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reverendsaintjay said:
This will be an informative rebuttal for retail employees by a guy that has better things to do than cater to your overinflated egos. You cocksuckers. :D



Give me the number for corporate and send me on my way. If I'm stupid enough to try to circumvent company policy I'm likely stupid enough to think that I'll have better luck talking to someone in management. The wrong thing to do is argue policy with me while the line behind me gets longer. Sympathize, tell me that while there's nothing you can personally do I can call 1(800) Good-Luck for remediation.



If the shipping dude can't help me he shouldn't be on the goddamn floor, should he? If he is on the floor the absolute last thing he should do is identify himself as an employee.



Why are you waiting? Seriously, call the cops. Don't get into an argument with me about why I'm not leaving, call the cops and let them escort me from the store.



Oh boo frickity hoo, the guys down at Aunt Annie's pretzels are going to scrape the salt off of my Cholesterol Twisty because I called Nancy at hot topic a stupid whore with tattoos that came out of a paint-by-numbers book.

Seriously, the difference between one mall employee hating me and the entire mall staff hating me is negligible at best.



Update: You are not smarter than me, you just think you are. You think that because you can find a pair of women's size 8 low-rise jeans with flare legs in less than 40 seconds makes you some kind of virtuoso, but it really doesn't. You are good at a job that they can train monkeys to do, typically without having to resort to shock therapy.



One day they will replace you with a self checkout system. That is the day that the world with collectively sigh, right before going to the "We all hate retail employees" party. Don't worry, your invite is in the mail. Srsly, no shens.



Asking people to pay you to like them makes you a whore. Just pointing that out.



I can do math, and when I was a retail slave I could do math while bagging your shit, answering the phone and giving out Corporate's information to someone that wanted to return their shit for cash. What was that about being smarter than me?



The sooner you finish helping me the faster we can get back to staring at the gift cert girl's ass.

Hope you have a great holiday, maybe next year you won't sell your soul to the retail devils for $7/hr.
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itburnswhenipee said:
I'm genuinely curious about the story behind this one.
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Some things are organized alphabetically. Books (I work for Borders), being one of them. We have an employee who seriously cannot grasp this. She's been told. I've put up signs etc. If she works the next shift can expect to come in to either a complete mess, things organized by size, or random letters of the alphabet all group together but not in the correct order.

She also can barely count.

FWIW she's a 4ft, 200lb black "woman". I call her the troll.
 
reverendsaintjay said:
This will be an informative rebuttal for retail employees by a guy that has better things to do than cater to your overinflated egos. You cocksuckers. :D

Give me the number for corporate and send me on my way. If I'm stupid enough to try to circumvent company policy I'm likely stupid enough to think that I'll have better luck talking to someone in management. The wrong thing to do is argue policy with me while the line behind me gets longer. Sympathize, tell me that while there's nothing you can personally do I can call 1(800) Good-Luck for remediation.
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Do you not think that is SOP? I'm talking about the people who even after you stand there and say there is nothing you can do will not leave.

Most people start screaming at me after I give them the "800 number". They want instant satisfaction, right then and right there. For some reason they think that by being abusive they can change company policy JUST FOR THEM.

If the shipping dude can't help me he shouldn't be on the goddamn floor, should he? If he is on the floor the absolute last thing he should do is identify himself as an employee.
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You want things on the shelf or do you want to wander around bitching about how nothing is in stock? That was myself I was talking about, when you are wearing a band hoodie, listening to your ipod, and just putting away stuff you are not giving off "approach me" signals. I'm talking about the people who keep bothering you even after you tell them to talk to a CS employee or page someone to help them.

Why are you waiting? Seriously, call the cops. Don't get into an argument with me about why I'm not leaving, call the cops and let them escort me from the store.
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Can you read? People will not leave. They stand there and cuss out the 17-20 y/o girls running register. As soon as you touch/yell at someone who works there the cops are being called, the problem is that it takes awhile for them to get there during which time these people just keep getting crazier.


Oh boo frickity hoo, the guys down at Aunt Annie's pretzels are going to scrape the salt off of my Cholesterol Twisty because I called Nancy at hot topic a stupid whore with tattoos that came out of a paint-by-numbers book.
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Actually they'll probably spit on it. :)

Seriously, the difference between one mall employee hating me and the entire mall staff hating me is negligible at best.
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No, no it's not. If you're bad enough (read throwing things and swearing at cashiers) your car might get towed.

Update: You are not smarter than me, you just think you are. You think that because you can find a pair of women's size 8 low-rise jeans with flare legs in less than 40 seconds makes you some kind of virtuoso, but it really doesn't. You are good at a job that they can train monkeys to do, typically without having to resort to shock therapy.
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No one would begrudge you that. Think more along the lines of "I heard this song, in this movie once, and it was kinda like rock but not, do you have it?", then when you cant help then they call you stupid. This happens at least 20-30 times a day.

One day they will replace you with a self checkout system. That is the day that the world with collectively sigh, right before going to the "We all hate retail employees" party. Don't worry, your invite is in the mail. Srsly, no shens.
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Wanna know something funny? In the stores with self checkouts (actually pretty common around here at box stores, Home Depot, BJs etc.) the people are too fucking stupid to actually use said self checkout systems and apparently (I dont work at these places) find employees to yell at because they cant figure out how to make them work.



Asking people to pay you to like them makes you a whore. Just pointing that out.
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Money is money is money.



I can do math, and when I was a retail slave I could do math while bagging your shit, answering the phone and giving out Corporate's information to someone that wanted to return their shit for cash. What was that about being smarter than me?
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You forget though. I'm not being paid to try.

The sooner you finish helping me the faster we can get back to staring at the gift cert girl's ass.
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This was actually in reference to some old lady lecturing me about morals when she saw me doing this.

Hope you have a great holiday, maybe next year you won't sell your soul to the retail devils for $7/hr.
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No choice around here while getting schooled. You work for Lockheed Martin, Magna Powertrain or in the mall. I'm not making $7 an hour though.
 
ChikkenNoodul said:
Regarding #8 on your first list there, welcome to how we did it in retail 16 years ago :fly:

If you weren't competent to make change in those situations, chances are you weren't allowed to work the register.
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I already answered this but eh. I can do it, I just dont want to.

The one thing I do appreciate is when people leave pennies so I can keep everything even. Counting out 99 cents over and over becomes trying. Esp since my boss turned the register around so that your back is to the customers. I constantly feel like Im about to be mugged.
 
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FlamingGlory said:
I already answered this but eh. I can do it, I just dont want to.

The one thing I do appreciate is when people leave pennies so I can keep everything even. Counting out 99 cents over and over becomes trying. Esp since my boss turned the register around so that your back is to the customers. I constantly feel like Im about to be mugged.
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WTF, your boss is a dumbass. You NEVER want to have your drawer open out into the store, bad bad bad
 
BeeRad said:
WTF, your boss is a dumbass. You NEVER want to have your drawer open out into the store, bad bad bad
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Yeah. No shit. I'll take a pic next time Im there but now the drawer opens out into the main aisle. On top of this we have to count out every hour. Nothing like standing there holding 4k in 20s while there are 100s of people walking by.
 
ChikkenNoodul said:
Well hey, not my fault you don't have any work ethic :fly:


Of course, I was lucky to get a job at that age at all. There wasn't many around for teenagers other than the grocery store :barf:
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I do my absolute very best... When I want to. Right now I have a micromanaging dyke directly over me, I'm serious she tells you what to do every single second of every single day, Im shocked she doesnt tell us when to breath. She also repeats instructions needlessly. I'm used to someone more of giving me a goal or general strategy and leaving me to my devices. That and Im not making much over the minimum wage (6.75) even though past expierence warrants it (last job $9.00, job before 8.45 + manager).
 
FlamingGlory said:
Yeah. No shit. I'll take a pic next time Im there but now the drawer opens out into the main aisle. On top of this we have to count out every hour. Nothing like standing there holding 4k in 20s while there are 100s of people walking by.
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I have to say that is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. Every hour in Christmas shopping hours has to be insane. I see the point of every hour but it should be handled differently, not at the register. You should suggest a change drawer be ready every hour so that the full drawer and the new drawer can just be swapped, leaving the money to be counted in the back.
 
BeeRad said:
I have to say that is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. Every hour in Christmas shopping hours has to be insane. I see the point of every hour but it should be handled differently, not at the register. You should suggest a change drawer be ready every hour so that the full drawer and the new drawer can just be swapped, leaving the money to be counted in the back.
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That is the system I'm used to. Now you know my :angst:
 
F33nX said:
i didn't realize it was possible to single out an unruly customer at carousel...impressive.

there was an interesting bit on the evening news around thanksgiving about being nice to people who work in the stores you frequent for holiday shopping. it gave a very nice set of guidelines for each person to internally spend 30 or so seconds to make cashiers and other store associates feel more human, which i think would benefit everyone shopping during the season and year round. there are definitely benefits to reap if you treat someone nicely, even though they get paid to assist you.
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Youd be shocked. Though I'm not at Carosel anymore. Back at Shoppingtown. Singling out has greatly improved since the advent of camera phones.

They have that pretty much down. If someone is simply polite they'll get light years better service.
 
Coqui said:
Why the hell would you tip a casheir though? All they're doing is taking your money. They provided no service to you. Now if they were a personal shopper for you while you're in the store, that would warrant a tip.
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I'm not a cashier :tard: I check people out sometimes, usually after walking around and helping them find all their stuff. It isnt my "job" to stand next to the register though.
 
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