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WORKING IN RETAIL can be really tough. Yes, there are days when your co-workers are sound and your customers are lovely, but all too often that is not the case.
Sometimes people are jerks, sometimes your boss needs to get stuffed and sometimes the job is a pain.
Here are 16 infuriating things about working in retail.
People trying things on just for a laugh
Oh yeah. Go ahead, have your gas craic trying on loads of stuff.
It doesn’t matter that I’ll have to tidy it all up, put it on hangers and put it out on the floor again. As long as you have your fun!
People carelessly pulling apart your carefully folded piles of clothing
Jerks.
Shoplifters
No matter what shop you work in, no matter what kind of security you have, you will know the shoplifters, and they will be a pain in the ass.
Customers shouting at you over things that have nothing to do with you
I’m sorry that the article of clothing you purchased in an entirely different shop didn’t work out for you, but kindly stop spitting in my face!
Power hungry managers
They should never have been allowed to be in charge of anything, let alone you.
Being forced to do pointless things by your boss
Purely so they can wield the aforementioned power.
People trying to return things that had clearly been worn
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It’s covered in makeup and it stinks of cigarettes. Do they think you’re stupid or something?
Sizing
Every day, you are forced to spend ages arranging clothing in order of size, only for it to be immediately messed up when customers got involved.
Christmas
Not only do you have to work, but you have to work the busiest, most panicked, hectic days of the year.
Customers who ignore the fact that it’s past closing time
They don’t care that the shop just closed, they want to try on 17 items.
Staff meetings
Pointless.
Not being allowed to use certain lifts/escalators/entrances
God forbid that a customer should see you using the same doors as them. They might forget for a moment that they’re better than you.
People leaving their rubbish in the changing rooms
People are gross.
Having to watch people buy lovely things while you scramble together pennies to buy a sandwich
It’s tough. It just is.
Pointless tasks foisted on you simply because you’re not allowed to stand still
People who shout at you about consumer law when they clearly haven’t a notion
Do you work in retail? Do you need to vent? Tell us about your pain in the comments.
Thursday 14 November, 2024
Thursday 14 November, 2024
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16 infuriating things about working in retail
WORKING IN RETAIL can be really tough. Yes, there are days when your co-workers are sound and your customers are lovely, but all too often that is not the case.
Sometimes people are jerks, sometimes your boss needs to get stuffed and sometimes the job is a pain.
Here are 16 infuriating things about working in retail.
People trying things on just for a laugh
Oh yeah. Go ahead, have your gas craic trying on loads of stuff.
It doesn’t matter that I’ll have to tidy it all up, put it on hangers and put it out on the floor again. As long as you have your fun!
People carelessly pulling apart your carefully folded piles of clothing
Jerks.
Shoplifters
No matter what shop you work in, no matter what kind of security you have, you will know the shoplifters, and they will be a pain in the ass.
Customers shouting at you over things that have nothing to do with you
I’m sorry that the article of clothing you purchased in an entirely different shop didn’t work out for you, but kindly stop spitting in my face!
Power hungry managers
They should never have been allowed to be in charge of anything, let alone you.
Being forced to do pointless things by your boss
Purely so they can wield the aforementioned power.
People trying to return things that had clearly been worn
It’s covered in makeup and it stinks of cigarettes. Do they think you’re stupid or something?
Sizing
Every day, you are forced to spend ages arranging clothing in order of size, only for it to be immediately messed up when customers got involved.
Christmas
Not only do you have to work, but you have to work the busiest, most panicked, hectic days of the year.
Customers who ignore the fact that it’s past closing time
They don’t care that the shop just closed, they want to try on 17 items.
Staff meetings
Pointless.
Not being allowed to use certain lifts/escalators/entrances
God forbid that a customer should see you using the same doors as them. They might forget for a moment that they’re better than you.
People leaving their rubbish in the changing rooms
People are gross.
Having to watch people buy lovely things while you scramble together pennies to buy a sandwich
It’s tough. It just is.
Pointless tasks foisted on you simply because you’re not allowed to stand still
People who shout at you about consumer law when they clearly haven’t a notion
Do you work in retail? Do you need to vent? Tell us about your pain in the comments.
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