18 Situations That Are Entirely Too Real For Retail Workers

    There is only so many times you can hear a customer say, "If it doesn't scan, it must be free."

    1. When a customer destroys a section of the store you had just finished fixing:

    2. When you hear this joke...a 100 times a day:

    3. When a customer takes 100 items into the dressing room and proceeds to leave a huge mess (without buying a single thing):

    4. When your manager takes a customer's side (even though they're wrong):

    5. When a customer doesn't get their way and tells you that they're taking their business elsewhere:

    6. When you're off the clock and a customer tries to get you to help them:

    7. When you're on break and all hell breaks loose:

    8. When it's taking all of your willpower to keep cool:

    9. When a customer comes up to the register and proceeds to ignore you while they talk or text:

    10. When a customer demands that you give them a discount on an item for very flimsy reasons:

    11. When you're forced to take a return on a clearly used item that the customer insists has never been worn:

    12. When you feel like you're going slowly insane from having to explain a simple store policy:

    13. When a customer tries to use an expired coupon or a discount that doesn't apply:

    14. When a customer begs you to open the door after you've closed and the registers have been balanced out:

    15. When a customer insists you check the stockroom even though you know there isn't anything back there:

    16. When you're trying to be positive, but 20 minutes into your shift you're remind about every reason why you hate retail:

    17. When you have to work with the ONE manager who is waaaay too perky and into the job:

    18. And finally, when a customer tries to make small talk and asks you what it's like working there, and you must fight every urge in your body to not say your true thoughts: