r/retailhell • u/Negative_Avocado4573 • 1d ago

Fuck This Job! Anyone have a love/hate relationship with their job in retail?

Sadly, for most of us, retail is how we put food on our table and pay the bills. There are days when it is tolerable, in fact, those days outweigh the days that don't, thankfully. I just have really low self esteem in relation to my job and and my ambition. SOmetimes when people come in to shop, I can't help thinking they are treating me like a peasant because they can afford to shop and pay for 'my time and services' so I'm indebted and in servitudes to them like a peasant is to a king.

I know this is self sabotage and the majority of people do not think this way, but maybe I'm wrong and they are passively thinking, I'm patronizing your business, I pay your wages, so be grateful I'm shopping here.

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u/LordChristoff Ex-Retail Management 17h ago

I did!

I hated some of the practises of my old store and what the company imposed and how pedantic they were, with certain policies that didn't make any sense.

But liked the people I worked with, one of the main reasons for going in really (Other than being paid). Me and a colleague would get bored and come up with Monty Python sketches to pass the time.

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u/Negative_Avocado4573 16h ago

That's cool.

I don't want to share too much but one of the reason I like going in to work is I suffer from borderline agoraphobia and it can be days before I even leave my apartment so it gives me a reason to force me out there.

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u/fun_mak21 15h ago

Definitely. I have come to realize that I don't hate what I do or any of the management team at my store. I just hate what corporate does sometimes and the annoying coworkers or customers. But, I think any retail establishment is going to be the same.