A Wandering Soul

One time an elderly couple got mad because the bread I put on top of their eggs was going to crush the eggs

i love my place of work but it is SO hard to fire people. i mean its good for the most part because i dont get anxious about being fired for little things but some of my coworkers are so, so lazy and terrible at their jobs, and i and the other handful of good coworkers have to pick up the slack. our managers cant do anything about it either; its a corporate thing

I'M ON MY LUNCH BREAK YOU IDIOT

I was a customer in this situation but I work retail. I sat down at a table in a food court at our mall during lunch time so it was super busy. The table was a little dirty because a lady literally just stood up from eating. I asked if she was done and when she said yes I put my food down. I noticed there were crumbs from some previous people so I decided to take a napkin from my stack and just throw them away. A couple ladies sitting at the table adjacent to me say “hun just throw them on the floor. That’s what they do anyways.” My response was, “it’s not a big deal it only takes a couple seconds.” “Well if you see a lady she’s walking around make her clean it. She needs to do her job anyways.” “I’m sure she’s doing her best, it’s the lunch time rush and literally every table is full. She can’t clean while other people are eating there.” “Oh you’re just too nice. No they don’t do anything they’re lazy” “No, I see her working, she’s cleaning the floors and waiting for tables to clear so she can clean. So stop. It’s not her fault every table is full. At least you don’t have to clean it.”

I never realized how incredibly dense and unobservant most people are until I worked in a grocery store. I once had a woman ask me, I shit you not, "Do you guys sell cookies?" WHILE STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE COOKIE AISLE.

Re: Wages/"How do ya'll in America survive????": We don't. I've been working the same retail job for 3 years. I'm the most experienced worker in the store. I make $9/hour. I'm lucky my parents are letting me live at home rent-free, because I have to pay $330 in student loans every month, and that eats up basically all my income. Plus I can only get up to 22 hours/week because the company doesn't want more full-time workers than they absolutely need so they don't have to pay for benefits.

I was on my way home from work one evening when I remembered I needed something from the store. I walked in with black pants, a dark blue top, and my clearly visible purse. So I  I was on my way home from work one evening when I remembered I needed something from the store. I walked in with black pants, a dark blue top, and my clearly visible purse. I was pushing around a single cart with my items in it and stopped to look at one of the displays, when I hear this guy talking as loud as possible on his cell phone. He just now came into the store, and didn’t look for anything he needed yet. He stops, politely tells the person he’s speaking with to hold on, looks at me, and says “Water.” So I’m confused because that’s not a complete sentence, I don’t know what he’s talking about, I was minding my own business. I reply with, “excuse me?” He repeats “Water.” But this time with a snappy attitude. It then occurs to me that he’s asking (in the rudest way he can) where the water is located. I tell him I don’t work here. And get this! He actually apologizes with, “I’m sorry, I thought you were an employee.”

I never realized how incredibly dense and unobservant most people are until I worked in a grocery store. I once had a woman ask me, I shit you not, "Do you guys sell cookies?" WHILE STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE COOKIE AISLE.

I had a customer ask if she could have her latte at 200 degrees. I told her that for our safety I wasn't allowed to make one so hot. She yelled at me saying it was unacceptable and that she had to have her latte at 200 degrees despite the fact that I could get severely burned.