Nearly half of US frontline retail employees and two-thirds of frontline managers say they are thinking about leaving their jobs in the next few months.
If you’re wondering why the numbers are so high, you’ve probably never worked in the industry. And if you’re nodding in approval, saying “Good for them,” you’re definitely a seasoned vet.
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Probably nothing illustrates why these folks are so disillusioned better than the subreddit ‘Retail Hell.’ This place unites 93,000 members, who go there to vent about their entitled customers, toxic bosses, work conditions, and every other problem that they face on a regular basis.
So we at Bored Panda once again decided to feature some of the sub’s most popular recent posts and give these tired voices the stage that they deserve.
#1 Truth For Most Of Us In Retail!!!!
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#2 Yup
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#3 If You’ve Ever Had To Hold Your Tongue, You Know This
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#4 Nobody Can Say It Isn’t The Truth
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#5 100% Spot On
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#6 Please, God, Nooooooo
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#7 Be Patient
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#8 Let It Burn
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#9 A Friendly Reminder
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#10 All Of This Requires Effort!
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#11 “It’s Says Remove Card, What Do I Do?”
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#12 Respect The Basics
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#13 When A Customer Tries The “I’m Never Shopping Here Again” Card
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#14 New Hires
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#15 We’ve Had These Kind Of Karens Right
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#16 Let Me Go Home
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#17 It’s Amazing How Many People Are Too Stupid To Read Signs
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#18 Min Wage
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#19 Honestly
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#20 Can You At Least Check For Me!!
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#21 Boomer Customers
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#22 Classic
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#23 “Why Isn’t It Taking My Bills” // “I Asked For Cash Back, Why Isn’t It Giving Me The Money” // Actual Things That Were Said When The Machine Looked Like This
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#24 This Is Just Working Retail Right?
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#25 It Would Keep Things Interesting
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#26 What In The World
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#27 The Writers Really Nailed Wha
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#28 This Happens Almost Daily
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#29 How?!?!? Whoever Did This I’d Like To Meet You In The Parking Lot, Just To Talk I Promise
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#30 Working In A Supermarket Be Like
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#31 The Peolpe We Love To Hate
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#32 Yup. Uh-Huh. Wow. I Know
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#33 Pocket Money
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#34 Funny How They Act Different Towards The Managers
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#35 Even Worse Is When It Is A Group Of 5-6
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#36 Oh You Poor Little, Naive Lamb
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#37 Life In Customer Service
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#38 Customer Induced Insomnia
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#39 Oh I Forgot To Get
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#40 Thank For The Support
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#41 When Customers Point Out Prices Can Vary
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#42 I’m Just A Fan
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#43 Oh Hades I Feel This From Both Sides
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#44 I’ve Started Taking Pictures At Work Of Messes Customers Leave Behind
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#45 I See The Signs In Every Retail Store And On Every Public Transport In My City Now
It’s honestly [messed] up that people have become so vile to workers over the last few years that these are needed. And ofc the signs do nothing, people still say whatever they want to your face anyways
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#46 That Hasn’t Actually Happened I’m Just Picturing It
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#47 The Customer Is Always Right
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#48 When My Manager Schedules Me To Close At 10pm And Then Open The Next Morning At 6am
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#49 It Really Do Be Like That
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#50 No Title Needed
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#51 ??
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#52 This Image Is All I Think Of When I Hear Someone’s Worked In Retail For 10+ Years
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#53 Am Accurate Representation Of Retail
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#54 Every. Damn. Time
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#55 Probably
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#56 Managers Be Like:
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#57 So, How Has Your Day Been?
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#58 Please Spare Me The Bullshit For Once
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#59 This Is So True
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#60 Like…. Why?!
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#61 Corporate Retail Training Course Starter Pack
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#62 Broken Promises
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#63 Your Manager When They Need You To Come In On Your Day Off
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#64 In My Favourite Area Today At Work
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#65 Customers Found This Little Dude In The Planters Today. I Had To Stop Both Them And My Manager From Taking It Home As A Pet
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#66 Customer Got Offended By My Face Mask
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#67 Why
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#68 Posted In Our Breakroom. Because Yes We Are All Alive Just To Work
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#69 ?
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#70 “Yeah… No.. Sorry… Yeah.. No”
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#71 Boomers When They Have To Pay 10 Cents For A Bag
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#72 * Sideways In An Aisle *
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#73 Saw This While Getting Some Fry Bread Down In Arizona
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#74 Trying To Make It To The Bathroom Without A Customer Seeing You
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#75 When Customers Are Like ‘Can You Check The Warehouse?’ Like Sure But You’ll Be Waiting Ages And I Doubt I’ll Find It
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#76 Be Here. You’re Essential
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#77 I Did It!
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#78 The Day Our New Point Of Sale Rang Up A Shirt For $84 Million Dollars
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#79 I Hate This Type Of Customers
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#80 My Coworker And I Draw Caricatures Of Problem Customers
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#81 You Say That’s All The Bank Gave You?
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#82 Found This On Twitter. I Would Quit Without A Notice
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#83 Sounds Reasonable
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#84 Every Single Day
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#85 All The Damn Time
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#86 “But It Said You Had It In Stock Onlin—“
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#87 My Boss After I Called In 4 Hours Before My Shift Because My Cats Tumor Has Ruptured And The Bleeding Won’t Stop So I Have To Euthanize Her
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#88 Now That Our Eyes Have Been Opened, We Ain’t Ever Going Back
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#89 “You’re In The Industry, No One Takes Breaks”
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#90 Ladies… Can You Guess What Came Out At Work? 5 Hours Left
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#91 Half My Life Is Chasing After Plastic F-Ing Bags. How Hard Is It To Get A Reusable Bag? Please, I’m Begging You… I’m Sick Of Running Out Of Plastic Bags And You Getting Mad Because We’re Out
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#92 Every Time
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#93 Corporate
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#94 Mood
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#95 Retail Life Balance
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#96 This Is Why People Don’t Want To Work In Retail…
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#97 A Lady Tried To Play Me With A $300 Worth Of Counterfeit Bills
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#98 “Excuse Me I Need-” “I’m A Vendor Ma’am” Gets Em Every Time!
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#99 Clock Fraud
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#100 Customers When They Find Out Retail Workers Don’t Like Their Job
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