Skip To Content

    Literally Just 100 Memes That Perfectly Describe What It's Like To Work In Retail

    When they ask for the manager and you ARE the manager.

    1. On the breakroom:

    2. On opening shift:

    3. On jokes:

    4. On jokes, part II:

    5. On being over it:

    6. On ~teamwork~:

    7. On the tedium of existence:

    8. On the struggle:

    9. The struggle, part II:

    10. On the nightmare of weekend shifts:

    11. You know this feeling:

    12. On dumb questions:

    13. On the last customer of the night:

    14. Seriously, guys:

    15. On your post-work ritual:

    16. On customer coupons:

    17. On preteens:

    18. On how you get ready for work:

    19. It's something of a process:

    20. On the terror of the "clopen":

    21. On dealing with dummies:

    22. On how quick things go from 0 to total nightmare:

    23. On dumb things customers say:

    24. On faking it 'til you make it:

    25. On the importance of sleep:

    26. On determining your priorities:

    27. On the face you've perfected:

    28. And the OTHER one you've perfected:

    29. Ahem:

    30. On what you'd really like to say:

    31. For real:

    32. On terrible cell phone etiquette:

    33. On this dilemma:

    34. Who even is this person?

    35. On your trifling co-workers:

    36. Can't even with them:

    37. On how much the little things matter:

    38. Like helping out your friends:

    39. On people having no manners:

    40. On completely losing your mind for a sec:

    41. On delusional thinking:

    42. On hypocritical behavior:

    43. On really silly questions:

    44. On the chain reaction:

    45. On TRUE BETRAYAL:

    46. Karma is real:

    47. On the real conundrum of your existence:

    48. TRUTH:

    49. On the Sisyphean hill you're constantly climbing with the merchandise.

    50. On the cold, hard truth:

    51. See also:

    52. On true cruelty:

    53. And BAD PLANNING:

    54. On...~mistakes~:

    55. What are words?

    56. Eh, it's fine:

    57. On true frustration:

    58. On handling the phones:

    59. On your "store personality":

    Working at the cashier, and you're forced to be friendly with a chatty customer. #RetailProblems #RetailHell

    60. Because what else are you supposed to do:

    61. On what you're really thinking:

    62. On dog creepin':

    63. No:

    64. No:

    65. Triple fucking no:

    66. When you betray your store family:

    67. Honestly:

    68. The pain of it all:

    69. On there being a time and a place for everything:

    70. On not being amused:

    71. When you want to say "good luck with that":

    72. No really, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT:

    73. When the truth hurts:

    74. And customers cannot see the obvious:

    75. On the lack of basic human decency:

    76. On people that are just so ~helpful~:

    77. On the depths of your patience:

    78. On entitlement:

    79. On the six most annoying words in the English language:

    80. On trying to "look busy":

    81. On the tension:

    82. On the last-minute change grab:

    83. When a customer clearly doesn't understand how these things work:

    84. On customer humor:

    85. On getting a bit of quiet time:

    86. On the difficulties of customer interactions:

    87. Really:

    88. Because honestly:

    89. On the magic words:

    90. What you'd really like to say:

    91. Because actually:

    92. On false intimacy:

    93. On false intimacy, part II:

    94. On bad timing:

    95. On rudeness:

    96. On small victories:

    97. On solidarity:

    98. On your basic instincts:

    99. On eventually figuring out how the job works:

    100. And finally, on getting the ultimate revenge: