A five hour shift in retail is all it takes to lose faith in the entire human race. There's just something about shopping that gives customers a certain feeling of entitlement when they enter the store. Now, don't get me wrong; there are those few 15 percent of people who make it somewhat OK for the other 85 percent to go around messing up your displays and blatantly sticking items back where they don't belong. You've worked in retail long enough now to know how to grin and bear it, but that doesn't mean the things on this list don't get under your skin.

1. When you work all day on one display only to have a customer come by and do this...

2. And you have to stand there and smile like they didn't just waste four hours of your life.

3. When the first customer of the day asks you a question and you're still in a good mood, so you do your best to find the answer.

4. Five hours later when a customer asks you a question, but you couldn't care less what the right answer is, so you just start making up some shit to get it sold.

5. When a customer addresses you by your real name and you curse yourself for not remembering to bring your extensive collection of fake name tags.

6. When you're trying to be nice to the customer and they give you the finger, like, hold on, my time is more important than yours.

7. When you don't feel like dealing with anyone's shit, so you make yourself unavailable.

8. That moment when you realize you've been spending way too much time at work and it may be time to call in sick.

9. When you try to concentrate on the job, but it's too hard, so you start shopping for yourself again.

10. When they assign you to the one department that you really loathe.

11. When it's time to go home, but the customer doesn't care about your life and you can't kick them out because they're always right.

12. When you finally escape from jail and can feel the freedom.