Me: *ringing up apples, they come up $7 something* Customer: âUm, those were only supposed to be $1.49 a pound. Why is it $7???â
Me: âYou got five poundsâŠ.â
Customer: âWELL I DONâT WANT THEM THENâ
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@retailthoughts
Me: *ringing up apples, they come up $7 something* Customer: âUm, those were only supposed to be $1.49 a pound. Why is it $7???â
Me: âYou got five poundsâŠ.â
Customer: âWELL I DONâT WANT THEM THENâ
Every day
Things Retail workers HATE:
âą âI wanna speak to your manager!â âą *tells you the price of every item as theyâre taking it out of their cart* âą âDo you work here??â âą *Gives you half of their order saying they donât want it anymore* âą *checks out 5 min after the store closes* âą âNO! I WANT EACH ITEM BAGGED SEPARATE!!â âą *hides things in random spots of the store* âą *watches- as their baby is sucking on an item, then puts it back afterwards* âą *Lets their kids âpretendâ shop- filling the cart with random things* âą *asks you to take off items, then changes their mind* âą *spends 10 minutes looking for a coupon as their checking out* âą *silences you* âIâm on the phone.â âą *Leaves their garbage behind items on the shelf*
Retail Etiquette
AKA a few ways you, the customer, can help make a retail workerâs life easier.
1. If you donât want something, put it back where you found it. Not sitting on a shelf nearby. Not halfway across the store. Right where you found it. On the peg/ however it was displayed originally. Please. I know itâs super easy to just drop that thing where you are, especially if youâre across the store, but imagine having to put that one thing back times a hundred. Thatâs what we have to do. Every day. Itâs like the worldâs worst scavenger hunt that takes literal hours. All work that is avoided if you take five seconds to put that thing back where you found it.
1.5. Donât trash the shelves looking for that one perfect package in the back or whatever and leave it. Fix what you mess up, or what your kids mess up.
2. Clean up after yourself. Donât leave trash lying around - cleaning the store and keeping it clean is a monumental task itself without people leaving empty cups on shelves. We have trash cans, use them. Wipe your feet. If you spill something, alert somebody.
3. Do not come in right before close, unless itâs an emergency and you know exactly what you need. In, grab the thing you need, and out before close. If you come into a store 10 minutes or less before close, youâre being (albeit mildly) rude. The staff has closing tasks they need to get done, often before the store actually closes and youâre keeping them from that. If youâre fast, no problem. If you linger and shop around, youâre being rude.
3.5. Do not linger after close. Know when a store closes, and get out when it does. Every minute you stay after close is a minute later the staff actually gets home. You are literally keeping the staff from going home to their family if you stay after close, and itâs deeply rude. Your time is not more important than theirs, especially AFTER the hours theyâre obligated to give you their time.
4. If you break something, just tell the staff. Theyâre not going to make you buy it, it just goes into the âstore damageâ bin in most places. Donât try to hide it (worldâs worst scavenger hunt part two) or just set it back on the shelf for someone else to find it and complain. Please.
5. Listen to the staff. They know what theyâre talking about when they say they donât have it in the back. They spend almost every day in the store - odds are they know even without looking. Listen to recommendations. Listen to them on policy. They know this stuff, you donât no matter how long youâve been a customer. Theyâre TRAINED, youâre not.
6. Be kind. Be polite. We all have bad days, but if a service worker can be polite and accommodating for 6-8 hours despite that, you can be for ten minutes. Donât lose your temper if staff messes up. Service workers can only do so much; theyâre the bottom of the entire corporate chain, and have literally no authority. Is that two dollars really worth demeaning another human being over?
Re: the Usual Comments:
âBut itâs your job to put things back/clean up after me!â
Itâs not. Itâs deeply strange how people suddenly feel so entitled inside a store. A staff member is there to assist you shopping, not be your nanny. We shouldnât have to clean up after you. You are not a child - clean up after yourself.
âIâm creating jobs when I -inconvenience store workers in some way-â
No, Cheryl, youâre not making jobs by leaving your empty starbucks cup on my shelf. I would have this job regardless of you making it more difficult, and my company isnât going to hire more people just because you do. They just expect me to deal with it.
just hold on..one more secondâŠ
the eighth deadly sin is entering any store within ten minutes of closing time
No, just because the 12 packs of coke are on sale doesn't mean the 6 packs are, the price tag below it clearly states that.
Me
Oh you donât care? Great! Because I was talking to my coworker, not you.
Me
I really should call into work today but they donât pay me enough to be able to afford to take a day off in the first place, a vicious cycle
Me
I smile and nod but really I am just hoping you stop bitching at me soon and walk đ¶ away before my fake smile fades off my face and I tell you what I really think
Me
No you can not get free deli chicken just because the deli supposedly messed up your order from days ago, if they messed up you should have came back that day, you are standing here empty handed a completely different day. Calling my manager a evil drunk isnât going to gain you any ground
Me
*ring bell* DING *ring bell* DING is not necessary, I heard you ring the bell, no need to say DING really loud after each bell
Me
Yes I know there is a bell on my lane for you to call me when I am not standing at my register, that does not mean ring it the entire time until I appear, I will walk đ¶ slower just to annoy you
Me
Talking down to me will get you nowhere
Me
The belt is not broken, do NOT shove your items at my scanner to make me go faster
Me
Well ma'am you asked me where an item would be your comment about having already looked in this aisle does not change my mind about where said item is
Me
For the 3rd time YES I scanned your coupon
Me