40 Pics From “Retail Hell,” A Place Where Retail Workers Come Together And Support Each Other

so damn true!

That’s very kind.

Ι'm usually the "next person" 😆😂

Never happens often enough.

"Hey! What costs this???" *Proceeds to stay in front of that little paper, all alone over the product. Name, price and everything* "Is that the price for this???" Happens surprisingly often.

Look I obviously didn't fit my last job or I wouldn't be here

The tag has € 9,99. Is this € 9,99?

I wish we had security, so i have not to deal with these not so smart as they think people.

The people who call them unskilled jobs aren't even capable of working them.

Some of the hardest jobs in the world pay the least, and most of us wouldn't last a week standing in on our feet all day, moving heavy stuff all day, or bending up and down all day. Yes, they deserve better. The problem is that even though doing those jobs well is hard work and takes skill and focus, those jobs require little to no education or training to start, and there's a long line of people at the door (most of whom honestly can't actually do it) who are willing to give it a shot. It's just supply and demand. Doesn't make it right. That's just how it is.

Turns out "unskilled" meant "not taught at rich boy colleges".

THIS. THIS ALL DAY. Funny how the Venn Diagram of the "unskilled" and the "essential" who keep everything going is a fecking circle.

They all demanded I have people skills. Where's my raise for having to be nice to people who complain about their imagination?

"Entertainers" and so called "influencers" make way to much money for what they actually do and the people who work back breaking jobs that actually keep this world running smoothly can barely afford rent and food. That just goes to show how stupid society is when they give all their hard-earned money to people who just entertain for a living and buy products and services just because an "influencer" says so. Quit idolizing those people and demand better for yourselves!

Putting up with moronic customers is itself a skill.

I mentioned this book before "Nickeled and Dimed" a journalist working minimum wage jobs to document what that life is like. She wrote a whole chapter I think about how every "unskilled" job she got for the book had absolute tons of skills required, both physical and intellectual.

Unskilled is a myth. Entry level is not. One is for teens just starting out. Three other is capitalist bullshit pretendinf to be it.

I have more than 25 yrs of experience in the customer service, retail, and food industry and I have more skills at surviving and providing for my family than many highly paid workers. I cans survive without electronics, and electricity all together. Can these big wig CEOS? But survival and communication isn't considered a skill

If someone can 'do" the job, they are NOT unskilled!

Amen!

This should be #1

Every job requires skills. Different jobs require different skills. What the biggest difference is, is what product is being sold and the revenue behind it. Unfortunately large publicly traded companies focus on generating large revenues and giving all the proceeds to stockholders and executives. Abolish the stockmarkets, increase wages while taking revenue down to a reasonable level, and mandate pensions. This is why I will never work for a publicly traded company ever again.

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If you consider mopping a floor, loading a truck, being a fry cook, or a delivery person is a skilled position I think you have a warped definition of the word skilled.

it is definitely a skill not to throw the drink in the face of all the rude people in a drive thru who want to take their bad day out on you.

Can't wait until more unskilled jobs are automated. Then everyone can focus on the skilled jobs they want.

These are the most important jobs and need to be done well. The world wouldn't work without these individuals.

Naw! Bout half of these actually require no skill so there’s that. Quit being lazy f***s and give attention to detail to those who give respect. You think every customer is the same as soon as they walk in the door. I’ve been on both ends and it starts with mutual respect so quit acting like your owed something and do your f*****g job

Unskilled jobs simple means that no higher education is needed to perform them. It doesn't mean that skills are not required.

At the hospital I worked at , we were given a paper to fill out requesting what we thought would be a " fair payrraise for yourself and give reasons why". I told them to decide themselves then pass it on to the nurses aides to deserved a raise much more than I did. And they did. 👍👍

I used to work the front desk at a very high end hotel. I worked long hours standing all day, having to exercise extreme Patience with rude guests. I had to learn an antiquated dos based software our hotel used exclusively. I also had to come in anytime someone didn't show. I made around $13 per hour. I got a degree and now work as a staff accountant making $20.00 per hour. I don't deal with customers or get yelled at by anyone. If im being honest there isnt much skill involved, the software does most of the work. I worked way harder at the hotel.

So true

What bullcrap. It should be 'unskilled moron, not unskilled labor. Duh.

Sorry but I still can't agree on terminology. Low skill or unskilled jobs are correct terminology for something everyone is capable of doing. It's not myth and it's not to justify anything. If researcher with IQ 300 wants to work cash register or meat processing to not have to think all the time, they can, everyone can. But everyone should still be able to make living and decent wage and be appreciated as they deserve. No matter the reason why you work that specific job.

That's why a lot of but not all people are on welfare!

My mother worked for a company where she had to make curtains from scratch. She would be given bolts of fabric and told to make at least 4 pairs pre week at home. The reason? That amount of work took way longer than the usual store working hours. She would work from 9 am to 1 am Monday to Friday so she could hit her deadlines. She was paid €20 per pair of curtains. She did all this work for only €1 per hour the reason being she was self taught so because she didn't have a College degree she was considered "unskilled".

even if a job doesn't require any skill, it still requires time. any person's time is worth a living (actually a thriving) wage.

The second square is literally just a guy mopping. Waiters sole purpose in life is to carry food they didn't cook, on plates they didn't wash, to tables they don't clean. They can be replaced by a Roomba with an iPad duct-taped to it. The construction worker is a SKILLED TRADE and has no business being associated with the warm-body retail worker.

Here's my personal take on this topic, coming from a Christian background. If we're all created in God's image, then he purposely created us different and with different abilities. Are we so above God as to say one person isn't as worthy as another to afford shelter and food?

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If pushing a mop pays the same as as a surgeon, why would anyone ever go to college? There has to be some incentive to put yourself through the extra work and expense to become an expert.