It’s back to school season which means new schools, new classes, new supplies, and obviously new clothes. While customers live it up jumping from one sale to the next, retail workers are living their absolute nightmare. So here’s 15 things only retail workers understand during back to school season.
1. When you’re clocking in for your shift and your manager tells you to get excited because it’s going to be a busy day.
Yes, I’m so excited to be stuck in this store with rude customers and horrible music for the next 5+ hours. WOOHOOO.
2. When you get cut off while greeting customers
3. When you finally finish straightening a whole table of merchandise and a customer comes and messes it up.
It’s fine. It’s not like I spent 30 minutes trying to make everything look nice or anything.
4. When a customer doesn’t understand BOGO deals
5. When you go check the fitting rooms
6. When people try to pay with checks
7. When you have 30 minutes to go buy food, eat, and run back to the store before your break ends
8. When customers try to return an item that has clearly been worn
9. When a customer hands you change after you’ve already entered the amount into the register
I passed college calculus but I have no idea how to
calculate how much change they need.
10. When you have to pretend to be peppy and excited around customers
11. When customers argue with you over prices you have no control over
I am a teenage retail employee working a minimum wage
job. I literally have no control over anything in this store.
12. When an uncooperative customer demands to speak to your manager and your manager tells them the exact same thing that you did
13. When customers ask how I’m doing
14. When people come into the store 7 minutes before closing
“Can I help you find anything in particular?” “Nope,
just browsing.” “Oh…okay….”
15. When you clock out for the day and customers try asking you for help
