First off, don't take me the wrong way, I absolutely love my job in retail. I love my co-workers, and I love making a woman feel beautiful inside and out. However, some of the things you hear and see are just plain ridiculous. I have only worked in retail for a little over a year, so I have very minimal experience. Here is a list of the major things we in retail hate.
1. Don't pick crappy music for the store.
Whoever is in charge of picking the store music for any retail store needs to be fired! Some of it is just awful! I do not need to hear "Happy" by Pharrell every single time I go into a store. I am to the point where some of these songs I hear at work give me nightmares about something disastrous happening at work. I think I will live for a week if I can go without hearing "The Name Game."
2. The Magical Stockroom doesn't exist.
Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but there is no magical stockroom that holds your exact size. Only major chains have huge stockrooms, like Walmart. Retail employees are not trying to hide anything from you. We would like to apologize to the public that our stockrooms are not equivalent to the Narnia wardrobe. This is it folks:
3. Stop telling us how to do our job.
This is probably hands down, the worst. Strangers complaining about how we do our job or telling us how to do our job is awful. Believe it or not, we actually get paid to do this! Also believe it or not, we are not paid to be your slave whenever you come into the store. We are also human beings. How would you like it if someone came into your professional place of work and constantly explained to you how to do your job. It is disrespectful! Being a customer you have absolutely no idea what happens in the store before or after you are there. Follow the golden rule and we won't have a problem.
4. Yes, I only speak English.
I do not have to be bilingual to work in retail. I can speak some German, but I haven't had a German customer yet. I do not expect you to speak English when you come into the store, but for you to expect me to speak your native language is uncalled for. I will still try to help you, but I can't help it if I don't understand you or your terrible game of charades. Cussing at me in another language is also uncalled for.
5. Talking on your cell phone.
There is no one that you desperately need to talk to while shopping. Talking on your cell phone in public is disrespectful anywhere. Especially while at the cash register. If you talk on your cell phone in the store it slows down your experience, so by all means don't wait the extra two minutes to make a call. It might give the employees something interesting to talk about when you leave.
6. Coming in at closing.
Believe it or not there is a sign on our door that states the store hours. Everyone has somewhere or something they need to do when we get off work, so please don't hold us up. Coming in five minutes to closing is disregarding that we have a life outside of work, so please just don't do it. I have had a customer say to me at closing, "I know you are closing right now, but I am still going to try on these clothes anyhow!"
Don't be this person. Don't be rude. You should treat people with respect.
