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Retail is one of the funniest jobs, I was at work today and had like an hourish left in my shift. It is 10pm and this guy comes in, grabs bis stuff and then comes to the register and says(without any prompting!) "You're really gaudy" and like I am(I'm always wearing 20 bracelets, 3 rings and 3 necklaces) but who just says that! Nightshift customers are a different breed
I had the strangest interaction with a customer a few days ago(for context, I work at a gas station/convenience store) I was bagging her items and she just goes "Oh my goodness! You have such long finger!" And like, I suppose I do but wth lol(picture of hand for additional context) She then asked if I played piano which I do not and then she went on her way, I fuckin love people
All the customers have been so nice and patient today and it’s made my day which has already been tough a lot better. Hope the same is for every other retail worker who comes across this post ✨
Me (a retail worker) beating chirstmas back with a stick as it creeps into the store: "BACK- BACK I SAY!"
Dear Valued Customer...
Why did you leave a can of Campbell's Condensed Vegetable Soup in aisle 5 among the flour. Just why.
Dear Valued Customer...
Why did you put a 4-pack of ginger beer on the bottom shelf of aisle 6 with the almonds. I'm just confused.
The Watermelon Incident
At work yesterday, 5 minutes into the start of my shift, my produce manager had me and another produce employee clean up some sticky stuff on the floor from a watermelon, and we also had to dig through the big watermelon bin to find the crushed one. It wasn't pretty.
One of the cashiers working Deli told me that the sticky puddle had been there since the morning, and no one cleaned it up since then. Me and the other employee needed to use a whole stack of paper towels and like 4 regular towels to clean up all the watermelon goop.
And it was supposed to be my grocery shift...
Dear Valued Customer...
Why were you shopping for cabbages 5 minutes after closing. Why was it so important that you couldn't wait until the next day.
I just have questions.
Critter Counter-Measures (or CCM for short)
Not pictured are 4 more carts of chips and bread, and the 2 floor managers, one of the senior cashiers, and another diary/grocery employee brought in to LITERALLY TAKE AISLE 1 APART to try to find The Critters because my boss is too cheap to buy an exterminator.
Dear Valued Customer...
Why did you put a can of sweet baby corn in with the apples.
Just why.
I'm not mad. Just disappointed.
Cashiers have all the power
let me explain. at my work, the cashiers are able to use a PA system to call people for customer service, taking baskets, price check, all that stuff.
When we close up, the manager has to go around and ask if anyone needed to buy anything, and no one had to.
One of the cashiers closing up decided it would be really funny if he asked over the PA if a certain employee, (who was right next to him) had to buy anything. He knew they didn't have to buy anything, but he still asked over the PA anyways.
All in all, cashiers have all the power.
Weird things heard at work pt. 1
"I am now the laundry detergent king."
"The celery case might have been dropped a few times."
*Upon seeing a large stack of boxes* "This looks slightly unsafe."
"That is the highest pile of celery I have ever seen."
"So this might have been sitting in the back for over a year..." *Pours out steaming, liquid mold from a bucket into organics bin*
"A customer said there's a garbage bag being attacked by crows in the parking lot?"
"Take a broom, it might be dangerous."
"Oh no! The popcorn!"
And finally:
"If it looks like dogshit, just throw it out. No one will miss it."
Work Stories From A Specialty Grocery Store (background context)
I work at a smallish, specialty grocery store. We pack our own bulk stuff, like rice, beans, flour, sugar, and also a bunch of other really specific stuff, like organic coconut sugar, or pine nuts. We have a produce department, and we sell a lot of organic stuff. We also do our own prep-work, and all organic produce has to be taped with yellow tape saying 'Organically Grown' We have a deli and a meat department, and the meat department sometimes sells uncommon meat, like rabbit. We only have 3 tills, and so it gets really clogged up if a lot of people are shopping. At the end of the day, everyone working the closing shift has to stay after closing and help clean up, as we don't have a cleaning team. Since it's a specialty store, sometimes the only place you can find a certain item in the entire city, we get a lot of weird customers.
I might make more context posts if i want to, but most of my posts under the #work stories tag will be posts about interesting customers, funny things coworkers said, or random out-of-context quotes or pictures.
YOU THINK I’M JOKING BUT I’M DEAD SERIOUS
alright folks, who's your weird regular? we have "snake guy" who always has a snake crawling on his arm (i've posted pics of it on here before)
Just a yes would've worked but okay
anyways here's a shitty comic about one of my odd interactions at work