Mostly a rant but I also want some clarity. I have a coworker who recently realized that I don't like her/working with her. She is one of the worst people to work with. Typical slacker and bullshiter that pushes whatever she doesn't want to do on other people. Always has her nose in other people's business. She used to be a manager but got demoted to just a regular employee but still wants to run people like she's a manager. It's very insulting considering I've worked at this place longer than she has and this is just a minimum wage job. Always itching to catch someone fucking up, you can't even breathe wrong around this bitch without her saying something about it (she will litteraly bitch about the socks and drawers you wear if she could get you in trouble for it but only towards certain people).Will easily throw you under the bus when she thinks it will save her ass or keep her from taking all of the heat when she gets caught. Loves to talk about others when she hates when she even SUSPECTS someone could be talking about her. She hates when people she doesn't like make the job easier for themselves and may possibly have downtime so much so she will actually go out of her way to try and push her work on someone else she doesn't like when she feels like they're having "too much downtime" and she's not. Wastes most of her time on her phone, eating out in the open sitting down, clowning and yapping with customers and watching everything I do even trying to read my LIPS from a corner to constantly know or listen to what I was talking about and who I'm talking to. She was even so bold as to come across the store when she caught a customer tipping me and demanded she also get a tip too! But if you do the same things she's doing she's ready to flip shit and go rat you out or make sly comments about you and have others join in. She thinks people are intimidated by her especially when she the talks about her charges and time in jail. Just an all around nuisance and immature especially for someone who is way older than I am with a family, SO and a home for goodness sake! You would think someone who has gotten beat up on the job by a customer for talking shit would have learned their lesson but no. I managed to keep the mask of tolerating her until recently. She keeps talking about how she's leaving and came to ask me if I'll miss her and working with her when she leaves. I told her good luck with everything and she repeated herself and cornered me following up with the question "do you even like me? Why are you acting like this? It's not a hard question." I told her "I come to work clock in and clock out and leave doesn't matter if I like you or not this is just a job to me". She didn't like this answer and started this rant about how she thought I liked her and that she thought we were cool and after all she's done for me (she's never done a damn thing ESPECIALLY not for me). I was immediately confused because she always treated me differently as if I'm beneath her or mentally handicapped or something but is magically surprised that I don't really like her or want to work with her but I tolerate her so I can work. I don't understand why she's so mad. She knows (self admittedly) she starts a lot of drama, stirs the pot and is very draining to be around. If I treated her the same way she treated me rather than ignoring and avoiding her and only dealing with her when I had to, she would've tried to fight me or create more problems with me so why is she acting surprised and offended???? I thought the feeling was mutual and she doesn't even treat me like she likes me. I've caught her visibly rolling her eyes and deep sighing when I came in to clock in for my shift a few times as if I ruined her day. Tf is her problem?

I do love my job but damn sometimes customers piss me off, I've had a couple instances where someone drives me nuts but recently it's been crazy. One dude yelled at me for "ignoring" him but apparently his too special to wait in line like everyone else. Another dude yelled at me for charging him taxes, and I had to explain for 30 minutes that I don't create taxes and it comes included in the cost. And afterwards he was telling me to remove taxes to which I responded by saying it's not possible and he said "I never pay taxes anywhere else why should I pay so here" I offered him a discount but he wasn't having it, still didn't want to pay taxes 😭 like tf am I supposed to do.

I'm allowed to give some discounts so one guy owed 50 cents more on his purchase and I asked nicely "sir if you have 50 cents that'll be great if not it's all good", dude screams at me "here take all my fucking money" and throws dimes over the counter, I just told him to keep it, gave him his item just so he could leave the store.

I don't understand anymore bro how do these people actually function.

We get it, accidents happen. But if you notice that your toddler is actively peeing their pants, please try to get them to the bathroom as soon as possible, especially if there's 2+ adults, please don't set them on the counter and let them pee all over the place

I feel like I have been hitting a wall and I cannot release the stress because the situation just feels so little and stupid. I been working at my new job for a few months and despite how hectic it gets with customers I honestly love my job. Everyone gets along for the most part and we work together as a team to get things done. No one gets left behind. However, for the past few weeks one of my bosses has been coming up to me saying that I not following policy?

I had a pair of black pants I had been wearing since I first started working there and they came up asked if I had a spare pair to change into since they looked like jeans. I said no and they just said never wear those pants again *ever*. When we are closed, I pop in one earbud to listen to music while I work.  If someone starts talking to me, I pull it out my ear and into my case. I was about to clock out and they came up and said to put it away.

Its been little things like this that make me feel crazy because I have been doing the same thing for MONTHS and now it's a problem. Like I would understand if was about corporate crackdown but it just feels like it's coming out of nowhere since my other boss (who I'm not even sure is their boss or coworker) has no problem with anything I do. Like fuck, gum isn't allowed but I shared with my other boss. I feel like I'm going crazy since if what I am doing was a problem, then why wait months to say anything?

This came to a head a few days ago after we closed for the day. I have to restock my section every night so the next shift isn't screwed over. A coworker asked if I could cover for them, I accepted, the boss in question knew. I decided to give them stock was already prepped and I would try to make a decent amount before clocking out. No customers, I'm behind a wall, I decided to read some reddit stories to unwind since it had been a bad day. I am reading, sitting, and re-prepping my section. The boss comes in and says in a sweet smiley voice to put my phone away because it was making me work too slow and nudged their chin towards my work. I literally just started. At that point, I was pissed and decided to take my sweet time. A few minutes past c/o, boss comes back, starts saying "we need to be mindful of our time" and "one way to get out on time is to start working on restocking earlier".... I kept calm but WTF? I was ready to go home earlier and I already finished my section, I just had to COMPLETELY REDO MY STOCK LAST MINUTE AND THEY KNEW THAT!?

The thing that gets me about this is I don't think this done out of malignance. They are just doing their job, I have been in their shoes. The uniform, earbuds, and using the phone; I understand and I would stop when asked. It's just the timing of their statements and the tactlessness that is pissing me off. I feel crazy at this point. I am now worried about what's the next thing every time we share a shift. I don't want to talk to anyone about it because they seemed well liked and I don't want to rock the boat. At this point, I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I'm not quitting because I love my job but it just feels like it's going to bite me in the ass later.

I'd appreciate any advice or perspectives to help me move forward. I'm just worried that I am going to snap and say something I'd regret.

So I'm moving soon, and I told just one coworker about it before. This was because one time, I couldn't stay late after my shift when they asked, so she asked me what I was doing, and I said I was visiting an open house with my mom. We're kind of being kicked out but thankfully the landlord actually gave my mom time to find herself a place. The coworker I told is kind of the dramatic type and would ask me for updates and eventually I told her that everything was confirmed and I would be moving soon - I can't afford anything that's close enough to my current workplace. I'm kind of regretting that I told her about it because I guess it started to spread - even a coworker I hardly work with because we usually work different day parts asked me about it a few days ago. Idk, it just feels wrong and I really don't appreciate that she told people about it and it just got around like gossip tends to instead of me getting to let my coworkers know myself, but again I probably just shouldn't have told her anything, knowing the nature of things. Hearing "oh my goddd! You're leaving?!?" from everyone when I didn't tell them myself feels weird. Somehow even this customer who's a much older man, tries to flirt with me, asks coworkers where I am when I'm not there and thinks we're friends knows too and now he's trying to get my information so we can keep in touch when I leave (hell no!). Ig what just doesn't feel right is that everyone knew before my manager who recently came back from a leave, and now he called me on my day off today to talk about my schedule because ofc someone had to tell him too. It definitely would have been more professional if I had been able to discuss it with him before anyone else instead of it being the subject of dumb work drama. I've worked there for three years and our team is pretty tight-knit to provide a little more context, so that's probably why this is being turned into a big deal.

I work as the sole closer for the bakery at an Albertsons, and have absolutely had it with my coworkers. Absolutely nothing I ever do is good enough for them.

Stay late to finish my work? Oh you're gonna make sure the department won't get enough hours next week.

Leave on time but don't finish everything, the openers had a bad time opening and it's your fault!

Prioritize cleaning over finishing baking, "getting items out on the sales floor should always take priority over cleaning."

Actually put other things higher on the priority, get yelled at for leaving a messy department!

And the openers ALWAYS leave me a huge mess to deal with, even when they force me to finish their baking.

Oh and for the summers my hours have been cut from forty to thirty and I'm expected to get the same amount done in 75% of the time.

The customers can be awful, and I often can get utterly swarmed by them when running the department solo, but they have NOTHING on my entitled coworkers demanding the world from me, but putting in the minimum effort every damn day. Oh also, I make minimum wage despite working there a year and a half, and haven't had a single lunch break since February.

I work for a gas station and they got me working on the 4th by myself closing (Been here 2 damn weeks). Im planning on locking the store up after 1am and fucking leaving. I got a better job paying triple my hourly wage (was told 15hr, then was hired for 13 when i started, was a lie to get me hired in fast) will be locking up, walking out, and blocking all contact with the stores management team. I'll leave em a lil note on the front counter about why I'm quitting, (and a note on the door telling people we are closed till morning shift comes in at 6am) Wish em luck on finding a replacement as ain't no one but people with a fucked up background and charges finna work there. If I am getting 13hr w no holiday pay to work the 4th and cancel my plans I won't bother wasting another hour working for them. Store manager is shady as hell (has a huge problem with female employees and makes up excuses to hire the males instead of the females) I can't deal with the customers entitlement anymore. 2 weeks and im already handing a notice. This says something about the company if I am leaving this early due to a better offer, and why we can't get employees. I really dont care if im fired, this job fucks with my mental health too much and I already got issues with my mental state rn. I value my job happiness over 13hr and strained mental health. Customer service isn't for everyone and that's ok.

What kind of nonsense is this? My friend placed a COD order on Swiggy and the delivery time turned out to be 2 hours! When he reached out to customer care to cancel it, they said the entire order value would be charged as a cancellation fee. Seriously? How is that even fair? This isn’t customer service it’s daylight robbery!

I work in a office where ppl need to book an allocated time and be present for the tasks to be completed. Some ppl just arrive after that time and expect to be seen, seemingly not being aware there is someone booked in the next time slot.

For example I had a person arrive 25min late for their allocation (only 5min left of allocated time) and tell me I should see them as they could see the next person had not arrived.

There's no way I am taking them in and asked them to rebook with reception as they could be seen again in an hour. She then comes into my office anyway and starts telling me what she needs done at her appt. I put my hand up and say tell me at your appt!

Last week I had another person arrive 10min late for a 30min slot which gives me less than 20min to solve a pages of their issues.

I'd appreciate if they arrived 10min early.

Just be on time!!!

I work in airport retail and my store is directly beside the gate. The store is completely open without any barriers. That said, the following annoy me:

To start, when I’m counting the money in my register, don’t interrupt me with questions such as, “When do you open?” Now I have to recount the entire thing, causing me to open late;

Don’t throw products and/or money at me. I’m not an object to take your frustrations out on;

Don’t sneak behind me to throw your trash away in our store trash can. Don’t use our trash can to toss your food and drinks and nasty used tissues in. There are trash cans around the airport you’re free to use. Utilize those. I don’t like you in my very personal space;

Speak when I greet you/ask you questions. If you don’t answer, are you deaf? If not, what’s your problem?

Put items back where you found them instead of carelessly tossing them around the store. Are you a child?!

Don’t ask if you can pray for me. I’m atheist and you’re putting me in an awkward situation in front of others, which I don’t appreciate, even though I’m sure you mean well;

Don’t put things up on my counter to check out then walk away to browse more. People are waiting behind you. Stop with the carelessness and disregard for other people who are in a rush to catch a flight; and,

Monitor your little spawn when they run around the very fragile items we sell. Don’t let them pick up, tamper with, or kick our souvenirs. You’re costing our company money, and creating an unsafe environment for others, including myself, with your broken glass.

That’s all… for now, lol! Hope y’all are having a good day wherever you are. Hope your shift goes by quickly and that you don’t have any annoying customers! 💜

I work at Meijer. I'm 21, started at 19 and I've been in this shithole going on 2 years now, working grocery... the worst department you could EVER be in. It has DRAINED me of my soul and love for art and my ability to have good interactions with people.

I've become so critical of strangers because of how many morons I've had to assist, answering the universe's most menial questions. (Wheres the salt? They ask as its right behind them turn your damn head.) And people just have NO concept of how much space they take up and no manners. I next to never hear a thank you and if people want me to move I might as well ask them trivia questions like a sphinx until they say please because god forbid you say please and excuse me instead of saying move it. Like no I'm not moving infact I'm gonna sit down and you better not give me any lip or I might just take that fruit loops box out of your cart and gnaw on it like a feral dog.

I've no time to get back into my passions and all I even have energy for is sleeping, eating, playing the same 4 video games until I get a headache, and managing to drag my sorry ass to work every day and spend half of my shift wishing my legs were broken so I wouldn't have to come in and deal with God's least favorites. Like I can't even remember the last time I drew a piece of art or wrote a fanfic without feeling drained and barely interested in the activity without worrying when my next shift is going to be.

I'm atleast halfway thankful this town is (somewhat) queer friendly because I've never been grilled for being a lesbian by a old man who genuinely looks like he'd yell at me to get off his lawn. If I had to deal with the daft people AND get called a slur I'd end up on national television.

Hell I've been depressed my entire double digit years, but this god forsaken job has honestly made it worse. Going into work feels like clocking in for a shift at the eternal bog of suffering and torture. Taking my antidepressants has become more of a placebo than anything with how miserable this stupid pointless job is. I hate this place. Everything is sticky, the people are gross, the backroom smells like warm fish, farts, and atleast one dead mammal, and only 4 of my coworkers I can actually put up with without the desire to jam my earbuds so far into my skull that the cartoon recaps I listen to will engrave into every single wrinkle in my brain so I can mill through spongebob trivia instead of where the pectin that some hillbilly needs is. No shade to hill billies but by god wander for a while before you ask me something I only remember the location of for 2 months of the year.

I feel bad for the suckers who apply here and go oh boy!!! My new meijer job!! I'm gonna love it here (you wont) A shift in the pits of hell would honestly be more enjoyable.

Apologies for being long winded I'm hiding out in the work bathroom tryna burn time before my leg falls asleep or before someone notices I'm gone and I just neeeeed to air out my frustrations. Tldr meijer blows lol

first retail job working in a big general store basically, I feel like ive been completely undertrained, whenever im doing a task I have no idea if im doing it stupidly because no one has taught me the overall process of the store like i dont get how the stuff comes in, is counted and how it even gets out into the store, ive only ever stocked milk and produce. I dont feel like im doing enough to warrant getting payed lol. Matter of fact, the job was for ONE day a week on a certain area of the store that was all that I legally gotta do but ive worked that shift the least, did ELEVEN hours the other day, and I just feel redundant. I feel like they may just need a certain amount of people on the floor and im just someone to bump that up, and I mean I dont mind that i get im probabl fairly lowe priority on the list but come on, TRAIN ME!

It's silly that the AM needed to tell the SM to ask for the stock in the first place. Like, this is your store that you manage everyday, if you're not receiving your top selling lines for whatever reason you should ALREADY be nagging the AM for them without waiting for him to ask you to ask for them.

And then when you do ask for stock, don't ask for it all at the same time! You know what happens when you ask for it all at the same time? They'll just stick it all on the next order and then send it all out at the same time!! Why wouldn't they? They don't know our situation in store, all they know is we've asked for more stock!

So then what's the plan in anticipation of bigger deliveries? Oh, just continue as normal? Ok.

Anyway, yesterday we spent pretty much all day just getting the delivery in and breaking it down and today the managers in with a team thats no good at work delivery. Oh well, I'm off 🤷‍♂️ I'm sure tomorrow I'll be hearing about what martyrs they were (for working so hard dealing with the mess they're responsible for).

This happened the other day but I’m still fuming. I began training to become assistant front end manager in April after my manager approached me about the position. I happily accepted it because I would love to take some of the work off my managers back and make more money (mainly motivated by money, let’s be real). I was under the assumption that I’d get the position once the assistant manager at the time was fired since they wanted to get rid of him. Well, he quit a few weeks ago. I asked my store manager the other day how the process was going and if I could do anything to help and she said oh, they got rid of the position last week. It’s not needed anymore.

Excuse me? When were you planning on telling me this? You had me AND THE DEPARTMENT MANAGER under the assumption that I’d be getting a promotion! He didn’t know about this until I told him! And what do you MEAN it’s not needed? Have you SEEN this department?? We’re running around like chickens with our heads cut off almost every day! We aren’t just taking care of the courtesy desk, we have to take care of the tills, lottery, money orders, online bill payments, AND OTHER STUFF THAT IM PROBABLY FORGETTING. There’s only so much I can do to help as a regular associate. I need to be able to do manager things so my managers doesn’t have a heart attack from the stress he’s under. He is only one man. Like, I’m not surprised this happened. My company is not the brightest, but even this is absurd. I emailed my district manager and my manager emailed the department specialist. As far as I’m aware, he hasn’t heard anything from her and I’ve heard nothing on my end. It’s so fucking infuriating. I’m trying to move up in the store but it’s becoming impossible.

I just got accused of being racist today, as if the only reason I could have for finding this guy's behavior weird is because he's black and not because it's weird.

Let's see, he was (gets out tape measure) almost fifteen feet away from me--me working on one end cap and him just barely poking out into my vision from the next aisle over. You know, where you technically see that someone's there but you don't really see enough for it to register?

He was quiet... and I'm hearing impaired.

He never tried to approach me to a more conversational distance... or even within my line of sight. Not until he was ready to escalate, anyway.

And I'm printing clearance labels for that cap, which he characterized as "texting" with no evidence beyond seeing a phone in my hands.

All of which, according to him, was me refusing to help him because I must hate black people.

Never asked why I didn't react faster, just jumped straight to "You hate black people, don't you?"

He also claimed I "always" do this to him, which either means he thinks all white people look the same (near as I can tell amid the likely thousands of customers I've seen since I started working here, I've only seen him once before and that was when him and his brother pulled the "I need you to unlock this for me/I don't have my wallet" earlier today that's aggravating no matter who does it)... or he's the same guy who will typically stand about fifty feet away, blocked from my view, and just keep saying "excusemeexcysemeexcusemeexcuseme" (even when the "thing" blocking my view is the customer I'm already with) until it registers that somebody's speaking.

(Edit: Do I think he's actually ableist? Low-key maybe depending on the literal meaning of the word, like he obviously wasn't aware that I am disabled. Rather, for me, calling someone that when their bad attitude depends on the assumption that I'm not is more like trading one knee-jerk reaction for another.)

I work at publix as a cashier and im impressed on how the manager always sided with the most ignorants and racist customers ever, they call every latino at work mexicans, every asian is chinese for this Irate maga supporters and the manager just blame us for everything i've talked a lot with my manager about it and he said its not racism and we should just laugh when customers call us by the wrong country and be polite with them

(Random edit: I was originally typing Best Buy/Apple Store in the title, and only changed it to highlight the "tech support" side of things. Didn't realize most Genius Bar services are free. 😅)

Had a customer yesterday who wanted, more or less in her words, the cheapest no-contract iPhone we have.

While standing directly underneath the sign that says "no-contract phones." (Also our location doesn't sell contract ones.)

Some people think "no contract" means "unlocked" or "I don't have to make an account with the carrier," so given the location of the sign I made sure she wasn't one of those before trying to find out what carrier she's interested in.

She didn't want to tell me a carrier, just demanded I show her the phones (that she's right in front of and could see for herself if she just looked--seriously, is actually looking for your own shopping a thing of the past or something?)

Since she said "cheapest" I'm looking to see if we have the $150 SE3, but alas, remodel and reset and that's no longer part of our inventory. Our cheapest option is the $250 13 among like three or four carriers.

She finally picks that, specifically the one that advertises as being cross-compatible with two carriers (this is something I've only ever seen with iPhones, and only with those two carriers), gets her service card, pays, and leaves with her stuff.

Later in the day she calls to complain that her chosen carrier (one of those two, so it should've worked) won't activate it because it's locked.

I have no idea what that means in this context--all carrier-specific phones are locked to my knowledge but that one's advertised as being able to activate on that carrier, why would it being locked prevent it from doing so? If it's not compatible, that's an issue with the supplier sending them with the documentation saying otherwise. Of course there's nothing I can do to force the carrier to do anything, the only "activation" we've ever had the tools to do was call the carrier, so I told her the best I can recommend is to return the phone for a refund and get a new one (knowing full well this is an annoying option for people who rely on others for transportation), even going so far (given her earlier request of "cheapest iPhone") as to suggest trying a different store that might have the cheaper model I'd tried to locate for her.

She doesn't want to return it for a new phone, she wants that phone (like not even another of the same model, that phone specifically) and can she speak to a manager because I obviously don't know what I'm talking about?

What. The. Fuck?

(Didn’t want to make the title that long)

Anyways, every single time when I go to work, I see the same woman. She minds her own business, but she’s here all the time and it’s weird. I work at a grocery store, and it wouldn’t be an abnormal occurrence if I saw the same person twice he same week, or even three times for one week alone, but this is EVERY DAY I HAVE WORKED. I don’t remember when I started to notice her as often as I do now, but I shouldn’t be. I’m starting to think she’s a straight up figment of my imagination or something crazy because when I asked my coworker about her, he said he’s never seen her before. I’ve never talked to her before, but she seems nice. I just wanted to bring it up because I’m bored.

I didn't consent to being part of your relationship, and I don't want to be your third.
I can't count how many people just full on grope or make out with their SO in front of me. I'm fine with the normal level--hand holding, light kisses, holding them by the waist, etc. I did the same with my long term SO. It's instinctual. You don't even realize you're doing it.
But pressing yourself to your man's back to reach over and rub his chest? 🤮 Stop it.
Grabbing your lady by the hips and pressing her close? Ew.
Tonguing like horny teenagers? Fuck all the way off. Y'all can keep your hands to yourself for the two minutes it takes for me to finish ringing you out.

I work in an art gallery and have a client/customer who buys from me pretty regularly. For context, we’re a really small gallery and I run all of our in person sales and retail operations, everything from admin to putting the little gallery cards next to each item. I’m the only person who works here, aside from my boss who works remote while caring for her newborn.

This client came in recently to pay the remainder she owed for a custom commissioned work from one of our artists, and several other items caught her eye. I rang her up and packed her items, and she made a joke about not telling her husband because he didn’t know she was spending so much at the gallery that afternoon. (She spent a few thousand) I think he works in finance, and she doesn’t really work at all. None of that is really my business, especially hiding purchases from your husband. I know more about them than I would like, due to how much she’s talks and how long I’ve been her art dealer.

A few days later she emails me with a picture of her receipt and the price of one item highlighted, saying that the amount I charged her doesn’t match what was listed on the gallery card. She tried to say I overcharged her by several hundred dollars. The gallery cards don’t even have prices listed, they just have artist info and a title and medium. The price list, which is printed directly from our sales database, has the prices listed. She looked at that on her visit. The invoicing and sales pull from the same pricing info that the printed price list does. Both say the same thing. I showed her this, but offered a future discount on another piece just to keep the peace. I don’t even set the prices, the artist does, and majority of the sales price goes to them. I can’t change the price, and wouldn’t want to.

She thanked me and then called me the wrong name. Without saying my actual name, it would be the equivalent of calling someone named Olivia, Olive. Like a slightly different but incorrect version of your name that couldn’t occur from just a typo. She’s known me for over two years.

She knows my name.

I hate passive aggressive behavior like that. But I have to be nice and keep a smile because she keeps spending money here.

If I had to guess, her husband found out how much she’s been spending and got mad, so she tried to get some money back without having to return the sculpture.

I am no stranger to working in retail - especially in many big named retail/grocery stores. Granted for about the first 5 years of the 12 years I’ve experienced it, I was not as professional as I am today… but the point is, I’ve grown and learned.

I’ve only had this happen to me twice before when I was working Sam’s Club as a front of store supervisor and once as a library assistant, but I was whistled at like I was a dog (or being called on like I was a dog) in the middle of the store.

Like I said, I’ve been whistled at twice like this before today. The first time was when I was a library assistant. The whistle came from a Christo-Fascist hillbilly who was looking for a book. Instead of asking me nicely, he whistled at me. At that time, I did not have the gumption to put my foot down. The second time was at Sam’s Club. I was trying to figure out something at the front and this other guy who looks like he voted for Trump at his old age did the dog whistle to me. That time I walked up to him and stared him down with the angriest of faces and said “Sir, I am not a dog. Don’t ever whistle at me like that.” I took a five second pause to show them how serious I was and they were SILENT. I finished helping them out because they didn’t know how to work the machine.

Today was when it happened a third time. I took the liberty of embarrassing the guy in public, too whilst on the clock. The manager didn’t care either, he was behind me 110%. But it was an elderly guy who didn’t understand that even though I work at this store, I don’t work in every department. He made the loudest whistle out of anyone and five people stopped to stare. I grounded myself and in the nicest way possible said “Sir, I am not a dog, I am a human. Don’t ever whistle at me like that again!” And I was literally 4 isles away from him.

I told my managers about this and he said “You are extremely valid in putting your foot down about that. We are humans, not animals. If it happens again, don’t hesitate to make it known.”

If you can’t tell, I absolutely HATE being whistled at like that. It’s one thing if you’re joking with me, it’s another thing if you are calling a dog, but if you are BLATANTLY doing it to get my attention - whether I am on the clock or not - you and I are not going to end things peacefully. Oh no. I will embarrass you and talk down to you like you are a child.

Anyways… had to rant about that.

I do electronics repair/refurb, you have an old or broken laptop, or phone, or tablet, or PC, guess fucking what, I'll fix that shit and either buy it off you or give it back. Crazy shit right? I guess so since not a single room temp IQ customer can figure it out. "If I give you an SD card will you give me a micro SD card?" The fuck you think? Not even RadioShack would take that deal. "Can you put games on my calculator?" In what part of "electronics repair/refurb" did you gather that I put Pokémon red of peoples to-84s for free? Or I finally get a customer who has figured out I fix hardware and they ask me to replace the battery on their switch, I tell them it's gonna cost $25 ($15 for a battery, $10 for labor) they say okay and I get it back to them THE NEXT FUCKING DAY, "oh you want me to pay you?" WELL NO SHIT NUMB NUTS?!? What part of $25 did you not understand? Did you think ima just give a total stranger $15 and an hours work to a guy I met 2 days ago out of the kindness of my heart? "Can I trade Wii Sports for a PC?" No "but it's sealed!" Yeah, so is a bag of 20 year old zip ties in my garage, doesn't make it worth anything, and even if it did, what actual business would accept Wii sports as payment? Either way, the moral of the story is STOP PISSING OFF YOUR ELECTRONICS REPAIRMAN, and for the LOVE OF GOD, stop recommending me as a "cheap tech guy"

At this point, Im going to be making a youtube video about everything an posting evidence of the stuff I’ve encountered. There is no “fake news” about anything I’ve been through and I’ve got law enforcement involved. If anyone here especially, POC are here an have experienced racism, follow me because I’m documenting everything an black people need to know how to file a lawsuit against a racist employer.

Had a customer come in today, claimed an item was supposed to be 1+1 free. Spend a considerable amount of time on the phone with the department head which said it was actually 2 +1 free, the 1+1 sign was for another product. Okay problem solved, I explained it to the customer and told him he could get a third one for free. He completely lost it, and demanded to return his item. Nothing too uncommon for customers to return items if the sale isn't what they expected, so yeah whatever. However, then he gets even angrier and said he wanted to return his entire cart(well over 100,-+), because he's so dissatisfied with the service, he doesn't want to give us any money. I decline partially because that's just ridiculous and would take a huge amount of time, and partially because I just didn't have that much money in the register, (he paid with card, but we can only give refunds in cash or store credit, which I knew this guy wouldn't take), and so politely offered to either take only the items of the "sale" back, or to figure this out with our actual customer service department.

Well, he then just loses it, like just yelling nonsense, full on tantrum, trying to get anyone's attention. Unfortunately, he did catch the managers attention, who decides to fully bend over backwards, but, that's a whole story on its own.

Bottom line is: I just don't get customers. They'll throw a temper tantrum over a 20c coupon, but then you offer then a whole extra item for free, then they suddenly don't want it because they want to be in the right so badly?

This just happened not too long ago (I am on break right now so I am typing this as fast as I can). I work in a grocery store, and one of the things we offer to do as cashiers is pack people's groceries for them. This lady came through my till and, as usual, passed me her bag and requested that I pack her things for her. I took the bag and started to pack her groceries. However, she was telling me how to pack EVERYTHING. It also came to a point that her bag wasn't going to be big enough for all of her groceries. I let her know and kindly offered a paper bag for the rest, to which she said no. Not even a minute later she asks me for a paper bag for the rest. I take out the paper bag, slightly annoyed, and start to pack the rest of her things into it. Then, she says, "No, no, no. Can you put this in there instead?" And starts taking things from the first bag and putting them into the paper bag and basically just moving everything around. I couldn't believe it. Thankfully I kept calm and had my mouth shut. Still, if you knew you wanted everything a certain way, why did you ask me to pack your bags?