crappy work stories

Am getting really annoyed with my job. I actually like it most of the time- no thinking,easy as, packing is like palying tetris a little. but customers have been really annoying me - they seem to treat me as if I am an idiot. now granted some people at PNS are, but I don't act like one and don't expect to be treated so poorly.


ex. a. woman A and woman B are standing at checkout. Both have put 10 or so items on conveyor belt. I start scanning

"NONONO -that isn't mine" starts woman A yelling/
"UGH those are MY groceries" woman B - turns to woman A and says "honestly these girls just dont think do they?"


ex b. happened today - some unwashed man looks at me as I am returning something and whistles at me - like you would to a dog. I look at him evilly. He looks at me. "come here!"

me"excuse me?"
him - exasperated "she wants you"
me"who?"
him pointing "HER" as if talking to someone really thick. I go over and SHE is looking at socks.

she"i want some socks"
me" you are in the right place then"
she":last time I bought ones they were too big. whcih should i buy now?"

she was really annoyed that I couldn't psychicly predict the size of her feet. i suggested that she look at the ones she had bought before and get smaller ones. this satisfied her.

first guy :"geez, next time she should come faster when I ask"
me:" next time try saying excuse me rather than whistling" and walked away/



this is the long line of people treating me and other girls like crap just cause we work in a supermarket. Getting me so annoyed. Some people are just lovely and really nice, but those arses really get me down.

Liz, i would rather be served by you ANY day of the week, than the teenagers who talk over and around me to their friends about whos hooking up and who isn't and who was, like, soooo drunk, and whos going to so and sos party etc

Hugs to you, chick, I've done the checkout chick thing and hated the way people look down on you.

I honestly just don't understand why some people are so blardy rude to retail people/people in the general service industry. It is so much easier to be pleasant yet there is this huge portion of society that are hell bent on just being plain rude. Lizzle. Hope tomorrow is better.

I ditto Leish!

I was a beauty therapist in my past life and working in NZ wasnt so bad but I did a stint in Notting Hill London, man I was treated worse than a stray dog, I hated it.
Everybody sh*ts out the same hole, but us that are a bit more down to Earth don't mind wiping our own bums where as these people who think they are all that must just hate having to do it....thats what I think of whenever somebody thinks they are better than me.

Big higs love, try and dont't let the dickheads of the world get you down

i really dont understand why people are so rude to customer service people, surely there are better things to do in life than complain? Nice for some if the tragedy of their life is that their groceries were packed wrong or something ....

I have a work story, bit amusing tho
For those who havent met me, im european, i have green eyes light brown hair, fair skin and a few freckles.
Anyway, yesterday i was about to go to lunch and this asian guy walks in and starts yabbering away to me in chinese, i looked at him and said "no, dont speak chinese sorry "
"oh" he says "you dont speak chinese ?"
"no, I speak english"
"oh.....Oh....but...you arent chinese?"

......I just looked at him dumbly, Honestly !

When I was at uni I worked at a petrol station for a bit and you would honestly think that when the petrol prices went up the excess was being put straight into my bank account the way some people acted!

I had a friend who used to be so revolting to retail people, especially at restaurants etc- in the end I just stopped going out with her. Personally I would never be stupid enough to be rude to someone who would be handling my food

lizzle wrote: this is the long line of people treating me and other girls like crap just cause we work in a supermarket. Getting me so annoyed. Some people are just lovely and really nice, but those arses really get me down.

Oh Liz I so feel for you it really sux when you are treated so dumb just because you are working in PNS. I encountered so many there and by the end of the day you feel so yuck. Chin up smile sacasticlly(SP?) with out being rude so they can't complain.   And make them feel as small as they happen to make you. I use to love being pilitely rude it was so much fun.

Good on ya for sticking up for yourself! - oh I wish I could go back to those days and insert some choice phrases I only thought of later.

I've worked in retail for many years and until earlier this year was a manager of a store.
One of the biggest things that would annoy me was how people only took the time to write the negative letters/emails. You could have given someone the most fantastic service and they would be so appreciative but not enough to write a quick note. So now if I've ever been anywhere that has given me fantastic service I take the time to send an email etc expressing my thanks.