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knitchick1979:

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kaijuno:

People always gloss over how mentally damaging it can be to work in retail. I fucking hate that whenever I say “I could never work in retail again” someone has to reply “You snowflake millennials can’t take a starter job because you have to INTERACT with other people” No. Fuck you. I’ve worked as a planetarium host. I’ve worked as a public speaker. I’ve worked as a tutor and as a student teacher. I can work with people. I can work with crowds. Retail was fucking different. Retail was being treated as a subhuman. Retail was being treated so poorly that you have anxiety attacks before work. Having to work retail was a factor in my last suicide attempt. If I hear you say one fucking word about retail workers playing the victim I will personally break every bone in your body. Fuck You.

The holidays are coming up. Retail workers are going to be spiraling into a nightmare beyond human comprehension. If you’ve worked retail, you know this. If you haven’t, be aware of it. Please be kind to every retail worker you come across. Please be patient and understanding. It is misery out there.

I don’t know why people have to treat retail workers so poorly. They’re human, LIKE YOU. Their boss is WORSE than yours (my retail bosses were terrible, my current boss is amazing). They don’t want to be there on the holiday but they have to because YOU insist on shopping. So dig deep, find those manners you were taught in kindergarten, and say please & thank you.

And if I am in the store and I see you being crappy to a retail worker I WILL CALL YOU OUT AND SHAME YOU. I’m so SICK of how our society seems to have forgotten basic decency and manners. It’s not hard to be polite.

Even more importantly than polite, be PATIENT. You’re the one choosing to shop at the busiest times of year, and before you get all “well they should have more people on the registers!” stop and think for a damn minute. Do you honestly believe the cashier ringing you out is responsible for the schedule? They aren’t.

Cashiers have no say in the schedule or who does and doesn’t show up. They have no say in how much stock gets ordered or how fast it sells out. They have no say in the stores policies. It is not the cashier’s fault. Don’t take it out on them.