talesfromretail

Manager tells 21-year-old retail worker to "just smile more," she obliges by smiling non-stop for her entire shift, horrifying a Karen customer: 'For the rest of my shift, and every shift after, I smiled'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled manager tells employees to "wake up when the store opens" to see if they need coverage: 'You can control what we do at work, but not when we're home'

Remy Millisky

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'Influencer' with 14k followers begs for a 90% discount at a local small business: 'You’ll regret this. I’ll just tell my followers how out of touch you are, and they won’t shop here.'

Christiana Maimone

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Bookkeepers refuse to continue working 18-hour-shifts, call out sick and ghost employer so there's no one to fill their role: '[They] refused to let me switch schedules after scheduling me to close at 11 PM and open at 5 AM'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled mother confronts tech retail worker at the supermarket who helped her and her son earlier: 'This happened about a week ago and I still think about it because of how absurd this lady was...'

Brad Dickson

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Manager yells at teen worker in front of customers, customers complain and he gets fired: 'I later found out he lost his job'

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets into a ‘shouting match’ with arrogant customer after they let their kid fool around with heavy products, saves child from potential injury: ‘What if he was still under there?!’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘You just cash it, right?’: Customer attempts to pay with a handwritten check that isn't filled out properly, suggests the cashier go to the bank and deposit it for her

Lana DeGaetano

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'I am not allowed to do anything': Retail worker faces down angry parents after colleague sells parents the wrong computer for kid's gaming ambitions, prevented from helping them by silly company policy

Brad Dickson

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My employer has decided to give us a monthly in-person mandatory meeting at 8am one Sunday every month: 'the meetings are always things that could easily be covered in a simple email'

Brad Dickson

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Shoplifting Karen tries to buy employee's bag and claim it as her own: '[Karen] doubles down on her particular form of insanity'

Ben Weiss

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'I honestly felt bad for the guy': Cashier sides with frustrated customer who leaves store without buying his groceries

Remy Millisky

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18-year-old employee tells boss to approve their leave or accept their resignation: 'How do I tell my boss that she either has to approve my 4 months' notice or accept my 2 weeks' resignation?'

Brad Dickson

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Guest contacts hotel demanding cancelled reservation, but their story keeps changing becoming increasingly unbelievable: 'I tell him no. That is against policy as per my manager'

Brad Dickson

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After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

Sienna Varady

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Micromanager fabricates write-up for job security until he is caught red-handed by employee's secret recording

Sienna Varady

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