Retail Worker Problems

It’s not easy

[retailworkerproblems]

Hey, if you yell at someone, call them ridiculous, stupid, berate them to the point of public humiliation, you expect a response, right?

So why is it that when a retail worker defends themselves after you do all those things to them, you can’t believe the treatment you’ve received and need to speak the manager and corporate to discuss that the employee had the nerve to respond to your abuse.

I’m just wondering.

[retailworkerproblems]

Stores that it’s acceptable to go to during the coronavirus:

Pharmacies

Grocery Stores

Curbside pickup for local restaurants to support their business

This should not have to be said, but unfortunately people are doing it anyway: please, please DO NOT go to stores just to walk around. Go into the store, get what you need, and then leave.

[retailworkerproblems]

If you feel unsafe enough that you’re wearing gloves and a mask just to leave your house, then you should not be going to stores just to unnecessarily walk around because you’re bored.

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Please start buying items in stores!

I get it, online shopping is SO. MUCH. EASIER. But everyday now a new retail store is announcing it’s closing. Thousands of people are losing their jobs because of online shopping. Even shopping at a company’s website doesn’t help their stores and if their stores don’t generate enough revenue, they’ll still shut down. If you really want the convenience of shopping online, you can place an order for online pick up and the store will get the money of your order.

So please just consider going to stores more for the sake of people’s jobs in this terrible economy.

[retailworkerproblems]

I’m all for a good sale, but this is bullshit. Employees WORK HARD for their employee discount. In most cases they don’t get health care, paid time off, bonuses, time and a half for holidays, or pretty much any other benefit that most working people get. They JUST get their employee discounts. It’s literally the one benefit of working a customer service job. I’ve worked in a store before where they ran sales all the time that were the employee discount and it felt shitty to know that the people who were treating me awful were getting the SAME benefits as me. I should never be able to walk into a store and get the same discount as someone who shows up and works hard every day.

If you’re going to run the same discount to everyone that you give to your employees, then just call it a sale not an “Employee Discount.” Because you don’t actually have an employee discount, you’re just psychologically tricking the people you hire into thinking there is some benefit of working for you.

[solaurorae]

Superstore 2x09, Black Friday

[retailworkerproblems]

Retail👏 workers👏 are👏 not👏 trying👏 to👏 screw👏 you👏 over

We don’t get paid extra to screw people over or not give them discounts. The money you save does not come out of our paychecks. So if we tell you we can’t do something for you, we genuinely can’t do anything. We’re still human beings—we like seeing people save money. So stop treating us like we’re the enemy.

[jello-in-my-bello]

As we enter the holiday season, please remember this:

Retail workers are going to be working crazy hours and standing for most likely more than six hours at a time.

Retail workers are highly under paid.

Retail workers’ schedules WILL be taking them away from their families during times when everyone else gets to see theirs.

If a retail worker isn’t smiling at you, it probably has nothing to do with you. There is just a STRONG chance they’ve been getting yelled at all day and don’t have the energy to smile at everyone anymore.

Most retail workers either have another job, are in college, or graduated college but because of this sh*tty economy the only job they can get is part-time. So DO NOT treat them less than. Most of them are highly educated.

And lastly, RETAIL WORKERS ARE F***ING PEOPLE.

Be kind.

[jello-in-my-bello]

If you want to see how poorly people are willing to treat you for so little in return with absolutely no shame, then work in retail.