/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6371877
The managers are climbing the damn corporate ladder as high as they feel like and are satisfied with it - I can see why they do it. Working for Rite Aid and a few grocery chains, I see this. It's the lifer mentality.

Anyway - my chain's pretty good, I just don't like how oblivious people can be while shopping.

I'm a grocery manager at kroger, it's not so bad but sometimes when you have to deal with higher up managers it can get annoying.Show up at 1am, have a nice calm night bullshitting with employees and making sure everything is nice for the store manager when he comes in. 7am rolls around, he comes in angry and stalks the store complaining about a piece of plastic or a bag of chips out of place and generally being a dick. Go home an hour later and enjoy my cheap medical insurance and $22 dollars an hour doing an easy job.

>>6371877
My best worker is the retarded bag boy/cart boy.

Doesn't complain. Does his job. Punctual. Smiles all the time.

>>6371877
Yeah I used to work for Fresh&Easy then quit because of school and health problems. I'm going to start looking for another job in the same vein hopefully Whole Foods or Trader Joes, since it's easy work.

In my experience the managers come in to varieties, the most chilled laid back mother fuckers you'll ever love to work for or the biggest assholes known to man.

I worked night shifts and usually got the cool managers, they knew we weren't stupid and knew what to do so we could lock it up on time but one manager was a major asshole, took his job waaay too seriously. He treated it like he was the Chief of Medicine at John Hopkins (he was in the third tier of managers) and rode everyone's ass constantly. The kind of manager who would tell you to clean up the freezer and simultaneously stock produce on the other side of the store and be boggled when you told him that will take you more than 20 minutes.

He called a female employee to fucking scream at her on her day off for not coming in (guess he read the schedule wrong), either way it's not like he said "hey are you coming in for your shift" no just cussed her out for being in his words "a shitty employee"

But for some reason he really had a bone to pick with me, I'm a relatively big dude (4u) 6' 2" 240, and while there were a few other big guys for some reason I just set off his Napoleon complex like no other, always making me to the hardest, most disgusting work as if him ordering me around made him feel like a big man. But didn't care whatever I do my job well and it's not like the worst of it is that bad, but he resented me and often would get up in my face (well chest) and order me around and make "jokes" about wanting to beat me up or fight me often.

What I ever did to him I don't know, I got along great with everyone else in the store. But I guess an asshole needs their prime victim to fuck with.

3 weeks into stop and shop cashier/bagger job. After being depressed from being fucked by my oneitis (not in the good way) I have to say it's not that bad. Only thing that requires effort in this job is keeping good posture and talking yo customers. Other than the shit pay and that every qt3.14 co-worker has a boyfriend I'm making the best of it.

>>6372112
Hotheads like to pick fights with big guys.
You have to settle the score by crashing his plane.

i work at Vons(safeway) deli, i hate it, i hate making the new fried chicken since albertsons bought us, 1 in 5 customers are awful, black people that will look at me vehemently if i don't notice them against the dark coloured stands, people who will order less than 1/4 of a salad of 7 different salads. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, i will remember it as the worst aspect of the day.
we've also been shorthanded for 2 months now, i don't know what the hell management is doing, how hard can it be to find some non shit head

It really takes a certain state of mind to work with the public without cracking and losing your shit.
Personally, I enjoy it. I love the public, for the most part. All of you fat, smelly, oddly dressed troglodytes who come shuffling in your pajamas, complaining loudly that you don't have any money on your foodstamps as you text on your iphone 6

I'd say a good 98% of my customers are cool as hell. They come in, get thier shit, and leave. Have a nice day. I love it.
Its that 1-2% that'll make or break you.
The worst part about working at any large store is the drama that erupts between associates. All the gossip and bitching and whining and complaints about popularity and wanting weekends off, making me feel like i'm back in high school

>>6372191
It's always the older women that initiate the shit drama I've noticed. They'll ask for your "opinion" on someone etc. and spread even more bullshit.They feed off drama and conflict like it's a drug it's disgusting. This goes for almost all work places not just grocery stores.

>>6372180
Finding non shit heads is harder than you think.

I was a Publix cashier through highschool, had to quit when I moved overseas. I've had other jobs since then, but they were never as good in atmosphere and me NOT dreading working in the morning.

A few months ago I heard from my younger brother who also got a job there that two of the surly stockroom employees got in a massive fight in the breakroom and one chucked a microwave at the other's head.

>>6372191
I got lucky that aside from my one asshole manager I never got caught up in any store bullshit. I heard about it, but all in all 99% of my co-workers were nice folks and honestly something as simple as stocking the milk fridge and just shooting the shit was pretty great.

>>6372206
The old ladies I worked with were probably my favorite people in the whole store, one of them was even super proactive in telling me how proud she was that I was going to school to be a doctor.

She was like the grandma I never had.

>>6372241
Anon...just for tonight... maybe I could be your grandma...

>>6372261
Wah! What are we going to do on the plastic covered couch, grandma?

>>6372180
>we've also been shorthanded for 2 months now, i don't know what the hell management is doing, how hard can it be to find some non shit head

Yeah, same situation here in my store, the turnover is insane.

Our store attracts a coupon crowd which makes regular customers leave and never come back because the lines are always backed in to the aisles.

lol @ this whole thread. Get real jobs

I used to be a grocery store cashier.

It was alright, I got to see all sides of the public. Everyone has to get groceries.

I saw people blatantly abusing the food stamp program (drove Escalade, used Food Stamps then whipped out wads of cash to buy beer, blunts, and lottery tickets).
Saw a guy get stabbed through the hand chasing someone stealing meet, and he ended up getting fired for chasing the thief.
I worked with a bunch of hispanics. The best people in the world. For some reason, all the old ladies would go to me, the only white guy in the lines, and they would blatantly say they want a white cashier. Was amusing.
Scarily enough, I was thinking about joining the corporate chain and making it a career. Luckily some dude randomly said that I should be doing something better than a cashier at a grocery store. I quit the next day.

It definitely had its rough moments. I can't tell you how many people I saw that started their mid life crisis when the credit card machine had the audacity to ask them if they wanted to get instructions in English or Spanish.

Our store manager was a doctor from Argentina and our Assistant Store Manager was a biochemist from Peru, which apparently degrees from those countries mean nothing in the USA.

Most people were cool, and I realize the job is rather low on the totem pole of society, but some people really went out of their ways to be dickheads.

Overnight ims associate at walmart here. If you can avoid it, don't buy anything cracker, cookie, or chip based from walmart without inspecting it first. I've dropped plenty of boxes of potato chips from top steel and have seen way too many instances of cases of 10 lb bags of rice on top of saltines.

I've worked nightfill in two supermarkets.

In the first, everyone was chill and we talked a lot, but everything got done.

In the second, everyone is hyper stressed and noone talks but everything's still fucked due to organisation/space issues.

>>6373195
I feel for you guys. The management who runs the backroom are almost always dicks who obsess over every break and lunch you take, down to the fucking minute.
>>6373186
I keep being told from random people that I should be on the radio. Its got me curious, but.. eh. I wouldn't even know where to start.

Worked as a cashire for a while, did not give a fuck. I did my job good enough that my manager liked me. I would bag the groceries, and even put them in customer's cart.
However, giving a fuck was different. I would be too lazy to remember organic codes, so everything was charged as normal, because fuck that. If i didn't know a code for something, and the customer wasn't paying attention, I would just push it through and basically give it to them for free because I couldn't be assed to run all around the store and make a bunch of phone calls to figure that shit out.
We also had a bulk section with candy and shit, and there are clear instructions to write the bin number on the bag. I noticed most white people had no problem with this, it was the immigrant people that couldn't get it right, so I would kindly offer to go get the code for them, but take my sweet ass time.
I would also, about 80% of the time, give discounts to friends/family, and if a customer says something is a different price, I would just change it for them.
Never got called on it, the managers loved me.

>people who shove random shit on the godamn shelf that they decided they didn't want anymore

Just place it all on the floor you stupid motherfuckers. WHY did you pick up that package of fresh meat when you just gonna cram it on a shelf in the canned vegetable aisle!? STOP playing musical chairs with the items! I swear to God I hope someone breaks into these people's home and moves everything around and put stuff in random spots then leaves. Not even steal anything either. Just break in, move everything around and place shit in odd spots, then leave.

It's hard to believe it's grown adults doing this crap when they shop.

>>6373247
Hi Reviewbrah

I'm a Tesco drone shamelessly attempting to climb the corporate ladder. I have become the stress.

I caught the tail end of the "old Trader Joe's" when they were still under the radar and just had a few stores.

We sampled the new products daily/ nightly, flirted with co-workers/customers and fucked around in the break room while getting our shit done afterwards.

Banged an 18 year old straight out of high school, learned to play drums with co-workers' band, played "parking lot" football at night, house parties, fine ass qt 3.14 pawg's co-workers, man those were fucking the days.

Now from what I see/hear as a customer is cancerous shit because Trader Joe's is aggressively corporatizing their operations.

Fun times though.

>>6373275

> I would be too lazy to remember organic codes, so everything was charged as normal, because fuck that.

Literally all you have to do is put a 9 in front of the normal code

>>6372191
Worked produce for 6 years and what you've said definitely held true for me. There wasn't much drama in our store tho, and I never got involved if it did come up.

Co workers not doing their job is a way bigger annoyance than shithead customers. At least in the last case you know they're probably going to get bored after 10 minutes. Slow ass co-workers are there until they get fired which is anywhere between 2 months and the heat death of the universe, unless they severely fuck up of course.

Worked as a deli worker in a grocery store for a few years. I'm a weird dude, I loved that shit. I loved arguing with that one-a-day customer that was an asshole, I loved the drama between workers, and I loved making comments to dumbshit managers that thought I was complimenting them. I would do that for the rest of my life if it was livable.

Worked at a Kroger for nine months. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Indians are the most piece of shit customers I've ever seen.

They fight over prices (and are never right about them), generally take forever, and for some reason they do this thing where they'll come to checkout with 4-5 different types of milk, and then select 1 to actually buy right there (instead of, like, at the fridges).

So then I'm down a sack boy for like 5 minutes since he has to go put all that damn milk back and probably send a few texts while he's at it.

>>6373310
>Slow ass co-workers are there until they get fired which is anywhere between 2 months and the heat death of the universe

>God Anon I'm so bored
WHY DON'T YOU TRY WORKING ALL THAT STOCK WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH BEFORE THE END OF THE SHIFT THAT MAY KEEP YOUR MIND OCCUPIED YOU FUCK

>>6371877
I'm a vendor for a soda company so I deal with shitty managers and customers all the same.
There was one grocery store that had the biggest asshole of a manager I've ever met. I watched him yell at an older employee for not putting up a display fast enough and kept saying how he was costing the company thousands of dollars.
That manager also had a good couple sexual harassment issues apparently. He was friends with higher ups in corporate though so got away with a lot.
He called and complained about me not filling the shelf after I had left one day because I faced up what had been bought after filling said product. I had to drive all the way back to that store and basically second fill everything and he just stood next to me the whole time telling me to fill this and that.
Just picture an 80's jock who stopped lifting but kept the same shitty haircut and ended up working at a grocery store. Fucking prick.

>Do you have any more of x out the back?

mfw I know we do but its right at the bottom of a BWS cage

Who /waitrose/ here?

>workan cages
>face up'in
>jumpan on a till
>empty the baler
>PDR'in

>>6373326
I imagine the middle class bitches must be insufferable.

"But Matilda simply must have the organic olives!

>>6373318
We had a lot of 16 year old "jocks" at my old place of work. These guys were all pretty charismatic so they'd get trough the selection and interview no problem. Most of them were hardworking and great co-workers, but during each hiring streak you'd end up with two or three absolute buttfuckers. These kind of assholes were the worst and we'd get a fresh batch of them every half year or so.

They'd spend the whole night talking about shit no one cared about, making no effort to shut their dirty fucking mouth in front of customers (think swearing and talking about the "bitches" they scored). They'd hit on cashiers, invite their friends over and all that crap. Usually management was too busy doing other things to really notice. And me telling them to get their asses in gear (I did produce so it wasn't even my fucking departmen) they'd try to shit talk me.

And then at the end of the fucking night they come to me and ask if I could help them out after my shift ended because "you got the easy job man, you're always done so early"

Guess who's going home shitheads! Not you, that's who.

I'd rather work customer service in the store than have to deal with tards like that.

>>6373298
I too know the eternal head ache of working there, you're not alone mate

>>6373333
to be honest, waitrose customers are really not that privileged. I think the upper classes are more likely to be found at M&S and Notting Hill market

nice quads btw

>>6373333
checked

>>6373322
That motherfucker will get his one day. They all do, sooner or later.

>Close to closing
>Big nig comes in wearing a hoodie
>Thought I was going to get robbed
>I did
>I also got fired because of it

>>6373382
aint diversity grand?

did as a teenager on school evenings. was awful.

job was shit (only the few months I did in a meat processing plant some years later were worse). colleagues, mostly other teenagers, were insufferable fucking idiots/dickheads. only did like 20hrs a week but felt like a full time fucking job

the supermarket was right next to a really slummy part of the city so there was always local kids/thugs/drunks causing shit, stealing and generally being low class plebs in there

>>6373357
Oh he did. The grocery store chain closed down a year or two ago.

>>6373343
We need you to do more, btw we're also cutting payroll again :^)

>>6373391
Karmic justice is best justice, dickheads always get what's coming to them.

>>6373382

I've learned to always be an asshole and assume the worst when it comes to people. If I see someone about to walk in the store and they look like the type, I dump pretty much my entire till in the safe under so if I get robbed im only out like a hundred bucks.

Worst case scenario I am wrong and just pull the money later. Although fuck stores in general with stealing and liability. My work finds us liable for any fake bills we take in, but refuses to give us any equipment to help deal with them. Poor cool co-worker got fired for taking a single fake 20 (very convincing one tbh) during one of our busiest days of the year.

I had old man shit in produce isle fuck i hate my job

>>6373408
Yep, sounds about right.
What format you working?

i dream of that day when stores will be full self service. i dont wanna steal i just wanna go and pay my groceries in peace.

>>6373421
Express, a really busy seasonal one.

Worked at CVS for a while. Enjoyed working nights on weekdays as it was dead and all I really had to do was scan things and straighten up shelves.

But some people would really be willing to fight you over a $2 coupon or other stupid shit
>WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WONT SCAN

>>6373324
One time I had a lady ask if I, the fucking cashier earning $8/hr, could order a shipment of her favorite tea
>turns out it wasn't even a brand we have, it was literally some whole foods shit

>>6373432
Same here, our store is tiny (even for Express) but is just constantly busy. Other two teamleader's I'm working with just cannot be bothered to do their jobs properly, plus the new deputy manager has no clue what it is their doing.

>>6373477
Our new Deputy just came down from Metro and he has no idea too. The guys in the other formats have it so easy

>mfw he thinks he can just leave when his shift "finishes"

Our Store Manager (the old Deputy) doesn't like him though so is trying to get rid of him, he said he wants me to be acting Deputy if he gets his way. I'm not sure if I want the heart attack at the age of 23 though.

>>6373429
I dream of the day Walmart is just a big wall with terminals on it.
>Go up to screen
>Punch in what groceries you want/need
>Insert money
>Wait a few minutes
>Groceries dispense already bagged

Not really a grocery store but I'm a Kmart grunt. I put away stray items, get carts, and make the shelves look neat and organized. I certainly don't envy the managers or the service desk attendants.

All of mine seem fine and are pretty understanding but I've heard rumors about the guy who works above them. Apparently you can't even blink when he's around. Never met him myself.

The customers are mostly fine. The most common thing I'm asked is where the bathrooms are. The most common area for stolen items seems to be health and beauty. At least that's where I find the most empty boxes. People take things out of boxes and leave the boxes. Shit like ear cleaner and Vagisil.

There is special place in hell for people who take curtains out of their packages. Fuck you. They never go back in right.

>>6373487
Yeah I'm worried the place will send me to an early grave.

Currently on the deputy manager course right now.

Went into the store yesterday to do some coursework, the deputy put me, the SM and himself off that day and today aswell. Have had the other two running the store, needless to say I'm not looking forward to tomorrow when the SM gets back off holiday and wonders why his store isn't looking great.

>>6373510
Today the only managers in are the Deputy and the other Team Leader who has worked for Tesco for nearly 20 years and doesn't give a shit anymore. Plus we are due Safe and Legal. Be interesting to see what we walk into tomorrow.

>>6373514
I feel for you mate.

Seems like they care more about audits and ticking boxes than the actual people who work and shop there.

>>6373519
Every little helps.


At least our format is safe for now.

>>6373443
>One time I had a lady ask if I, the fucking cashier earning $8/hr, could order a shipment of her favorite tea
>it was literally some whole foods shit

that explains a lot actually. back in the day at least (idk if they'd do it anymore) I could ask the cashier at whole foods to order some tasty ass soymilk that they stopped carrying for a while. they passed it along to whoever and within a week it was back in stock. did the same with an aloe drink once too

doesn't matter anymore though since target has it for cheaper now. silk very vanilla, do not leave me my sweet

>>6373488
Sears had something like this, MyGopher or something. You would order what you wanted online or at a kiosk. They would then come load up your car.

>>6373316
Holy shit, THIS. Why the fuck are Indians such sub-human pieces of filth.

>working Thanksgiving Day (supposed to close at 3)
>around 2:45ish two Indian guys come in, whatever get they'll get their shit and leave
>3:00 front end is cleared, team lead takes walk two Indian guys walking looking around
>Whatever they'll be done once we're done cleaning up
>3:15 everything is done, all we need to do is pull cash
>Can't pull cash they're still walking around the store
>Shooting the shit with co-workers upfront but everyone is getting agitated
>3:30 they're just walking around
>3:45 they're still just walking around
>4:00 they're still JUST. WALKING. AROUND.
>Co-workers and team lead are pissed, I go up to them and basically plead with them to finish up because we all want to get home to our families
>They acted surprised at this request, end up NOT BUYING ANYTHING and just leaving.
>mfw

I seriously don't understand it, they spent over an hour just walking around the store, they weren't even looking at items for the last half hour, just talking.

My hatred of Indians was cemented that day.

>>6373599
Indians actually have no spatial awareness and are incapable of conscious thought. They kind of just exist in space.

They also smell.

>>6373599
You guys are pussies. At 3:00 on a holiday we made sure everyone was gone. The latest we'd let someone stay is 3:05. Seriously just say "we're closed. Please leave."

>>6373316
>>6373599
THIS x100000

I work near the Microsoft campus in WA. I grew up in a state without many Indians and had no opinion on them either but now that I interact with them every work day, holy shit they are awful. Like even the nice ones smell like shit.

Chinese are annoying because they try to Jew you on prices.

Russians are rude as fuck. Like with with the Indians and Chinese, I feel like it's cultural and they don't mean to be rude but Russians know they are being cunts and don't give a fuck.

>>6373599
I worked at JC Penney for a while. They would always bring a bunch of clothes in the fitting room and piss/shit all over them. Happend pretty consistantly.

>>6373631
>They would always bring a bunch of clothes in the fitting room and piss/shit all over them
really now?

>>6373621
Unless you work at a small mom & pop grocer, you're not allowed to do that. If you work at a chain owned by a big corporation and they catch wind of a complaint like that, you're fucked.

Because god forbid anyone tell someone to be considerate. That's not customer service-like.

I study with a lot of (vast majority) international students from India. Every time I come to class they piss/shit all over me. Happens pretty consistently.

>>6373656
I've worked at chains though. Grocery and liquor. If it's time to close, we closed.

>>6373623
>Foreigners who suddenly forget how to speak English when you tell them the price is different than what they thought it was

>>6373656
If a big corporation is going to choose between an extra hour (and perhaps overtime) for a dozen people just milling about (hourly rate x everybody there still clocked in) and some retard staring at ice cream and likely not changing his buying habits at all, they will choose to close.

>>6373488
OH GOD no no nonono
Half of them would be perpetually broken, and the other half would have a crowd of people giving you shitty looks in unison because the machine just froze up or jammed or didn't give them change, while 50 other self checks are going off in unison
>PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA
>PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA
Then behind you are all the old people and fatasses in electric carts waiting on you to scan thier shit for you, as 10 more machines fuck up at the same time
This would be my personal hell.

>>6373656
I've got this one cashier who gets so many fucking complaints that i'm amazed she's still there.
>gif very related
She's constantly arguing with the customers about the tinyest of price changes (if its within a dollar or whatever, just give it to them, holy fuck)
as well as telling kids and black people to pull up thier pants and take off thier hats before she'll ring them up.
She's so old and has been there so long that she no longer gives a single fuck. I love her so much, but goddamn you can't say shit like that.

>>6373414
It's amazing you are held accountable for that since I've worked in banks where branch managers couldn't properly tell the difference between real and fake bills.

>>6373693
The only people who really should be worried are the ones who've been there less than 5 years.

There was a manager at my work that would get blatantly passive aggressive with customers (saying things like, "oh, you want that for free? Well I wish I could get things for free too!") and fuck up constantly but at the end of the day he wasn't ever worried about losing his job. On my end, an old cunt has the gall to bitch at me because I wouldn't give her a 20% discount on her entire purchase and because I had a "sour" look on my face I got a write up.

>>6373275
You're probably long gone but I'm current a cashier and do all of this same shit bro lmao, shit is great

>>6373308
Not all of them, some of them are an entirely different code and with a 9 at the front, who fucking cares

>>6371877
>grocery store general
I have never, EVER, seen someone buy raw food with food stamps. Only frozen dinners, ice cream, cookies, and pre-cooked meats.

>>6375188
Mexicans. they will use their EBT on like $3 for a whole raw chicken and then a bunch of tomatoes, peppers and cilantro.

>>6373673
Why are all Walmart self checkouts so shitty and defective. Meanwhile every Walmart here in California seems to only have a maximum of 5 checkers working any given time. Why even install 20 check stands.

>>6373673
>>PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA
LMFAO That woman's voice has been forever ingrained in my memory from the first.. And last time I used those shitty self check out machines. LITERALLY EVERY FUCKING ITEM HAS TO BE PUT INTO THE BAGGING AREA FOR A FEW SECONDS UNTIL THE WOMAN TELLS YOU ITS OKAY. Jesus, buying 10 items took fucking forever.

>>6373292
Has meat spoiled in can foods section yet?

>>6371877
I try to go grocery shopping after midnight

I once saw some old guy try to buy a $0.98 bagel with a credit card

>>6372095
You should get him some Easter eggs this holiday.

Are there in USA old-fashioned vegetable-shop, butcher's or bakeries? Or have they been bought by CostCo, WalMart and stuff?

>>6375736

Yes, plenty of them.
The one thing that is hard to find is a good cheese shop though.

I make donuts in the bakery of the store I work in. Best job I've ever had. Come in at 10PM, whole back area to myself until 3am when the morning baker comes in, roll out at 5.

Just crank the radio up and get shit done. No customers to worry about, no nothin'.

>>6375740
Cheese is usually sold in butcher's shops, here.

>>6373623
Idk, I worked at a sporting goods store and Russians were always ok to me. They would let their kids run all over the place and were gruff, but I could always Bullshit with them pretty easily when they tried to get different prices.

>>6375746

I see a lot of cheese at butcher's shops but it is nowhere near the quality that I'd expect at a European cheese store. On the other hand, many of the nicer supermarkets do have cheese that nice, they just have a much more limited selection.

>>6375425
UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA.
UNEX-

PLEASE WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE.

>>6375425
>not muting that shit
>not pressing skip bagging so you can buy a bag of beef jerky for the price of a slim jim by sliding one underneath over the barcode
>not throwing that shit in your own bag paying $1 for 1lb of jerky and getting the fuck out

guys...

>>6375785
>not pressing skip bagging so you can buy a bag of beef jerky for the price of a slim jim by sliding one underneath over the barcode

At Safeway I could do that shit, but Kroger figured it out a long time ago.

>Press "I'm using my own bag"

PLEASE WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE.

>>6375788
cvs will forever have my back

>>6375425
>LITERALLY EVERY FUCKING ITEM HAS TO BE PUT INTO THE BAGGING AREA FOR A FEW SECONDS

Of course. Don't you understand how those machines work? The "bagging area" contains a scale to check the weight of what you are buying. It takes time for an electronic scale to render a stable reading. What's so confusing about that?

>>6371877
Managers typically have it easy as shit and are paid more. Lifers have a nice little system for themselves and they make sure teens and college students don't interfere.
Seriously, they only have to interact with customers either out of choice or when there is a pretty big problem that the lower-level supervisors can't handle themselves.

I work in clothing retail now while I'm finishing my grad work, and it's a lot nicer than when I was working in grocery. I don't have to wear a uniform nor a nametag, and customers treat me with a lot more respect since 1) They actually see me as a person and not a service machine and 2) Fancy clothing isn't a necessity like food is so people are a lot less hostile and patient if something doesn't ring correctly or isn't on clearance.

I fucking hated my grocery store job.
>"unionized" so $15 taken out of my paycheck after dues, insurance, and tax every week
>had to punch the clock for the slightest shit including asking to go to the bathroom or 15 minutes
>CSMs would often abandon their posts at the front end and walk around the store or relax in the back while cashiers busted ass
>if you were a good cashier who did your job you'd never catch a break, the CSMs would often take the lazier and worthless cashiers off register to go talk or recover the store instead of firing them
>20%+ of poverty line folks in our store so they were always bitchy, thefty, and money-grubbing
>whores who could never do their WIC checks correctly, especially non-English speaking ones
>poorfags who can't fucking understand that their EBT typically won't cover prepared hot foods and non-food items
>old biddies who ask for their stuff to be bagged "paper in plastic"
>people getting pissed at me because I don't have enough change for $10 in quarters
>whiney soccer moms who decide to do their shopping two days before a major holiday and bitch at store staff about it being busy

Left after two years. Horrid job for horrible people.

>>6372124
My boyfriend works for Stop&Shop and he actually enjoys it (afaik). He hated working as a cashier, though.

>>6375797
they didn't say they don't understand it, just that it takes forever. you retard. everyone knows that's how they work.
>be poor as fuck
>buy those reduced yellow sticker items at stop and shop
>barcode doesn't work
>buying a lot so worker has to type them in manually himself
>he tells me how the code works
>"oh, the last for numbers are just the price and then a 0 placeholder afterwards"
>take advantage of this for years till they changed the system
that $2 bison meat

>>6373656
Not true. Worked at Target and when the store closed at 10, we made sure everyone was out at 10. Made announcements over the loudspeaker 15 minutes before, then you sweep the aisles to make sure nobody is hiding anywhere.
If you find someone you tell them store's closed. If they're not a psycho they just leave, if not, manager basically throws them out. Never got a complaint.

>>6371877
tried for a 3 weeks. couldn't stand it; studied well and aced my grades. seriously, being treated like a slave and hauling stuff for shitty pay?

>>6375838
>everyone knows that's how they work.

Apparently not, given the number of people bitching about the "put item in bagging area" messages here. If people knew how they operated the delay in bagging would be expected rather than suprising, and there would be far fewer error messages caused by bumping the scale, or leaving items leaning half on the scale half / half off, etc.

>Came here for fat people stories
>not a single one

Step your shit up

>>6371877
i used to work at a Topps in connecticut. Shit had oldschool gender roles regarding employment (girls/feminine boys could only work cashier. Every other boy was a stock slave) I happened to be a stock slave and this is my story

>Had no set hours, she would literally call us in on days that stock came in without telling us how much/how long it was gonna take.
>somedays i would be there from 9am-9pm while other days i would barely be in the store for 30 minutes
>We stole EVERYTHING, one kid i knew would calculate his paycheck and steal the exact amount in food as well.
>Got one of the butchers high on shrooms while he was cutting meat.
>got a mexican straight edge kid totally plastered off shitty beer while he was working in the deli
>Every once in a while the managers cokehead son would come in, fill an empty cart with food, and just leave without paying. He also got a paycheck for working there, which mostly consisted of him pacing around the aisles and screaming everytime he blew coke in the bathroom.
>on my very first day, not 10 minutes into my shift a customer asked me where something was and i didn't know where to find it so i told her. She responded by telling me i wouldn't be working here for very long.
>we found dead rats in the fruitcup section and my manager just put rat traps/poison behind the shelves and told us to "treat it like a bad spill"

>>6372124
>every qt3.14 co-worker has a boyfriend

How are you even supposed to get a qt girlfriend when all of them already have boyfriends, it's frustrating, man.

>>6375859
The only kind of fat person you have to watch out for is that obese, toothless trailer trash bitch on a scooter and her slew of five offspring coming in to use up their food stamps at the end of the month.

Never had a problem with any other kind of fattie.

Worked at Aldi for a year. I can't imagine it being too different from any other grocery store, but we had to do everything as fast as we could. Since we only had three employees in a store at a time, things sometimes got really hectic. Also, they're always short staffed and overwork all their employees. It's no wonder they have such a high turnover rate.

Used to work at Pathmark. Easiest job I ever had

>never any customers
>friends would pull pranks, drink and smoke weed on the clock
>came into work and opened up trailer doors to a delivery truck in back
>friend was high, asleep on a pallet of paper towels in there

>2 different co-workers get called into office
>caught on camera playing basketball with a display hoop for over 2 hours in the back
>didn't get fired

>manager would take off the Pathmark radio after 8pm and put on his own music
>metal, hardcore rap, and techno music after dark

So many more stupid stories. I'm not surprised it shut down

>>6373623
>The smell
We had an Indian teacher who taught special ed or something at my high school. The entire hallway he taught on was rank as fuck because he never wore deodorant. Ever.

>>6373599

I don't understand why store people don't just say that they're closing and that the customer have to be out by then.

>>6375893

Really. I've been in several stores near closing time and they normally would announce over the intercom a warning that they'd be closing in 15 minutes, then 5 minutes, then at closing time they asked everyone in the store to get up to the register with their final purchases.

>>6375875
I guess that's how they manage to keep shit cheap- permanent understaffing

>>6375896
i wouyld have talked to them within 5 minutes after closing... no shit they were surprised because noone fucking told them anything.

how can a whole team of people JUST. FUCKING. WAIT. for an hour?

Your own fault, have some balls next time and professionally let them know you're closed.

I don't understand why the fuck you didn't do that you subhuman filth

>>6375892
I just don't understand this. The internet told me that Indian people smell bad and like curry all the time, but the ones I've met that actually do smell bad only smell bad because they don't wear deodarant, not because they didn't bathe or ate smelly food. Its an easy fix and I don't know why it isn't a universal thing.

>>6375967
The curry thing is just the Internet being racist as usual. I actually have met Indians that wore deodorant, but I was told the lack of it is a cultural thing and I should totally respect that even though it makes them rank as fuck.

>>6375794
>>6375788
>>6375785

i mean.... ive done it, but don't you feel like a fucking poor and underage fag when you're stealing fucking jerkey? smh.

>>6375850

everyone knows how they work, you absolute retard. the process just takes a while. You sound like a fucking idiot, here's an analogy:

> damn it, my car broke down so I have to take the Bus to school. It'll take me an hour and a half!
> WaWaWaWhaaat?! You don't know how busses work!! See that terminal at the front is where you put money in, the seats are for sitting, and remember! It makes multiple stops! If only you KNEW HOW BUSSES WORK.

> idiotic dork...

>>6373599
>entire shop is too stupid to let some people know the shop is closing
>let the presense of two indian guys disrupt everybody's plans for no reason
>manager and co-workers are 'pissed' and you and the rest of them can't figure out how to get people to leave a closing shop within an hour

I mean, really? This has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever read.

>>6372124
>>6375867
>every qt3.14 co-worker has a boyfriend

Lmao. That's what they tell YOU. When I ask her, she's single. Dumbass. Step up your game.

>>6375725
I have bought items less than $0.50 cent with a card, I do it regularly.

>>6375999
i thought the same thing, but then again i've never worked in a fucking grocery store because im not a moron. When I was 15 I was slanging newspapers door to door making $800 a week for working 10 hours a week.

But of course if you're too dumb to realize the right thing to do is come up to the customers and politely explain the store is closed, you deserve the fate you get.

I like the part where he said the indians were surprised. NO SHIT! They didn't know you'd close at fucking 3 and you didn't tell them.

>>6376004

How

>>6375725
>>6376008

There's this really dumb bitch at Safeway and she always forgets to charge me for the bag, then runs my card again for $0.10 cents for the bag.

I always tell her
> you realize you're losing the store money, right? the transaction fee for that 10 cent transaction is probably more then 10 cents.

> uhh? huh?? TAN SENS! Have nice day! every time

>>6375990
>everyone knows how they work

But they don't, anon. I have worked checkout at a grocery store. I have been the self-checkout attendant. Easily 3/4 of the time that I got called to help a customer "fix the machine" it was because they didn't understand how the machine worked, and the problem was caused by their kid banging on the scale, or the shopper putting something extra in the bagging area (like a purse or their phone) while they were setting the food down. Another common one was them leaning a long object half on the scale and half against the rest of the machine. All of those things will cause the scale to read incorrectly, which of course causes the dreaded electronic voice.

You may understand how they work, but the majority of humanity are fucking clueless.

>>6376022
Do you even lift?

>>6376033
Yes

>>6376022

> aquire interests and goals
> accomplish goals
> become a better and more interesting person
> treat girls as equals not princesses

pretty much that it. Also, don't ask girls to dates. Just see if they wanna "chill", "hang out", or "grab a bite/drink". It'll take the pressure off.

>>6376036
everyone lifts, you gotta get real interests and hobbies. something that people will be liek "oh, wow! that's intersting".

if you really into lifting become a personal trainer. If not that much, supplement with another hobby.

Or you can just get a dog and walk that shit in the park.... instant experience approaching women.

>>6376032
omg dude are you still on this?
TL;DR, just stop it.

You're missing the fucking point and I'm not repeating it for the 4th time. Point was that even if you know how to use them, they take a long time because you have to spend like 5 seconds on each item.

oh, and if you're buying loose fruit or veggies you're royally fucked because you gotta look up "white onion" on page fucking 43 of the damn screen, then weight it out... its like you volunteered for your own cashier job. terrible.

>>6376043

I have other hobbies, too. Reading, miniature games, video games, movies, TV shows, going out for walks, running, hanging out with friends and stuff. Used to write, too, but I'm currently too preoccupied with getting my master's and working.

>>6376037
I guess this is better advice than be yourself but I'm too shit to become interesting
even then there's that whole face shit i have going on

>>6376057
> Reading, miniature games, video games, movies, TV shows

those aren't really hobbies... those are time-wasting activities that repel vagina.

I mean, miniature games, really? You'll never get laid. Video games as a hobby? Don't ever tell that to a girl.

Basically, from what you've explained, you LOVE WASTING TIME. Oh, just sit on my ass and read a book, or sit on my ass and watch TV, how interesting I am! I just sit on my ass all day... well, that is while im not at work and school.

booooooring. How about coming up with a more creative hobby - one that creates things instead of wastes time? art, writing, dancing, etc...

shit that will improve you, not just make your mind space out for hours in someone ELSE's accomplishment. Those TV shows you waste your life on - the people that actually MADE them accomplished something.

>>6376075
>I mean, miniature games, really? You'll never get laid

I already did get laid so, you know. And it's nothing to brag about, I don't go up to a girl and ask her for a game of Warhammer. I actually just like painting the miniatures. There, art.
And as I said, I used to write but I can't at the moment because when I write I think "Hey you could also be writing your thesis so stop writing".

Anyway, the real problem is I never learned how to talk to people/girls. I know they're humans and shit but laughinggirls.jpg intimidates me and I have no clue how to approach somebody.

>>6376075
how does travel/backpacking go down
pls be specific on pussy gaining hobbies

>>6376081
>>6376081

yeah, that was my problem too. i solved it by practicing. I actually had a job selling newspapers, which was embarassing as fuck but after a couple of weeks it became no problem.

here's what you do:
> aquire clipboard
> print out some random survey (you can even make some of the questions a little relevant, like what do you like to do for fun or some thing, so you have material left)
> come up to girls at a mall or other large store
> "Hi, excuse me? I'm doing a survey for my statistics class, and I would like to ask you a couple of questions."

you'll get a lot of no's, a lot of girls will ignore you and roll their eyes. So you can get used to that. You'll also get some of the nicer girls to stop and talk to you, and you can practice not sweating bullets during those moments.

Couple weeks - maybe talking to like 50 girls about questions on your survey, and you'll be completely fine. You can even start running game right there...

>>6376054
>You're missing the fucking point and I'm not repeating it for the 4th time

I'm not disagreeing with that point. I concur 100%.

I'm not talking about delays, my point is that most people are fucking retards when it comes to using the machine. For example:

>>Point was that even if you know how to use them, they take a long time because you have to spend like 5 seconds on each item.

Sounds silly. You know the machine takes a long time for produce, so the logical decision would be to go to a normal checkout line if you have a lot of items you can't scan quickly. See what I mean about understanding the machine and acting accordingly?

>>6376083
travel/backpacking is probably the best strategy ever. When girls travel they love getting laid, even if they have boyfriends. When I went to Israel for 10 days it was non stop hooking up. All the girls were down...

Last time i was staying in a Hostel, and some polish chick stayed for 3 days. For absolutely no reason (mind you, I was just drinking beer and being broke), she totally crushed on me and fucked me on the last day, in the outdoor patio area... lol.

So yeah. Travel good. Backpacking is good but you'll have to make sure you stay at hostels or go with a group that includes girls.

>>6376098
you have asbergers.

Yeh. I'm the bottom of the barrel warehouse guy/dude who put shit on the shelves, dunno how you call em' in English.

Live in a place where 60% of the population is 60+ years old. I already hate people but having to deal with senile people who yell at me because they supposedly know we sell a specific product in my assigned aisle even tho I've been working long enough to know the store in his entirety, forces to waste the time of the manager so he can tell himself that no we dont sell that fucking product, have the granny fly away in rage, cursing our small supermarket as loud as she can. Sometimes I just want to jump at em with my working knife, but then I remember that at their age they'd be lucky to live another month

I don't think I should be working around that many people. I'm too much of a social autist.

>>6372191
i worked at a safeway as a cashier for 5 years starting in highschool and i 100% agree with this statement. i met a lot of cool people who came through my till and many people had really cool stories. it just got really shitty when someone came in who thought that complaining would result in quicker service or getting their way. besides that most of the drama in the store came from most of the female staff over the dumbest shit. still some cool people to work with but man they just complaining about shit.

>>6376106

I guess that makes the both of us then. Delay guy posted just as many replies as I did.

I use to work in the Walmart grocery.
Probably saw everyone from all walks of life shopping for food. The ones that stuck out a lot me and my co-workers would come up with nicknames for them.
We had this one middle eastern dude who we called The Bleaching Banana Baron. Dude looked like the guy on the Red Baron pizza box, and about every month he would get a cart filled with bananas and two cases of Comet bleach.

>>6373667
>>6375846
>>6375896
It all depends on the manager and the company. If the company prides itself on customer service, there ain't no way in hell they're going to kick out customers at closing. The ones that show up right before closing are generally unreasonable to begin with, so you can imagine the shit that would go down if they were told they had to go before they finished shopping.

Most of my friends who worked retail jobs have horror stories about people who wouldn't leave at closing time. It was always Indians, hoodrats, lardass rednecks, and super entitled white people--basically a who's who of awful customers.

>tfw owner hires some dude with either high-functioning autism or serious fucking asperger
>Guy can literally not say any word other than "okay" with his eyes crossed looking at a wall
>Reason why he was hired is because of some sort of social integration program where the employer only have to pay him half of his salary
>Based on his productivity, he's more like a quarter of an employee rather than a half.

He's been here for six months now. jesus christ make him go.

>>6376136
Oh god yes
We've got The Purple Cat Lady, who always wears literally nothing but purple every time she's in, always demands an electric cart, and talks lovingly about the 20+ cats she owns
..and the Arabs, who are the local Indian family that owns most of the gas stations in town. They'll come in and get 30 of each 2 liter and 20 gallons of milk.

>>6376130
Different people were replying to you, you fuckhead.

I work in the bakery of a kroger owned local store. Dealing with people that come in is the least of my trouble but why do female managers always suck? They don't understand anything and tend to do the least work possible while expecting the world of someone who makes minimum wage. Store managers always seem cool though.

>>6376136
I'm in a bakery and we have the cookie bandit, he's some old dude who comes in on a scooter and wears a straw cowboy hat. He always makes us cut up a whole pie from the floor and put the cake decorators whipped cream frosting on it. We call him the cookie bandit because he steals all the cookie samples we have for kids if you're not watching him. Haven't seen him for awhile so he might have kicked the bucket, which is making my day easier so good riddance.

Okay /ck/ who's the lowest denominator in a store?

>bagger/courtesy clerk

or

>maintenance

>>6376322
Niggers.

I work the self checkout station

maybe 40% of the people who use the self checkout terminals know how to use them

I want to die

>>6373292
>work in frozen section
>find an 8 pack of pepsi cans in the back of the freezer
why the back
why the freezer at all

>>6376359
just be glad it didn't explode.

>>6376322
Cashiers and baggers tend to make about the same (a tad above minimum wage), courtesy desk makes slightly more than them.
Maintenence guys and cart pushers are at the bottom of the food chain and get paid the least, even though they've got arguably the hardest physical job.
Unloaders and stockers work thier asses off, but they get paid pretty well, comparatively, as well as generally getting a slight bonus for working nights.

>>6376404
>Unloaders and stockers work thier asses off

its a comfy job though especially the night shifts

>>6376359
So my cheap ass can return in a hour or two and buy me and my buddies ice cold Pepsi for peanuts instead of street prices.

>>6375374
i think 20+ checkstands are mainly for holiday seasons where it gets extremely busy, so they hire temporaries to help

>>6376329
The self checkout enrages me because it takes twenty seconds to scan and bag anything, and it calls for employee approval for half of the items.

>>6376422
Ours actually work pretty well tbh the only issues are the sensitivity of them and because the new points programs yells "ARE YOU A PC PLUS MEMBER" about 4 times per transaction

Why would you need employee approval the only time I have to do that is if somebody is buying a reduced price item and I have to punch in the 30% off.

>>6376416
I hadn't considered this possibility

>find some reduced meal thing buried underneath a pile of frozen fries in the frozen bin
>waste it because that's what I have to do
>customer comes up to me 10 minutes later asking me if I know where it is
>he hid it there "for later"

>>6376138
This.

I work in non-grocery retail. It's a sales-based department store. We close at 10 PM but if a customer comes in at 9:59, well we better be prepared to not get out until 11:30 because this dipshit can't go one night without a fucking dishwasher.

It's also a fuckhuge store so cash pulls take forever, too.

>>6376075
I didn't believe normalfags existed but then this post showed up

>>6376433
>Why would you need employee approval

Alcohol
Anything with a solvent in it that could be considered "abusable" like glue, bug spray, cleaners in aerosol cans etc. can only be sold to people 18+, so that calls for an ID check like alcohol does.

>>6376447
well grocery stores don't sell alcohol here because of government monopolies but we don't have to approve any of that other stuff

thats odd

>>6376454
hello fellow PAfag

>>6376458
Canada m8

alcohol in ontario can only be purchased at government stores with incredibly high taxes and markups

>>6376433
The ones in every store here will tell you to put the item in the bagging area, and then immediately tell you that the item you put in was unexpected. This will happen at least once per five items, and things like produce almost always call for approval.

In the time it takes me to scan five items, I could have had the entire cart done and over on a normal register.

>>6376463
same here + a shit-tier selection and employees that are the lowest tier of government employees

>>6376463

wow, that sucks. you can't even buy wine at a supermarket? what about cooking wine?

>>6371877
>multiple credit cards


I hate all you people with a fiery passion.

>all these retarded niggers having problems with self checkout
They are actually IQ testers and you guys are scoring sub-75 IQs

work at a winco foods and worked at a mexican market in socal before. did produce for both stores. produce is the msot annoying job to do of all time

>>6376499
>working more efficiently than the machine means you're retarded

Nice try, retard. Go try to feel better about yourself somewhere else.

>>6376480
>wow, that sucks. you can't even buy wine at a supermarket?

some have official government wine stores inside the supermarket otherwise no

on the plus side the stores are usually pretty nice inside i don't know what liquor stores look like over there

>>6376447
> "abusable" like glue, bug spray, cleaners in aerosol cans etc. can only be sold to people 18+, so that calls for an ID check like alcohol does.

never heard this. never encountered this. I've been all over california and they don't ask ID for glue. or bug spray. or lighters. (although for lighters i think they're supposed to...)

>>6376463
wait but what about all those sitcoms where the dude bros take a trip to canada and load up on a bunch of beer, and then the mounties try to catch them?

i thought that was because it was cheaper? or maybe the drinking age is lower? whats the drinking age there?

You know what I'm talking about right.... it's a common theme on like That 70s Show type shows.... its almost as common as "going down to tijuana" to score pot. (in TV)

>>6376529
drinking age in Canada is 19

>>6376075
>time-wasting activities that repel vagina.
shut the fuck up. I date a guy who paints miniatures, plays video games and I enjoy watching tv and movies. Most women enjoy tv.
Jesus christ.

>>6376500
I've done produce, unless your supervisor is a moron it's literally just stock. What's so hard about rotation and lifting boxes?

>>6376517
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intoxicative_inhalant#Legal_aspects

Most US states have laws that require the sellers of "abusable inhalants" to ask for ID before selling things like spray paint, glue containing solvents (normal "white glue" doesn't count), paint thinner, etc. Of course very little in the supermarket falls under that category but I've been IDed buying super glue, canisters of propane, etc.

>>6376529
Different provinces have different laws

Quebec and Alberta are 18 for legal age and can sell alcohol pretty much everywhere

We in Ontario go to Quebec to buy before a holiday to stock up you can save hundreds and its a decent little trip

>>6376543
its really annoying to order my whippets on amazon

>>6376513
Looks exactly like the liquor store on Trailer Park Boys, do they all look that way? Liquor stores here are usually have pretty seedy clientele and sell cigarettes and other vices.

>>6376551
>do they all look that way?

vast majority of the ontario ones yes

The beer store (literally its name) still has ones that look older but theyre getting upgraded gradually

this is what a typical beer store looks like

you place orders and it comes sliding from the back on a wheeled belt

>>6376566
That sounds and looks cool but also seems like a pain in the ass.

>>6376566
>milk in bags
>beer on belts

what will they come up with next

>>6376570
>>6376576
they make a cool sound though

>>6373186
How did your managers end up in the U.S. Since that had degrees?

>one coworker
>he's always late
>his till is always short
>he never cleans his register
>he is on permanent cash probation
>goes outside frequently to smoke
>probably should have been fired by now

I think he's still around because reverse affirmative action or something. There are only 3 male cashiers out of probably 20+.

>>6376416

So you went to the store, hid something, went back home just to return to the store in an hour or two to buy the thing you had hidden when you were at the store the first time?
Why not just buy it?

>>6376545
aha! that's it. Cool, I wish I had trips like that... but I can just ask a bum to buy me beer.

:(

>>6376614
>Why not just buy it?

Because he wants it cold. But that could be easily achieved by asking the fish/butcher counter for some ice.

>>6376638
>Cool, I wish I had trips like that...

me too. oh well, these will have to do

>>6376666

You failed.

>>6376666
Those are quads motherfucker.

>>6376106
Lol. Straight up told that fool he had assburgers.

Had me giggling in the quiet study section of the college library.

Produe dept is fun and chill just get used to working with lots of mexicans.

>>6376666
>I'd rather have trips than quads

Die a violent death

>>6373623
In China you barter. It is just what they do at certain places. Like you never buy things at the set price but you always go and fight the store owner for a cheaper price. Just the way things are.

>>6376415
Except when they make the stockers also do cashiering when the store gets busy.
Fuck that shit.

>>6376127

Get a transfer to receiving/backroom. Much easier socially as long as you're tight with your co-workers.

>>6375747
German children are 100x worse and their parents wont do shit.

>>6376539

Chill, the guy just has an axe to grind.

>>6372095
At my local grocery store all those positions go to mentally disabled people. I love it. They're always in a good mood and don't hit with the average retail worker comatose dead stare

>>6373488
They have this already in South Korea. You touch a screen for the product you want and then pay on your way out and get your groceries already bagged. Cuts down on shop lifting too.

>>6373341
lol you actually got bullied at work.

The drama is the fucking worst, and it only gets shitter the more people there are.
Ever after a few years there, I still get shitty looks from the 'lifers' who've been there 20+ years, who still think i'm some little shit punk who'll be gone any day, and how DARE I fucking ask them to get off thier ass and help customer find something, or to get something off the shelf if i'm in the middle of helping someone else.
The store is broken and shitty, bleeding out money and shady as fuck, and i've been 'that one fucking asshole' who speaks up and calls out the bullshit I see to management, who everyone else seems to think are gods who you should fear and suck up to.
...who themselves get this look of amazement and disgust whenever I try to prod them into doing thier fucking jobs.

>>6376591
Peru is a shithole even worse than Mexico.

>>6375736
On the west coast (California, Oregon, Washington) and the Northeast (Jew york) is where you'll find the quality bakers (who can bake more than doughnuts, cookies and cakes). Butchers are everywhere because murica' loves meat, though butchers who deal in artisan meats are almost none existent. Famers markets are popular, that count as a vegetable shop?

>Or have they been bought by CostCo, WalMart and stuff?

More like americans themselves have turned every possible aspect of their diet into cellophane rapped shit.

>>6373316
Holy fucking shit. I thought the Indians who came to my store only acted like pieces of shit because they knew the owner of the store was Indian and felt like they were entitled to special treatment. The worst I've had yet was an Indian driver from Pizza Hut.

>first came in demanding i fix the coffee he got from another store
>realize he just wanted a fresh one
>give it to him anyway, tell him to bring a receipt next time
>comes in again asking for another refresh
>says the morning shift fucked it up & wasn't get a receipt
>asks for free food to get with his free coffee
>says his friends on the morning shift always give him free stuff
>ask him how they're his good friends if they fuck up his coffee
>comes back demanding free food and coffee
>yeah, nope
>claims to be friends with manager
>yeah, really? who?
>YOUR MANAGER! You know who!
>...right...
>says he will bring me pizza the next time he comes
>comes back weeks later no pizza
>demands his free shit
>where's my pizza
>Oh I bring your pizza on Sunday! You weren't here!
>Yeah? I was here all day
>Well, the other guy must have taken your food. I brought it I swear... I KNOW YOUR MANAGER
>brings pizza and chicken two days in a row
>gets free shit two days in a row
>comes in today, skips the line, orders over $40 worth of shit, demands it all for free
>nope.jpg
>starts trying to wave down other workers and demanding freebies
>all the Indians ignore him
>only says hi to my manager, who politely says hi back
>SEE? That's my friend! That's my friend! You give me for free. No charge.
>tell him i can't do it
>only buys one thing and practically throws his change at me saying he doesn't need it (3 cents)

He's probably one of the most blatant Indians I've ever encountered. But most of them will try it if you give them a chance to become at least a little acquainted with you. Not that they will do shit for you if you ask but the moment they say hi, how are you, they're begging for free shit.

>>6376531
Varies from province to province. BC is 19, Alberta is 18.

>>6373322
I always wondered what it's like to be a vendor. Does it get cramped in there? I have to imagine it gets boring just sitting there all day waiting for people to buy shit, I'd bring a book at least.

I'm a night shift supervisor at a Kroger affiliate. I'm trying to get out but I'm being picky. The job isn't bad, I mainly stock shelves, I hardly do any supervising. So long as the job gets done and no one is stealing anything (other than company time) I don't give a shit. The store I work at closes at midnigight so I only have to deal with customers for 2-3 hours. Management above me except for one person sucks, that one person is a lifer who is retiring in May. They will not fire even the shittiest workers, only good thing about them being pushovers is that it's easy to get off on days you want.

>>6378834

What the fuck are you talking about? He doesn't work in a vending machine.

>>6375967
>>6375972
You do know what you eat tends to come out in your sweat, right?

>>6373417
An old man once shat himself while sitting at the counter of the restaurant in which I used to work. The waitress that noticed it had to take a break afterwards since she had kind of a break down and couldn't stop crying.

>>6375425
>Scan your shoppers card or enter your alternate ID
>Welcome valued customer
>please scan your first item

>>6379167
It's true they won't fire the shittiest workers. We had a guy who just joined night shift and wasn't accustomed to night work. He would sometimes come in for his night shift, and fall asleep at 2am for break time. He once slept 4 hours for his shift and just clocked out. I couldn't fire him because of union shit, so i just put him on 7am front end. A week of pushing carts and bagging he texted me he quit and won't be coming back.

Being sent to bagging is my way of saying you're fired. They always quit.

>>6379172
Hahaha...

>>6379172
Ok genius, how do they know what drink you want then?

>>6373599
They're also thieves. just like niggers gonna nig,the redman is gonna steal. They were casing the place,I guarantee.

>>6376093
wow...

>>6372180
>shorthanded for 2 months
If you are doing the work of two people and managing to keep things flowing, they ain't looking for anyone

>>6371877
>donuts, 3 jugs of milk, and yogurt
>$20, please!

>>6379167
What happened in this photo?

>>6379436

My workplace isn't even union, they management is just a bunch of pussies.

>>6380730

The black skids the milk crates come on are extremely slippery. I think one of rhw straps came undone and a bunch of crates slid forward, dumping a shit ton of milk. That happened several years ago.

Anyone got any stories involving animals?

I had some fat bitch chew me out over her little 'therapy' dog. 3 customers had complained about it(two said there were allergic) and my manager asked me to take care of it. It was running around, ripping shit off shelves and took a shit. I told her only service dogs were allowed in the store and she went apeshit about her untrained piece of shit was a service dog(no it's fucking not) and I almost got fired over it by the same manager that told me to take care of the problem for 'upsetting the customer'.

Fuck that job. I was 16 at the time and I opened a can of sardines and hid them in ceiling of his office and superglued the keyholes on his car doors. Not a week later 3 other employees quit.

>>6372857
>Our store attracts a coupon crowd which makes regular customers leave and never come back because the lines are always backed in to the aisles.
The place I'm at was like this but our reward/money system was recently dropped so now we're waiting on the customer fallout.

>>6378225
That guy shouldbe arrested

>>6376244
>20+ cats

>>6373316
Fucking this, had a lady buy like 6 containers of cottage cheese that was on sale (bet the limit was like 2 or 3) then she was upset when I didn't have 4 more because she wanted 10. Demanded a raincheck. Keep in mind my department isn't even dairy.

>WHO BUYS 10 CONTAINERS OF COTTAGE CHEESE

>>6382154
It would spoil before she even got to use them. If you're buying in bulk, at least buy shit that isn't going to expire in like two weeks.

>>6382169

Nah, you're just not using your brain. You make a bunch of stuff with a cheap ingredient, then you sell the finished product to your friends/neighbors or take it to a church or school fundraiser.

Also, you can freeze it. That screws with its texture but it's still usable in baked dishes.

Worked in one for years from the age of 15 to 23. Eventually got a full time better job and was able to quit. I was there for so long I was pretty autonamous and more often than not worked in any department that had a call-out that I was allowed to work in (so anything but Deli, Meat/Seafood, and Bakehop). It wasn't too bad since every day was different and I wasn't just scanning items for 6 hours a day every day. In my last year and a half I got myself out to our gas station so I was able to dick around and sit all day on my phone / book / whatever. As long as we passed random inspections I was given free reign to do pretty much whatever I wanted all day and it was fucking great.

I probably could stuck it out and gotten a job in middle management on the non-corporate end of things, but I didn't want to be "that guy." Like a department head, or our cash office or something. I don't miss it, but I do miss interacting with people all day.

I worked customer service and got to be chummy with everyone who came in. Eventually I got in tight with a lot of the ghetto ass people and white trash who'd come in and if I had the money they'd let me use their EBT cards to shop, and I'd pay them 60 cents on the dollar (so if I spent 100 I'd pay them 60). Obviously I'd use the card at different stores.

Ate like a champion and the trash got to buy their booze or smokes. Sure it was immoral, but that's just the hustle.

>Catch people tying to steal
>Always tell our loss prevention person
>He always waits until they leave the store so he can press charges
>mfw idiots think they know how to steal from self checkouts

There's a reason it always says "PLEASE REMOVE THE LAST ITEM FROM THE BELT" you dumbass. The machine knows you scanned a kool-aid packet and not an eight dollar steak.

>>6372112
I've worked at a Whole Foods now for about...8 months and I can definitely say that its a nice place to work (compared to most places)

My favorite perks about being on the front end is all the free food. I got like 3lb worth of lentils because someone forgot it and once its in a bag we cant just put it back in bulk. Of course the customers are exactly what you expect, but overall the people I work with are super chill, 'specially on the closing shifts.

>>6373501
I used to work at Kmart too bro, shit sucked so much AND I got stuck at the service desk because of my charming personality.

I would always do opening shifts and usually things were ok up until a cashier was a call out/no show. Then the ride to hell starts. And while I did honestly try to help people, most of them are the lowest of the low always trying to get more money out of the store and whatever.

My favorite customer was an older black lady who tried to return a tv model that we didnt sell since like the 90's saying that she JUST bought it and it happened to break while she was on vacation. She went through me, two managers and the store manager before we were finally able to get her out of the store with her busted ass tv. That and someone once tried to return a vacuum but when I checked the box they put rocks in it.

>>6373599
>worked at sears, in the 'fine jewelry' department
>it was a few days before black friday
>indian guy shuffles in around 9pm
>"oh yes i want a watch i can send back home blah blah"
>show him some watches, he cant decide so he browses other parts of the store
>comes back at 9:55, wants to look at ALL THE WATCHES
>I tell him we're closing and he's gotta come back later
>literally refuses to move and wants to look at more watches

I had to call up security to get him out because I swear he would of stayed and looked at watches all night good god. And he had the worst curry breath ever dear lord it could burn off eyebrows

>work weekends in grocery store
>during closing shift employees can take the food thats considered "spoiled"
>tfw always come home with free bread, pastries, salads
>came home with 85 euros worth of rainbow trout one day

>>6382203
>>mfw idiots think they know how to steal from self checkouts

there are quite a few ways of stealing from self checkout though from what ive seen from 3 years of working the station.

>>6382538
yeah the "spoilage"

well this meat is slightly off colour so we can't sell it MINE MINE MINE

we have a reduced section for stuff thats spoiled from the bakery but after a day on that its fair game

i could probably feed myself reasonably well for nothing but I like to take advantage of that sweet discount

>>6382480
well how did the vacuum guy react when you found out?

>>6382603
everything bananas

>>6382976
Sticking rocks in a vacuum cleaner box is like, the oldest scam in the book. On par with receipt scamming.

>>6373613
>no spacial awareness
I guess I am not crazy for thinking that. When someone is blocking a pathway it is usually some indian person.

used to work at cvs. any time we had a good deal on soda there would be swarms of indian people coming in.

>new weeks deal page is out
>indian guys come in and take 3 shopping carts
>head for the soda aisle and take every single one that is on sale
>limit 6 per customer rule so I have to do 30 transactions with just these indian guys for like 1 hour straight
>the whole time I have to deal with their smell and rude way of speaking
>manager said it was ok because they were paying customers
>finally fucking finish up with them
>another indian family comes in
>EY MAN WHERE SODA I NEED SODA
>manager wheels out a bunch more soda for these sand people
>literally the same thing I just did

god damn.
Not sure who I hated more; couponers, or indians

>>6375723
This so fucking much. So peaceful and that's when they are reloading stock. Also, can get help super easy if for some odd reason I need it.

I work front-end at a pharmacy, it's kind of like a small grocery store but the staff is like 1/50 in comparison. We also have plenty of incidents with the local rabble since the location is in a very low-income region.

>>6381151
>couple weeks into cashiering
>at the register when suddenly BULLMASTIFF out of nowhere
>everyone freaking out, nervous it'll knock a bunch of stuff (or people) over
>owner runs in a minute later with a giant chain leash to drag it back outside with

>>6376419
Bullshit. Our walmart has maybe 10 rehisters open during the major holidays despite having fucking 40 registers

Does working in a cinema count because if so Cineworld fag from Glasgow reporting in. If anyone is interested I can tell you some stories like how one worker got someone fired by going to the femanazi manager

Or how unhealthy the food is and how staff sometimes fuck about in the cinema etc etc etc

>>6376545
Alberta here, holy fuck it's insane in my city. There are so many fucking liquor stores everywhere. You go around the corner and there are 10 different liquor stores right next to each other, and it's like that in the entire city and then more are always popping up.

>>6383379
Yes, please do

>>6383516
I just realize that I love Alberta.

Hockey, hockey, hockey!

Worked as a stockboy for a couple of months after a rough separation and having to move back into my parents with assloads of debt.

Hated it. Switched over to food serving and haven't looked back. Similar type of bullshit you have to deal with, but I much prefer it, pay aside.

How should one go about getting free shit from cashiers.

>>6382603
Please teach me.

>>6383516
Well we have a lot of them in Toronto theyre just all the exact same one with the exact same prices and exact same selection more or less

our governents guilty of so many crimes its unbelievable

>>6383379
do you watch movies for free? do you take home free popcorn? how come your popcorn tastes so good? why do you charge out the ass for popcorn?

>>6376666
always sad to see this happen

I appreciate you cashiers that make small talk and I'm not being the least bit ironic.

>>6375740
Don't look for a cheese shop, look for a local farm that makes its own cheese. You can buy it from there.

There's a guy at the grocery store I go to. I've had a huge crush on him for a long time. We talk some. I'm pretty sure he's not gay, but I still wanna blow him like super bad. Also he's really good at his job.

>>6383516
Albertafag here as well. It's insanity in my city. No matter where you are in the city you are within a 15 minute walk to a liquor store. Then there are the parts of the city where there are multiple liquor stores on every block.

Also they don't normally sell booze at supermarkets (I've never seen it in my life) but you can buy cooking sherry and cooking wine (pretty sure it's 0% alcohol though).

>>6384251
Prices here are very similar too. But costco is definitely the cheapest place to buy booze and the selection can vary a ton at each spot although every place has the standard stock of whiskies, vodka, and beer.

We have a ton of natives around here and boy do those natives love to drink

>>6373599
Are we talking about India Indians? Or Injun Indians?
I can vouch for Injuns being pretty bro tier, but actual Indians are EXTREAMLY picky and will always want an item from the back even though the shelf is filled with the thing they want.

>>6381151
Dear god.
At Walmart we had this one regular who we called Fat Beard. He was a middle aged man who was morbidly obese with an unkept beard and would always demand a motorized kart.
About every other week he would come in with his parakeet on his shoulder, and his shoulder was always covered in shit.
I always felt sorry for that little bird. It always looked terrified all the time and it wanted to scream for help.

>>6373599

At most places they just announce the store is closing soon. You seem mildly retarded, but what else would I expect from a professional grocery bagger.

>>6386722
India Indians, the smelly horrible kind.

>>6386786
Not every store works the same, moron and a job I had to help pay school expenses as I work on getting my M.D. =/= profession.

You don't understand the shit world of retail, the customer is always right usually to a ludicrous degree. I'd love nothing more then to tell them to fuck off at 3:00 at the dot but you have to bend over backwards to satisfy the customer which means taking a big 'ol bite of a shit sandwich and if you don't show monk like patience at a customer's inanity and stupidity management will chew you up.

When you see a regular employee going through hell and back to satisfy a shitty customer (possibly yourself) it's not something they have any say it, they are forced to do by a higher up.

It was a policy almost as retarded as yourself, but now I'm just exaggerating.

>>6386904
>You don't understand the shit world of retail

What is there to understand? Store closes in 10 minutes, a voice goes on the PA saying store closes in 10 minutes. Practically every large store I've been to does this, at least in the US. I've lived in 6 states and every region except the south. Are you in the south? That would explain a lot of things.

I don't work for the store itself, but I work in it as one of the sample shilling, marketing folk. Every day I go in, grab my cart from the back of the store and all the little utensils and cookware I need to get my products ready, and head out onto the sales floor. Today my product was some sort of sad, microwavable chicken sandwich and the Monster Energy: Rehab variety pack.

For six hours I had to watch people come up, grab my samples and, despite the giant 24 pack of Monster, and the multiple cans chilling on ice next to the sample platter, ask me what on earth this strange, bubbly liquid was. Every single goddamn one of these people was convinced that this bubbly, clear pink liquid was some sort of off-beat au jus for their sandwich. So through clenched teeth I would repeatedly explain what the product was, an energy drink, a little something to accompany the food. Something to wash it down with.

These people would then look right at me, and dunk their goddamn sandwiches right into the fucking cups. I had an entire family clear my sample platter as I explained what the product was and then watched them mutter amongst themselves for several minutes as they tried to figure out what in god's name this perplexing fucking liquid was until they finally resolved that it was clearly for dipping because there is no other purpose such a thing could exist for.

All in all still a better day than the time a grown ass woman ate a Tide Pod.

>>6383285
>not just petting dog

>>6387109
>All in all still a better day than the time a grown ass woman ate a Tide Pod.

Ahhh tide pods, or as i like to call them, Darwins little helper.

>>6387109
>a grown ass woman ate a Tide Pod
Exemplary.

>>6387109
How did you not bust out in laughter at such a fucking thing? I'd be in stitches.

>American cashiers stand
literally why

>>6387397
Honestly it's probably better for you than sitting for 8 hours. It's not so bad anyway, there's usually a padded mat to stand on.

>>6386919
Well there's the variable, the store is not a large chain store like Krogers, Safeway, Walmart, etc. It is a small to medium sized store that unfortunately did not have the ability to treat it's customers like cattle so a lot of the emphasis was on exceptional customer service.

Different places have different policies and this one was to bend over and let the customer wail on you with a nightstick. I think it's just as retarded as you, but as a regular employee you are in no position to question it if you don't want go get fired.

Hell even when I worked at Best Buy we didn't use the PA to tell people to get out, we closed the door around closing but the receipt checker guy would for some reason like in anywhere from 3 to 10 additional customers.

Why? Who fucking knows, retail management does not act with logic or reason.

>>6387109
>still a better day than the time a grown ass woman ate a Tide Pod

>>6387186
I know what it is, but it still looks delicious.
I wish they made some sort of candy that looks exactly like that

>>6383087
habibis are literally not people

i take delivery orders for a gyro restaurant and holy shit they are the worst
>I WANT TO MAKE A ORDA
>delivery or pick up?
>ONE MIXED PITA WITH CABBAGE
>sir, is this delivery or pick up?
>WHAT I WANT PITA PLS
>i need you to answer my question before i take your order
>I COME PEEK IT AP
>alright, can i have your name?
>AL-HAJAB, ONE MIX PITA PLS WIT CABBAGE

>>6372004
fellow rite aid worker here
shit is hell all day.
I work the ice cream counter and register all day.
when im cashiering i run two registers lol.

>>6386650
please be in socal

>>6375860

Actually seems like a good "shit" job.

>>6387109

tell me more storuies anon

>>6387109

This is why there should be public conscription in retail for one year.

>excuse me sir do you work here?
Nope, just wearing my uniform with the store name on it, and a name tag, and holding this giant box of cans im putting on the shelf

>excuse me, if its 10 for 10 do i have to buy all 10?

yes.. you have to buy all 10, by no means does it simply mean its only a dollar each

I often want to quit my IT career cause I'm 22 and want to fuck some teens. I don't deal with any annoyances. But also miss out on social life since I'm at a desk during night shift.


I'm making lots of $ but so depressed from lack of social life. And pussy :(

>>6388004
Why don't they just say a dollar each.

>>6388005
Please help this poor soul. The pain is immense

>>6388005
I would trade with you.

>>6388013
Is it possible for me to work only 2 days a week at a grocery store? I would so do it just yo socislize. Seattle hates meeting strangers and going out. So far work seems to be only way to make friends

I work in a grocery store in the UK a few weeks ago an american lady called us up 2 minutes before we were closed and wanted us to refund her over the phone. I told her no she said she would come tonight and wants a refund. She said it would take her 20 minutes to get here. She got mad when I tell her we close in 1 minute so she would have to wait until the morning. Is it normal in America for stores to stay open for 1 customer?

>>6388023
Just as normal for you to have a gun.

I envy you. So much pussy for you to get. I work get $ and have to meet people if I can on days off.

>>6388023
No that's not normal. She's just a cunt.

Smelly customers are the worst. This one guy used to come in with what I assume was his mother and his smell would stay in the store for hours. It was disgusting smelt like the tin of open tuna we found that must have been left open on the shelf for a month. It wasn't far off the smell of the dead rat under the shelf either.

>>6376127
>60% of the population is 60+ years old
do you live in the netherlands, by chance

>>6375740
>mfw our local cheese shop just closed

Dairy guy here

Warms my heart to know all the grocerybros hang out on /ck/

>>6388017
Yeah, at minimum wage, but you could.

>>6388050
>Not a kid in the cart. It's like a 30 year old midget with severe deformities.
Holy shit, that's like something out of one of those scary stories books.

>>6388060
It's fine I got a job that pays for living and more. I just want a way to socialize without having to travel. and I'll use the 100$ from 2 days on alcohol or gas or cannabis or whatever.

>>6373186
I know those feels. I worked as a baker in a supermarket for 4 years and I knew after 1 year of working retail was for lifers.

I remember always wanted to get a degree and do something better. One time, a customer caught ear of my conversation about university and told me straight up not to waste time and aim for a career somewhere else.

I left 3 years later while redoing all my school qualifications about and got a university degree. Now I'm a probation officer pulling £28, 000 a year.

It may not be as much as some of the senior managers but feels good to do more productive for others.

>>6388005
This is me I feel I grew up to fast I worked retail and at a restaurant at the age of 20 -16 while everyone was at college parties I got certified and worked for Microsoft patching Xbox live. Now I'm in it security at 22 and feel old and used up. I grew up poor hot $ and nobody to spend it with. I'm not a man with expensive taste aND just cook my own food and eat out when I want asian food. I never got to fuck a cashier :(

>>6388099
That's sup pose to be 10- 16. Fuck you faggot phone

Well i'm not working at a grocery store, but i can add a cashier line story for you anons.
It happened about half a year ago when i was out shopping.

In front of me were 2 girls which were at most 14 years old.
On the band they had a premixed salad, a bottle of vodka and 2 boxes of condoms.
The two were talking pretty loud while texting on their smartphones.
The funny thing there was the topic of their talk, they tried to compare the different brands of condoms by "feel".
The cashier was a older lady who just interrupted their "comparison" when it was their turn with the words "Honestly you girls should not have sex yet and you definitely are not old enough to be sold the vodka. Well i can ring up the condoms so you won't at least end up pregnant."
Their faces were funny when the cashier talked about possible pregnancy.
They went a bit white and the expression was like "oh sh..." as they haven't even considered that possibility.

>>6387137
>Petting a bull fucking mastiff so poorly trained his owner can't even keep him on a chain leash

>>6388101
>10-16
How did you get away with that?

>>6387477

That's just inept management though. Setting expectations is good customer service, it is the opposite of treating them like cattle.

Treat your customers like intelligent adults and most will act accordingly. Treat them like retards and they will act like retards. You can't not have problem customers but you have the power to control the number and degree of problems

>>6373186
>Our store manager was a doctor from Argentina and our Assistant Store Manager was a biochemist from Peru, which apparently degrees from those countries mean nothing in the USA.
When I worked as a cashier, one of the employees was a doctor in Cuba. Now she sells people lotto tickets.

Honestly, it wasn't a bad job, my only complaint was 1) lack of store discounts and 2) working on Saturday mornings. That last one only matters because I'm lazy.

Also standing for 8 hours a day. It wouldn't be that bad if I had the chance to move around and stock shelves every couple of hours.

Eventually you learn to turn your brain off, smile, repeat stock phrases, agree with everything customers say, and pass the buck.

>"WHY DON'T YOU CARRY THESE CHIPS ANY MORE?!"
>"I think we're getting a shipment sometime this week, check back on Thursday (when I'm not working"

>>6387477
Also the fallacy that being a pushover is "exceptional customer service" really grinds my gears. Sometimes good service means pushing back.

>>6384251
>exact same price
>exact same selection
Because it's the exact same store.

And it's never going away being the LCBO makes so much money for the government it's not even funny. Like fuck they would give up their cash cow without introducing some other sin tax to make up the money.

I wish they would just drop the pretense of helping the public and let corner stores sell booze in exchange for reaching into my ass and grabbing a handful of cash whenever they felt like it.

That said, I've heard working at the LC is a pretty good job.

>>6388114
It was asian restaurant that belonged to friends parents.

I even worked cleaning a bar. Haha people love paying 5 $ an hour

>>6388163
Also no they not serve dog meat. They did have duck blood gelatin.

>>6376075
my little anon can't be this normalfag

go back to facebook, holy shit

>>6372095
At my store, we had this guy who did carts. He would always come a half hour early, sit in the break room and enjoy a coffee he bought downstairs. He was always smiling and talkative, and he called every other employee either gorgeous or handsome (depending on whether it was a girl or guy). Customers adored him. He had this catchphrase, "Oh well, can't win' 'em all" which he'd say whenever he had something little to complain about (usually the weather).

>tfw when he suddenly passed away from a heart attack one afternoon while in the bathroom of a coffee shop
>tfw when customers kept asking "I haven't seen Walter around for a while, is he on vacation?" and I had to tell them he died

He was a good dude. RIP Walter.

You know what i love. I love cashier girls. I just want to fuvk them. More so then girls i see on street.

>>6376433
Oh god the nostalgia. I worked at Loblaw for three years. It wasn't bad, but the self scan machines suck dick. And most people really don't know how to use them, they stick their wallets, keys, children, coats, etc. on the scale and then get pissy when I explain why it froze.

>>6375723
I wish.
>MFW live in small town with a quite old average age
>MFW every grocery store in town is closed at like 8pm
>mfw work line in restaurant and get off work at 11 or so if I'm lucky

God forbid you work late and need to buy food.

>>6376539
He's right though. If you're a boring person you won't get laid. End of story. You've got to have interests, and if you want good results, you need INTERESTS OTHER PEOPLE WILL FIND INTERESTING TOO. Ie. Not painting miniatures and certainly not fucking TV. TV is not an interest or a hobby, it is literally just a time waste.

>>6376539
>implying he's not exactly right
People, especially women in my experience, judge you based on your interests. If your interests are boring, or have negative connotations to people (ie miniatures =neckbeard nerd) you will not be judged favorably. >>6376540

>>6382154
What I underestimated in my younger days was the fact that there are a lot of mentally ill people and just plain evil peopleroaming about.

Now when I come across unreasonable people in any capacity, I just attribute it to their mental illness or immense assholery.

But really, who the fuck buys 10 containers of cottage cheese?

>>6383087
Lel, not laughing at your pain but that shit was pretty funny.

But yeah, dot Indians even the Americanized ones can be fucking shit. Chinese and Russians suck balls too.

Worked at shop rite for a few months. They ended up firing me for not being able to call to tell them I wasn't able to come in. After a hurricane knocked up the cell tower and we didn't have power for two weeks afterward, as well as there being no less than 7 trees in my driveway.

Anyway a few stories.

>ham salad was just brown cuttings from display hams blended into a lumpy sauce and stirred when it started to crust over
>dude with openly weeping large puss filled head wound would traipse the aisles almost every day
> people stealing shrimp out of the seafood display errday and then when we took it away they went up to complain that they couldn't eat the shrimp anymore
>old fogie trapping me at the deli counter in the midst of an order or trying to tell me about god
>soccer mom asking me for vegan liverwurst
>pedophile manager
>non medically fat people who are lazy stealing the chairs because lazy from people who need the fucking chairs
>constant stealing
> drop out 20 something idiot on welfare constantly offering me bad weed and telling me how he has to pay so much child support
>"cleanliness issues"
>pervasive stank smell in every corner of store for forever

I've got more probably