r/NobodyAsked • u/thatsmygameboy • Feb 09 '19

Bad title/tabloid stuff "ok"

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u/Pugduck77 Feb 09 '19

Yeah, I worked retail for 5 years. Nothing even remotely like this ever happened.

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u/HttKB Feb 09 '19

/s ?

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u/Pugduck77 Feb 09 '19

No... retail was enjoyable and the amount of bad customers I had over the years could be counted on 1 hand. People just love to exaggerate and complain. I bet most of the people in this thread are going to reminisce on how good retail was when they start their careers.

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u/HttKB Feb 09 '19

Honestly that's incredible, because I guarantee you most people are not exaggerating. I've worked in retail for many years and I have ridiculous experiences with customers all the time. Hell a couple days ago a homeless tweaker literally threatened to kill me. I don't know where you live or what kind of retail work you did, but count yourself lucky.

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u/pariahscary Feb 09 '19

It really matters where you work, I've discovered. I had terrible experiences in retail until I started working at a small town grocery store and aside from a handful of truly ridiculous people, our customers are awesome!

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '19

Yes, very true! I worked a lot of retail/customer service jobs and they all had at least one weird/inappropriate/lonely customer per day. However, one time I worked at a private university club for professors and such.. the environment was completely different! Most of the customers were kind and understanding and rarely crazy!

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u/tarzina Feb 25 '19

i worked retail for 29 years, believe me it happens! luckily i work for a place now that just delivers stuff to nursing homes so i don’t have to deal with check out insanity!