Buzz·Posted on Oct 24, 201423 Secrets Retail Workers Won't Tell YouYour faith in humanity will be seriously tested.by Javier MorenoBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Holidays are not the most wonderful time of the year. View this photo on Instagram 2. You have to force yourself to smile every time you ask a customer, "Do you need any help?" Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. If you work at a clothing store the majority of your paycheck goes toward buying the store's merchandise. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. Few things are more stressful than when a new line or collection comes in. View this photo on Instagram 5. Headsets are great for gossip and shit-talking. View this photo on Instagram 6. You've faked being "the manager" just to keep a bad situation from getting worse. View this photo on Instagram 7. Comfortable shoes and breaks are both worth their weight in gold. View this photo on Instagram 8. Even when you're not at work, you still obsessively fold, rearrange, and organize clothes. View this photo on Instagram 9. It secretly drives you nuts that the manager checks your bags every time you leave the store (i.e. loss prevention). Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. You loathe the fact that most customers assume "the back" is a huge archive of unlimited items in every size, color, and variation. 11. But you secretly don't mind going back there sometimes to take a much-needed break from the action. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. At least once a shift a customer asks or implies if you can "hook it up." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. The break room is small, overcrowded, and almost always messy, but you definitely make the most out of your time there. View this photo on Instagram 14. Co-workers are the best part of your job. View this photo on Instagram 15. Every time a customer starts to write a check, you die a little inside. View this photo on Instagram 16. Outside of the usual piles of clothes and hangers, you have found unspeakable messes in the fitting rooms. View this photo on Instagram 17. It fills you with rage when people shoplift so openly. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. Sometimes no customers is actually worse than too many customers. View this photo on Instagram 19. The satellite radio station your store has on repeat secretly drives you insane, and you have every single song memorized. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20. Dressing a mannequin from head-to-toe is a hell of a lot harder than it looks. View this photo on Instagram 21. Your spirit gets dampened when a customer approaches the register with a ton of items and a handful of coupons. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. Your soul is secretly and thoroughly crushed when a customer undoes four hours worth of folding and setting in under 30 seconds. View this photo on Instagram 23. In the end you realize everyone should work retail at least once in their lives. View this photo on Instagram