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aibu to expect you all to not be such lazy bitches?

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somedayma · 09/11/2011 21:27

by 'you all' I mean anyone who shops in the high street store in which i work. which is probably quite a few of you. If you pick something up from a rail in the shop, DON'T DRAPE IT OVER THE RAIL INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT BACK WHERE YOU GOT IT. if you insist on trying on the full allocation of garments, don't you dare hand me a big crumpled pile of fabric and a fistful of hangers and expect me to rehang it for you. YOU HAVE HANDS. If you bring things to the cash desk inside out, don't tut and give me dirty looks when I scan and fold them inside out. and do not dump a pile of clothes on the cash desk, and as I pick up each item to scan, say "hmm I don't want that one actually", leaving it for me to rehang and retag and put back on the shop floor.

K THX

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TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:09

He said toffees. I've no idea why they want to wear them. It seems they wanted to. Someone said no then someone said yes. I think I'll wear a toffee on Sunday. I think it might be a new rule. Will have to wait for the main bit of the news. I'm sure they'll explain the toffee thing. Although I wonder if Zoo Keepers can wear toffees? Probably not.

TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:09

He said toffees. I've no idea why they want to wear them. It seems they wanted to. Someone said no then someone said yes. I think I'll wear a toffee on Sunday. I think it might be a new rule. Will have to wait for the main bit of the news. I'm sure they'll explain the toffee thing. Although I wonder if Zoo Keepers can wear toffees? Probably not.

MissyMoo321 · 09/11/2011 22:10

ugh. try working in my job, everyone speaks to me like I'm stupid or just plain rudely! But I still give them my sweetest politest voice and prove them wrong giving them the BEST customer service because THATS WHAT I GET PAID FOR!!!! Wink

SleepyFergus · 09/11/2011 22:10

Tufty Smile!

Familydilemma · 09/11/2011 22:11

Can I? Mine is a bit nappy changing and milk providing to share at the moment, but when I return to paid employment, in a year or so, I'll hold you to that. Seriously, I do think it would help a lot of people. Very easy to be simplistic about people's jobs from a distance or a snapshot.

MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism · 09/11/2011 22:11

Right, really must get these children ready for school. Bye!

Tufty, would love to go to a boot fair - I'll be back in 18 months.....

blackoutthesun · 09/11/2011 22:11

ooh no if someone speaks to me or my staff like a piece of crap i remind them that there is another shop down the road then give the biggest smile i can

SuePurblybilt · 09/11/2011 22:13

I shall wear a Werthers Original, to support the Caramel Shops.

If you've got zoo-keeper Tufty, baggsy your deputy? I will groom the tapirs.

blonderedhead · 09/11/2011 22:13

The customer I am serving spends their money in my establishment which goes towards my wages, the wages of the staff who work for me and those who work in the office as well as the wages of those in other companies who provide services we need in order to operate. I pay taxes and spend my wages on services provided by others which go towards... You get the picture.

It is the attitude conveyed by the phrase 'I pay your wages' I am objecting to. You have not bought me.

Fortunately, I love my job and take massive pride in doing it to the best of my ability and helping those I manage do the same. However I will not tolerate rudeness to myself or any other staff and luckily I rarely have to. Nice customers definitely get preferential treatment though.

Ellefabulosa · 09/11/2011 22:14

Yeah I hate when my bloody clients email me with a question asking for some advice - why dont they just look it up themselves instead of expecting me to do it - sometimes they are as cheeky as to tell me when they want an answer by. Cheeky buggers - and don't even get me started on my baby: expecting her nappy to be changed, to be fed- sometimes she even wants me to play. People just walk all over you!

My oh works in retail - like every other job there are highs and lows! It's a job though!

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somedayma · 09/11/2011 22:15

nice with the stereotypes

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ElaineReese · 09/11/2011 22:19

I can't believe the attitudes on here! OP has a hard day, sounds off about it - some people do go into shops and pubs and restaurants and treat the people who work there like shit! It's not nice when they do!

I moan about students who mail me and ask if they 'missed anything important' when they couldn't be arsed turning up - I moan about them yawning - I moan about the fact they want their essays written for them.

I still love the job and I'm good at it. Same goes, I'm sure.

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somedayma · 09/11/2011 22:20

Oops that stereotypes comment was to mrblooms, typing on my phone is tricky. Mrblooms is a prime example of a judgey 'I pay your wages' customer. Bleugh

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TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:20

Sue of course you can be my deputy. Port Lympe has just had a baby tapir. I think we'll go work there.

TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:22

I think I missed the toffee bit of the news. I think i'll wear the flat gold Quality Street one. Sorted.

SuePurblybilt · 09/11/2011 22:22

Okey dokey, so

Will the customers be nice, Tufty?

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somedayma · 09/11/2011 22:23

I do enjoy my jOb v much fOr what it's worth. Some People make it v difficult to keep smiling for 9 hours though! This probably wasn't the ideal post to introduce myself....Or maybe it was the perfect one

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TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:25

Sue they'll be ever so, ever so lovely. They might stroke our arms. I'm ok with that.

SleepyFergus · 09/11/2011 22:25

I think I'll wear a nice slab of Highland Toffee, given I'm fae Bonnie Scotland. Can I wear mine at a jaunty angle on ma bonnet?

TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:26

Somedayma come to the zoo with me and Sue. Leave your bad language and toffees at home though.

SuePurblybilt · 09/11/2011 22:28

Not sure about arm strokery. They can admire my hair

TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:28

Sleepy yes, a jaunty angle is fine. It'll have to be a big bonnet though. Would you not consider a toffee penny?

ivykaty44 · 09/11/2011 22:28

If a sales assistants come up to me in a shop and try to help me whilst I am shopping then I am much, much more likely to be friendly in return and then actually buy clothes - this rarely happens though in a high street chain store as they don't have sales assistants but shop assistants who do a lot of other things that are important in running a shop but not actually customer focused or sales.

I a sales assistant helps in the changing room by checking you have the right size or want a different colour or suggesting things go together then I have walked out with 200 quids worth of clothes rather than hand the clothes I picked up back to the shop assistant.

I think it was back in 1989 that I went into a clothes store and was assisted by a sales assistant and I went back three times and spent another couple of hundred quid as I loved the way I looked when they had dressed me.

It is an art being a sales assistant rather than a shop assistant Grin

TuftyFinch · 09/11/2011 22:31

Sue don't worry we'll have some safeguarding training. It's good that you're ok with people admiring your hair though. I will hide my hair under a hat.

SleepyFergus · 09/11/2011 22:33

A toffee penny is a bit 'bling' for me. I prefer something a bit more organic. Perhaps I could chew my highland toffee till it's more malleable and then create a unique piece of toffee art. 'T'art' if you will.