Working In Retail, What Do You Hate The Most

[Bruh In Law]

I was the guy at Whole Foods that placed the orders for the grocery stock,
and there are no uniforms at the store,
you wear an apron and whatever you want so you can't tell who's a manager and who's not.


So a customer walks up," excuse me do you have more of this in the back?"
I say no, and give a long detailed explanation about why we don't have it and when to expect it.
They seem pleased that i took the time to be nice and help as much as i could.

So what do they do next, go three isles over to find the nearest white guy and ask them do they have the same shit in the back.

And this is what kills me, the white guy is messing with chemicals and doesn't know shit about groceries.
The first thing he say is,"I don't know but I'll bring you over to the manager/guy that orders it."

And here he comes marching the same fucker back over to my section and I'm standing there like

 

[jackeebleu]

Thats fucked up son, thats part of the reason I left retail in the first place.

 

[the Imm font]

i use to laugh and say *my co workers name* i am psychic let me guess they want this? then the customer look surprised or shamed. I say well i guess my knowledge not good enough so i let you handle the rest. then they just walk away.

 

[JofromthaNO]

I have done some work in a "luxury (or so THEY called it luxury") retail store, and what I hate the most are the entitled customers. We used to get THE WORST babied customers who would want you to do EVERYTHING for them outside of the regular scope of customer service. Those that get upset because of something outside of your control.

I also love the ones who complain about your merchandise. Saying stuff, like, "I really don't like these clothes anymore. I used to love wearing them, but now I can find nothing in here." Bitch, I'm just the lowly sales associate. Write corporate and tell them that information.

 

[Bumpee]

Having to work on days like Black Friday.

 

[PsyenceRawk]

i'm in retail management myself... i can deal with a lot... what i can't stand is thieves. especially when they are young black men and women. especially when i'm one of 2 blacks on the staff, how that shit look?

lots of times i try to school the young blacks... but meanwhile lil becky and marsha are over there stealing shit too.

another thing i hate is young spoiled lil C.A.C J.A.Ps and spoiled ass regular C.A.Cs... "no mom its my money and i do what i want!"... BIIIIIITCH! I wish i could knock them lil fuckers wit my shoe just for talkin back. and the parent just takes that shit like its syrup.

 

[KTD]

i use to laugh and say *my co workers name* i am psychic let me guess they want this? then the customer look surprised or shamed. I say well i guess my knowledge not good enough so i let you handle the rest. then they just walk away.

 

[Atoosa]

I hate to say this but when I worked in retail if I saw a Fat Black Women I avoided them at all cost. 95% of the time they would be loud, rude, ghetto, and abnoxious.
Also old white people they automatically assumed you did not know what you were talking about no matter how knowledgeable or polite you were. It was always cool when they would find a white clerk, who would say let me get you the expert on this item and bring them to me. Priceless racist ass stupid face.....

 

[Bruh In Law]

I hate to say this but when I worked in retail if I saw a Fat Black Women I avoided them at all cost. 95% of the time they would be loud, rude, ghetto, and abnoxious.
Also old white people they automatically assumed you did not know what you were talking about no matter how knowledgeable or polite you were. It was always cool when they would find a white clerk, who would say let me get you the expert on this item and bring them to me. Priceless racist ass stupid face.....

That's the exact point I was tryna make,
And you right about black women.
They try to squeeze 5 dollars into 20 and work you for no reason at all.
"Can I sample this,"
"Why this cost so much,"
"Y'all ain't never got what I want"
And the most classic is waiting to get to the register and holding up the line to get the price of something they not gone buy.

 

[SM0k3]

I was the guy at Whole Foods that placed the orders for the grocery stock,
and there are no uniforms at the store,
you wear an apron and whatever you want so you can't tell who's a manager and who's not.


So a customer walks up," excuse me do you have more of this in the back?"
I say no, and give a long detailed explanation about why we don't have it and when to expect it.
They seem pleased that i took the time to be nice and help as much as i could.

So what do they do next, go three isles over to find the nearest white guy and ask them do they have the same shit in the back.

And this is what kills me, the white guy is messing with chemicals and doesn't know shit about groceries.
The first thing he say is,"I don't know but I'll bring you over to the manager/guy that orders it."

And here he comes marching the same fucker back over to my section and I'm standing there like

The ol' 'this nigga can't possibly know about what I'm looking for' stuff.
I feel you whole-heartedly on that man....when I worked for a electronic store some time back this was almost the daily routine.

 

[IMDATDUDE]

White Women customers. Oh my gawd these brawds be thinking they should have everything going they way. All talking about they going to call corporate.

Had a lady get mad b/c we didn't have a movie that was advertised in an ad. Started to talk shit about how she had to drive all the way to store and how she will never come back (My young girl employees were like you couldn't call she said thats not the point) I said alright see ya have a good one. "Whats your name I'm calling corporate."

Had a young one come in wanting to over write a check so she could get money for gas. I told her we can't do that. She starts crying calls her dad in front me telling him what we will not do. Hands her phone to my white co-worker I guess thinking the two white guys will work it out. Wrong Bitch.

Had an old crazy lady call customer complaint and have me on 3 way b/c I would not go open up the pharmacy(against the law I was told) to go get her wallet. The lady just started making stuff up on what I did, saying I was yelling at her and other things. Guy ask her what she wanted done bitch told them to fire me. She and her family are not allowed at any of our stores anymore. Oh yea you don't fuck with the token black guy.

 

[geist]

Working in retail gives you good insight into how many dumb mutherfuckers there are out there.

 

[Atoosa]

That's the exact point I was tryna make,
And you right about black women.
They try to squeeze 5 dollars into 20 and work you for no reason at all.
"Can I sample this,"
"Why this cost so much,"
"Y'all ain't never got what I want"
And the most classic is waiting to get to the register and holding up the line to get the price of something they not gone buy.

The Fat ones no hope for them, but some regular sisters if things didn't go their way would hit me with either...If I was White... or I can tell that you the type that date white women and could give a damn about helping a sista out....Neither was true I'll try to accomplish any reasonable request from ANYONE. But I wasn't risking my job over ya ass.

 

[ShotOfPatron]

Working in retail gives you good insight into how many dumb mutherfuckers there are out there.

 

[doggish_098]

the absolute worst part about working in retail to me is on hot summer days you would always have some large woman want to pull sweaty wet money out her tits and give it to you.

all the other stuff about retail i can get over but that shit really bothered me

 

[Bruh In Law]

the absolute worst part about working in retail to me is on hot summer days you would always have some large woman want to pull sweaty wet money out her tits and give it to you.

all the other stuff about retail i can get over but that shit really bothered me

 

[CarryOn]

 

[RunawaySlave]

Long as the mutha fucka is paying for a product, he/she can be any way they want.
The customer is always right. It's THEIR money, how would you act if it was YOUR money?

 

[kdub83]

Long as the mutha fucka is paying for a product, he/she can be any way they want.
The customer is always right. It's THEIR money, how would you act if it was YOUR money?

Yea.. u never worked in retail a day in your life i see

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Yea.. u never worked in retail a day in your life i see

customer service is a hard thing. surprisingly thats why we dont get paid much. putting up with sick people isnt worth it.

 

[jdc12]

Working in retail gives you good insight into how many dumb mutherfuckers there are out there.

c/s

 

[KTD]

Gon ahead playa gon ahead you don't see that wedding band? yeah that yellow gold? gon ahead.

 

[sirwoodz]

i will never work another job dealing directly w/the general public ever again.

 

[marcvoi]

some good funny stories.

sometimes a customer would ask for an item and you know for sure the item is not available and insist you check the back stock room. You go an there and chill for a few minutes relax let the customer wait a bit acting like you are looking for it to please them and when they see you come out without the item, the look into their faces plus after waiting also is priceless.


sometimes during holiday rush and your lunch break is on and you have to escape these customers. removing your tag is not enough. I would carry a small box people assume i am carrying something for someone but i go to the freight elevator and poof im gone.

i did not do direct sales just back stockroom shit and the stories the sales people would tell me damm.funny thing it was a high end environment and customers are mad rude. If I have to do retail again it would never be direct sales .

 

[alexw]

i will never work another job dealing directly w/the general public ever again.

 

[doggish_098]

i will never work another job dealing directly w/the general public ever again.

c/s not going to say never but i am going to try my hardest to not have to do it again



another thing i hated about working retail didnt really have anything to do with the customers but it had to do with the intelligence level of the people working around me. I can't stand an idiot

 

[Flawless]

retail is the worst fuckign job ever, not only is it mandatory to work on hollidays they always have some bullshit quota or promotion that u have to repeat to every customer that enters, not to mention dealing with dumb ass customers. If you want to know if americans are really dumb work retail

 

[KTD]

Man I'm trying to think if I ever did work in retail. hmmmmmmmmm! yeah I use to work at blockbuster and some new dude got hired and my manager already hated me for half ass cleaning the damn videos on the wall go figure Anyway, this mofo came in with his buju banton lookin ass acting like he the damn manager telling me what to do that I need to go clean the bathroom and re-stock the damn walls. I'm like brah, you come in here(manager at the time was this cool ass Spanish dude who was instigating the fight ) with your shirt out and your pants tucked in your timbs telling me what to do? this mofo said let's take it to the back. My manager said yeah it's like 12 we can close the door and ya'll start a fight club I was shook but I didn't want dude to see it as I was in High school at the time and this nigga was in college so I told my manager yeah hold on let me go home and change my cloths and come back for this bitch ass nigga.
























Drove past that store like 5 times waiting for dude to leave so I could go in and ask where the fuck he was that nigga stayed until damn near 3 a.m in the morning.

 

[KTD]

retail is the worst fuckign job ever, not only is it mandatory to work on hollidays they always have some bullshit quota or promotion that u have to repeat to every customer that enters, not to mention dealing with dumb ass customers. If you want to know if americans are really dumb work retail

I never had a problem with the customers it's the people I work with who were on my level but think they the manager or trying to get promoted.

 

[4North1Side2]

I miss working retail...I used to work at Old Navy and I regard that as one my best jobs ever. Got to see so many nice looking young woman.

 

[sirwoodz]

I miss working retail...I used to work at Old Navy and I regard that as one my best jobs ever. Got to see so many nice looking young woman.

- man the call center i worked @ was a hoasis of monumental proportions but i wouldn't wanna work at another one...

 

[oatsuzn]

I worked in retail during my senior year in high school. My main complaint was Mexican/El Salvadorian women changing their babies on the shelves and then have the nerve to leave the dirty diaper there. uggh

 

[KTD]

I worked in retail during my senior year in high school. My main complaint was Mexican/El Salvadorian women changing their babies on the shelves and then have the nerve to leave the dirty diaper there. uggh

Tha hell?

 

[SNYC]

Yea.. u never worked in retail a day in your life i see

exactly

did that shit during my early 20's and still remember it like it was yesterday

met a bunch of celebs and almost got into a few fights with athletes, rappers and tourists...ahh the memories

 

[KTD]

exactly

did that shit during my early 20's and still remember it like it was yesterday

met a bunch of celebs and almost got into a few fights with athletes, rappers and tourists...ahh the memories

Yeah, if you're between 20 to hell 70(cause I know we got some senior citizens on the board) and you haven't worked in retail you one lazy basterd. I started in high school. Got fired from one by a Nigerian lady(manager) her first damn day on the job cause I cloaked in too early when my white manager at the time didn't give a fuck cause he did himself to earn extra money. Man, I miss retail jobs.