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One day in the not-so-distant future, we will all have been replaced by robots and AI… Then there will be a golden age of no one having to do any work at all before the robots rise up and kill us — or harvest us to use as batteries. Some managers, however, seem to think that we're already at that point and expect their workers never to have any medical events; never need any food, breaks, or hydration; and to show up to work on a whim and to do as they're told, whenever they're told. The point…

The great part about being a manager of a retail location or restaurant is that you get paid a little bit more than the miserable wages of your subordinates. The not-so-great part about being a manager of a retail location or restaurant is that a little bit more still probably isn't a whole lot, and certainly isn't enough for all the bullshit you have to deal with.

To that one coworker (you know who you are)... act your wage.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you… There are times in our lives when someone does us wrong; usually, the best thing you can do in that situation (and the thing you should do) is walk away. There are times, though, when an opportunity to even the scales presents itself that just can't be passed up, and you give in to your most basic instinct. That's what this games cabinet seller experienced when a customer, who had scammed them out of both payment and a cabinet, attempted to sel…

People don't quit jobs: They quit managers. A sentiment that we've echoed across the pages of Fail Blog more times than I dare to count.

This Orwellian nightmare is brought to you by: Modern misinterpretation of people management. What do you do when your woefully unqualified-to-manage-people employer is combing through surveillance footage to assess whether or not you're giving good customer service based on whether or not they can make out a pixilated smile ? Well, smiling more seems like the obvious solution, but that's just playing into their Bezosian entrepreneurial wet dreams — that's why the more creative solution is the…

To be fair… he did write “Your Name"… It's no secret that Karens are often oblivious to their own insanity; a life of misery and festering anger has left them with an innate desire to take out their (perceived) misfortunes on others. These people carry about their lives like an anthropomorphic wrecking ball, destroying all joy that dares to exist around them. When u/PUNKeM0N was confronted by a raging Karen customer, they approached the situation with a cool and level head. The angry customer i…

Those working in retail and service are no strangers to discomfort and, often times it can seem like employer's make it intentionally so.

Working retail on busy holidays sucks — doubly so when understaffed.

The customer is in fact, not always right.

Sifting through landfills to find one of the good ones.

There are so many ways you can mess up a job interview — but who could ever anticipate being accused of being late by the late interviewer?

1 Fish 2 Fish "Less fish for you" Fish

There really are very few jobs that are as soul-draining, and where you are treated as poorly, as retail. Even if that list is short, one job that might just manage to qualify is that of a retail security guard. It's even more thankless, and more looked down upon than retail itself; sure, you don't have to complete the same repetitive tasks as the retail workers do, but that repetitiveness is usually replaced with nothing. Nothing, that is, except the increased abuse from both clientele and ret…

Your first job in the service industry (or retail, I'd argue) is a formative experience. For most of us, it comes at that time in our life when earning some cash is a necessity: Maybe you've just graduated high school or college and need a job; maybe you're still in high school; maybe the career you thought you were going to have as an Olympic level athlete didn't quite work out, and now you have no idea what you're doing with your life. Ignoring the fact that the last example is oddly specific…