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Working in supermarkets
**helen**
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I've done my time back in the day and it definitely had its low points.
But I'm not sure I ever got as stressed as Jackie - rose tinted specs are a wonderful thing
What do you reckon?
But I'm not sure I ever got as stressed as Jackie - rose tinted specs are a wonderful thing
What do you reckon?
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Also retard customers who bring stuff t the checkout that's blatantly not on offer (like 2 different brands of bread) and try and get it for bogof. NO YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO OF THE SAME! TWO KINGSMILL! 'But it was on the same shelf...' :banghead:
Anyway, onto the article... it certainly brings back memories for me. I no longer work in shops for two reasons. (1) Because I had absolutely no chance of being promoted under the management at the time and; (2) Because of all the abuse from customers.
I particularly remember one night when the price label above some packets of crisps was wrong. Instead of being 60p a pack, the label said 40p. When I was shown this by a customer, I thanked them for pointing it out, immediately corrected the mistake and offered to refund them the difference. It's a fair cop, as I readily admitted. However, that didn't placate her at all. She proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes or so shouting at the top of her voice about correct pricing procedures, (apparently, she'd worked in a shop for many years, but I didn't believe a word) sprinkling in hefty doses of personal abuse. Eventually, I decided I'd had enough and walked off - I wasn't being paid to listen to this drivel.
These days, I work in an arcade. (and I'm also hoping to do this when at university) I have to wear a red coat and red shirt which clearly shows the logo of the arcades. Yet I get countless customers coming up to me asking "do you work here?". Er no, I just come in for seven hours a day and wear this for fun, you dozy twat...
I think the rant was ok, although there seems to be an unspoken expectation of some sort of respect, just because she's training to be a solicitor so isn't like those 'other' grubby people who will be working there a lot longer. I think this perception of being looked down upon comes stems from this - do you want people to care that you're in a good course at a nice shiny university? People don't give two figs either, they want their goods, they want a good service, and to presumably get the hell out of there.
As for the do you work here thing, I find it's a slightly more polite starting point than just laying straight into someone with your request.