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My boss tells me to go into the bathroom to initial that the bathroom has been inspected at every time it's supposed to be, So there I am making up initials for every day when I hear a little kid's voice from the stall. "Who's out there?" "Just some guy." "...don't kidnap me!" "Ok." "PLEASE don't kidnap me." "...are your parents rich?" "...no." "Well never mind then." "Thank you!"
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CaptainBtaksDad posted:Job is to use a register designed to be idiot proof to check out items and be polite to customer in an air conditioned retail setting. Lord how I wish pin pads were idiot proof, ours were really poorly designed and we had to attach labels to them to explain what the options really mean. It's not so bad if you're using a credit card, but if you use debit it gets tricky fast. Debit card with swipe. You can swipe your card at any time during the transaction and it will let you ask for cash back, but if you do it before I hit the debit button on my register it's run it as credit and you won't get any cash back. Debit card with chip. It will display two debit options, visa/master card/whatever your card is debit and us debit/debit if you pick your card type debit, it runs it as credit. If you manage to get to the cash back screen, it'll give two choices, OK and CANCEL. OK means yes, CANCEL is no, so people who don't want cash back often hit OK panic, pull their card instead of asking for 0 back. Or if they do want cash back, hit the dollar amount then hit zero and make it ten times as much since it automatically goes to the nearest dollar, panic and pull their cards without hitting the back button. Then they'll get to the final stage, punch in their pin and yank out their card before getting the remove card message. Oh and the area the CANCEL button is turns into a button that'll cancel the transaction and if you leave your finger near it you can really accidentally trigger it. Starman Super DX posted:Please please please tell me that this actually happened. I gave that a very robust lol It really happened. 
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Jun 13, 2017 14:43
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Efexeye posted:yo man maybe retail isn't the best career for you to be pursuing I'm working retail until I get into grad school, I can't imagine doing this as a career even with all the government benefits I get.
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Jun 14, 2017 19:05
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I lost my voice for a few days on the job once, I had a note to show the customers that said "credit or debit?" and on the reverse side, "Bottom debit is the real debit." I rather enjoyed the experience other than people asking me why I wasn't speaking and not understanding when I pointed to my throat, "Can't you just TELL me why you're not speaking?" Eventually I got a handful of cough drops and would pull those out instead.
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Jun 16, 2017 19:54
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:It's not just retail, I think it happens in all types of customer service. A friend of mine works in a library and he recently went interstate and visited another library and people started asking him reference questions. Well, you know, sometimes your girlfriend won't give you a celery job.
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Jun 17, 2017 16:01
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When I was working in a grocery store in Alaska with a week left to go I had a customer do the, "If it doesn't scan the first time it's free!" joke. "Actually I have to charge you 20 dollars." *customer looks aghast. "Yeah, I hate that policy, but what are you going to do?" "I can't believe-" "Just kidding!" For some baffling reason they didn't find that joke very funny. 
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Jun 20, 2017 07:05
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Ein cooler Typ posted:what race was the female in the minivan Inuit.
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Jun 26, 2017 21:59
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nm posted:This year, copper river salmon costs resturants $50/lb so retail's going to be more. The prices are high, but not THAT high. http://www.thecordovatimes.com/2017/06/02/copper-river-salmon-sales-hot/
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Jun 27, 2017 03:58
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nm posted:Note the early season prices they quote. That is when they were selling if for $75 at pikes place per that very article. I was talking about 50 dollars a pound at restaurants and retail being higher. Pike's Place you're paying for the experience.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:35
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Grem posted:Who do I have to kill to get loyalty cards to stop being a thing? I had to offer customers a rewards card that didn't have any actual rewards, you have to go online and manually fill it with coupons after you register it and you have to keep on doing that in order to use it.
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Jun 28, 2017 04:52
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I'm working at a commissary this summer and I have to card/scan everyone's ID, including people in uniform. The only ones who ever object to it are boomers, WWII/Korean vets have all been chill as hell so far.
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Jun 29, 2017 00:14
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I was working at a gym about ten years ago, there was a special sale for 15 dollar a month memberships, someone tried to haggle it down. "Sir I can't change the price for you." "Everything is negotiable." "Ok, 20 bucks a month." "Hey that's higher I'm not gonna pay that!" "Everything is negotiable and 25 bucks a month."
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Jul 8, 2017 16:59
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Rutibex posted:you dont need a job in alaska, just trap fur animals I knew someone who did that, eventually though they got a girlfriend and moved to a city and got a job installing security systems. They got on the job training for it too!
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Aug 1, 2017 05:01
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I'm working at a commissary and sometimes I have to inform people that as a federal employee I can't accept coupons that expired during a previous presidential administration. 
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Aug 1, 2017 16:10
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I had a customer point across the store at our bulk bags and ask me to get her a bag of dog food from "the end over there" while pointing at the bags of salt. "I have no idea what brand you want, you'd have to be a lot more specific and I can't leave the self checkout area ma'am."
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Aug 12, 2017 07:01
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Navin Johnson posted:In Oregon, sales tax is constuitionally verboten. Therefore, all prices advertised are accurate. Also, gently caress Oregon. Aw, but my parents grow weed there. 
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Return Of JimmyJars posted:If you don't like it in the greatest state in the union you can get the gently caress out. I think there are many people who like Alaska but don't live there.
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