1) customers venting their rage on you
2) the assumption that you are stupid because you work in a shop. Clearly any young person behind a counter MUST be a teen pregnancy theiving no good dropout, not a student who needs an extra few quid
3)having to laugh at customers jokes or weird comments. like 'my, you look ill!' when i was actually feeling pretty good. how do you respond to that?
4)dealing with people who clearly have mental health issues to the extent they shouldnt be out on their own. i am a sales asst ffs, not someone who is qualified to deal with questions like 'could you fit a dead body in this cupboard?' *said to me by a crazy*
5) minimum wage. if i was paid more, i would care
6) friends saying 'at least its money!' in a jolly fashion. these friends normally do not need jobs / are unemployed and arent looking. I would rather be unemployed atm.
7)little kids, usually on those 'heelies' let loose by parents run ragged to create havoc in the shop. if you child is clearly hyperactive and on wheels why would you let them loose in a shop selling china? they break things, then give them to me to fix. and if i actively watch the child or tell them not to touch the parents kick off at me.
8)vandal kids who think its cool to graffiti on a leather sofa. the parents deny that their little angel could ever do such a thing, naturally. Tbh if it was amusing a la banksy (such as 'this skin looked better on the cow'. I made thatup off the top of my head, but you get the jist) i wouldnt clean it off but 'xmen 3' scratched into a chair just angers me.
9) i dont get a break unless i work for 6 hours
10)there is no ten. i just hate retail.
how true. sad but true
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