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AussieAlly
Yeah if it doesn't scan, I can't sell it to you.
Dokkanvsoptc
“Im going to tell all my friends to NEVER come here again” “i hope you have many friends” they never do
Cheezeburger
Fuck you to the people who just throw the money on the counter. Youll get your money back the way u gave it ♀️
ExpectoPatr0num
#18 - complains about working retail, can't do simple math.
caffeineandcreatine
I wore a red shirt and khakis to a target and people kept asking me if I worked there. I mean I did, but it was still annoying
CaptainChinchilla
I used to work at Papa John's, that was our uniform. Went to Target after work once and couldn't figure out why people kept asking me things
dwideshruud
"Your competitor has this same item for cheaper" I demand a discount!
VagisilToothpaste
"we don't price match, sorry..." WELL THAT'S JUST STUPID! MAYBE I'LL TAKE MY BUSINESS TO THEM INSTEAD! "uh, ok? Shoulda done that initially"
DukeLaserMaster
Gross boob sweat money. That shit is the worst. I wanna pick it up with pliers and just throw it away.
iamdeathnote1
I hate customers that throw bills one by one on the counter...
artvoyeur
Or give you a crumpled up wad of money to unravel
bayardthebloodhound
I always loved when you 1) clearly ask if the customer needs a bag for their stuff and they answer with no. Then stand there and you ask if
bayardthebloodhound
They need anything else and tbey are like yeah a bag. 2) when you are away from the counter clearly doing something and you greet the
bayardthebloodhound
Customer and tell them you will be at the counter in just a moment and they still start yelling HELLO I need service. Like you seen me even
bayardthebloodhound
Said hi to me but clearly wasn't listening to me. Like really. Minor in some stuff but still annoying.
SHlTpostsGALORE
How long did it take to number the actual memes themselves?
davebeastly
I noticed that. I guess they're just screen shots from a Buzzfeed or Bored Panda article.
NachoPete
There's a 9gag watermark.
davebeastly
/r/gifsthatendtooearly
TrapsAreIllegal
#4 When I was the manager, I enjoyed doing goofy things like spinning in place to "become" the manager, have a self directed convo, 1/2
TrapsAreIllegal
put on fake glasses, go get myself, pull a manager tag out of a drawer, stupid shit like that. I don't want those customers. 2/2
TrapsAreIllegal
Sadly, my company did write me up a lot for it, but my numbers were good, so it didn't matter at all.
Aerisot
What do you mean you can't pricematch thisisafakesite.com they have it for $400 cheaper...get me your manager.
Appel99
I’ll give Target credit for price matching Amazon
IEatBush
What’s funny is that we’re all customers.
VagisilToothpaste
True, but those of us who know the woes - tend to be BETTER customers.
davebeastly
I feel like if you've ever worked in retail you become more empathetic as a customer though.
agmlego
Honestly, I do #3 because I powerfully dislike touching people I do not know.
Swe3tJe3bus
You can just drop it in their hands.
agmlego
Eh, that requires coordination with a stranger.
jenzhere99
Helping someone find an item and it's literally in front of their face and they say "Oooh! If it had been a snake it'd bit me"
oKBirds
To be fair that's probably the least annoying or annoyances. I've been in similar situations and I get how embarrassing it can be.
oKBirds
*of
CharlieTheCharlingCharlie
Retail workers: *hates when customers talk to them Retail workers: *hates when customers don’t talk to them
GuW69
I had a customer that was germofobe, he always had even money or left the change, dropped it on the desk, and had me bagging the stuff >
GuW69
once his father was with him, and we talked a bit, he was so proud that his son shopped himself at our store, it was the only place he did >
GuW69
and it was because he felt he could do it without getting into contact with too much germs lately he has been better and accepts change back
IUsuallyOnlyPostMyAnimals
My favorite is when they joke around and say “it must be free!”.... and then I realize they’re serious and get mad when it isn’t.
EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind
"No, it means I can charge whatever I want for it"
textilelover
Here's the answer "Haha, no, It's priceless. Ha. Ha."
muscletank
i actually would go in the back and look for whatever it is someone asked for. even if someone else told me we were out i would look.
Sassmachine
Yeah, unless I've done the inventory count myself, I check.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
#18 that should make it easier not harder. If you're gonna be a cashier you should learn to count change without a computer
xbabiespoison
It's not that cashiers can't count change without a computer, sometimes it's because we simply just don't want to...
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
But once you really know how, it requires zero effort or brain power....
xbabiespoison
Maybe so, maybe not for everyone...but if you got the tool there, fuck it :) Saves the comments if you don't happen to do it in 0.1 seconds
LathiArcanus
It's not that you can't count change. It's that 99% of the time you don't have to, and it breaks you out of your customer service routine.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
..but if you know how to count change it wouldnt phase you. It would actually make your "customer service routine" faster and more efficient
CilantroGirl
You don't know what you're talking about. Hand us the correct amount the first time. Don't give me more shit as I'm about done.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
If its $13.62 and I give you $20 and you pinch it into your little computer and then I hand you $0.62 your life is easier or you're an idiot
CilantroGirl
Then just give me the correct amount the first time and let me do my job. We need consistency in our life dealing with you dickheads.
davebeastly
At Aldi we were told to work it out to the nearest pound in our head before we ask the customer how they want to pay.
ExpectoPatr0num
#3 is a cultural thing. In some cultures it's very rude to put money directly into someone else's hand.
VagisilToothpaste
I also learned in my time @ retail that some people don't like touching others, so they'll put the money down. Doesn't bug me. My hands work
Swe3tJe3bus
No it's not. It's almost always old white dudes who throw it on the counter in front of you.
YangKoete
Or people who don't want to touch you like you're scum for working. I hate it so much.
PhantomOfTheDopera
#3 Equally annoying as when you are handed the notes on top of the receipt and the coins on top. Next people are ringing up and you're
Copperbrat
Conversely, I'm a "money on the counter" type. I have had cashiers grab, rub, fondle, hold my hand trying to "flirt". Seen cashier's wipe 1/
Copperbrat
their sniffling nose on their hands, etc. Would just rather not be touched by cashiers, thanks. So I'm a cunt, whatever. 2/2
PRoseLegend
PhantomOfTheDopera
standing there like a dick trying to get your change in your wallet.
ExpectoPatr0num
How else are they supposed to hand you your change...?
magellan007
Exactly. I wasn't aware there was an SOP for giving change.
nch77
One at a time so I can it put away fast instead of fumbling all of it.
Copperbrat
Separately. Change, then receipt. Or one in each hand.
tonebacas
Same for when the cashier is scanning 10 items a second and you can't seem to get the damn bag open properly so it all piles up.
PhantomOfTheDopera
Lol, yes
ath1337e
#1 In fairness, from behind or the side, you can't always see the badge, and if you assume wrongly it can come across as an insult.
dijital101
Then you come around the fucking front like a polite adult.
Dakksys
Also, if it's a female employee "Just stare at their chest to see if they work here" becomes dangerous territory.
snoogans671
People dont pay attention. At a BestBuy, I had 4 people ask me if I worked there when I was wearing my green Petsmart shirt.
Dakksys
People, what a bunch of bastards.
Treblaine
They're not actually asking if you work there, it's a rhetorical question of "I think you work here, I'm gonna ask you a work related thing"
MistressLyda
#5 is also kind of relevant. It gives people a opening to go "yeah, but I am just about to go on my break" and refer to someone else.
Treblaine
Got to learn the power of silently looking at them with a completely neutral expression after they say something utterly stupid or demeaning
indianajonas
Is it really true that the customer is always right in the US? Here in the cold Scandinavia the customer is polite or else fakkoff
EmporerDragon
No, what happens is that the customer wastes so many people's time that it becomes cheaper to just give in, thus perpetuating the cycle.
clutchthepearls
Yes and no. It depends on your company and management.
GreekTrojan
Basically. Its starting to change but its it'll take a while, particularly for the older gen who grew up in the entitled retail era.
00110001001001111010000110110110011
Yes. It’s insane what some customers get away with in North American stores, especially the big stores. - sauce: Dane living in Canada@
Copperbrat
Not really. Most retail workers are just as cunty as the customers. That's why/how Amazon has been so successful.
VagisilToothpaste
Really depends on where you're at. Some stores/places give no fucks about you. Others are so desperate for your business that they'll do /2
VagisilToothpaste
almost anything to keep you happy and keep you from giving them a bad review online. The trick is not to be a dumbfuck about it. /end
LathiArcanus
Someone said it once. Stupid/entitled people latched onto it b/c it enables dumbfuckery. And we haven't been able to walk it back since.
DukeDarkwood
It's a very old story, and originally meant something different. The concept was born in an era where pushy door-to-door salesmen would
DukeDarkwood
convince customers to buy things they had no use for, using any means to make the sale. This was revolutionized by a few entrepreneurs
DukeDarkwood
taking the tactic that their customers are not actually idiots, and to let them decide what they in fact want to buy. "The customer is
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always right." and "Give the lady what she wants." became bywords for this new mentality, that you could make money by actually catering to
DukeDarkwood
your customer base. Decades come and go, and this original meaning is lost to time, but people have the phrase so ingrained into them that
FattyRabbit
#6 took me back. "we don't have any" "can you check the back?" "what part of 'we don't have any' didn't you understand?"
swedishpancakeswithlingonberries
This led me to stand in the back and chat for five to ten minutes then go back out and let them know I could not find any more.
Sassmachine
I've worked in stores with poor inventory management, so I get it.
nch77
The bad part is when I call a store to see if they have something, they say yes but when I get there they don't have one.
nch77
And the employee at the store says I don't know who told you we have that in stock. (Rural King I'm looking at you)
FacemanPeck
We don't even have a back to check in and we still get asked that
theGildedDanMan
GameStop employee^ lll
Eiladar
It's actually a problem in the Home Depots around here; since their inventory counts are online. It's supposed to show aisle/bay, but 1/
Eiladar
That's not always the case . Staff's just generally clueless as to where anything is.
stealthphoenix
And then sometimes you get good customers.
TheShusher
Dadoo158
HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA ye right
spacecadet103
The good ones are always the ones who apologize for being a bother and i just want them to knot they are not a bother, they are a treasure
ShowALK
I can count the number of bad guests I've dealt with at my Target on one hand. I've been there for almost 4.5 years.
Treblaine
Most customers are good... the problem is the minority of Bastards who corporate-policy demands you enable their bad behaviour ruin it all.
SarcasticComment
I'd say the same about employees, but there are those who half ass their jobs with an undeserved ego while treating customers as a bother.
Treblaine
Way more employees get fired for bad attitude than customers even get reprimanded for the most outrageous shit.
Melanorosaurus
The good customers end up being people who have actually worked retail jobs before and know the pain.
hunnycat
my favorite are the PROUD pet owners. we talk cats, dogs, birds etc. I know them by name. I manage a jewelry store. LOL
Melanorosaurus
We call those "unicorns."
DamyonP
Never heard of one of those, what is it, can someone explain?
CreepyPhlox
I'm the best customer. I go through the self-checkout line.
CaptainChinchilla
You're only the best if you actually know how to use it.
CreepyPhlox
Good point, haha. I've seen old ppl standing at self-checkout while the attendant rings up their entire order.
FishyJoes
Former employee
CptNesquick
When I worked in retail, most of them were good, but the bad ones were really really nasty
GothKirby
You get that one really nice customer who seems super chilled and friendly and you lowkey wish you could befriend them
ZombieDK
I'll thank you not to speak such nonsense
ElbowdeepinElmo
The good ones make up a good 95% or a bit more...it's just that the assholes are much more memorable than the people who don't fuck around.
bunhilda
And you really want to hug them but withhold because it's creepy..,
allycat87
I think I like you. I have been in retail for 16 years and I have had that urge many times!
bunhilda
Lol I could only handle 3 yrs. Hats off to you, my friend
ImyourCashier
I'm through my 1st year and I've been terrified of my seniors' "1000 mile stare" that I found myself doing today. T_T
bunhilda
Embrace it. It's a defense mechanism
LuminousExpanse
which are not remembered
VInTheSkyWithElephants
When I worked at an alley, I would give the good customers free shoe rentals because they were so rare
BaxterTheMiniatureBuddha
I've straight up told people I appreciate them being kind to me and how rare it can be some days. They usually don't know how to reply.
StrongNuclearHorse
I think most people are good customers but only the bad ones stuck in your memory... like youtube comments.
dominiklapierre360
"Sometimes"..
SarcasticComment
And sometimes you get retail workers who think they are God's gift while half assing their job. Cuts both ways.
PeanutProphet
There are the people that look in the back for you, and the people who stare at a wall in the backroom for a few minutes.
deadspache
And theres the people who think you couldn't possibly know what's in stock unless you check the back every time a customer walks in.
RetailCat
I can 100% confirm all of these. Also, if you put money on the counter I will keep my hand there and wait until you give me it. I am spite
Jmat26k
What if they don’t want to make physical contact with your hand?
GoldenSlime
They don’t have to, often I hold out my hand and they just drop in the money from above and vice versa for change.
RetailCat
Considering they expect me to hand it to them, I doubt it's that.
135forte
The alternative to #1 is the assumption that you must a) be an employee b) be on the clock and c) know everything about the store instantly.
Fizzbolt
Every time I go to Michael's at least one person asks if I work there, I just know where everything is lol
wheresmybanana
“Nah, I don’t work here..I’m just a big fan of the place.”
squirreltactics
I dont work here per say. I just kind of show up and get paid.
135forte
No, I am in the half the department that does work.
Panzersmash
While they're standing on my Samsung TV pad. Get asked that probably every other day lol but I get your standpoint. 2/2
Drath101
Or D) if you work at the store you work shop floor and can use tills etc, and can't believe you're warehouse and machinery fixing instead
Panzersmash
I wear a shirt at Best buy that literally says I'm a Samsung home theater expert on it and people will ask me "Do you work here?" 1/2
Doober12082
It's also great when your body language gives you away as employee when you're just there shopping... in jeans... and a t-shirt... and a hat
VagisilToothpaste
Ever wore a red shirt to Target? Doesn't even matter if you turn around w/ a death metal logo on it. They'll still think you work there.
qwiggles
Well, tbh target lets you kinda wear w/e red shirt and w/e khaki colored pants you happen to own, so they are asking for such mix ups.
VagisilToothpaste
I don't even own a pair of khakis. But like every time I happen to wear a red shirt and go to Target, someone approaches me.
Mitheral
Never wear high vis in Home Depot.
TacTheScribbler
Had people make that assumption just because I was nice to them. Employees wore a uniform. I wasn't. XD
TheVenerableJudgeTaintyMcPoo
The crazy thing is that like one generation ago that would have been the rule, not the exception. Must have been amazing. And expensive.
confanity
At Target my kid assumes everybody in a red shirt must be an employee and accosts them with questions.
Treblaine
A surprisingly large proportion of the population are legally blind without their glasses yet they inexplicably refuse to wear.
Xenarion
Better that than ending on r/idontworkherelady
Raecracy123abc
Right or even if you dead know they work there, whats the introduction protocol? Hi my name is Janet I like long walks on the beach yes
Raecracy123abc
the weather is nice, now where are the restrooms? Or if you aren't looking at me you didn't hear me...hi do you work here?
Maahes0
I wear khakis to work most days and I have a red polo because it was a team color at my old job. I make sure to avoid Target when I wear it.
WorkerDrone9547
I’ve gotten asked for help at a stater bros. while wearing a shirt that said target.
kexiplex
I do work at target and sometimes I go to HEB after work. A lady once said she'd report me for not helping her at HEB I just laughed.
StatmanIbrahimovic
I'd do the opposite, go in and intentionally give people bad directions etc.
MarvinTheMartiansDog
Yes, we have that game system it is in the kitchen appliances area.
igniskonig
I went to the games section of a Fry's Electronics and they actually did send me to kitchen appliances to place the order.
StatmanIbrahimovic
Fry's, it's cheaper cause it's messy
crazywowow
Me too! I give unbelievable deals , send people in the completely wrong direction for stuff, ask customers if they wanna' smoke a joint etc
woozle
I hated when people dumped fistfuls of change on the counter.
JediMasterBain
I work at a casino, I've determined that the sound of the abandonment of one's dignity is the sound of change hitting a counter.
InoffensivePablum
minibois
Someone did that to my colleague with a container full of change, at the end of the day for like 50 euros of crap. He was not happy about it
chrismofer
I usually fold the bill(s) down the middle so they're easy af to pick up. and only set them down if the cashier doesn't have a hand out yet.
QueenofFail
Some have dropped change and cash on the still moving belt and act shocked that doesn’t stop for the money.
Feanor19
I don’t mind change just give a heads up and if you gotta count it out let people go ahead of you
Quebeker
i had a kid empty a pot of pennies on my counter and expected me to count them.
beastofburidan
Well cashiers do this with change as well so f y’all
reverendbonobo
Only when the customer is a cunt. Does this happen to you a lot?
MrChristopher99
It's true. Am a cashier. I do >:P
beastofburidan
Seee here ppl
Treblaine
Cashiers get fired for dumping change on the counter rather than handing it directly to the customer.
beastofburidan
Not at Circle K
Treblaine
soyouretellinmetheresachance
One time when gas averaged $4-$5 a gallon, I had to buy about $5 worth in dimes. Luckily the cashier could tell I was embarrassed w&as kind.
babybeaver
Once a woman was like "I'm just sweating up a storm!" as she pulled her money from her bra saying, "this one isn't too wet, here you go."
BrutusWellington
My favorite was when little kids would come in with their "own money" and it was all loose and wadded up. Always made me smile.
GothKirby
I started dumping the change back on the counter in front of them passive-aggressively, and made sure it was as many coins as possible.
jcmac687
Same! I'd also try and serve the next person as quick as possible so they felt rushed and in the way while they picked it all up.
ilhares
I love you both. You could imagine my glee the day somebody literally threw their money at me across the counter. :)
iLikeRainyDays
I do it if I'm shopping after work and my hands feel like they are dirty. Rather do that than touch the cashiers hand
shimmerkitten
2/2 one end of notes and pass it to the checkout operator.
shimmerkitten
How do you guys put money into other people's hands that you're also touching them? I don't get it. Drop change into their hand or hold 1/2
Jaimelee
I never minded counting change as a cashier, it's not like I got to leave any sooner if they had bills or a credit card.
Strahnariffic
We had an Items Per Minute (IPM) metric that was tracked and used in reviews. Timer went from first item scanned until sale 100% finished.
MrChristopher99
I work in retail. Unpopular opinion, but I don't see the problem unless it's over like 100 coins. Change isn't that hard to count.
GreedBrowsing
Not coins, but I once had someone pay $300 in 1's
CaseyJones1661
That was me. The strip club was subpar the night before. Sorry dude :(
SouthernDancer
I used to have customers dump 5+ dollars in change on the conveyor belt and that's when it would bother me,usually some is lost to the belt
Matty3D
Many moons ago, I was a cashier at Canadian Tire (Google it). I had someone come through my till buying a lawnmower with 1...
Matty3D
Canadian Tire money. The largest denomination was $2. The mower cost $300. I cried inside as I counted it all.
ILikeTaterTots
Worked at a liquor store. That happened all the time.
RawDoggingRandoms
I only accepted change if they counted it out to me off to the side and put the change in $1 piles.
ILikeTaterTots
When the alcoholics are sitting there shaking so hard for a half pint of vodka, you just accept the change and move on
rpgaff2
The main reason I don't have a problem with it is because I am faster at counting it than them. Just dump it out and let me count it already
Bertholomew
Yes, but I also hated being handed MOIST bills during summer. Especially when they didnt come outta a wallet.
lordofthedice
I hate that I know what you're talking about.
FacemanPeck
Boob money
FreelancerRexx
In the south you'll see signs: "We do not accept boob or sock money. Sorry for the inconvenience". Frankly it's just nasty in any weather.
Bertholomew
Agreed
BeelzebobRoss
I usually apply generous heaps of hand sanitizer after being handed boob money. While maintaining eye contact with the customer.
Chameleon56
Worked at home depot, garden center cash register 110 degree summer, had so often i marked down grilling tongs to take sweaty boob/crotch $.
Bertholomew
Oh man that's a whole new level of gross.
SupremeChancelIorPalpatine
And for some reason, it’s always covered in filth.
Strahnariffic
I legit never understood how someone could be damp enough to soak money in their wallet. Or damp boob money.
pandorafalters
I don't usually sweat much, but sometimes my wallet (THICK, leather trifold) is damned near dripping. From sitting in traffic with no AC.
woozle
this.
angryannotations
McDonalds back window. “Oh hold on I have the change!” Hands me nasty, sticky, cup-holder pennies.
SupremeChancelIorPalpatine
Ugh, the worst. Takes five or six trips to the sink the wash it all off, even then it isn’t ever truly gone.
D4DDYCHARLES
Fun fact, this is a cultural thing. In Italy you put money in a tray and it’s considered rude to hand it directly to them. B/c Italy.
PRoseLegend
Yeah I was gonna say in Australia it's 50/50, but I feel like it's gross to touch stranger's hands. Money on counter is less intimate.
shimmerkitten
In Australia its not 50/50, money goes in the hand. That's just you.
PRoseLegend
I did my time in retail, thank you very much. It's definitely 50/50 in Darwin, where people's hands are sweaty.
hi16512
Same in Japan
FacemanPeck
"End of the month, you know how it is". No. No I don't know how it is to be do desperate for a pack of cigarettes to rob my kid's piggybank.
alternatereality543
Never thought about it until I quit smoking a few months ago, but now I get
alternatereality543
crazy irritated when the dude in front of me is like ummmmmmmmm could I gettttttt 2 packs of......marlboros?
lolface
I've bee poor enough to have to do that with gas and food. Doesn't mean I robbed my kid's bank or didn't work.
KeepTheEarthBelowMyFeet
I mean I haven't been there either, but sometimes life gets rough. Idk. I get your point, but maybe we should hold off on judgement.
pandorafalters
Because it's only vices that people do that for. Fuck you. Sometimes MY "piggybank" was the only reason I could get to work.
Treblaine
And if I did know, I'd count out the change into stacks each no more than 5 coins tall before it was time to pay.
FacemanPeck
That would be so nice of you. Genuinely 90% of the time they say "I'll just let you count it" or just stand there and not help.
Beckdel
I'm the same way, I'll count it all out before I leave and like seperate to make it easier for counting. Like 1-4$in every pocket
FacemanPeck
Bless you
ViralCosmos1
That's what I do too..I've had a few times where I've only had change and I count it before hand and give it to them already counted/seper-
ViralCosmos1
ated..and not in unruly amounts. Maybe like $3-5 for gas or cigs. And I try to do only or mostly quarters.
Treblaine
I don't care how it is as long as coins of same type no more than 5 per stack, ideally each stack being 5s 10s 20s etc
FacemanPeck
Also despite the fact that I obviously just work at a gas station, I don't need to do that for anything before payday!
lolface
Glad you're well-off. Not everyone who is poor should be faulted for it.
VagisilToothpaste
I can't imagine how it's gotta be to be SO addicted to something that you're literally ok with making a fool/inconvenience of yourself.
Areawoman84
Nicotine is more addictive than heroin
lobozo
More people are addicted to it yes, but is it more potent than heroin? no.
kamenhokage
You know the worst thing is when they give paper then try to put the change on it. Whoever does that is a Lovecraftian horror but worse.
HenryLongfellowIII
Isn't it easier to pick up that way? I hate seeing cashiers trying to pick up coin after coin with long fingernails. Makes me uncomfortable.
kamenhokage
No I mean put your paper in hand then drop the coins on it so it slides down or you have to crush the paper to catch it. Coins first in hand
Camelspotting
Cashiers always do bills then coins. That's just how it is apparently.
shimmerkitten
I do the coins then the bills. Every other checkout chick does the opposite. I don't know why.
stanleymanly21
Dad brought his son in to my counter and literally counted change out of his piggy bank...one fucking coin at a time.
KiaOrafromtheTron
Yeah? And? What were they buying?
Rameranic
Condoms
PeterTheRabbit
Dildos, fish ones
PeterTheRabbit
Fresh*