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18 years ago
This is Rumor Control, here are the facts:
First off, I would like to give mad props to all the REAL retail workers in American. You folks know who you are, from the Blue Vests at Wally World and Walgrees to the Polo shirts at Shopko (I've worked for all three) and Best Buy, you guys are the glue that holds our service based economy together, in spite of the average American consumer's attitude of *Wipes feet on you fnaar!* towards you. it has been a hellish week at work, (walgreens photo lab mostly) and just wanted all the non retailers to realise how much they owe our little fraternity
So, all you Joe Ferraris out there, who aren't doing thankless, repetative jobs where the people you meet look at you as something they scraped off their shoe, when you are in a Big Box Retail store (with or without kids) please observe the following thank you's for the glue that holds society together
1) Please please PLEASE put shit back where you got it when you pick it up. If you have something in your cart you don't want, don't just toss that GI Joe figurine on the box of candy, walk back to the Toy Aisle and put it away.
2) Don't get testy when stuff doesn't work at the register. its not the worker's fault the register doesn't ring something up right. Its a computer Database that does. if you have a problem, be calm and polite, and if the worker says he needs to call his manager to check, let him. Don't try and EVER tell the person its this price and that they ought to take your word for it, because 85% of the time, its your fault for misreading clearly labeled tags.
3) Please thank them for working so hard, and if there is no one else in line, try and hold a conversation. We are more than just faceless people here to service your needs. We are humans too, and we do have lives outside of work. When customers start treating us as faceless cogs in a giant machine, we start to treat customers as faceless drooling morons, and the whole process becomes counter intuitive.
4)Wipe you feet when you enter a store on a messy day. You have no idea how long it takes us to clean up all the fucking crap that gets on our floors on days like that. I personally have clocked almost 4 hours on the three major snow days we had this year mopping the ENTIRE floor of our store.
5) Don't abuse the Give a Penny Leave a Penny system. Stealing 20 pennies from the bin is just mean.
6) Don't pay for 8 dollars of stuff with 8 dollars in pennies or nickels. We simply don't have room for that much in our drawer, or enough time to count it to make sure its all there.
7) similarly, don't pay for 45 dollars of stuff with 40 singles and one five. Most retail stores have a place where you can take out larger bills with your credit card.
Thank you
So, all you Joe Ferraris out there, who aren't doing thankless, repetative jobs where the people you meet look at you as something they scraped off their shoe, when you are in a Big Box Retail store (with or without kids) please observe the following thank you's for the glue that holds society together
1) Please please PLEASE put shit back where you got it when you pick it up. If you have something in your cart you don't want, don't just toss that GI Joe figurine on the box of candy, walk back to the Toy Aisle and put it away.
2) Don't get testy when stuff doesn't work at the register. its not the worker's fault the register doesn't ring something up right. Its a computer Database that does. if you have a problem, be calm and polite, and if the worker says he needs to call his manager to check, let him. Don't try and EVER tell the person its this price and that they ought to take your word for it, because 85% of the time, its your fault for misreading clearly labeled tags.
3) Please thank them for working so hard, and if there is no one else in line, try and hold a conversation. We are more than just faceless people here to service your needs. We are humans too, and we do have lives outside of work. When customers start treating us as faceless cogs in a giant machine, we start to treat customers as faceless drooling morons, and the whole process becomes counter intuitive.
4)Wipe you feet when you enter a store on a messy day. You have no idea how long it takes us to clean up all the fucking crap that gets on our floors on days like that. I personally have clocked almost 4 hours on the three major snow days we had this year mopping the ENTIRE floor of our store.
5) Don't abuse the Give a Penny Leave a Penny system. Stealing 20 pennies from the bin is just mean.
6) Don't pay for 8 dollars of stuff with 8 dollars in pennies or nickels. We simply don't have room for that much in our drawer, or enough time to count it to make sure its all there.
7) similarly, don't pay for 45 dollars of stuff with 40 singles and one five. Most retail stores have a place where you can take out larger bills with your credit card.
Thank you
Nightmask
~nightmask
The timing on this is amazing, considering I'd just been in the grocery store with my mother earlier in the day and we ended talking about people leaving stuff scattered through stores after seeing someone leaving bananas on the opposite side of the store from where they were for sale. Not only is that rude and wastes store money with the employees required to clean up the mess that those idiots leave, and increases costs, but even destroys inventory for those leaving perishable food like meat in say the automotive or sports departments. I know I don't enjoy the prices going up because someone likes to be too lazy to return stuff where they got it.
Allabaster
~allabaster
OP
Well, generally prices going up at this point is mostly related to the rising costs of oil
zannah
~zannah
I spent too many years as a retail/food service drone NOT to be nice to cashiers and wait staff, especially when it's not their fault.
Allabaster
~allabaster
OP
And thats generally how you can spot someone who has worked retail. The only ones who are routinely jackasses to retailers/food service folks are the people who have never had to work that kind of job.
