Dear Customer..

Oh i understand you pain!!! I took a temporary job at a grocery store a few months back when i was in between jobs. I worked the floral dpt for the most part....but ran the registers when they needed me. Some customers can be sooo rude sometimes!

oh yeah i cant wait. I am gonna miss my co workers but i wont miss the customers one bit. We get more rude customers than any other store ih ave worked in. that coupled with my knees getting worse and worse i neede to get back in an office. i worked an extra half an hour.and i tell ya i wish i hadnt..my knees are throbbing horribly

Originally Posted by ScamperFarms

oh yeah i cant wait. I am gonna miss my co workers but i wont miss the customers one bit. We get more rude customers than any other store ih ave worked in. that coupled with my knees getting worse and worse i neede to get back in an office. i worked an extra half an hour.and i tell ya i wish i hadnt..my knees are throbbing horribly

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i definitely understand!! being on your feet all day long is aweful on your body! i'm glad you've found a new job to go to soon. that's always good. i loved my coworkers at my old job too (they were always sooo sweet and we were all very close,....it was like a little family there even though it was part of a big chain store. our store was the one where the stabbings happened back over the summer (schnucks) and i think that's part of the reason we were all really close.) i miss my coworkers there a lot!!!! but i certainly don't miss the rude customers another thing that used to drive me crazy were people who'd sneeze/cough/ wipe their nose with their hands and then try to hand me money. EWW! I used hand sanatizer like it was nobodys business

Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

i definitely understand!! being on your feet all day long is aweful on your body! i'm glad you've found a new job to go to soon. that's always good. i loved my coworkers at my old job too (they were always sooo sweet and we were all very close,....it was like a little family there even though it was part of a big chain store. our store was the one where the stabbings happened back over the summer (schnucks) and i think that's part of the reason we were all really close.) i miss my coworkers there a lot!!!! but i certainly don't miss the rude customers

another thing that used to drive me crazy were people who'd sneeze/cough/ wipe their nose with their hands and then try to hand me money. EWW! I used hand sanatizer like it was nobodys business

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Yup i keep a supply up at the register for that..AND because of trhe people who hand you Damp..or wet money..I dont ven wanna know WHY its damp or wet..EWWW

Some people treat others in the service industry like servants. I worked as a waitress for 7 years through university and high school. It was a life lesson about human beings, I'll tell you!

The only time i was rude was to the lady at my old bank, but it was because of my ex, she didnt really understand why i freaked out. But it was just a bomb waiting to explode.

I have been a waitress and i am never rude to the waitresses or to anyone who works behind the counter. A couple of weeks ago i was at the supermarket and there was a new girl there trying to work out how to use the cash register (she kept on getting things wrong despise her collegue helping her) The guy infront of me started losing his patience and gave her a bad look, i saw how it hurt her feelings. I knew she was having a hard time and she was nervous but I smiled at her, waited for her to finish, and then told her to have a nice day. She turned bright red and said thank you and then smiled.

Living in Frankfurt IMO its all the bankers and high class business people who are extremely rude!

Actually last night i went to an English pub and the waitress was so rude to me that i told my date not to give her any tip! He did it anyway, he left two euros for her and she wasnt happy. Some people are just never satisfied!

Oh I retail jobs I have worked at 4 different convience stores...then I realized I'd rather NOT be doing that anymore.... Now I'm a receptionist

Originally Posted by fireblossom4

People throw their money at u??!!

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Oh No they don't JUST throw their money at you... they also throw their soda, chips, ID, garbage or whatever may be in their hands....I had a guy mad at me because his videos were late that he rented... He was mad because he got a late fee... so he THREW 2 VHS's at me.... I LOVE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One time I had a guy mad at me because I refused alcohol to him... So he THREW ME against the wall and threatened me, my boyfriend....my whole family.... UGH...

Yup..I have two scheduled shifts left..and probably one more after that (schedules not out yet)

not that I am counting lol

I had to work registers for a little bit last night and it didn't take long to remember why I hate it. One woman sat her stuff down and then just wandered away... came back with a member card, which meant I had to void everything and start over, and I said as polite as I could "It helps us a lot if you give us your card before we start ringing you in, if you come back" and she got all huffy about it... You just saw WHY it matters! Argh.

Or when they get mad that you ask for their ID with their credit card. Oh, I'm sorry for making sure nobody else is spending your money...

I don't envy your last couple shifts, congratulations on moving on up!

Oh i know! my favourite is when they just dump their armloads of stuff down and go off to shop some more. like i dont have other customers to ring up? USE A CARRT...

Nugh.

Yup...Its sooo tempting not to go in for my last shifts. but i wouldnt do that to the manager..

besides hes holding my pirates movies captive lol i borrowed them to him.

I REALLY love it when they can't decide what brand of cigs they want..... they smoke them not me.... don't they know which ones they want ??? And no you can not come behind my counter to SHOW me which ones you want, just tell me--I'm not THAT stupid (or am I?)

LOL luckily we dont cell cigs, or any of the other stuff..doesnt stop people from asking tho.

i hear ya. i've worked retail, i've worked fast food, and currently am a receptionist at a specialty retail store. sometimes i really wonder about people. i mean seriously, do they REALLY need to be THAT rude? it won't get their problem solved faster.

Just a little secret anybody with a job working with the public knows: You get treated in direct response to how you act.

Now, I'm not rude back to people, and I will do my essential job for anybody. But there are lots of things I can do to help you above and beyond that. If you are nice to me, or even just not rude, I'm happy to do them unless there is a line behind you. If you are rude to me, it ain't happening. Sorry, tough luck, there's nothing else I can do.