Comments | cuvalwen: Why I won't work in retail any more

cuvalwen

Why I won't work in retail any more

Mar 24, 2010 11:04

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gothic_violin March 24 2010, 11:21:41 UTC

Bad pay, shift work, people treating you like an uneducated simple creature, and generally lacking manners, to add to that. Have you come across customers_suck on here?

cuvalwen March 24 2010, 11:25:06 UTC

Yes, I have, it's been a support in times of hassle in that it demonstrates to every person behind a till that We Are Not Alone!
How's you, hon?

gothic_violin March 24 2010, 15:27:47 UTC

The NLP I'm doing with an extraordinary chap., is changing me into be a stogner and more confident person. Could do with a fellow, somewhere with more morris dancing to do and work and a social life. Getting there in small steps and leaps. How's you?xxx

gothic_violin March 24 2010, 15:28:43 UTC

Stogner - maybe that was was the unconscious! Hah, stronger, but I figure, you'll have worked that out!x

aella_irene March 24 2010, 11:47:32 UTC

My favourite was the customer who, when the pin machine was down, tried to pay with his girlfriend's card. At which point we all went 'Holy F**K No!'. And he sighed (and protested: "She gave it to me! She told me the PIN! I've never had any trouble before!"), and produced his own card. Which was unsigned...

cuvalwen March 24 2010, 12:00:49 UTC

Oh, by the gods, the unsigned card... Bane of my life at Lush.
They hand over the card, I run it through, look to check signature- no signature on card.
"But if I signed it, and its stolen, then someone could copy my signature!"
"If you leave it unsigned, and it was stolen, then someone could write your name in themselves."
"But how would they know my name?"
"It's on the front of your card..."

I could live with those who put 'Please check I.D.', although it's not really legal- at least they'd thought the issue through.

miapatrick March 24 2010, 12:04:27 UTC

god even we're not dense enough to use each others cards except in cash macheines...

aella_irene March 24 2010, 12:05:39 UTC

I did not quite throw the pen at him, and turned away so he could sign it without me actually seeing. And then he told me to calm down, at 16:57 on a Friday, with the queues back into the aisles...

Oh God, I.D. We have stopped taking anything but passports and UK driving licences. You can see where this is going... One of my supervisors was told "You're racist against Australians!"

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