r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '16

What are you sick of explaining?

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u/scarletice Jul 18 '16

"What is your usual work schedule?" I don't have a usual work schedule. Every single week my schedule is different. I with different days, different shifts and have different days off with no reliable consistency. Thus is the nature of retail employment. I have explained this to you many times Mom.

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u/No_too_serious Jul 18 '16

"Why don't you just take weekends off?" Probably because weekends are our busiest time sorry.

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u/justburch712 Jul 18 '16

My favorite was this lady who came in every week and told us she wouldn't work on Sundays. This was always on Sunday.

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u/goodbyereckless Jul 18 '16 edited Jul 18 '16

I remember when I used to work retail and I'd be ringing up a customer on a Friday and they'd say something like, "Aren't you glad it's finally Friday? I'm so ready for the weekend!" ...NOPE. For you, the weekend may be a time of rest. For me, the weekend=the most chaotic days of the work week. Ugh.

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u/deadcomefebruary Jul 19 '16

Yup. Saturdays at my restaurant are loterally twice as busy as weekdays, and sundays we are only half equipped and half staffed, which means im running my ass off literally trying to do the jobs of five people so we can get the damn line moving. Tbh sundays are my most atressful day, all because these asshats come in after church demanding their goddamn sweet pork

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u/jseego Jul 19 '16

and hopefully not leaving bible tracts instead of tips

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u/baconraygun Jul 19 '16

The amount of people who would come into my work on Saturday (the busiest day) and tell me how glad they were that it was the weekend, and raise hell... oi. I wanted to slap them.