Today, I had to carry a 25kg bag of cement to an elderly customer's car because she refused to use a cart. "You're paid to work, so I'm gonna make you work." FML
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Today, at a customer's house, I was asked to carry her delivery of six pieces of heavy furniture up to her office. Normally, not a problem, but this insane woman had Witches' Stairs (Google them), which were was an accident begging to happen. She told my boss I was unhelpful, uncooperative, and rude. FML
Today, when I got home from work exhausted and literally ready to fall over, my mom had me carry several heavy bags of dog food for her. Yesterday, it was coals; before that it was horse feed and gas bottles. Before that, I'd just asked her to keep the hard, physical work to the weekends. FML
Today, at work, a customer threatened to punch me in the face because the store I work at doesn't have shopping baskets, only carts. FML
Today, while buying paint, I began to help an elderly woman working to lift some heavy boxes. She told me what a nice young lady I was. Then her boss came over, screamed at her for being lazy and fired her. She cried. So did I. FML
Today, my manager cussed me out for being unable to keep a customer happy. That "customer" was a senile old twit who had wandered away from his carer, thought our shop was his living room, and demanded to know who replaced all his furniture. FML
Today, I was helping my wife bring in the groceries. She was able to carry 4 bags and a jug of milk. I was struggling with 2 bags. FML
Today, I was at work as a cashier. An old lady unbagged everything I had, and angrily "taught" me how to bag. She put potatoes on her eggs and broke them. She then screamed that I was useless and retarded in front of all my other customers and manager. FML
Today, I asked an elderly customer at my work if she needed help with her groceries. She responded, "I normally would, but I'm afraid you'll eat all the groceries." FML
Today, a customer bought a bike. He paid for it and asked us to escort both him and the bike to a bus stop, about a 20-minute walk away. He had no car and said he couldn't bring the bike to the stop because it was "too heavy." When we said we're not allowed to abandon post, he cussed us out and called our manager. FML
Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML
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Top comments
kathrinex 26
The joys of working in retail!
peacheso 31
Carts are meant to convey goods from one point to other. OP could have used that time and effort elsewhere. That was unfair.
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Comments (71)
Zevon 10
So, why didn't YOU use a trolley?
Tripartita 45
That is the kind of rhetoric I use to get pizza delivery people to hand feed me pizza. If I'm lucky, they make airplane sounds, too.
ToxicTyrael 26
You made my day. XD
SixthSinEnvy 39
Just gotta love the customers who think because we work in retail we're there to be their personal mules.
writerchic85 26
So the implication from her was that because you weren't breaking your back before you must not have been working. What a troll.
moodyreallyrocks 27
I definitely feel for you OP!! I just hope that the rest of your day was more pleasant..
Schmavid64 13
I'm pretty sure you could have gotten one and your manager should have backed you up for OH&S reasons OP. If she complains you tell her those are the rules, doesn't matter what that bitch says.
HylianWarrior 21
Whoever said the customer is always right, never met a customer. 90% are idiots, assholes or both.
Lalala579121 28
And they could be democrats too
confused_wandere 26
If they are an idiot, then they are clearly a Republican. Although idiot and Republican do mean the same thing so...
One_Way 43
Only 90? What store did you work at?
thefmlman2011 37
do you work at bunnings by any chance? (not that it matters)
tompou6 19
who's to say you had to carry it. you could have put it in a cart or you have the right to refuse if you feel it's unsafe.
ayyy_bro 26
25kg? Toughen up princess.
viperAUS 15
some how 25kg is 100 hahah mate i lift this shit for a living
Calingaladha 21
It's 55 lb. not terribly heavy, but not the lightest thing to carry.
ThePandoricaOpen 18
And besides, some people can't carry that much weight for medical reasons.
AlchemistEd 12
#49, the post wasn't "i had to carry 25kg and I have a medical condition". some people with medical condition yes, but this is as near as can tell an average person without that. and the average person should be able to carry 25kg, if not they need to sort out their life.
wildstyle2007 8
25kg is almost half my body weight. what if OP was a female and even shorter than me? Or if they had to carry it across an entire car park. it was 38 degrees just the other day!