Supermarket Workers Reveal 40 Things They Absolutely Hate That Customers Do

for everyone asking, this is from the TV show "Malcolm in the Middle"

OK, KAREN TAKE THE FRIGGIN HOTDOG TOY AND GET OUT OF HERE >:C

Malcolm in the Middle was such a funny show!

all supermarket workers should get seminars on stress managment !!!

So very true. There really are people like that and the worst of it is that there are a lot of them !!

This really annoys me, especially when you say excuse me and they act like you are the one being rude interrupting their conversation.

Don't forget about driving down a side street & 2 other vehicles are sitting next to each other, facing the opposite way in the middle of that street while 'catching up' for 5 minutes. Ggrrrr!

hhhhhh my mom does this,, i just stand there awkwardly and it's the worst thing ever

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Maybe bring a bell to the supermarket for cases like this. A big bell might be too much and ring when it is not necessary. But like a bell that goes on a bike for example. I often get overlooked because I am in a wheelchair, so I am at a lower level that most people. But I don't care, I ask if they can move and if they don't hear me, I tap them on the shoulder (if I can reach their shoulder, otherwise on their back). Always does the trick. At least until now, lol. But I don't know how people in other countries (many people from the USA over here I guess, though many other nationalities too) react to that.

I have worked the clothing department at Sears and target. The mens department stays pretty neat (unless a woman goes through there) but the women's folded clothes? Oh my god every 20 minutes it is like a tornado went through. Don't get mad at me for speaking the truth,,,

Too bad corporate management is so stingy they don’t want to pay for cameras set up in the toy aisle, plus attendants stationed there (and only there), who could nip a lot of this in the bud. They would not be babysitters, they would be security, and take the guilty kids to a holding area while they page the parents to come get them. BUT I’d like for the parents of such destructive children to have to pay for each and every toy their kid unwraps and plays with and/or destroys—-but not get to keep them, as that would teach the kids it’s OK to destroy toys they don’t own. Destroyed toys would be tossed in the garbage with the kids and parents watching, and toys in decent shape given to charity. Hitting them in the pocketbook just might make the parents keep their kids with them as they shop instead of parking them in the toy section.

My sentiments exactly.

I worked in the kids' dep't at a Macy's about ten years ago, and adults would allow their kid(s) to wander loose and run around. WATCH YOUR KID, PEOPLE! There are many hard objects with corners and sharp edges in the kids' clothing department and THE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT HERE TO BABYSIT YOUR KIDS! Adults would get upset with us for not keeping track of their short people, and I *really* wanted to tell them, "Macy's employees are not here to watch your kids. You are responsible for them. If you want me to babysit your kids when you shop, you need to make arrangements with me in advance and it's $10/hr."

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Ah, that is the same parent who doesn't blink an eye as their loud brat occupies the seat in a waiting area, while elderly people or pregnant women have to stand

I’m 68. I’ve never met a cashier worth $20 per hour. Nor have I met a fast food worker worth $20 per hour. People can be horrible to work with. That being said, many, many trade skills don’t earn that much. And as valuable as cashiers or fast food workers might be, they aren’t more valuable than plumbers or welders. Sorry...just one old mans opinion.

This hospital worker agrees with you 100%

The supermarket my "step-son" (I say it in " because he's not that much younger than me lol, there's 19yrs between me and his dad, who's my partner lol) works in took ages getting them any kind of PPE. Even though other shops in our town had provided some to their staff. I was thinking of making them masks and doing something to try and help them out. But they finally put up plexiglass and gave them face shields. Because of the pandemic, retail staff have been thrust into the spotlight and they should be given proper wages to show our appreciation for them! They were having to work at first with no PPE, no protection, nothing! And having to deal with hordes of customers panic buying like it was an apocalypse!

Hahahahahahaha! What a bunch if BS. I'm a firefighter and don't make $20/hour. We work 24-hour shifts (sometimes72 hours on, 24 off and 72 hours on), take care of very sick patients in unfathomable situations, and put out fires. I've always said, "If you can't shoot it or arrest it, call the fire department." I love my job. Hearing someone who stands in a climate controlled environment bitch about how they want $20/hour is absurd.

haha... $20 an hour. Keep dreaming, hero

Wait does that mean it actually doesn't look like that??? MY BRAIN CANNOT HANDLE THIS

Awww... I actually thought it looked like that... =(

"This isn't the back room! The back room is giant! This is a closet!" Ma'am/Sir, the backroom IS the closet.

That is tru in my case!

SO true!!!