One fact I learned at every job I've had

I've worked in quite a few jobs in the last 8 years, and I've learned some interesting things!

This will be updated for every job I have etc..

1. Mail Room - Automatic Staplers exist. (I wasn't aware of this until I worked this job.)

2. Social Services  - There are Not For Profit organizations that help the unemployed that are on Government assistance to get jobs! (I was the one who looked up jobs online and sent job ads to the clients)
(This is a United States only fact, I don't know if other countries do this.)

3. Retail -Different colored items in a store might be a different price because some colors sell more than others, so they discount the ones that aren't selling as well so they can sell the product.

So if the Red Dress is 19.99 and the Green Dress is 16.99, it's because the Green Dress isn't selling as well.

4. Private Investigation Industry - In United States, any vehicle with a license plate that has two letters at the end of the license plate number is a Commercial Vehicle. Example: 1234-AB.

5. Trucking Industry - United States of America, Canada and Europe, have road regulations that trucking companies have to follow to make sure the roads are safe and to prevent accidents! These companies also have to pay extra taxes, to ensure their vehicles are safe enough to be on the road.

 6. Eco-Friendly Industry -Eco-Friendly disposable products can be made out of materials such as Bamboo, and Palm Leaves.

7. Restoration Services Industry - When someone's house is damaged, they have to create a blueprint of the house, including how measurements of the house and mark what has been damaged. A program will calculate how much it will cost to fix everything.

What is a fact that you learned at your job?

Retail Stories: They did WHAT!?

Shop till you Drop!

I once saw a woman with a cart filled with merchandise and she walked away from the cart to look at a dress and walked right out the door, leaving the cart filled with crap just sitting there. It was so annoying, like why even bother shopping if you weren’t going to get anything?!

Karma, in Action!

When I worked retail, I had a supervisor who didn’t take crap from anyone and made people buy an item if they broke it intentionally.

One time this lady had her kids running around this expensive globe item that was like 50-80 dollars and the supervisor told the lady that her kids can’t be running around the store and if they break that globe, they have to buy it.

Well. Guess what happened? The kids broke the globe the customer paid for it!

One of the only good Karma stories I have. 

 

Facebook Recoil

This guy I used to work with knew this girl, who he didn't really like being friends with. I didn't know her, nor do I have her on facebook, But she angry smiled 30 of my public posts for no reason, and then when I went onto her facebook and did the same, she messaged me and said "fight me lil puss", then blocked me. lmao what...

He told me that she was bored.

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Retail Thieves: You'll never guess what they stole!

They really Tryna test you out there! 

 A girl stole a 25 dollar perfume tester, she was caught by the security guard and was arrested because she already had a warrant for her arrest for a some unrelated reason!..

One of the girls that worked with me at the time said that when she worked at Macys, the thief girl worked there and could have gotten that perfume (Non used) for about the same price as our stores tester.

Going on a Trip in my favorite Rocketship!

A guy throws items in some luggage, wheels the luggage out to the fire exit, the alarm goes off. The manager, saw the whole thing and said there was a car out in the back waiting for them! Like this person was a professional and they knew that employees can't do anything about it, which sucks that they got away with it so easily.

 

Legend of the Equal Opportunity Toucher!!!

He had the same name as me so we called him "EOT" for "Equal Opportunity Toucher". This was because we weren't sure if he was accidentally bumping into people, or if he was "bumping" into people to inappropriately touch them.

One of the girls told me that one time, she got on the loudspeaker and almost said "EOT to the front".

He was so lazy, he'd go into this room by the registers to start texting while the line was longer than the great wall of china!

He finally got his dumb ass fired when he stole 4,000 dollars out of the register, right under the register that had a security camera!

He was escorted out of the building by police, while he was punching himself in the head!

Here's the kicker, he was going to school to be an accountant!

 Keywords:  Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Retail Stories : Urine Trouble!!

Here are some gross bodily fluid related stories that I, or someone I know experienced while in retail.

You pee in it, you buy it!

A customer had their kids running around the store on their own, and one little girl ended up peeing in the little kids potty that we were selling. The supervisor made them pay for it.

Rolling down the river? 

Here is a story my friend told me about their experience in retail.

"Once when I was working at Walmart, a pregnant lady pissed herself in the aisle and just kept shopping like nothing happened. She was literally just doing her shopping while peeing herself leaving a little river of piss down the aisle.

Is that what was for lunch?

Girl throws up on the floor, employee knows what she had for lunch... 

YUCK!

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Why someone started a Rumor... About me?!

Okay children, gather round. I am about to tell you the story of when I worked in Retail and someone started a rumor about me!

This happened in 2014. There was this one guy that started working at the store 5 months after my arrival. He was cool at first, I didn't have much in common with him, so we didn't really talk at all, but I never had a problem with him prior to this event. The closest sort of relationship I had with him, was him calling me "Prom Date", which was a running joke he started between us. (I don't remember what caused this)

Let's call him Lint, because that's just so humiliating.

It was weird to hear that he decided to start a rumor about me, even though I didn't even talk to him! 

Apparently he decided to tell the Store manager that I was goofing off the whole day to talk to my friend Rebecca that worked in a department on the opposite end of the store. 

I told my friend Rebecca about this rumor and she was like "What?! I haven't seen you all day!".

At first I was skeptical, maybe it was someone else he was talking about?

 

The next day I told the store manager about this, and she said I had nothing to worry about, because this guy has done this plenty of times before and he is on thin ice! She made a comment saying, why is my Cashier watching what other people are doing? Which also made it sound like she actually believed what he was saying about me.

I told the manager, that if I did goof off, I wouldn't have a problem saying that I did. I was telling her there was another time where I was talking to another friend in another department for a while. I usually do work and only chat for a minute or so, but there have been very few times where I was talking to someone for a long period of time. But, I had not done that recently. The point is, If I had done that, I would have no problem saying I did what the guy said.. but I didn't.

The next day, Rebecca had talked to the guy... they're friends and definitely more friends than I was with the guy.
He told her that he did not start that rumor, and that even if he did, he wouldn't care if I found out.
The day afterwards, I was talking to my friend and she was talking about this crazy guy she knows and Lint comes into the room, and starts talking to her.. I kind of felt like he stole the spotlight from me. It sounds weird but it's almost like he didn't want me to talk to her.

While he was talking to her, he had mentioned that he lies all of the time and that it is not very hard. It's funny because the next day she was talking about that, and I told her that I noticed when he said that too.

The next day, my friend finds out something interesting. For starters, Lint doesn't really like me.. no idea why.. "obviously I am too sexy for him to handle!", my friend was like "How can he not like you, you're awesome!!". So, that could be why he had no problem starting a rumor about me. 

Although, it could be that he didn't like me because I told one of the girls he should get neutered, after he was drooling over one of the new girls. He would be cute with me and guys don't get cute with me because they're always straight, so I liked the attention he was giving me and got a little jealous. (This guy was straight? Also, We'll get into that. But for Clarification, I didn't like this guy in any way, I just liked the attention lol.)

This dude is a horn dog! This guy has pretty much hounded every female associate that is between the ages of 18-25, he just wants to have sex with them all!

But you see, most of the girls do not like him like that, so when he gets rejected by them, he makes their lives at work miserable!

 

The plot thickens!

The next day or so on a Friday, I was talking to Rebecca and I told her that months ago, I remember Lint said that she was his perfect girl. At the time, Rebecca was only attracted to asian guys, and this dude is a white boy. Oddly enough, people do sometimes think he's asian, but let's not get too off track.

Rebecca then tells me that he was telling her about the last time he had sex, he said to her, I would prefer this blog to be PG 13, but basically said that he likes to "go on a girls face" and told her "Just so you know, if we ever have sex", in a way to warn her if they did sleep together.
This was something that stuck in her mind

Reasons why this was weird

1. At the time, she had a boyfriend
2. She was only into Asian dudes at the time.
3. She only likes him as a friend.
4. This sexual harassment is just unwanted and undeeded.

With that being said, why would he say any of these weird sexual things to her??

So now, we're both thinking that Lint is jealous of me and Rebecca's friendship. He probably doesn't like that we talk all of the time, and really just wants bone her. He may also dislike me for the fact that I am a decent human being and I actually work and I don't lie about things... but who knows. 

You know what they say. "You're not doing it right until you get a hater!"

But, after finding all of this out. I've realized that he is just a lying creeper and the scuzzball.

Update from 2021: This dude got fired in 2015 for giving customers blank store credit cards, while taking the store credit card that had money on it and using it to buy stuff for himself. 

Like the dude got fired for stealing!

 

• Maybe this is why one time, we had this lady yelling at us, saying we were robbing her because there was no money on her store credit card. We explained to her, that she needed to call the number on the card to see what happened to the money on it and then she could proceed with whatever action she needed to take.

Oh, but that's not all! It gets worse!

One of the guys I became friends with was his childhood friend. They are no longer friends, but I am still friends with his Childhood friend.

• First off, he told me that this dude thought I had a thing for him. He thought that me adjusting my vest was me "flirting" with him. What?! I wouldn't date him even if he was the last man on earth!

• He always had bisexual tendencies, so it makes me wonder if he actually had a thing for me too, could be why he was so jealous of my friendship with Rebecca. 

• He has a connection to two guys I've had big crushes on, the first one we worked with. I think the guy distanced himself from Lint because Lint was coming off kind of flirty with him and Lint even made a comment that he didn't get the hype on the guy. He probably got "blown off" (That isn't meant to sound dirty) by the guy and was just made he wasn't being paid any attention lol.

The second one was, he's friends with a guy, that works at my last job, who was friends with the guy I liked there as well.

Here's where it gets serious...

My friend told me that this dude, as a 20 something year old, slept with a 15 year old girl!! The parents didn't press charges because it was consent... like this dude is literally a pedo, it's disgusting.

Keywords: Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Retail Stories: She thought that was real?!

Let's lighten up the mood, and share some of the funny stories about my retail experiences!

"OOOOHHHH SHINY!"

"Sometimes customers see my watch, and get all excited. They're like, "Oh, is that the new Iphone watch?! That is so cool!".
I'm like, it's a 7 dollar watch I got off of EBAY, that flashes different colors.
But seriously, do you really think I'd be working retail, if I could easily spend 600-1000 dollars on a smart watch?!

I've had people look at me like I had four heads, because they assumed it was a smart watch, and it wasn't.

I'd like to make a purchase with my CardMaster Debit card!

A co-worker of mine brought this to the security guy, thinking it was someones actual card...
She's uh, not all there...

Paint your heart out girls!

This lady wanted a painting so she calls the store, asking if we still have this painting she saw yesterday. She was really vague about it, and said it was a bunch of yellow, and gold flowers, she didn't remember the price or anything else. I told her the descriptions of three yellow flower paintings, and one of them was the one she liked. So she thanks me, and says she'll come in to get it. Meanwhile the store is closing in 2 hours. She asks me for my name, so I said my name is James. So an hour later, this woman stops me on the floor. She asks me if "Jane" is working, and coincidentally, we do have a Jane, and she is working! So I told her yeah, Jane is a cashier, she has blonde hair...etc So I think nothing of it, and then a moment later, when I saw the lady near the paintings. It hit me.. Everyone always thinks I'm a girl on the phone, so this lady probably thought I said my name was Jane, and didn't realize I wasn't a girl. So I was like, that's going to be a doozy! An hour later, I'm telling  my friend Stephanie, that everyone thinks I'm a girl on the phone, and that the customer must have thought I was a woman. Jane was there, and she was telling us that the customer started to thank her for finding the painting! Jane, not knowing what was going on, said that she didn't do anything with a painting, and that she must have meant James. Then I told Stephanie about the time this lady called on the phone, asking for girls dresses. She came in later, found me, and was complaining to me about the "girl" (me) on the phone, saying we didn't have girls dresses, when we did. She just didn't like the selection.

 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.