Tag: tales from retail

December 14, 2025 at 4:35 pm

Manager Accidentally Orders Too Many Bags Of Tortilla Chips, So The Bakery Employees Have To Work Overtime

grocery store aisle filled with bags of chips

Managers should not be allowed to place orders unless they are trained to place orders.

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December 14, 2025 at 1:35 pm

Fast Food Worker Sees A Teenage Boy Crying At A Table, So When He Starts His Overtime Shift He Finds Out What’s Going On

sad teenage boy in black hoodie

He listened, and that had to help.

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December 14, 2025 at 8:35 am

Customer Keeps Shopping Even Though The Store Is Closed, But He Thinks He Should Be Able To Shop As Long As He Wants Since The Employees Get Overtime

smiling cashier

It’s rude to stay past closing time.

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December 14, 2025 at 1:55 am

Annoying Stranger In A Car Park Kept Forcing A Store Employee To Show His Phone Because He Suspected That The Employee Was Recording His Family, But The Employee Finally Threatened To Call The Cops

man and woman standing on a street near a car

What a piece of work.

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December 13, 2025 at 2:35 pm

Customers Stay Over An Hour Past Closing Time, So One Employee Tells Them They’ll Have To Leave Or Pay The Employees Overtime

empty bar with bottles lines up on shelves behind the counter

Customers need to respect closing time.

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December 13, 2025 at 1:35 pm

Manager Changes Employee’s Schedule Without Telling Him, So He Refuses To Come Into Work For One Of The Shifts

work schedule on computer screen

Bad manager need to be called out when they’re doing something illegal.

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December 10, 2025 at 7:35 am

Customer’s Eyes Were Glued To Their Phone, So They Didn’t Notice Their Prints Were Done And This Employee Has Been Waiting For Them To Pay

Man sitting down looking at his phone

There’s a big real world outside your phone. Look up.

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December 9, 2025 at 7:46 pm

Retail Worker Suggested A Customer Use Self-Checkout For Efficiency, But When Customer Began Ranting About “Freedom Of Choice,” The Worker Was Forced To Ring Him Up Manually

angry man sneering

This story pretty much sums up the reality most modern retail workers face.

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December 9, 2025 at 5:49 pm

Retail Worker Sold A Customer Exactly What He Asked For, So When The Customer Complained His Subwoofer Didn’t “Play Words,” The Employee Was Forced To Explain The Obvious

wall of speakers displayed on the wall

Maybe next time this customer will crank the dial on some humility.

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December 9, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Employee Tried To Stay On Topic, But A Customer Forced A Conversation About His Wife’s “Beautiful TV Feet”

man looking confused scratching his head

Retail really should come with hazard pay for secondhand weirdness.

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