In Amber Clad

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “THAT MOMENT WHEN.”

Bottom Text: “EASTER IS BUSIER THAN CHRISTMAS.”]

No, seriously. Before Christmas everyone was warning me about how busy it would get but it wasn’t as bad as expected due to new self-scan tills and opening times. But this week was horrendous like seriously, we are only closed Easter Sunday and its like we are gonna be closed for months

The day after Easter was absolutely terrible. Busy from the minute I clocked in, to the moment I clocked out. -.-

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “HI, HOW ARE-.”

Bottom Text: “YOU LOOK BORED.”]

i wish i could say, “how the hell do you know what i look like when i’m bored?? or lonely for that matter?? you don’t. stop saying it. it’s not original.” but alas, it’s the standard retail laugh and then i die a little inside. 

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “MESH BAGS OF”

Bottom Text: “ONIONS”]

I’m the grocery robin who made the submission about the bags of sugar, and I remember lots of people commenting about mesh onion bags as well. So, this one is for those people. Whoever designed mesh onion bags should also be kicked, because I -hate- having onion skins littering my till, especially right after I’ve cleaned it. The larger bags aren’t too bad at my store, but it’s the smaller ones that we sell a lot of that drive me nuts. 

fuckyeahretailrobin:

and we all know that with this awesome power to chose winning lotto tickets,I choose to work in a store giving all winning tickets to other people,right?

EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “There’s no such thing as stupid questions.”

Bottom Text: “HAHAHAHA. Clearly, you’ve never worked retail.”]

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “CARD MACHINE ON THE COUNTER”

Bottom Text: “CUSTOMER THROWS CARD ON THE COUNTER EXPECTING YOU TO SWIPE IT FOR THEM”]

If you don’t want to swipe it at least hand it to me, don’t just toss it on the counter.

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “NO CUSTOMER THE COMPUTER IS NOT WRONG”

Bottom Text: “YOU ARE”]

I’m sick of customers coming up to me, at the customer service desk, and tell me how they were charged wrong, or the computer gave them the wrong information, or they couldn’t do something, or I’m not doing something they SWORE another phantom associate did…then once I take 30 minutes out of my day to break it down to them, they quietly shuffle off, knowing I’m right and they’re wrong.

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: lottery jackpot is up to half a billion dollars

Bottom Text: contemplate suicide once an hour while working lottery desk]

people are coming out of the woodwork to try their hand at this jackpot and i swear if there is anything worse than dealing with the regulars, it’s dealing with them AND the rest of the shoppers, who have absolutely no idea how to play and interrupt the flow of lottery and get a line of 50 or so people behind them while they tediously make their selections.

‘Twas an awful experience. Worse than any holiday.