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Contact the Department of Labor... the company was required to pay you for all those times you came in for scheduled training even if they didn't bother to do the training. They have to pay you for the time you came in.
Job Search Hell: My (Almost) First Job
From RHUer This past summer, I was going to start my first job as a waiter at a movie theater/restaurant. The talks I had with the managers seemed good, and they seemed to like me. We set up a date and time for me to come in for training. The first time I show up 20 minutes early. However, at...
They should have charged the tables an extra $20 to pay for all the salt and pepper that had to be replaced.
Hellspawn Tales: "Does THIS belong to you?"
From Joe The Cigar Guy, August, 2009: Observed in a local (Washington, D.C.) restaurant: The place was sparsely populated. Only three tables out of twenty-five were occupied. At the front of the place was a party of four: a couple of 30-somethings and a couple of 60-somethings. They're talki...
If she was calling out due to her disorder, there actually was a possibility that it was illegal to fire her. It depends on whether her condition fell under FMLA conditions.
Bad Retail Slaves: Having A Disability Doesn't Make You Untouchable?!
From BossLady I had an employee who called out on her SECOND day on the job and continued to call out once or more per week for each of the twenty some weeks she worked for us. Firing took for-fricking-ever thanks to HR but I jumped through all their hoops because this constant calling out wa...
The sign on the door doesn't really let people know you are closed until after they've taken the time to go to your business. The big question is whether your website/google result shows that you are closed on Sundays, and if you have anything on your phone message that says your business hours. I take public transit and I've dealt with a 1.5 hour trip to get to a business that said they were open (per their website) only to find different permanent hours on their door and they were closed. I'd be pretty angry to have wasted a chunk of my day too.
Monstrous Customers: "I came here yesterday and you were closed!"
From u/stephaniecharbonneau Tales From Retail: I work in a tanning salon, for the latter half of the summer we've been closed on Sundays cause its just been way too slow. We've had a "closed on Sundays until further notice" sign on the door the whole time as well as changed the hours sign t...
That would be a nasty email to the company along with the picture showing the comparison!
Expectation vs Reality: Stingy Cookies
From u/Manfrenjensenjen
Every company I've ever worked at had a rule you couldn't have your children (or family members) work directly under you. Doesn't this company have that rule?
The Bitch Manager From Hell Pt16: The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled...
From jon6, TalesFromTechSupport A month had passed since MAFG's passing. Morale was at a low point and apart from Angie's bipolar temper, things seemed to slog along as they were, each day proving to be more and more difficult to get through. The IT Cupboard slowly relinquished its isolation ...
I worked at a company with a crazy coworker. One day she stormed into an upper level managers' meeting and accused them of all sitting in that room and deliberately sending electric charges into her computer to shock her while she typed. I have NO idea why she was never fired.
Tech Support Hell: Coincidentally, I Want That "Program" Now
From RHUer Tech Support: "Ok, what can we do for you today?" Customer: "Every time I touch this @#$% computer is shocks the @#$% outta me!" Tech Support: "Oh, ok that's just static electricity. There are devices you can get to stop that from happening. No big deal -- I'll send someone out the...
You forgot to finish this. Since you are the daughter of the owner, you DID go tell the owner what happened and how you were treated and the deliberate ignoring of the theft, right? And the manager was fired??
Old People Hell: “I didn’t use that site, I used Google!”
From u/TheNovelleFive Tales From Retail: I help out in this yarn store, it’s my first time there since the manager was replaced. (I’m not an employee, I’m the owner’s daughter who help out, so the manager seems to think I’m less experienced than I am. I actually own a different yarn company....
If the dogs are loose, the owners owe the driver lunch. Dogs aren't supposed to be allowed to run free, unless this was maybe on some giant property surrounded by a fence.
Delivery Surprise: Dogs Enjoy Mail Carrier's Lunch
From u/EviscerationNation: A note left by a delivery man whose lunch was stolen and eaten by a couple of puppers.
All of my brackets in the above story were cleared out so it makes no sense.
* "the lights on the modem suddenly turn [color]
* get an error message that says [blah blah plus an error code]
Dumbass Customers: Teenager drops into repair shop because laptop won't start
From u/micksack Tales From Retail: A quick story that just happened. Me is me. DT is dopey teenager. Me. Hi welcome to my shop. Dt hi can I ask you a question Me. Yes Dt. I have a laptop and was using it last night and now it won't turn on. Me. Ok can I see the laptop. Dt. No I didn't bring ...
I was at home and our internet wasn't working. I heard my husband call a help desk. "My internet doesn't work." ... Pause while tech says something..."It just won't work"... I can hear the tech asking what happens ... "I try to use the internet and it doesn't work!". This was driving me crazy so I walked over and grabbed the phone from him and said "when entering any address on the web browser, the lights on the modem suddenly turn and we get an error message that says that also says to contact this help desk.". I could swear that tech would have asked me to marry him if I'd been available, he was so happy to talk to me. LOL
Dumbass Customers: Teenager drops into repair shop because laptop won't start
From u/micksack Tales From Retail: A quick story that just happened. Me is me. DT is dopey teenager. Me. Hi welcome to my shop. Dt hi can I ask you a question Me. Yes Dt. I have a laptop and was using it last night and now it won't turn on. Me. Ok can I see the laptop. Dt. No I didn't bring ...
Most likely customer called information who automatically connected them and they would like the number for future reference.
Retail Robin: This Has Happened At Every Store I've Ever Worked
As soon as she picked out steaks that were the same size, I would have handed back her original steak and told her that these were the same size that she was requesting and take a measuring stick to the one she picked AND the ones she was returning to prove it.
Crazy Lady Encounter: Oh what a difference half an inch makes
From u/hppiefrk Tales From Retail: So woman and her husband come to meat dept. Friday morning. She was so upset she was literally shaking. Apparently on Thursday night she had come in and asked for 1 1/2" steaks, and the seafood guy (who is located just outside meat dept. and runs interferen...
And security was called, the tapes reviewed, and she was banned from the entire mall for attempted grand larceny and for attempted destruction of property??? Right?
Retail Hell Memories: Heads Up - $38,000 Pearls Incoming!
From u/Omissionsoftheomen Tales From Retail: I used to manage a luxury jewelry store. The kind with just a few items on display at any given time and most items were more than an average person’s yearly salary. One of the regulars was a woman who just oozed bitch out of every pore. She would...
Technically it is vanilla ice cream. I have a mint chip ice cream recipe that I make at home and it contains both vanilla and mint extracts, therefore if you leave out the mint extract it IS vanilla ice cream.
Ice Cream Shop Hell: "Is your mint chip made with vanilla ice cream?"
From u/soupor_saiyan Tales From Retail: So I work at an ice cream shop and have many tales from my several years working there. One that stood out for me today was a man who didn’t seem to know what mint ice cream was. I was serving him and his wife and out of the blue he just asks me this q...
Exactly what the previous commenter said. Don't ticket, tow! They are blocking an emergency lane so that needs to be kept clear!
Parking Hogs: The Fire Road Is For Special Parking
From RHUer All right let me set the scene... The gym where I work has a lovely, large parking lot. There are many spaces, with plenty of spots for everyone, front and back. Down one side of the building is a clearly marked fire road, complete with signs indicating that it is not a place to pu...
Wow.. I hope your friend doesn't have narcolepsy. If so, getting fired for it would have been illegal. I used to work with someone like that.
Retail Hell Memories: Fastest firing in the district
From u/DejoMasters Tales From Retail: This is a story from a couple years back but a recent AskReddit thread brought it to the front of my mind. I work at a pharmacy retailer. I started working there in high school and was the first of my friends to get a real job. I kept pushing them to wor...
Refusing to allow hydration should have initiated a call to corporate AND a complaint to OSHA.
Malicious Compliance: Unload The Truck As Fast As Corporate Says? OK!
From u/Malikissa, MaliciousCompliance I was talking to a friend of mine and was reminded of this situation. I used to work for a big box electronics retailer in the warehouse. My general manager pretty much hated me and the feeling was mutual. For several weeks she kept insisting that my truc...
Technically it was your fault because you are supposed to keep to the right against oncoming people/traffic, and you veered left instead.
Bitch Encounter: YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY EXCUSE ME
From u/oLemurs Tales From Retail: Recently this has been bothering me and I mainly wanted to know your guys's opinion if I was in the wrong. So I was a cart pusher today and just started my shift, i was bringing in 5 carts like I usually do and once i turn to head into the store with the car...
"Destroyed immediately upon a rival" .... hahaha
English is Hard: Debit Card Safety Recall
From u/Mr-Klaus: Dear Costumer, send us your debit card & pin or it will burn your legs and stomach, terribly.
I doubt she wanted to carry the fish home without water. Most places that sell fish can scoop water and the fish into a plastic bag to take home so that you don't have to buy a container at that location. She probably already had a bowl or container she wanted to use and didn't want to pay extra for your container and only wanted the fish (plus water).
Dumbass Customers: Do you not know how fish work?
From u/roccosaint Tales From Retail: I work as a department manager in a retail store, and my department is next to the pets department. Our pets department has your basic pets necessities, but the only pets carried are live fish. All fish in live tanks, except betta fish. They are on the sh...
She was partially correct, it is paper that has been waxed, not paper made completely of wax so it is waxed paper. :-)
Crusty Encounter: You’re Too Young to Know What that Is
From u/Evee_Rey24 Tales From Retail: This happened last week. I was co-manager with my peer (we will call him Buddy) and we start to do a lap around the store to make sure the team is doing alright and see what needs to get done before we leave. As we start our walk, this older lady is about...
It's illegal to drive with that handicap hanger attached to the mirror.
Custy Made Drive Thrus: When You Want To Park Nice And Close
The handicap hanger is a nice touch. --kevinmick
I'm glad the dumbasses got caught, but I'm concerned by the fact that neither of them could open the back door in the storeroom. Those types of doors should be able to open from the inside otherwise it's a fire hazard so why wouldn't the doors open??
Benny Hill Provides Perfect Soundtrack for these Two Dumbass Thieves Trying to Avoid Arrest at a Convenience Store in Canada
From Slate: The video above is so incredible that you may suspect it of being a viral hoax, but be assured that it is entirely real, depicting the eventful Monday arrest of a Canadian couple suspected of trying to use a stolen credit at a convenience store in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The origi...
So you rewarded her rudeness? Please everyone, don't give in to tantrums!
Fitting Room Hell: BUT THAT DOOR IS OPEN!
From bacontendy31, Tales From Retail: This happened yesterday and I’m still wondering how humanity has stooped so low. So for context I work at a store that has a fitting room and the store has compression wear, if you catch my drift... So I’m working in the fitting room and there’s one per...
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