Working Retail: Stories of the Underpaid - General

[QUOTE=Wolfmatyr;33143430][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/CGelD.jpg[/img_thumb] I don't think he got the memo that halloween was five days ago.[/QUOTE] Wha- Is that a penis costume?

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;33133710]Sorry for the bump but I figured it's relevant. I wanted to share my Backroom Swagger. [t]http://filesmelt.com/dl/321247_2128266093985_1465940962_31916527_908579294_n.jpg[/t] [editline]5th November 2011[/editline] It's modern art.[/QUOTE] It looks like the back room of an EB Games store (GameStop in the states) with the way the boxes are stacked.

I show the grills at my maccas nothing but love, I make sure they're cleaned after every run of meet, I steam them pretty regularly (about once every 2 hours, which is regulation. I've seen someone else steam them probably once ever) and I wipe them down regularly and keep them free of grease. But the grills, they hate me. They hate my guts, they burn me, slash me with their sharp corners and always fuck up my meat. Why grills. Why do you hate me :( At the moment I have a massive open sore on my knuckle where I got burnt and tore the blister off on some steel. Hurts like a BITCH.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;33143718]Wha- Is that a penis costume?[/QUOTE]Yes. [QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;33144180]I show the grills at my maccas nothing but love, I make sure they're cleaned after every run of meet, I steam them pretty regularly (about once every 2 hours, which is regulation. I've seen someone else steam them probably once ever) and I wipe them down regularly and keep them free of grease. But the grills, they hate me. They hate my guts, they burn me, slash me with their sharp corners and always fuck up my meat. Why grills. Why do you hate me :( At the moment I have a massive open sore on my knuckle where I got burnt and tore the blister off on some steel. Hurts like a BITCH.[/QUOTE]Nobody seems to understand that commercial metalwork should have blunt edges.

I went down to the Value Drugs store in our town where my friend works to buy some candy. Turns out he's working there today and I start talking to him while he's stacking boxes. During our fifteen minute conversation about four separate people go up to him and point to something on the shelves and ask "do you have that." Seriously.

They started having undercover security guards in my shop recently. All the young crowd have been stealing stuff. Some people now refuse to shop there due to us having more normal guards.

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;33133710]Sorry for the bump but I figured it's relevant. I wanted to share my Backroom Swagger. [t]http://filesmelt.com/dl/321247_2128266093985_1465940962_31916527_908579294_n.jpg[/t] [editline]5th November 2011[/editline] It's modern art.[/QUOTE] I would get fired if I ever stacked the boxes like that. You've got a whole pallet there, yet only 1/2 of it is being used, such sloppy stacking.

[QUOTE=WaLLy3K;33143750]It looks like the back room of an EB Games store (GameStop in the states) with the way the boxes are stacked.[/QUOTE] I work at EB games.

Right, Argos haven't replied to my application, so I've sent forms in to Next, Holiday Inn, Apple and Topshop. I HAVE to get something from those 4.

[QUOTE=TtIiVv;33148999]Right, Argos haven't replied to my application, so I've sent forms in to Next, Holiday Inn, Apple and Topshop. I HAVE to get something from those 4.[/QUOTE] Probably not I'm afraid bro, unless you've got previous experience they don't bother with your application.... I've applied to The North Face, 3 different clothes sections within Selfridges, footasylum and River Island, and not a single bite, even though half of those are christmas temps with 30 places going. I'm going to try for Boots (the chemist), even though their application process is ridiculously long.... I really would have though my 8A*s and 2 As at GCSE would stand for something, but obviously not, they all want experience, but how the fuck do you get experience in the first place!

Fuck everyone who wants to buy a TV in bestbuy. Yes the samsung looks better than the westinghouse, why do you think its $300 more!

[QUOTE=Takkun10;33157398]Fuck everyone who wants to buy a TV in bestbuy. Yes the samsung looks better than the westinghouse, why do you think its $300 more![/QUOTE] Apparently a lot of shops change the settings of tvs to make the cheaper tvs look worse than the expensive ones.

[QUOTE=Wolfmatyr;33143430][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/CGelD.jpg[/img_thumb] I don't think he got the memo that halloween was five days ago.[/QUOTE] CREEPER! QUICK, HIDE THE WINE!

[QUOTE=Mort and Charon;33156979]Probably not I'm afraid bro, unless you've got previous experience they don't bother with your application.... I've applied to The North Face, 3 different clothes sections within Selfridges, footasylum and River Island, and not a single bite, even though half of those are christmas temps with 30 places going. I'm going to try for Boots (the chemist), even though their application process is ridiculously long.... I really would have though my 8A*s and 2 As at GCSE would stand for something, but obviously not, they all want experience, but how the fuck do you get experience in the first place![/QUOTE] The glory of Catch-22!

I was working the weekend before Halloween and we were SWAMPED. I was down stocking face paint and such when this kid wearing one of our Obama masks passes behind me. He's just casually looking at stuff, but the whole time, he's going "Obama. Obama. Obama. Obama. Obama." He walked around doing that for at least ten minutes.

[QUOTE=Mort and Charon;33156979]Probably not I'm afraid bro, unless you've got previous experience they don't bother with your application.... I've applied to The North Face, 3 different clothes sections within Selfridges, footasylum and River Island, and not a single bite, even though half of those are christmas temps with 30 places going. I'm going to try for Boots (the chemist), even though their application process is ridiculously long.... I really would have though my 8A*s and 2 As at GCSE would stand for something, but obviously not, they all want experience, but how the fuck do you get experience in the first place![/QUOTE] I got a job at Adidas when they were opening a new store. I had zero experience in retail and I got an interview 2 days after I put in my application, got a phone call a day after my interview, started the next day. So it's not really about the experience, most of the questions that most applications have is to test and see how good of a person you are and they test to see if you're all there in the head. My managers and co-workers all told me this and that it is how most retail applications or any applications for a job is set up as.

Its about timing / luck A spot opens up the hiring guy will just check through the recent stack of applications starting at the top. Therefore your best bet is to just periodically hand in forms

I haven't seen a regular whacko for a long time. This old guy who looks really dirty, half-bald with long hair & beard, green jacket and pants, stained shirt. At one time he used to come once a week in the store, have a look at the Flames of War WWII miniatures and then just get out.

My store had this lady come in and buy something and handed me four $20;s and one $50. The total was $115 so I handed her back $15 in change. She throws a fit saying that I handed her the wrong change and that she handed me $150. So I told her that she handed me four $20's and one $50, and she starts to flip out saying that no she didn't. So I eventually asked my manager and we ended up giving her $20's more when we could've easily said that we will check the cameras to see how much she gave me but we were busy so we just let it go. The manager later tells me that night that my register was short exactly $20, the same $20 I gave to that lady. Man I swear, some people are plain out stupid.

[QUOTE=Hana-San;33164022]Apparently a lot of shops change the settings of tvs to make the cheaper tvs look worse than the expensive ones.[/QUOTE] Actually, we just unpack the TV and run it at default. The cheap ones already look terrible enough. Doesnt help that all the displays are fed from a single source via RCA.

Ugh. I work at Gamestop. My next shift is tomorrow. Yes, that's right. Tomorrow. As in, the day where all the kiddles come in and try to get their grubby little fingers on MW3. Will post something if anything hilarious happens.

I work at Timberland at a local mall. I really have no complaints, making 1.50 more than minimum for seasonal ( will bump up once I'm hired after the holidays ) and the job is pretty chill. Everyone is expected to get their work done and that's it. Help customers, stock displays, and generally hang out. I'm so happy I caught a lucky break for this part time job.

[QUOTE=Boaraes;33177103]Ugh. I work at Gamestop. My next shift is tomorrow. Yes, that's right. Tomorrow. As in, the day where all the kiddles come in and try to get their grubby little fingers on MW3. Will post something if anything hilarious happens.[/QUOTE] Be sure to enforce the "under 18" law where they have to have parents there. When a parent is there, tell them how horribly gory and evil the game is, and how it could effect their child's brain.

[QUOTE=Chezhead;33177742]Be sure to enforce the "under 18" law where they have to have parents there. When a parent is there, tell them how horribly gory and evil the game is, and how it could effect their child's brain.[/QUOTE] I'd say sell it to them, that way they are all playing that rather than a good shooter.

[QUOTE=smeismastger;32338125]I work in a small shop of the electronics-recycling company, which is inside this long building with all the storages, recycling facilities etc. Generally a good workplace with generally good people to work with. Before I begin I need to tell you a bit of the background for you to fully understand, people go a bit crazy when they work here long enought. And different people have different ways of dealing with it. And I am no exception to that unspoken rule. In the small shop I work with other fellow who has been about 2 years here, he claims to have practiced several martial arts which he is especially good at when fighting against himself, wants to become God, and says that he was a general in the army. Makes occasionally weird noises while making extremely twisted faces. Then we get the two other guys who come from the recycling side to bring us stuff and just generally talk with us (and browse the internet with out computers). The other one is a fucking computer wizard to the extreme. And the other one wants to go back in time when Scandinavia was feared and respected, as a viking. And me? Oh, I am communist, facist, natzi, muslim, and extreme-buddhist. We are brought the most bizarre stuff from time to time, old clocks, Amiga's, 'futuristic' clocks from the 80's, Commondore 64's (we have tons of those). We fix them the best we can, we test them if we can, and put them on the shelfs. So you can imagine what happens when our boss brings a box (saying "there ya go, you bloody commie") that has a Soviet-Era Officer's cap and a Flag of the Soviet Union. While my co-worker is on a coffee break, I put the cap on, hang the flag on the wall, behind the counter I am positioned at. And put the Soviet Anthem playing on the computer. Mind you, this was supposed to be something to make my co-worker choke on his coffee when he comes back. However before he arrives, a customer walks in. So you can probably imagine the expression of the black wind-jacket wearing man on his 60-70's when he opens the door while looking down, watching the little step. Hears the music, and looks up. And the first thing he sees is a vigorous man, with a Soviet-Officer cap on his head, with a Soviet Union's flag hanged on the wall behind him, who then proceeds to greet him by saying "COMRADE! WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S USED ELECTRONICS SHOP!" He freezes on the spot, just looking at me. What felt like a several minutes, he just looked at me as I proudly smiled, with this dumb-founded, confused, surprised,-mixed expression of his. He slowly turns around and closes the door behind him I didn't have long to think about what just happened before my boss opens that same door clearly wondering what the hell the customer had stood there for, and practically explodes into laughs as he sees the scene. Then my co-worker arrives clearly wondering what the laughing and the music is about, sees my boss, then me wearing the cap, and the red flag on the wall. Nearly choking on his coffee laughing, he tells me "You crazy son of a bitch" Since the boss was a humorous guy too, no consequences were suffered.[/QUOTE] Just wanted to quote this for the people who didn't read this.

[QUOTE=Chezhead;33178161]Just wanted to quote this for the people who didn't read this.[/QUOTE] Don't ever do that again.

Well I'm an unloader at walmart, which is an awful, awful job. Been doing it for around 7 months now. Lately we've had to go outside at night (from about 11pm till we get off at 1am) and work in these storage trailers where they keep the extra toys and stuff. It's so cold and dark out there. It wouldn't be so bad if they told us to do it in a nice way, but we just get yelled at and talked to like we're retarded. Our supervisor even told us we were peons, and that we'd be working out there every night until christmas. And I just found out yesterday that I'm scheduled to work 1pm to 10pm on thanksgiving day. Luckily my family is going to have thanksgiving a day early so I can still partake. It's really odd that we're scheduled from 1pm to 10pm, because last year they scheduled everyone from 6pm to 3am, and that seems to be what they're doing in other stores this year, too. I guess our store just wants us to be as unhappy as possible. Fucking walmart.

[QUOTE=Boaraes;33177103]Ugh. I work at Gamestop. My next shift is tomorrow. Yes, that's right. Tomorrow. As in, the day where all the kiddles come in and try to get their grubby little fingers on MW3. Will post something if anything hilarious happens.[/QUOTE] I share your pain bro.

I work at a Chocolate store. Every day i have to deal with lame ass customers who think they're hot shit making all the exact same jokes. I'm not kidding they litterly quote each other verbatim. My store smells like chocolate or what ever we are cooking at the time, so its always a really pleasant, sweet smell. 10 times a day I hear "OH MY! I THINK I JUST GAINED 10 POUNDS JUST BY WALKING IN HERE! :V" or "I COULD GAIN WEIGHT JUST BY SMELLING". Then there is the classic, "I'll have one of everything" guy that says it like i haven't heard it twice already today. Not to mention our chocolate is 21.90 a pound and when they pick 3 of the heaviest pieces and bitch about how its $15, all while getting out their money and buy it anyways, idk what it is but it cracks me up every time.

Oh man, back when I worked at RadioShack this little innocent looking old german lady came in looking for a certain type of battery. According to her it was for her vibrator.