Today, was my first day at my new job in a shop. 10 minutes after my first customer leaves I realize she managed to steal $200 worth of merchandise while she had me getting stuff for her from the back room. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to help train a new employee at the register. It got busy so I had to take my eyes off her for a few minutes. At that time she managed to let someone walk out with $150 worth of fabric. I couldn't catch the customer. FML
Today, since it's company policy, I had to go to the back of my small store to retrieve an item for a customer, even though I was working by myself. I came back to find that since she couldn't get into the cash register, she found and stole my purse instead. FML
Today, while covering lunch for the self-checkout host, I noticed a customer walking away. I smiled and said, "Have a nice night!" A few minutes later, I saw that she'd left without paying on her machine. I'd smiled and waved at a lady as she stole from me. FML
Today, my manager challenged me to make two big sales at work. Seeing as customers spend a lot of money in our store, I decided the challenge was fairly easy and accepted. She immediately started stealing all of my sales. FML
Today, on my second day at my new job, my supervisor told me that I was ready to make a sale on my own. Things were going well, until said supervisor interrupted my sales pitch, apologized on my behalf for being new, and stole my sale. FML
Today, I opened my new clothing store. My only customer was my mom and the only reason she came in was to tell me that someone stole my sign. FML
Today, it was my first day of work at my new job. I got dressed and arrived early, only to find out that the store had closed due to a power outage. Then I found out that the person who'd hired me had totally forgotten about hiring me anyway. FML
Today, I was excited to start my new job. It was only when I was leaving after a long 8-hour day did I realize all of the personal documents I had I brought in for paperwork had been stolen. I'm now down a passport, social security card, and wallet. Great first day. FML
Today, I caught a grubby, evil-smelling, foul-mouthed woman blatantly shoplifting by stuffing electronics into her coat pockets, so I detained her and called the police. Less than an hour later I was fired. She was the shop owner's mother and “had permission” to just take stuff. FML
Today, at work, I had a customer accuse me of taking the giftcard I had issued her for her return, after spending 15 minutes trying to fix her screwed up transaction. She began to yell, and follow me around the store. Security had to intervene and I had to be locked in an office until she left. FML
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artsavage13 0
Welcome to the wonderful world of customer retail. Hope the boss wasn't hard on you.
baby_love 0
this happened to me during my first week of work. some woman stole about 5 pairs of the same jacket, just picked them up and walked out right in front of me and i work at banana republic so each jacket was around $150 -_-
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Comments (68)
wolfy_fml 5
lol I wonder why crap FMLs like this get through, but mine about having my SIN stolen (and money too) didn't make it. XDDD
Luckster 0
cause if it's not somewhat YDI-worthy or humorous, people think it's not worthy of making it to the front page. I've gotten plenty of FMLs rejected that where not YDI-worthy or funny, yet were about tales of my life that do indeed make it ******.
boatkicker 5
Yep same thing happened to me. Course I've also had a funny one be rejected. (Course it wasn't funny at the time it happened. It was quite frightening actually, but now two years later I find it quite hilarious.) But yeah unless its really YDI or funny it doesn't make it on, and even some of those dont make it. Sucks, yeah?
michaelcarell 0
well that sucks balls
PsYkIc 0
wow sue her ass off
deliapearl 0
sooooooo...where do you work?
plexico 4
Only $200 worth of stuff? Do you work at a 99 cent store? It's hard to imagine having the n00b employee on a wild goose chase and not taking thousands worth of stuff.
Luckster 0
Could have been a Gamestop where not very many valuables are actually sitting within thieving reach.
allmidnighteyes 11
I have my bets on it being a sex toy shop.
Luckster 0
Touche'!! You may be onto something. Though it's been a while since I've been to a sex shop, so I don't know what security tends to be like.
allmidnighteyes 11
Probably a gigantic dominatrix resembling Helga from American Gladiators... but with leather, chains, and a drilldo.
Luckster 0
Oh gawd the mental image!! XD
cerebellum_fml 0
what an image. probably roided up. Haha napoleon dynamite wife
allmidnighteyes 11
YOU HAVE THE GOLLUM THING AS YOUR DISPLAY PICTURE damn kids and their Gollum-beast hating.
cerebellum_fml 0
lol haha those kids in Panama stoned the gollum.
plexico 4
I wouldn't know about the prices at a sex toy shop. To get the really good, weird stuff, one has to shop on the internets. Or so I've heard.
arielhoee 9
I love how this fml went on to became a discussion about sex toys. o_o haha
allmidnighteyes 11
Gurrrl, that's the ONLY direction any FML can go.
arielhoee 9
Hmm..well. That's because there's too ******* many damn pervs now-a-days! Haha jkk. Perviness=awesomeness. ;D
candykiss620 0
YDI for not watching the shop.
Ohnothingreally 0
Troll. She had to get stuff for her from the back, she doesn't have eyes on the back of her head.
fringle 0
Nah, trolls say things like ydi for being a ***** and other nonsenses like that
Ohnothingreally 0
Fringle-True that... Then candykiss does not know how to read the whole FML before commenting.
jane99 0
People steal things from retail all the time. You couldn't have prevented it. I find empty packages all over the store I work at.
Starsmydog 0
Yes she could have. Rule number one while working in retail. NEVER and I mean NEVER go into the back when there are people in the store. Especially if there is only one person working. If they don't have the size on the floor aka front of the store, than you say your out. You don't give people the chance, she clearly did. She should get fired, but this is a fake fml. If she just got hired they wouldn't trust her to manage the store all by herself.
leisl14 0
my boss left me alone for 30 mins on my first day so she could have her lunch break.
ErinLJ 0
Aww today was ur first day and last day
ShadowNine 0
Noob.
shyp0205 0
ahha, so funny