Retail horror stories

[buckshot]

Originally Posted by rragland

I gave up retail because of people like this. I would have gotten fired had I been in this situation, because I probably would have gotten down on his level and engaged in a cursing match.

see i get some sick pleasure out of toying with people who have already lost their temper. so i will be overly nice to them to piss them off.

When i was at home depot i ran the gambit of retail workers. when i started i was hard working, motivated, nice even. then i started to dick around with customers a bit. then i just got apathetic. "whats that sir. you want to return the bbq you bought 2 months ago because its now the fall and you won't use it for another year? Sure. why not? my manager would approve it anyway."

i'd return just about anything since when i'd say no my boss would just approve it and make me look like a douche anyway.

but if i started telling stories of my days at ace hardware. THAT could take up the entire thread. constructing a canned air musket, almost burning the building down, twice. medievel night with 5 gallon paint stirrers. chasing big jim around the store shooting bent up paperclips at him with a rubberband and calling it "mammoth hunting". duct taping newbies 5 feet off the ground to the support pole in the back. i could go into more detail about these if anyone is interested in hearing them, but i think i'll just leave them as short little blurps for the moment.
and this was to be for those of us who worked in retail to complain about you "NORMS" (customers).