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SassySailor
I absolutely know I could never work in customer service again after the military without making the national news
andwings2go
Retail cell phone sales, guy walks in: You must have the easiest job in the world. "Well, I do have to be nice to any jerk that walks in."
bigbirdchokingonausedcondom
Work as stocker and customer service at petsmart. I don't have it in the back, I don't control what gets shipped in. Clean up after your dog
UnculturedHeathen
Joined the military because retail destroyed me. I do not regret my decision.
BigBadBillyBoy
I worked Best Buy for three years. Black Fridays, Xbox One and PS4 release.. Oh my god.
terribadpenguin
I don't work in retail but I work at a Casino as a Casino Host. Try telling that guy who just lost $1000 I can't give him any money back.
Splosions
Worked at a Frys electronics for black Friday, each rep had their own isle and were not allowed to leave it. I had printer ink....
Splosions
I watch chaos erupt all around me, and I had to talk to no one all day. It was glorious.
sargerileybaxter4
KingGranticus
Not barbaric enough
imgonnawreckitagain
in combat, you get to shoot at the enemy. Can't shoot your customers, so perhaps i can agree. Source: OIF III Vet
mrcalifornian
Respect for the service industry or hate for the general public?
horrorhoe
aprettykindadirtyface
I actually liked working retail on Black Friday (Toys R Us). People making mean comments about how I can't hear them. (1)
aprettykindadirtyface
Me telling them I'm deaf. Watching the color drain from their faces when they see my cochlear implant. Ah, good times. (2)
6igma
I still have problems with Christmas music and it's been almost twenty years.
GrassfedChicken
I've broken over the years and now take enjoyment from the suffering of others during Christmas music season.
KingGranticus
I despise Christmas music after it being blasted at work from November clean through to January
Doodleyduds
Multiple versions of the same handful of songs. And country music for some reason.
LaRodilla
A woman told my husband to hang himself because they didn't have a toy in stock. We don't work retail seasonal anymore
Vernietiging
Sadly, genuine kind and polite people get shit on much more than average rude people. I never allow myself to insult or be rude to ...
Vernietiging
... staff in any business or service, but I often see that waiters/cashiers/servicemen sometimes dump their attitude bullshit on people ...
Vernietiging
... who are patient and polite enough not to escalate a conflict or misunderstanding. Sometimes it's frustrating to hear ...
Vernietiging
... some nice old lady getting shit on by angry staff members for asking too many questions.
Qualtagh
None of my friends have become better people from working in retail. They've just become bitter :(
ZeRootOfAllEvil
Rather a bitter friend than an entitled enemy.
Whopraysforthedevil
Was in the army. Worked in online customer service. 100% agree
CydonianCyborg
Online customer service sounds like absolute hell.
SomeWeirdGuyOnTheInternet
You are being assaulted by primal aggressive foes. You have no gun. And you can't attack them. You have to sell them things.
Threewisemen
"And you can't attack them." This sounds like a challenge.
GrassfedChicken
Also apologize for something you didn't necessarily do. My last boss had me throw him under the bus if he didn't order enough of something.
GrassfedChicken
I really appreciated that too. Takes care of the "I want to speak to your manager!" chorus AND take some heat off me.
Rosie2003
It's like being surrounded by angry zombies
GrassfedChicken
They groan "discounnnnnts" and "couponnnnn".
Mackdi
This is a great plot for a video game. lol
Falkh12
Roll for mental absence: 20! As you are being yelled at, you drift away to a tropic beach resort with all you loved ones. Enjoy!
snowfork
My dad was in the military for 37 years continuously and was an NCO the whole stint. He went into retail after retirement. Lasted 3 months.
snowfork
He said retail was miserable for the employee. The job was not worth the money. I lasted 5 years in retail and my soul has evaporated.
Zombraina
Retail really is for the desperate and downtrodden. Even as a simple cashier at a freaking grocery store I felt my soul leaking out every 1/
Zombraina
fucking day. I really feel for those who have to have even more interaction with pissy customers. It's truly a job that isn't fit for 2/
Zombraina
people, and it's one of the sectors I will be happy to see be replaced by automation. Robots don't care if they're screamed at. /3
snowfork
I'll be glad when it snubs all those people trying to force high minimum wage. The suffering encourage self improvement.
realwomenfightnaked
I served as a combat soldier in the IDF but I quit working as a cake decorator for a grocery store after a few months.
GrassfedChicken
Someone attempted to steal a preordered cake with her daughter's name on it (birthday) like we wouldn't know it was her.
realwomenfightnaked
hahaha I hated the people who spelled their own kids names wrong and demanded a refund
GrassfedChicken
Had a customer who called back multiple times changing her order to get it messed up/free. Same number but attempted to change her voice.
GrassfedChicken
Might have worked but she talked to the same person every time (my manager).
realwomenfightnaked
People do weird shit for baked goods
jmoney3stax
If you want to see who someone really is, watch how they treat people that are paid to take their shit. It's a window into their soul.
whyisitalwaystaken
I spent the first 6 working years of my life in the fast food industry. This experience drove home the odea of processes. I have been out1/2
whyisitalwaystaken
Of the insustry for fpr almost 16 years and waiting for the day a customer becomes irate while i am in line. Fuck those people.
GrassfedChicken
You sound awesome! I genuinely appreciate people like you.
GrassfedChicken
Been saved by a few people who noticed I was about to chew my arm off to escape a droning woman.
whyisitalwaystaken
No one deserves to be treated like that over a convenience of a quick meal. It is absolutely absurd.
KingGranticus
Not all heroes wear capes
Insomnia297
At least you can shoot back at terrorists
m0rsch
And up you go!
TheGamingBaconator
Rules of Engagement. Call a lawyer before shooting that guy with the AK.
induren
This should be top comment.
0100000101001101
I upvoted this ... But I'm not sure if this means I'm on some kind of government watch list now.
Insomnia297
Oh I'm sure we're all on there.
cmiltzo
How is someone swearing at me going to make me respect people??
ImgurCelebrity
Same way having the shit beat out of you as a kid makes you less violent as an adult. ... Right?
ImgurCelebrity
I feel people misunderstand this comment. Scary, I guess it means it's not sufficiently absurd to be obvious irony?
darkhavana0512
WhatYouMeanUsernameAlreadyExists
It will make you respect other people working minimum wages and be considerate.
Starcatcher1986
Well, it'll make you think less of humanity as a whole. But it'll make you think twice before being unreasonable with a minimum wage worker.
minabear
I mean.... I have never worked retail, and I am *always* kind and polite to waiters, retail workers, etc. I was raised that way.
margaretolson
And we love you for it, but you are sadly the minority.
minabear
I dunno I guess I only know my own experiences but my parents would have kicked my ass if I was a dick, and my friends are all good people.
twofishtails
They're probably the majority, really. I find 90% of retail interactions meet the minimum bar of mutual respect.
margaretolson
It might just be the place I work. I deal with the unemployed and it has killed a lot of my hope in humanity. People are awful
FireRoastedFire
Did retail for 5 years. There is little less terrifying than the sound of 150 people tearing at plastic wrap over like a bunch of animals...
zagibu
Little is less terrifying? So it's one of the least terrifying things?
kallan0100
No, there's little less terrifying, ie. not many things cause more terror
Iwannaseeit
"There is little [that is] less terrifying than (blank)"
ijustneedthistosavethings
The only time I have ever shopped Black Friday I was waiting patiently in line for an Xbox while we could all hear the whole store going bat
ijustneedthistosavethings
shit insane over the other displays. But they had us on a different aisle so we couldn't see anything. It was almost scary. Last time I ever
ijustneedthistosavethings
do that shit again. Not worth it. I'll just hit up online sales from now on.
worldsokayestspeler
I work at a mcd's and i got cursed out and called the n word through the drive through bc our ice cream machine wasnt working. Im white.
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Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
"The ice cream machine isn't working" - McDonalds employee
worldsokayestspeler
He then proceeded to flip off the whole store on his way through the drive through. Honestly made my day just because of the absurdity.
extravagantexpression
I was called a whore by a customer when the store I worked at was out of the particular brand of cigarettes she wanted to buy. Good times.
dryersheets
I was called a whore for collecting carts from the parking lot. I feel ya.
Waaahmbulance
I hope ya'll both cursed them the fuck out....
ChainsawHandsJoe
At least you're not white trash like that guy. He's pissed because an 89 cent cone's all he can afford.
worldsokayestspeler
Excuuusse me they're 63 cent after taxes. But lol ur right i was like "did anyone else hear that?" And my manager was like "yup".
nomeychu
Fellow Maccas worker here, I got spat on as a joke. The order was fine, they just thought it would be funny to spit in my face ????
GhostlyRomaines
Today I got called a bitch because a customer tried to hand me their used stir sticks and straw wrapper and empty packets and I refused.
ZeRootOfAllEvil
TBF, I get that online playing games.
Zombraina
Well yeah, but you play online games for fun and you can stop whenever you want. Retail workers often really need that job and have to stay.
ZeRootOfAllEvil
Ex-retail worker with 5 threats on my life because of it. I know the pain.
Zombraina
My god that's fucked up. It might've been a good idea just to call the police right there to get them out of your face lol.
ZeRootOfAllEvil
I called the Police on one. One was a 60 year old lady, one was a 8 year old. No age limits on assholery.
inkedbl0nde
I've been working in restaurants for a long time. It still boggles my mind how rude people can be to a complete stranger.
GhostlyRomaines
I'm never surprised , I feel like people go off on the people they feel like they don't have to impress.
YourBossAndLandlordLikePolitics
You should wear body cameras
Mackdi
Its because your a stranger that they are rude. If they actually knew you or needed your help they wouldn't be rude.
ForSomeAbstractReason
*snapsnapsnap* I'm ready for my upvote!
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ForSomeAbstractReason
Yelp Review: Jokes went over my head the whole meal, kept getting downvoted. Fries were tasty. 2 stars.
Sheiryn
You can walk away from a stranger you were rude to. You have to eventually talk to family or friends.
WhereDidILoseMyPants
Why would you be rude to begin with? I'm not sure what's to be gained for either party especially the rude person...
SleepyCat2346
Exactly. Why can't everyone just be... nice?!
ISecretlyLikeDudes
Waited tables all thru undergrad. People act live you're beneath them. Yeah... I'm in Med school now, and sincerely tried to forget my old 1
ISecretlyLikeDudes
Customers in case I ever have to doctor them some day. 2/2
inkedbl0nde
Just because I'm bartending to pay my way doesn't mean I am any less of a person. At least I'm working and not living off the system.
MontyPythonsHolySnail
I'm a waitress and father's day was BRUTAL this year. The dads never got upset, only the moms.....
AFaceOnlyAMotherCouldLove
Yeah, yet Father's day is more relaxed than Mother's day in terms of the atmosphere. Could just be my restaurant
inkedbl0nde
Funny how that works right?
NelleHirano
In my experience it's never teens or young people who are rude. It's always the older people who are assholes.
Jennnnnay
This ⬆️⬆️
GentlemanWendigo
Particularly old ladies. Some of the most entitled easily pissed off customers I've had are little old ladies.
horrorhoe
My grandmothers seem to have no respect for the time of retail workers. They will corner obviously busy workers demanding attention 1/2
horrorhoe
For several minutes. They are usually polite, but entitled to time even when it's not necessary.
GrassfedChicken
If young people are rude it's because they're being aggressively nice or passive aggressive. I'll take that over just plain yelling at me.
Sassmachine
Teenagers kind of suck sometimes. Had a group of them just pick shit up and leave it all over the store.
imsmallfry
Had a woman who was mid 60s who was perfectly able tell.me I didnt respect my elxers because I wouldn't let her skip the queue
Mackdi
Its usually not the old people either. Its the middle years because they aren't happy anymore. Too much responsibility and stress. 30-60 age
CairoLen
Disagreed! But maybe because I live in a place people retire too, so I see a fuckload of old, rich, white people.
TheGrubermeister
Worked concessions at a movie theater for six years. People are worse when they feel like they're being ripped off.
designerfox
Worked at a gas station when gas prices started to skyrocket. Takes a big man to cuss out a 100lb 18 y/o girl getting paid minimum wage.
TheGrubermeister
Sure does. Don't you see his Chevy Tahoe and Oakley sunglasses? He's better than everyone around him at all times.
Magsnificent
As a current casino employee....oh my god this is so true. People seem to confuse the words casino and charity far too often.
Andreanne
Worked for gamestop. People get brutal when you tell them their ps3 is worth 40$
GrassfedChicken
Or when they think that being an asshole will reward them with free shit. They get rewarded at my job :c
babushkapop
The cinema I work at is actually quite cheap. Yet people are always trying to cause a scene to get free shit. My soul is dead
mrweekend
I paid 6$ for a bottle of water at Metallica last night. I wasn't an asshole. Just 6$ poorer
LokiKingOfJotunheim
Shit man, they're usually $8 at every show I've been to in the last few years...
LVLZero
I've worked concessions at my theatre for a little under a year and I tell them straight up we make money from food and nothing from tickets
SwiggityDiggitySwoo
As a former movie theater worker (concessions, box office, usher), the pain is all too real
CaptainVee
Same! Use to be a manager though too
SwiggityDiggitySwoo
ouch, that was a tough job I'm sure
CaptainVee
Haha that’s why it’s past tense (;
SwiggityDiggitySwoo
I totally understand :)
Stratego89
Misdirected animosity is never excusable.
Ozhound
Which we constantly are.
Andalite
I work at one now ????
LarvaLamp
How the hell would we know?
Andalite
It was an emoji but the app decided to replace it with question marks
gaystoner
It be doing that. The irony of an emoji that can't be shown on an image sharing website is...ironic.
housev1l
At a movie theater concession stand, people ARE being ripped off.
margaretolson
I worked cash at a grocery store and had this miserable bitch threaten to punch me in the face..over KOOL AID. People suck
gaystoner
But, what flavor?
JimJonesKoolAidSurvivor
Probably cherry
Corppi
Salt.
BuckeyeFan79
We are being ripped off, but it's the studios that cause that, not you.
krissypoojackets
Well, In theaters, THEY ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF! Do you know how much large popcorn actually costs wholesale? Less than 2 cents.
malbec
What do you think the overhead on a small movie theater is?
TheGrubermeister
Everyone in the world knows that it's a rip off. That's not the point. The point is that they still decide to buy it and then bitch kids out
Andalite
Do you know how much money theaters make off of movie tickets? Percentages of pennies.
ButteryButtsButterflyCups
i know its not your fault that the theater wont let me get a refile on my 8 dollar popcorn because its a medium, but I'm still angry. sorry
krissypoojackets
You're one of the dickheads then. Go to the restroom and bitch at the fucking toilet next time, it doesn't have emotions.
ButteryButtsButterflyCups
lol i never bitch to the employees. but im definitely not smiling at them either Y.Y i just say 'okay' frown and walk away
mhmhleafs
You're cool as long as you don't take your anger out on the employee
Andalite
Great don't tell or take it out on us
richfiles
Well... They ARE being ripped off... It's just not your fault. It's corporate's fault.
Mackdi
You know thats how the theater pays the bills right....right......i guess not.
Zombraina
When a small bag of popcorn costs $7 people stop caring about how the theater pays their bills.
richfiles
I never buy the concessions... I might if they were priced reasonably. It'd be less profit per item, but more sold, overall.
Sassmachine
Most of the time they are reasonably priced. Theaters make most of their money in concessions, not in ticket sales.
Sassmachine
IIRC, ticket sales scale by week. So when everyone in their aunt is crowding the theater during release weeks, most of that goes back
Zombraina
I used to get a large soda for about $6 at my theater. It was gouging but I knew why it was happening. However since AMC took it over 1/
Zombraina
they started gouging the shit out of prices even MORE. So I'm just gonna eat/drink before I enter the theater. /2
LimeyYank
I would think AMC, Regal, etc. run the numbers on that years ago.
thefatlonelyjew
I mean, you do reperesent the theater. Who are we supposed to direct our rate at? The walls?
Andalite
Corporate, you asshole.
ngtotd
You might as well yell at the walls. You'll get the same result minus people hating you.
somenerandom
Representing the theater =/= calling the shots. Everyone gets angry sometimes, but taking it out on someone who's just trying to pay their>
somenerandom
bills and has NO power to help you whatsoever, just so you can take it out on someone and feel better, is what makes you an asshole. People>
somenerandom
are there to work, not be an emotional punching bag for some asshole that hasn't learned to keep their anger in check.
krissypoojackets
Yes! Asshat. You're justifying being rude to another human being even tho you know it's misplaced? I fucking hate that attitude.
pattyymac
that is literally the point of the post. If you've worked a job like that you know they have no power and are now causing them to hate you
thefatlonelyjew
Bunch of lazy ass millennials always expecting a free ride
Wombatish
Practice your conservative idealogy - take your wallet elsewhere. Even if elsewhere is nowhere (yay for 'pro big business'). Yelling at *c*
Wombatish
*c* a cashier is not only assholery, it's stupid.
justanothertumblraddict
Lol This post is literally about people like you, who just are miserable and angry about every thing and try to spread the misery to others
pattyymac
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not... you could just not yell at them for something they can't control...
thefatlonelyjew
Exactly! This freeloader liberal snowflake crowd can't take some tough love
ViciousZen
>lazy for working a job that doesn't pay enough to live off, just so that they have something. How do you conflate that with laziness?
Blamblam101
"It's your fault, $7 an hour employee!"
GrassfedChicken
As if I make the prices or something. If I did I sure as hell wouldn't be working at the store!
aqua3aries
"feel like"??
Mackdi
Yeah basically. Thats how people are. That same person spends 50 a week on their starbucks addiction too.
screamingshits
back in MY day, i got paid $4.25 to work the concession counter. SOOOO not worth the abuse! enjoy your bag of broken up popcorn pieces!
1101base2
we used to make special batches of popcorn for extra rude customers. it contained a bit of dish soap. a natural laxative...
flikrdoodles
The person you're replying to knows all about that, if their username is anything to go by.
1101base2
username is a reference to my luck with random number generators, but having to use the restroom urgently is hard to link to popcorn...
ThisIsCanadaWinterIsAlwaysComing
Not that I'm disagreeing with the punishment, but I'm fairly sure that's illegal
1101base2
oh i'm sure it is/was, just like the same guy that taught us all that used to fall on rude customers with a tray of water pitchers...
TheGrubermeister
I was asked how I sleep at night at least once a week
TheGamingBaconator
"Sleep? What is this magical thing of which you speak?"
codeenigma
With a cat and a bottle of Jack
1101base2
under a bridge in a cardboard box because that is what i can afford...
Mackdi
I wish someone would say that back to a customer when i was around. OMG i would die laughing at the snooty customer.
Racealistic
Jezus christ for what? Selling overpriced popcorn?
TheGrubermeister
And overpriced soda. And overpriced candy.
04FoxSake
I, too, worked for a cinema. Spilled popcorn "butter" on the floor behind the concession line on Xmas Day. We rushed and slid and slipped 》
04FoxSake
all over the damn place all day. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Purtypreencess7
more like best of times end of times am i right??? up top!
BlownByTheMonsignor
Because in military combat, you're fighting for your life. In retail, you're fighting for your soul.
realwomenfightnaked
I just tried not to fight so the customer left tbh
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
This comment is exactly where it should be. Right at the top
Fn0rd
This is so deep... wow... take your upvote!
OFKSGVN
Well said
johnfsfrank
comment of the year
StartedAtTheBottomNeverLeft
Far out man
JustAnotherknarF
Well put.
Habbadax
Also, you're at least allowed to shoot back at the sonofabitch shooting at you
Risqie
Firefights and bad guys are predictable. Pissed off housewife with a sense of entitlement? You should be terrified.
mesmerus
I like to think of it as "because in combat, you're allowed, nay encouraged to shoot back. In retail you're supposed to lie there and die."
HEXADECIMAL
Aliabobwah
Buck falls.
Sloppydrunkcatlady
TK421isAFK
And your life, as evidenced at Walmart in Atlanta on more than one Black Friday.
yummilicious
This is so true.
ScarletMegaGay
Gingers already lost the retail battle
Dysseus
because in military combat you are allowed to defend yourself
SpacedPinata
In retail you rarely fight it... you just take it.
EveryGOPAccusationIsActuallyAnAdmission
Most accurate description ever. When. I quit a serving job, my answer was, "I want my soul back."
Pacemaker
you basically fight for someone else to make money ;)
sloppyjoeska
MRW I leave work everyday working in customer service https://popwrapped.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/tumblr_mz75kdluda1t8lihxo1_500.gif
10tacles
Jokes on them! There is nothing left!
InfernoTerra
Losing. There is no fight. It just sucks your soul out your ass with a straw and there is no fighting it.
rolyat93
It took mine long ago. Once someone tried to legit take out their dick to show me the piercing size. My soul left my body & here we are.
Flyndaran
In the military, you can fight back. In retail, you have to help them abuse you.
Mackdi
And life on black friday.
Goldcart
And always losing.
TheTastiestTampon
God damn it, those three words sum up my entire life.
RickBo
In war you can brace yourself for combat. In retail, your society stabs you in the back of the heart and soul while staring you in the face.
bpetersen
Et tu society?
marquettegoldeneagles
I'm so happy this is the top comment. So true.
Hyero
Is that why people at soul food restaurants always seem so happy?
WorkerLurker
Typically it's the contact high
sciencebasedlifeform
Pig knuckles and greens will do that to you
strugglingLAKERfan
borgmaster
When youve shoved enough fat and sugar down a customers throat they stop fighting over stupid things because they are to tired for it.
devilsrevolver
The itis
sciencebasedlifeform
Twtmoose
Its all the ganja mon...
ilikesmallboobiessincenooneelsedoes
"Gan-ja!"
Okebel
Jah man, it's very spiritual.
Gzzzzzz
theres Jamaican restaurants and soul food restaurants (black people who dont speak jamaican) soul food and jamaican food TWO different food
Gibenitural
*FarCry3 Weed Farm burning music starts playing*
Arkozo
"Make it Bun Dem by Damian Marley and Skrillex" for those wishing to relive some nostalgia.
Gibenitural
That's the one!????
Kmoose1983
We are a simple Dutch bakery...
likesmilk
loltawm
Fucking Eurotrip
somenerandom
At war, you can at least fight back. Most crushing part of retail is having to smile and be polite to someone while they shit all over you.
IMayHaveTimeForThat
One of the things i like working for a privately owned bowling alley. I can tell customers when and why they are wrong.
HardhatBambi
the time to worry is when they stop smiling, and they get to dish the crap.
CoffeeTrampTossBitch
Well said!
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
Had a customer that reeked of cigs yell at me asking why printer ink cost $60 a pack and why I couldn't make it cheaper. BITCH WTF
prrrkitten
18 years of it. I can smile through a lot of shit.Once I stop smiling,you better run.
pookieeatworld
I want video of it next time you stop smiling...
prrrkitten
You have to get me back into retail to do that. Let's say I have a lot of patience for service people now.But if I am in a restaurant...
prrrkitten
And I have to get my own things because I don't see the server for 30 minutes, I become a bit disgruntled
somenerandom
My main issue isn't that I can't control myself. It just insanely annoys me that people act like shits for a discount, and get away with it.
mctex123
I used to work at michaels, loved that job because it was always nice little old ladies who would come in. top Manager sucked tho.
TachyonCode
It's not even that, for me. Sure, I hate sucking up, but having to do it for a boss who is literally less qualified than me and dumb as 1/3
TachyonCode
a brick - and incompetent, fucking our operations up on a near-daily basis because he can't stop being smug and pull his head out of his ass
TachyonCode
long enough to learn how things are supposed to work in our department - is possibly the most aggravating thing we've ever invented.
spetcnaz
I don't understand why this became OK. Customer service is great, but when the customer is rude it should be OK to tell them to fuck off.
spetcnaz
I am a manager myself. I am in IT, but we are a IT services provider. I have been here long enough to let customers who cross the line know
spetcnaz
that whatever they just did and said was out of line. But I am lucky that I can get away with it. Many places won't allow that.
TachyonCode
I mean, I had a lady who bypassed our normal ordering process on the website to use us as an instantaneous grocery delivery service 1/2
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
It's the upper management. The guys who run the show have the money mentality without considering those under. If the customers won't 1/2
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
come back, they lose money. But if they lose an employee who quits or is fired for defending oneself, they get another. 2/2
OneNeoEon
Assuming they arent under the delusion that they didnt need anyone in that position and now everyone left has to work more to cover the loss
Sugarcrotch
Not sure if sarcastic or sincere and idc
LARGELinCHARGEL
(2) Because of his leading teacher that he'd rather go back to getting shot because "at least there was a way out of that kind of Hell"
ErinFromTheOffice
He is sad that he is being sincere.
LARGELinCHARGEL
I'm sure it's sincere, bud of mine was 82nd Airborne in Iraq (maybe Afgh? I can't remember) and said his student teaching was so stressful(1
andrewtater
Afghanistan vet. Former PacSun and Outback Steakhouse employee. Taliban are friendlier than the average customer...
MrScottBakula
I saw some of the most disgraceful human behavior I have ever seen while working retail... and I taught middle school in the inner city.
thetruejoz
Dont get me wrong, that kind of comment looks like you never worked retail. I would gladly take again night shift guard duty at army 1/2
thetruejoz
2/2 barracks at -25'C outside for whole night, than work a single day in retail. People can be really huge pricks for no reason whatsoever.
Moonprayer
Sincere, can confirm, back in Iraq we could shoot people giving us abuse, apparently that's not legal in retail...
TheRickyestRick
I was wondering the same thing
asa1967
Worked one Black Friday. 10 years in the military. Would rather go back in the military any day
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
if you don't know … then you haven't worked retail on black friday
xantous4201
both
soapydux
Me too but it made me lols all the same
thornlord
Wisdom from "ReektheFirstOfHisName"
Cax6ton
Sincere - you can shoot back in a firefight, but in retail it's frowned upon.
MindRape
The black Friday nuke equivalent: code word Pineapple
rolyat93
Worked so many Black Fridays. Probably sincere.
DickMercenary
Sincere. Never been in combat but I worked back of house at Toys R Us for the holiday season. I lost 60 pounds in 4 months of work.
DickMercenary
Not to mention a large portion of my sanity.
128Gigabytes
I currently work the job described, Sincere. Had 2 people rip the doors the game cases open tonight. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.
SixFeetShort
jimcrunch
Gee... let me think. Getting shot at or standing behind a register.
Mockingbirb
howToLoseTheGame
I was actually hoping for jumper cables
VonOhlnhausen
Having worked Black Friday at a Walmart, probably sincere
GrassfedChicken
Sincere. Butcher department at a grocery store. Thanksgiving. Any holiday is bad but Thanksgiving brings the worst out of everyone.
Kimanous
Not lying.
HTButterbuns
Reddit OP was sincere. Especially in regards to Black Friday.
corelin
If you shoot back on Black Friday you go to jail.
TheJolliestBunchOfAssholesThisSideOfTheNuthouse
I also don't care about our veterans
ArgonSpark
Became a welder after a Black Friday at Target. My life is Paradise now.
Volcanuz
Good work, good money, less fuckwits to deal with. Good choice.
kissmyassets
Watch it all burn and melt. I like your style.
Koshunae
I became a mechanic after working black friday at academy sports. I understand completely
chaostheory10
When I left my first programming job after leaving retail they told me I was one of the best employees they've ever had.
chaostheory10
When I left my last retail job my supervisor threatened to punch me in the face. I'm never going back.
ikbenlike
Should've sued the supervisor for threatening you, tbh. Also, did I see that you worked a programming job?
mmaatt8
Sarcastically sincere
Plemeno
Sincerely sarcastic
TerraformTrent
Sarcerely sircastic
MrRandom314159
yes.
SaikyoStyle
Sincastically sarcere.
kepler20c
Saracen sinning in the holy land.
bayardthebloodhound
ThoroughlySearchingYourAsshole
This is a bucket
Belaco
What
Catbab
Dear God.....
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porygon17
At least in battle you can shoot the enemy
SatoriEnlightenment
Dat wuz funny.
emguhraeb
Add this grenade to your arsenal "Sir/Ma'am, as a war veteran, I've had terrorists treat me with better manners than you are right now."
eclect0
Why they'll probably shit their already pee-stained sweatpants and run out of Walmart crying.
KWJester49
And then the whole bus clapped.
Killstealer
Not to be too technical, but enemy combatants may or may not be terrorists depending on the situation. AFAIK if you're in a 1/?
Killstealer
Full scale ground war the enemy combatants are at that time just enemy combatants, not terrorists. They may have committed terrorism 2/?
Killstealer
Or may not have in other situations, but as individuals fighting a relatively more symmetrical battle they could range from being 3/?
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
A lot of soldiers kinda miss deployments. Most soldiers don't get PTSD or anything.
allmostthere1234
i miss combat but still have PTSD from it. I dont know why honestly. Its a weird feeling.
ImaCarGuy
Most deployed soldiers don't see combat either
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
Even those who see combat. Was in the 1st ID. PTSD is a problem, but its far from every soldier has trouble with what they've seen/done
Plemeno
So what do they do all day? Like, what's their purpose? A serious question for an ignorant person
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
About half the military supports combat troops. Many missions are sitting around and waiting, and hoping nothing happens.
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
Even when a convoy is attacked, the first tactic is to just keep driving.
ImaCarGuy
Mostly support in some way or another, I can't speak from experience but deployment doesn't mean you go straight into a firefight in Iraq
Plemeno
Its just a cliche thought I had, that soldiers fought as a primary function. Same way lawyers law and doctors doc