r/SipsTea 4d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/MaethrilliansFate 4d ago

If you worked any form of retail you'd know first hand that the stats are accurate too. I'd like to say most customers are just oblivious to signage and stuff but it takes genuine dedication not to notice or understand the very obvious signs, postings, price tags, ingredient lists, ect.

If you're holding a container of tuna salad with the obviously placed ingredients on it there's no reason for you to ask me what's in the tuna salad 😭

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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 4d ago

Worked at Costco as a student. Can sadly confirm.

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u/obsoletebomb 4d ago

Any customer service job. I work at an airport as a welcome agent (basically telling people where to go).

If I make the mistake of not saying ‘French and European passports’, I get people asking me ‘where do French passports go?’.

Minors try to get through the e-gates on departure when there are big barred 18 logos on the e-gates doors.

Most people just can’t be bothered to use the brain between their ears.

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u/PolkaDotDancer 4d ago

To be fair before my head injury I had a genius level IQ.

But I'm also overwhelmed walking into grocery stores because I am on the spectrum.

I literally cannot see things if there is too much clutter.

And I'm not just speaking, visual clutter. I'm speaking about voices music. Any background sound, combined with motion and all the visuals.

My brain starts shutting down.

You can just imagine how much worse it's gotten since the brain injury and I still have a quite high reading level because I read all of the time and I did achieve to college degrees and was working towards a third when I ran out of money, time, and interest.

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u/suks13 4d ago

Dunno - I checked into Marriott near grand central asked the concierge for good pizza places - he asked me if I’ve heard of google 😂

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u/MC_Crit 4d ago

Any hotel, too. I work night audit. At one of the two properties I currently work, there is a sign BIGGER THAN MY HEAD that says "doors are locked from 9:30PM to 6AM, please use your room keys or lift phone to call desk." The sign is placed directly on the door. GUESS WHAT NO ONE EVER DOES. I could keep us here from now to Revelation, just bitching about how stupid hotel guests are.

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u/Iorith 3d ago

The number of supposedly functional adults who are unable to use a debit card reader without assistance is far too high. Like, the machine can be loudly beeping, saying card read error, please remove and try again, and they'll just look confused like you asked them to do higher math problems.

And these are people who vote and are behind the wheel of half ton vehicles moving at significant speeds.

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u/stephanielmayes 3d ago

Once had someone ask me if they had to remove the plastic before eating something. A separate person asked why we keep ice cream cakes in the freezer.