After 40+ years in retail, I guess I can be called an expert and I saw this list and it nailed many of the frustrations that retail workers deal with on a daily basis. A side note on #3, I worked for a while in a store that was in a senior citizen community and Read More…
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Just Some Thoughts on Covid And The Future of Retail
Haven’t posted on here for a while but just wanted to post some observations on how Covid has affected retail in general and what it may portend for the future. One of the effects has been the loss of employees both in retail stores and restaurants. Many of them either left due to fears Read More…
Things You Must Stop Doing To Retail Store Employees In The Age Of Coronavirus
Although I’m not currently working, I feel for my friends who still are at work and for all the grocery store and other retail employees who are on “the front lines.” Buzzfeed came up with this list and I agree with all 19 of them. Do the right thing everyone! 1. Don’t bring your whole family Read More…
Great Questions Applicants Asked During An Interview
Had to share this one…Reddit asked their readers for some great questions that applicants asked when the interviewer said “Do you have any questions?” Some of them are classics. In my career, I’ve interviewed thousands of people but I still remember the best question I ever got. The applicant was a young girl who had Read More…
20 Reasons Why Retail Workers Should Quit Complaining
You have the greatest job on the planet! OK, not really. But here’s 20 good reasons why you shouldn’t complain so much. From Matt Gilligan on Friends of Tumblr. If you work in retail, you know the drill. Annoying customers, rude people, ridiculous demands…oh, and dumb bosses! But hey, it’s still the best job Read More…
Emotional Labor?
A video popped up on my Facebook about a Walmart employee who was being disciplined by his store manager for using his phone on the floor AND being disrespectful to the manager by not responding when he was talked to. While the manager, in my opinion, lacked some people skills in the way he handled Read More…
13 Employees Share the Time a Horrible Customer Finally Made Them Snap
I’m proud to say I’ve never really “snapped” because of a horrible customer. I did have a psycho lady (she was literally mentally ill) who hit me on the shoulder with her cane and I came close to grabbing the cane away from her, but I took a deep breath, stepped back and told her Read More…
Terrible Things Retail Workers Said To Customers
This one is from Radbeaver.com, and it’s basically some stories about rude retail employees saying bad things to customers, not the other way around. I have certainly had times where I may have THOUGHT things like this in my head, but would never even consider saying them. I would hope that the people who Read More…
28 Nightmare Stories From Your Workplace
These are from the readers of Cracked. They range from the “Ahh, not a big deal” to “You’ve got to be kidding me.” #25, the boss who had employees do things “Just to see if you’re listening” reminds me of a new COO that took over my company and told everyone to scrape Read More…
Waitress Puts Hot Dog Where It Shouldn’t Go
I found this on the Bitchy Waiter but apparently it’s making the rounds everywhere. A couple years ago I had a very popular post about a woman who used her private areas to shoplift from Walmart, but that one turned out to be a bogus story. Sadly, this vagina-related story is true and there’s Read More…