Most of these apply to drug stores as well. Actually, almost any store. #1 is only true if the parents can’t control the children. My pet peeve–parents that let their kids play with footballs, playballs and other toys in the middle of an aisle. I’ve tempted to post a sign that says “We don’t Read More…
Category: Retail Humor
Irony In Action
Only two of these are technically retail based, but they were too good not to share. Dr. King would not be happy. People with OCD better drive by this one quickly. Like everything else in America. I think I bought one of these once. Non-Fry Stick Pan. The look in his eyes screams GUILTY! Read More…
Customers From Hell–Challenge!!
These are some great customer from hell stories, especially the 4th one about the bill for the chickens (or the bills for the chickens.) I know that some of you out there have better ones, though. I challenge you! Post your story as a comment at the end of this post and let’s see who Read More…
How Not To Carry A Shopping Basket
Okay this is easily the funniest thing I’ve seen all week. The last photo could only make me say “Really lady? REALLY?” There’s a new trend among Target shoppers, first noticed when gatorb888 posted this photo on Reddit, in which a woman appears to be dragging her basket around in the rack, instead Read More…
6 Nice Things You Do While Shopping, That Actually Drive Retail Workers Insane
While I have no personal experience with #6, I can definitely vouch for the other 5. And they are ranked perfectly from 1-5. In fact, yesterday I read this article at lunch, went back to work and the very first customer I encountered asked me “Do you work here?” I almost laughed out Read More…
Is Food Shrinking or Are You Getting Bigger?
Recently there was a big controversy because Cadbury changed the formulation of the chocolate in their famous Creme Eggs in the UK. (Relax, Americans, it’s still the same here.) It has also been noticed that the size of their eggs has decreased. In 2007 an actor named B.J. Novak went on Conan and demonstrated Read More…
Be Warned, These Are Disturbing
From Stuffhappens.us, these are actual photos submitted to Walmart. Be advised that there is no way to unsee these. Hate to keep picking on Walmart, but they do have interesting customers… He is neither Bitter nor Sweet. He wanted to buy a new car, but she got pregnant. Poster boy for Nair’s new Read More…
Receipts I Wouldn’t Immediately Throw In The Trash
It’s great to see people still have a sense of humor. These are all actual receipts. Much better than the CVS ones…. There are 25 more of these here.
Well, That’s One Way to Dis Your Competitor
This is from the back of the Walgreens “Healthy and Happy” newsletter. Oh and Longs used to advertise being on the corner of Healthy and Happy so they stole that from Longs…
C.V.S. Receipts Are Well, A Little Long
When your receipts are so long that they are being parodied in a Halloween costume, it might be time to shorten them a bit, no? In an interview with The Boston Globe last year, CVS Chief Marketing Officer Rob Price said the retailer’s loyalty program is to blame for the long receipts. As part of Read More…