Today, working in retail, I noticed a customer looking for an item, so I walked up to them and asked, "Is there something I can help you find?" He replied, "Did I ask for your fucking help?" FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, as I was working in retail, this guy shoved me into the shelves for asking if he needed help with anything, screaming at me that I need to leave him alone. FML
Today, while working retail, I spent 10 minutes helping a customer pick out the perfect outfit. At checkout, trying to be friendly, I said, “This will look great on you, it’s very forgiving.” He paused then said, “Forgiving of what?” I had no recovery. Just silence, a receipt, and a mortifying interaction. FML
Today, I was helping an older lady return her previously bought items to customer service. As she walked away and said "Thanks," I tried to say "You're welcome" and "No problem" at the same time. I ended up saying "Your problem". She scowled at me. FML
Today, I was at Walmart and I asked a guy working there where the scrapbooking stuff was. He led me to the aisle where it was and then said, "By the way, I don't work here." FML
Today, I passed a cashier when I came into a store. Later I passed him again as I was leaving, and he asked me if I needed help finding something because I had been in the store for a while. I told him I had been browsing upstairs, but in reality, I had been in the restroom the whole time. FML
Today, at the store, I didn't hear the cashier when she asked if I had a loyalty card. She took one look at my naturally bitchy-looking face and muttered "It's my JOB to ask, jeez." FML
Today, a customer filed a formal complaint with corporate about me, because I wouldn't help her find things she wanted while I was off the clock. We were in a completely different store than the one where I actually work. FML
Today, I was accused of being a "racist whore" at work. I'd only asked a man if he needed help finding anything, as that is part of my job. FML
Today, I was at the grocery store, when a little boy looked up at me and asked if I was a prostitute. FML
Today, a shopper approached me at Target and said, "So are you just gonna stand there to look pretty and do nothing around here?" I ignored his comment, until he got so upset that he wanted to speak to my manager. It would have been understandable if I actually worked there. FML
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DestinedforHell 16
And if you’d said nothing there would’ve been a complaint about being unable to find someone to help him. You just can’t please some people.
Sady_Ct 38
My mother is a bit like this, gets pissed when staff offer help, gets pissed when she wants help and they don’t offer. Super ******* embarrassing, to the point i now smile and gently step in and say ‘we don’t need help right now, thank you’ and then mum continues to bitch about it. I’m sorry you had to deal with that OP, some people will find everything to be a nasty person over.
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DestinedforHell 16
And if you’d said nothing there would’ve been a complaint about being unable to find someone to help him. You just can’t please some people.
Sady_Ct 38
My mother is a bit like this, gets pissed when staff offer help, gets pissed when she wants help and they don’t offer. Super ******* embarrassing, to the point i now smile and gently step in and say ‘we don’t need help right now, thank you’ and then mum continues to bitch about it. I’m sorry you had to deal with that OP, some people will find everything to be a nasty person over.
tipsyone 22
I’m sorry but you need to talk to your mom. She sounds like a douche!!
ghaith 13
Are customers allowed to cuss at retail workers like that? Dont you guys have the right to kick them out at that point? Just curious.
cazziuz1983 9
technically speaking the base employees do not normally,but the manager sure as hell does
Lurker1 9
Even before I was a Manager I kicked people out and hung up on people for talking to me like that. Still do it if I see a customer being rude to my staff. We don't get paid enough to be spoken too like that for trying to help. Majority of the time they apologize when they realize they were out of line
BurnInDemonFire 39
"Did I ask for your piece-of-shit attitude, you piece of shit?"
Sinshine 28
This is something very American. Over here, people let us shop in peace until we actually ask for help.
Elena Lin 2
That's not an American thing. It's a shitty attitude and rude A-holes ppl are like. So if that's what you do to ppl you're just as awful as he is.
Sinshine 28
I'd suggest reading again and overthinking your response. Because right now you're responding in the wrong context unless you mean to say that not disturbing people while they're minding their own business is an asshole attitude. Nobody's arguing that the customer responding like that was perfectly fine and dandy.
acmariner99 25
Some people are just having a bad day
alycion 39
You basically told a man he needed to stop and ask for directions. It’s like asking a woman her weight.
TeacherTeem 21
You could have stopped after “Today working in retail” and I would have agreed that your life sucks.
Penny Anne 3
There's helping and there's attack helping. A few years ago, I went with someone to Sears to buy a vacuum cleaner and the instant we approached the display, an older male associate set upon us with "Can I help you ladies?" and because we didn't even have a chance yet to look at ANY of the vacuum cleaners, how at this point, could we even have any questions? Well, we must have both had the same thought, because we both just ignored him. What did he do? He really persisted! Kept repeating louder and louder "Is there something I can help you with ladies?" and looking over at the girl behind the counter like "Do you see these two lunatics?" and finally I said "Yes, you can help us by letting us look over the selection of vacuum cleaners for a few moments and then be available when we need you. If you happen to be busy at that moment, we'll wait for you." I mean really, today, a shopper knows how much she wants to spend, and what features she requires, and presumably she can read, so we would have (and did) narrow it down to 2 of them in a matter of minutes and then bought one. What was he going to do? Give us a big mansplaination and demo each model like it was the 1930s???? Who has time for that today?