The two things I vividly recall from working in retail are the customers and the managers. But not because they were good. No no, because they taught me how to smile while my mind was repeating “Fu** you.”
Of course, there was the cleaning of the floor, the stocking of the shelves, and the ringing of the register but these responsibilities were the easy part. The human factor was where the misery was usually at. And if it wasn’t for my colleagues, I don’t know if I would have lasted for as long as I did.
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So I was very glad to come across r/RetailHell. The subreddit acts like an online support center where workers from the industry come together to both vent and celebrate their painful and proud moments on the job. Sometimes, just the fact that someone is listening is enough.
#1 Dutch Supermarket Chain Opens Slower ‘Chat Checkouts’ In An Effort To Combat Loneliness Among The Elderly
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#2 I Love This
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#3 It Do Be Facts Tho
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#4 Too Accurate
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#5 On The Front Door Of A Local Liquor Store
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#6 When Those Certain Customers Are Walking Towards The Door…
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#7 Mama Mia
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#8 Manager Put These Up 3 Days Ago Not Going So Well
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#9 Anyone Else Starting To Reach Their Emotional Limit?
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#10 I Never Related So Hard To A Meme Before
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#11 True Af
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#12 I Love How Customer Actually Think We Care
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#13 Cough Cough At My Entire Management
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#14 Oh Wow
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#15 Not Oc But Worth A Share
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#16 Nothing Better
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#17 We’ve Had These Kind Of Karens Right
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#18 Mcliving-Wage
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#19 It Said “Call Center” Previously, I Believe It Also Applies
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#20 My Boss Volunteered Me For A Golf Event That I Hated Every Second Of, So I Gave Her A Golf Themed Resignation Letter.
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#21 We Must Be Able To Tell The Future Sometimes
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#22 If I Had My Way We’d Open At 9am And Shut At 9:01am The Same Day
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#23 Saw This At A Restaurant Today
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#24 How I Wish This Wasn’t True
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#25 ✋?✋?✋?
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#26 Sad That This Even Exists
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#27 I’m… Concerned
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#28 Customer: Is This Cash Only?
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#29 Upvote If You Would Not Fix This.
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#30 It Do Be Like That, True Or Nah?
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#31 What Am I Gonna Do With My Day? Oh! I Know, I’m Gonna Go S**t On Underpaid Workers For Just Doing Their Job To Make Their Lives More Miserable Than It Already Is!
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#32 These People Are The Worst
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#33 I Clock On My Brain Clocks Off
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#34 Just A Reminder For Some.
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#35 Good.
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#36 Anyone Else Get These Guys On The Regular?
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#37 Manager Is Sympathetic…
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#38 Haha True.
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#39 This
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#40 It Do Be Like That Sometimes
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#41 Solidarity For Everyone This Holiday Season
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#42 Corporate Knows Best Of Course…
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#43 I Have No Words…
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#44 I Hate It When Managers Make You Look Like A Fool Just So They Don’t Want To Stand Up To Customers.
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#45 Lmboo
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#46 Every Night At Closing Time.
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#47 Mood
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#48 If Only
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#49 “I Don’t Get Paid Enough For This S**t.” Poor Waitress!
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#50 “You Are Not At A Level Of Skill That Deserves This Wage”
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#51 Hold Up
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#52 Do We Still Have To Call Them “Guests” If They Cough On Us?
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#53 That Customer One!
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#54 The Amount Of Times I’ve Heard This…
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#55 Truth
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#56 We Don’t Need To Hear About Your Life Story
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#57 Every. Single. Shift.
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#58 Fun Fact: You Don’t Need To Be Told Corporate Is Coming…you Just Know By Looking At Ur Managers Lol
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#59 Oh, Well……ok…..i’m….sorry…???
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#60 Every. Single. Time.
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#61 Did You Know?
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#62 Sorry, Please Come Back Tomorrow
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#63 Had This Interaction With A Delightful Couple Yesterday.
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#64 A Good Representation Of How I Feel On My Lunch Breaks.
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#65 Side Affect Of Working Retail
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#66 It Really Do Be That Way
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#67 Nobody Wants To Work Anymore (Not Oc)
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#68 Exactly This
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#69 Hits Home Doesn’t It
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#70 Why Are We Always Understaffed On Our Busiest Day?
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#71 Retail Time Off
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#72 Trying To Avoid Customers When Going On Break
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#73 Check The Back!
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#74 Good Luck With The Karens Leading Up To Christmas Guys
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#75 Sorry, Kids, But The Future In Retail Ain’t Bright
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#76 Change My Mind.
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#77 Gee, Thanks.. I Think.
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#78 Working In Retail
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#79 When A Customer Tells You How Nice It Is Outside, But You Have 5 Hours Left Of Your Shift And It Will Be Cold And Dark Outside By The Time You Finish.
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#80 And When They Do Show Up “I’m Just Going To Look Around”
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#81 Free 5 Minute Break
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#82 Please
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#83 I’m Sure It’s Already Started For Some Of You…
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#84 You’re God Damn Right We Do
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#85 At My Local Grocery Store, I Work As A Cashier For The Same Company But Different Store A Few Minutes Away.
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#86 For The Tenth Time!
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#87 Soooooo Satisfying…
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#88 Yup
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#89 I Hate People That Give Out To Employees Like They Personally Design The Store Policies
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#90 Who’s Looking Forward To One Day Off ?
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