Working in retail, or in any service job really, makes you kind of despise your fellow human beings.
Sure, you deal with a lot of great folks but the bad ones…oh boy, they really ruffle your feathers, if you know what I’m saying.
If you’ve worked in retail, these tweets will look very familiar to you.
Let’s take a look.
1. I don’t think that’s gonna work anymore.
But you can go ahead and keep on trying…
When a customer tries to threaten me with ‘ I want to speak to your manager ‘ thinking I care about my job pic.twitter.com/ya9i02FnX0
— @m_ed970 (@sighpapi970) January 10, 2019
2. Check out this breakdown.
You’ve been on the other end of this, too, you know…
me talking with a customer:
▶ ?──────── 0:00:02
me complaining about that customer:
▶ ?──────── 1:38:49
— booby (@leviaIIen) July 11, 2017
3. Here comes a major eye roll.
Look ma’am, I have nothing to do with this…Yes, you can talk to the manager.
When the customer blames you for prices you have no power over pic.twitter.com/3TvOJF1AYH
— The Retail Job Life (@RetailJobLife) November 23, 2015
4. You know you’re gonna complain either way.
It’s just the way it is. You know it and I know it.
Me when I don't get scheduled a lot vs Me when I do get scheduled a lot pic.twitter.com/o1BYrvzhB8
— selena (@theselenashow_) December 6, 2016
5. You’re really not helping me.
Please don’t make me do Math.
Me: opens drawer
Customer: oh wait I have a pennyFirst of all, I don't know how to count
— graziella (@whoisgrazie) October 16, 2017
6. Sir, do you have another card?
Please stop making noises…
Me: I’m sorry but your card declined do you have another one ?
Customer: DEEECCCCLLLIIIIIIIINNNEEEEDD pic.twitter.com/9Dd74C9KXL
— Twon ? (@xxTwonja10xx) January 17, 2019
7. That won’t last very long.
They’ll learn the truth soon enough.
When a new employee walks in with a smile on their face, a spark in their eye and their sanity. pic.twitter.com/PzTzzGPzpo
— Retail Job Problems (@retailjobsprobs) December 8, 2016
8. Don’t you love it when this happens.
Thanks a lot for noticing me!
Me: Hi. How are you today?
Customer walks by in silence.
Me: Good talk. #retailproblems
— Dear Customer (@SWilliamBrown33) March 19, 2015
9. We all need a place for this…
Tell us about yours!
Showing new people around work like… pic.twitter.com/IPwNKw0bcs
— The Retail Job Life (@RetailJobLife) August 15, 2016
10. This is fake, isn’t it?
I knew it!
this is how i look when customers talk to me and i have to pretend i care pic.twitter.com/tLQvI1V9ej
— pep ? (@peppermintphat) January 18, 2019
11. I’m having flashbacks!
Make it stop!
Sometimes I hear songs that played when I worked in retail and I get PTSD
— Erin Skoog (@erinskoog) September 14, 2018
Have you ever had the pleasure of working in retail?
Or at another job in the service industry?
If you have, tell us some of your horror stories in the comments.
We can’t wait to hear from you!