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So the manager that writes the schedule approved way too many requests off for next week, which left us with way too many hours left to schedule. I don't know what voodoo she did to make things work, but somehow I ended up scheduled to work 42.5 hours  And we'll "figure it out" next week if I can leave early any days so they don't have to pay me overtime.
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I'm just lost, again. I wish I had nothing to lose so I could quit my job at P too because I'm sick of dealing with the bullshit up there. It's like I have to know or blow someone to get anywhere at P. I feel like because I don't go to church with everyone else or go to some local university that I'm worthless, and I'll never get anywhere unless I fit into someone else's idea of how people should be around here. I went up today before work to get something to eat and noticed that another person from up from is in produce. Even after I had spoken to the produce manager, the assistant produce manager, my assistant manager, and the store manager, asking them if they needed any help anywhere in produce, I would be more than happy to help out. The produce manager said that he would be glad to help me out but in the end the decision is up to the store manager, and frankly, I don't think the store manager likes me. Every singe time I talk to another department's manager, they will practically fall all over themselves trying to get me into their department, and I'll get glowing recommendations from people who work in the department, and still get passed over. I feel poo poo on, passed over, slighted. I am actually pretty pissed off. This whole 6-hours-a-week bullshit is getting old, and I don't know what to do. I'm between being pissed and being upset because I feel like I'm just not ever going to get anywhere. This post is all over the place, I'm sorry. I just needed to get that out.
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Jul 25, 2012 20:38
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D34THROW posted:Old folks that sound (and maybe are) racist are the cutest things I had a customer tell me to tell the "tall colored gentleman" that he was very helpful. I told him and he just stared at me and was like did she really say colored?
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Jul 26, 2012 19:28
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swatjr posted:I had a customer tell me to tell the "tall colored gentleman" that he was very helpful. My mom usually uses the term "Of colour". So he would be the gentleman of colour. Which sounds somewhat elegant when you're 8. Now I think of a superhero with a flowing rainbow cape...
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Jul 26, 2012 20:13
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silversiren posted:I feel poo poo on, passed over, slighted. I am actually pretty pissed off. This whole 6-hours-a-week bullshit is getting old, and I don't know what to do. I'm between being pissed and being upset because I feel like I'm just not ever going to get anywhere. If you're getting 6 hours a week, you're probably supposed to feel poo poo on. That's how retail management gets rid of people they don't want but can't outright fire.
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Jul 27, 2012 00:46
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swatjr posted:I had a customer tell me to tell the "tall colored gentleman" that he was very helpful. I had a customer buying a bunch of chicken gizzards. While checking him out, he informs me that they're for his dogs. Okay, whatever. A few moments later he says "I was going to buy double because I'm having Obama's family over." I ignore him. He decides to elaborate, maybe in the event I didn't get his joke: "They like chicken." Sankis fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jul 27, 2012 |
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Jul 27, 2012 05:00
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litany of gulps posted:If you're getting 6 hours a week, you're probably supposed to feel poo poo on. That's how retail management gets rid of people they don't want but can't outright fire. I would think this too if not for everyone else getting screwed over with hours too. I'm hoping things will change once school starts back for the high schoolers, and when the ones who graduated high school go to college this fall.
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Jul 27, 2012 08:07
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litany of gulps posted:If you're getting 6 hours a week, you're probably supposed to feel poo poo on. That's how retail management gets rid of people they don't want but can't outright fire. I've been feeling like this for a while now. I was freaking out a while back cause I thought I was gonna lose my job but instead they've just cut my hours severely. On top of that they seem to have given up on training and just stick me on register all day. They've hired several people since I joined who got to do other areas within a week, meanwhile I've sat here for 4 months doing one thing all day every day I'm there...
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Jul 27, 2012 08:23
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Drakkel posted:I've been feeling like this for a while now. I was freaking out a while back cause I thought I was gonna lose my job but instead they've just cut my hours severely. On top of that they seem to have given up on training and just stick me on register all day. They've hired several people since I joined who got to do other areas within a week, meanwhile I've sat here for 4 months doing one thing all day every day I'm there... Honestly in my experience when they do that they want you to quit. There's a few people at my job that were seasonal hires. Now they're still hanging on with like 4-5 hours a week. They're either high schoolers with no bills so they don't care or they have another job and refuse to quit pretty much out of spite. Fortunately I get almost the hours I need. I'm tired of being hit on at my work. It's happened twice this week and I only worked 4 days. Once by a group of fanboys (I already posted about them) and again by some creepy gamer guy who, once he found out I actually PLAY a good number of the games I'm there to sell, started trying to impress me with how much he plays COD. He also asked me smugly if I knew any good sites for codes. I told him I didn't use codes and he immediately looked embarrassed and said "Well, sometimes you have to..." He didn't outright ask for my number but he did say "I come here a lot, hope to see you again  "Also is it just me or do other people hate it when a customer reads your nametag and then won't stop using your name for everything? This happened yesterday:  Hello...-looks- Buggiezor. Can I call you Buggiezor? Well, that's my name.He chuckles and says Well, Buggiezor, how are you today? Doing alright, anything I can help you find? Nah, I'm just looking, but I'll let you know. Have a good one Buggiezor. He comes back later to check out some items and it's more of the same. Hey Buggiezor, I'm back!oh joy. Then at the end Thanks again, Buggiezor!STOP SAYING MY NAME IT'S CREEPY!
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Jul 27, 2012 16:40
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I really hate that. Luckily I can get away with not wearing my nametag, so I just keep it in my wallet since I use it to clock in and out and I won't lose it there. I get people asking my name when on the phone though, and while I find it a little patronizing in the same way people calling me by name after reading my name tag is, it also makes me a bit happy since usually when they ask at the end of a call it means they thought I was helpful and polite.
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Jul 27, 2012 17:04
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litany of gulps posted:If you're getting 6 hours a week, you're probably supposed to feel poo poo on. That's how retail management gets rid of people they don't want but can't outright fire. Drakkel posted:I've been feeling like this for a while now. I was freaking out a while back cause I thought I was gonna lose my job but instead they've just cut my hours severely. On top of that they seem to have given up on training and just stick me on register all day. They've hired several people since I joined who got to do other areas within a week, meanwhile I've sat here for 4 months doing one thing all day every day I'm there... Buggiezor posted:Honestly in my experience when they do that they want you to quit. This is true. Back when I used to work for the grocery store, despite all the drama going on I always worked as hard I could to impress my supervisors, including offering to stay late and taking extra shifts when others never showed up. I also talked with managers from other departments to see if they could transfer me into their section, since they were all seemingly impressed with my performance and work ethic. However, all of that was bullshit. The drama ringleader manager constantly made excuses why I couldn't leave, and continued to cut my hours ever so slightly so she'd think I didn't notice (I did!). Despite me having not enough hours each week, we were also short-staffed during mid-day shifts. There were always plenty of people early in the morning and during closing, but during the times they'd have me come in, I'd practically be the only person running the whole department (funny enough, even with my new job I'm still used to this mentality of juggling customers even though I now have plenty of help)! This went on for atleast 4 or so months, and even though I made several efforts to complain to both the department and store managers, they would all throw their hands up and say "sorry! But you're the only one available at this time!" Over the 10 months I worked for them, they've had hired several people but only for the mornings and evenings, and they never had anyone else work mid-day! Lastly, in addition to my shrinking hours, bad scheduling, and management's refusal to transfer me elsewhere, there was just lack of opportunity to move up and was constantly lied to about it. For example during my interview/hiring process I was told that "everyone starts out part time, and you have to reapply to be full time" (I applied for full time work, but no other jobs called back and I needed the money). So I kept my eyes peeled for any open full time positions in the store, but to no avail. Yet we've had new workers hired as full time on the spot! They've even transferred other workers from the deli into other departments, but never me. What really hammered it into my head that "yes Logan, this is literally a dead-end job and they are waiting for you to leave" was when they permanently stuck me at the bread counter. Before, it was something they only had me do on weekends and I didn't mind it much because it was a nice change from doing the deli all week. However, during my last two months there, they stationed me at bread daily. The counter is isolated from the rest of the deli/bakery, and I often got very little traffic. I spent most of my time texting, doodling on my notepad, or hanging out with the guys at the prepared foods counter, since I rarely had any customers, had finished all my tasks (or it was far too early to begin them if closing), and I felt useless anyway. They wanted to get rid of me from the beginning but they had no reason to fire me. TLDR: Businesses that want to get rid of you but cannot fire you due to legal reasons like to gently caress you over by giving you lovely hours and refuse to let you move up in the company.
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Jul 27, 2012 21:10
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I just saw an old woman squat and lay a turd on the floor in the supermarket, then call an employee over and demand they pick it up for her. 
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Jul 27, 2012 22:25
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-Troika- posted:I just saw an old woman squat and lay a turd on the floor in the supermarket, then call an employee over and demand they pick it up for her. Was she taking it home with her?
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Jul 27, 2012 23:13
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Great Horny Toads! posted:Was she taking it home with her? I don't know, but I did hear the guy refuse to pick up old lady poo poo, and she started screaming and cursing and calling for a manager. I had to get on with my shopping so I didn't see what happened next.
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Jul 27, 2012 23:24
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Wheee. Was just at the local Safeway (eastern WA, where liquor sales were only privatised 1 Jun) and got to watch two moonlighting cops armbar-walk Sketchy Dude to the back of the store, while carrying the quart of Jack Daniels he had tried to shoplift. "Why yes, someone *will* notice you stuffing a bottle of whiskey down your sweatpants..." Now, if only someone would start stocking Dr. McGillicuddy's Cherry Schnapps. 
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Jul 28, 2012 07:39
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I've been wondering why metrics at my store have been dipping for everyone but one guy that's been there for about 18 months, and then I caught it: every time he talks to someone for a sale, he tells them to only talk to him "so they can actually get help." Technically, I'm his boss. Regrettably, I have no power to correct it.
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Jul 28, 2012 12:53
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Buggiezor posted:Also is it just me or do other people hate it when a customer reads your nametag and then won't stop using your name for everything? This happened yesterday: I had a guy come up to the register the other day and call me by my name. I was a bit confused and wondering if I knew him somehow. Then he pointed out that "the guy over there told me your name." I thought that was really creepy. I don't like people using my name when I haven't told them my name. I don't even like going to Safeway because they always say "Have a nice day, Miss Suchandsuch!" if you use any kind of card with your name on it. I'm just really uncomfortable with strangers calling me by my name.
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Jul 28, 2012 21:03
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Nessa posted:I thought that was really creepy. I don't like people using my name when I haven't told them my name. I don't even like going to Safeway because they always say "Have a nice day, Miss Suchandsuch!" if you use any kind of card with your name on it. I'm glad this never happens to me because it's creepy as gently caress. Pretty sure UK retail places don't encourage it? I was never told to do this in any of my retail jobs. The only time I EVER did bring up the customer's name was because I saw on her card that her name was Wendy House, and I asked her if that was her real name. She laughed about it and said that it was. Reading an employee name badge and then using their name is way up there on the list of things retail people really wish customers knew to stop doing. Right up with asking if something's free if it doesn't scan.
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Jul 28, 2012 22:56
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Matlock posted:Technically, I'm his boss. Regrettably, I have no power to correct it. Start loving with his schedule
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Jul 28, 2012 23:46
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Nessa posted:I don't even like going to Safeway because they always say "Have a nice day, Miss Suchandsuch!" if you use any kind of card with your name on it. This happens to me at Vons, but somehow my card got mixed up with someone named Lyanne Martinez (I am an unmarried white dude), so they always look at the receipt and say "Thank you for shopping with us, Mr. Martinez." I generally give a huge grin and go "Gracias!" 
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Jul 29, 2012 01:33
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Apparently we're getting a stocker transferred in from a store way the gently caress south because he's moving, which means stocking hours are getting cut to make room for this chucklefuck, so I'm going to have to fight with my manager to make sure I get as much time on the floor as I do on the shitho--er, register. Speaking of the register, I had a guy come in today to return a bag of clipboards. Six of these particle-board clipboards we sell. Okay, nothing out of the ordinary there. When he comes back with what he wants to exchange the clipboards for, he comes back with...six of the same exact loving clipboard. 
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Jul 29, 2012 03:33
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So, over the last two days, I had to man our lemonade stand for Alex's Lemonade Stand for 9 hours. Do you know what's not fun? Trying to get people to understand that we're not selling the loving lemonade. We're a mid-rage clothing store owned by a mid-high rage clothing store. We are not, nor will we ever become, a restaurant.
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Jul 29, 2012 05:52
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Neito posted:So, over the last two days, I had to man our lemonade stand for Alex's Lemonade Stand for 9 hours. So...what do you actually do while sitting there? I haven't seen any of these Alex's Lemonade Stand things anywhere around here.
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Jul 29, 2012 05:58
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This happens way too often in my bookstore: Customer: (brings a couple of trade paperback books up to the counter) Mumble. Me: Okay, that's $33.50. Customer: HOW MUCH?! Me: $33.50. Customer: No, that's not right! That's way too expensive! Me: The price is on the back of the books. Is there some reason you thought they'd be cheaper? Customer: They're books! I'd say about 1 in 10 customers don't bother to determine the price of anything before they get in line at the checkout. It's almost as if they pick something off the shelf, give it a once over, decide how much it should be and then toddle off to the checkout on the off chance that their preconceived pricing notion matches reality.
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Jul 29, 2012 06:47
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Sonance posted:This happens way too often in my bookstore: This happened all the time to me at Jos. A. Bank. People would pick up some undershirts and when I told them how much it was they would start shouting and complaining about the price. Or when they asked how much the suits were and would go $800? And then read the label, "Made in China?!". Like the company isn't entitled to try and make a profit or something off of them.
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Jul 29, 2012 06:53
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I tell customers straight up that this is a business when they bitch about prices. Most of the time it shuts them right up.
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Jul 29, 2012 07:09
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D34THROW posted:So...what do you actually do while sitting there? I haven't seen any of these Alex's Lemonade Stand things anywhere around here. Mostly try to get people to donate.
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Jul 29, 2012 13:11
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Sonance posted:This happens way too often in my bookstore: This happened to me yesterday with 2 Kindle covers. They picked them out, opened the packaging and when I came up to them they defensively said "Oh! We're going to buy these!" before I even said anything to them. I stood there and supervised as they put the cases on their Kindles to "make sure they fit." Then they came to the register with the cases on their Kindles and placed the empty packages on my counter. Me: That'll be $75. Them: What?! These Kindles are ours! We're just buying the cases! Me: Yeah, I know. $75. Them: How much were those?! Me: 29.99 and 39.99 plus tax Them: Oh...ok. If I had charged them for the Kindles it would have been like $400. I don't even know where that came from. People just grab stuff without looking at prices all the time.
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Buggiezor posted:This happened to me yesterday with 2 Kindle covers. They picked them out, opened the packaging and when I came up to them they defensively said "Oh! We're going to buy these!" before I even said anything to them. I stood there and supervised as they put the cases on their Kindles to "make sure they fit." Then they came to the register with the cases on their Kindles and placed the empty packages on my counter. It seems to go something like this: IF the price is on the item OR the price is on the shelf THEN ignore the price. IF the price is not on the item AND the price is not on the shelf THEN ask the price. Seriously. What the Jesus-loving gently caress.
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Jul 29, 2012 22:26
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mllaneza posted:Start loving with his schedule Can't, it's above my delegation.
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Jul 29, 2012 23:48
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Matlock posted:Can't, it's above my delegation. What kind of supervisory responsibilities do you have exactly? Because if it's responsibility without any authority then find another job, that poo poo sucks.
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Jul 29, 2012 23:55
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Sonance posted:This happens way too often in my bookstore:
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Jul 30, 2012 03:11
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Working as a cashier is making me increasingly interested in the lives of celebrities. The magazine is staring at me for 8 hours. I NEED TO KNOW why Suri Cruise wants to live with her dad!! I've also come to loathe the "You look bored." that people, usually older, love to say when they find a cashier with no line. It's the implication that they're doing me a favor when, usually, having no line means I JUST got it down and could finally have a few moments to rest  .
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Jul 30, 2012 03:50
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In the passed 15 minutes I have seen one of the local sheriffs drop their drink then one of the state troopers mop it up while a city cop records said mopping on his phone. Not ten minutes later a possibly drunk girl drops her drink and then her friend records her mopping attempt while she tells us she does not know how to mop with the store mop. It's been a long as day but those two made up for it.
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Sankis posted:Working as a cashier is making me increasingly interested in the lives of celebrities. The magazine is staring at me for 8 hours. I NEED TO KNOW why Suri Cruise wants to live with her dad!! Must be nice to work somewhere where no line equals a few moments of rest. Where I work, no line equals go do something else. Sort go-backs, fill the glasses, front endcaps, do batteries, something. BECAUSE STANDING AROUND LOOKS BAD AND MAKES US LOOK UN-PRODUCTIVE 
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We were suppose to "red line" that means stand at the front of the register near the sales floor and greet people and let them know your open. Because well you know the big lighted number and the person standing behind the counter give no clues what so ever to the fact that your open. This was a small store called a tier one or something like that. We had a total of 6 registers counting the CSM desk and it took less then ten steps to go from the "red line" to behind the counter. It honestly never did make sense to me to why we should even have to do that. God I hated registers so much. I am 6.4 so just to bend over to put stuff in the bag for hours on end freaking killed my back. But no god forbid we ever set down, leaned against a counted, supported our weight on a counter side or what ever because that would make people think we were all lazy Satan worshiping, baby eating, liberal democrats who do drugs and people would never shop there again! God I hated wal-mart. Now that I am gone unless its a emergency like getting medications or something I refuse to even set foot in that store.
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Darth Freddy posted:Because well you know the big lighted number and the person standing behind the counter give no clues what so ever to the fact that your open. You would not believe how many people that come into my store are completely and utterly incapable of to put together that if the light over a register is on it means you go to that register. They constantly go up to some other register that clearly has nobody on it, dump 70 pounds of junk on the counter, then look around waiting for somebody to show up that is never coming. What's even more fun is when you first come in and have to count up the money they start you with and fill out the paperwork because be ready to take twice as long as it should to get that done because you have to keep stopping the people who just run right up to your counter and start throwing groceries on it and then act completely baffled and go "Oh are you not open yet???" No lady of course I'm open, I just to like to take the money out of my register and count it while filling out forms. For fun. Jesus.
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Herd mentality is strange. I went through the WV turnpike yesterday, and cars would line up 10-15 deep at the toll lanes, but would not go to the far right one (where most semis go) even though the green arrow was on and no one was in line. At least it made my trip go a little faster.
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I have the opposite problem. People ignore my register completely. I am at the Electronics desk and most of the people that want to check out end up walking by my register because of how the store is laid out. There are lights on all the other registers but not on mine. So even If I am standing at the desk looking alert and ready to check, people walk right on by to go to the opposite end of the front to check out waaay over there because that light is on. I have to call people out and say "Hey! I'll take you down here!" to keep people from making a huge line at the one register across the front. Even when I'm standing in clear sight at my register, people still won't come down to me. And when they inevitably DO make a big line at that register the managers look at me like "Why aren't you taking these people?" Once I yelled across "I can take someone in Electronics!" and one woman looked at me, looked at the line she was in and then called back "No thanks! I'd rather wait than walk down there" Sometimes I'll catch them early on their way to the other register and say "If you're ready I can take you here" and they reply "But I don't have any electronics.  " I just told you it was fine!
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So am I just special in that if something is obviously in the wrong place I'll search for the tag with the matching code? Also, my boyfriend has never worked retail so he thinks it's really not that hard and I'M RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG WTF ARG. I explained to him how much daily abuse I had to put up with from customers and bosses alike. He insisted that my experiences were an outstanding case, until I told him... it's you, you're the lovely customer. Maybe it irks me so much because I always go out of my way to be polite to people, especially in service jobs, because I already know they're having a poo poo day.
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