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Snapshots into the minds of retail workers from funny comments, calls to the void and 'sorry not sorry' moments.

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Sorry I'm late, my alarm didn't go off because I didn't set it. Because I don't like coming here. At all.
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Sorry I can't come into work today, my fish died
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Angry old lady not happy with lack of turkeys at Christmas
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My nose hairs get frozen inside the freezer at work
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Customers always come down my aisle right after I fart
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I'm so scared of getting Covid at work
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The work toilet is where I score extra breaks for my mental health
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I sneak items into customer carts just to see their reaction
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Customers trash the shelves, we refill them, they trash them again
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Sometimes I wish that work would go up in flames
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Sleeping with your boss to get a promotion
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Parents letting their kids misbehave in a supermarket
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Savage rants

I F**king HATE doing inventory!

It's that wonderful time of year again when we have to count EVERY friggin item in the store

We're not friends, I'm being paid to be nice to you

Ever had one of those customers who think you're best buds now because you happened to ask them how they are?

Working in retail has put me off children for life

I used to love kids. In an entirely legal kind of way might I add. But after 5 years of...

Customers that talk on the phone when you serve them

Not asking for much. Just pop your items onto my checkout and answer my simple yet necessary questions, such as "Do you need a bag?"

We need a slow lane in the store for the zombies!

If you are walking slower than a wounded sloth, then you either need to get out of the store or order online...

The impromptu noshers

I worked on a delicatessen counter. Some customers had this weird habit of eating what they had just ordered at the counter...

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