42 Horrible And Hilarious Moments From ‘Retail Hell’ To Make You Laugh Through Tears (New Pics)

Employees with a decent work environment actually want to work? Who knew?

Because they think they have power over the cashier. They know they don't have any over the millionaire.

Very specific LOL

*Leaves nasty Yelp review*

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The people who get mad we close at our regularly schedule time the day before a holiday are always the ones who have the whole week off.

It's not just retail. I work in an emergency room. The doors out have gigantic buttons (the button with the handicap symbol on it) on the wall you have to press. There are at least 6 signs on each door lined up one after the other at about eye level with arrows and the words "Please press the button to open the door." About 9/10 people stand at the doors trying to figure out why they won't open.

Every November first, somebody defrosts Mariah Carey and drips blood on George Michael. She gets enough royalties to last another year and his tortured soul roams the earth until New Year’s Day when they rest again until next november

Guffaw

When I worked at Tims in a mall, it was like a store, kiosk area with a dining area we closed off every night. But we couldn't lock the doors from the inside. So, we had the gate closed but unlocked. The chairs would be up, food getting boxed and tossed (This manager didn't like waste. We gave most away to a lady who worked at a soup kitchen. Any extras we got to bring home.), the tills would in the process of being counted and put in the safe in the back. Every now and then, someone would come along, open the gate, waltz in and start ordering and arguing on the fact we're "still there, working". Thankfully security was able to come and kick them out. Always a highlight of the night.

'i am jared, I am 19...' oh forget it

Doesn't scan, must be free! I don't need a receipt, it's not like I'll be returning it! (The last one I don't get. It's not even funny.)

And trying to write you up for being d**d

This is so dàmn satisfying! It’s happened once in my retail life. She asked if there was a manager she could speak to. I said yes, me.

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I also like the comment "I don't want to take anyone's job." Dude, we can't get enough people to pass the d**g test so we can hire them. You're not taking anyone's job.

To be fair it looks to be in good shape!

My shift was over I turned off my lane light, we had a swinging candy displayed that would block the lane & latched the chain. A woman squeezed past the display ducked under the chain & started unloading her cart. I went home.

If retail spaces had seating, more money would get spent on their products. One sits (usually the one with the money) and one shops. The sooner the one with the money wants to go, the less money gets spent.

I remember those days. When I finally got through my line the moment I got to the breakroom management was paging me asking why I wasn't at my lane.

Canceled if order to celebrate employee appreciation week.

When I have to go to the washroom. Yikes. 2 people are there waiting to use the washroom. One person wants to know where to find something that is across the store and complain about everything.

Gary can go F himself.

My ex did something similar. Visited his home town after years to close some old account he had. They were not able to find his account and he started screaming at everyone. The manager came to diffuse the situation and handed him a form saying if he can just fill and sign it , they will start the investigate. When my ex saw the form he realised he is in a wrong bank. He quietly left without informing anyone

You need a specific area for this?

LOTR The Two Towers midnight showing. We got hit with a terrible ice storm. One customer said he should get a discount because & I quote "I had to drive here in this weather".

I actually prefer the night shift and always have. It’s a lot easier to breathe without management looking over your shoulder. And when they leave, I’m in charge and sometimes a rule is more of a suggestion

I had an old lady like that one time. She wanted her groceries in paper bags (which was fine), she said they couldn't be heavier that 10lbs each because she'd had surgery doctors orders (also fine). Started scanning, put two cans of soup (normal regular sized cans) in a bag; she then told me it would be to heavy for her.

Much too old to be pulling this c**p.

Lol meeeee right now, on the couch with two cats on my legs 😅

As far as I'm aware this doesn't happen in France. Maybe people go and protest and yell at the government who can do a lot more than a low paid shelf stocker.

"Very unprofessional to call out if you're sick! I insist you come in and infect as many other people as possible!"

I disabled tap to pay on my two debit cards. Stops my card being useful of anybody steals it, and it makes payment an action which requires thought which means I remember the amounts better. But the number of employees that grab my card and wave it over the machine - hang on, *you* are not supposed to do that! So it's quite satisfying when it gets rejected and they have to hand my card back while I just do "uh-huh, didn't think to ask first did you?". 😂

This depresses me. I do not enjoy selling lottery tickets. I wish I could just ask for it as a tip instead. People that win just buy more tickets.

This is a Walmart, right? Of course, I've seen worse; try the toy department in December.

Lol, I am like the opposite. I would rather leave than ask for help.

Does this look like the bank to you?

I can understand this one. There's always some confusion if the store is open on reduced hours, and what those hours are, or if the store is closed. Websites and Google don't help much when it just states "Holiday may affect these hours". It doesn't specify anything.

Bradley is definitely the kind of person who walks in to a restaurant 5 minutes before they close and expects to be served. And doesn't care if it makes the staff have to stay late.

Treat them like valued employees and you might just get a better result

Closing at 10PM means everyone but employees should be out of the store by 10PM. Who doesn't get this? Unless there's a rack of cat food and a checkout side-by-side at the front door, that transaction isn't happening in three minutes or less.

Who the hell steals Nanette people shoes!?

I do this just to make sure everything is ringing up at the right price.