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A Woman Shows What It’s Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

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Christmas is, definitely, a hectic time. Especially for those who forget or postpone buying gifts until the very last second. Then they ought to rush to the closest store and try to whip up a good gift as fast as possible. That, unfortunately, can lead to quite a big mess. It’s all right if the person cleans up after themselves, however that is an extremely rare case.

Cassie Wade from Nashville, Tennessee posted an eye-opening series of pictures that showed how awful some stores look during the holiday season. The photographs showcased the results of many people rummaging through the items, although at first look you might think that a tornado struck the stores in question.

One woman recently came across a total mess caused by Christmas shoppers

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

And she immediately took to Facebook to show it to the world

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

In her Facebook message, the woman also focused on how terrible this time is for the retail workers. Not only do they need to clean up all the messes made by customers, they also have to endure people being rude, as Wade witnessed. She used her social media platform to not only call out people for their questionable actions, but to also urge people to treat the retail workers with human decency.

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

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A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

People who responded to Wade’s post were horrified by the images showcasing the mess, and shared their sentiments on being kind to retail workers. One person even suggested buying them various gift cards, like Starbucks, as a way to offer something back during one of the most difficult times of the retail year.

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

It’s no secret that the holiday season is extremely stressful for retail workers, who not only have a risk of missing out on Christmas dinner with their family, but also have to deal with an insane amount of stress during holidays. Not only is there an influx of people who can cause all sorts of damage, but the need to get the best gift and the best deal can truly bring out the worst in people.

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Here’s how people responded to the images

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

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A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

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A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

A Woman Shows What It's Like To Work In Retail During The Holidays, Asks People To Be Nicer To Employees

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

What do you think ?

B 4 years ago

I worked stacking shelves one time in December. Suddenly the shop's doors opened and there was one hell of a racket. I nearly got run over by some idiot pushing a shopping cart, and then I was shoved aside by a mob of apes rushing to get past. I didn't know the shift I'd pulled was midnight on Black Friday. People become frenzied over buying c**p they don't really need while casting aside basic human decency. I fear for the future of the planet if these people are their kids' role models.

22points

Kalika Burgau 4 years ago

I worked a black Friday as extra help and I was only like 2wks into the job (stocker at Walmart) and I knew it wouldn't be a easy or anything but that year a particular video game had come out and I'm only 5'3" and there were guys lined up like a long line and they were not small. Not judging them because of that but stating it because as soon as the store declared they could get there's instead of staying in a line and letting me hand them 1 at a time as the sign at the beginning said they rushed me. I was knocked down not 1 or 2 times but 4.i finally had to radio a manager because I had no prior training for this and 2 had to come and separate me out from these people!

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Kath Leen 4 years ago

some people really need to grow some decency. gees. a little respect to these stores and items.

21points

Kalika Burgau 4 years ago

Yes because being respectful and putting s**t back helps the workers so much!

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Al Jones 4 years ago

The service industry has normalised the abuse of its staff with "the customer is always right" saying. Providing a good service to customers does not mean that there shouldn't be a minimum standard of behaviour (i.e. common decency) by the customer.

16points

Lucas 4 years ago

Not in every country thankfully.

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cybermerlin2000 4 years ago

I live in the UK and I have seen a similar sort of thing happen once in my entire life but not as bad as this! The mom dragged her 2 snot hurlers into the aisle and made them clean it all back up. They were probably 5 or 6 years old. The staff didn't klnow about it until the mom apologised at the till for the mess and said they may want to check the aisle to make sure nothing was broken, missing or in the wrong place. She left her address in case of damages. She told kids got told off quietly but she took the time to explain to them why. Mum of the year! This sort of thing is rare in the UK. I believe there is nothing so soul destroying than the British tut of disapproval

8points

Rubee Tubesteak 4 years ago

I've worked in hospitality for 19 years, and it never ceases to amaze me how blatantly s****y some people can be. It should be mandatory that all Americans work in customer service for at least one year in their lifetime...they'd learn a lot.

8points

pusheen buttercup 4 years ago

Not an American thing in my opinion, just a jerk thing. :) There are those of us in america who know how to respect those in customer service- mostly, those of us, who are working in customer service. XD But yes, some people are just jerks, where they come from doesn't really matter.

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Bill Taylor 4 years ago

People that make these messes don't realize that a human being eventually has to clean it up and that clean up usually happens after the store closes. Disgusting, these shoppers should be ashamed of themselves.

8points

Davidswifey 4 years ago

uhh yes people do actually know that the messes that they leave behind are cleaned up by actual people. I have actually seen people make messes like that and heard people laugh while leaving an isle and telling whoever their with or on the phone with “I wonder how long they will spend cleaning everything up”

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Mad Mar 4 years ago

I worked retail from 9 til about age 30. I will not ever do it again. Holiday shoppers always say "sucks having to work black Friday/Xmas Eve" well if ya didn't need to shop we would be home with family. As for the yelling at cashiers and floor people...those pics say it all. If we had it then it was on the floor. Now it's sold/broken/stolen/or somewhere in that mess. And we always had to stay an clean EVERYTHING back up for the next day. Even if we closed at 1 am. We would stay til cleaned. And we were always told if we didn't work those holiday hours we would be fired. Many jobs I worked would wait til the day after Xmas and I would go back in an be given a pink slip. Temp help. Not that I didn't start in May well before holidays. That was at least three jobs that did that to me. Just be nicer to people. We would stand all day. Be yelled at. Not allowed to even go pee or have a break. We didn't and don't make much money to take the abuse.

8points

The Pants with Nobody Inside 4 years ago

I am so sorry. You are made of stronger stuff than I. I worked one retail job as seasonal help and I'll never do it again. It is a grueling, thankless job. Even when there are federal laws in place to protect workers from some of those conditions, you'll always find employers who will push the envelope and get away with whatever they can. My job as a housekeeper was nowhere near cushy, and I tolerated a lot of abuse, but it was made easier because I was behind the scenes and didn't often have to deal with the public. People are mean.

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Missy Barton 4 years ago

"At least I haven't cried today" I feel that in my former call center employee soul. What's left of it anyway.

8points

BigCityLady 4 years ago

I worked retail for about 7 years in the ‘80’s before they had these ridiculous extended hours b******t. It was an upscale jewelry store and we were barraged with rude customers back then. Since I endured working retail, I refrain from shopping on Black Friday. Also, when I do shop I am always courteous and compassionate towards retail staff. Once you work in retail, your objectivity towards human kindness goes out the window never to be sent again!

7points

BigCityLady 4 years ago

Also back then, we at least had Thanksgiving off. I hate that these corporations make the employees work on thanksgiving because it is unnecessary. They are just greedy d***s!q

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Kalika Burgau 4 years ago

Same. I avoid black Friday in person and keep my online purchases to needs or things that are usually ridiculously priced and I'm always polite to any service person be it food retail whatever. After my experience as a Walmart black Friday worker I just can't allow myself to add to that

1point

Soggy Crumpet 4 years ago

Most employers ask for volunteers first for holidays and a lot of people like the time and a half pay. So this does NOT apply to everyone. AND I worked at Barnes and Noble (before e-readers we’re a thing and books were still vogue) and I loved working on Black Friday. The energy of the hectic day was fun and invigorating.

0points

Rachael Marrast 4 years ago

During the holidays, people in the service industry should be able to treat others how they are treated. I would straight up lose my job over people being such entitled a**hats. I will not tolerate disrespect done to me just as those doing the disrespecting would not want it done to them. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

7points

Lucas 4 years ago

I always told my staff that if someone on the phone swears at you say 'please don't swear at me, if you swear one more time I will hang up' and then to actually follow through with it if necessary. No-one should be forced to endure such a horrible attitude. If people want some form of help they can at least be civil. When people make complaints they should remember that it will rarely be the fault of the poor sod who ends up dealing with them.

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Sterrinatu 4 years ago

I use to work at Target and this is exactly what the store looked like for the holidays. I can't tell you how many parents have yelled at me because we were sold out of the toy they wanted for their precious brat that just destroyed the store. Not sure why I was being yelled at, I don't have kids and I didn't buy all the toys!!!!!!

7points

The Pants with Nobody Inside 4 years ago

Good grief. When an employee is assisting me and we discover together that the item I wanted is out of stock, they always politely say "I'm sorry", and I always respond "It's okay -- it's not your fault. Thanks for your help". It costs nothing to be a decent human being.

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Alan Luo 4 years ago

This reminds me of Nike stores 15057312_1...692676.jpg

6points

Mia Cardenas 4 years ago

people: what a disgrace.

5points

Carol Emory 4 years ago

This is what happens when you raise your kids without making them take responsibility for their own actions. This is also what happens when you commercialize Christmas to the point of forgetting what the season is all about. It's not about the perfect tree or the perfect gift. It's about family, it's about faith and treating your fellow man with love and understanding. If you treat people like trash then you ARE trash. Show a little respect!

5points

K.B. 4 years ago

Not sure why you got downvoted for speaking the cold hard truth

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

Y'know, I've seen this kind of chaotic rudeness from people in several countries, and it just makes me wonder what the heck is wrong with the human species!

5points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Greed and entitlement. Whoever started that "The customer is always right" c**p anyhow? The customer is usually *wrong*. They don't know the store's buying/stocking dynamics, they don't know the cash flow or the amount of monthly sales. They just *want*. And as far as I'm concerned, they can want all they like; it's just not there! Oh, I've met my fair share of "don't bother me; I'm just here to et a paycheck' types in retail, but for the most part they'll try to help you.

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Melanie McGreevey 4 years ago

Hell, I work at michaels as part of the replenishment team. Sure, this time of year my shift begins at either midnight or 1am, but it's the only time of the year i get hours enough to eat and pay my bills. Underemployment is very real.

3points

Femur! 4 years ago

Again, this is awful. I know my country is s**t for others, and it's severely damaged by the corruption and the "narcos" but this is outrageous....!!! I've never seen a retail store here so disordered, seriously people on that country does not have common sense? They do not feel shame and regret after letting the store like that? C**p...

3points

Bunzilla 4 years ago

Yikes. I had no idea it was this bad. I always get all my x-mas shopping done by early December at the latest, so I don't add to this madness. Also, x-mas time or not, I leave the store at least as neat as when I came in, if not neater; And to be pleasant to employees. I feel like that's just basic human decency? I can't fathom why people think it's okay to treat employees like dirt. I hope karma comes along and bites these people on the a*s. There's no excuse for that kind of behaviour. None. Anyone who has to work retail over the holidays- I wish I could give all of you a hug. I can't imagine what that's like. People can be so horrible.

3points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

I shop all year long, because I will NOT go into the stores in December! I'm crippled, and people are horrible to me as well--not to mention I can't get down aisles like those shown! I generally apologise to employees, because I know I'm making extra work for them. And, you know, 'please' and thank you' go a long way, too. These aren't servants--and I'd say that to servanys as well.

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Paul Mitchell 4 years ago

That's not shopping, that's trashing the place. Their disgusting entitlement is being taught to their kids. I hope the store is making a huge margin to put up with that low life.

3points

Joshua Selbitschka 4 years ago

As someone who works retail and has worked retail for 6 years(somehow still sane) seeing this post rekindles a little bit of my faith in humanity. The rest is still lost and if you find it, could you return it to me?

3points

Stephanie Blasyak 4 years ago

I feel you, I worked in retail for a long time and I was very good at my job, so good that I was the person who would get all the worst clients sent to them because I was very patient, kind and very good at smoothing things over. Long story short I ended up quitting for my mental health. I remember crying in the car on my way home during the holidays, I started hating Christmas, I started to despise people and I didn't like who I was becoming so I quit before who I was was totally lost. I'm now starting to like the holidays again.

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Nubmaeme 4 years ago

Be strong. Tie a knot in the end of your rope and hang on. It will be over soon. I spent 27 years in retail. I've seen it go from grateful, polite customers to something resembling riding herd in the middle of a hellbent stampede. I pray for those of you who have taken up the retail gauntlet.

3points

pusheen buttercup 4 years ago

Heyyyy! Same, six years! Do we get a medal? (I think we should)

1point

Davidswifey 4 years ago

I think it took off with mine and other customer service workers

0points

Nunya 4 years ago

I don't go out to stores during Christmas time. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, I avoid any store. Thousands of people, all pushing, shoving, yelling, stealing, ripping, and leaving a wake of wreckage like these pictures...all in the name of "Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.". Oh, and frankly, I'm not Christian and so don't celebrate the holiday. I don't want to be a hypocrite. Money really should not even have a purpose during the holidays, except the help those in need.

3points

NAS 4 years ago

The holidays are THE WORST time of the year. I work for a large bank, & from Black Friday until January 2nd I cannot count how many times I'm called the B-word or MF, besides the screaming, for issues of their own mistakes. And when you kindly explain what they missed, the abuse gets worse. Our department literally has a 'Zen Room' that you can go into to regroup after a bad call. There has been a line to get in the door since Thanksgiving!

2points

Jessica Brannan 4 years ago

Definitely not unusual, especially at stores that require you to push out stock to where there's no room and customers generally don't give a damn about the work you need to do to make sure everything's in its place. Retail makes you hate people. Glad I don't have to do that anymore.

2points

Sherri Hervey Roese 4 years ago

I worked retail and it was like this all the time at the store I was, not just Christmas. People just don't care

2points

Layla 4 years ago (edited)

It's really sad that because of awful people, a lot of employees probably grow to dread the arrival of the Christmas season... More work hours, more mess to deal with, more customers who think they're entitled to shout at your face... So much for festive cheer...

2points

OHIOWAndering_Around 3 years ago

I was an alcoholic when I was in retail. As soon as I quit I didn't have a problem. Funny how that works.

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ChristinaS 4 years ago

Holiday spirit?!? Haha what's that?

2points

Shannon Matthews 4 years ago

Not cashiering, but last Christmas season, I was a "santa's helper" at the local mall. I thought it would be wonderful because of all the children. But no matter what I did (greeting, photographing, showing the digital images, or cashiering), the parents were absolutely awful. They would yell, complain, belittle, and just generally be rude. I spent many nights crying in my car before I was able to drive home to be with my child.

2points

Vernice Aure 4 years ago

It doesn't stop at Christmas. The first two weeks of January are even worse for Customer Service/Return Associates. There are nightmare lines of people exchanging items or returning items for cash. One year my store decided that it would be a great service/gimmick to accept items "No Questions Asked". I was yelled at because: we didn't have the size/color/style/model they wanted (even if it wasn't from our store), lines too long, took too long to look up item prices when they had no receipt, or couldn't give full price return when the item was bought on sale. One woman brought in 3 bags of baby clothes to return, none from our store. It took an hour to look up all the item codes to find out if it was ours and if not, what was closest to it to determine an approximate cost to figure out how much money to return to her. All those things went to corporate where they were processed and then trashed. Brand new.

1point

TheDragonPSA 4 years ago

I worked various retail jobs for over 20 years. Getting out of that industry was the best thing I ever did.

1point

Russian Otaku 4 years ago

Legalize shooting filthy annoying germ monsters.... er I mean "kids" with tranq guns and all problems are solved and call security to fine parents for the mess or anything broken

1point

Ruth Beaty 4 years ago

A major portion of the problem is that stores try to keep employee costs low, ie: not hiring enough people or not using them to keep their profits up at this time of year. And the really s****y companies fire them on Christmas eve, I worked at WalMart and personally saw this happen, and cash drawers wouldn't hardly shut for the money the store raked in!

1point

Zenozenobee 4 years ago

How the hell the clients have been raised? Since when respecting people became so overated?

1point

rai mei 4 years ago

I'm just curious if this only happens in America. I'm Asian and this does not happen in our country.

1point

Lucas 4 years ago

Have two sisters who work in shops in the UK - neither have experienced anything like this and I've never seen it when shopping.

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

It's pretty much an American phenomenon. Between the No Child Left Behind nonsense and The Customer Is Always Right, people have forgotten to be pleasant and polite, because it's their RIGHT to be rude and obnoxious. And since a lot of children are brought up with the 'my darling can do no wrong' attitude, it carries over into adulthood. When you add the excrescence in the White House, and HIS behavior, people are encouraged to be at their worst.

1point

Melusine 4 years ago

I've lived in Europe and South America and have never seen anything like it.

0points

Kathy Baylis 4 years ago

I haven’t Christmas shopped in brick and mortar stores for decades because of c**p people like this. I started ordering gifts way back in the 1980s, when you had to request a paper catalog, fill out the enclosed order form, put the form and a check for the calculated total in the (also enclosed) envelope, stick a stamp on it, mail it, and wait for the boxes to arrive. You had to shop early back then, because doing an exchange or return took so long. It’s so much easier, not to mention faster, now. No searching forever for parking, no fighting crowds, no long lines, no carrying multiple bags of gifts around or schlepping them to the car to store in the trunk while you buy more, no sweating in multiple overheated stores while wearing a winter coat, no stress. I’m usually almost done before the beginning of December, except for a little bit of last minute stuff, like food. Makes for a more enjoyable holiday season. Love it.

1point

Pretty Pangolin 4 years ago

These pix literally look like the aftermath of an earthquake. We can do better than this.

1point

Demi Zwaan 4 years ago

This just wouldn’t happen here. Employees would stop you and kick you out. And then clean up. This is ridiculous.

1point

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

The employees can't clean up till they close because there aren't enough of them, and those they do have are busy solving other crises.

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Lynda Momalo 4 years ago

If you want to get an idea of just how common rude and terrible customers are, read just a few of the entries at NotAlwaysRight.com (i.e., The terrible people who believe "The Customer is Always Right" and so demand to have whatever they want, however they want, and treat store workers however they want.) The overwhelming gratefulness the customer service workers feel when another customer sticks up for them, or tells off the rude person is palpable -- and even the tiniest bit of encouragement, respect, or gift (something as small as a piece of candy) can bring some of them to absolute tears of joy. (Unfortunately, store/restaurant managers are so terrified of a bad review online that they inadvertently train customers to be nightmarish by rewarding terrible behavior.)

1point

J. Normal 4 years ago

This is a bit late (for this year). I buy small candy canes and hand them out to workers while I am shopping. Does not cost much and even if they can not accept gifts/ tips , this is small enough to not count.

1point

Crycket 4 years ago

Count me amongst the numbers that can't stand Xmas. 10 years dealing with that kind of abuse, plus permanent neck damage from bad ergonomics + Xmas lines. I go into hibernation mode. I need to limit my exposure to it as much as possible. Plus, Xmas can some years end up being half a year, by the time you do Xmas in July, Xmas stuff hitting stores in Sept, then boxing day sales that sometimes leak into February....it is a one day (arguably two) holiday!!

0points

Julia King 4 years ago

I am coming up with a list of underappreciated people: 1. Police 2. Retail workers 3. Teachers 4. Waiters/Waitresses 5. Cashiers 6. Ordinary people who do things out of the kindness in their heart (these are very rare, thank you if you are one!) If I missed any plz comment

0points

Hanna 4 years ago

I guess some stores employ more staff. Boxing day at Zara's was like those pictures above. Everything everywhere. Walked into H & M and it was neat and tidy but packed with shoppers

0points

Konigin zucker 4 years ago

ew

0points

pusheen buttercup 4 years ago

I'm not even a little surprised.

0points

Marnie 4 years ago

I don't know how this trend started. I have hardly gone shopping in years, but recently went to Kohl's for shoes. I could not believe there were just open boxes everywhere. Nobody puts back what they take out and try on! I mean, seriously, didn't any of them have mothers to teach them how to behave like responsible people?! I was SHOCKED.

0points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

They have mothers who taught them, "Don't bother; this is what we pay the employees to do."

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Florence Hastings 4 years ago

How can people act like that?! What is wrong with them? Stress is no excuse.

0points

Dina Voormey 4 years ago

Nothing like that here in the Netherlands!! I saw how shoes were " treated" in department stores in America.....unbelievable!!!

0points

Bernardita Valdés 4 years ago

Those ppl should be forced to stay in the store until they leave every mess the left completely clean. Or at least receive some kind of penalty fee for the chaos caused.... this surely is prohibited tho...

0points

ShareMusic 4 years ago

The Black Friday (black Thursday now) crush is primarily caused by the retailer, probably Walmart. Before the Black Friday sales, there were weekly sales to get people in the stores with rain checks if they sold out. I hate crowds and I did only one early morning Black Friday to discover that the retailer had not stocked enough items for everyone who wanted one with no rain check option. Never again. Just wasn't worth it. It's all just stuff that we throw away eventually anyway.

0points

Davidswifey 4 years ago

I know from working at the store mentioned by you, the out of stock problem on things seen as “big ticket” or items “heavily advertised due to price” a great deal of our Black Friday stock was not decided by the individual stores or the individual stores managers or anyone who actually was in the store. The store manager gets a few emails before the start of the season detailing the Black Friday sales paper, and a list of everything that is listed in the paper, it’s SKU#, the normal price and sales price, and quantity the store was getting for Black Friday and if it’s getting refilled at sale price.

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Vicky Zar 4 years ago

Never seen something like this in Germany.

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Sivi 4 years ago

I feel really lcuky to get free this holiday. Not missing the screaming, yelling or getting things thrown at me(so far its been clothing items, just stay away from the pans and we good)

0points

Davidswifey 4 years ago

I had a vacuum thrown at me because the color wasn’t like the advertisement showed, clothes and other things over the years. After my last one 3/5 years ago (I honestly don’t know how long it’s been) and won’t even go shopping on the days

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Annie Olimpo 4 years ago

Agreed,,,,,I don’t work in retail, but I am a hostess at a scratch kitchen/brewery......the self entitlement., and outrageous expectations are unreal......even worse social media provides a platform ,to post ridiculous reviews.......but they continue to return weekly, ...miserable and angry........karma is real karen

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Welfare clients are just as bad, if not worse. "What do you mean, we don't get extra money/food stamps/whatever they want at Christmas?" Or they want to travel for the season. Or they have another new baby and they need/want ______ . I don't miss it at all.

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Austin Havens 4 years ago

Welcome to our new “merchandising process” - compliments of your fellow shoppers!

0points

Everleigh 4 years ago

I wouldn't want to worm retail unless my life depends on it! Sorry for those employees that do and they should get a temporary raise during the holidays!

0points

AnnaB Premium 4 years ago

I have NEVER seen a store look like this during the holidays. Where are these places and what kind of people (animals) shop in them???

0points

Candace Fitzpatrick 4 years ago

I’m sorry Nashville, I’m sure not all of you are like that! I can’t believe this type of savage behaviour exists! I’ve never ever seen anything like that!

0points

Sardonic Scribe 4 years ago

Totally agree - I go out of my way to be extra nice to retail staff during the Christmas season. Too many people are agitated, rushed & just plain angry. A little niceness goes a long way!

0points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

I've been known to tell other customers off for being ignorant a******s. And I usually end it with, "And why did you wait till the last minute, anyway? Are you too lazy to shop responsibly?"

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Jennie-Lind Normand 4 years ago

I so don't miss working in retail! I worked in a Canadian chocolate/ice cream store and Christmas, valentines and Easter were HELL. I thought that was bad until I managed a small bakery that was in a downtown mall in Ottawa (Canada's capital) and open for Canada day (Canada's birthday). I don't think I'd go back for all the money in the world

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Heather Mack-Scott 4 years ago

I don't know why people had to be such a@#$%^$ this time of year. I use to work retail and even at a deli in my local grocery store when I was younger. It breaks my heart the way some people behave this time of year. :(

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Joselito El Zapatero 4 years ago

funny how these things always seem to happen in the US

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

I've seen it in six nations, only one of which was the US.

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Andrew Hall 4 years ago

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Chris DiFonso 4 years ago

Andrew Hall, fork off

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Keti Ledeno 4 years ago

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The Pants with Nobody Inside 4 years ago

Clearly you've never been in a service job, because you'd understand that your shift is filled with mandatory duties which keep you busy no matter how many customers are present or how they handle the merchandise. In situations like this, employees should receive hazard pay at twice their normal rate.

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Beans 4 years ago

??? I'm Australian, I worked retail in Australia a number of years ago, and you are wrong. I have seen stuff like that and worse-- fitting rooms PILED with garments, stuff everywhere, neatly packed giftpacks unrwapped just to check the size/scent etc.... people clamoring over themselves to get a bargain-- lets not forget that in Paramatta yesterday people crushed each other at the chances to get 5-10 dollar gift cards at Westfield. People waited til midnight with kids for a piddly gift card amount... like if you think it doesn't happen here you're wrong. EDIT: my post got glitched so I deleted and had to repost.

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Lara Harris 4 years ago

I've never seen anything like this in the UK. I've seen dressing rooms get messy and I've seen displays where jumpers are laid out get messy, but I've never, ever seen that level of destruction in aisles or to actual items. This is unbelievable. Who behaves like this?

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Beans 4 years ago

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B 4 years ago

I worked stacking shelves one time in December. Suddenly the shop's doors opened and there was one hell of a racket. I nearly got run over by some idiot pushing a shopping cart, and then I was shoved aside by a mob of apes rushing to get past. I didn't know the shift I'd pulled was midnight on Black Friday. People become frenzied over buying c**p they don't really need while casting aside basic human decency. I fear for the future of the planet if these people are their kids' role models.

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Kalika Burgau 4 years ago

I worked a black Friday as extra help and I was only like 2wks into the job (stocker at Walmart) and I knew it wouldn't be a easy or anything but that year a particular video game had come out and I'm only 5'3" and there were guys lined up like a long line and they were not small. Not judging them because of that but stating it because as soon as the store declared they could get there's instead of staying in a line and letting me hand them 1 at a time as the sign at the beginning said they rushed me. I was knocked down not 1 or 2 times but 4.i finally had to radio a manager because I had no prior training for this and 2 had to come and separate me out from these people!

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Kath Leen 4 years ago

some people really need to grow some decency. gees. a little respect to these stores and items.

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Kalika Burgau 4 years ago

Yes because being respectful and putting s**t back helps the workers so much!

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Al Jones 4 years ago

The service industry has normalised the abuse of its staff with "the customer is always right" saying. Providing a good service to customers does not mean that there shouldn't be a minimum standard of behaviour (i.e. common decency) by the customer.

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Lucas 4 years ago

Not in every country thankfully.

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cybermerlin2000 4 years ago

I live in the UK and I have seen a similar sort of thing happen once in my entire life but not as bad as this! The mom dragged her 2 snot hurlers into the aisle and made them clean it all back up. They were probably 5 or 6 years old. The staff didn't klnow about it until the mom apologised at the till for the mess and said they may want to check the aisle to make sure nothing was broken, missing or in the wrong place. She left her address in case of damages. She told kids got told off quietly but she took the time to explain to them why. Mum of the year! This sort of thing is rare in the UK. I believe there is nothing so soul destroying than the British tut of disapproval

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Rubee Tubesteak 4 years ago

I've worked in hospitality for 19 years, and it never ceases to amaze me how blatantly s****y some people can be. It should be mandatory that all Americans work in customer service for at least one year in their lifetime...they'd learn a lot.

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pusheen buttercup 4 years ago

Not an American thing in my opinion, just a jerk thing. :) There are those of us in america who know how to respect those in customer service- mostly, those of us, who are working in customer service. XD But yes, some people are just jerks, where they come from doesn't really matter.

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Bill Taylor 4 years ago

People that make these messes don't realize that a human being eventually has to clean it up and that clean up usually happens after the store closes. Disgusting, these shoppers should be ashamed of themselves.

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Davidswifey 4 years ago

uhh yes people do actually know that the messes that they leave behind are cleaned up by actual people. I have actually seen people make messes like that and heard people laugh while leaving an isle and telling whoever their with or on the phone with “I wonder how long they will spend cleaning everything up”

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Mad Mar 4 years ago

I worked retail from 9 til about age 30. I will not ever do it again. Holiday shoppers always say "sucks having to work black Friday/Xmas Eve" well if ya didn't need to shop we would be home with family. As for the yelling at cashiers and floor people...those pics say it all. If we had it then it was on the floor. Now it's sold/broken/stolen/or somewhere in that mess. And we always had to stay an clean EVERYTHING back up for the next day. Even if we closed at 1 am. We would stay til cleaned. And we were always told if we didn't work those holiday hours we would be fired. Many jobs I worked would wait til the day after Xmas and I would go back in an be given a pink slip. Temp help. Not that I didn't start in May well before holidays. That was at least three jobs that did that to me. Just be nicer to people. We would stand all day. Be yelled at. Not allowed to even go pee or have a break. We didn't and don't make much money to take the abuse.

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The Pants with Nobody Inside 4 years ago

I am so sorry. You are made of stronger stuff than I. I worked one retail job as seasonal help and I'll never do it again. It is a grueling, thankless job. Even when there are federal laws in place to protect workers from some of those conditions, you'll always find employers who will push the envelope and get away with whatever they can. My job as a housekeeper was nowhere near cushy, and I tolerated a lot of abuse, but it was made easier because I was behind the scenes and didn't often have to deal with the public. People are mean.

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Missy Barton 4 years ago

"At least I haven't cried today" I feel that in my former call center employee soul. What's left of it anyway.

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BigCityLady 4 years ago

I worked retail for about 7 years in the ‘80’s before they had these ridiculous extended hours b******t. It was an upscale jewelry store and we were barraged with rude customers back then. Since I endured working retail, I refrain from shopping on Black Friday. Also, when I do shop I am always courteous and compassionate towards retail staff. Once you work in retail, your objectivity towards human kindness goes out the window never to be sent again!

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BigCityLady 4 years ago

Also back then, we at least had Thanksgiving off. I hate that these corporations make the employees work on thanksgiving because it is unnecessary. They are just greedy d***s!q

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Kalika Burgau 4 years ago

Same. I avoid black Friday in person and keep my online purchases to needs or things that are usually ridiculously priced and I'm always polite to any service person be it food retail whatever. After my experience as a Walmart black Friday worker I just can't allow myself to add to that

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Soggy Crumpet 4 years ago

Most employers ask for volunteers first for holidays and a lot of people like the time and a half pay. So this does NOT apply to everyone. AND I worked at Barnes and Noble (before e-readers we’re a thing and books were still vogue) and I loved working on Black Friday. The energy of the hectic day was fun and invigorating.

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Rachael Marrast 4 years ago

During the holidays, people in the service industry should be able to treat others how they are treated. I would straight up lose my job over people being such entitled a**hats. I will not tolerate disrespect done to me just as those doing the disrespecting would not want it done to them. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

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Lucas 4 years ago

I always told my staff that if someone on the phone swears at you say 'please don't swear at me, if you swear one more time I will hang up' and then to actually follow through with it if necessary. No-one should be forced to endure such a horrible attitude. If people want some form of help they can at least be civil. When people make complaints they should remember that it will rarely be the fault of the poor sod who ends up dealing with them.

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Sterrinatu 4 years ago

I use to work at Target and this is exactly what the store looked like for the holidays. I can't tell you how many parents have yelled at me because we were sold out of the toy they wanted for their precious brat that just destroyed the store. Not sure why I was being yelled at, I don't have kids and I didn't buy all the toys!!!!!!

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The Pants with Nobody Inside 4 years ago

Good grief. When an employee is assisting me and we discover together that the item I wanted is out of stock, they always politely say "I'm sorry", and I always respond "It's okay -- it's not your fault. Thanks for your help". It costs nothing to be a decent human being.

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Alan Luo 4 years ago

This reminds me of Nike stores 15057312_1...692676.jpg

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Mia Cardenas 4 years ago

people: what a disgrace.

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Carol Emory 4 years ago

This is what happens when you raise your kids without making them take responsibility for their own actions. This is also what happens when you commercialize Christmas to the point of forgetting what the season is all about. It's not about the perfect tree or the perfect gift. It's about family, it's about faith and treating your fellow man with love and understanding. If you treat people like trash then you ARE trash. Show a little respect!

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K.B. 4 years ago

Not sure why you got downvoted for speaking the cold hard truth

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

Y'know, I've seen this kind of chaotic rudeness from people in several countries, and it just makes me wonder what the heck is wrong with the human species!

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Greed and entitlement. Whoever started that "The customer is always right" c**p anyhow? The customer is usually *wrong*. They don't know the store's buying/stocking dynamics, they don't know the cash flow or the amount of monthly sales. They just *want*. And as far as I'm concerned, they can want all they like; it's just not there! Oh, I've met my fair share of "don't bother me; I'm just here to et a paycheck' types in retail, but for the most part they'll try to help you.

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Melanie McGreevey 4 years ago

Hell, I work at michaels as part of the replenishment team. Sure, this time of year my shift begins at either midnight or 1am, but it's the only time of the year i get hours enough to eat and pay my bills. Underemployment is very real.

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Femur! 4 years ago

Again, this is awful. I know my country is s**t for others, and it's severely damaged by the corruption and the "narcos" but this is outrageous....!!! I've never seen a retail store here so disordered, seriously people on that country does not have common sense? They do not feel shame and regret after letting the store like that? C**p...

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Bunzilla 4 years ago

Yikes. I had no idea it was this bad. I always get all my x-mas shopping done by early December at the latest, so I don't add to this madness. Also, x-mas time or not, I leave the store at least as neat as when I came in, if not neater; And to be pleasant to employees. I feel like that's just basic human decency? I can't fathom why people think it's okay to treat employees like dirt. I hope karma comes along and bites these people on the a*s. There's no excuse for that kind of behaviour. None. Anyone who has to work retail over the holidays- I wish I could give all of you a hug. I can't imagine what that's like. People can be so horrible.

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

I shop all year long, because I will NOT go into the stores in December! I'm crippled, and people are horrible to me as well--not to mention I can't get down aisles like those shown! I generally apologise to employees, because I know I'm making extra work for them. And, you know, 'please' and thank you' go a long way, too. These aren't servants--and I'd say that to servanys as well.

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Paul Mitchell 4 years ago

That's not shopping, that's trashing the place. Their disgusting entitlement is being taught to their kids. I hope the store is making a huge margin to put up with that low life.

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Joshua Selbitschka 4 years ago

As someone who works retail and has worked retail for 6 years(somehow still sane) seeing this post rekindles a little bit of my faith in humanity. The rest is still lost and if you find it, could you return it to me?

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Stephanie Blasyak 4 years ago

I feel you, I worked in retail for a long time and I was very good at my job, so good that I was the person who would get all the worst clients sent to them because I was very patient, kind and very good at smoothing things over. Long story short I ended up quitting for my mental health. I remember crying in the car on my way home during the holidays, I started hating Christmas, I started to despise people and I didn't like who I was becoming so I quit before who I was was totally lost. I'm now starting to like the holidays again.

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Nubmaeme 4 years ago

Be strong. Tie a knot in the end of your rope and hang on. It will be over soon. I spent 27 years in retail. I've seen it go from grateful, polite customers to something resembling riding herd in the middle of a hellbent stampede. I pray for those of you who have taken up the retail gauntlet.

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pusheen buttercup 4 years ago

Heyyyy! Same, six years! Do we get a medal? (I think we should)

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Davidswifey 4 years ago

I think it took off with mine and other customer service workers

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Nunya 4 years ago

I don't go out to stores during Christmas time. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, I avoid any store. Thousands of people, all pushing, shoving, yelling, stealing, ripping, and leaving a wake of wreckage like these pictures...all in the name of "Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.". Oh, and frankly, I'm not Christian and so don't celebrate the holiday. I don't want to be a hypocrite. Money really should not even have a purpose during the holidays, except the help those in need.

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NAS 4 years ago

The holidays are THE WORST time of the year. I work for a large bank, & from Black Friday until January 2nd I cannot count how many times I'm called the B-word or MF, besides the screaming, for issues of their own mistakes. And when you kindly explain what they missed, the abuse gets worse. Our department literally has a 'Zen Room' that you can go into to regroup after a bad call. There has been a line to get in the door since Thanksgiving!

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Jessica Brannan 4 years ago

Definitely not unusual, especially at stores that require you to push out stock to where there's no room and customers generally don't give a damn about the work you need to do to make sure everything's in its place. Retail makes you hate people. Glad I don't have to do that anymore.

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Sherri Hervey Roese 4 years ago

I worked retail and it was like this all the time at the store I was, not just Christmas. People just don't care

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Layla 4 years ago (edited)

It's really sad that because of awful people, a lot of employees probably grow to dread the arrival of the Christmas season... More work hours, more mess to deal with, more customers who think they're entitled to shout at your face... So much for festive cheer...

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OHIOWAndering_Around 3 years ago

I was an alcoholic when I was in retail. As soon as I quit I didn't have a problem. Funny how that works.

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ChristinaS 4 years ago

Holiday spirit?!? Haha what's that?

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Shannon Matthews 4 years ago

Not cashiering, but last Christmas season, I was a "santa's helper" at the local mall. I thought it would be wonderful because of all the children. But no matter what I did (greeting, photographing, showing the digital images, or cashiering), the parents were absolutely awful. They would yell, complain, belittle, and just generally be rude. I spent many nights crying in my car before I was able to drive home to be with my child.

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Vernice Aure 4 years ago

It doesn't stop at Christmas. The first two weeks of January are even worse for Customer Service/Return Associates. There are nightmare lines of people exchanging items or returning items for cash. One year my store decided that it would be a great service/gimmick to accept items "No Questions Asked". I was yelled at because: we didn't have the size/color/style/model they wanted (even if it wasn't from our store), lines too long, took too long to look up item prices when they had no receipt, or couldn't give full price return when the item was bought on sale. One woman brought in 3 bags of baby clothes to return, none from our store. It took an hour to look up all the item codes to find out if it was ours and if not, what was closest to it to determine an approximate cost to figure out how much money to return to her. All those things went to corporate where they were processed and then trashed. Brand new.

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TheDragonPSA 4 years ago

I worked various retail jobs for over 20 years. Getting out of that industry was the best thing I ever did.

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Russian Otaku 4 years ago

Legalize shooting filthy annoying germ monsters.... er I mean "kids" with tranq guns and all problems are solved and call security to fine parents for the mess or anything broken

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Ruth Beaty 4 years ago

A major portion of the problem is that stores try to keep employee costs low, ie: not hiring enough people or not using them to keep their profits up at this time of year. And the really s****y companies fire them on Christmas eve, I worked at WalMart and personally saw this happen, and cash drawers wouldn't hardly shut for the money the store raked in!

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Zenozenobee 4 years ago

How the hell the clients have been raised? Since when respecting people became so overated?

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rai mei 4 years ago

I'm just curious if this only happens in America. I'm Asian and this does not happen in our country.

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Lucas 4 years ago

Have two sisters who work in shops in the UK - neither have experienced anything like this and I've never seen it when shopping.

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

It's pretty much an American phenomenon. Between the No Child Left Behind nonsense and The Customer Is Always Right, people have forgotten to be pleasant and polite, because it's their RIGHT to be rude and obnoxious. And since a lot of children are brought up with the 'my darling can do no wrong' attitude, it carries over into adulthood. When you add the excrescence in the White House, and HIS behavior, people are encouraged to be at their worst.

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Melusine 4 years ago

I've lived in Europe and South America and have never seen anything like it.

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Kathy Baylis 4 years ago

I haven’t Christmas shopped in brick and mortar stores for decades because of c**p people like this. I started ordering gifts way back in the 1980s, when you had to request a paper catalog, fill out the enclosed order form, put the form and a check for the calculated total in the (also enclosed) envelope, stick a stamp on it, mail it, and wait for the boxes to arrive. You had to shop early back then, because doing an exchange or return took so long. It’s so much easier, not to mention faster, now. No searching forever for parking, no fighting crowds, no long lines, no carrying multiple bags of gifts around or schlepping them to the car to store in the trunk while you buy more, no sweating in multiple overheated stores while wearing a winter coat, no stress. I’m usually almost done before the beginning of December, except for a little bit of last minute stuff, like food. Makes for a more enjoyable holiday season. Love it.

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Pretty Pangolin 4 years ago

These pix literally look like the aftermath of an earthquake. We can do better than this.

1point

Demi Zwaan 4 years ago

This just wouldn’t happen here. Employees would stop you and kick you out. And then clean up. This is ridiculous.

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

The employees can't clean up till they close because there aren't enough of them, and those they do have are busy solving other crises.

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Lynda Momalo 4 years ago

If you want to get an idea of just how common rude and terrible customers are, read just a few of the entries at NotAlwaysRight.com (i.e., The terrible people who believe "The Customer is Always Right" and so demand to have whatever they want, however they want, and treat store workers however they want.) The overwhelming gratefulness the customer service workers feel when another customer sticks up for them, or tells off the rude person is palpable -- and even the tiniest bit of encouragement, respect, or gift (something as small as a piece of candy) can bring some of them to absolute tears of joy. (Unfortunately, store/restaurant managers are so terrified of a bad review online that they inadvertently train customers to be nightmarish by rewarding terrible behavior.)

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J. Normal 4 years ago

This is a bit late (for this year). I buy small candy canes and hand them out to workers while I am shopping. Does not cost much and even if they can not accept gifts/ tips , this is small enough to not count.

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Crycket 4 years ago

Count me amongst the numbers that can't stand Xmas. 10 years dealing with that kind of abuse, plus permanent neck damage from bad ergonomics + Xmas lines. I go into hibernation mode. I need to limit my exposure to it as much as possible. Plus, Xmas can some years end up being half a year, by the time you do Xmas in July, Xmas stuff hitting stores in Sept, then boxing day sales that sometimes leak into February....it is a one day (arguably two) holiday!!

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Julia King 4 years ago

I am coming up with a list of underappreciated people: 1. Police 2. Retail workers 3. Teachers 4. Waiters/Waitresses 5. Cashiers 6. Ordinary people who do things out of the kindness in their heart (these are very rare, thank you if you are one!) If I missed any plz comment

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Hanna 4 years ago

I guess some stores employ more staff. Boxing day at Zara's was like those pictures above. Everything everywhere. Walked into H & M and it was neat and tidy but packed with shoppers

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Konigin zucker 4 years ago

ew

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pusheen buttercup 4 years ago

I'm not even a little surprised.

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Marnie 4 years ago

I don't know how this trend started. I have hardly gone shopping in years, but recently went to Kohl's for shoes. I could not believe there were just open boxes everywhere. Nobody puts back what they take out and try on! I mean, seriously, didn't any of them have mothers to teach them how to behave like responsible people?! I was SHOCKED.

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

They have mothers who taught them, "Don't bother; this is what we pay the employees to do."

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Florence Hastings 4 years ago

How can people act like that?! What is wrong with them? Stress is no excuse.

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Dina Voormey 4 years ago

Nothing like that here in the Netherlands!! I saw how shoes were " treated" in department stores in America.....unbelievable!!!

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Bernardita Valdés 4 years ago

Those ppl should be forced to stay in the store until they leave every mess the left completely clean. Or at least receive some kind of penalty fee for the chaos caused.... this surely is prohibited tho...

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ShareMusic 4 years ago

The Black Friday (black Thursday now) crush is primarily caused by the retailer, probably Walmart. Before the Black Friday sales, there were weekly sales to get people in the stores with rain checks if they sold out. I hate crowds and I did only one early morning Black Friday to discover that the retailer had not stocked enough items for everyone who wanted one with no rain check option. Never again. Just wasn't worth it. It's all just stuff that we throw away eventually anyway.

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Davidswifey 4 years ago

I know from working at the store mentioned by you, the out of stock problem on things seen as “big ticket” or items “heavily advertised due to price” a great deal of our Black Friday stock was not decided by the individual stores or the individual stores managers or anyone who actually was in the store. The store manager gets a few emails before the start of the season detailing the Black Friday sales paper, and a list of everything that is listed in the paper, it’s SKU#, the normal price and sales price, and quantity the store was getting for Black Friday and if it’s getting refilled at sale price.

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Vicky Zar 4 years ago

Never seen something like this in Germany.

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Sivi 4 years ago

I feel really lcuky to get free this holiday. Not missing the screaming, yelling or getting things thrown at me(so far its been clothing items, just stay away from the pans and we good)

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Davidswifey 4 years ago

I had a vacuum thrown at me because the color wasn’t like the advertisement showed, clothes and other things over the years. After my last one 3/5 years ago (I honestly don’t know how long it’s been) and won’t even go shopping on the days

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Annie Olimpo 4 years ago

Agreed,,,,,I don’t work in retail, but I am a hostess at a scratch kitchen/brewery......the self entitlement., and outrageous expectations are unreal......even worse social media provides a platform ,to post ridiculous reviews.......but they continue to return weekly, ...miserable and angry........karma is real karen

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

Welfare clients are just as bad, if not worse. "What do you mean, we don't get extra money/food stamps/whatever they want at Christmas?" Or they want to travel for the season. Or they have another new baby and they need/want ______ . I don't miss it at all.

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Austin Havens 4 years ago

Welcome to our new “merchandising process” - compliments of your fellow shoppers!

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Everleigh 4 years ago

I wouldn't want to worm retail unless my life depends on it! Sorry for those employees that do and they should get a temporary raise during the holidays!

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AnnaB Premium 4 years ago

I have NEVER seen a store look like this during the holidays. Where are these places and what kind of people (animals) shop in them???

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Candace Fitzpatrick 4 years ago

I’m sorry Nashville, I’m sure not all of you are like that! I can’t believe this type of savage behaviour exists! I’ve never ever seen anything like that!

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Sardonic Scribe 4 years ago

Totally agree - I go out of my way to be extra nice to retail staff during the Christmas season. Too many people are agitated, rushed & just plain angry. A little niceness goes a long way!

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Karen Klinck 4 years ago

I've been known to tell other customers off for being ignorant a******s. And I usually end it with, "And why did you wait till the last minute, anyway? Are you too lazy to shop responsibly?"

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Jennie-Lind Normand 4 years ago

I so don't miss working in retail! I worked in a Canadian chocolate/ice cream store and Christmas, valentines and Easter were HELL. I thought that was bad until I managed a small bakery that was in a downtown mall in Ottawa (Canada's capital) and open for Canada day (Canada's birthday). I don't think I'd go back for all the money in the world

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Heather Mack-Scott 4 years ago

I don't know why people had to be such a@#$%^$ this time of year. I use to work retail and even at a deli in my local grocery store when I was younger. It breaks my heart the way some people behave this time of year. :(

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Joselito El Zapatero 4 years ago

funny how these things always seem to happen in the US

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

I've seen it in six nations, only one of which was the US.

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Andrew Hall 4 years ago

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Chris DiFonso 4 years ago

Andrew Hall, fork off

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The Pants with Nobody Inside 4 years ago

Clearly you've never been in a service job, because you'd understand that your shift is filled with mandatory duties which keep you busy no matter how many customers are present or how they handle the merchandise. In situations like this, employees should receive hazard pay at twice their normal rate.

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Beans 4 years ago

??? I'm Australian, I worked retail in Australia a number of years ago, and you are wrong. I have seen stuff like that and worse-- fitting rooms PILED with garments, stuff everywhere, neatly packed giftpacks unrwapped just to check the size/scent etc.... people clamoring over themselves to get a bargain-- lets not forget that in Paramatta yesterday people crushed each other at the chances to get 5-10 dollar gift cards at Westfield. People waited til midnight with kids for a piddly gift card amount... like if you think it doesn't happen here you're wrong. EDIT: my post got glitched so I deleted and had to repost.

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Lara Harris 4 years ago

I've never seen anything like this in the UK. I've seen dressing rooms get messy and I've seen displays where jumpers are laid out get messy, but I've never, ever seen that level of destruction in aisles or to actual items. This is unbelievable. Who behaves like this?

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