There's an advice animal for just about any kind of environment and situation these days (I'm a big fan of Critical Feminist Corgi), and the clever folks over at Fyeahretailrobin have collected a fine assortment of daily woes from the world of retail. Check out some recent ones in the gallery below, and check the via link for even more!
Most of us will do whatever it takes to avoid doing our actual jobs. For some, it's almost a challenge to see how much we can get away with not doing. Our drive to not do any actual work leads to some impressive "not my job" moments of professional ineptitude. Toilets get installed sideways, billboards get crammed with typos, and things go awry in these "not my job" moments of professional failure.
Work. We need to do it to not be hungry and cold, but other than that it's missing some benefits. Depending on their job, most people would rather just sit and be bored. And everyone's attitude at work is a strange combination of trying to do as little as possible while blaming everyone around them for doing as little as possible. It can get rough. At least there are work memes to blow off work steams.
With every job comes a slew of misinformation about what it is you do all day. Wouldn't you believe it, Law and Order SVU isn't actually a terrifically accurate depiction of what forensics specialists do all day. Here's a smattering of the dumb conversations people have to have about their jobs.
Someone needs to tell this dude about hand carts. With that being said, this still is a wildly impressive feat.
This certainly brings to mind the old saying about how people don't necessarily leave bad jobs, but instead they leave bad managers. One bad manager can completely upend an otherwise enjoyable gig. Just picturing the look on this manager's face by the end of these employees' time with the company is enough to get the laughs rolling. Dude must've been beside himself.
These high-maintenance or otherwise impossible customers really shouldn't be allowed out in public. No way in hell the employees themselves are getting paid enough to put up with these kind of rage-inducing, jaw-droppingly brainless situations. Maybe we should just get these poor misguided folk some instruction manuals on how the real world operates.
Never underestimate the kinds of petty lengths people will go to in the workplace environment to make their power known, or get back at a particularly insufferable coworker. This collection of petty power moves are as impressive as they are just terribly petty.
Of course in this day an age, having any kind of job is a victory in and of itself. Which is how I rationalize Water Cooler Chris' eventual demotion.
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Nothing adds to the entitlement just like the whole "boss's kid" mentality. At least the dad went and did something about it. The kid even tried to frame another employee. For some more work-related foibles, here are the fastest ways people's co-workers got fired. For another kid stepping way over his bounds, here's a manipulative son who tried to sell his mom's house and cancelled her job interview.
To everyone working through the madness that is 2020, we see you. And we're here to offer some respite in the form of work-related memes. They may not give you the time off that you've requested (or benefits) but they will probably remind you that you're not alone in the struggle.
When he was offered a position to work at Starbucks Sam told his parents that for the first time in his life. That his life had real meaning.
Sam was diagnosed with autism and like some people with autism Sam has a movement disorder. Sam has a hard time keeping his body still. Sam never thought that he would be able to work behind the bar because of his sudden movements but his manager Chris believed in him and got Sam to channel his movements into dance.
It has taken Sam and Chris a lot of shifts and hours to get Sam to do what he is doing in the video. Sam is now known as the dancing barista. If it wasn't for Chris believing in Sam he would of never believed in himself.
More people like Sam need to be seen, heard and given a chance to thrive and dance."
