.

"3. Customers never know what they're looking for, but will be angry that you don't have it."
100% agreement there. i like when they finally decide they want imaginary products.

"When I'm able to find that needle in a haystack, which is the reasonable customer, I'm more than happy to help him/her, and it really feels rewarding. It's the other 99.999% of dumb-male-donkeys that make it a nightmare."
it is sooooo rewarding when you finally find that one custormer who's reasonable and appreciative of your efforts. when a customer would come into my section with a confused, almost pained expression and leave with a package and a huge grin that absolutely made my day.

[PyRo]

Hmm, I got yelled at for trying to change the toilet paper. They get angry when you figure out how the latches on the dispersors work

[trevorjk]

you know what really sucks though is when you go to use the restrooms ut only to find out after you finish your business that theres no toilet paper and better yet theres no other rolls in the dispenser

now thats a kick in the butt

well i gots to go to work again now YAY!!!!

[PyRo]

So, you take the cardboard in the middle of the roll and use that

[845]

Originally posted by Python14
Retail jobs suck...period. I worked a few weeks at a local FoodLion. Big mistake. First of all, in order to request specific days off, you had to put in a notice a month before hand. Well, being a highschool student, in May(Prom, Exams, AP exams, etc)...I had to do quite a few things spur of the moment. Well, I put in a notice that I would not be able to come in like 4 days one week(AP reviews scheduled after school). Well, my stupid manager schedules me for all 4 days(from 3-8 btw) and I talk to her that afternoon. Apparently, when I put in these requests, they hold no baring on anything. Well, I tell her "Don't plan on letting other people leave early those 4 days, because I'm not coming in" She thinks I'm bluffing. I don't come in ofcourse(lets see, $24 or a 5 on the AP History, your choice). When I come in that saturday to pick up some cereal(not while I'm working mind you), she comes up to me and "demands" that I explain myself. I do and she responds with "I didn't take the AP exams and went to work instead. Whose the manager here now?" It became official, My manager was ridiculous. I put in my two week notice at that moment and went to the Prom that evening/night/next morning.

Moral of the story: Life is to short to waste working a job you hate. If you have talents or abilities, use them to your advantage.

Second moral of the story: Food service jobs, chain retail jobs, jobs that you have to lower yourself to, suck.

You got lectured on success by a manager at your local supermarket. You should keep that knowledge in a special place where you will always remember it.

[Miscue]

Customers steal price tags from shelves. It's annoying.

[PyRo]

Stealing price tags? Thats a new one.

[einhander619]

My god, I feel for all of you! I've never really had too many bad employee/customer encounters, but I have management issues, some 35 yr old redneck who worked the same job as little 20 yr old me thought he could get me fired. Wouldn't ya know that about a month after I quit(summer was over) I got a phone call asking me if this guy had ever threatened me. I said no. This guy has 3 kids to feed, he may deserve it, but they don't.

[MantisMag]

Originally posted by PyRo
Stealing price tags? Thats a new one.

happens all the time. then they say that it should sell for the price next to it. a little less obvious than actually switching the signs.

[PyRo]

Ha, I got away with getting some tools for about 1/3 of what they shoudl cost. I found them behind a shelf, and the guy gave me the price on the package, he said they must have been back there atleast 20 years.

[trevorjk]

i had to revive this thread only becuase of this question that a customer seriously asked me last night

" do you guys carry the toilet paper that i like "

this lady who was about 45 years of age was dead serious when she asked that question now how in the F'ing hell am i suppose to answer that question! lol omg i just stared at her and im like "do you know what kind it is?" she dumbfounded looked back at me and said "yeah you guys carry it" WTF! use your head lol so finally i start to smile and you could tell i was trying to hold back the laugh it was great the woman got aggrevated then finally she said the brand name after about 3 minutes of me trying to figure out what kind it was

seriously some people need to use there freaking head